we saw jake sullivan talk about voting rights.re's a national security poe comment to our infrastructure as well. that's something they are trying to hash out right now. >> yeah. this always happens, as shannon made that point. whatever is happening at home follows the president overseas. i would not be at all surprised to see president biden get questions about infrastructure and joe manchin while he is in a couple of foreign capitals. he will -- the president will try to keep the public focused on the allies. this is really his first time to showcase himself on the world stage and will try to leave a lot of that -- a lot of domestic politics at home. >> for sure. stand by with me for one second. i want to go to kerry sanders who has been patiently waiting on the ground in guatemala city. thank you so much for being here. walk us through the vice president's trip to that region. as the president, of course, is heading off on this stage, kamala harris has been tasked with taking the lead on the crisis at the border. she's going to

. >> jake sullivan said the u.s. is and will be ready for a meeting. >> and the contentious democratic primary for new york city mayor is heating up this weekend, certainly. with an uptick in violence across the city becoming a major talking point for the eight leading candidates. we hope to play some video for you that is really disturbing for some viewers. we played it yesterday. at the moment we're having an issue with our tapes, but let me describe this issue. a shooting in broad daylight. it barely miss two young children in the bronx on thursday. a 10-year-old girl helping to walk and shield her 5-year-old brother. it is now a big talking point in the campaign. a bit later on this hour, as we look at this video, watch this for a second. horrifying. yeah. it is just horrifying. look at those two little kids trying to scramble out of the way. yeah. been terrible. and that's the topic we'll be talking about regarding the mayoral election in new york city, and we have a primary day on sunday. tuesday, rather, there

>> martha, thanks very much. >>> let's bring in president biden's national security adviser jake sullivan morning. let's start out with that election of raisi. the new israeli prime minister call for the west.n a wake-up - do you agree with that reaction? >> i think what we need to do in the united states is keep our eye on the ball. of that is our paramount priority, which is to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. we believe diplomacy is the best way to achieve that. rather than military conflict. so we're going to negotiate in a clear eyed firm way with the iranians to see if we can arrive at an outcome that puts their nuclear program in a box. whether the president is person a or person b is less relevant than to whether their system is prepared to make commitments to constrain their nuclear program. >> that's one of the big questions. you heard the current iranian prime minister. he's optimistic about a deal before the new president takes office this summer. do you share that optimism? >> what i would say is there is still a fair distance to travel on key issues, including san

jake sullivan likes to use the phrase take the chinese from situations of strength that the old phrase he used in the description how to deal with the soviet union i cannot agree more with him on that. allies are one area that is a situation of strength. we have much stronger alliances certainly than the chinese are other adversaries like russia or north korea working together on domestic legislation to make this more competitive with china is an important bipartisan opportunity. where the grade is incomplete the obama biden administration at 25 percent president xi and they said in 2016 we will not militarize the south china sea. but yet when they started to do that secretary said john kerry and others when you do freedom of navigation readiness plummeted we rebuilt that during the trump administration. the big issue, we are not there yet fully you cannot cut by 25 percent four years and thank you have a strong military. where will they be on the military? you have members of the democratic party chuck schumer, sanders who put bill on the floor. 14 percent across-the-board. that's par

here's jake sullivan again.cal infrastructure. when ransomware infrastructure. when ra nsomwa re causes infrastructure. when ransomware causes the shutdown of a pipeline or causes the shutdown of a pipeline or causes major disruption to food supplies, or because of some disruption to an electricity grid — thatis disruption to an electricity grid — that is a national security issue. and president biden intends to consult closely with partners of the g7, with allies in nato at how we can have a collective response of this. and he intends to say to vladimir putin privately what we've said publicly — which is that we don't believe the russian government is behind these ransomware attacks, but the russian government shares responsibility to deal with the criminals on their soil who are conducting them and to prevent them from conducting further attacks. you can read more _ from conducting further attacks. you can read more on what jake sullivan can read more on whatjake sullivan told the bbc in the interview online,

national security adviser jake sullivan made one thing about that meeting absolutely clear. >> we do not regard a meeting with the russian president as a reward. we regard it as a vital part of defending america's interests and america's values. >> the biden administration's domestic agenda will face a big test this week, the president expected to talk with west virginia republican celly moore capito today or tomorrow about efforts to reach a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. and in just a few minutes from now the justice department will hold a news conference to update us on that colonial pipeline hacking that squeezed fuel supplies along the east coast for several days last month. let's start with that story, just with pete williams right now who is at the department of justice for us. pete, bring us up to speed on what we know the impetus before this news conference? >> well, what we learned here is from law enforcement officials who say that the interesting thing about this, we knew that colonial pipeline's ceo had said that the company did pay the ransom in order to get its com

jake sullivan acknowledged the voting rights act is a national security issue. >> that's right.hen we're trying to fight for the preservation of our democracy and convince other leaders in the world and other people in the world that democracy is the right kind of system of government, but when he can went evolve our own democracy by passing a bill like that voting rights act, we have efforts here at home to undermine the integrity of our democracy, such as with the assault on the 2020 election by trump and many of his followers and republicans in congress, it puts the u.s. at a very diminished posture vis-a-vis the world. >> i was in ukraine last month. i gotta tell you that president zelensky wanted a meeting, he wanted an oval office meeting before the putin meeting. he didn't get that. he got a call today and a promise of a meeting afterwards. ukraine is feeling very vulnerable with the russian troops at the border. >> understandably, andrea. it has been a priority for ukraine dating back many years to have a close relationship with the united states. so it's telling that de

here now to discuss all that, white house national security advisor jake sullivan. hard-liner, ebrahim raisi, has just been elected the new president of iran. we should note that raisi is under u.s. sanctions for his involvement in mass execution of political prisoners back about three decades ago. question: what does joe biden think of raisi? >> jake: well, of course we vigorously object to the worldview and the outlook that raisi has put forward. we don't share his values, we don't share his interest, but chris, we also have to keep our eye on the ball. the person who will call the shots on iran's nuclear program is not raisi. if the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, he is the guy ultimately who will make the decision about whether iran accepts the constraints on its nuclear program that will ensure that it does not get a nuclear weapon. that's what we are testing right now. that's what our diplomacy is all about, and we are determined to prevent iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon. >> chris: there are reports that the administration wants to get a deal wi

on the flight to brussels, national security adviser jake sullivan pushing back on the idea that presidenten would do a cybercriminal prisoner swap with putin. >> he didn't say prisoner swap. what he was talking about was accountability, and the idea that responsible countries should hold -- should be held accountable to not harboring cybercriminals, and to bringing cybercriminals to justice. >> reporter: that comes as the latest poll shows 49% of americans have a good or great amount of trust in biden to negotiate with putin. overnight, biden wrapping up his g7 trip in england where leaders offered a global plan to fight the pandemic and fight climate change. queen elizabeth joined him for tea at windsor castle. biden says he hopes to find areas where the u.s. and russia can work together. mona? >> ike, thank you. >>> let's turn now to karen travers in brussels. before we get to vladimir putin, what's at stake? it was pretty much dismissed by former president trump. >> reporter: mona, the president is once again saying america is back. his message today at the nato summit is that the u.s.

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joining me now is national security adviser jake sullivan.u for joining me. "the washington post" editorial board wrote, quote, biden offered putin the benefit of the doubt. he should know better. and it continues as follows. the rhetoric sounded a lot like that which followed the initial encounters between the past three u.s. presidents and mr. putin, going on to say there is no reason to believe the outcome will vary from previous u.s. attempts at cooperation with mr. putin. so do you have any specific, concrete reason to be optimistic that this timeline will be any different? >> well, first of all, dana, i'm not sure if "the washington post" watched the entire press conference that president biden held after the summit with president putin because in that press conference, he explicitly said the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, which is to say that over the next 6 to 12 months, we will see through actions, not through words, commitments or body language, whether, in fact, we are on a better track with u.s./russia policy and the

now let me turn over to jake sullivan. jake: today, we are announcing our plan for sharing the first 25 million u.s. vaccines with the world. i am going to brief the outline why we are saying them, how we are sharing them, and where we will share them. first, our goal in sharing our vaccines is in service of ending the pandemic globally. our overarching aim is to get as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as possible as fast as possible. it is as simple as that. we want to save lives. perhaps most important, this is the right thing to do thanks to the ingenuity of american scientists and the resilience and commitment to the american people, we are in a position to help others so we will help others. as the president has said, the united states will not use its vaccines to secure favors from other countries. next, i want to say little about how we are sharing. we have received requests from all over the world and a number of important factors went into our decision about how to allocate these first 25 million

national security advisor jake sullivan said thursday the initial shipments are part of a broader plan to send a total of 80 million doses abroad by the end of june. >> prioritizing south and southeast asia including countries like india, nepal, the philippines, and others that are undergoing surges right now. in -- it recognizes canada and mexico, which received our first shared vaccines. and praise like the republic of korea where our military shears command. amy: public health experts say the u.s. and paul's are short of what is needed to address the global crisis. the people's vaccine alliance estimates it could take 57 years to fully vaccinate everyone in low-income nations. the world health organization is warning of a sudden, sharp increase in the spread of covid-19 in many parts of africa that could lead to a continent-wide wave of new infections. cases are rising in at least 14 african nations and are up by 30% in many areas over just the last two weeks. hospitals in uganda report they're becoming overwhelmed with covid patients, while south africa is showing early signs of a

the white house national security advisor jake sullivan talked to our colleague dana bash. future. >> we're preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case, as well. we've shown all along the way we're not going to pull our punches. whether it's on solar wins or election interference or na nalvani. >> reporter: the statement comes days after president biden sat in that face-to-face meeting with russia's president vladimir putin. he warned there would be dire consequences for russia if navalni did die in prison. he did not outline the timeline for sanctions but president biden is facing pressure from lawmakers on capitol hill, including democrats to act soon. lawyer are and christine? >> thank you so much. >>> it brings us to three questions in three minutes. let's bring in cnn white house correspondent john harwood. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> what do we know about the timing of the new sanctions on russia or what they could possibly include? >> reporter: well, the white house press secretary jen psaki said it reflects no change from the posture

jake sullivan likes to use this phrase, dealing with the chinese from situations of strength.hat is the old dean atchison phrase that he used in the creation, when describing how to deal with the soviet union after world war ii. i could not agree more with them on that. allies is one area that is a situation of strength. we have stronger alliances, certainly than the chinese or other adversaries like russia or north korea. working together on domestic legislation. you have written about it, josh. some of it is coming together to make us more competitive in regard to china. there is an important bipartisan opportunity on that. let me give you two where the grade is incomplete. one is on the military. the obama/biden administration second term cut defense spending by 25%. xi jin ping stood next to obama and the rose garden and said we are not going to militarize the south china sea. that was untrue, that was alive. when they set it to do that, secretary of state john kerry and others in the obama administration would not even do freedom of navigation operations as they were gutt

i think that biden and blinken and jake sullivan want to get back to a more predictable relationshipare outcomes that they can see in advance. i think i would have to imagine that the new administration there would feel exactly the same way. i mean -- >> but, rick, when you are navigating some of the tricky waters between the united states and israel, for example, they are looking at trying to revive the iran nuclear agreement, as you well know. in his final speech at prime minister, netanyahu publically criticized biden. he said he wasn't tough enough on iran. when you are dealing with, for example, reviving the iran agreement, when you are dealing with something as fraught as that, does the fact that you have naftali in change the equation? >> i would assume that -- i don't know this -- that prime minister bennett is opposed to the agreement just like netanyahu was. i would argue -- i'm saying this as a civilian -- that the iran agreement makes israel safer, because it just makes it much harder for iran to become an active nuclear state. i think bennett is very concerned about havi

jake sullivan responded to that halls well. >> it's extraordinary to hear donald trump's secretary ofto talk about weakness in the face of vladimir putin when we saw what happened in helsinki. >> martha: your response. >> it was a study in contrast. the actions that we took were really bold. we put enormous pressure on the russians, not the least of which was to build up the united states military. i'll put our actions against any administration's, this is not about a critique of the biden administration. we have to push back against the cyber activity against the pipeline or the ability to build out a pipeline in the northeast. they matter. 16 places that we'll defend american cyber defense? that is not good policy and it's not good for the american people. >> martha: there's no doubt that we need to build up a serious cyber front that has very clear red lines act interfering with any american operations whatever is over. i do want to ask you about this before we let you go. with regard to afghanistan. the way that this administration is pulling out. they want to be out by september

we were listening to jake sullivan they're setting out the criteria.t all contentious in the united states?— this at all contentious in the united states? well, this is the first batch, _ united states? well, this is the first batch, as _ united states? well, this is the first batch, as you _ united states? well, this is the first batch, as you mentioned, l united states? well, this is the | first batch, as you mentioned, of the 80 million doses of the united states has pledged to distribute worldwide. within the space of this month, 25 million doses in this first launch, and 75% of them, as you mentioned, going through the programme that is run by the world health organization, the priorities being south and central america, of course, brazil has been very badly affected by covid—i9, also south and southeast asia which includes india, where they have seen a surge of the virus in recent weeks, and africa as well with some being kept back for partner nations, including south korea, where, of course, the us has a big military presence. now, president bid

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 on the first foreign trip of his presidency. certainly not his first foreign trip but his first one is president of the united states. the trip, at its core, will advance the fundamental thrust of joe biden's policy to tackle the policies of our time. we believe president biden goes on this trip from a position of strength. dramatic progress against the pandemic at home, strong projected growth that will help power the global economic recovery. renewed american power and purpose, and a rocksolid foundation of alliances that will serve as multipliers for our global agenda. at the g7 he will join with this federal -- fellow leaders to lay out a plan to end the covid-19 pandemic with further specific commitments towards that end. he will also join his fellow leaders to announce a new initiative to provide financing for physical, digital and help infrastructure in th

reporter: you heard jake sullivan, president biden's national security advisor there. the dynamic is -- it has changed in the sense that we have a new arabian president, but in the thing that sullivan said -- a new irani in -- a new iranian president, but the thing that sullivan said is that the decision will meet -- will be made by iran's supreme leader. we are trying to establish by how much of a role the president will play and whether these hardline -- this hardline affiliation that he has will influence the talks. it seems fairly bold to try to regroup immediately after they -- after the election and to try to somehow move forward. but that is just the nature of the talks as we know. they tend to go on for extended periods. that surely -- that's a good prospect now. shery: as i why we are seeing no real reaction in the oil markets right now -- is that why we are seeing no real reaction in the oil markets right now? reporter: they are waiting for the return of irani and oil to go onstream again -- iranian oil to go onstream again and the election is put a damper on

j joining me now is jake sullivan. thank you for joining me.he benefit of the doubt he should know better. the rhetoric so sounded like th past three u.s. presidents and mr. putin going onto say there is no reason to believe the outcome will vary of various attempts with mr. putin. do you have any optimism that the timeline this time will be different? >> i am not sure if "the washington post" watched the conference of the summit meeting. in the press conference he ex p specifically said -- the fruit of the meeting -- he's not taking anything for granted and when he was asked whether he was confident, he said that's not the right word. confidence is not the right word. the right word is verification. being able to test and see whether in fact the relationship does get onto a more stable and predictable basis. let's get some specifics in here. bob menendez criticized -- i want you to listen to what he sads. >> the trump administration regularly missed congressionally mandated deadlines. i expect better from this administration. president biden a

the national security advisor jake sullivan on sunday. >> a core part of the effort we're undertaking way investigators in to do the real work of figuring out where this came from or they will face isolation in the international community. >> bill: michael pillsbury is from the hudson institute on chinese strategy. the last line otherwise they face isolation from the international community. will they? >> well, to some degree but whether that's enough pressure on china to really open up the files and let scientists be interviewed i very much doubt. jake sullivan i understand his concept to put pressure on china to get them to allow a really honest scientific investigation whether there was a leak from the lab that was accidental or this was engineered or whether they are completely innocent of any wrongdoing. these are sort of the three big scenarios. my own hunch is china will not cooperate. there is too much at stake. president trump raised the issue of a $10 trillion reparations bill that china owes the world. i don't see the chinese opening up unless we can have some effective pre

. >> reporter: good morning, the national security advisor, jake sullivan, said president biden will not threaten nor give ultimatums, instead will rely on intelligence and diplomatic pressure to get to the bottom of how the pandemic began. >> either they will anow a responsible way investigators in to do the real work of figuring out where this came from or they will face isolation in the international community. >> reporter: republicans in the house say the administration is being weak with china and there is a bipartisan push on capitol hill to establish a commission to look into the origins of covid-19. >> we cannot get to the origin of this by listening to china or the world health organization. we should declassify the information and find first and foremost where it came from and let the entire world know. >> reporter: how the pandemic began has perplexed scientists. it was revealed in february 2020 just as the world health organization was declaring it a public health emergency, there was a secret meeting of international scientists. dr. anthony fauci recalled it was discusse

appearing on abc news yesterday, national security adviser jake sullivan said biden's administrationfrom north korea? >> engagement on the horizon? >> well, time will tell. what president trump has communicated is the united states is prepared to engage in principled negotiations with north korea to deal with the challenge of north korea's nuclear program toward the ultimate objective of the complete denuclear san diego of the core korean peninsula. his comments this week we regard as an interesting signal and we will wait to see whether they are followed up with any kind of more direct communication to us about a potential path forward. >> what precisely are you looking for? >> well, the clear signal they could send is to say, yes, let's do it. let's sit down and begin negotiations. >> meanwhile iran's hard-line judiciary chief won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election amid the lowest turn outin the republicans' history. it signaled a stunning consolidation of power. he'll take office in august. president rouhani cannot run again. they hope to free etc. from pub

we're joined by president biden's national security advisor jake sullivan.hank you so much for joining us. you joined president biden and president putin for that expanded portion of the meeting. what was it about that conversation that led both of these leaders to come away saying this was a constructive meeting? >> wolf, thanks for having me. the session covered the waterfront from critical issues like arms control, cyber security to regional issues like the iran nuclear deal and the drawdown from afghanistan, north korea's nuclear program, to some of president biden's fundamental concerns about human rights and democracy and rule of law, which as you heard from him yesterday in his press conference, he didn't shy away from. he took those messages to putin directly in a straight fforward and businesslike way. >> i want to get your reaction. i know you dismissed this attack by the house minority leader kevin mccarthy that president biden, in mccarthy's words, gave putin a pass. it's not only mccarthy who's saying that. alex vindman says, russia's coming awa

i think it is very clear, and president biden has said this and jake sullivan has said this, that they looking for stability and they're looking for predictability. as we know, president putin is not looking for stability, he seeksinstability, and he's unpredictable. invading his neighbor, unpredictable. what both president biden and jake sullivan and others have said, if president putin is not willing to have a stable, predictable relationship, then there will be consequences, and again, he has put his money where his mouth is. he has put sanctions on president putin for the actions that the russians took against our elections, against navalny and other things. and against invading ukraine. so that will continue. >> both of you, thank you so very much. i appreciate it before this crucial meeting. >>> the house committee talking about invading the accounts of trump's former counsel. >>> this person seen struggling and screaming with delta flyers. what happened aboard that delta flight? ♪ ♪ tonight...i'll be eating cheesy cauliflower pizza with extra broccolini. my tuuuurrrrn! tonight..

and i would amplify what jake sullivan said, if you look at 20th century, we saw the rise of fascismot because democracy -- not because it was strong but because democracies were not protected, defended as strongly as effectively as they should be. and we should take that history to heart and do all that we can to defend our democracy. >> it seems to me there's a number of clear and present danger, points of clear and present danger now for our democracy. in republican-controlled states everywhere in the country we're seeing very, very aggressive efforts to roll back voting rights and quite worringly to put partisans in charge of the voting and putting power to overturn election results in hands of partisans. also seeing i think unprecedented interest on the republican side with having partisan third party sham audits and recounts where they're accessing real ballots and voting machines and going back over them without any controls supposed to apply to our real voting system to cast doubt on the results. should the justice department -- whether or not reforms are passed, should the j

listen. >> what is troubling about this is we just heard jake sullivan say we need china to help us out with this investigation. they haven't been willing to do that for over 12 months now. >> meanwhile, public health experts and epidemiologists are telling fox news the time for a transparent investigation into the origins was a year ago. they said trying to start one now is impossible. it's not going to deliver meaningful results. shannon? >> yeah. i like the white house saying that we need a summer full of joy. hope you have one. >> it sounds great. thanks. >> here now is victor davis hanson and joe concha from the hill and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. i want to start with this. this is a statement from alina chan, a scientist, talking about why the origin discussion for so long has been in one direction and not the other and we're turning the corner to possibilities now. she says there's been trepidation about scientists publicly discussing the lab leak hypothesis. she says -- >> shannon: victor, how was that more important than getting to the bottom of what kil

jake sullivan making a point that this will put the u.s. in the position of far outpacing china or russia in terms of the number of vaccine doses that we have distributed. this is a higher quality vaccine that anything that china or russia is distributing. he went out of his way to point out this is without strings attached. this is being done through the w.h.o. to strength be the w.h.o. to strengthen the covax initiative. it's not something where the united states is asking for anything in return. we are not using this as leverage or putting any strings or prerequisites on any country that is going to get any of those things. do you agree with that approach? >> i do. it's, of course, reminiscent of the marshall plan. it's been compared to that over the course of the last 24 hours appropriately. the marshall plan was criticized by some because it didn't come with many strings attached. we said to europe, if you are interested in building a participatory democracy, if you are interested in an open economy in which american companies can comp

jake sullivan says the new round of sanctions will take effect once the u.s. quote ensure we are getting the right target. there is been a tornado punching down at the chicago-- in chicago overnight injuring at least six people leaving more than 34,000 without power, flooding also causing issues at o'hare airport. another tornado was reported in iowa causing extensive damage, likely no injuries there. more severe weather expected today as the system moves east. those are some of the headlines back to you. dagen: thank you. futures right now pointing to a higher open to start off this week. big gains on the dow jones, nasdaq and s&p futures. wall street looking to rebound from the dow jones worst week since october. last week's federal reserve disposition with inflation fears is still driving markets. joining me now managing partner raymond james. former wisconsin contributor sean duffy and podcast host ryan tame. welcome to all three of you gentlemen. what are you watching in the week ahead watching what's been going on in the treasury market is astonishing wi

jake sullivan over the weekend said they are working to develop the right targets for these sanctions we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well. we've shown all along the way we're not going to pull our punches, whether it's on solar winds or election interference or navalny when it comes to responding to russia's harmful activities. >> now, kate, it will be interesting to watch who is targeted in these sanctions. it's noteworthy that allies of navalny himself have advocated for the u.s. and other countries to sanction oligarchs tied to putin because they think those sanctions could have the most impact. now, last week after meeting with president putin, president biden said that if navalny died in prison, there would be devastated consequences for russia. kate? >> yeah. the consequences would be devastating, he said for russia as he remains imprisoned. thank you so much for that reporting. >>> there is also this. a tragic end to the search for a missing person in russia. the body of a woman was found in a wooded area over the weekend. investigators s

they pointed us to jake sullivan's comments this morning. >> if these attacks continue, the presidenta including in cyber and he said that clearly and definitively to president putin. >> sullivan says we'll find out in the next few months if the deterrence message was received by russia and if progress can be made telling reporters in an on-record briefing believes this is the most direct that any u.s. president has been with laying out where america stands and he put it in a presidential policy directive number 21. we'll see. charles? >> charles: griff, thanks so much. i want to get to kansas republican senator roger marshall on this. your thoughts? >> my old track coach in college used to say don't tell me, show me. putin is only going to respond to actions. by all rights, the president of the united states should have cancelled this meeting with putin. just think a little bit about the timeline. the beginning of may, the russians hacked the colonial pipeline. in the middle of may, we announce a meeting with them. we reward that hack by giving a meeting. then they turn around and ha

i thought jake sullivan put it well today. we're not meeting with putin despite our differences, we're meeting with putin because of our differences and putin understands that too. >> joyce vance, i want to play for you what the attorney general said today. his remarks concerned criticism of your beloved doj. we'll discuss on the other side. >> our job is to represent the american people. and our job in doing so is to ensure adherence to the rule of law. it is not always easy to apply that rule. sometimes it means that we have to make a decision about the law that we would never have made and that we strongly disagree with as a matter of policy. but in every case the job of the justice department is to make the best judgment it can as to what the law requires. >> joyce, we'll tread gently here, so many democrats are angry at him, chiefly for handling of the trump case but there's also more. is the anger stemming from seeing a justice department put back to being a justice department and not the personal legal vehicle of a pres

in the national security adviser, jake sullivan said that he hopes there will be a phase 2 of a worldanization investigation in to the origins of covid. but because china has not been cooperating and providing data from the earliest days of the pandemic, there might be some problems with that. >> china has basically said that they think their part in an international investigation is done. why is jake sullivan still here saying it's impossible that they're going to provide preliminary data at some point? >> i don't think we just give up that easily. we're going to continue to press china to be transparent and be forthcoming with information. we're not just going to accept that they said they're not going to participate. >> the white house is banking on diplomacy. the white house says there's no circumstance under which fauci would be fired. the secretary state anthony blinken said he's not sure how likely the lab leak theory is yet. >> i can't put a percentage on it. there's two possible scenarios. one is the one you just described, that it merged from the laboratories and the other i

here's how national security adviser jake sullivan put it today at the white house briefing right after president biden made his call to the president of ukraine. >> second question, jake, on voting, for the people's act. if it is not past, is it a national security issue? >> i would say the basic notion of democratic reform and voting rights in the united states is a national security issue. we're in a competition of models with autocracies and trying to show the world that american democracy and democracy writ large can work, can effectively deliver the will of the people. to the extent we're not updating, refurbishing and revamping our democratic processes and procedures to meet the needs of the modern moment, then we're not going to be successful in making that case to the rest of the world, to china, to russia or anyone else. there is a national security dimension to this today. >> there is a national security dimension to this. united states in a competition of models with autocracy. we are trying to show the world that american democracy and democracy writ large can work effectiv

that's jake sullivan. the national security advisor.at's because this announcement is what you might call a little vaccine diplomacy on the part of the united states. the president announced last month that he was upping the ante to 80 million doses, 60 million of astrazeneca but 20 million of the johnson & johnson to share with other countries. we expect this will detail where they will go. we will listen to whether that -- the supply is actually increased from that 80 million as well. we know the u.s. has an abundant supply at this point to meet what the demand is at this point in the united states. the white house also calling this a month of action to try to hit the president's goal as well. the timing of this is significant, hallie. if you look at the expected foreign travel, not just this week of the vice president to central america, but the president just a week from today heading overseas, his first trip overseas as president. we have gotten more details about the exact itinerary. it will be starting with a meeting with the uk

why is jake sullivan still here saying he thinks it's possible they are going to provide the preliminary data. >> well, i don't think we just give up that easily. we are going to continue and press in coordination with the international community. >> peter: just outside the door to the west wing right now the secretary general of nato is holding court with reporters after a long meeting with president biden. we didn't see president biden on camera at all today. he did send his top diplomat the secretary of state tony blinken to capitol hill though. and to testify in front of congress, i should say. and while he was doing that blinken said he cannot put a percentage on the likelihood that covid may have leaked out of a lab in china. bret? >> bret: you know, peter, a bit of a stir that president biden or the white house did not put out a statement, a tweet or a post commemorating d-day. why? >> peter: bret, when i asked an official here about that they directed me to the president's remarks last week on memorial day where he did mention the beaches of normandy while commemorating memorial

national security adviser jake sullivan says the u.s. is also putting a focus on the global effort to beat the virus by sharing 25 million vaccines to start. >> our overarching aim is to get as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as fast as possible. it's a simple as that. the u.s. will share vaccines with canada, mexico, parts of central and south america. africa. india pakistan and more. 75 1% of these doses will go through the world health organization backed program covax this will maximize the number of vaccines available equitably for all countries. now the doses given that will be made up of pfizer moderna and johnson johnson vaccines reporting live in washington. i'm basil john, thank you, basil. coming up, an incident at a sacramento hotel. how other hotel patrons responded after a group complained about. >> 2 women kissing. ready. set. summer. get ready for summer, with fresh starts... quick auditions... and savings during the home depot's memorial day savings event. save on appliances, like this samsung laundry

the idea of building partnerships and -- i listened to it interviewed by the security adviser jake sullivanhe did an interview at the bbc upon arriving in the uk for the start of this trip and he stressed a couple of points about the move. he said, as you know, the other two countries in the world that have been making a very big deal out of the fact they are distributing their vaccines abroad are china as you mentioned and also russia, jake sullivan making a point that this will put the u.s. in the position of far outpacing, china or russia, in terms of the number of vaccine doses that we have distributed. it's a higher quality vaccine than anything china or russia is distributing. he also went out of his way to point out it's without strings attached. this is being done through the w.h.o. to strengthen the w.h.o., being done to the covax initiative, and it's not something the united states is asking for anything in return. we aren't using this as leverage or putting any sort of strings or prerequisites on any country who is going to get any of those things. do you agree with that approach

finally, as you all know many of you probably on this call, jake sullivan announced the president strategy for global vaccine sharing and allocation plan for the first 25 million doses to be shared globally. just a couple of highlights from that. first come having successfully secured enough vaccines for americans were donating excess come donating surplus u.s. vaccine supply and encouraging other countries with surplus supplies to do the same. the the president announced yesterday that you sharing a total of 80 million doses by the end of june so that's 25 million doses that will go out as soon as possible, very quickly, a number will go out as soon as today. that is five times the number of any other country is committed to joe sharing and 13% produced by the united states by the end of this month. second we are working with vaccine manufacturers to increase vaccine supply for the rest of the world in a way that can also create jobs here at home. we are all these manufacturers who have facilities that will enable us to continue to produce additional supply even beyond that we can provide

biden's national security advisor jake sullivan. >> if the administration were producing a bumper stickers trip, it would be, "america is back." that is what joe biden is saying and would like it to be seen. the trump air is in the past -- era is in the past and predictable america is back. the national security advisor speaking exquisitely to the bbc. >> when we show up in cornwall, we will be there to help lead the g-7 in ending the pandemic. we will be there with incredible domestic growth to help power a global economic recovery. i think we'll be showing through our deeds that the u.s. is capable, right now, of delivering bold and decisive action to help solve problems that afflict people everywhere around the world. >> isn't america lagging behind vaccine diplomacy? lagging behind russia and china who have been offering these vaccines in africa and other places? stealing the march on the u.s.? >> i believe profoundly when all is said and done, it will be the united states and the western democracies who did the lion share of the work from to develop world in terms of helping and this