multilateral summits he preferred transactional, one on one negotiations with another person who we could do deal with. he found coming to these things boring having to listen to other people express their opinions, there are occasions when he was filled yawning slightly, resting his eyes gently. that s very different. joe biden has come here to make exactly the opposite point. namely that america is back on the multilateral stage and he wants to engage with his allies once again. says he s leaning in to keep but he s landing wherejoe biden touched on yesterday. let s put the record straight on that. you can see the honour guard there at the foot of the steps. journals waiting for him as well. it s a very covid secure summit. we should mention that it is still going on during a pandemic. some news breaking in the la sal that in fact one of the press hotels here in cornwall, they ve had an outbreak. and the german security assay at that hotel. it really does underline just how difficult