overnight that grounded flights and triggered delays nationwide. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, it s tuesday, june 15th. on the eve of this historic summit with vladimir putin, president biden stands on the world stage this morning with america s closest eu allies. he started out this morning by meeting with the president and prime minister of belgium. this gathering with eu nations follows nato talks and for the first time china is a big focus. the 30 nato members singling out beijing s rising military power as a top challenge. later today, the president travels to geneva for his highly anticipated meeting face to face meeting with vladimir putin. president biden said the united states snot looking for a confrontation. jeff zeleny traveling with the president. jeff joins us now live from brussels. another big day before i think the most anticipated moment of this trip, jeff. reporter: good morning, john. president biden is
national polls showing strong approval numbers, all north of 50% for a president looking to push more sweeping legislation through a divided congress. joining me now msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board and jeff bennett. steve, first to you with the numbers and the numbers from the first nbc news poll, much better than his predecessors and not hitting the heights president obama enjoyed. the 53% approval rating in the new nbc news poll. the benchmark we were always looking at with donald trump for the fur years of his presidency, could trump break a 50% approval rating and the answer is no. for four years as president he was never able to get above 50%. biden is there now and he s been there consistently for the first hundred days and if you are comparing biden and trump on the poll numbers and biden has consistently been out of the gate, when you compare to other modern president, non-trump modern presidents and biden would be a tick or so
russian anti-missile system, air defense system, during his meeting with the turkish president erdogan. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins and cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson and we re watching all of this unfold. the statement that white house released i thought was significant, saying the president reaffirmed our defense partnership with turkey s importance as a nato ally, but noted u.s. concerns over turkey s possession of the russian s-400 missile system. it s that word but that is critical. we appreciate turkey as a nato ally but this main concern they have is over this missile system that they bought from russia which, of course, outraged a lot of nato allies, a lot of members of congress who said that this is not what they should be doing. the thing that was conflicting was that they were doing that whiles also seeking to purchase these u.s. stealth fighter jets. that was the concern that so many people had over this. so president biden clearly
is taking aim at more than scotland s historic st andrew s course. it may look more like an oil rig and an oil painting but this former north sea platform standing more than 100 feet high is being brought into weston super mare to become a major art installation. fix, into weston-super-mare to become a major art installation. major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling - major art installation. a pleasantly warm day for many, feeling a - major art installation. a pleasantlyj warm day for many, feeling a good deal more comfortable than of late. it continues in the south east of england. the full forecast coming up here on breakfast. it s wednesday, the 13th ofjuly. our main story. conservative mps will cast their first vote today for who they want to replace borisjohnson as party leader. eight candidates are left in the race to become the next prim
# happy birthday to you. and as the duchess of cornwall turns 75, we look at the mark she s made on public life. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll be live at the home of golf as we count down to the start of the of the open championships which gets under way in st andrews tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was 14. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a predator . the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi chi izundu contains distressing accounts of alleged sexual assault. the archers was a club in vauxhall and tim westwood would be there holding his club night, so it was really popular. it was a bi