All of this comes as russia a Russian Court Designates A Group run by navalny as an extremist network, banning it from future politics, raising the stakes for next Weeks Summit between President Biden and Vladimir Putin. Here at home, the Fbi Director made his first appearance before the house since the January 6th insurrection, facing questions about what the bureau knew before the attack took place. Also, Defense Secretary Lloyd austin telling a Senate Committee that he supports taking Sexual Assault Investigations outside the chain of command. Some lawmakers say more needs to be done. We want to take all serious crimes out of the chain of command, carving out uniquely military crimes. Thats what the best legal minds who look at the military Justice System have recommended. Its what our allies have done. We begin this hour with day two of the president s first foreign trip. Joining us now, chief foreign Affairs Correspondent andrea mitchell. She is in england near the site of the g7
We begin this hour with day two of the president s first foreign trip. joining us now, chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. she is in england near the site of the g7 summit. matt bradley is in england. and also with us is ravi agerwall. andrea, what message is president biden sending with today s announcement on selling vaccine doses with the rest of the world? reporter: he is trying to show there s american leadership, that america is contributing to covax, the global consortium for vaccine doses. he is striking a different pose, certainly, from donald trump, coming into a g7. trying to prove that america has humanitarian issues at heart,
Let s break this down with you, ravi. start with russia. what would success look like for a biden/putin summit, given what we see play out? maybe not necessarily a direct message to the americans but something that american lawmakers and politicians are very mindful of, what happens to navalny. they have been calling for support for him and his organization. two answers to that question. on the one hand, there s rhetoric. on the other hand, there s progress or tangible achievements from the meeting. i think on the rhetoric front, i think that side is going to be easy. what biden will focus on the most is to present a very different face than the one that trump did. that s not going to be difficult to do. instead of appearing to be ply pliant, he will be tough. that will set the tone for the