arlette saenz is in england where he's headed.ohn harwood, let's start with what he leaves behind first because i'm not quite sure he would have wanted -- there he is. he would want to be leaving right now with the domestic agenda where it stands. >> well, he did not talk, by the way, when he left here at the white house to speed on to that foreign trip. but, look, he's got a bunch of challenges that he leaves behind. the infrastructure plan, which is the major domestic agenda item that he has. he had bipartisan talks with a group of republicans. they collapsed yesterday. that doesn't tell us anything about the ultimate fate of his program because ultimately, to get something substantially like what he has proposed. something close to what he's proposed, that's going to happen with democrats only. we knew that. but getting something with republicans along the way may be the key to getting the democratic votes like joe manchin of west virginia. so the collapse of those talks yesterday was one step. now there's another step to be fo

arlette saenz breaks down the white house's apparent about-face. >> reporter: president biden dove intoeement had been reached, the president tied that bipartisan plan to a larger reconciliation bill. it's expected to just pass on democratic votes, saying we would not sign one without the other. comments frustrated republican senators working with him on that agreement. on saturday, the president acknowledged the frustration and said that republicans were understandably upset. he added, my comments also created the impression that i was issuing a veto threat on the very plan i just agreed to which was not my intent. the president went on to say he fully supports that bipart proposal and intends to support it and promote it with vigor. the white house really jumped into damage control mode trying to ease the concern of the republican senators. and moderate democrats. president biden holding a personal phone call with kyrsten sinema of arizona. after the president's statement on saturday, two of those senators, rob portman and sinema, a democrat, tweeted out their support for the original

. >>> cnn's arlette saenz is at falmouth. hi, there, arlette. we're waiting for the g7 to release a final communique sometime today. any word of an agreement after these three days of meetings? >> reporter: well, amara and boris, president biden came to the g7 with a goal toward uniting with the others. the world leaders did not shy away from airing their differences, specifically when it comes to countering china. president biden in his meetings yesterday related to china, was really pushing many of the european leaders to take a more forceful stance in calling out some of china's authoritarian practices including the forced labor practices. one big question, whether any action will be included the official communique that will be released a little later today. this will be the official statement from the g7 leaders. but we know there were some differences between the united states, britain and canada on one side, and european leaders like merkel and the italian prime minister and the head of the eu wanting to keep closer ties with china and th

arlette saenz has the details. >>> the white house is preparing fresh sanctions against russia as it a stronger response to the country this the wake of the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader navalny. this would be the second rounds of sanction has the u.s. has imposed. back in march, the u.s. and european union worked to together on that first wave of sanctions against russia. and the white house national security adviser jake sullivan previewed a bit of the thinking behind this next upcoming wave of sanctions. take a listen. >> we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well. we have shown all along the way we are not going to pull our punches, whether it is on solar winds, or election interference or navalny. >> reporter: this comes just days after president biden sat down face to face with russia's president, vladimir putin, and he warned there would be dire consequences for russia if navalny were to die while in prison. now, there is no time line for when this next wave of sanctions will actually take place but the president is facing pre

arlette saenz is joining us. what do we expect? >> president biden made clear that an overarching message during this trip to europe will be ensuring that the u.s. is shoring up its relations with allies while also putting adversaries like china and russia on notice. you'll see that take place with that high-stakes meeting one week from today when the president sits down with russian president vladimir putin. just a few hours ago before the president left washington, d.c., he told reporters what his goals for the trip are. take a listen. >> strengthening the alliance. making it clear to putin and china that europe and the united states are tight and the g7 is going to move. >> reporter: this is a carefully choreographed trip. at the start, the president will be focusing on those alliances. he will be traveling here to the cornwall area for the meeting with british prime minister boris johnson, as well as the g7 summit over the course of the next few days. this evening when the president lands, he'll be speaking to service members a

cnn's arlette saenz is joining us live from geneva, switzerland. arlette, what more do we know about the format? >> reporter: after weeks of buildup that face to face meeting between president biden and russia's vladimir putin will finally take place tomorrow and we are learning some of the details of what that meeting will look like. the two men are set to meet in geneva, switzerland around 1:00 p.m. local time, that is 7:00 a.m. eastern back in the united states. and it will start with a smaller meeting that will include just four people, president biden and secretary of state tony blinken, and then president vladimir putin, and sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia. there there also be translators in that meeting and the press will be allowed in for a brief photo spray at the top. the meeting will extend to a bit of a larger grouping and it's expected these talks could go for four to five hours with no breaks for a meal in between. and president biden, at the end, and also president putin will each be holding separate news conferences. th

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arlette saenz, what can you tell us about the new sanction?e white house is working out the final details of what the sanction wills look like. the white house is aiming to take stronger action against russia in response to the poise nings and imprisonment of alexey navalny. this will be the second round of sanctions that will be implemented after the u.s. and eu coordinated on sanctions back in march. but the president is upped significant pressure to act and to act quickly. today the national white house commentator said they are trying to calculate as they are preparing this next wave of sanctions. >> we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well. we've shown all along the way that we're not going to pull our punches, whether it's on solar wins or election interference or navalny. when it comes to responding to russia's harmful activities. it will come as soon as we develop the packages to ensure we are getting the right targets. and when we do that, we will impose further sanctions with respect to chemical wea

arlette saenz is in england. this is biden's first international trip as president. key part of this is meeting with those alliances. he talks about g7, nato. what's on his schedule. what does he hope to accomplish? >> well, jim, president biden has made it clear that one of his key priorities on this first foreign trip is shoring up those relations with allies. but he also wants to send a message to adversaries like china and russia that the u.s. is united in its allies and ready to confront them if necessary. that message will culminate at the end of the week when one week from today, president biden will sit down with russian president vladimir putin in geneva, switzerland. first on the president's agenda, he is flying to the united kingdom and today he'll land at mindenhall air force base where they'll meet with families of service members, and the president will also deliver remarks there before. before traveling here to cornwall where this g7 summit is being held. tomorrow he meets with the british prime minister before the g7 summit meetings get under way. iss

arlette saenz joins me with more.r the president. >> reporter: it really is, jim. just a short while ago we saw president biden attending mass back home in delaware. he was seen at st. joseph on the br brandywine, the parish he traditional visits. he was seen there with the first lady, his sister valerie, as well as his granddaughter natry. at one point he was greeting the priest who had said the mass they attended. we often see him attending each weekend. he's not one to miss a sort or sunday service. but while we see the president attend mass, we hear him quote scripture in many of his events. president biden is very private what it comes to talking about how he actually practices. so yesterday, when he was asked about this decision, or these steps being taken to potential prevent him from taking communion, the president did not exactly want to comment on the matter and said he ultimately doesn't think it will happen. take a listen. >> that's a private matter, and i don't think that's going to happen. thank you. >>

arlette saenz is there. president biden spent the morning working with eu leaders. do we know their focus? >> president biden had this morning really caps off his tour of assuring allies that the united states is back and will continue to support them. this coming, of course, after those four years of president trump really testing and putting a strain on many of the united states' relationships with allies. and in a series of meetings this morning that the president had with eu leaders, the president has really left brussels with two big deliverables. one of those being the formation of a new trade and tech counsel between the united states and europe to really try to counter a rising china. and then also the u.s. has ended, settled a 17-year trade dispute over subsidies related to airbus and boeing. president biden -- president trump had really upped the ante in that dispute, slapping billions of dollars in tariffs in europe, responding in kind. but president biden, his overarching message over the past week here in europe is that the united states has its a allie

cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house. >> reporter: president biden attended mass saturday one daygroup tried to make moves to prevent the president from receiving communion due to his support for abortion rites. the president and the first lady were seen greeting their parish priest outside of st. joseph an the brandywine, the par ush he attends when he's back home in delaware and while we see the president attending mass, nearly every weekend, and he quotes from scripture in his event the president is notoriously private in speaking about how he actually practices his faith. so when he was asked the question about these moves to try to prevent him from receiving communion, the president taking a very private tone. >> that's a private matter and i don't think that's going to happen. thank you. >> reporter: this is not the first time that type of debate played out in the church. 2004 john kerry also catholic running for president and some officials were publicly saying he should not receive communion due to his support for abortion rights and president biden talked about abortion b

let go to arlette saenz. the president was upbeat about the vaccination progress but he also had a very, very serious warning. >> he really did, wolf and while much of the.'sdomestic agenda is stalled president biden found areas to celebrate today as the u.s. marked yet another milestone in the race to get americans vaccinated and president biden also issued a warning that unvaccinated americans remain at risk, especially as that new dealt sax variant takes hold in the u.s. >> 1 up million shots in arms in under 150 days. >> president biden today touting another milestone in the vaccination race, was beauting the progress to a wartime response to fight the pandemic. >> folks, we're heading no a very different summer compared to last year. a bright summer. a summer of joy. >> but the celebration comes as the u.s. may fall short of its independent day goal of having 70% of the population vaccinated, the vaccination effort running at full speed with vice president harris making her case today in atlanta, georgia

arlette saenz joins us live this morning from england. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.eek of meetings in cornwall clear but it's clear that that upcoming high stakes meeting with russian president vladimir putin is top of mind. the president has said part of his goal in meeting with these allies is to show a united front against russia and yet as he arrived in england he told u.s. troops what he is hoping to accomplish in that meeting with russian president vladimir putin, saying he will hold nothing back. >> this is my first overseas trip as president of the united states. i'm heading to the g7, then to the nato ministerial and then to meet with mr. putin to let him know that i want him to know. we're not seeking conflict with russia, we want a stable, predictable relationship, but i've been clear the united states will respond in a robust and meaningful way when the russian government engages in harmful activities. we've already demonstrated that. i'm going to communicate that there are consequences for violating the sovereignty of democracies in the united states and

arlette saenz live this morning in england ahead of biden's first stop at the g7. good morning. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning, christine. president biden in just a few hours will make his way over to the united kingdom as he launches his first foreign trip as president. and the president is bringing a clear message that america is back. he has insisted that part of this trip will include rallying the world's democracies and showing a united front among allies. now, when the president first lands in the united kingdom he will be at milden hall air base where he and the first lady will speak to service members there, then he will make his way over to this area known as cornwall where the g7 summit will be held over the next few days. he will sit down tomorrow with british prime minister boris johnson and then also have that meeting with g7 summit leaders. the first of its kind in two years. covid-19, climate and china are all expected to be on the agenda and at some point over the course of the next few days the president will be making -- is expected to make som