the white house said they stand by that. tonight he said he did stand by it but he seemed to sidestep ray li -- a little bit when he said putin seems to stand by it. he said he doesn't want to create conflict because it seems like he's going to go there and push and push and push when it comes to russia. he often said there are areas we think we can cooperate. they're trying to set the tone in that way. but, erin, they're also not having expectations for this summit. president biden is not trying to visualize what he can walk out of that room and have in his hands, they're saying they don't expect any concrete achievements, but this does come with skepticism as to why this me meeting is happening now. he said the ones he spoke to at the g7 summit and at nato today,