Meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin in a decade, with two leaders meeting. Talking about Cyber Attacks, ukraine and americans being held inside russia. No concrete solutions announced, but the two sides agreed to begin talks on The Groundwork For Future Arms Control and Risk Reduction measures. Now after the summit concluded, putin held a News Conference in which he said the talks were very constructive. Translator i believe there has been no hostility. On the contrary, our meeting took place in a constructive spirit. Indeed, we have assessment on a number of issues, but both sides expressed the intention to understand each other and to seek common ground. Talks were quite constructive. For his part President Biden shared the same sentiment during his News Conference, but he did get a little testy, as he was leaving when a reporter asked him if he was confident that putin would change his behavior. When did i say i was confident . I said what i said was lets get it straight.
Formidable adversary. President bidens hope is to open the lines of communication with russia. He wants to stop any further deterioration in the relationship which he admits has reached a new low point. Theres a lot on the agenda from nuclear arms and Climate Change to recent Cyber Attacks and a potential Prisoner Swap for americans detained in russia. There will be no, repeat, no typical joint News Conference afterward. Instead each lead letter hold his own press briefing. The white house is determined to avoid the kind of embarrassing spectacle we witnessed back in 2018 in helsinki when then President Trump took the stage with putin and said he believed the russian leader over his own, his own u. S. Intelligence agencies. The long awaited biden putin summit takes place next hour at the historic villa la grange. Our team is here covering every monumental level and the stakes are enormous. Lets begin with natasha. Who will be there . How will it be structured . Yeah, wolf. So the forma
This is cnn breaking news. Brandnew hour. Im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. Strategic stability. That was the goal heading into todays highstakes summit between President Biden and russian president Vladimir Putin. As the sun sets in geneva, it appears they have at least laid a path forward. I did what i came to do. The tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours was was good. Positive. There wasnt any strident action taken. Where we disagreed. I disagreed. Stated where it was. When he disagreed, he stated. But it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. Translator the meeting was actually very efficient. It was specific. And it was aimed at achieving results. So, lets talk about some of the results. Russia and the u. S. Have agreed to return their respective ambassadors to their posts in the coming days. Also, the two nations will begin consultations on cyber security. And we know President Biden says there would be grave consequences if putin critic A
This is cnn breaking news. Brandnew hour. Im victor blackwell. And im alisyn camerota. Strategic stability. That was the goal heading into todays highstakes summit between President Biden and russian president Vladimir Putin. As the sun sets in geneva, it appears they have at least laid a path forward. I did what i came to do. The tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours was was good. Positive. There wasnt any strident action taken. Where we disagreed. I disagreed. Stated where it was. When he disagreed, he stated. But it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. Translator the meeting was actually very efficient. It was specific. And it was aimed at achieving results. So, lets talk about some of the results. Russia and the u. S. Have agreed to return their respective ambassadors to their posts in the coming days. Also, the two nations will begin consultations on cyber security. And we know President Biden says there would be grave consequences if putin critic A
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.