Biden and Putin to meet as relations at lowest point since Cold War

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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President Joe Biden will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday and U.S. officials say it could last four to five hours. Biden said he’s going to “make clear to President Putin that there are areas where we can cooperate if he chooses.” A source tells CNN Biden will raise an array of concerns including ransomware and human rights during the summit. The New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman tells Anderson Cooper “our problem is Vladimir Putin has become America’s bad ex-boyfriend from hell” and we would “really like to date someone else.” Plus, the U.S. reached 600,000 Covid-19 deaths as the new, dangerous Delta variant is on the rise. Both New York and California have reopened and dropped most of their restrictions. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy joins AC360 to discuss the grim death toll and just how worried people should be about the Delta variant. Airdate: June 15, 2021 Guests: Thomas Friedman Dr. Vivek Murthy To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:01.6	Good evening.
0:02.6	This time, tomorrow, we'll be talking about President Biden's summit in Geneva, Switzerland,
0:05.4	with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
0:07.0	Tonight, a preview.
0:08.3	It'll be a lunchtime meeting without lunch and could spill into dinner time without dinner.
0:13.1	Afterwards, with President Speaker reporters about what transpired, it will not be with Mr.
0:17.0	Putin at his side.
0:18.3	Meaning, no chance for a rerun of Helsinki nearly three years ago when the former president
0:22.6	essentially let Russia off the hook entirely for its interference in the election on his
0:27.1	behalf.
0:28.1	Which is not likely to be a problem this time, given how carefully this meeting has been
0:31.8	built, if not for confrontation, then at least to draw a contrast between the two leaders
0:36.5	and two systems of government.
0:38.4	Not communism versus democracies.
0:39.9	It was during the Cold War, but democracy against the kind of autocratic, often kleptocratic
0:46.0	populism that the president sees is having taken root abroad and at home.
0:53.0	We have to prove to the world and to our own people that democracy can still prevail
0:59.8	against the challenges of our time and deliver for the needs of our people.
1:05.0	We have to root out corruption that siphons off our strength, guard against those who would
1:12.7	stoke hatred and division for political gain as phony populism.
1:17.5	Well, to that note, we have new reporting tonight as well as some remarkable congressional
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