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expected. both the u.s. and russian president are portraying their talks as a success. let s go to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. this was a very important test for president biden against a man he called a worthy adversary. reporter: no question about it, wolf. the president emerged from the three hours of sitdowns with president putin and his top advisers confident in the role america is playing in the globe now and the role he believes the u.s. can play in at least some areas with russia. however, it s also very clear for a relationship that has hit a low point, there s significant issues that remain. i did what i came to do. reporter: tonight, president biden emerging from the highest stakes moment of his young presidency satisfied. it was important to meet him personally so there could be no mistake about or misrepresentations about what i wanted to communicate. i told president putin my agenda is not against russia or anyone else. it ....
bipartisan. well, you know, just a couple months ago we were hearing from president biden the newly inaugurated president biden that he was going to unify the country and then we were going to work together and have bipartisanship. i m still waiting, mr. president. i haven t seen any of that i think what i have seen so far is it s biden s way or the hirch. dana: biden is getting high marks from the progressive left. listen to what congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is saying now. president biden has definitely exceeded expectations that progressives had. you know, i will be frank, i think a lot of us expected a much more conservative administration. but, the active invitation and willingness and collaboration with progressives in his first 100 days or almost 100 days has been very impressive. dana: that s her take. greg, there is a little bit of new math happening on these polls. take a listen to chuck todd yesterday. greg: do i have to. dana: yes. liste ....
now getting ready to reopen. republican governor greg abbott has just lifted almost all of the state s covid restrictions, including mask mandates, despite very dire warnings from the cdc. and i m quoting now, that we aren t out of the woods yet. also breaking right,000, fbi director christopher wray, testifying before congress today for the first time since the january 6th capitol siege, which he calls domestic terrorism. he was unable to explain intelligence failures ahead of the attack. wray also debunking republican conspiracy theories about the insurrection, saying there s absolutely no evidence that fake trump protesters were behind the riot. let s get to the breaking pandemic news first. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is joining us. president biden significantly moved up the timeline when the vaccine will be ready for all american adults who want one. tell our viewers what he said. reporter: that s right, wolf. it was supposed to be by the ....
yeah, i was just going to call you and have you come out to our scene here. not really, but we just had to hold the guy down. he was going crazy. wouldn t go in the back of the squad. okay. well, that supervisor took the stand on thursday and explained the correct use of force. do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? yes. when is it? when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resisting? correct. also developing this morning, truly stunning details in the scandal surrounding florida republican congressman matt gaetz. federal investigators said to be looking into whether gaetz used campaign funds to pay for travel and expenses for young women he was allegedly involved with. and sources tell cnn gaetz was bragging about his sexual exploits with fellow lawmakers, ....
releasing restriction as highly contagious variants are spreading could cost the u.s., and i m quoting her now, the hard-earned ground we have gained in the fight against the virus. also tonight, fresh fallout for the gop after the former president donald trump s first speech since leaving the white house in which he repeated lies about the election being rigged and stolen. he also called out, by name, an enemies list of republicans who voted against him in his second impeachment. all that, coming up. first, let s get more welcomed news right now on the vaccine, coming amid growing concern, thoerks at the same time about those coronavirus variants that are more easily spread. our national correspondent nick watt has the very latest for us. he s join ing us from los angeles. nick, demand still far outweighs supply. but starting tomorrow, there will be more vaccines available to more americans. there sure will, wolf. it was 11 weeks ago today that the first american g ....