Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Will do more targeted testing of people with symptoms or contact a covert 1000 patients as well as nurses doctors or care recipients of. The varian state premier mark was has already made it clear that his state will stick to my test even after the Holiday Season. We were surprised that 2 weeks ago men data retests for risk areas were introduced from one day to the next and now they have to be done away with although there are more and more risk areas but doesnt make sense. The regional leaders disagree on this point but together with chancellor merkel they want to define at least one line of action where they stand united that could be higher fines for people who dont abide by the rules most people in germany are in favor of the governments corona measures others are planning to rally against restrictions but for now anti coronavirus Mass Gatherings have been banned by the authorities. When they understood to discuss this is the Political Correspondent covering this story for the 1st
To get more sick anyway and of course this is a time when makeable says there are too many details where there are similar problems but all the different states have found Different Solutions so that is the idea of this meeting so i know about is very punctual normal normally and weve been waiting for this press conference to start i think we can have a quick look in the chancery where we still only see empty chairs quite a bleak picture you know were probably wondering why does it take so long and of course we have colleagues. At the press conference shes sitting in that room waiting of course shes hearing all the whispers whats going on behind the scenes and i think youve been texting with her didnt want to see you say well its funny would you say that she wrote to text me and said well clearly mrs markland state premiers are getting less good at timing but they are Getting Better at building up the drama to present details rather than breakthroughs. And i think this is something we
War leaders but not all americans are ready to denounce this chapter of history. And born during lockdown with her parents far away after weeks of separation this surrogate baby in ukraine finally meets her family but many others still face a long wait. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us russian investigators have charged a city mayor with criminal negligence over the arctics largest ever oil spill they suspect the mayor of didnt do enough to contain the discharge of more than 20000. 00 tons of fuel into water waterways through the worlds northernmost city last month investigators say that local cleanup efforts were too limited and too slow experts are now predicting the disaster could take years to contain and cost at least 150000000. 00. Lets bring in was Emily Sherwin in moscow for more on this story hi emily how serious are these charges. Well these charges certainly are serious criminal negligence is quite an accusation and of course this case is very high profile p