President Biden spotted with first lady and daughter Ashley at swanky NYC eatery ahead of UN General
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President Biden went out for dinner with his family at a swanky New York City restaurant Sunday as he arrived in the Big Apple ahead of the UN General Assembly.
The president, first lady Jill Biden and their daughter, Ashley Biden, were seen leaving Tuscan eatery II Cantori Restaurant in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village on Sunday night, according to photos.
The first family left the White House on Sunday evening and landed at JFK Airport on Air Force One later that night.
Biden’s trip from the Queens airport to downtown Manhattan created traffic jams all along the way as authorities cleared the streets to make way for his motorcade.
The city Department of Transportation issued a gridlock alert with extensive street closures to warn New Yorkers of the impact of Biden’s and other countries’ leaders’ visit for the annual assembly.
Biden is expected to talk with the leaders of Brazil, Israel and Ukraine this weekend and is the only leader of the five permanent member nations of the UN Security Council who will be in attendance.
The other council leaders — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak — are skipping the annual gathering, in addition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
While Biden is networking with other countries’ heads, he is facing a crisis back home as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an impeachment inquiry into his alleged involvement in his son Hunter Biden’s foreign business deals.
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