Biden, Putin say progress made in Geneva but wide gulfs on issues remain

President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday that the tone of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland Wednesday was "good, positive," despite discussion of a long list of thorny topics ranging from cyberattacks to human rights abuses.

"I told President Putin my agenda is not against Russia or anyone else. It's for the American people," Biden said.

"I also told him that no president of the United States could keep faith with the American people if they did not speak out to defend our democratic values, to stand up for the universal and fundamental freedoms that all men and women have in our view. That's just part of the DNA of our country," Biden continued. "So human rights are always going to be on the table, I told him."