the pocket of uniing them in a way that hasn t happened ever, so i think whether it s the far east, whether it s nato, whether it s europe, whether it s what s going on in africa, i think we have enormous opportunities, and i think just want to finish the job. president joe biden addressing his age and why he wants another four-year term. the president is in london this morning on a five-day trip that includes a nato summit later this week. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile president biden is facing time lines on when ukraine could join the military alliance. plus ukrainian s president calls on donald trump and says he could end the war in under 24 hours. we ll play those comments for you just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday,
ukraine and russia. but also janet yellen wrapping up her trip over the weekend. both governments gave positive assessments of the meetings. yellen said her purpose for visiting is to make sure the u.s. and china engage no-no escalatory actions that could harm their relationship. she said their communication was successful in opening up china moving forward. she was the second to visit beijing in less than a month. that s after secretary of defense antony blinken met there. and now john kerry is also expected to visit china later this week. talk about this white house pivot to asia. it comes at a really high stakes time. it certainly does. the top takeaway from these talks with treasury secretary
this morning for a big summit. you can see the european president there, von der leyen. and the dutch prime minister wejust there, von der leyen. and the dutch prime minister we just saw there before the screen changed. it seems like a real scramble as people are getting together for a big like a real scramble as people are getting togetherfor a big photo. dozens and dozens of eu leaders. 0ne dozens and dozens of eu leaders. one of the main discussions we have been seeing throughout the morning will be the focus on ukraine and the russian invasion. that is most likely to be top of the agenda. we heard from president zelensky a little earlier this morning. he was talking to the model than president who was thanking ukraine for keeping them safe. and embrace there. many
that she ate. it was russia that was expelled from the g7 because of its invasion of crimea ten years ago. think about the images we saw today. it was ukraine that was sitting at the table with those other g7 leaders, as those leaders were announcing new efforts to support ukraine and its coming counteroffensive that we expect to be launched in. the president addressing directly a new arms package that is going to be useful in the short term, and the long term pledge she made with our allies to begin training, and ultimately a quid in ukraine with those high caliber fighter jets, including f-16s. now it was interesting throughout the summit, because the larger theme had been about china, the entire trip, which was supposed to be, as you, know, katie so must be three different stopped over the course of a week. they had to be cut short. the focus on ukraine, and some, ways overshadow what the president faces very well accomplishments as early search ina. bringing allies on board with ef
we well, alex, we have seen president biden bases entire foreign policy on the idea that the 21st century is going to be defined by this contest of democracies like the united states versus, autocracies like russia and china. and you see it so clearly in the agenda for this g7 summit. it began on friday and put the focus on ukraine. and it will end on sunday as well, as president volodymyr zelenskyy will meet with the leaders of the g7 countries. and just in the last few minutes, we have learned will have a sit-down one-on-one meeting with president. biden you can be sure that the president s decision to greenlight the training and ultimately equipping of ukraine with those f-16 fighter jets will be part of their conversation. the president, of, course will also hold a closing news conference sunday afternoon before heading back to washington. saturday it was a very jam-packed schedule for the president. just concluded about an hour. ago and the focus was really on china. it is not j