he joins us now from brussels county. what happens to unity in this union? we're now seeing these what looks like deepening riffs between western europe on one hand and central eastern europe on the other. is the european project still possible? yeah, of course we know that the policy is that difficult element and or unity of course . on other side we have progress a lot, i think about, for example, the corporate crisis, the recovery inter solution plans which are being adopted and sponsored by your your mentioned also this certificate which we just adopt. so there are many things where they're making progress, but that's well known and that's for policy as a very difficult one. but i'm also surprised to say certainly could be biting within some with an after, by the visit to brussels on the vehicle. that is such a disagreement, but on the other hand, i would say i would take a much firmer towards russia than while this being proposed in the paper, which was adopted by the external actions service by the higher percentage is only a week from now last wednesd

county. we break it down for you. >>> happening today, president biden is waking up in brussels for the next leg of his overseas trip, a one-day nato summit. on the agenda reassuring allies after four years of donald trump's america first policy, the u.s. has their back. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with a look at that and this week's critical meeting with russian president vladimir putin. good morning. >> and this is all leading up to that meeting, see yae. good morning, the meeting in brussels an impromptu q&a with reporters about the importance of its u.s.alliance with nato. at the nato summit in brussels today, 30 world leaders will meet the new american president, eager to hear that america is back on board protecting its allies. >> america is back in the business of leading the world. >> reporter: on their agenda, climate change, afghanistan, technology, and threats from china and russia. the biden team insists sanctions are working. >> you never know the dogs don't bark. sanctions on ukraine on russia for ukraine for example may well have prevented further russian aggression in tryi