if it s sunday, it s meet the press on your local nbc news station. msnbc coverage continues with geoff bennett, my friend, right now. it is great to be with you. i m geoff bennett. this friday there is high drama from capitol hill all the way to rome. several breaking headlines coming out of president biden s first day in a critical summit with world leaders. first, the president emerged from a private meeting with the pope, telling reporters that francis told him he s a, quote, good catholic and should keep receiving communion. it s a development that obliterates the argument from some conservative american bishops who say anybody who supports abortion rights should be denied communion. straight from his meeting with pope francis, president biden s first face-to-face sit-down with french president emmanuel macron since the united states blindsided the french by going around their backs to cut a massive nuclear subdeal with the uk and australia. when they found out, the french,
and peaceful means, you can alleviate poverty and increase human dignity. it s awfully ambitious, probably a lot of it, sadly, will not come to pass. but i think those are the right those are the right notes for him to be playing. but it will be a matter of execution from here. and as we ve seen, president biden has been talking about working with allies since his first day in office, since even before them. but on the execution, there have been problems both when it comes to afghanistan and this subdeal that have left allies upset. it s not always easy. so they have to continue to execute to get back in a better place. david, it is ambitious to say the least, and in his closing, the president said, it is within our power to meet these challenges. but as he tries to meet these challenges, as he lays out this big vision, what are the obstacles ahead? and what are you going to be watching for? tell me your take on this? so i did think it was an ambitious peach. i think president bi
37 percent said they did approve. i don t understand that. brian: if you read that book peril some of the excerpts in it, general milley, as well as the secretary of defense, as well as the cia told them do not leave. do not leave this way. they said he listened but did his own thing anyway. and he the result was exactly what his advisers, not donald trump, what his advisers say what happened happened. it is solely on him. we are saddled with his instincts which have always been terrible but it s called our policy. and when you alienate all you have to do if you to do a nuclear subdeal with australia. and to the benefit of australia and the people in our region, i get it you got to go with what s best for the u.s. i understand it it s $100 billion. a contract in play for five years. you don t have the courage you don t have the courtesy to pick up the phone and tell france hey, guys, don t take this personal but we have got do