you are a secretary of state antony blinking has wrapped up his 2 day visit to costa rica for the focus was mostly on migration. but his gabriel alexander reports from san jose most costa ricans of more pressing concerns than diplomacy with the us. the costa rica is witnessing a cooper 19 crisis. the number of infections more than doubled last month 267000. and the number of death, 810, was the highest since the start of the pandemic. a 2nd covered wave worse than the 1st is keeping away most tourists who usually flocked to this country. and for jimmy hernandez, a van driver and tour guide that is meant, he said, little to do these days in order tourism right now, because of the pandemic has gone down almost 40 percent, it's affecting almost every one some days. we can't work other days, we can. so it's affecting us a lot. people say the situation everywhere is bad. ever so many places a close like businesses, so many people can't work in an unemployed. so this pandemic is so difficult how it's affecting people financially, costa rica as a country of 5000000 people. of those only 11 per

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good morning everyone, one of the us, but in it's visit here this week, the secretary of state antony blinking, said it would be another 2 weeks before details can be announced in central america to help can't come fast enough. gabriel's condo, al jazeera san jose goes to rica, botox is in miramar, are resorting to new tactics to avoid security forces i flash more. second quickly, dispersed, replaced mass rallies more than 800 protests as have been killed since a military coup in february. that number could be much higher, protested say they want the army out of politics. the congo ship has had an overhead crane in a time when he's port sending it crashing down onto a stack of shipping containers. the 86000 ton vessel was preparing to dock. it's called song harbor. when it hit the crane causing a domino effect because one from the sight of the accident, one person was injured. a number of artifacts from thailand have finally returned home decades after they were stolen. their return was welcomed by culture and fine arts officials in the capital one. this recovery to be one of many, sc

good morning everyone, one of the us, but in it's visit here this week, the secretary of state antony blinking, said it would be another 2 weeks before details can be announced in central america to help can't come fast enough. gabriel sandow al jazeera san jose costa rica, 3 quarters of excess current of ours vaccines in the us will be donation to the global vaccine sharing program known as kovacs. president joe barton says 19000000 doses will be shared initially with countries in latin america, asia and africa. further, 6000000 will be distributed directly on the u. s. so far under the cove x program, $76000000.00 doses have been given to less about countries. in just a weeks time, the flow of aid into opposition held areas in northwest and syria is due to stop the un mechanism allowing it to pass through one remaining check point in turkey will end. and russia is broken, attempts to maintain it. the fears that a plan to reroute through damascus will give the assad government more power to report the u. s. and basset, or to the united nations, meets aid workers at the turkey border

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

i the secretary of state antony blinking about to speak. they're standing alongside high co mass. washington didn't attend in january 2020, under the trump administration. but since biden came to power, there's been more u. s. involvement in libya, conflicts less listening now to the foreign minister of germany. first, i called him if you hot not to crack. yes, we all knew only too well. and we also know that the environmental c negotiations continues to be very complex. now that collections have taken place in iran, we also talked about ukraine, the talks in the end for, for met with the objective of putting an end to the conflict in the east of the country. so fits is that no one can be satisfied about the present state affairs. the state is crew. we insist that the minsk agreements need to be implemented and we need to inject that new dynamic into the president. right now we are preparing the substance for a not the meeting of the foreign ministers of the in full and it is extremely good and extremely helpful to have the united states supporting us in days. of course, the autho

. >> 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

chris: today we'll speak with the current can and previous secretaries of state, first, antony blinkenabout mr. biden's promise that democracy can deliver. and this week's high stakes sit-down with russian president putin. then we'll get reaction from former trump secretary of state, mike pompeo, blinken and pompeo, only on "fox news sunday." plus, vice president harris hits the global stage with a message to migrants to rethink dangerous travel to the u.s. border. >> do not come. chris: we'll ask our sunday panel about the blowback she's 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." ♪ chris: 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 as a better partner than it was under president trump. all this before

and have a vote on monday. israel's defense minister, meanwhile, has been made to your secretary state antony blinking, and washington as he seeks more military aid. benny gans wants a $1000000000.00 to upgrade israel defenses. dance will also discuss the iran nuclear deal. now the headlines, security forces in sudan have closed up all major roads leading to government and military headquarters in the capital costume activists marking the 2nd anniversary of the 2019 massacre of peaceful protest as during approach democracy fit in officials in northern nigeria say they are negotiating with kidnappers to release 148 school children, the students were taken on sunday during an armed rate on this school into geena, nisha state. and salvage experts are running at a time to contain a maritime disaster of sri lanka coast, a congo of chemicals and plastic pellets from a burning container. ship has pollution, the beaches and waters near to the capital, colombo, and with that you are up to date with the headlines on al jazeera, witness sedans, forgotten films next. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, o, i got

early signs, so washington is eyeing and eventually trade packed with taiwan, us, secretary of state antony blink. and alluded to the start of such talks during a congressional hearing. his remarks came with paging already incensed by a recent visit from 3 us senators to tie when he's president sign when to announce a major vaccine donation. despite cutting diplomatic ties with taiwan in 1979, in order to recognize beijing as china's only official representative, washington is still, ty pays most powerful ally and biggest arm supplier increased us support in the form of strength and trade relations is likely to feed china's anger further complicating relations between the world's top 2 economies. and here's a look now some of the other business stories making headlines, declining imports, push the u. s. trade deficit down more than 8 percent to around $69000000000.00 in april. that's following a record high march when the gradual easing of pandemic locked down, fuel consumption of goods and shrinking deficit is not to be assigned that domestic demand is returning to normal. electric car man

early signs that washington is eyeing and eventually trade packed with taiwan, us secretary of state antony blinking, alluded to the start of such talks during a congressional hearing. his remarks came with paging, already incense by a recent visit from 3 us senators to tie when he's president sighing when to announce a major vaccine donation. despite cutting diplomatic ties with taiwan in 1979, in order to recognize beijing as china's only official representative, washington is still, ty pays most powerful ally and biggest arm supplier increased us support in the form of strength and trade relations is likely to feed china's anger further complicating relations between the world's top 2 economies. this cost to correspond to taiwan, so sung on why all the americans. so you came to get a trade deal with taiwan. well, the deal has been put aside for 5 years since the o box ma government and the trump and duration focus on the trade war with china, leaving no time for the nomic. and he goes asian with one. this really worries the democratic island because it is excluded from the r e. c p, whic

. >> 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

his secretary of state antony blinkin came up with a plan to build on the talks in doha, with a peace conference in san bull. so the taliban and african government could work together. that plan now lies in tatters and most timeless, believe the african people who suffered for decades of war, and now lightly to face an intensified conflict. un experts preparing for a major humanitarian emergency. james bays al jazeera, spain socialist lead government is approved. controversial pardons for 9 capital and independence leaders. they were jailed over their roles in the failed attempt to secede from the rest of the country. in october 2017. it's a deeply controversial move and a huge risk for the prime minister address sanchez wrongs president elect says he'll work to defend the country's interests in any negotiations with foreign powers. and his 1st speech to the nation. much youth justice abraham racy denied the u. s. claim that his election when was manufactured, that's the subject caught a g, have a job big shuttle method in domestic politics, domestic policy, and foreign policy. the fo

the secretary of state and the personal advise letter be joining the two presidents for the personal discussions? >> reporter: it's a little unusual that the one will be in the room. antony blinken, the secretary of state circumstance incredibly close to president biden, so that's going to be the one person in the room with him when the meeting kicks off. you'll see president biden arrive at any second as you see the motorcade making its way through geneva. and they're going to be in a room, president bide den, secretary blinken, president putin, and lavrov. that's going to be a critical meeting where they look each other in the eye and get a sense to how the day is going to go. the white house is preparing for any outcome. they're hoping there will not be any surprises, but they've lowered expectations. they do not expect a large amount of deliverables when they walk out the door. when they open it up to a few more staffers, those will be the ambassadors for the respective countries who have not been in their posts for the last several months. john sullivan, he came back to the united states for what he said were consultations, but it came amid very high tensions betwee

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

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

. >>> we're live on capitol hill this morning where secretary of state antony blinken will be testifying about the biden administration's 2022 budget request for the state department. he'll be taking questions from members of senate appropriation committees on a number of policies, including china, russia and the upcoming nato summit. 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 is testifying. he refused to explain why that happened.ed the keystone xl pipeline. kt mcfarland is with us next. she will take it on. she is fired up. stay there. >> biden is making sure he get as warm reception because he weren't ahead allowed for in order dream 2 which is an unbelievable move. you gave prussia the biggest gift you could have asked for. you literally stabbed ukraine in the back. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ centrum multigummies aren't just great tasting... they're power-packed vitamins... that help unleash your energy. loaded with b vitamins... ...and other key essential nutrients... ...it's a tasty way to conquer your day. try centrum multi gummies. now with a new look. in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses and advanced cybersecurity to protect every device

accompanied by their foreign ministers in russia case that survey live rob and the secretary of state antony blanket. following that, there will be a joining of a 5 member delegation for each side and the talks could go on for some time given the large number of issues that they hope to discuss. there are quite a big difference between these 2 men when it comes to what they are looking to achieve. in fact, their goals are somewhat divergent. in fact, we know that for the u. s. part, the expectations are pretty low. they want to try and establish stable and predictable relations with russia. but at the same time, we're not hearing or expecting any big breakthroughs, whether it be on security, whether it be on concerns about human rights in the treatment of opposition in russia. this could just be the framework for those talks. now, from the russian standpoint, what they're hoping is to try and protect moscow's vital interests. there's no expectation that the rift that exists between the united states and russia over the 2014 the ag station by russia in crimea. they don't expect that that will

. >>> 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 -- 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

over 40 years of age, secretary of state antony lincoln has held multi lateral talks in rome on syria and dealing with the so called islamic state. he appealed for countries to repatriate citizens who joined the militants and prosecute them if necessary. the western coast of the us and canada is sweltering under a record breaking heat wave for the 2nd day in row temperatures and seattle's that a new all time high. this time of 42 degrees celsius, other cities where even hotter, businesses have closed and transformed authorities had to use water trucks to cool down. drawbridge, is this an area traditionally known for poor temperatures and rather rainy conditions? let's bring in my grass. he's now he's a resident of canada as british columbia problems mark, welcome. i see you've got your chaise on, so it's probably sunny where you are. what's the temperature? all the temperature right now is just cross the, sorry, 45 degrees. wow. how are you coping with this crazy weather? well, i've just started floating like crazy. it's been, it's been a bit of a struggle. i'm also an asthmatic, so a

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

. >> 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 is testifying. he refused to explain why that happened.y the information canceled the keystone xl pipeline. kt mcfarland is with us next. she will take it on. she is fired up. stay there. >> biden is making sure he get as warm reception because he weren't ahead allowed for in order dream 2 which is an unbelievable move. you gave prussia the biggest gift you could have asked for. gift you could have asked for. you literally s ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. available on the gmc sierra. did you know that geico's whole 15 minutes thing... that came from me. really. my first idea was “in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ow! in business, it's ne

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

. >> 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

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

let us extra state antony blink and says, iran's nuclear program is quote, galloping forward. but even after 2 months of indirect talks, he says he's unsure whether iran really wants to return to compliance with its 2015 deal. lincoln said if iran continues to violate the pat, it could have enough fissile material for a single nuclear weapon within weeks. the root presidential election is on a knife edge about 93 percent of votes have been counted showing former teacher federal cust you ahead with just over 50 percent of the vote. conservative partition k. could you maury, as just under 50 percent, 2 trains of glided in southern pakistan. sind province can at least 51 people. dozens were injured and trapped in the wreckage. the accident happened after the coaches of a north bound train derailed and fell across the opposite track. a packed south found train out into them. i missed a man come said he was shocked by the event and called for an inquiry. for liking government lawyers of accused the owner and crew of a container ship that sinking off the country's coast of an attemp

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

foreign minister lavrov and secretary of state antony blinken. let's listen in for just a moment. [ inaudible ] >> one other thing to note, both of these world leaders have longtime relationships with their chief foreign policy advise advisers, which i do think is noteworthy. secretary of state pompeo was not a longtime friend of president trump. 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 jou

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

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

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

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.

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

>> 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

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

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

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

. >> 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