secretary of state antony blinken joins me to discuss next. and deja vu. democrats set another deadline after the president asks for a vote now, and progressives say nope, it's all or nothing. >> let's not keep having postponements. >> do they have a deal? i'll speak to senate budget chair bernie sanders exclusively and transportation secretary pete buttigieg ahead. >>> plus final pitch. candidates make their closing arguments in virginia's race for governor, a surprising line from democrat terry mcauliffe. >> this isn't about trump. >> reporter: as youngkin doubles down. >> i haven't thought about anything beyond virginia. >> reporter: is this race headed for an upset? hello, i'm dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is testing its international strength. right now, president biden is in rome on his final day at the g20, a major gathering of world leaders, the first in-person g20 since the covid-19 pandemic. climate change, covid-19 vaccines and the supply chain crisis are some of the major issues on the agenda. the president did secure a

joining me now from rome is the secretary of state antony blinken. mr. secretary, thank you so much for joining me. i want to start by what happened in the u.s. president biden went to capitol hill and asked for a deal before he left for cop26 and speaker ploes e told house democrats not to "embarrass" president biden on the world stage. as you know, the president is arriving there with no major climate plans signed into law. so in the words of speaker pelosi, is he going to be embarrassed arriving with scotland without a deal in hand? >> look, happily i don't do politics in my job but let me say this. what i'm seeing here in rome is a deep appreciation for american reengagement, american leadership, and it's making a huge difference on issues that will have an impact on the lives of americans. we're here at the g20 the world's largest economies and with this american leadership, with this american engagement, we've struck dramatic progress, we have a global minimum tax agreement, that's an incredibly big deal, something we've been working on for a long

antony blinken negotiating over the safe return of 17 can kidnapped missionaries in haiti stretches into a fourth day. the violent gang that abducted them are demanding $1 million per person. john you new reporting this morning. >> reporter: that's right. and one thing i have to say, there have been multiple examples, john, that these christian aide missionaries had close calls long before what happened on saturday, going all the way back to 2019. they were in a truck outside port-au-prince airport, was rushed by a group of men. got away that time. i talked to father rick, an american priest who has been working in haiti for years and years, best known for delivering medical assistance to children in haiti. he has been called in to work on 80 of these kidnapping situations, including four including 400 mawozo. he told me that he believes there is grave danger for visitors if a large ransom is paid. listen. >> for sure if there is big ransom paid for these people, you can kiss all of us good-bye because there's not going to be hope for anybody. and i know the case is so public becaus

and the secretary of state antony blinken warned towards china about taking actions like this which he called provocative. take a listen. >> the activity is destabilizing. it risks miscalculation and it has the potential to undermine regional peace and stability. so we strongly urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion directed at taiwan. >> reporter: so this is something that the white house is certainly watching closely, the developments regarding china's military build-up around taiwan as well as taiwan's ability to defend itself. of course, the u.s. relationship with taiwan has always been very sensitive, in part due to that defense situation. but it also comes as the white house has really tried to shift their foreign policy to really focus on china from a competitive standpoint and also those issues of regional security. now, the white house has said that they are teeing up a virtual meeting between president biden and president xi jinping later this year. it's expected to happen by the end of the year. they are expected to talk about a hos

among the attendees, secretary of state, antony blinken, mayorkas, and it's important because not only the united states shares a border with mexico but because the u.s. relies on mexico to resolve crises that are closely tied to u.s. domestic politics. an example of that is the surge of migrants we have been reporting on in the recent months. the united states defaults on relying on mexico to tackle the flow of migrants as they make their way through that country. i'm told immigration enforcement, specifically mexico's immigration enforcement is expected to come up in these discussions. looming over these talks, too, is a lower court ruling in the united states that is requiring the biden administration to bring back that trump era border policy, the so called remain in mexico policy that leaves asylum seekers in mexico until their immigration court dates in the u.s. that, as you can imagine, requires some buy in from mexico. so there is a lot riding on this trip. as you mentioned, the united states trying to mend ties with this country. we have seen it play out over recent months the

kylie, this comes just days before secretary of state antony blinken is set to visit colombia. what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, ana, that makes this more significant, the fact that the secretary of state is planning to visit colombia, while there are more than a dozen of these u.s. officials and their family members who in recent weeks have reported symptoms consistent with havana syndrome. and just to remind our viewersw, as you were saying there, what havana syndrome. it is a mysterious illness. the u.s. government still doesn't know what is causing it or who is causing it. but it leads to nausea, headaches, and in some instances, it leads to memory loss and traumatic brain injury. this is a really, really detrimental and scary thing that's happening to u.s. officials around the world. the reason it's called havana syndrome is because it started in cuba in 2016, but since then, we have reported on incidents that have happened to u.s. officials around the globe, in places like austin ree us a aus taiwan, vienna. and as we are reporting on these incidents similar to ha

i know that secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting with french officials. jake sullivan has been meeting with french officials. but today president biden will meet with president macron. that will be significant. then vice president kamala harris will be going to paris to further follow up. melissa, thank you very, very much. melissa bell reporting from paris. >>> one big question remains. what does it mean for president biden to come to rome without a final deal on this key domestic agenda? i'll speak live with the u.s. treasury secretary, janet yellen. she'll join me for this live interview in the next hour. make sure to stay with us for that. much more of our coverage coming up from rome right after this. i would've called yesterday. but... i could've called yesterday. but... i should've called yesterday, but... would've, could've, should've. we hear that a lot. hi. i'm jonathan, an insurance professional and manager here at colonial penn life insurance company. sometimes, people put off calling about life insurance. before you know it, another year has

the secretary of state, antony blinken, jake sullivan, national security adviser, sorry, the italian president, mario draghi the prime minister, this is one of several official meetings that president biden has this morning. soon after this, he'll meet with the french president. so much to talk about today and the days coming ahead. i want to bring in white house communications director kate bedingfield to discuss. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> sure, thank you for having me, jim. >> so, kate, first on the budget plan, you got a framework, you got the progressive caucus late last night to endorse that framework. the administration did not get what the president and what the speaker were seeking, which were a vote on the infrastructure deal and agreement on the framework to move it forward. did democrats undermine the president's position as he's arrived here in rome by not delivering what he asked for? >> no, absolutely not. look, we made enormous progress yesterday. the president laid out a framework that he believes based on, remember, months and months of consultat

secretary of state antony blinken joins me to discuss next. and deja vu. democrats set another deadline after the president asks for

we heard the secretary of state antony blinken address it more directly. let's listen. >> the activity is destabilizing. it risks miscalculation. and it has the potential to undermine regional peace and stability. so, we strongly urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic pressure and coercion directed at taiwan. >> so i guess the operative words there are strongly urge. how much of a difference does that make? >> american presidents have been doing that for years. china has been doing a massive military buildup in part to make it a -- if not an automatic win, a likely win for them, so taiwan and the u.s. calculate we can't win this, you know what, we lost this peace here. this is an independent country, taiwan. it is a thriving democracy. it has been not a treaty ally of the u.s., but a friend of the u.s. for many decades. this would be an enormous event. by the way, from china's perspective, it is not a crime to do this. it is righting a historical -- it would be like if texas was under mexican control. that's the way xi jinping looks at

officials including secretary of state antony blinken, attorney general merrick garland and alejandro mayorkas met with the president here in mexico city on friday. the meeting was about a new bilateral security agreement, but there were other issues discussed as well. the mexican government announced last month that more than 3.8 million people who live in 45 cities on six different states along the u.s. border had been vaccinated. and the president pushed for a reopening of the border. american border towns were pushing for reopening because they have lost millions of dollars, brianna, in the more than 18 months they haven't had any mexican shoppers spending money in their businesses. brianna, back to you. >> rafael and paula, thank you so much to both of you. >>> we're less than two hours away from a big event for people who love science and science fiction. blue origin's "shepard" rocket seen on the launchpad will blast off with captain kirk on board. 90-year-old william shatner headed off to the edge of space for a few minutes. joining me now is professor and theoretical physics

secretary of state antony blinken strongly urged china to stop its military activity around taiwan. he has reiterated the u.s.' commitment to taiwan but clearly china's testing that. so, do you believe the u.s. should do whatever it takes to defend taiwan against china even if that means using the military? >> well, erin, i recently traveled to taipei, to taiwan in a bipartisan delegation to deliver badly needed covid-19 vaccines. to a nation that was facing an unexpected spike. and i think it's important that we continue to push back on china, on the prc, and their aggressive actions in the south china sea. they have, in recent days, sent wave after wave of jet fighter aircraft of bombers all around the perimeter of taiwan. and we need to do more to strengthen our competitive posture with regards to china here at home by passing through the house and sending to president biden's desk the u.s. innovation and competitiveness about that we passed on a bipartisan basis here months ago. and in that bill, there are significant investments that will help strengthen our indo-pacific partne

. >>> to the state of the union on sunday, the guest sect of tate antony blinken and senator bernie sanders, that is at 9:00 and noon eastern only on cnn. until then follow me on facebook and instagram and twitter and the tiktok. and tweet the lead and catch our show on our own podcast. our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer live from rome. see you soon. >>> happening now, president biden's test on the world stage is under way here in rome. as he kicked things off he made a striking admission to the french president of a quote, clumsy move by the united states. was it enough to heal their diplomatic rift? i'll ask the french ambassador to the united states who was in the room. the president also had deeply personal talks with pope francis. the two most powerful catholics in the world bonding over their shared faith and discussing some of the world's

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