to do in order to be a safe, secure world. and so, like i just think of syria. it jumps into my mind thinking about this. russia has a tremendous amount of influence in that area of the world. if there's a way to make sure that russia doesn't continue to engage in this aggressive overreach and very irresponsible manner and we could still have a relationship with them so we could use their leverage to stabilize some of these areas, i'm open to that. i'll take a closer look at this, but my initial reaction is very cautiously hesitant to be supportive. >> congressman tom reed, republican of new york, thank you for the conversation this morning. >> thanks, greta. and a live picture this afternoon from canada where officials from the g7 nations are gathering for the g7 summit. this is the start of the opening ceremony. president trump and other world leaders are here for this event. this is live coverage on c-span3.

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begin with the front page of the wall stre"wall street journal." the headline, trump to exit g7 summit early. donald trump would leave the group of 7 summit earlier than plan as a dispute erupted between mr. trump and two of america's closest allies over the u.s.'s trade stance. late thursday, mr. trump would depart canada en route to singapore in anticipation of his coming meeting with north korea's leader kim jong-un on tuesday. the statement didn't mention the president's escalating feud with the leaders of canada and france late thursday. mr. trump had signaled before the summit that he would continue his aggressive trade agenda and tariff policies, leaving some observers worried about the impact of fractured relations between long-time allies. french president emmanuel macron, who until now has been mr. trump's closest ally in the european union, said the u.s.'s newly announced steel and aluminum tariffs against the european union and canada are pushing the six remaining nations of the g7 to