Biden speaks after key meetings with NATO leaders; FBI to lawmakers: Qanon followers may turn violent; Biden says if Alexey Navalny were to die in prison it would only “hurt” Putin’s relationship with the “rest of the world”; U.S. expected to surpass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths today;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Biden hopes for NATO springboard ahead of Putin summit; Biden reassures NATO allies: “the United States is there”; Biden: “rock solid, unshakeable commitment” to NATO article that an attack on one ally is an attack on all; Sources: Biden preparing intensely for Putin’s tactics; Biden: will “make clear” to Putin that “we can cooperate if he chooses” on mutual interests, or “we will respond in kind”; Biden: must “guard against… phony populism”; Biden on whether he still believes Putin is a killer: Putin has in the past “essentially acknowledged” what he’s done; Biden: U.S. relationship with Russia “at a low point”; Biden: had “detailed discussions… on a number of issues” with Turkish president Erdogan; Biden: Trump wing comprises “bulk” of republican party, but only “a minority of the American people” as a whole;
Right now: AG Garland meets with top media execs targeted in leak investigation; FBI report: Qanon followers may turn violent, target democrats & other perceived enemies;
Biden: If Alexey Navalny dies in prison, would be “another indication that Russia has no intention of abiding by basic human rights”; Putin says he’d be open to a prisoner swap ahead of Biden meeting; Putin refuses to say Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s name; Russian mercenaries accused of atrocities, including murdering children, in the central African republic;
Group of house republicans seek to censure Rep. Omar and “squad” over controversial comments; Pelosi dismisses Rep. Omar’s controversial comments: “She clarified. End of subject”; Dem congressman to introduce resolution to censure GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene;
California set to fully reopen tomorrow; Former FDA chief warns India COVID variant could spark new outbreaks in low-vaccinated areas; Spreading Delta variant forces UK to delay reopening; Most blue states will make Biden’s vaccine goal; Red woes won’t; Education secretary: racial disparities in schools reopening; Disneyland expected to end mask requirement for fully vaccinated guests tomorrow;
U.S. assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility;
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| 0:00.0 | You've been listening to President Biden answering questions from reporters after meeting |
| 0:04.7 | with allies abroad and before Biden meets with Vladimir Putin. |
| 0:08.7 | Welcome to the lead. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Pamela Brown and for Jake Tapper. |
| 0:12.0 | President Biden called today's NATO meeting incredibly productive and assured America's |
| 0:16.6 | allies that the U.S. has NATO's back. |
| 0:19.9 | Biden also said he is not looking for conflict with Russia, but will stand up for democratic |
| 0:25.4 | values, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a, quote, worthy adversary. |
| 0:30.9 | Let's get right to CNN's Caitlin Collins live and Brussels, Caitlin Biden said he would |
| 0:35.4 | make clear where the red lines are for Putin. |
| 0:39.1 | Yeah, he did, but he also said Pam that he wasn't going to negotiate with the press and |
| 0:44.9 | talk about what he expects the outcome of that summit with the Russian President to |
| 0:49.5 | look like. |
| 0:50.5 | He was essentially saying he is going into it and that he is communicated to NATO allies |
| 0:54.7 | while he are in Brussels, what he intends to say to President Putin, I should note, |
| 1:00.4 | while they are in Geneva on Wednesday meeting. |
| 1:02.8 | And Pam, one interesting thing that the President did say is he said he has not gotten any pushback |
| 1:07.7 | from NATO allies on this meeting. |
| 1:10.0 | We had heard that there were some skepticism about whether or not now was the right time |
| 1:13.4 | for the two of them to meet. |
| 1:14.9 | Of course, we know that a skepticism that even existed inside the halls of the West Wing |
| 1:19.1 | over advisors questioning whether now was the time to go into this summit, but President |
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