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Biden-Putin summit wraps in Geneva

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting since Mr. Biden took office. The highly anticipated discussions in Geneva finished in under three hours. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini, CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis and Timothy Frye, author of "Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia" and a professor of post-Soviet foreign policy at Columbia University, join CBSN to discuss the historic summit.

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Justice Department to defend Trump in defamation suit

House Democrats are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to reconsider the Justice Department's decision to take up the defense of former President Trump in a defamation lawsuit. The 2019 suit was filed by writer E. Jean Carroll after Mr. Trump denied her allegations of rape. Politico's senior legal affairs contributor Josh Gerstein joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" host Elaine Quijano with more on how the Biden administration is justifying that decision, and a battle to keep secret a memo that details former Attorney General William Barr's decision not to charge the former president with obstruction following the Mueller probe.

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Biden arrives in the U.K. ahead of G-7 summit

President Biden touched down in the U.K. on Wednesday ahead of the G-7 summit where he's expected to focus on cementing U.S.-European alliances against China and Russia. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, The Wall Street Journal's White House reporter Catherine Lucey, and White House reporter for The Washington Post's White House reporter Tyler Pager join CBSN's "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss his priorities for the trip, the latest on the future of infrastructure negotiations and the decision to revoke a Trump-era ban on downloads of TikTok, WeChat and other Chinese-owned apps.

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Guatemala's president on human traffickers

In an interview with CBS News, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei called on U.S. lawmakers to toughen up laws against human trafficking and said that he's ready to extradite smugglers, known as "coyotes," to the U.S. to face charges. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN's Lana Zak with more on his interview and the upcoming diplomatic talks between Giammattei and Vice President Harris, who has been tasked with leading efforts to address the root causes of migration to the southern border.

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Biden rejects GOP's $50 billion infrastructure offer

President Biden dismissed Republicans' latest offer for infrastructure plans. The president spoke with West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito about the deal Friday. She offered an additional $50 billion for the plan. However, the White House and Senate Republicans are still miles apart on negotiations. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini is at the White House with more, and CBS News political reporter Grace Segers joins from Washington with the latest on the negotiations.

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