minister rishi sunak in the coming hours. he will also be meeting with king charles. all that comes before he heads to lithuania, for a critical nato summit, where russia s war on ukraine will be high on the agenda. the summit comes just days after mr. biden approved giving controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. earlier, i spoke with michael o hanlon, sr. policy at the brookings institution and i asked him what impact the decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine will have on upcoming meetings. i think the decision on cluster munitions will be controversial, but, it is a pretty tactical decision. you know, the russians have been laying landmines here and there, left and right, and this decision will not demonstrably change the basic situation. so, you can agree with it, or not agree with it, it is not a
kicking off his high-stakes overseas trip in the uk. mr. biden alive the late sunday and is set to sit down with the british prime minister in the coming hours. he will also be meeting with king charles, all of that comes before he heads to lithuania for a critical nato summit were russia s role war on ukraine will be high on the agenda. the summit comes just days after mr. biden approved giving controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. the debate over biden s decision to provide those weapons is extending to capitol hill. one top republican told him on the cnn state of the union, that he agrees with what the president has done. russia is dropping with impunity cluster bombs in ukraine, in the country of ukraine right now, all of the ukrainians are asking for is to
providers from providing transitional care to transgender minors. rafael romo, cnn. still to come, u.s. president joe biden is gearing up to meet with britain s prime minister at the head of a critical nato summit. we have the details just ahead. plus, a mission to repair relations. we will look at what was accomplished by the u.s. treasury secretary s visit to china. a live report from hong kong is coming up next.
drive. they caught a fully functioning car in half as we engineered it. the result is a mind bending affect that makes the car look like it is swimming through the pavement. the car might look like it is moving around on the zone like a roomba, but controlled with a video game controller. well, that makes it reassuring. and that it is safe. what if a mouse is crossing the road? maybe you ll scoop it up. it doesn t look like it s going too fast. no, but it s low. that s how low can you go. that s it at 5:00. see you back here at 6:00 for tonight, high-stakes diplomacy in europe and china. president biden heads to a critical nato summit. the goal, manage new divisions over ukraine, explain new u.s. military support and chart the alliance s future.
announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. jericka is off. i m major garrett. we begin with the phrase, heated exchanges. it s a diplomatic term that conveys hard choices and big stakes. president biden will wrestle with both at the nato summit this week as he hopes to maintain european unity as russia s war against ukraine crosses the 500-day mark. it was also a theme of treasury secretary janet yellen s efforts to clarify and calm u.s. competition with china. but that phrase, heated exchanges, also applies to worrisome global weather patterns and their spin-off effects here at home. scorching temperatures and dangerous flooding. oklahoma saw flooding that required several swift water rescues and the week ahead could be among the hottest america has ever seen. all of this on the president s plate as he arrives in london. that s where we find cbs s weijia jiang. good evening.