expression there as bemused, befuddled maybe. i m sure there s a fairly long german word for it, and of course, who could forget the previous president literally shoving nato leaders out of the way to puff his chest out at the front of a photo op. this was today s nato group photo. as you can see, no shoving. it s a very low bar to clear. but there you have it. the british prime minister is calling president biden, quote, a breath of fresh air. the french president says biden has definitely convinced allies that america is back. the german chancellor has hailed biden s commitment to multilateralism. but the g7 this weekend and nato today, those were in a way the easy parts. when president biden emerged tonight in brussels after a full day of talks with nato allies, the assembled press mostly wanted to ask him about his next meeting, his one-on-one this wednesday with vladimir putin. i m going to make clear to president putin that there are
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parties. the five republican and five democratic senators say they worked in good faith to form a realistic framework to modernize the country s infrastructure. now, they didn t offer specifics, but several sources tell cnn the package includes a total of $1.2 trillion of spending over eight years at a cost of $974 billion in the first five years and $579 billion in new spending. the plan includes no tax increases. with so many americans 12 and up at least partially vaccinated against covid, what does that mean for younger kids? we will see where the vaccine authorization process stands next. also coming up, the leaders of the united states and the united kingdom hold their own mini summit ahead of the g7. boris johnson said speaking with joe biden was, quote, a breath of fresh air. stay with us.
platitudes about what they re planning to do going forward. the next thing up. the leaders are arriving at the eden project, biodomes that mimic a rain forest environment. it will be meeting with the queen, no small thing, but also be talking about other key agenda items, the climate agenda. there will be that tonight as well as a picture with the queen and the g-7. ana? it was interesting to hear the boris johnson, the prime minister of the uk, calling biden administration and talks with the president a breath of fresh air. the ability for them to work together, he said. phil mattingly, thank you for your reporting, this g-7 summit is critical, and cnn s tom foreman is here now to explain why. tom? it s called a g-7 because it is the group of seven, leaders of the world s largest economy, germany, canada, the uk, the united states, france, italy and japan. it used to be the g 8, not terribly long ago, until russia
tonight at ten borisjohnson and the president of the united states hold their first face to face talks ahead of the g7 summit in cornwall. the prime minister described the discussions as great and said they went on for a long time and covered a huge range of subjects . there s so much they want to do together with us, from security, nato, to climate change. and it s fantastic, a breath of fresh air. a first encounter of a seemingly successful kind. borisjohnson a first encounter of a seemingly successful kind. boris johnson and joe biden successful kind. boris johnson and joe biden head to head at the start of a momentous week. with the eyes of the world now on cornwall, president biden announces the us will donate half a billion doses of the pfizerjab to help poorer countries