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Biden on the World Stage

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Ali Velshi, Versant, Politics, Versant Media, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is hard at work trying to rehab America's image overseas, the Poor People's Campaign is prepping to march against Sen. Joe Manchin, and a Mississippi high school is grappling with what happened after two Black students won top academic honors and two white families asked for a recount

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0:00.0

Today on Velshi, a packed morning for President Biden overseas.

0:03.9

We're expecting him to take questions from the press live later in the show.

0:07.7

And Andrea Mitchell, sitting down with Secretary of State Tony Blinken in the next hour.

0:12.0

Plus, the man who is leading a march against Joe Manchin will join me to explain why he is taking the voting rights fight to West Virginia.

0:20.1

And the story of what happened at a Mississippi high school after two black students won top honors

0:25.6

and two white families called for a recount.

0:34.9

Good morning. It is Sunday, June the 13th.

0:37.0

I'm Ali Valshie live from MSNBC headquarters in Rockefeller Center.

0:41.4

The day is well underway in the United Kingdom where President Biden is at the midpoint of his first historic foreign trip.

0:48.6

Earlier this morning, as they typically do on Sundays, the Bidens went to church and attended Mass.

0:56.0

Senior administration officials say that the official 2021 G7 communique, that's the formal document outlining the agreements made between

1:03.3

the leaders is expected to be released around midday today hour time. China is expected to be the main

1:09.6

focus of the communique. However, there

1:11.3

remains some disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back

1:16.2

and on countering China's growing influence and power. The White House is calling Biden's proposed

1:21.4

plan to counter China build back better for the world, or B3W, which as the New York Times notes, is a play on China's

1:30.2

BRI, the Belt and Road Initiative. That's Beijing's massive overseas lending and investment

1:36.0

project. Last night, Biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a beach barbecue, which, as you can see,

1:41.3

looks lovely. But before that, it was a day of sessions and meetings,

1:45.1

including a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron, you may recall,

1:50.0

had a unique relationship with our former president, which included a lot of brouhaha at

1:54.3

Ballyhoo and endlessly long and awkward handshakes. Yesterday, Macron's meeting with Biden was a lot more subdued.

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