but let's get to antony blinken. had a wonderful conversation with him, what was his takeaway about the tone and substance of this president's trip? >> he and the president have been saying this g7 was the most substantive and important, for years. and it's the first one in two years because of the pandemic. they did produce the billion doses of covid vaccine. i questioned him about the fact that it's not the 11 billion that the u.n. general secretary wants and that many groups say is needed to cure the pandemic. they are also defending what they got on china. it's the first time china was mentioned in the communique, even though it was not as strong against china's abuses, the forced labor, what the u.s. calls genocide against the uighurs, because of opposition from germany, italy, and japan, who all have growing trade with china and hopes for more trade with china, and are not feeling as competitive and concerned about human rights issues as this administration is. that was a disappointment. although they're not ac

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secretary of state antony blinken -- speaking at renewing efforts to renew combat against extremists.is a need for countries to take action to repatriate foreign fighters that come for this country, -- those countries, to rehabilitate and reintegrate where appropriate. and there is some urgency to this. i noted in the meeting a number of countries that have taken very concrete steps, including italy as well as the united states, but also a number of other countries. , for example, in central asia as well as in the balkans, that have taken important steps, but more work clearly needs to be done. >> antony blinken speaking in rome. all coming after emmanuel macron announced a winding down of operation -- the operation against islamist terrorists. it can also signal a sea change in u.s. foreign policy, a commitment to this plan. >> think what the u.s. secretary of state was referring to is these some 10,000 or so isis fighters that are now imprisoned by the syrian defense forces, and they include women and their children. and mr. blinken was very clear that the situation of them being im

antony blinken has been by biden's side for decades. >> reporter: right. president biden joked last night that tony blinken has had the misfortune of working alongside him for years, and say that have been eating lunch -- and they have been eating lunch, dinner, for the past week on the road, discussing how to approach the summit. >> let's listen in now. i think we're hearing from the president. >> reporter: one of the challenges i think with the summit is the fact that all the things that president biden wants to push putin on today, president putin doesn't acknowledge that they've happened. >> i was going ask that. what has putin said about the cyberattacks? he's been called out about the number of journalists and political opponents who either have been killed or poisoned or jailed. >> reporter: right. he denies russian interference in the 2016 or 2020 elections. he says there is no evidence, no proof that cyber hackers in russia are responsible for attacks on the colonial pipeline, for example, oh jbs meat suppliers, or any of the u.s. companies targete

>> dickerson: we begin this morning with secretary of state antony blinken, who is in brussels.ood morning, mr. secretary. >> john, good to see you. >> dickerson: mr. secretary, the president wrote in the "washington post" is one of the purposes of this meeting is to demonstrate that democracies can confront ought toc autoc aut autocrascies? >> the proposition that the president had is we need to demonstrate that democracies can deliver in all sorts of ways to better the lives of our people. and that's exactly what he has demonstrated just in the last couple of days alone at the g-7. look at what has come out of this summit. by the way, i've been involved in these g-7s for probably 25years. this is the most consequential one i've been involved in. a billion shots in arms around the world with the covid vaccine. dealing in a very meaningful way with climate change, in terms of getting a prohibition on financing coal projects around the world, the largest single contributor to global warming. a 15% minimum global tax, a powerful way of increasing the tax rates of countries around

and joining us now the secretary of state, antony blinken, mr.retary, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks, chris, it's great to be with you. chris: this trip is building up to i guess the climax, the meeting with russian president putin in geneva on wednesday. here is what putin said this week about relations between the u.s. and russia. take a look. >> we have a bilateral relationship, it deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. chris: do you agree that relations between the u.s. and russia are at the lowest point in recent years? >> well, that may be the one thing that i would agree with president putin on and one of the things that president biden will begin to test is whether russia is interested in a more stable, predictable relationship which would be to everyone's benefit. but if not, if it continues to take reckless and aggressive actions directed at us or our allies, the president will respond that we'll correspond forcibly as we did with the solar winds cyber attack, the attempt to murder mr. navalny. this is testing t

i'm delighted to be joined by secretary of state antony blinken to hear more about biden administration's priorities to protecting the lgbtqai community. he served with president barack obama and before that president obama's national security advisor. this event is hosted by the atlantic council which through the lbgti and lbgti foreign fellowship and proceeding throughout the foreign affairs and national security community. the event is co-hosted by glifa, the lgbtq plus group for u.s. state department and foreign affairs agencies working for nearly 30 years to ensure lbgti employees can serve with pride and dignity. we welcome the confident #acfrontpage. mr. secretary, before we begin our discussions, your opening remarks. >> and jonathan, thank you very much. first of all, happy pride, everyone. i'm happy to be part of this conversation and thank you, jonathan for serving as moderator today and thank you to the atlantic council and all of my friends there for many, many years for helping to bring us together and to glifa to help bring us together as well for what is an important discu

that's secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. after a couple of hours or so they'll expand that meeting and each side will have about five aides accompanying them for these expanded talks. and then, of course, after that, there will be separate press conferences. they are not going to be holding a joint press conference. it's going to be as of right now president putin is expected to hold a press conference first, followed by president biden. a little awkward photo spray at the top there between all of the russian leaders. the russian leader and u.s. president. a bit of jostling between the u.s. press and russian press trying to get into that room. the tensions seemed to be a bit high in that room. none of the officials there were smiling. russian president vladimir putin was kind of slumped in his chair. so it's -- it raises the question wof whether that's goig to set the tone for the first meeting between the u.s. president and russian president putin alongside their aides there blinken and lavrov. what we're expecting is not m

first, antony blinken, about mr.en's promise that democracy can deliver, and this week's high-stakes sitdown with russian president putin. then we will get reaction from former trump secretary of state mike pompeo. blinken and pompeo, only on "fox news sunday." plus, vice president harris gets the global stage with a message to migrants to rethink dangerous travel to the u.s. border. >> do not come. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the blowback she is getting from the right and left. and our "power player of the week," an olympic gold medalist on the debate over transgender athletes in women's sports. all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. president biden continues to meet with american allies in europe hoping to rally them to join the u.s. in countering russia and china. he's trying to engage them on trade and human rights, on covid and climate change, pledging "america is back" is a better partner than it was under president trump. all this before the main event

secretary of state antony blinken testifies tuesday morning before the senate appropriations committee on the president's 2022 budget request live at 10 am eastern on c-span 3 online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. next on our weekly series american artifacts. we visit the national gallery of art to learn about the shaw memorial the sculpture honors colonel robert gould shaw and the 54th, massachusetts volunteer infantry one of the civil wars first african-american units. the work specifically commemorates the july 18th 1863 storming of fort wagner in which one third of the 54th men and officers were killed or wounded. the exhibit tell it with pride seeks to shine a spotlight on the members of the 54th and a group of abolitionists who recruited the regimen. good morning. i'm sarah greeno. i'm the senior curator of photographs here at the national gallery of art and i am the co-curator of this exhibition. augusta saint-gaudens began to work on this memorial in 1883 and initially he was going to make it a monument just dedicated to shaw himself and if you look

. >> the latest this morning with secretary of state antony blinken and representative michael mccaul. >>> outrage and a new investigation. >> this is unacceptable. >> the stunning allegations about president trump's justice department secretly targeting at least two house democrats, raising new questions about abuse of power, weaponizing the doj. our powerhouse round table analyzes the fallout. >>> plus, examining the origins of covid, and where america stands in the fight against the pandemic. as the virus rages across the globe. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." joe biden taking his first major turn on the world stage as president, attending the final day of the g7 summit in cornwall holding a press conference this morning ahead of the next leg of his trip including what promises to be a more challenging face to face with russia's president putin. that high stakes summit coming at a critical time on the heels of cyberattacks targeting our food and fuel. a lot to prove to our allies, adver

. >> next week, secretary of state antony blinken comes to capitol hill to testify on foreign policy, operations and that presidents 2022 budget. on monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern he appears before the house foreign affairs committee and monday at 2:30 p.m. eastern key testifies on the house appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations. tuesday at 2:15 p.m. he will answer questions from a senate foreign relations committee. watch live coverage of these hearings on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the cochairs of the house problem solvers caucus discussed legislative priorities for the 117th congress. they were asked about infrastructure negotiations, immigration, and the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol in a conversation moderated by the washington post. >> this 117th congress -- senate. >> great pride to serve as speaker in the most diverse house of representatives and the history of our country. ♪ host: i'm the author of the washington post early-morning newsletter, power up, and a congressional correspondent. welcome to our se

. >> monday morning, secretary of state antony blinken testifies on priorities and the budget request before the house foreign affairs committee. watch live beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> in may, the nation's unemployment rate fell to 5.8%, down from 6.1% in april. u.s. employers increased hiring last month as more people started back to work after the pandemic. some called it a modest improvement as employers continue hiring but not finding workers. that has led to a second month of wage increases. president biden pres. biden: hello, folks. good morning. today, we received great news for our economy and our recovery and for the american people. this morning, we learned that, in may, our economy created 559,000 new jobs. unemployment rate fell to 5.8%, and wages went up for american workers. that means we have created over two million jobs in total, since i took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first four months of any presidency in modern history. triple the rate of my predecessor, eight

announcer: secretary of state antony blinken testified on priorities in the 2022 budget. other topics included the origins of covid-19, relations with china, combating terrorism, . and diplomatic efforts in the middle east. this is three and a half hours. >> the committee on foreign affairs will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to order a recess and all members will have five minutes.

secretary of state antony blinken.said that there is no quid pro quo on that issue in terms of the nuclear talks and making some kind of deal with russia. so, the u.s., or rather president biden, is likely to raise that with president putin when they meet during this week. but, the around talks -- the iran folks seem to be on a separate track. -- the iran talks seem to be on a separate track. the view is diametrically opposed to the trump administration at this point, which is, it is important to engage with iran in order to rein in their nuclear programs which has gone outside the bounds of the agreement during the time where the u.s. has been outside the deal, which of course is a decision taken by president trump. >> we are seeing quite a bit of pressure on the u.s. to agree to a deal including some rhetoric from beijing. >> that is true. the u.s., as you know, is not taking part in these talks in vienna directly. it is kind of shuttle diplomacy. but of course, the only objective is to get the u.s. back into the agr

following talks in rome with his italian counterpart, antony blinken was asked about the u.s. regard to the strike last night, at the president's direction, u.s. air forces conducted airstrikes in iraq-syria border region. they targeted groups responsible for recent attacks on u.s. interests in iraq. specifically, they targeted operational weapons storage facilities at two locations in syria, one location in iraq. mark: the u.s. said the airstrikes were aimed at deterring future attacks on u.s. interests in iraq where the u.s. is aiding government forces and efforts to defeat islamic state. 10 people are confirmed dead in the condo tower collapse outside miami. the mayor says more than 150 people are still missing as rescue

. >> secretary of state antony blinken testifies today on the budget request. watch live on c-span. online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. glad to welcome back brendan boyle, joining us ahead of the budget and ways & means committee, taking up the budget tomorrow. i wonder if your way in on the question we addressed this morning after joe manchin said he would not support the for the people act or ending the filibuster to move the legislation. is he someone that has too much influence on capitol hill? guest: it is great to be back with you and back on c-span. i a worldn in which the senate is 50-50, you could say every member of the senate has outside influence. joe manchin is obviously a moderate, moderate to conservative democrat, i believe in the middle in terms of ideological score on how he votes. so we knew that he especially was going to have a lot of influence. on the main question about the filibuster, it's been clear for years, including when republicans controlled the senate, i think the filibuster is contrary to what our founding fathers intended. i

. >> secretary of state antony blinken testified before the senate foreign relations committee. watch live at 2:15 p.m. eastern, online at c-span.org or the free c-span radio app. >> you can go ahead and start calling in now. the op-ed sparked the latest focus on joe manchin. the voting rights bill and the filibuster in that op-ed. "some in my party have argued now is the time to embrace election reforms and policies fully supported by one party. respectfully, i do not agree. i believe partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening pines of our democracy and for that reason i will vote against the act. i will not vote to weaken or limit the filibuster as long as i've the privilege of being your u.s. senator. i will continue to seek bipartisan compromise to matter how difficult to develop -- " part of his op-ed in the charleston gazette. a renewed focus amid the latest push for joe biden's legislative agenda and it led to questions yesterday in the white house briefing room. this is white house press secretary jen psaki on joe biden's relationship to joe manchin.

they lasted about two hours, the two presidents as well as secretary of state antony blinken, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. larger groups under way trying to hash out a possible agreement. good morning to you. i'm jim sciutto live in geneva. >> great to have you there, jim. i'm poppy harlow live in new york. the sit-down comes as president biden looks to send a clear meggs to his russian counterpart in a relationship he says has reached a low point. so what can the two leaders accomplish over the course of today? there's a lot on this agenda from nuclear arms to climate change to recent cyberattacks and a potential prisoner swap for rusamericans detained in russian. >> there will not be a joint news conference. our team is covering every angle. we begin coverage with cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny just outside the building where the meeting is taking place. tell us what's happening right now. we were told at the start of the day four to five hours with the total of talks, but with the possibility that it might go longer or perhaps be shorter. how are th

antony blinken says iran's nuclear program is galloping forward.u's presidential election is on a knife edge. 94% of ballots have been collected, showing one candidate just ahead with 50.2% of the vote, but the conservative politician is just behind with around 49.8%. too close to call? reporter: the latest is, when continues to gain more and more. we are seeing 90.2% of the vote has been processed, giving a difference of vote in favor of 92,000. . we have seen throughout the day -- more and more. he is now 92,000 votes ahead. and still, it is to wait for the boat overseas and the rural vote. those are the boats that will in the end define the election. a folk overseas [indiscernible] analysts are saying mip not enough. there is just a little bit -- less than 3% of the rural vote. between 400,000 and 500,000 more votes. it is likely that pedro castillo may win this election, and [indiscernible] who has lost two elections. just by 42,000 votes. anchor: what is going on behind you? reporter: we are outside the headquarters. people here are in a celeb

biden/putin and secretary of state antony blinken as well as the russian foreign minister sergey lavrovthis as well from washington. dana, biden, putin, what is a successful summit for president biden from his perspective? >> well, the biden administration and the president himself, they have set expectations so low that they can define success in pretty much any way. a lot of that, as you said, is going to be spin, no doubt. but it is, in keeping with the reality of the relationship between not just the two men but, more importantly, the two countries at this point. because there are so many things on the agenda. so many agenda items on the docket, particularly for president biden that will be hard to achieve in the short term. but, really, the most important thing in talking to biden officials and other officials who are experts on russia relations is for president biden at this point to -- i'm not going to use the word reset because that is a lot of baggage right now with the russian relationship. but to make clear to president putin that this is going to be a very different relation

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a smaller sit down with biden, putin, secretary of state antony blinken and sergey lavrov participating followed by an expanded discussion with five-member delegations, the two leaders will not share a meal officials say and the talks are expected to last roughly four to five hours. the day will close with individual press conferences by each leader an intentional decision by u.s. officials in an effort not to elevate the russian leader. the u.s. agenda is lengthy and it will be delivered with clear intent officials say from firm warnings on cyber attacks, the imprisonment opposition leaders and aggression in ukraine, to areas of potential cooperation like afghanistan, arms control and the iran nuclear deal. >> i'm going to make clear to president putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past relative to cybersecurity and some other activities, then we will respond. >> reporter: but even those areas of potential cooperation will come with significant skepticism from the u.s. side. >> i'd verif

poner mi frente para después y tratar de que me den algo permanente >>> el secretario de estado antony blinkenón baides prepara un paquete de ayuda de $4,000,000,000 para combatir migraciones irregulares >>> y alma se aproxima el verano y ahora como se cuenta con menos restricciones expertos anticipan un aumento en el número de familias que planean visitar playas, parques temáticos y sitios turísticos pero ¿qué tan segura pueden ser esas actividades para niños menores de 12 años que aún no son elegibles para la vacuna contra el covid, karen navia nos explica >>> se acaba el año escolar y comienzan las anhelados vacaciones de verano para muchas familias después de más de un año de haber estado encerrados debido a la pandemia del coronavirus pero expertos temen que las nuevas recomendaciones de los cdc sobre el uso de cubrebocas y distanciamiento social afecten a menores de edad que aún no son elegibles para la vacuna >>> lo que me imagino que va pasar siendo un poco pesimista es que tendremos más casos de niños pequeños infectados >>> está experta la conseja familias continuar con medidas de mi

this is live coverage on cspan3. >>> coming up, secretary of state antony blinken testifying this morning before the senate appropriations committee about president biden's budget request for 2022. the committee chair, senator patrick leahey, yesterday secretary blinken was on capitol hill appearing before two house committee hearings. this is live coverage on cspan3.

secretary of state antony blinken said this weekend that president biden plans to address their imprisonmentested a prisoner or may suggest a prisoner swap between the two nations to insure their release. surprisingly, president putin says he's open to it. he told nbc news he is, quote, of course open to the idea of trading prisoners with the united states, potentially releasing those two americans from russian custody. is productivity in this meeting a pipe dream, or could something constructive truly come out of a meeting between biden and putin on wednesday? joining us now, ambassador michael mcfaul, former united states ambassador to russia. he's in geneva tonight ahead of the summit between presidents biden and putin. ambassador, good to see you again. thank you for being with us. just in the last hour, axios is reporting that president biden assembled a dozen or so experts on russia to brief him ahead of his meeting with president putin on wednesday. according to axios, the president was briefed by two former u.s. ambassadors to russia including yourself. what can you tell us about thi

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martha raddatz interviews secretary of state antony blinken ahead of the high stakes summit with vladimir putin. plus, republican representative michael mccaul with the gop reaction to president biden's oversea's trip and rick is on the round table as well. janai, over to you. >>> now to the democratic congresswoman hoping to unseat a big name republican in the running. val demings announced she wants to take on republican senator marco rubio of florida. i recently sat down with demings to talk about her run. >> when you look at this picture, tell me what goes through your mind. >> first of all, thanks, mama. my mother had an amazing ability to see things she had never seen before, right? to dream, to believe, and she instilled that in me, and so there are families all over this country who look just like this, and it's about creating opportunities like this little girl in this photo had. >> reporter: the daughter of a janitor and maid, florida congresswoman val demings became the first woman sworn in as orlando police chief serving in the house since 2017, rising to national prominence a

moments ago, secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s.spokesperson for hamas has also reacted to the news. he said the shake lineup not change the way they deal with the israeli government. nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella is live from tel aviv. >> no doubt a sea change in israeli politics tonight. this is a big, big deal. the knesset voting to confirm this new coalition government by a razor-thin margin. just one vote, 60-59. we have been told all week long this would be a very close vote, that this coalition government couldn't afford to lose a single lawmaker. and there was intense pressure on a lot of these right wing lawmakers who are part of this government to drop out, pressure on the part of benjamin netanyahu. when this vote went through, the former prime minister sat stone-faced, subdued, staring straight ahead. and then after a moment, got up and shook naftali bennett's hand. naftali bennett, the new prime minister of israel, sworn in shortly after that vote. has already held his first cabinet meeting, has already

. >> secretary of state antony blinken, as the hearing is virtual we must address housekeeping matters first. for today's meeting the chair or staff designated by the chair may mute microphones were not under recognition for the purposes of eliminating background noise. members are responsible for muting and on muting themselves. if i noticed you have not unmute

secretary of state, antony blinken, held a joint press conference with -- -- with luigi tamayo.s mr. blinken. >> there's a greater imperative now than any other time that i can think of for the cooperation among like-minded countries. the simple reality is that not a single one of the issues that we have to deal with that are having an impact on lives of our citizens in italy in the united states and around the world, whether it's climate change, the pandemic, thdisruptive impacts of the technologies or the threat posed by terrorism. no single one can be addressed by any one country acting on its own. >> and this is luigi tamayo. >> with the support of the united states and many other partners i have proposed a working group to identify and halt the terrorist threat imposed by the islamic state and the african continent by putting in place specific countermeasures with -- alongside the local -- the multilateral initiatives already in place. we welcome some african countries as observance -- observers. >> here' what we know about the history of the islamic state group. this is an

the 2 leaders first sat down with secretary of state antony blinken and putin. his russian counterpart before allowing other aides to join in on their conversation. the meetings lasted nearly 3 and a half hours after. >> 2 hours there. we look at each other like. >> what next. president biden says the overall conversations were straightforward. putin called the discussions constructive and pragmatic we don't share the same positions in many areas. but. >> i think that both of these sides showed willingness to understand one president biden says he pressed the russian leader over the recent cyber attacks on us businesses. fact, they violate. >> basic norms. we will respond. he who deny that russia was behind the attacks. but added that washington and moscow will begin consultations. we've reached agreement about that and russia's became to do it. president biden says the 2 also discussed human rights strategic stability and ukraine. he says now the focus shifts to what happens next and making sure both sites keep their word. and the 2 leaders did find common grou

we should mention to president biden's right that was secretary of state antony blinken who you spoke with days ago. he said he's keeping expectations low going into this, but he said they'll know seas seas as soon as the summit is over what's come out. >> they did. blinken talked about sanctions as well. he said he thought the sanctions have worked in the past. obviously that's something vladimir putin wants to get rid of. look at the seen, david, casually taking questions. both men look so relaxed and it really is a long photo opportunity. they usually get the press out of there quickly. >> it's a lesson in diplomacy for us all between two adversaries in the months leading up this were asked questions that made global headlines. here they are sitting face-to-face. we heard mary bruce address this earlier. some have questioned whether or not president biden should be giving this stage, this platform to president putin, at least at this point in the administration given what we've seen in ukraine, what we've seen with the alexei navalny, what we've seen with the solar wind attacks, wi

. >>> secretary of state antony blinken is traveling with the president. he'll talk to our andrea mitchell tomorrow about the upcoming summit with vladimir putin we'll have highlights tomorrow on msnbc and "nightly news." >>> and we turn now to texas where there is a manhunt underway for a gunman who opened up fire in a packed downtown street early this morning the shooting is part of a disturbing trend sweeping our nation's cities morgan chesky reports from austin. >> reporter: overnight chaos in austin, texas. police pushing through crowds, scattered by gunshots turning the city's famed sixth street into an emergency triage >> gunfire shots fired. >> reporter: even at 1:00 a.m. the block so packed with people -- >> move back to the sidewalk >> reporter: -- first responders struggled to reach victims some officers putting the wounded inside their own cruisers >> leg injuries. one arm injury one major one to the chest. >> reporter: the gunman gone. but not after wounding the 14 people, leaving two in critical condition. >> we have developed suspects in thi

next week, secretary of state antony blinken comes to capitol hill to testify on foreign policy operationsnd the president's budget. on monday, he appears before house foreign affairs committee. then at 2:30 p.m. eastern monday he testifies at the house appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations. on tuesday he will answer questions from a senate appropriations committee. watch live coverage of these hearings on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> up next a conversation on student loan debt and the idea of student loan debt forgiveness. we are joined by ashley harrington, the federal advocacy director and senior counsel at the center for responsible lending. d

and so there was a summary done by him and by me of what we covered, sergey lavrov and antony blinkenhere, we looked at each other, like, 0k, what next? what is going to happen next? we are going to be able to look back, look ahead in three to six months and say, "did the things we agreed to sit down and try and work out did it work?" do we, are we closer to a major strategic stability talks and progress? are we further along in terms of, going on the line. that is going to be the test. i am not sitting here saying that because we agreed to do these things that all of a sudden it is going to work. —— not standing here for what i'm saying is i think there is a genuine prospect to significantly the relations between our two countries without having a single solitary thing based on principle and our values. noca vinod kamano, there were no threats. as a matter of fact, i heard she quoted my mum and putting other people today —— no, no, no. it was very, which will shock you coming for me, somewhat colloquial, and we talked about basic fundamental things. and you know how i am, i explain t

the first session will be president biden, vladimir putin, secretary of state antony blinken and his russian counter part. in the second session senior aides will be brought in. they'll be dealing with a number of issues, particularly cyber security, those threats back home that hit our infrastructure. president biden, he is walking in here with one goal. he wants to lay down the red lines for russia. he wants to have a conversation about how to stabilize the relationship going forward. he doesn't want conflict. he doesn't want a spectacle. that's why we won't be seeing that two presser with president biden and president putin. >> our white house correspondent cecilia vega at the seen at villa la grange. you can see president putin now arriving. we knew president putin would arrive first. you can hear reporters trying to shout questions. they will walk in and, of course, we didn't expect him to answer questions. they are shaking hands. as cecelia mentioned, there will be a couple sets of meetings with president biden. the first will be with president putin and president biden and ess

next week, secretary of state antony blinken comes to capitol hill to testify on foreign policy operations and the president's budget. on monday, he appears before house foreign affairs committee. then at 2:30 p.m. eastern monday he testifies at the house appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations. on tuesday he will answer questions from a senate appropriations committee. watch live coverage of these hearings on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> up next a conversation on student loan debt and the idea of student loan debt forgiveness. we are joined by ashley harrington, the federal advocacy director and senior counsel at the center for responsible lending. and also from the heritage foundation, jonathan butcher, the fellow in education at the heritage goldwater institute. heritage institute. good morning and welcome to washington journal. i want to start with a look at the data from the federal reserve and the amount of student debt out there for those who are dealing with student debt, but the larger viewership and listenership in

secretary of state antony blinken testifies tuesday morning before the senate appropriations committee on the president's 2022 budget request live at 10 am eastern on c-span 3 online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. next oberlin college professor tamika nunley details. the reasons behind african-american's joining the union army during the civil war and the important role they played in the war effort once they enlisted. she also talks about the initial opposition they faced and their attempt to become soldiers. this discussion was part of the conference hosted by the university of virginia's center for civil war history. so our next speaker is tamika nunley who is an assistant professor of history and comparative american studies at oberlin college and we are glad to claim her as one of our own receiving her phd from uva in 2015 today. she will speak to you on i wore the uniform of those men in blue making the case for african-american enlistment. than

at two: 15 p.m., secretary of state antony blinken talks about the administrations foreign policy. on c-span two, the u.s. work on district court nominations and will have a final vote on a science and technology bill that had been held up just before the memorial day recess. on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., secretary of state antony blinken at a subcommittee hearing. 12:30 p.m., we will join the house oversight committee looking at the role of purdue pharma and the sackler family in the opioid epidemic. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan briefed reporters monday on president biden's upcoming trip to the g7 summit and his subsequent meeting with russian president vladimir putin in geneva. this is an hour. sullivan, and jen psaki answered questions from reporters. >> hi everyone. the whole room. i hope everyone is cozy. we have national security advisor jake sullivan here to join us to give a preview of the president's trip and we will do a full briefing after that. >> thank you, jen. as you all know, president biden will head off to europe

. >> bret: here are some of the other headlines of this day secretary of state antony blinken says china needs to be held accountable for the coronavirus leak and its failure to cooperate in investigating its origins. nation's top diplomat test testifying again today on capitol hill this time before senate committees about the ongoing controversy concerning how far the virus turned into a pandemic. a senate investigation of the january ofth capitol riot concludes there was a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent attack of that day. it says there were clear warnings and tips that people were planning to storm the capitol with weapons and possibly infiltrate the tunnel system underneath the building. those warnings did not get to authorities. and the head of colonial pipeline says authorizing a multi-million-dollar payment to hackers was the right thing to do when his company was hit with a ransomware attack. joseph blount telling senators today he is sorry for the shutdown's effect on custo

cbs face the nation secretary of state antony blinken said the president will insist on aggressive efforts to make sure the u.s. has the proper infrastructure in place to disrupt these attacks. that requires a lot of coordination with other countries. that's exactly what we've been engaged in. president biden is set to meet with russian president vladimir putin on wednesday. >> where he does plan to discuss those hacks. their last meeting occurred 10 years ago when biden was vice president and putin was prime minister in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> we'll be right back after the break. >> all slowly return to our post-lockdown lives. millions of people are also returning to the airport. tsa says more than 2 million travelers made it through airport checkpoints saturday which the travel industry is the start of a big rebound. so agents say it's the first time since the pandemic at the number of people passing through checkpoints, past 2 million. that'sia million and a half more travelers than the same day last year. so when you compare that to prepandemic numbers and 2019 was still not

the 2 leaders first sat down with secretary of state antony blinken and putin. his russian counterpart before allowing other aides to join in on their conversation. the meetings lasted nearly 3 and a half hours after. >> 2 hours there. we look at each other like. >> what next. president biden says the overall conversations were straightforward. putin called the discussions constructive and pragmatic we don't share the same positions in many areas. but. >> i think that both of these sides showed willingness to understand one president biden says he pressed the russian leader over the recent cyber attacks on us businesses. fact, they violate. >> basic norms. we will respond. he who deny that russia was behind the attacks. but added that washington and moscow will begin consultations. we've reached agreement about that and russia's became to do it. president biden says the 2 also discussed human rights strategic stability and ukraine. he says now the focus shifts to what happens next and making sure both sites keep their word. and the 2 leaders did find common grou

antony blinken was on cbs's face the nation, and this is what he had to say about the u.s. dealing with russia. >> as an illustration of the relationship with russia, on one hand, the u.s. is working with russia to revive the nuclear deal with iran question mark on the other, the washington post is reporting that russia is preparing to supply iran with advanced satellite systems. are the russians going to pay up to four offering the systems, or do we need them into we are tops so we can move that? >> when it comes to nuclear talks, we are not trading any issues or interests for the sake of the nuclear talks. they will stand or fall on their own merit and on their own weight. i want to be clear about that. second, i am not going to get ahead of the president. i suspect he will be taking this up with putin and a couple of days. this meeting with putin is not happening in a vacuum. he will be coming off of the g7, of the nato summit, the meeting with the eu leaders. collectively, when we bring the world's democracies together, it is an incredibly powerful force -- militarily,

. >>> and secretary of state antony blinken announced the state department will be flying the progressf pride month the flag combines the rainbow pride flag with colors representing the trans community and people of color. >>> the countdown is on for the tomo olympics. we're just about a week away from the opening ceremony. overseas ioc officials are trying to revive the spirit of the games with spectators, and they're putting some new rules in place joining us now from london is chapman bell chapman, good morning. so what is this we're hearing about no cheering? >> good morning. yeah, phillip and frances, no cheering, shouting, even speaking loudly, all not allowed. and masks will need to be worn, but there will be fans venues are going to be capped at 50% capacity, but up to 10,000 domestic spectators will be able to attend events of course, international fans were banned earlier this year. the decision was made by the five groups involved in organizing the olympics. and it goes against the recommendation last week given by japan's top medical adviser saying that the venues should be

secretary of state antony blinken said the white house is looking at both scenarios. so it's i can't put a percentage on it. i think there are two possible um and like scenarios. one is the one you just described that it emerged from the laboratory. the other is that it was naturally occurring. the energy department and lawrence livermore are expected to play a role in the intelligence community review on covid's origins ordered by president biden. now it's a napa county where officials there say a woman died of the coronavirus more than 30 days after being vaccinated. authorities say the woman had received the moderna vaccine. she was over the age of 65. officials say she also had underlying medical conditions she had tested positive for the alpha variant, formerly called the uk variant, which is more easily transmissible still ahead tonight, new information about a former air force sergeant who was accused of killing to bay area law enforcement officers last year, plus some democrats are going after one of their own, saying one man could be blocking the president's