dancing thunder. people liked it. they thought it was funny. he does that hip sway. that s tragic. [laughing]. laura: those hips are not meant for dancing. there is a close up. it s far more intriguing. it s all disturbing. i don t think they should dance. climate was discussed at the vatican today. there was a 2 stepping go on there as well. the president met with the pope. when biden gave his holiness a challenge coin, things got very biden.
emily talk about well, she s not sure if he can remember and you hear abby skirting the issue of not sure if the truth is being told, all of it comes back to one point. you don t have to make a judgment about anything. just know that the facts aren t meeting what s happening before our eyes. however that journey is happening, whether it s untrue or forgotten, whatever it is, it s problematic for him then for the american people. sean: for me, i don t agree with joe biden s policies but i m an american. i want my american president to be successful, to be sharp, to reflect well on our people when he travels overseas and that s not happening. for me, that s troubling because i love my country. to have a president who doesn t know what s up or down or in or out is problematic for the nation. harris: i add into the facts, they kept the live feed from the vatican today when the president was meeting with the pope and they gave us dribs and
biden acknowledging today what we did, quote, was clumsy, but before that meeting when the president was asked do you have to apologize, he said, to whom? here s our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega traveling with the president tonight. reporter: president biden at the vatican today, spending nearly 90 minutes behind closed doors with pope francis. the meeting, deeply personal, for the second catholic president in the nation s history. you are the most significant warrior for peace i ve ever met. reporter: the president and the pope shaking hands, exchanging gifts, laughing. president biden says the pope also gave him a vote of support on a controversial issue back home, privately weighing in on an effort by conservative u.s. bishops to deny communion to politicians, like this president, who support abortion rights. mr. president, did the issue of abortion come up at all? no, it didn t. it came up. we just talked about the fact that he was happy i was a good catho
relationship. many world leaders speak english, often speak only their native language in these settings. for macron to speak english was another sign of work that has been done to try to repair this relationship. thank you. thank you as well for joining me this hour. busy friday. andrea mitchell reports picks things up next. good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. right now in rome ahead of tomorrow s g 20 summit of the world s wealthiest nations, president biden is in the middle of the meeting with france s president emmanuel macron, trying to patch up differences after the outrage in france over the the u.s. contract to sell submarines to australia, a sale france and macron thought they had made. earlier president biden, a devout catholic, meeting with pope francis at the vatican today, six decades after
fellow democrats announced a framework on that massive infrastructure and social spending package. we expect to hear the first official reaction from house speaker nancy pelosi at any moment. president biden delayed his flight to meet with the pope at the vatican today, seemingly in order to seal the deal with one last sales pitch on capitol hill, to get everybody on board and push his signature spending plans over the finish line before boarding air force one. today the president made clear compromise is at hand. he is on board even without everything he wanted. today i m pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, i think we i know we have an historic economic framework. it s a framework that will create millions of jobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people, turn the climate crisis into an opportunity, and put us on a path not only to compete but to