♪ the light around the corner that takes you by surprise ♪ ♪ markets take a hit. investors show their concern as the u.s. doesn't seem to be backing off on new tariffs against china in an already tense trade war. plus, a surprise visit to the g7 as iran's javad zarif sits down with the french president. u.s. officials call it a curveball. and an aerial view of an environmental disaster. cnn takes a plane ride over the fires ravaging the amazon rain forest. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm george howell from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. "newsroom" starts right now.

and we are watching the markets this monday in the asia-pacific region. they are taking a tumble. it is the first response we've seen since friday the u.s. president announced tariffs on china and confusing signals coming from the g7 summit. >> yeah, the markets are plummeting. you see the arrows pointing down there. here's how the asia markets look this hour. hang seng down nearly 3% there in hong kong. and japan's nikkei over 2% loss for them. >> foreign leaders blamed the trade war for dragging down the global economy. at the g7 summit, president trump was asked whether he was having any second thoughts on it. here's what the american leader had to say. >> do you have second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china? >> yeah, for sure. why not? might as well. >> do you have second thoughts about escalating --

>> i have second thoughts about everything. >> well, the u.s. treasury secretary was quick to emphasize to reporters the president's stand on tariffs remains strong. >> the president was asked this a couple of times, and he said a couple of times -- >> i think we're not cleaning up anything. i want to be clear. the president, we -- when we saw how this was being reported, the white house put out a statement -- >> we just quoted him. how is that misreporting? >> what did he say exactly to you? >> he said, again, he was not having second thoughts of putting on the tariffs. if anything, he was thinking about raising them. >> creating confusion for leaders who are here at the g7. >> i don't think there is any confusion. let me say, these meetings have been going great. >> andrew stephens is following the story live in hong kong this hour. andrew, good to have you. clearly the white house playing a bit of cleanup there, given the statements, but the markets don't like the uncertainty around trade wars, it seems, especially at a time when worries of a global recession

are high. >> that uncertainty is becoming ever-more pronounced, too, george. if you look at the statements coming out from what we heard from steve mnuchin and larry kudlow as well as what we heard from donald trump over the weekend. it is very, very difficult to draw a line on exactly where we are going as far as negotiations are concerned. and looking at the u.s. futures, which is a key guide to what will happen in the -- in this market, it's -- the futures are down by nearly 200 points for the u.s., which is creating pessimism here. that's why we're seeing such a big selloff. half the big selloff on wall street on friday night as well. the only slightly lifting of the gloom is a comment from the chief trade negotiator for the chinese who said today that they -- china was willing to continue to negotiate with the united states in a calm attitude in

response to that flurry of tweets we heard from donald trump and his plans to increase tariffs even more. so the chinese are saying they're still willing to sit down. and the problem is, coming back to that point about uncertainty you made, the markets are saying that, you know, negotiations are so fragile now that we seem to be entering this downward spiral and these comments are only making the downward spiral ever sharper which creates more uncertainty and you get the selloff around the markets it's very difficult to see at this stage, george, things coming back on an even keel considering what the sort of rhetoric we're hearing from the u.s. >> well, to your point, words matter, actions matter and the numbers don't seem to lie here, andrew. the u.s. president, though, remains bullish on the american economy. he believes it is strong enough to not only endure but to win a trade war with china. what is the perspective there on the other side of the globe? >> well, the chinese line on this seems to be that although

america says that it was -- it's better positioned to win a trade war, and let's face it there aren't winners in trade war, there are people that are perhaps affected less badly, countries and economies are affected less badly, but the chinese think that if this trade war continues and continues to spiral down it will continue to have bigger and bigger impact on the u.s. economy. we are seeing that in part already. it's not significant. it hasn't slowed the u.s. economy down significantly, but it is creating that uncertainty we spoke about. it does spread across all sectors of all economies, and if the u.s. consumer starts getting worried about what's exactly happening and how much goods are going to cost as they head into christmas, et cetera, et cetera, spending, which has been the one bright spark of the u.s. economy in recent months, could get hit as consumers get less confident. so the chinese are thinking donald trump is facing an election in november.

we can tough it out then. so he has this political risk hanging over him and we can -- we can tough that out. having said that, it is -- there is no doubt that it's hurting the chinese economy. the chinese have tools in their -- in their chest to try to support and boost the economy, but coming on top already of a slowing economy, the last thing they need is this trade war to continue to spiral down. so as i said, it's a lose-lose for both of them and both of them have got a lot to lose here, george. >> markets yet to open here sateside. we'll see how it all plays out. andrew stephens live for us in hong kong. andrew, thank you. iran's foreign minister made a surprise appearance at the g7 summit. french president emmanuel macron held sideline talks with javad zarif. mr. macron has been pushing for a de-escalation of tension in the gulf region. >> u.s. officials said that zarif's presence was a, quote, curveball for the president, but they insisted mr. trump wasn't

upset by it. reporters when asked about it, mr. trumped answered with a clipped no comment. >> cnn's international diplomatic ed tort nic robertson is live this hour in southern france. he joins us now. so, nic, the big question has to be, what were the french hoping to achieve by inviting iran's foreign minister to the g7 summit for those sideline talks? what was their intent exactly? >> reporter: well, i think if we sort of look at this from the perspective -- from the broad perspective, if you're in the white house you think that macron is trying to skew the events at the g7 to favor him, and if you're macron, you will be looking at this thinking you're trying to tidy up some of the mess that president trump has created because that is the feeling that it has -- particularly in europe, that it is the united states that has created these additional tensions with iran and no one's stepping in to bring those tensions down and this is what emmanuel macron has been trying

to do over the last number of months. just a couple of days ago, thursday in paris, he met with the iranian foreign minister javad zarif in talks there. and what we hear from the iranian side about these talks here where javad zarif met with his opposite number, the french foreign minister, as well as getting to meet with the french president, as well as briefing british and german delegates, is a continuation of these french efforts to de-escalate tensions in the -- in the middle east, particularly in the straits of hormuz where there is still concern that iran may try to capture or damage oil tankers passing through that area. this could trigger a wider confrontation. so this is what the french are trying to do. they feel they're trying to fill this void that's been created by president trump. and i think on, you know, if we

read the language that the iranian side are using, they're saying that zarif came here to look at new proposals from the french. an initiative between the french president and the iranian president. and president trump over the past month has said that, you know, macron can go ahead and do this, but the united states speaks for itself. he's sort of heaping a hands off on it at moment. >> and another stunning moment. at one point president trump indicated that he was having second thoughts about his trade war with china and then that was denied. what are analysts making of that head-spinning flip-flop? >> reporter: i think they've managed to get their heads out of spin mode, at least the analysts, and they see it for what they perceive as a track record of president trump saying one thing one moment and then his advisers coming in and tidying up afterwards.

i think that is the read that's being taken away. that president trump when sitting down with other leaders here, and this is when this question was asked of him, he sort of indicated this, you know, that he wasn't quite sure and he -- the reporters even sort of double checked by asking the question again. but the notion that president trump would back down was quickly scotched and the notion that, in fact, he was only reticent about what it had done because he should have increased the tariffs further. i think that is being seen as spin, but it -- but regardless, this is the statement by the white house and president trump hasn't contradicted those advisers around him to this stage. so this will be the takeaway ultimately spin or not, the takeaway that china will take from this. >> and, nic, there is another day of meetings to come. the final day, in fact.

what all is expected in the next few hours? >> well, topics that are not of great interest to president trump, that's for sure, this morning. climate change will be on the -- on the agenda here. he's meeting this morning, president trump is, with the egyptian president sisi. he'll have a meeting with the german chancellor angela merkel shortly after that. so these are bilaterals that are interesting. it's interesting that president trump meets with the general sisi, the president of egypt. he met with him just recently at the g20 in japan. his meeting with him again here raising speculation about what for. but i think the real focus today is what's expected in about seven hours or so, which is a joint press conference between president trump and president macron, the host, and clearly we can expect questions to be asked there on the iranian issue. what was macron trying to achieve and how -- and what does president trump think about it

being brought in here to the g7 where president trump said he's ready to talk to the iranians without preconditions and they say that they are not ready to talk to the united states at all. >> all right. our nic robertson, always great to chat with you. joining us there from southern france covering the g7 summit. appreciate it. and the british prime minister met with the president at the european council at the g7 on sunday and reiterated that brexit will happen come october 31st no matter what the circumstances are. >> yeah, boris johnson also told donald trump he would prefer to leave the eu with a deal, but he acknowledged to the bbc that he might not get one. >> it depends very much on the willingness and to cooperate and the common sense -- >> have you detected more of a willingness? >> i think i'm an optimist, but i do think -- >> a bit of optimism, isn't there? >> i do think that they understand that there's an opportunity to do a deal, but i

think they also -- >> more than likely than it was, do you think? >> i think it's going to be -- it's going to be touch and go, but the important thing is to get ready to come out without a deal. >> we've covered a lot of ground. let's talk about it now with bob bobby ghosh. bobby is an editorial and board member at bloomberg joining us this hour via skype. good to have you this hour. >> hi, george. >> let's talk more about boris johnson's discussion and donald tusk, both passing blame who will bear responsibility for a no-deal brexit. both are maintaining a hard line here. what do you make of the meeting? >> well, i think the question of who will be remembered as mr. no deal is very easily answered. boris johnson has staked his political career on it. he's the one who keeps using the phrase over and over again. he rode it all the way to 10 downing street. so he's clearly mr. no deal.

that's the extent that these things can go down in history, he's the one that will go down with it. donald tusk is much more playing for a team of 27 other members, and he may be at the front of the discussion, but what is sort of striking is that neither of these two sides have shown any interest at all in any kind of compromise. the only person who keeps suggesting that a compromise is possible but suggesting it in a very slippery way is boris johnson as we saw in that exchange with the bbc. every time the questioner tried to pin him down to the specifics, he sort of evaded the question and talked in terms of being an optimist. well, this is really not any longer a question of optimism. october 31st is not that far away. and it very much feels like for someone sitting in london it feels like you're sitting in a

tunnel and there's a -- and there's a train approaching you at higher and higher speed. >> well, to your point there, it does seem that members of parliament at this point are just waiting to see what happens. all eyes on boris johnson and what comes out of these discussions because as we get closer to that deadline, it does seem that many, many things could take place, so where that goes, no one knows. but boris johnson promising that brexit will happen. i also want to now turn to the markets, bobby. we've seen in the asia-pacific region they're not responding well to the continuing tariff tit for tat between china and the u.s. also these confusing statements coming out of the g7. what's the plus/minus here for the broader global economy with the backdrop of jitters around a possible global recession. >> well, look, tensions are so high, the sense of anxiety in markets is so high that even the sort of off the cuff remark by the president saying, oh, sure, i have second thoughts, i have second thoughts about

everything. even something that was plainly not meant to be taken seriously, the markets responded and saw -- speaking of optimism -- saw a sign of hope there. and then president trump sort of put everybody in -- put everybody very clear by, in fact, suggesting that he might double down and increase the tariffs that he puts on china. that is donald trump. and the market should no longer allow itself to be influenced by hope. donald trump's policy about this is -- has been very consistent and his -- he does not show the tendency to back down from a position, even if the whole world is telling him that it's a bad idea. on the contrary, his tendency in situations like that is to double down, is to ratchet up the pressure. that is the reality, and i think what we are seeing today and what we are likely going to see

in the next few days is that that reality will sink into the markets and we're in for a very, very rough ride. >> all right. two other questions i want to get to you, so i'll pose them quickly. here, first of all, the president touting this deal with japan's shinzo abe. it's been a long time in the making. shinzo abe has prioritized making a relationship with donald trump. what do you make of the deal that's been put forward? >> we have to see the meat on the bones, but i think it might possibly be that shinzo abe is the only leader to go home from this g7 meeting to feel relatively satisfied. thank shaken hands. they've spoken publicly about a deal. what we're waiting to see is how the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed. there does seem a genuine intention here that trump is not being hostile towards japan on this occasion, and i suppose that is something to be satisfied about. i think abe is probably feeling pretty good about it right now. >> and the surprise arrival of

the foreign minister from iran to the g7 came as a, quote, curveball to u.s. officials. do you see this as a possible thaw? we have seen the french president, emmanuel macron, pushing for mr. trump to soften his stance on iran. >> no, i think is macron going far beyond himself and sort of trying as we say in the u.s. a hail mary pass to force trump into a position. that was a terrible, terrible idea. trump does not respond well to being cornered in that way. and i, like everybody else, am looking forward to the press conference the two men will have together. i think trying to force trump into a discussion on iran when he plainly has communicated that any kind of discussion with iran he wants to do himself. the u.s. will communicate its interests with iran directly. that was a terrible, terrible mis-step by macron, for whom overall i think the g7 has has gone quite badly.

i'm expecting fireworks at the press conference today. >> nic robertson pointed out reporters will be looking to see what comes out of that news conference. we appreciate your time. we'll keep it touch. and we'll take a short break here. still to come, another weekend of unrest in hong kong. why police are defending some of their tactics after chaos breaks out again. back in a moment. managingaudrey's on it.s? eating right and staying active? on it! audrey thinks she's doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is her treatment doing enough to lower her heart risk? maybe not. jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so it could help save your life from a heart attack or stroke. and it lowers a1c. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration, genital yeast or urinary tract infections, and sudden kidney problems. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may be fatal. a rare, but life-threatening bacterial infection...

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so, we've been following the protest movement in hong kong. it has been 12 straight weekend sos fa so far. now going on for 79 days. you remember the 2014 umbrella movement. well, this matches in total drags. >> yeah, and it comes on the heels of yet another weekend of unrest. police say they arrested 36 people after clashes broke out sunday. authorities try to disburse crowds with tear gas and water cannon and protesters also threw objects at police. >> at one point during the protests, several officers drew their guns when demonstrators surrounded them. >> yeah, one of those officers even fired a warning shot into the air and here's what happened.

hong kong police defending this, saying the officer was left without any other choices. here's will ripley in hong kong. >> reporter: this moment playing out now on the streets of hong kong pretty much underscores the division in this city. that man is waving the flag of mainland china and he has basically ignited anger in the crowd of protesters. a small crowd who have gathered here on the sidewalk across from the police station. they have been shouting for hours at the police. at times they've blocked the roads. police came out and tried to move them away, but now the police are staying behind their walls at the police station. we've seen a couple of firsts this weekend. this is now the 12th consecutive weekend of protests here in hong kong. we saw police fire a live round of ammunition into the air. it didn't hit anyone. we also saw police deploy water cannons firing at protesters' barricades and in the direction of protesters, although we don't know if any people were actually

hit. what all of this continues to show is that the situation here in hong kong is touch and go. outbreaks of violence can happen really at any moment as protesters move around the city, find roads to block off. police clear them out and then they turn up somewhere else. will ripley, cnn, hong kong. >> another story we're following, huge crowds of rohingya refugees are rallying in refugee camps two years after the brutal military crackdown in myanmar. they're among the more than 700,000 rohingya who fled the violence. >> they're labelling this grim anniversary genocide day and have been holding prayers to honor those who have been killed. they're now living in bangladesh in the world's largest refugee camp. world leaders are promising action to fight the fires raging in the amazon. we will take you to the heart of the fire zone next. the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen.

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. i'm george howell. >> and i'm rosemary church. want to check the headlines for you this hour. stocks in the asia-pacific region are having a dismal day. hong kong's hang seng flirting with a nearly 3% loss there. japan's nikkei down nearly 2%. markets on edge following tit for tat tariffs and confusing signals from the trump administration. u.s. officials say the up expected arrival of iran's foreign minister at the g7 summit, well, it was a curveball for the u.s. president donald trump, but they added mr. trump

was not upset about it. the french president emmanuel macron has been pressing president trump to soften his stance on iran. we do expect to see the two leaders speak here in the next several hours. england has pulled off an historic comeback against australia in the third ashes test, winning by one wicket. ben stokes hit 135 to lead the team to an unlikely victory, keeping the series alive. the five-match ashes series is now tied 1-1. iranian linked paramilitary group is accusing israel of drone strikes in iraq. the popular mobilization unit says at least one of their members was killed sunday near the syrian border. >> so far israel is not commenting, but it did admit to air strikes saturday in syria. it's also accused of drone activity near the lebanese capital. cnn's ben wedeman has more now on that from beirut. >> reporter: two israeli drones

crashed into beirut's southern suburbs early sunday morning. according to a spokesman for hezbollah. one of the drones crashed on to the building that houses hezbollah's media office, and about 45 minutes later, according to the hezbollah spokesman, another much larger drone crashed and exploded in an adjacent lot. causing material damage, including damage to hezbollah's media office, but no casualties. israel has yet to comment on this incident. hezbollah lieder hassan nasrela in a televised speech sunday evening said that the first drone was hovering between buildings in that area when local residents brought it down with stones. he said the second much larger drone was intentionally crashed and exploded. lebanese president and prime minister described the incident as a violation of lebanese

sovereignty. also on saturday evening there was an israeli air strike on targets outside of damascus. israeli officials claim the operation was to prevent an iranian drone attack on israel, but in his speech, nasrela said the real target was a building that was housing hezbollah members. two of them, he said, were killed. he said that hezbollah will avenge the killing of hezbollah fighters in syria and he warned israeli soldiers on israel's northern border to beware. in his speech he warned that hezbollah will not allow israel to regularly carry out air strikes on targets as it has in syria for the past few years, and it's believed recently in iraq. he warned that if israel follows the same course of action in lebanon, hezbollah will do all it can to shoot down those

israeli drones. i'm ben wedeman, cnn, reporting from beirut. scientists keep warning us that the fires burning across the amazon forest an an environmental crisis. they've been burning at a record rate for weeks across brazil. >> that's right. those flames are spreading now into neighboring countries. our nick paton walsh boarded a plane to show us just how bad the damage looks from up in the sky. >> reporter: there's little below but ghosts and even they seem to have been given up on. these are the newest fires in the worst-hit state in the amazon. we didn't see below us any of the 43,000 troops brazil's president has pledged to the fight. in fact, in some places it's so bad you can't even see how bad it is. that will suit just fine those who would rather ignore the world's most urgent environmental crisis.

no matter how high you are, you can't escape the smoke. we even close our air vents inside the plane to stop it. the sun made this green paradise over millennia, but now barely peeks through the smoke of its destruction. these apocalyptic sites are kind of likes the warnings about what might happen if the world doesn't do something about the climate crisis that you keep hearing about. right now it's right below, right here. what's startling is how much of this immense jungle people have managed to destroy in such short a time. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: they had help. fires they lit and that happened naturally in the dry heat. but usually peak later in the year. >> this is not just a forest burning. this is almost a cemetery. because all you can see is dead. amazon, it's extremely

fundamental for the water system for all over the continent. so if we cut off the forest, in some years we're not going to have rain on the salt of the country. >> reporter: we find another area where the damage is fresher and easier to see. raging in straight lines, swallowing everything left on the plain. and when you look at this, you learn something about yourself. do you see a crisis impacting every fifth breath you take and killing the future? or do you see what man must do to nature to enrich himself and live better? the answer means little below where the fire burns our heritage and suffocates our future, regardless of how we feel about it. nick paton walsh, cnn, above the amazon, brazil. >> nick just drives the message home, regardless of how you feel about it, the facts are the

facts. the reality is it's happening and it is bad for the world. >> the damage is extensive. people are worried. children are talking about it. my children coming home from school. it is a concern. it is worrying everyone. these are the lungs of the earth here. >> yes, they are. >> we need to keep an eye on that. what we're keeping an eye on as well is tropical storm dorian is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by wednesday and bring wind, rain and storm surges to the lesser antilles and puerto rico by the coming week. >> puerto rico in the crosshairs there. tropical storm warning has also been issued for barbados. >> and our meteorologist karen maginnis has been keeping a very close eye on all of this. so, karen, what are you seeing here? >> yes, our focus has shifted. we talked a lot about what was happening in the amazon with millions of acres that have already burned. dorian, the immediate threat in the next 72 hours or so.

this is not a large hurricane, not impressive looking, but still is capable of producing quite a bit of damage. take a look at this as we see this very small circulation getting better and better organized as it enters a favorable zone. here are the lesser antilles, essentially the islands that ring the eastern edge of the caribbean. it is trekking towards the west now. 85 kilometer per hour winds. higher gusts associated with it. so what can we expect? still will move across barbados as a tropical system and move across the central lesser antilles. as it does, it is going to be increasing in favorable environment also for intensity. so what happens for san juan, puerto rico? september 2017 devastating hurricane across this region. it could be a category 1 hurricane to the south to the west of puerto rico. that's three days away. the computer models have been pretty good and they are in fair

agreement that they will come in the vicinity of puerto rico, but will it impact san juan or puerto rico? and then moving on towards espanola. right now it appear it is will have a glancing blow, but we need to get a little step further in the forecast time period just to see how close it will come. all right. there is a tropical storm warning out for the central lesser antilles from st. vincent to tsaint louisa. it's going to be a fairly fast-moving system. it will move in, it will move out. there could be some localized flooding across this area. there could be minor wind damage. we have to watch this in the future, three days for puerto rico. back to you guys. >> thanks for keeping a close eye on that, karen. appreciate it. an important thing to talk about. 400 years ago this month, the first african-americans were brought to british north america and they were enslaved. >> their arrival marked a long and painful era of american

slavery. over the weekend thousands of people gathered to honor their memory at the same virginia port where they arrived centuries ago. cnn's natasha chen was there. >> say something. thanking them for their sacrifice. >> reporter: in the same spot where about 20 captured africans arrived four centuries ago, people whispered prayers to them and to the ancestors who did not survive the voyage, sending those thoughts floating with flower pedals into the chesapeake bay. >> the ghosts of the past are still alive with us today. you can feel it as you walk around and look at the backdrop here. >> reporter: people felt what shackles would have felt like and took pictures at this historic marker where the ship "white lion" arrived. this woman says this wasn't the first group of africans in america. there were others already taken to what were then spanish, portuguese and french territories. this does mark the first arrival

to english north america. >> it marks the beginnings of the foundation of this nation, of which slavery is deeply imbedded. so we have the beginnings of not just u.s. governing systems, right, that emerge out of this colonial history, but also the foundations of american wealth. >> reporter: and now african-americans can be part of that wealth in spite of continued struggles of inequality. >> now we're engineers, lawyers, doctors, presidents, maybe a future female president. but we've come a long way. >> reporter: and while they look at the traditions that made them who they are, the next generation is also looking at what their world could be. >> imagine the problems that would be solved if all people were kind and cared for. it doesn't matter what your race or religion may be, we all deserve kindness.

>> can we talk about where we're going and can we talk about what is necessary to get there? as we look at the next 400 years. >> reporter: the group gathered here around a bell that dated back to the civil war. they rang that bell along with other bells that they brought for four minutes. one minute representing each of the centuries since the ship "white lion" landed here. natasha chen, cnn, hampton, virginia. >> natasha, thank you for that report. squaring the circle with evangelical voters and the u.s. president. will their strong support for president trump continue in 2020 or will they have a change of heart? we'll hear from some ahead as "newsroom" continues worldwide. not this john smith or this john smith. or any of the other hundreds of john smiths that are humana medicare advantage members. no, it's this john smith, who met with humana to create a personalized care plan. at humana, we have more ways to care for your health,

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welcome back, everyone. well, it has been one year since u.s. senator john mccain passed away, just shy of his 82nd birthday. he died of an aggressive form of brain cancer. >> the senator mccain often remembered as a war hero, a

conservative maverick and a two-time presidential candidate. his widow, cindy mccain, wants him to be remembered for something else, though. here's part of her conversation. listen. >> there's so many things i miss about him. i think most of all was his voice of reason. >> i wonder for you, you got married when you were 25 years old and you were with john mccain for almost four decades, and i worshippnder, what have y learned about yourself in this year since he passed away? >> well, i think the first lesson is that i can survive. you know, losing any loved one is always traumatic, but he was such a force of nature. i've had to learn that i -- not only will i survive, but i can move forward. if we can convey anything that john mccain stood for on this one-year anniversary, that would be acts of civility.

he was the guy on the floor that would cross the aisle. he would work with others. you know, he was very passionate about what he did, and i'd like to remind people of those qualities and offer the opportunity for people to do just the same. go seek someone who perhaps you disagree with vehemently, or maybe someone that you've never really liked. go talk to them. agree to disagree. >> what do you think he would say if he saw the current state of american politics right now? >> i think he'd be very disappointed. in fact, i know he would be. he would be saddened by the digression that these conversations and these debates have taken. and also saddened that we're so disoriented within the world right now. you know, we had time to talk before he died and he was very frustrated with what was going on then, and i think now he'd be even more frustrated. >> and in the interview, cindy

mccain stopped short of endorsing family friend and u.s. presidential candidate joe biden in the 2020 election. biden meanwhile paid tribute to the late senator, saying he misses him every day. evangelical voters have been a core constituency for president trump. he took 81% of their vote in 2016. >> but does he have what it takes to earn their support in 2020? cnn's randi kaye takes a closer look. >> i don't think any of us are looking for a pastor in chief. >> right. >> you know? i think we're looking for a commander in chief. >> reporter: evangelical christians in charlotte, north carolina weighing in on campaign 2020 and president donald trump. >> how many of you at this point do plan to vote for donald trump? one, two, three, four. >> reporter: four support trump, four are still undecided and one will absolutely not vote for trump. >> this man is not morally sound as a leader. as a christian.

>> reporter: trump's recent constitue constituen comments calling jewish people disloyal is a turnoff to some in our group. >> does it offend any of you the president seems to be treating this vast religious group, the jewish people in this case, as a monolithic voting block? >> what bothers me is any time a religious group is lumped together so that they can then be lobbied. as if they are all going to vote one way. >> we're not monolithic. and that's part of what trump's problem is. even when he refers to immigration or whatever, he'll go hispanics. they're not monolithic. >> is this rhetoric dangerous? >> this is not new rhetoric. it's just that we have a president now who speaks plainly. it does not make him a racist. >> when critics of donald trump call him a white supremacist, call him a racist, you disagree? >> i disagree. >> reporter: this evangelical voter isn't sold on trump but

she's happy he's calling attention to issues she says democrats are ignoring. like undocumented workers taking housing from african-americans who need it. >> he talks about that. nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room, illegal immigration, immigration. nobody wants to talk about it. there is not a city in america that is black folks are not on these streets. go see charlotte. people who look like me are on the literal streets. >> why are you okay with supporting donald trump? >> we are imperfect. we are going to offend one another. he is not the pastor at friendship missionary baptist church. he's my president. >> reporter: trump has been married three times, said he's never asked for forgiveness from god and was once pro-choice but none of that seems to sway his evangelical supportrs. >> why are you able to look past donald trump's flaws and support him? >> because it's not my place to judge his heart. >> reporter: and this week when

the president referred to himself as the chosen one, echoing what some evangelical leaders have said about him, that certainly caught this group's attention. >> when we ask the question, is he the chosen one, well, for what? to help our trade agreements with china? sure, maybe. is he the guy that's going to help us solve racism in america? heck no. >> part of your faith includes forgiveness. so can you forgive the president for some of the things that he said? >> oh, absolutely. i forgive him absolutely, but i still have to stand the gap for those who are brutalized on a regular basis and are left behind. >> can you forgive the president? >> that's a central tenant of our faith. >> oh, yes. >> so, i can forgive. i don't have to agree, but i can certainly forgive. >> there is nothing that cannot get under god's umbrella. god is a god of forgiveness. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, charlotte, north carolina. >> quite a mix of views there. so we'll take a short break

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>> we met during the campaign. a little before the campaign. and got along right away. i didn't actually ask for an endorsement, but i think if i would have asked, i might have gotten it. we understood each other very well. he's a very tough man, i will tell you that, but he's also a good man and he's done a fantastic job in egypt. not easy. so we'll be talking today trade, we'll be talking military. a lot of things are happening in your part of the world, as usual, unfortunately. and also, very big things are

happening with china. you probably read the breaking news a little while ago that they want to make a deal. they just came out and they want calm. and that's a great thing, frankly, and one of the reasons that he's a great leader, president xi, and one of the reasons that china is a great country is that they understand how life works. and that was just announced. china called last night our top trade people, and said let's get back to table, so we'll be getting back to the table. and i think they want to do something. they've been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do, and i have great respect for it. i have great respect for it. this is a very positive

development for the world. so we're going to have a further statement on china. we'll have a news conference a little bit later. unless the media doesn't want a news conference. if you don't want one, we'll cancel it immediately. but assuming you want one, we'll have a news conference. which i think you might want. in the meantime, egypt has made

tremendous progress under a great leader's leadership. that's what it's all about. and your staff also who i've gotten to know. fantastic people. so i want to thank you and i want to congratulate you. >> your excellency, i thank you very much. it's a pleasure to have this meeting with you. we enjoy a mutual understanding, appreciation and respect.

>> translator: and as you mentioned, your excellency, our relationship started before the campaign, during the campaign and afterwards and i'm confident that it is going to last. we expressed our congratulations in advance before and we express our congratulations now. there are a lot of issues of mutual interest that we are going to address at this meeting and we always enjoy this mutual understanding. i express my highest respect, thanks and appreciation. >> very nice. one of the things we'll be discussing -- go ahead. sorry.

one of the things we'll be discussing will be trade. and i can't underestimate or speak more highly of the trade deal we made yesterday with japan. it's an incredible, incredible deal. it's a massive deal, especially for our agriculture, our farmers, our ranchers. and e-commerce. a big e-commerce component that is very important. but it's a fantastic deal. it's a tremendous deal. came at a great time. we've been helping the farmers anyway, but it's something that really has impressed me very much. mr. president, our farmers, they don't want to take, they want to produce. they want to be able to do their work. they don't want anything for nothing. they're incredible people. i call them great american patriots and they've been, really, with the job that they're doing is something very special. so we made a very big deal yesterday with japan, and it is -- it's one of the biggest trade

deals you'll ever see. my only problem, mr. president, is when we make a really big and really great trade deal with japan yesterday, the media never writes about it. they never write about it. they only like to write about

the bad things. and there aren't too many of them. there aren't too many of them. okay. do you have anything further to say? okay. thank you very much. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president, can you tell me why the palestinian authority has been taken out of the u.s. state department's website -- >> go ahead. what was your question. >> mr. president, i asked you can you tell us a little bit more about the call you referred to. when will the next round of negotiations with china start? >> we've had two calls. very, very good calls. very productive calls. they mean business. they want to be able to make a deal. it's very important that -- i think temperament veit's very i them. they've lost 3 million jobs. a lot of things have happened. it's why president xi's a great leader. he understands. it's going to be great for china. it's going to be great for