in mexico. u.s. president joe biden is getting support from g7 allies for a sweeping tax overhaul targeting multinational corporations. great to have you along this hour. thanks for joining me. we begin in the united states where we re hearing from both sides of the debate after a federal judge threw out the nation s first-ever ban on assault weapons. house speaker nancy pelosi says the ruling is deeply flawed and poses a clear and serious threat to public safety. she s calls for gun reform legislation to be passed immediately. the national rifle association is praising the judge s decision calling it well reasoned. but victims and survivors of gun violence across the country feel betrayed by the court. here s paolo an definitely.
shannon: the u.s. gearing up for a showdown with russia. when secretary of state rex tillerson goes on a mission to moscow tomorrow with a pointed message for putin. i m shannon bream in for martha maccallum. bill: good morning. international tensions over syria near the boiling point yet again. secretary tillerson finding strong support while meeting with g7 allies in europe before his journey continues to moscow. it is expected he will urge putin to back away on his support for assad. they appeared over the weekend on the talk shows with the following message. i m hopeful that we can have constructive talks and have
varying degrees of commitment we ve seen from the trump administration. the secretary of state is talking about a political process, negligent yayss with the united nations countries to set up as he puts it a way for the syrian people to determine the fate of bashar al-assad in the future. though the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has been saying there isn t an option where a political solution going to happen with assad at the head of the regime. this as the secretary of state is meeting in italy with g7 counterparts. used to be the g8 until they suspended russia s relationship when it was the group of eight. they re discussing among other countries the future of syria, extremism and the secretary of state comes to moscow tomorrow. shannon: thanks very much. there has to be a degree of simultaneous activity as well