july 10th. i m ali vitali along with jonathan lemire in london. you have a better background. i ll let you set the stage. it looks amazing. ali, good morning. i do have a win. i m standing in front of the buckingham palace. i m indeed in london. i flew here with president biden last night. it s building toward that nato summit. but he s got some other matters at happened first with america s oldest ally. he s meeting with the prime minister from uk, rishi sunak for the sixth time in six months and later his first meeting with king charles since he took the crown in which the president said it will be substantial on climate change. that will be later today. and then he ll be off for a key nato summit that comes at a really important inflection point in ukraine s war against russia. yeah, jon, you re absolutely
yevgeny prigozhin who led the rebellion in russia met with president putin just days after the mutiny. why? and where is he now? this morning, president biden is in the uk, meeting with king charles for the first time since the monarch s spring coronation. it is first leg of his high stakes trip for the nato summit as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance. and wild weather continues along the east coast. just look at this. right now about 10 million people are under flood alerts. parts of new york set rainfall records. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner. this is cnn news central. this morning, another surprising twist coming out of russia. mercenary boss yevgeny prigozhin hasn t been seen in public since the attempted mutiny, but get this, the kremlin now says the wagner boss sat down with
bringing you live into london as we see president biden meeting with rishi sunak at downing street. this is going to be one of the president s first meetings today, sipping what i would imagine is tea and toasting to the press. we re listening to colleagues trying to answer questions. we ll see, of course, if these leaders take them. later he ll meet with king charles for his first time since meeting the king since he was actually established as such. turning back now to the states, this morning it s still not clear if marjorie taylor greene is or isn t still a member of the house freedom caucus. been more than two weeks since lawmakers were here and members of the group voted to remove the georgia congresswoman from their ranks.
slow-moving storm moves north. this morning of cnn this morning starts right now. and good morning, everybody. it is happening right now, president biden is in the midst of his meeting with king charles at windsor castle. you saw the meeting just a short while ago. this meeting happening on the eve of a critical summit with nato leaders. just noted, just moments ago. the warm embrace there between the two men. the president arrived, inspected the honor guard. it is the first time the king and president biden have met face to face since charles ascended the throne. they are set to discuss climate change and clean energy, and tomorrow, russia s war in ukraine will take center stage when the nato allies meet in lithuania. max foster is live at windsor castle. max, what is the significance of president biden s stopping in england before the nato summit? reporter: well, it s an opportunity that american presidents like to take up and be seen amongst all of that
can solidify that relationship with the u.s. while ritchie sunak is dealing with some prickly issues, really, in that, particularly in how they re handling the war in ukraine. political issues, i mean, you could argue climate has become a political issue, as well, around the world. this is something that charles is not going to let up on. in the past, these moments have been awkward for president trump, for example, getting a bit lost, but charles very much in control of this moment, showing the inspection of the guard, allowing president biden to inspect that guard and it all went pretty smoothly. so now they ve gone in for tea and for a discussion about climate. max foster, we ll continue checking in with you through the hour. and new this morning, we are now hearing from the kremlin that yevgeny prigozhin met with president vladimir putin after his short-lived mutiny at the end of june. remember that attempted coup. we re told the meeting took place on june 29th, that was five d