summits, about what he plans to say to putin. in the president s own words, he said all of the foreign heads of state thanked him for holding this summit. and the president arrived several hours ago, he hasn t had anything on his schedule this evening. aides say he s taking more time to prepare, and tomorrow morning, there s nothing on the agenda until 1:00 p.m. local time, 7:00 p.m. eastern, when the summit kicks off in earnest. the president is taking the largest and most extended amount of time to prepare. one official says this is something he s certainly not going to be winging. ayman? let s go to moscow. keir, you conducted a worldwide exclusive with putin that continues to generate headlines. what is putin looking at for
never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ good afternoon, everyone. i m ayman mohyeldin in new york. in less than 24 hours, president biden will participate in the highly anticipated first official summit with russian president vladimir putin. the president and putin will both greet the swiss president before holding a smaller meeting between the americans and the russians. translators will be present for the meeting. it s scheduled to take place at a low point in relations between the two countries. though the list of u.s. grievances is quite long, white house officials are downplaying
here s what chuck schumer said about the summit. the u.s. much demand accountability in a way that president trump never did. rick, there are so many competing priorities going into the summit for president biden. maintaining a stable and predictable relationship with russia. but at the same time, holding putin accountable. what can biden reasonably accomplish, and what does a successful summit look like for this white house? you can do both. this is not what diplomats call a deliverable summit, where you have negotiated agreements in advance, and you get them together as a prelude to signing them. this is a get acquainted summit, a restoration of the u.s. summit, getting the band back together summit. i think the biden administration
priorities from the white house perspective. what are they, going into the summit? and how will the white house measure progress? reporter: they re not bracing for a big breakthrough. that s absolutely correct. so essentially, one thing the u.s. and russian presidents agree on is that relations are at an all-time low point. the white house views this as, anything that can raise the bar ever so slightly or incrementally will be viewed as progress. the president has a long list of things he plans to confront putin about, and they re hoping he can get to all of them. we re learning a little bit more about how that could go. they could meet for as long as four or five hours tomorrow, at a swiss village overlooking lake
walk us through the short-term preparations president biden and his team have been undergoing to get ready. reporter: just before he left for europe in the last few weeks, we know president biden held a summit there in washington, inviting experts from outside of his administration to really consult him on how he should confront president putin. people who feel they know him, his personality, some of his diversion tactics. it wasn t just former officials under president obama s administration, it was also someone like fiona hill, who worked in the trump administration. and the president has been talking to almost all world leaders that he s encountered at the g7 and nato and u.s./eu