to be able to put in place the necessary measures to prevent it from happening again or at least to be in a better place to mitigate the next pandemic if we can t fully prevent one. so we need this transparency, we need this information. the w.h.o., the first study they put out was highly deficient. the leaders of the g-7 came together insisting china cooperate with the phase two study by the w.h.o. to get to the bottom of what happened. the president ordered the 90 day look. he ordered back in march that we try to determine for ourselves the origins of covid-19. and we came up with two plausible explanations, one is the so-called natural occurrence going from animal to human. the other was a lab leak. but we couldn t determine with any degree of certainty which one it was. what the president s ordered now is to with the intelligence community bringing all of the different agencies of government
join the u.s. in countering russia and china. he s trying to engage them on trade and human rights, on covid and climate change. pledging america is back as a better partner than it was under president trump. all this before the main event of the trip when he sits down with russian president putin in geneva on wednesday. this hour, a fascinating exchange as we talk with both secretary of state antony blinken and his immediate predecessor, former secretary, mike pompeo about the change in foreign policy from trump to biden. first let s bring in peter doocy with the latest on the president s meeting with the other leaders of the g-7 industrial democracies. u.s. is back. back trying to make nice with leaders in europe. pleased to have the u.s. president part of the trip. the g-7 featured a lot of photo ops and major
didn t they agree on? the summit sheer already re revealing some sharp divisions including slowing china s rise. the white house says that president biden had private chats with just about everyone at the summit in addition to formal one-on-one meetings. and it is a personal diplomacy that may leave a lasting impression when the summit is over. president biden came to the g 7 summit with the goal of shoring up relationships with
united states allies. so far they appear to be breathing a sigh of relief after four years of tension with the former administration. president biden had one on one meetings with various leaders in what one senior official called diplomatic speed dating. they welcomed the president with open arms. take a listen to the meeting that the president had with french president macron on saturday. i think it is great to have a u.s. president willing to cooperate. the united states said before we re back, the u.s. is back, and we feel very, very strongly about the cohesion of nato. and i, for one, think the european union is an incredibly strong and vibrant entity. president biden will have another day of meetings at the g 7 on sunday and will end his day
transition to president biden, he is very veersserious about tackling the climate crisis. the thing about climate change is we know what needs to happen to save the planet and they re not doing enough. in kenya you can see reactions to climate crisis right now, crops are failing and people are going hungry. what would be enough? we need to deliver on the $100 billion promise they made to finance poor countries. so $100 billion for poorer countries for a transition to