cooperate. and we are going to respond to actions that are inconsistent. reporter: tonight, the president arriving in brussels for a nato summit today. mr. biden saying today we do not view nato as a sort of a protection racket we believe that nato is vital to our ability to maintain american security. and andrea joins me from brussels, the site of that nato summit that comment we just heard from the president sounded like a swipe at his predecessor. reporter: exactly nothing but. nato, of course, is an alliance that former president trump threatened to quit, calling it obsolete president biden, instead, thinks it s critical for his efforts to stand up to russian aggression kate andrea mitchell, thank you so much as a reminder, keir simmons exclusive interview with vladimir putin airs tomorrow on today. now to more on president biden s visit with the queen today. he became the 13th u.s. president to have an audience
but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. welcome back to state of the union. i m dana bash. as we speak, president biden is inside windsor castle meeting with queen elizabeth on his first foreign trip. joe biden is now the 13th u.s. president to meet with the queen. the president also spent about 30 minutes earlier today talking to reporters at the end of the g7 summit. he called it an extraordinary, collaborative and productive meeting. joining me live from brussels is cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, how did president biden preview the meeting he s going to have with vladimir putin? reporter: dana, president biden said he s been pointing
13th u.s. president to have an audience with queen elizabeth starting with president harry truman in 1951 that. is certainly a potential ice breaker given the fact that president biden has met eight other u.s. presidents himself. of course, this will be bitter sweet for queen elizabeth, the first meeting she ll have without her husband of 70 years, prince philip who passed away in april. the president just left leaves for the nato sum milt and sits down for a face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin after this. as we watch these pictures, i want to bring in our panel to discuss all things royal and pomp and circumstance. let me start on the ground there, max foster. y u ear at windsor cass sl. what s happening right now? reporter: so we got the i can t see the pictures currently. the president has just arrived
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