while these world leaders covered serious ground today president biden face to face with russia's vladimir putin two days from now is a major distraction, saying u.s. relations at its lowest point in years set the stage for a very fence showdown. we have white house correspondent phil mattingly, clarissa ward, max boot, and he's also a "washington post" columnist, and our very own chief political analyst gloria borger standing by as well. start with you, clarissa, what are you hearing from america's allies? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, what a very different tone we are hearing now as spanish prime minister is calling president biden's election an inspiration, saying he was delivering on some of the promises in that meeting today, the head of nato saying that it is different with, i think, what we can call characteristic norwegian