cecelia vega tonight from england. >>> here in the u.s. tonight, the coronavirus and the growing concern about the delta variant first seen in india. now the dominant strain in the uk, and what we're seeing in the u.s., at least 29 states. tonight, news on the vaccines and how effective they are against it. >>> chilling new details tonight after the deadly grocery store shooting. grandmother and grandson shot. the grandmother trying to protect her grandchild. and tonight, authorities say warning signs were ignored. what was reportedly found on facebook. >>> also tonight, newly released video of the deadly shooting at san antonio international airport. the gunman seen driving the wrong way at the terminal, jumping from his car and opening fire. >>> the justice department inspector general tonight launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to apple to get phone data from house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly, no data req

>> i'll tell you after i deliver it. >> cecelia vega with us tonight live from cornwall. president biden not revealing his message to vladimir putin. of course we're not expecting he would. but you're learning more about how he's preparing for this face-to-face with putin? >> reporter: definitely. sources in the white house say he knows exactly what he has to do in this meeting. he has to be firm and tough in the message he delivers. and people familiar with the briefings the president has received say he has been in heavy prep sessions since the end of may, that he's getting at least daily briefings heading into next week. we still don't know who's going to be in the room with president biden for that face-to-fa face-to-face. that's important because we fond out when president trump had meetings, the only people in the room were the interpreters. the white house are downplaying expectations for outcome, saying the real goal is to come out of it with a predictable relationship with russia. >> cecelia vega leading us off tonight. thank you. i'll be right there with cecilia

>> i'll tell you after i deliver it. >> that was cecelia vega reporting. and how does the queen of england cut a celebratory cake at lunch? of course with a giant ceremonial sword. this was a separate event outside the g7 summit yesterday and the queen even insisted on using the sword. she said i know there's a knife but i need the sword and she drew lots of laughs when she forcefully turned down the knife and use the sword instead saying it was more unique. she is just a very witty person. good to see her in good spirits. >>> this morning a future sacramento firefighter is proving just how strong the human heart can be. 36-year-old lewis stanfield is part of the hard-working cadets with the sacramento fire department at about half a year ago his life flipped upside down. he was given a cancer diagnosis of hodgkin's lymphoma but even though his chemotherapy, through that he came back for his firefighter training. >> i just took it day by day and in the beginning it was pretty rough but it was also good because it gave me something to take my mind off whate

>> i'll tell you after i deliver it. >> that was cecelia vega reporting. the queen of england cut a celebratory cake at lunch? with a giant ceremonial sort of course. this is the cutest video, it was a separate side of it outside the g7 summit yesterday and the queen insisted on using the sword, she drew lots of laughs when she forcefully turned down using a regular cake knife instead and said it was much more unique to use a sword, and it is. >>> this morning a future sacramento firefighter is proving just how strong the human heart can be. 36-year-old lewis stanfield is part of a hard-working cadet group for the san francisco fire department but about six months ago his life upside down. he was given a diagnosis of hodgkin's lymphoma but even through chemotherapy he kept coming back to his training. >> i just took it by day by day the beginning it was pretty rough i was going through treatment it was rough but it was also good because it gave me something, it gave me something to take my mind off of the pain i was feeling. >> also helping him get through

cecelia vega of abc. [indiscernible] -- >> thank you so much, sir, good evening. you mentioned your sit down with vladimir putin and russian aggression that came up in your conversations today. i would like to ask you two questions on that front. is it your sense walking into this meeting that americans back home shouldn't expect much in terms of an outcome? could you provide some specifics on what a successful meeting would look like to you? are there going to be specific confessions you want putin to make? i will give you my follow up now. you have met vladimir putin before. what have you learned about him that you will approach in this sit down, and what is your mindset walking into a meeting with a former kgb agent who you said had no soul. ? president biden: i will tell you all that when it's over. i have been doing this a long time. the last thing anyone would do is negotiate in front of the world press into how he's going to approach a critical meeting with another adversary, and or someone who -- and/or someone who could be an adversary. that's the last th

cecelia vega tonight from england. >>> here in the u.s. and the growing concern about the delta variant first seen in india. now the dominant strain in the uk, and what we're seeing in the u.s., at least 29 states. tonight, news on the vaccines

let's go to cecelia vega in cornwall, england. >> reporter: this is the first face to face meeting of these world leaders since this pandemic. president biden has a tough task ahead of him. he needs to convince these allies that america is a reliable partner and ready to take the lead on the world stage in this post covid recovery. this morning, president biden joining the world's most powerful relationships. he came to repair relationships and he's now arm in arm with allies. >> what's your message to putin? >> reporter: next week that meeting with putin, but first, the group tackling some of the most pressing global challenges, committing to 1 billion covid shots to poorer nations, the u.s. providing half those doses, the most of any country. the president saying america is leading by example. >> in times of trouble, americans reach out to offer help. that's who we are. >> reporter: the countries also joining forces to tackle the economic recovery, endorsing a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% on corporations, a big win for biden as he looks for ways to pay for his agenda back

. >> my abc news colleague cecelia vega was there among the reporters grilling captain whitney. >> sois was a hoax that wasted valuable city resources? >> yes. but we're also continuing to investigate it. >> does the vallejo police department owe this couple an apology? >> we're going to evaluate that when the investigation's complete and we'll go from there. >> there are so many questions for the vallejo police department. if they had been investigating what aaron was telling them, if they had looked at his phone and made sure that it wasn't on airplane mode, maybe they could've gotten to denise sooner. >> the kidnappers did call aaron's phone three times around 8:30 that monday night, right before mustard was going to interrogate aaron. >> he voluntarily gave them his phone, and they put it on airplane mode, even though he told them, the kidnapper is going to call me on this phone. >> you never cut off lines of communication to a perpetrator, ever. every communication that came in and out of that phone should have been tracked. >> they actually did have the evidence that could have

we have chief white house correspondent cecilia vega just outside the villa this morning. cecelia, you had a chance to see where they'll be meeting. >> reporter: david, it is a few feet away from me. good morning to you. it is a fascinating scene that is playing out here on this villa. the meeting site, security, as you mentioned, extremely high. we, the media, the american press corps, has been swept a few times by security. it's the neutral swiss hosting the delegation. the american media being kept separate from the russian media. we were able to see the site. we had a little interaction with the russian media. they took their cameras out and they were filming us here. we're a few minutes away from the meeting, david. the white house told us there were no preconditions set. let me tell you about what we can expect. we're looking at four to five hours of meetings. they'll be broken into two sessions as far as we know. one smaller group, one larger group. the first session will be president biden, vladimir putin, secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counter part. in

vega is right there in geneva. she joins us with the latest. good morning, cecelia. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you.n saying he wants this to be a productive meeting. the high-stakes meeting with russia's vladimir putin under way right now. the two leaders shaking hands before getting down to business. it's all taking place right here in this swiss villa on the hill. we were brought here today to see this site because the russian media were allowed to do this. there's very much a tit-for-tat thing happening right now. the face-to-face is expected to last four to four hours, split into two sessions. the first president biden, president putin, secretary of state blinken and his russian counterpart. the leaders never expected to be alone, unlike president trump who met with putin twice only with translators present. the details never made public. both sides here agree u.s./russia relations are at an all time low. the president telling me he has one goal. >> in the areas where we don't agree make it clear what the red lines are. >> reporter: on the agenda today, pressing issues like russia election medd