scheduled to be under way here in the next few minutes or so. we ll see the motorcades pass in front of us to see how it s going inside. wolf? yeah, we certainly will. we re told president putin will arrive at villa la grange first and then president biden. there will be a photo opportunity with the swiss president and then their first round of meetings will begin. let s go over to natasha bertrand. she s getting firsthand information. what do we know about this first round, how it s being structured, natasha? reporter: yeah, wolf. president biden and president putin will be meeting with their top aides, president biden with antony blinken and president putin with sergey lavrov. that will be the first meeting they have after they arrive here at the summit site. the next round will be expanded.
in that car with his flag on the front. they ll be making their way around lake geneva to villa la grange on the other side of our position. president biden will be making same route, indeed the same route of history. they ll be going over a bridge that has american flags and russian flags. they are flapping in the breeze on a very warm day in geneva. president putin f he would arrive on time and keep president biden waiting, for now it appears he will not. he s arrived at the summit site first. and that s something the white house insisted on, hi arriving first and not leave president biden waiting. in a few short moments we expect president biden to make his way. the swiss president will be sharing a few remarks, welcoming both leaders here. this is neutral soil in every respect, so this is something
and to do a press conference. they took just five conference from a pre-approved list of reporters and not enough. there is a hunger built up. one of the two leaders could have told the security forces just back off for a moment, let the press get out. bill: it happens and so we re left to report on that. the two men met for about two hours and now they ve moved onto the second part of this meeting that includes a lot of other advisors in the room. at least 10, maybe 12 based on the list we ve seen. dana: soon president putin will be the one who will go first to give his press conference and then biden will follow up. bill: the white house says the goal today is to lay out areas we re working together and make the world safer and to draw a line in the sand against russian activities. peter doocy leads our coverage at the summit site in geneva, switzerland. peter, good afternoon there. good afternoon, bill and dana. and as we stand here a few
him while we can. let s go to geneva, jonathan lemire is there in the travel pool with president biden. good morning. set the scene where you are. president putin has arrived. his motorcade is moving toward the villa we re seeing there perhaps for an on time arrival. what are you seeing? what happens from here. it seems like a rare moment of punctuality. i m sitting in president biden s motorcade. we re outside his hotel. we will be rolling shortly as well to the summit site. and the run of show is as follows. both leaders will arrive separately. be greeted by swiss president. the three men will then have an official welcome. we expect just the swiss leaders to be there. then we will have president putin and president biden meet for a small event just joined by one aide each and an interpreter. we expect to hear from both men then briefly.
0 in that car with his flag on the front. they ll be making their way around lake geneva to villa la grange on the other side of our position. president biden will be making same route, indeed the same route of history. they ll be going over a bridge that has american flags and russian flags. they are flapping in the breeze on a very warm day in geneva. president putin f he would arrive on time and keep president biden waiting, for now it appears he will not. he s arrived at the summit site first. and that s something the white house insisted on, hi arriving first and not leave president biden waiting. in a few short moments we expect president biden to make his way. the swiss president will be sharing a few remarks, welcoming both leaders here. this is neutral soil in every respect, so this is something that certainly as this meeting begins, swiss will be watching with interest, but, of course, it s between u.s. and russia. wolf? this motorcade is making its way. it should be there