Transcript for Biden set to push for Finland, Sweden to become full NATO members
DIANE.
>> 30, 000, RACHEL SCOTT, THANK
YOU.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS LANDED
IN MADRID WHERE HE PLANS TO
ATTEND A NATO LEADER SUMMIT
BEGINNING TODAY.
HE'S EXPECTED TO PUSH FOR
FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO BECOME
FULL NATO MEMBERS WHILE KEEPING
THE ALLIANCE UNITED AGAINST
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THE MEETING COMES AFTER THE
PRESIDENT MET WITH G7 LEADERS
IN GERMANY, ISSUING A JOINT
STATEMENT COMMITTING TO FIGHT
FOOD INSECURITY AND RISING
ENERGY PRICES.
SUPPORT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
UKRAINE AND COOPERATE ON
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY
ALICE PARKS IS TRAVELING WITH
THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.
MARY ALICE, WESTERN LEADERS AT
THE G7 CONFERENCE MET VIRTUALLY
WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY OF
UKRAINE AND THE GROUP IS NOW
CALLING THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON A
SHOPPING MALL A WAR CRIME.
SO HAVE THERE BEEN TALKS OF
CRIMINAL CHARGES?
>> NOT YET BUT IT WAS
DEFINITELY SUGGESTED IN THAT
JOINT COMMENT, THAT JOINT
STATEMENT FROM THE G7 LEADERS.
THEY SAID THAT PUTIN AND THOSE
RESPONSIBLE NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
AND WE'RE EXPECTING UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TO TALK
VIRTUALLY TO THESE NATO LEADERS
TO.
AND YOUR RIGHT TO MENTION THAT
THAT, THOSE APPLICATIONS FROM
FINLAND AND SWEDEN, THAT IS
FRONT AND CENTER HERE AT THESE
NATO MEETINGS.
THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER NATO
WILL GET BIGGER AND ALLOW THESE
TWO COUNTRIES TO JOIN, SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER TURKEY
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN THAT
PROCESS.
STALLED THAT PROCESS.
BUT BIG PICTURE, THESE NATO
MEETINGS IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS
ARE A REMINDER THAT THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT PUTIN DIDN'T WANT.
A STRONGER NATO, MORE WILLING
TO MAN ITS OWN BORDERS AND MORE
WILLING TO BRING IN NEW MEMBERS,
MORE POPULAR HERE IN EUROPE.
>> G7 LEADERS SAY THEY'LL TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SECURE
ENERGY SUPPLIES AND REDUCED
PRICE SURGES.
INCLUDING POTENTIALLY EASING
PRICE CALVES.
WHAT IMPACT COULD THAT HAVE?
>> THEY'RE HOPING THAT THIS
COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT, THESE
LEADERS ARE TRYING NOT ONLY TO
FIND A WAY TO PUNISH PUTIN BUT
TO HELP WITH ALL THESE ECONOMIC
RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THE WAR.
THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE
FRUSTRATED WITH SPIKES IN
ENERGY PRICES AND GROWING
INFLATION, THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN ONLY MADE WORSE
BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
AND SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT BY
FIGURING OUT HOW TO BRING DOWN
THE PRICE OF RUSSIAN OIL, MAKE
SURE THAT PUTIN ISN'T JUST
PROFITING FROM THESE SPIKES OF
ENERGY PRICES, THEY CAN ALSO
INTERN HELP SOME OF THEIR OWN
CONSTITUENTS.
BUT THIS WILL BE TOUGH, IT'S
COMPLICATED, IT'S UNCLEAR IF
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DO IT.
BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF
THINK THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON
HERE, DIANE.
>> MARY ALICE, FIRST LADY JILL
BIDEN IS ALSO THERE IN MADRID.
WHAT'S ON HER AGENDA THERE?
>> MEETING WITH REFUGEE
FAMILIES, TRYING TO REMIND
PEOPLE OF THE HUMAN FACE, THE
HUMAN TOLL OF THIS WAR.
MEETING WITH FAMILIES WHO HAVE
FLED TO SPAIN FROM UKRAINE.
WE KNOW THAT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
HAVE COME ALL OVER EUROPE AND
ARE EAGER TO GET HOME WHEN THEY
CAN.
SO SHE SPENT THE MORNING DOING
THAT,
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