tensions still stemming from a u.s.-australia submarine deal that blindsided the french and cost them a multibillion dollar defense contract. let s begin at the white house. cnn s m.j. lee is standing by on the south lawn. what s the president s focus for today? reporter: bianna, just to set the scene for you, we ve been outside on the south lawn of the white house where we ve been seeing a military proceeding play out. of course, the band is playing as well as we wait any minute for the french president and his spouse. the first lady of france to arrive for a big arrival ceremony. that s going to kick off the day. then the middle portion of the day, as you talked about, is sort of the working portion of the day where the two leaders are going to have a lengthy bilateral discussion on so many things at the top of their agenda including the war in ukraine as you said. challenges posed by countries like china, like iran, and the