something only four other u.s. presidents have enjoyed. a private visit with the queen at windsor castle for afternoon tea. overall biden is the 13th u.s. president to meet with the now 95-year-old monarch, this moment also marking the queen s first major engagement since the passing of prince philip in april, her husband of 73 years as biden moves into the nato summit in brussels, again air force one there which starts tomorrow, all attention will be focused on his upcoming face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. that s on wednesday. biden agreeing this morning with putin s earlier remarks that the u.s. relationship with russia is as bad as it s ever been. let me make it clear, i think he s right it s a low point, and it depends on how he responds to acting consistent with international norms. which in many cases he has not. cnn s jeff zeleny is in brussels for us. so jeff, the president expressing some optimism. however, ahead of his putin meetin
[ cheers and applause ] good evening, everyone, and welcome to a historic night. cnn s democratic presidential town hall, equality in america. i m don lemon, thank you so much for being here. there was a time when people were afraid, and you know many still are. they re afraid to come out to their friends and their families for fear of the consequences. now it has been four years since the supreme court ruled same sex marriage is legal. it is a big step. but there is still a whole lot of work to do. tonight s cnn and the human rights campaign have been hosting an unprecedented event where members of the lgbtq community and their allies can ask the candidates questions that are important to them. we ll soon hear from senator amy klobuchar, julian castro, and businessman tom steyer. but first i want you to welcome to the stage now congressman beto o rourke. hey, everybody, good to see
you. how you doing, congressman? good to see you. i saw you on the street and you introduce