Queen elizabeth, nato summit, first facetoface since taking office with Vladimir Putin of russia. That comes in the wake of several suspected russian cyber attacks. Cnn white House Correspondent Phil Mattingly is with us. What is the president s Bigpicture Goal here, the big headline when it comes to diplomacy . Reporter i think theres an understanding these are priorities. I think these first four trips they are taking, the president and have the president , underscore what matters most right now. From president Bidens Point of view, he made clear at his speech at the State Department on, reestablishing those transatlantic bonds, reestablishing bonds the White House feels were ruptured, to some degree, with the past administration, is critical to what theyre trying to do going forward. I think thats what youre going to see in the first couple of stops on this trip. The g7, nato summit, all leading into that very consequential meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin. You talk to
Back when Abraham Lincoln was a congressman. Embarrassing details behind some of this Nations Infrastructure needs. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with the Politics Lead and a harsh Reality Check for a party that thought controlling the white House And Senate and House Of Representatives might actually translate to power. Today nearly every single democratic priority seems stalled on Capitol Hill. On Infrastructure President biden just wrapped up a call with the lead republican negotiator, but were both sides hundreds of billions apart, the White House is already starting to look at Plan B waiting in the wings. Then theres the expansive election reform bill. Thats failed to earn the support of key democratic senator Joe Manchin even after a meeting with civil rights Leaders Today this, while efforts at policing reform also remain at a standstill. So President Biden will leave the United States in just hours for his first international trip as Commander In Chief wit
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citizen trump. the idea that an american president returns to being an ordinary citizen just like everyone else after they leave office is as fundamental to the concept of america as the bill of rights. we re a nation with no king. and therefore, even the president of the united states is just a citizen. no more, nor less. and as such, they are held to the same laws and provided with the same defenses that you and i get. that is what the three-judge panel on the d.c. circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled today in its crushing legal takedown that counter to trump s stated arguments, presidents do not have complete and absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. and thus, trump must face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. in their ruling they reminded trump what the supreme court has already declared, quote, no man in this country is so high that he is above the law. no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. all of the of
we will watch the court, maggie vespa, thank you very much. that s going to do it for me. deadline white house starts right now. hello, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. just a few hours ago, attorneys for donald trump filed a brief defending their can client s place on the ballot in that critical 14th amendment case that s before the supreme court over whether his role in the january 6th insurrection bars him from running for office. oral arguments before the justices are on thursday. we are also hearing from special counsel jack smith, his prosecutors are mounting a defense of the classified documents probe in a filing to judge aileen cannon. we re going to have more on that in a little while as well. we begin with developments in the middle east where the threat of further air strikes looming across the region and a furry of diplomacy with one goal, preventing the war in gaza from widening even further. president biden and his