Damaging images shape Biden's new 'chapter' on world stage: The Note

Events are continuing to crash Biden's plans and challenge his commitments. The world community can be excused if it's not sure what U.S. leadership means at the moment.

The TAKE with Rick Klein

If this is what a new chapter reads like, it might be tempting to peek ahead to the end.

President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday morning, hoping to use bold rhetoric and action to welcome "a chapter of intensive diplomacy" after two decades of U.S.-led war, as previewed for reporters by a senior White House adviser.

But much like images of pleading and suffering marred the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, now images of desperate refugees from Haiti -- and one powerful photo in particular featuring a Border Patrol agent on horseback -- are threatening to subsume Biden's messaging.