Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we are going to start with breaking news in our world

lead president Biden. You just saw him there finishing addressing U.S. troops service member

stationed in the United Kingdom. As president Biden kicks off his first international trip,

a high stakes one that will culminate with one of the biggest meetings of his career face to face

with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Biden begins with four days at the summit of fellow wealthy

democracies, what's called the G7, then the president heads to Brussels for two separate

events, one with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO, a collective defense alliance

of 30 North American and European countries, and then a summit with leaders of the European

Union. All of this is an effort to unite the United States and its closest allies in Biden's

mission to stem Russia's nefarious ways before meeting with Putin. That will be in Geneva, Switzerland.

The timing here could not be more urgent. President Biden says he plans to bring up the slew

of cyber hacks perpetrated intelligence officials say by bad actors in Russia against American companies

with Putin. Biden will bring that up with Putin. As Biden's energy secretary has warned,

these hackers right now have the ability to shut down the U.S. power grid if they so desire.

Let's get straight to CNN senior White House correspondent Phil Maddenly. He's in Falmouth,

England. Phil, the White House just just previewed Biden's conversation with Putin.

What should we expect?

You know, I think the White House has been very clear that this is expected to be a direct

conversation. This is expected to be a moment where the president lays out very clearly what the

U.S. priorities are, but perhaps more importantly, what potential repercussions may come.

Jake, you mentioned obviously the ransomware attacks that have occurred from criminal syndicates

inside Russia, but also the state-sponsored attack, the solar winds attack that has infiltrated

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