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. breaking news this morning. face-to-face in helsinki. in just hours president trump and vladimir putin will meet one-on-one amid tensions between russia and the u.s. unseen since the cold war. we're live with a look at what's at steak. body cam footage of an officer involved shooting faster than ever before. going on his own terms. a courageous young boy gets the last word after losing his fight with cancer. his up lifting final message. and the deals are primed and ready. amazon prime day kicks off. good to be with you on a monday morning. mr. trump and first lady melania arriving just moments ago ahead of that long awaited meeting as we await the helsinki arrival of vladimir putin. >> with still no agenda for the meeting it's anyone's guess what each president will walk away with. mr. trump's bashing of the eu, his slamming of the british pm, his repeated attacks on the media and his inability to take action on robert mueller's run of indictments against 12 russian hackers. and the president says this about putin ahead of their one-on-one. >> i think we could probably get along very well. somebody said are you friends or enemies, and i said it's too earlyt for russia and the unite at places to get along with. for russia and china and all these other places that's a good
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thing. it's not a bad thing. it's a really good thing. >> with the summit about to get under way it's the 2016 election on the president's mind. here's the commander in chief tweeted without ever mentioning putin. president obama thought crooked hillary was going win the election. when i won it, it became a big deal. more on the drama and the expectations taking place ahead 06 the summit. >> reporter: air force one reached finland. the final stop in helsinki follows days of trump-style diplomacy that left close u.s. friends feeling stung while a formad the spotlight. >> i think the european union is a foe, what they do to us in trade. >> reporter: keeping on that fr president trump referred first to allies when
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asked by cbs news to name his n the european union, but they're a foe. russia's a foe in certain respects. >> reporter: he set the bar low helping into his one-on-one. >> i'm not going in with high expectations. >> reporter: one month after the president did go in with high expectations into that handshake with kim jong-un, the putin face-to-face carries different risks. >> diplomacy is not about making friends but advancing america's national interests. >> reporter: on the president's agenda, syria, iran, ukraine and russia's assault on the 2016 election. but in gnat interview theashame allowing themselves to be hacked. they had bad defs cyber attack. finland's presidential palace is under tight security with media expected from around the world. helsinki has honed its reputation as neutral territory when u.s. presidents meet their
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russian and soviet counter parts. this time around the city is also having fun with the global attention. branding the big event. there's even newly crafted beer that puts diplomacy on the label. >> well, thanks to kelly o'donald for that report. >> so the question this morning, what exactly will the two leaders discuss when they sit down one-on-one, and what if any concessions will mr. trump make to putin when they bennett i l helsinki for you just heard there is really dialing down expectations for this highly anticipated sit down with rusr si putin. in fact, president trump says he has low expectations for what might result. and that's notable given that president trump faces intensifying pressure to call putin to account for russia's attack on the 2016 election. all of that really compounded by
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this latest series of indictments we just got from the justice department against these 12 russian agents who now stand credibly accused of hacking democrats in a state election board in the lead up to the 2016 election. so the two we expect will talk about that and russia's land grab of crimea. there's a whole slate of conversations to have about what's going on in syria. and there could be potentially some nuclear arms deal to come of this. now, we are told this meeting is by design loosely structured. the u.s. ambassador to russia tells me that they expect no concrete deliverables to come from this meetiff talk about th well. we understand nobody is going to be in there with members, no ai sot about that and and we've heard some democrats make the point there's only >> reporter: that's right. translators so there's no transparency. we do expect when the two meet presidents trump and putin they'll be joined in the room only by their interpreters. after that meeting we do expect
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the president to be joined by secretary of state mike pompeo and international security advisor john bolton. the only read out we'll get from ininitial meeting from the presidents trump and putin is really just based on the two men when we have this press conference later today. >> we'll hear what they have to say when that mahappens. and while presidents trump and putin are set to hold that one-on-one sit down in a few hours western leaders are waite offer putin. chief among them he could recognize putin's annexation of .m exclusive access to a show of military might in ukraine ahead of today's summit. >> reporter: it's a show of force in a region rife with rivery and tension. the u.s. navy preparing allies to be at the ready in the black sea. crucial says the admiral of the six fleet. >> i think it's served to
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destabilize the security environment in europe. >> reporter: we're sailing off the coast of the u.s. missile destroyer porter in an exercise with ukrainian and tkish frigates. the foreign ministry calls the whole exercise a provocation. the porter's skipper says four russian navy vessels are shadowi shadowing his operation. >> currently we are 86 miles off the i'mian peninsula. >> reporter: it was just a year ago it was buzzed by two low flying russian fighters right here in the black sea. operation sea breeze as it's called sees some 2,000 sailors and marines training alongside one another. not only at sea. we are flown to a ukrainian military base where joint exercises are taking place. for 21 years the united states and its allies in this very volatile region have come together to communicate and
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integrate, and this year is the most vital yet. tensions have reached a boiling point with daily exchanges of fire on ukraine's eastern border with truss war with the russian federation says the ukrainian rear admiral here. i want president trump to tell putin this is the st centu the . america i russia. kevin tibbles, abc news, odessa. >> after disappearing for a week an oregon woman has been found alive at the bottom of this oceanside cliff. she was driving from portland to visit family in california when she accidently drove off this cliff. a couple who happened to be hiking in the area found the wreckage some 200 feet below. fortunately she was able to get
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out and she was breathing when rescuers found her. she had only a hurt shoulder. beginning at 3:00 p.m. eastern amazon will be offering deals during specific moments of the day before theyut prime day specials are different from country to country. some discounts include the echo show, three months of kindle unlimited for a dollar and $2 movie rentals. of course you must be a amazon subscriber to take advantage of those deals. a new island is taking shape. officials are discussing the creation of viewing locations for this 20 to 30 foot lava island surfacing just offshore where fissure 8 empties into the ocean. it was first discovered by a field crew during a routine
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flight. >> good morning, guys. we're talking about heat today. the heat machine is on coast to coast. from the east all the way to the west and in between we're looking at some very hot ai nth well a n this time of year. look at burlington, northeast, especially above normal for this time of year. 90s in new england, 13 degrees above normal in burlington. all right, that's a look at your monday forecast. >> time to hit the beach, the pool and the lake because that's steph curry did. he lived up to his splash brother legacy.
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took place in this neighborhood over the weekend in which a 37-year-old man was shot and killed. chicago police fast tracked the release of body cam video of a controversial officer involved they say you see officers on foot patrol approaching the 37-year-old when they suspect he was armed. you can see a holstered gun and augustus appears to reach for his right hip multiple times before he was shot a was a very difficult situation for everyone involved. we had a loss of life which no matter the circumstances is always tragic. >> reporter: police hope the video's release might quell a second night of violent protests. last night they rocked chicago's south side until midnight. four police officers and at least four demonstrators arrested. >> i would just urge people, give it time, let copa do its job and let's get the facts before we overreact. >> reporter: protests call police murderers, some pelting
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look at that from the parks all the way to the eiffel tower, celebrations just exploding throughout the city of love a huge world cup win and fans waiting for it for 20 years. let's show you how we got there. france and croatia battling it out for the world cup trophy. got off to an even start, too. both teams striking early tie the game. there was a quick end game interruption, but france taking a 3-1 lead. and croatia tried to counter with an attack, but this was france's day and france's tournament. they win 4-2. wimbledon, men's final the joker quickly commanded the opening set and then smoked anderson in the second. anderson stepped up to the third set, but djokovic stepped up to claim victory.
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here on "early today" we commonly note the passing of people with famous names and their accomplishments written into the listry books. but this morning we want to tell you about the death of a boy whose name you likely never heard but who will likely have an impact on the world. >> reporter: off a quiet country road in iowa celebration for a boy you did not know, a boy filled with such life his early signs of sickness gave his parents pause. >> garret has always been a goofball, so we sat him down on the bleachers and we had to be very blunt with him and said are you messing with us. >> reporter: he wasn't. he had a rare form of pediatric cancer. he wasn't messing with them either when with weeks left to live he suggested writing his own obituary. funerals are sad, he wrote. i want five bouncy houses
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because i'm five. bat man and snow cones. this weekend, he got it. bouncy houses and snow cones, super heroes in costume. for the super hero no longer here. >> he just loved his super heroes, and i do think that's how he was processing things and how he was connecting his life and, you know, the 5-year-old way with something very, very evil or something very, very dark. >> reporter: garret told his mom and dad i want to be burned like when thor's mommy died and turned into a tree so i can tea. see you later, suckers, he concluded. lit e guy much. >> reporter: when the celebration came to the close,t into the water and burned just like thor's mom, just like he wanted.
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garret michael matheus was 5 years old. recapping our top story, all eyes are on finland this morning as the world anxiously awaits president trump's first official meeting with vladimir putin. president trump is now awaiting his counterpart at finland's presidential palace in helsinki for that high stakes meeting. it comes on the heels of a contentious nato summit. it's just hours away andthers still no set agenda. but according to a u.s. intelligence assessment the russian leader may ask trump to stay out of the conflict in ukraine and continue talks with north korea. we are looking ahead to that. the big thing is what is going to come out of thisnd what will we know given it's just going to be those two the tranceilators. thanks for waking up with us. >> keep
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breaking news this morning. face-to-face in helsinki. president trump and vladimir putin are just moments away from meeting one on one amid rising tensions between russia and the u.s. what's at stake in this morning's summit. freedom in sight. when the thai soccer team will finally leave the hospital. plus a new controversy for elon >> the fee for speed. a driver wrecks his $300,000 sports car just one day after driving it off the lot. an end t extinction. how the san diego zoo is breathing new life into endangered species. "early today" starts now. >> good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we
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