we fail to pay our bills. we re going to come together because there s no alternative. we have to do the right thing for the country. we have to move on. those were president biden s comments on the debt ceiling negotiations just before he took off for the g7 summit in japan. we ll have the very latest on the budget talks and the president s trip overseas. he has arrived. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. because right now these are indeed live pictures from hiroshima, japan, where president biden is meeting with japanese prime minister kishida ahead of their bilateral meeting. g7 leaders are gathering there where they will likely focus on the war in ukraine and tensions in asia. the president, of course, had announced he was cutting short his planned trip to the pacific, no longer visiting papau new guinea or australia in order to get back on sunday to continue those debt ceiling negotiate asians. we ll bring you
president biden arrived there about an hour ago after first landing at a marine base outside the city. he was greeted by japanese officials as well as former white house chief of staff and the former mayor of chicago ron emmanuel. emmanuel of course now serves as the united states ambassador to japan. soon after touching down president biden went onto meet with some american marine corp troops stationed at the u.s. base. today that base is home to roughly 15,000 personnel including employees that are japanese nationals. after meeting with troops president biden flew by helicopter to hiroshima where he s currently holding a bilateral meeting with japan s prime minister kishida. the g7 summit officially begins tomorrow. the gathering of the nation s wealthiest democracies. joining us now from hiroshima white house reportr for the wall street journal ken thomas traveling with the president. ken, great to see you. thanks for being with us now. let s start with the matters at
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