to go there and then i'll get angry about it. and my 85 and no one told me? greg: no one would ever call -- no one would even call people that. kat, your old. thank ♪ ♪ arthel: hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters." eric: hello, everyone, and welcome. i'm eric shawn. topping the news right now, president trump looking to put the controversy over the russian interference over the election in the rearview mirror and try and forge a new path with russia, but can washington and moscow really change their relationship, and should russia's actions against our country really be put behind us? arthel: the guns fall silent in southwestern syria as a ceasefire brokered by the u.s. and russia takes hold, but will it stick and bring new hope to the people in that war-torn land? eric: and senate republicans are

preparing one more push to try and repeal and replace obamacare. mitch mcconnell searching for the magic number of 50 votes as one senator told fox news that his colleagues should can the august recess and get to work. america's news headquarters starts right now. arthel: we begin with president trump back on u.s. soil after a jam-packed g20 summit in hamburg, germany. the president meeting with his counterparts at the gathering of world leaders, discussing a range of topics from trade to the nuclear crisis with north korea. but his face-to-face with vladimir putin is still taking center stage, and today the president saying it's time to start a new chapter with russia and move past the controversy over moscow's interference in the election. a point echoed by white house chief of staff reince priebus.

>> it doesn't mean they're off the hook, but what it means is we're not going to forgo progress simply because we have a disagreement in regard to this meddling in the united states election. what it means is that we need to move forward with things like a ceasefire in syria which is going to save a lot of lives, which we are doing i think starting today in southwestern syria. it means we need to move forward with working together on isis, we need to move forward with resolving the conflict in the ukraine. arthel: okay. let's take you to white house correspondent kevin corke who is live on the north lawn with the very latest. hi, kevin. arthel, that's my nickname for her. arthel: i love it. >> reporter: the distance from washington to hamburg, germany, about 4,000 miles. the russia story continues to follow him and this white house and, indeed, the meddling story continues to follow him as well. we will have an update on a very been telling you about all weekend long.

but first, let me take you to twitter where the president was very active this morning talking about, you guessed it, his conversation with russian president vladimir putin. he said, and i'm quoting now, i strongly pressed president putin twice about meddling in our election, he vehemently denied it. i've already given my opinion. later he tweeted: putin and i discussed forming an impenetrable cybersecurity unit. okay. so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. now, the latter obviously raised a lot of eyebrows on capitol hill liken that to having the fox watch the henhouse. check out what florida senator marco rubio tweeted. he said, look, partnering with putin on a cybersecurity unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. but secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to explain the administration's thinking. >> the election interference really shows how complicated the use of these types of tools are becoming.

we have to finding a way to begin to address that -- find a way the given to address that. and it's not going to be only about russia, it's going to be an international engagement as well. >> reporter: now, we're going to resist the temptation to spend a lot of time looking back, instead we're going to talk about deliverables from the summit. obviously, the syrian ceasefire is a big one, the president saying now is the time to work constructively with russia on that. another deliverable, working together with another country. we're talking about china. speaking of complicated relationships, the two countries announcing an agreement to conduct joint military exercises in 2018. clearly, beijing's attempt to try to mollify u.s. concerns over north korea. as for trade and the final communique out of the summit? well, it did acknowledge america's right to seek more trade equity abroad, about which mr. trump also tweeted this: the g20 summit was a great success for the u.s. explained that the u.s. must fix the many bad trade deals it has

made. he goes on to add, will get down. the summation also noting the u.s. has withdrawn from the paris climate accord. they're calling it irreversible. obviously, the folks at the how say it is nonbinding, and that's -- at the white house say it's nonbinding. very interesting story we've been follow, you may have read about this in "the new york times". we're getting more reaction tonight by donald trump jr. to a story in the times that suggested he and others from the campaign e met with a russian lawyer last summer hoping to score some intel about the hillary clinton campaign. he's actually issued a statement that reads in part that the meeting lasted 20-30 minutes. the woman who was the attorney in the meeting, she claimed to know of individuals connected the russia who were funding the dnc. she made statements that were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. he also goes on to add that the president neither attended, nor knew anything about that meeting. now, in case you hadn't heard this, he apparently failed to disclose that meeting in his

federal paperwork, but it had been mentioned by jared kushner and paul manafort who, of course, did manage the campaign for a while. but the real question remains, who was this person that asked for this meeting, and did a democratic operative put her up to it? that is a story we'll continue to watch, of course, right here on fox news. but for now, back to you. arthel: kevin corke, thank you so much. eric? eric: meanwhile, president trump is praising the syrian ceasefire that he helped negotiate with russia and jordan. the president saying the truce will save lives, and so far that truce -- after about 13 hours or so -- does seem to be holding. but can the deal really bring peace to a country that has been so devastated by the carnage of that ongoing civil war? john huddy has more details from jerusalem. >> reporter: eric, this is the fifth attempt at ceasefire since february of 2016, but the hope this time is rather than crumbling after just a couple of days, it will lead to something

broader and long-lasting, perhaps each ending syria's -- even ending syria's vicious civil war. the ceasefire was announced friday after president trump met with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit. it was brokeredded by the u.s., russia and jordan, and it calls for three deescalation zones in syria along the border with jordan and a province on the border with israel and the golan heights. under the agreement, syria's government stop its airstrikes on rebel positions, and both sides will hold their fire. the u.s., russia and jordan will monitor the region for any violations, and israel will also be watching closely. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that israel would welcome a genuine ceasefire in syria, but added that it must not open the way for iran's military entrenchment or that of its satellites in syria. both iran and hezbollah have

supported syrian government forces, and they've traded fire with armed elements across the border when there's been spillover into the golan heights. prime minister netanyahu said israel will continue to monitor the events across the border, but that israel will stick to, he says, its red lines; that is, preventing hezbollah's armament via syria, preventing hezbollah and iran from establishing a military presence along the border and preventing an iranian military presence overall in syria. eric? eric: thanks, john. that is the threat along the golan heights. arthel? arthel: senator bernie sanders presenting a new roadblock for the gop health care bill, holding a rally in kentucky right now demanding that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell not repeal and replace obama. that plea in mcconnell's home state as he and party leadership considers some drastic changes to their current draft. garrett tenney is live in washington with the latest.

hey, garrett. >> reporter: well, arthel, it's not opposition from democrats that mitch mcconnell's worried about. his goal is to come up with a bill that can get at least 50 of the 52 republicans in the senate to support it. mcconnell is hoping to introduce a revised version of the health care bill sometime next week, but at this point senators have not been told what kinds of changes it will include. skeptics of the current bill such as louisiana's bill cassidy to whether or not it will pass, but on fox news sunday he said things are moving in the right direction. >> every time they come up with an iteration that becomes more conservative in the sense of giving power back to states, we move a little bit closer to passage. so if we continue on that pathway, i do think we come up with both a bill that passes and one that fulfills president trump's campaign pledge. >> reporter: the white house has been working with senate leadership this week to get gop senators onboard with the bill and is confident that they'll be able to get it done. so the administration can then move on to other agenda items.

>> the president's first priority is for the senate to pass the plan, and i think we'd like to get health care done. if we don't get this passed, then the president, as he said, will go to the next plan. >> reporter: before he moves on though, the president is doing everything he can to get republicans to pass the health care bill. this afternoon he tweeted: for years even as a civilian i listenedded as republicans pushed the repeal and replace of obamacare. now they finally have their chance. as of right now though, there's not a whole lot of optimism on capitol hill that that will actually get done. arthel? arthel: we will be watching. by the way, i think i said to repeal and replace obama. e meant, of course, obamacare -- [laughter] and my friend, eric shawn here, pointed it out to me. garrett tenney, thank you so much. eric: yeah. he wasn't repealed but he's already been replaced by the republicans. arthel: that's been done.

eric: the regime of kim jong un, well, they're threatening nuclear war. they've blustered about that before, this time saying that after the u.s., south korea and japan practiced some bombing raids near the dmz as a show of force. that, of course, using b-1b bombers in response to pyongyang's first successful test of that intercontinental ballistic missile that some experts are saying does have the possibility of eventually hitting alaska. ellison barber has the e the tails from washington. >> north korean state-run media is calling the u.s.' recent military drill a provocation. u.s. military officials say two u.s. air force b-1 lancer bombers from anderson air force base in guam flew alongside south korean and japanese fighter jets on july 7th for a 10-hour sequenced, bilateral mission. in a show of force, the b-1bs flew over the korean peninsula and reportedly released weapons.

u.s. officials called it a practice run and a direct response to north korea's recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. according to the associated press, a newspaper run by the cup's ruling party publish -- country's ruling party published a paper accusing the u.s. of increasing the threat to nuclear war. the u.s. says all options are on the table. >> how many tests does it take and how many more times do we have to tell them no escalation? the fact that they launched a icbm test is hugely dangerous not just for us, but for so many of our friends in the world. and we've got to put a stop to it. >> reporter: president trump met with chinese president xi jinping at the g20 summit and early in the meeting addressed north korea telling the leader, quote: something has to be done about it. china is north korea's biggest

trade partner. trump also discussed north korea with the japanese prime minister. eric? eric: all right, ellison, thanks so much. you know, in the past they've called us an evil access pool and u.s -- cesspool and u.s. gangsters, so they know their hyperbole. arthel: a manhunt underway right now, police searching for suspects who opened fire at a gathering meant to celebrate a cherished milestone in someone's life. eric: and as we we've told you,e g20 summit is in the books but the fate of the russian sanctions bill still up in the air in congress. if lawmakers are returning to work tomorrow, will the house take up the bill? and vladimir putin, you know, he wants those sanctions lifted. what are the possibilities that could happen? ♪ >> he is fighting for the american man and woman across this great country every single day whether it's on trade or foreign policy, economics or social policy. and he's not afraid to stand up to those that oppose america.

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party that a family was having the reveal the gender of a baby. turned out to be a little boy. at least eight people were wounded and a 22-year-old woman was killed. police say it may have been a random attack. clean-up efforts underway in southwestern japan a after heavy rains swamped that region. authorities also searching for those reported missing. the powerful storm is said to have displaced tens of thousands of residents there. and a third straight day of violent protests continued last night at the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. nearly 200 people were arrested and hundreds of officers were injured. you know, the world leaders, well, they are gone. >> it's not the dumbest idea i've ever heard, but it's pretty close. he gave a really good speech in poland, president trump did, and he had what i think is a disastrous meeting with president putin. two hours and 15 minutes of

meetings, tillerson and trump are ready to forgive and forget when it comes to cyber attacks on the american election of 2016. arthel: and and that is senator lindsey graham blasting president trump's suggestion of forming a cybersecurity unit with russia. the president saying today he discussed the idea with vladimir putin during their historic meeting on the sidelines of the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. meanwhile, russia's meddling in the u.s. election could be on the agenda when congress returns to work tomorrow from the fourth of july recess. the senate has already passed a sanctions bill against russia by a huge margin, and now it must pass in the house before going to the president's desk. here now to discuss is republican congressman joe wilson of south carolina who sits on the house armed services and foreign affairs committees. very nice to have you here, congressman. >> arthel, i appreciate your service. arthel: oh, well, you're the one

serving us, sir. let's start by getting your reaction to your home state senator's, graham's, comments on "meet the press." >> he's the person who identified the democrats lost the election, now they're losing their minds. but actually on this i appreciate president trump is making every effort to try to address the issues that we have with russia understanding, and you'll be getting to this in a second, that the sanctions are going to stay in place. but my view is that just as the president tried hard to work with the president of china relative to the issues of north korea, we need to be working with the president of russia to address serious issues of cyber warfare. arthel: sure. and so, of course, already that ceasefire in syria that they discussed there is in place and, hopefully, it will last. but, you know, back to this whole idea of a cybersecurity cooperation, does it not concern you at all that, you know, the

russians, it has been confirmed by our intelligence committees that they did interfere. so does it seem a little bit ironic to have our president, president trump working with president putin on a -- >> well finish. arthel: go ahead. >> well, arthel, actually so many ironic issue that is the president works on, and then they ultimately have positive achievements. as you just mentioned, the ceasefire in syria which was achieved with the russian federation, with the kingdom of jordan, and lives will be saved. i appreciate the extraordinary earths of our -- efforts of our president. he operates in an unusual manner, but then makes, i think, very significant achievements. arthel: okay. you know, in their face-to-face meeting, president trump also told president putin that congress is pushing ahead for new sanctions. just asking, is this a way the president is sort of giving a nod to putin that they're pushing for sanctions, it's not

necessarily coming from me? >> well, he's, he made it clear in a tweet today, and i'm glad he -- i like his tweets because they clarify. he indicated that the sanctions are going to stay in place until russia changes course in ukraine, the invasion of you -- ukraine. 10,000 people were killed. the the actions in syria where, indeed, a regime that promotes chemical weapons, the assad regime, is backed up by russia. i appreciate the president making very clear that the sanctions will be enhanced and in place to make every effort for a change of course by the russian federation. arthel: so when you get back to work tomorrow, a bill will be on house members' desk, originally passed by the senate as you well know, sir, that would expand u.s. sanctions against russia and require congressional approval for any lifting, current sanctions by the white house. also impose sanctions on iran's ballistic

missile program. so, congressman wilson, will the house vote for new sanctions, get an amended version back to the senate? and it seems like you're confident that, ultimately, you'll get the president's signature. >> absolutely. paul ryan, he's made it very clear that this legislation will pass. with chairman ed royce of the foreign affairs committee, we have a leader who will push hard. i'm confident it will be bipartisan with eliot engel as the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee, this will be a bipartisan effort. in the senate itself, the vote was 98-0, and the technical changes were just to approve by unanimous voice vote. the sanctions will be in place. it's really somewhat amazing that, actually, germany has been opposed to the sanctions because we will really be making an effort to block russia where it hurts, and that is in their capability of providing oil and natural gas around the world.

arthel: congressman joe wilson, i have to leave it there. thank you more your time, sir. >> thank you. best wishes. arthel: best wishes, thank you. eric: what about the president pushing president putin for answers? >> what the president did is he immediately came into the meeting, talked about russian meddling in the u.s. election, went after that issue at least two separate times. this was not just a five-minute piece of the conversation. this was an an extensive portion of the meeting. eric: so did the president really get any real answers from putin during that meeting? and more importantly, where does the u.s./russia relationship go from here? we will delve into that next. arthel: also, firefighters have their hands full in california with at least three major wildfires burping in the state. some rez -- burping in the state. some residents forced to evacuate. >> i've been in my home 47 years and have never considered fire. just we've been lucky.

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♪ ♪ eric: mystery in hamburg as president trump and russian president vladimir putin sat down for those talks on the sidelines of the g20 summit. we're told the interference in the election did come up, the president though choosing not to hold a news conference afterwards, but the president did seek to clarify the conversation. he tweeted this morning a tweet that for some has raised even more questions. meddling in our election. he vehemently denied it. i've already given my opinion. what are we to make of that? joining us is judy miller, a pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist and fox news contributor.

president said he did criticize russian interference. white house sources are saying that at times the meeting on that subject with putin was heated. reince priebus today saying that they had a substantial conversation. do you think the president acted appropriately, and what are we to make of all of this? >> look, eric, the major question that needs to be answered at the moment is did president trump accept vladimir putin's assurances, and we still don't have an answer because president trump has not given us one. well, actually he's given us three different answers. he said during the press conference in warsaw that he believed that russia probably meddled in the u.s. election. he also said that it could have been somebody else who meddled in the election, and then he said no one really knows for sure. so the fact of the matter is even though his staff are running around trying to clean up the twitter poop in the

room -- [laughter] no one really knows what the answer to this crucial question is. of course donald trump doesn't want to have -- eric: well, let me interrupt you because reince priebus did say today in interviews that the president did not accept that answer. he said, quote, he absolutely did not believe putin. >> well, we haven't heard that from the president. why not? and another question, is donald trump going to contradict whatever reince priebus or rex tillerson said tomorrow? i mean, look, mr. tillerson said that they had discussed sanctions. he said that clearly in his news conference. he wasn't hiding. but donald trump said in his tweet hay did not discuss -- they did not discuss sanctions, but that nothing would be done until their disagreements over ukraine and syria were solved. you know, mr. trump consistently

undercuts his staff and even vice president michael pence. it's really very difficult, it must be, to work for mr. trump when he simply refuses to back the people who are pretending or hoping to put a positive spin on what he's saying. eric: well, you know, in the next interview the president gives, he certainly will be asked about this and, you know, he'll give his answer. >> well, yeah. in an interview. but when will that be? he certainly didn't want to have a news conference and didn't have a news conference, and even though he says that tweeting is a more direct way of communicating to the american people, there are some questions that, of course, he doesn't want to answer. the questions that keep coming up about more circumstantial evidence that his son, for example, was involved in a discussion that clearly did raise the issue of the campaign during the campaign.

we just learned that today from "the new york times" and cnn. the questions are going to keep occurring, the president doesn't want to answer them. you cannot answer the questions that the american people now have in 140-character tweets. eric: well, we certainly will get an interview at some point, we meaning media in general, and he will certainly be asked about that, donald trump jr., saying that meeting with the lawyer was about adoption, for example, and the president didn't know anything about it. but this all comes after the meeting and, basically, as you point out, no news conference or explanation beyond the tweets from the president. met me read you what "the wall street journal" is reporting tonight. they say, quote: lawmakers in both parties and former u.s. officials on sunday criticized mr. trump for not taking a stronger stance in his meeting with mr. putin, saying the president appeared overly willing to forgive russia's effort toss interfere in the 2016 u.s. election. mr. trump has denied there was any collusion and said he doubts

the intelligence community's assessments. so he's doubting the intelligence community's assessment, several intelligence agencies. i guess, bottom line, what do we expect the president to do? is he going to have an argument for two hours with putin? are they going to go back and forth? is there a point where they just agree to disagree, which some have criticized, you know, even that point? >> well, he could have said that. he could have tweeted that, we agreed to disagree, but he did not. he hasn't said anything about whether or not he accepts putin's assurances. but look, eric, look at what they agreed on. they agreed on a ceasefire as we've agreed on before with the russians only to have it fall apart. but even more astonishing, we -- according to mr. trump's tweets, he said that there was a possibility of setting up a cyber unit together to work on cyber hacking whereas the u.s. intelligence community says that russia is biggest threat to the

united states in the cyber field. i mean, this is truly the fox guarding the henhouse. what is going on sneer there are many, many -- on here? there are many, many questions way beyond the issue of the meddling in the election that mr. trump should be asked and forced to answer now. eric: well, we certainly will see if and when he does -- well, he will give an interview or perhaps a news conference, and he'll bed asked those questions -- he'll be asked those questions that you have just list out on the top of people's minds. judy miller, thank you for your insight, and we'll see how this goes the rest of the week. >> thank you, eric. if you get the interview, i know those questions will be asked. [laughter] eric: all right, i promise i will. absolutely. arthel: major wildfires in california shutting down a highway and forcing evacuations. firefighters battling three separate wildfires right now, and crews are planning to use air tankers to attack at least one of the blazes. will carr live from santa monica with details.

hi, will. >> reporter: hey there, arthel. sweltering heat across the southwest is really fueling these fires at the peak of fire season this weekend. we've seen two fires explode in santa barbara county. the whittier fire has destroy cannedded at least 20 structures, it's byrneed 8600 -- burned 8600 acres and forced 3500 people to evacuate. that number has jumped dramatically just in the past couple of hours. at one point, 80 campers were of -- were trapped and has to be bussed to out of the air. the fire is continuing to grow. authorities have a strong message for anybody who's decided not to evacuate. >> that means that now is the time to gather your family, your valuables, your documents, prescriptions, any items that you can't be without, and you should be thinking about what items you would want to take with you if you're ordered to

leave. >> reporter: the nearby alamo fire has burned 24,000 acres, forced 200 residents to evacuate and is now 10% contained. that fire tripled yesterday, and there are currently 1,000 firefighters on the front line. now, across the western united states there are more than 40 wildfires that are continuing to burn, and it's really the perfect conditions out there at the peak of fire season. there are strong winds, low humidity and triple-digit temperatures. >> it's hot, really hot. because the valley's hot. so you jump in a pool or you find the one little area that's not so hot. and then you pray that the weather gets better next week. >> reporter: and to explain just how hot it is here in the southwest, los angeles had its hottest day on record yesterday in more than 131 years. it was 98 degrees. the last time it was nearly that hot at this time in the year was back in 1886. arthel.

arthel: will carr, thank you very much. eric: and a few moments ago we mentioned the ceasefire in southern syria. well, it does seem to be working. as you know, it was brokeredded by the u.s., russia and jordan, but ahead we'll tell you why some lawmakers say ceasefires like this one, they claim they're actually a bad idea. arthel: plus, hundreds of people now honoring a new york city police officer shot and killed inside her patrol car. coming up, how the community she once protected is paying its respects. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now.

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gathering for a memorial last night. many residents of the bronx neighborhood where officer familia patrolled, well, they came out to pay respects in honor and tribute of her. the 48-year-old was shot in the head sitting inside her police cruiser last wednesday. officers did fatally shoot the gunman, and they say he turned the weapon on them. authorities say that that gunman had mental problems. familia is survived by three children including 12-year-old twins. arthel: president trump calling for further cooperation with russia as a new ceasefire in war-torn syria brokered between the two nations and jordan is now in effect. it is the first such deal under the trump administration, but it's not the first time the u.s. has used this strategy with the assad regime. several ceasefires in syria have broken down before, and now senator lindsey graham is expressing reservations about

the current agreement. >> no. putin does not have it right when it comes to syria, and this ceasefire is going to help assad. there'll never be an end to this war as long as assad's in power, so we're empowering the russians in syria. this is a -- secretary tillerson needs to staff up the state department and use it wisely. arthel: joining me now is retired navy captain and military analyst chuck nash. nice to have you. >> nice to be back with you, arthel. arthel: what dow -- do you make of senator graham's comments? putin wants assad there. what stance should president trump take on this matter? >> arthel, i've been long advocating that we need to start talking with the russians and work this out because the assad regime is going to the stay in power as long as the russians want him to stay in power. and the iranians are getting more and more emboldened, and they're getting stronger in syria which is working against

u.s. national interests bigtime. so we have to, we have to wrap up this syrian thing, and to do that we have to deal with reality, and the reality is that between the syrian regime and the iranian quds force, they have the preponderance of to to- of the force on the ground. we're training anti-assad elements, but they have the heft of the ground forces. so it's silly to think that we could end this, let alone start a de-escalation which is what they're calling it to lower expectations. but to end this thing, it's going to take a political solution, and the first step is working between the united states and russia and then having them work with their surrogates in the field. arthel: and in any ceasefire, of course, will provide much-needed relief for innocent citizens. but again, breaking down the deal itself as a political agreement, you know, who benefits, you mentioned how there has to be some sort of cooperation between russia and the u.s. and then, of course,

when you have some of the ceasefire now bordering, of course, on israel's border -- >> yeah. arthel: and you mentioned how iran is going to possibly take -- or hezbollah, or a further bad actor is going to take hold in the area possibly. and then you have israel saying, listen, guys, if we need to, we're going to defend ourselves. it snowballs into a really bad situation. >> absolutely. and you bring up an interesting point because the israelis and the jordanians -- they helped broker this ceasefire because what they're concerned about is the iranian presence along their border. and what the israelis are concerned about, they've already run some strikes into syria to take out positions because some of the fire is coming over onto the golan heights which is territory that they control. they won it in a war from syria. so they're trying to get this thing tamped down because the longer this goes on, the more chance it has to spill over these borders, and the israelis are not going to put up with

hezbollah on their border, let alone the iranians. they a hate the iranians, for good reason. and the same thing with the george jordanians. they want to seal this thing off, so it's going to take the major powers -- the adults in the room, the russians and the americans -- to come to some political solution acceptable to all of those contingent groups as well as the president of the united states is going to have to explain to the american people why he's cutting the deal, and the russian president a little less so have to explain to the russian people why he's cutting the the deal. arthel: and before i let you go, captain nash, apart from the temporary ceasefire in syria, potential military options as it pertains to north korea surfaced during the g20. should a military response to north korea many be considered -- north korea be considered a real option, or should the trump administration continue to press for a diplomatic solution? and if diplomacy rules, how does president trump get china and russia to act consistently and effectively?

>> i think the united states must keep the military option on the table even if it's unlikely that it would be used. because to quote secretary mattis, he called it -- it would be catastrophic if we were to execute military operations against north korea. however, to the point that you bring up about how to leverage china and russia into this, the russian economy is very, very fragile. all they do is export oil and minerals. well, the united states, under president trump, he's talking about making the united states the principal energy exporter, the world's energy exporter. we could grossly undercut russian moves for pricing in europe and in asia that would put a big hurt on their economy. so they need to pay attention to what's going on. and as far as the chinese are concerned, the last thing they want to see is for japan to remilitarize and possibly even become a nuclear power. so they're going to have to pay attention to that too. there's a lot going on to over there. arthel: definitely. captain chuck nash, thank you

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continue to fuel anger. thousands from the opposition hit the streets almost daily, clashing with president maduro's military, police forces and supporters. just this past week supporters of president maduro wielding wooden sticks and metal bars stormed congress and began attacking opposition lawmakers. at least fife lawmakers -- five lawmakers were injured. last month the police inspector stole a police helicopter and attacked the supreme court and another government building with gunfire and grenades. there is some hope, though, that the protests are working. maduro, who has just 20 president support in the polls released the opposition leader from president yesterday, placing him under house arrest after more than three years in military prison. still, other prisoners remain like american joshua holt, imprisonedded in venezuela for a year. >> i don't think that i'm going to see him again alive. >> reporter: protests are not expected to end anytime soon. maduro has coulded a july 30th

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finally, the president kept the hat under the marines arm for boarding marine one abound for the white house. he never broke protocol. even when the commander-in-chief gave him a hand. arthel: what a nice moment to share. russia dominating the headlines as president to suggest a collaboration on cyber security and the present legal team and his elder son respond to it new meeting with the russian lawyer. the neck, trump junior met with a russian lawyer during the campaign because he was promising damaging information on hillary clinton. it cites unnamed sources described as pre- advisers to the white house briefed on the meeting and to others with knowledge of