awe new report mentions that -- after receiving information that could help his father's campaign. now he is offering differing explanations for the meeting. >> plus, trump then proposes and backs down from a russia cyber security unit, but not after drawing criticisms from members of his own party. >> iraq's prime minister declares victory over isis in mosul after nine months of fighting. iraqi troops are looking to push out the last remaining militants. it's monday, july 10 th.

while this morning there are new questions about the motives behind meetings the president's son donald trump jr. took during the campaign, especially in light of his changing explanations. the "new york times" reports he was promised damaging information about hillary clinton before agreeing to meet with a russian lawyer with reported connections to the kremlin. now, the meeting took place june 9th, just two days after hillary clinton claimed victory. two others with knowledge of it. they met at trump tower and included trump jr. then campaign chairman paul manifort and jared kushner and natalia -- he arranged the meeting at the request of a russian client and attended it. it's unclear whether the lawyer ever produced the intel, but it was expected she would.

the meeting's very existence only recently came to light through disclosures from kushner and manifort. >> the explanation of the meeting shifed since the story first broke on saturday. donald trump jr. said we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children that was active and popular with american families years ago and was since ended by the russian government, but it was not a campaign issue at the time, and there was no follow-up. i was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance, but was not told the person i would be meeting beforehand. notice, no mention there of hillary clinton, but when "the times" reported subpoenaed that trump was told the russians had damaging information on clinton, he replied with a much longer statement. "i was asked to have a meeting by an acquaintance i knew from the 2014 miss universe pageant with an individual i told might have information helpful to the campaign. i was not told her name prior to the meeting. i asked jared and paul to attend, but told them nothing of the substance. we had a meeting in june of 2016.

after pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and supporting ms. clinton. her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. no details or supporting information was provided or even offered. it quickly became clear she had no meaningful information. she then changed subjects and began discussing the adoption of russian children and mentioned the act. it became clear to me this was the true agenda all along and that the claims of potentially helpful information were a pretext for the meeting. i interrupted and advised her that my father was not an elected official, but, rather, a private citizen and that her comments and concerns, they were better addressed if and when he held public office. the meeting lasted approximately 20 to 30 minutes. >> now, both the president's son and the president's legal team said donald trump had no knowledge of the meeting at the time, and his legal team questioned the intentions of natalia saying she

misrepresented who she worked for. sources close to the outside counsel went further suggesting it could be a setup, and here's what chief of staff rooieince priebus had on sunday morning. >> there's a meeting apparently about a russian adoption, and after about 20 minutes the meeting ended, and that was the end of it. it was a nothing meeting. now, what's developing from that meeting, if you look at the article that circa put out, is that the individual that set up the meeting may have been affiliated with fugant gps, which is a research firm that's being subpoenaed and talked to by the senate judiciary committee about their role in putting together that phony dossier that people know about in regard to the president. i don't know much about it other than it seems to be on the end of the trump individuals a big nothing burger, but may spin out of control for the dnc and the democrats. >> joining us now from washington is politico's daniel

lipman, co-author of "the political playbook." tomorrow marks the one year since he, jake sherman, and arnold palmer took over the newslett newsletter. congrats on that milestone. let me ask you really quickly, where does the latest report leave us on the question of whether the trump campaign sought to collude with russia? who does this move the needle forward? >> there is no definitive link yet, but this is a huge milestone in that investigation, and you have to be thinking that robert mueller will be looking at this very seriously and questioning everyone in this meeting about exactly how this came about. it's very damaging to the explanation that has been changing from trump jr. and other trump aides that they were not meeting with russians about damaging information about hillary. this really shoots holes in that credibility. >> one of the narratives at the center of all of this is the act. talk to us about how exactly that came about and the lawyer in question, how involved they

are with this act and how they're trying to counter act that now. >> the act was named after a russian lawyer was, you know, basically almost killed in jail. he had medical issues, and they did not treat him, and the law was put in place to punish russian human rights abusers, and this is a law that vladimir putin is very against. he wants it repealed, and this lawyer that trump jr. and jared and paul manifort met with has been representing kremlin allies and has been trying to help overturn this law. that's kind of the context for this meeting. >> daniel, let's talk really quickly about how we learned about this meeting. has it come to light exactly how this story actually broke and how this meeting first came to light? >> so kushner and manifort had to file amended disclosures about meetings they had with russians, so they filed them

recently in the last couple of weeks. what i would also note is there is in the "new york times" story it refers to three trump advisors that it were their sources, and so people are wondering who basically is giving this information "the times" inside the trump circle of trust, and so, you know, that's kind of a big question about who is, you know -- who wants to leak damaging information on the trump son and jared and paul manifort. the circle of advisors is small. it's not, you know, huge, and so we just have to wonder who is -- who has a motive here? >> we're going to keep following this story in the coming days. daniel lipman for us. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> president trump also began with a series of tweets about his meeting with russian president vladimir putinin. "i strongly pressed president putin twice about meddling in our election. he vihamently denied it. i have already given my opinion. we discussed forming an inpenetratable cyber unit so

many negative things will be guarded and safe." the suggestion left some republicans in disbelief. senator ben sass of nebraska tweeted this. "this obviously should not happen, and obviously it will not happen. why the president of the united states would tweet it is inexplicably bizarre." marco rubio tweeted that vladimir putin will never be a reliable constructive partner. partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit." senator john mccain of arizona weighing in as well. take a listen. >> the president, again, tweeting this morning said "putin and i discussed forming an inpenetratable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded." >> i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he is doing the hacking. >> now, as the republican critics were weighing in, united states treasury secretary steve manuchin stepped forward to defend the necessity of a cyber security unit with russia.

>> i think this is a very step forward. what we want to make sure is that we coordinate with russia, that we're focused on cyber security together, that we make sure that they never interfere in any democratic elections or conduct any cyber security, and this is like any other strategic alliance. whether we're doing military exercises with our allies or anything else. this is about having capabilities to make sure that we both fight cyber together, which i think is a very significant accomplishment for president trump. >> a short time later some 13 hours after his original tweet president trump simply ditched his idea. "the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesn't mean i think it can happen. it can't, but a cease-fire can and did!" referring so southwestern syria. claims that the white house is impose sanctions on russia,

president trump tweeted "sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with president putin. nothing will be done until the ukrainian and syrian problems are solved!" meanwhile, axios reports that "in meetings in secure rooms, trump administration officials are quietly making the case to republican members that the sanctions bill they rushed through the senate on a 97-2 vote needs waivers to give trump the flexibility to negotiate with putin." administration officials believe the longer the bill gets delayed, the better their chances of convincing members that the bill is bad for diplomacy and bad for american companies who will be punished for doing international business with russian companies. many republicans on capitol hill are demanding tough sanctions and warning the white house. >> i want a clear message to russia that you'll pay a price for undercutting democracy, and if president trump doesn't embrace this, i think he will be empowering the russians and betraying democracy. i can't say it any clearer than that. >> as for the subject of russian interference in the 2016 u.s.

election, president trump tweeted yesterday that he "strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. he vihamently denied it. i have already given my opinion, touting the cease-fire in syria he said, "now it is time to move forward in working constructively with russia." while trump did not take questions at the g20 summit, president putin did, and he talked about his discussions with president trump. take a listen. >> he asked me questions. i answered. i clarified. and i think that he was satisfied with my answers. >> there you go. secretary of state rex tillerson said they discussed how to move forward, while the ambassador to the united nations nikki haley, who unlike tillerson was not in the room, and she described the interaction in tougher terms. >> what he did was bring up right away the election meddling, and he did that for a reason. one, he noted him to basically look him in the eye, let him know that, yes, we know you meddled in our elections. yes, we know you did it, and cut

it out. i think president putin did exactly what we thought he would do, which is deny it. i think that is what it is. they're going to always have two different stories on this. this is russia trying to save face, and they can't. they can't. everybody knows that russia meddled in our elections. >> the latest cease-fire in syria is reportedly holding after taking effect yesterday at noon. the agreement was announced after president trump's meeting at the g20 summit with russian president vladimir putin, and yesterday trump took to twitter writing that during that meeting "we negotiated a cease-fire in parts of syria which will save lives. now it is time to move forward in working constructively with russia." later syrian ceases fire seems to be holding. many lives can be saved. came out of meeting. good." however, that agreement was actually broken between the u.s., russia, and jordan and reportedly followed secret talks between the three nations. it covers three provinces in southern syria and is the latest cease-fire to come since the start of syria's civil war.

it is unclear how the latest cease-fire will be enforced, as reportedly no mechanisms are in place for its monitoring, all previous cease-fire deals have failed. yesterday chairman of the senate armed services committee, senator john mccain, levied a mountain of skepticism against the trump administration's syria strategy of working with the kremlin. take a listen. >> by and large our objectives are exactly the same. how we get there we each have a view. maybe they've got the right approach, and we've got the wrong approach. >> do the russians have -- >> you can't make that up. you can't make that up. these are the same people that use precision guided weapons to strike hospitals in aleppo where sick and wounded people are. this is just -- you know, i am preparing myself mentally to be on this show. i said, john, you're not going to get upset. you're not going to get emotional, but i've met the white hats. i know what the slaughter has been like.

i know that the russians knew that bashar assad was going to use chemical weapons. to say that maybe we've got the wrong approach? >> it's been a 5,184 days since president george w. bush's infamous mission accomplished speech regarding the war in iraq, and now iraqi prime minister hadir al abaddi is in mosul to declare a victory to liberate the city from isis. it was backed by the u.s. with air strikes and advisors and some ground support. the prime minister's office says al-abadi -- small pockets of fighting still ongoing, although officials there say defeat is imminent, and the prime minister says their only options are to surrender or die. al abadi's official announcement has been postponed until all fighting has ceased. coalition forces are still working to remove explosives and mines set by the terror group in parts of the city, which it seized control of back in june

of 2014. >> all right. still ahead, congress will return to washington today in the battle over health care looks like it's about to resume. >> plus, dozens of wildfires are going across the u.s., including one near a summer camp that had to be evacuated. we'll get a check on all the fires and the latest forecast when we come back. keep it here, everybody. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff.

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dozens of wildfires are also raging across british columbia. the canadian government has declared a province-wide emergency as hot and dry weather conditions with making efforts to control those fires more difficult. speaking of weather conditions and how that's all playing out, let's get a check now on weather with bonnie schneider. bonnie, you were talking about those conditions. not very favorable for the wildfires. >> no, unfortunately, the heat is still the problem there, and we're watching storms in the midwest. look what's happening in wisconsin. we have a flash flood warning. a flood warning for kenosha county. the rain has been coming down so heavy and hard across the midwest. let's take a look at the area at risk today. 20 million people at risk for severe storms in the afternoon and evening, and strong wind gusts are likely. further off towards minneapolis, even into fargo, we're looking at six million people at risk for severe weather today. parts of the plains and the midwest dealing with storms as well as the gulf coast. lots of gulf moisture coming up. tropical moisture. we're likely to see storms from new orleans all the way to

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wearing hawkeye gear after making a wager over the outcome of last year's iowa-nebraska football game. iowa won 40-10. the journalist that sass made the bet with posted this photo of the senator wearing his hawkeye gear as promised. when he wasn't driving, sass was tweeting about the experience, at one point telling his followers, no wrecks, no moving violations, and limited shouting so far. >> i didn't realize that you could easily become an uber driver that quickly. i thought they had to -- >> background check or something? >> at least some lessons. still ahead, all the highlights from baseball's final night before the midsummer classic. sports is next. isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology,

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>> it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top story. >> a new report has once again put the trump administration's relationship with russia in the spotlight. the "new york times" reports that the president's son donald trump jr. was promised damaging information about hillary clinton before agreeing to meet last summer with a russian lawyer with connections to the kremlin. >> this all comes as president trump tries to clarify what took place in his meeting with russian president vladimir putin on the sidelines of the g20 summit. kelly o'donnell has more on that. >> reporter: still in the grasp. president trump's new relationship with vladimir putin face-to-face at the g-20 laid out in a first person account on twitter. i strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. he vihamently denied it. i have already given my opinion. a more pointed recap by the chief of staff. >> the president absolutely did not believe the denial of

president putin. >> president trump says he wants to move beyond the election interference controversy and partner with russia over a bold idea that is drawing skepticism and division. putin and i discussed forming an inpenetratable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. a dubious senator john mccain. >> i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he is doing the hacking. >> treasury secretary manuchin says it makes sense. >> this is about having capabilities to make sure that we both fight cyber together, which i think is a very significant accomplishment for president trump. >> but senator marco rubio's reaction is cutting. tweeting "partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit." claiming a diplomatic achievement on syria, the president also tweeted about working with putin and assad ally to establish a partner

cease-fire. senator graham praised that policy, but argues president trump is not seeing putin clearly. >> he has a blind spot, and to forgive and forget when it comes to putin regarding cyber attacks is to empower putin. that's exactly what he is doing. >> the white house is also playing down a newly revealed june 2016 meeting at trump tower just after trump clinched the nomination. the president's son, son-in-law, and then campaign chairman met with a russian lawyer with kremlin connections. natalia has lobbied against a 2012 american law that sanctioned russian officials over human rights abuses. in protest, putin ended american adoptions of russian children. >> there's a meeting apparently about a russian adoption, and after about 20 minutes the meeting ended, and that was the end of it. >> donald trump jr. also provided a written statement to nbc news explaining these events where he says that he was asked to have the meeting in order to get campaign information and

then it moved into the conversation about russian adoptions. he said it lasted 20 or 30 minutes and was ultimately of no value to them, so they ended it, and nothing further occurred. donald trump jr. also says his father was not aware of the meeting at the time, and the president's outside legal team says he had no knowledge of the meeting or those events. yasmin. >> certainly some major developments there. thanks to kelly o'donnell for that report. senate republicans are expected to press forward on health care as lawmakers return to washington today. president trump is putting on the pressure tweeting yesterday for years even as a civilian i listened as republicans pushed the repeal and replace of obama care. now they finally have their chance. senator ted cruz has authored an amendment to the senate gop health care bill that would allow insurers to offer plans that don't meet obama care requirements. he spent the weekend pitching his plan. >> if you want to buy a plan with all the bells and whistles, with all of the mandates you should title one, you can buy that plan.

if you can't afford a full cadillac plan, you should be able to buy another plan that meets your needs. it's the consumer freedom option that gives you the consumer choice whether to go with the full cadillac or a skinnier plan that's a lot more affordable. if we can't get this done right now, i agree with the president. then let's honor the promise on repeal and spend more time to get it done, but let me be clear, george. i believe we can get it done. >> cruz's amendment has drawn support from -- conservatives say it could hurt people with preexisting conditions. chuck grassley told iowa public radio last week there's a real feeling that is subterfuge to get around pre-existing conditions. if it is subterfuge and it has the effect of anight aling -- >> other key republicans are offering differing opinions about whether a health care bill could pass at all. >> so what happens now on health

care next week? >> i think my view is it's probably going to be dead. >> the draft plan has now been serious rewrite, and so we don't know what the serious rewrite. clearly the draft plan is dead. >> obama care is failing. whether or not we can come together, i don't know. mitch is trying. i would support the proposal before us, but you got different camps in the republican party, but obama care is going to fail. my advice is if it does fail, work together in a bipartisan fashion to replace it. i don't know what the outcome would be, but mitch is trying really hard. >> all right. let's get into this now. joining us from washington is politico's daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook. once again, you heard a lot of differing opinions there on the future of this bill. reince priebus said this weekend he expects congress to give them a bill by the august recess or shortly after. give us the prognosis here. what do you think is going to happen with the health care bill moving forward? who do you think is on the right side of this thing? >> i don't think reince is correct on this issue.

they've had months to do this. they've only lost support during the july 4th recess. there are now ten republican senators who are on record as not supporting this current bill. that's only gone up. they can really only afford to lose two or three. there doesn't seem to be a pathway forward because if they make the bill more moderate, then they lose conservatives, like cruz and rand paul. if they make it more conservative, then they just continue to lose the moderates who are worried about the severe medicaid cuts in those rural states. >> one of the things that we've been hearing more and more of is the need at least coming out of republicans to work with democrats on actually replacing obama care. how likely is it that mitch mcconnell will have to try to deal with democrats in the end, which i know is something he had said previously he found unlikely. >> so i think the alternative -- republicans have two options. they could do a straight repeal, but that would have some of the

same ramifications of the repeal and replace process that has not gone well, or they can work with democrats. i think there's a good chance that they want to show their voters and just americans at large that they've done something and that they've fixed obama care to some extent, and so i would place it as a better than even chance that they make some modest tweaks to make the obama care insurance markets a little more stable, and you would have to work with democrats on that. >> part of the modest tweaking, i guess, is you can see we heard about ted cruz's amendment. a lot of senate republicans having some doubts over that amendment offering plans that don't comply with obama care mandates. do you think that's going to have any hope of making the bill more palettable to those republicans, to the conservatives? >> i don't think the cruz proposal is going to be signed into law any time soon. he talked about bells and whistles. that includes things like dental

insurance and maternity care and a lot of republicans i talked to say that cruz's proposal would basically ruin -- if cruz's proposal was put into law, and so it does seem like it's kind of a sop to a piece of red meat to his base, but doesn't seem like it has much chance of going forward. >> well, that august recess quickly approaching. we'll be watching for are that timeline. daniel lipman for us, thank you. >> the narrative was supposed to be that -- as the washington post reports, that hasn't proven to be the case. even though conventional wisdom said they might consider voting with the president to try to win over some of his voters, the math is still tough. with ten democrats in the senate up for re-election in states president trump won, but the

odds of survival they appear to be improving for some. the post singles out tammy baldwin in wisconsin, a state where scott walker has been re-elected and her fellow senator is a staunch republican. baldwin's favorability rating at 38% in a recent marquette poll, but even though president trump has been there three times since november, his approval ratings, they are upside down 41% to 51%. he scores poorly when wisconsin voters are asked whether he is honest, shows good judgment are, or cares about people like them. also in michigan the president has seen his job approval slide five points in a may poll. 63% of voters in pennsylvania say he has done a fair or poor job. get this, just 3% of trump voters there say they would change their vote if they could. >> all right. president trump's daughter and one of his top white house aides, ivanka trump, briefly took her father's place at a meeting with other world leaders at the g20 summit in germany on saturday. a photo of ivanka sitting next to chinese president xi jing

ping, theresa may, and german chancellor angela merkel drew much criticism with some calling it improper and compared it to a banana republic. while others recalled her recent intention to stay out of politics. >> you know, i try to stay out of politics. i don't profess to be a political savant, so i leave the plik politics to other people, and really lean into the issues that i care deeply about. >> a senior white house official defended the move by saying ivanka only filled the seat briefly when the topic of conversation shifted to female entrepreneurship in africa, an area of concern for ivanka. her brother also came to her defense by tweeting, "if the left is so outraged about ivanka sitting in for a few minutes, maybe they would be happier if i subin for a while?" meanwhile, the president praised his daughter at the g20 and said, "if she weren't my daughter, it would be much easier for her." he then pledged $50 million to the world bank's fund for the

women entrepreneur's finance initiative, a program ivanka helped create and launch. during the g20 summit president trump held a one-on-one meeting with china's president where the talk on trade in north korea dominated the sitdown. the president tweeted saturday leaving hamburg for washington d.c. and the white house. just left china's president xijing ping where we had an excellent meeting on trade in north korea." during the meeting they said something has to be done about north korea following its recent missile launches. >> i appreciate the things that you have done on the very substantial problem that we all face in north korea, the problem that something has to be done about. as far as north korea is concerned, we'll have eventually success. it may take longer than i would like. it may take longer than you would like, but there will be success in the end one way or the other.

>> while president trump touted his meeting with president xi, among other things, the u.s. was a party of one at the g20 summit when it came to the paris climate accord. the 19 other member nations reaffirmed their commitment to the deal saturday, and in a joint statement singled out the u.s. over trump's decision to withdraw, saying that the accord was irreversible. let's turn to business now where wall street is eyeing the highly anticipated amazon prime day as well as news about the trump administration putting a halt to an obama era rule allowing foreign entrepreneurs to come to the u.s. so start companies. amazon is set to rake in some big money with its latest innovation of prime day. what can we expect? i know there are a lot of deals out there. >> there certainly are. this is the third it rags of amazon prime day, and the company has promised hundreds of thousands of discounts. a lot out there. they haven't issued too much information about what will be there. they have pointed to televisions as one area you can really pick out a great bargain, but then

also items such as perishables such as haagen daas ice cream. if you are not a prime member, don't need to despair just yet. you do have until july 11th to sign up. furthermore, it doesn't actually run for 24 hours, but it runs for an entire 30 hours. and not just in the u.s. this is, of course, spread out further afield than ever before. lots of bargains out there. i would suggest getting on-line because in terms of what the company has issued in press releases, they've kept the information very limited. let's turn to the tech sector. it's feeling a little bit rattled given reports that president donald trump is seeking to block the launch of the so-called international entrepreneur rule. now, this rule would help and encourage foreign-born entrepreneurs to come to the united states to launch a business. this was something that president barack obama launched as an initiative, and as the tech sector could potentially stand to lose quite seriously

given the high preponderance of their latest who were born overseas. let's get out to tesla, which has seen its sales plummet in hong kong. there are only five recorded registrations of tesla sales in hong kong for april and may compared to 3,700 for the first quarter. we can point to the lowering of a tax break on electric vehicles in hong kong, which was introduced on april 1st, and is clearly affecting sales. lewis. >> all right. exciting day in london as well with wimbledon's manic monday. you thanks so much. >> i feel like we have the perfect hour for amazon prime. >> yeah. >> all right. still ahead, much more on those wildfires burning across the western u.s. and canada as thousands of firefighters race to try to contain those blazes, which have forced residents to flee. >> we'll get a look at weather, and to see whether or not mother nature may give those crews out there a helping hand. plus, a look at the possibility of some severe weather making a return this week. stay with us.

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as we've been telling you this morning, thousands of firefighters across the western united states and canada are fighting to get the upper hand on at least 50 wildfires burning across the region. santa barbara county, california, crews are facing an especially tough challenge with this explosive fire. in just about one day the blaze has ripped through thousands of acres and destroyed at least 20 structures, including homes. a similar scene north of sacramento as crews there battle the fire. the blaze has now spread across 2,700 acres, destroying at least ten structures and forcing residents to evacuate for an update on all this and weather conditions let's bring in meteorologist bonnie schneider. what do we have to look for here? >> well, good morning, lewis. we are definitely looking at the heat continuing in santa barbara county. further south we'll get relief

as the week progresses, unfortunately for the fires that are burning elsewhere across much of the west, we still have low humidity level that is are critical. gusty winds. that's one of the reasons the fires have been spreading so rapidly. another reason, though, is because of the rainy season weave had so far in california, which has been great for the drought. it really ramped up vegetation, and that gave the fire more fuel to burn. across the midwest, powerful storms are working their way through wisconsin. we have flood warnings in place for kenosha county. this where we've seen quite a bit of rain in a short amount of time. the storms are also working their way into chicago. if you are heading in that direction, it's going to be a little stormy. at least to start for your morning commute. warm and humid air certainly fueling the storms as we go through much of the day today, and that frontal system will push further to the east. we'll see rain develop across the ohio valley as we go towards tomorrow. that's where the severe weather is, but we're also watching for downpours along the gulf coast for today and for tomorrow with tropical moisture coming up from the gulf of mexico. some of these could bring

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welcome back, everybody. to iraq, where prime minister is expected to announce victory over isis in mosul. he arrived in the city just yesterday and, quote, congratulations the heroic fighters and iraqi people for the great victory. >> the mission launched last october. joining us now from london, ali arusi. good to have you with us. after more than three years of the terror group's control of the city, it has been va

vanquished, for the most part, for mosul. >> you're right. the prime minister has been celebrating with iraqi troops after they drove isis from most of the last strongholds. fighting still continues. iraqi forces are pushing to retake the last ground in mosul where sos is holding on to a tiny portion of the old city west of the tigris river. senior iraqi general says his men, closely backed by u.s. coalition air strikes, continuing advances and clearing territory in the old city. iraqi commanders say they believe hundreds of isis fighters remain inside the neighborhood and they're using their families, including women and children, as human shields. but the fight does appear to be in its dying stages. and the dying stages of a bitter battle that's raged on for nearly nine months. there were images of a smiling

abadi, dressed in a black uniform, the same as the special forces in iraq were, walking amongst the soldiers, declaring victory. at one point, grabbing an iraqi flag and wrapping himself in it. iraqi state tv said that he was congratulating his soldiers on a heroic fight and on a big victory in one of the major cities in iraq. and i think the campaign will be a big boost for the iraqi people, for their morale. so, this is a good thing going forward. but they're still going to have to clear small pockets of isis, which will remain. ayman? >> after all that, ali arouzi, you have to keep in mind, the reconstruction. for three years, completely destructed. ali arouzi for us in london. coming up on "morning joe," much more on the questions being raised over the meeting between president trump's son, donald jr. and a russian national during the campaign.

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welcome back, everybody. before we toss it over to "morning joe," let's get a look at the stories you'll be hearing about in the day ahead. >> the president set to travel to paris to meet with french president manuel macron for bastille day. macron is said to persuade trump from withdrawing from the paris accord. a preliminary hearing is a continuation of one which started last month. the judge will decide if there's enough evidence to send the case to trial. >> that does it for us this morning. "morning joe," everybody, starts right now. there's only one person in washington that i know of that has any doubt about what russia did in our election, and it's

president trump. and i hate that because i really like what he's doing regarding north korea, putting them on notice about no missile will ever be used to hit america. i like what he's doing in afghanistan. he took on assad. has a good plan regarding isil. when it comes to russia, i am dumbfounded. >> good morning. >> first of all, i have to say we all are, senator. this morning especially after, mika, a weekend of bizarre stories. >> wow! >> and then the defense. >> revelations. >> i get it. did i not say there's going to be a perry mason moment where they say i did it, i did it? that's what happened this weekend. >> welcome to "morning joe." big morning today. veteran columnist. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. mike. >> no, no, no, no. >> let's continue. let's continue. >> it may be summer. >> no, no. >>