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
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
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
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
Degrang in geneva before heading into the first round of talks. They lasted about two hours, the two president s as well as Secretary Of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign minister sergey lavrov. Larger groups under way trying to hash out a possible agreement. Good morning to you. Im jim sciutto Live In Geneva. Great to have you there, jim. Im poppy harlow live in new york. The sitdown comes as President Biden looks to send a clear meggs to his russian counterpart in a relationship he says has reached a low point. So what can the two leaders accomplish over the course of today . Theres a lot on this agenda from nuclear arms to Climate Change to recent cyberattacks and a potential Prisoner Swap for rusamericans detained in russian. There will not be a joint news conference. Our team is covering every angle. We begin coverage with cnn chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny just outside the building where the meeting is taking place. Tell us whats happening right now. We were