meeting don t help matters. we see president biden seated more than 10 feet away from anyone in the room, even his vice president, the only one give an glass of water, which means no one else would remove their hasings to take a drink. the white house is clearly concerned about protecting biden, 79 years old, from potential infection. him being down for eight to ten days not good even if asymptomatic. but the white house s actions protect biden medically may expose him politically. he acknowledged he needs to get out from behind the mask. the white house seems to be stuck managing an emergency the public doesn t want to see as an emergency anymore. republicans and ads and re-election campaigns are trying to seize on the issue of covid fatigue, use it to channel frustration with government overall, even if sometimes pretty recklessly. ned lamont s response to covid put connecticut in danger. he sought the guidance of ex-governor cuomo. monday i ll meet with governors cuomo and w
and has accused nato of stoking tensions in the region. the kremlin issued a statement after talks yesterday between president biden and vladimir putin. mr biden has warned of tough economic sanctions if an invasion takes place. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a secure video connection for a high stakes meeting. joe biden face to face with the russian president for the first time sincejune when they met in person. mr biden seated in the situation room at the white house with his senior advisers, the two leaders shared pleasantries before getting down to business. it s good to see you again. behind closed doors they spoke for two hours with ukraine at the top of the agenda. for weeks there s been growing concern in the west that the build up of more than 90,000 russian troops near ukraine s borders could herald an invasion by russia. the white house said president biden voiced the deep concerns of the united states and its european allies about russia s escalation o
welcome to the programme stop the presidents of the us and russia have held a two hour video summit, dominated by heightened tensions over ukraine. the white house says president biden made clear what it called deep concerns of the us and its european allies over russia s military drills and escalation of forces near ukraine. mr putin, on the other hand, said russia wanted guarantees that nato wouldn t expand further east. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a secure video connection for a high stakes meeting. joe biden face to face with the russian president for the first time sincejune when they met in person. mr biden seated in the situation room at the white house with his senior advisers, the two leaders shared pleasantries before getting down to business. it s good to see you again.
inside. and diving into the metaverse facebook is the latest high tech company to go there. but what is it? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the presidents of the us and russia have held a two hour video summit, dominated by heightened tensions over ukraine. the white house says president biden made clear what it called deep concerns of the us and its european allies over russia s military drills and escalation of forces near ukraine. mr putin, on the other hand, said russia wanted guarantees that nato wouldn t expand further east. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. a secure video connection for a high stakes meeting. joe biden face to face with the russian president for the first time sincejune when they met in person. mr biden seated in the situation room at the white house with his senior advisers,
they feel good about it, they don t feel it s wasteful. jon: what about the seating chart for the state of the union. in years past when president obama has made a state of the union you see all the democrats stand up on one side of the house chamber, the republicans are all sitting down. this year they say they are going to mix it up a little bit. is that really anything more than a show? it is a dog and pony show, but it s powerful symbolism, when you look at polls the american people say they are fed up with paralyzed, polarized american government. they want to see leaders talking to each other trying to get something done and produce jobs for this economy. it s interesting tonight you re going to have vice president biden seated next to speaker boehner. i don t think they will be best friends forever but it s a nice image and there s also a question of whether people from the supreme court show up given the fact that they felt that