a son she named her ben after the lost prince. the namesake he never got to meet. that's all for now. i'm craig melvin, thank you for watching. ♪ good morning, breaking news this hour. president trump expected to arrive in bordeaux, france, for the group of seven meeting for the group of major economies, the g7 the. >> the president there with the first lady. as we say good morning, i'm kendis gibson, it's 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. >> the president's arrive coming amidst the trade war with china. as he have left the white house there late last night, here's

how he responded to a question on whether he had that authority. >> well, in 1977, we had an act, the emergency act, i have the absolute right to do that. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president in the southwest of france. kelly, before we get to his agenda today. he made some comments on the economy there as he left the white house tonight. what more did he say? >> the president had a lot on his mind, jo, leave be the white house for the overnight trip to france. and he's certainly very frustrated with jay powell, the head of the federal reserve, saying he's not a good chess player, frustrated at a time when we're seeing the stock market go up and down with these two different leader, the fed

chair and the president talking about the economic policy. and good wishes to ruth bader ginsburg recovering from new surgery. and the president concerned about the economic travel in china as he's coming here to the g7 where he always has prickly relationships with other leaders. for the same time, he'll be meeting with boris johnson in his role as prime minister. and for the situation with the u.s. hit with retaliatory tariffs, the president following in kind with bumped-up tariffs. here's how the president addressed speaking to reporters very late last night. >> look, john has bechina has b our country for 30 years. other presidents should have

done something about it and they should have done it a long time ago, whether it was clinton or bush or obama, any of them. they should have done something about it. and they didn't. i'm doing it. and i have no choice. >> reporter: the president argues that the u.s. economy is strong. he says that china's president xi jinping understands that the u.s., will not, in his words, put up with the kind of battle that's going on. of course, jay powell who is the fed chair has been saying that the typical way of managing u.s. economic policy has not contemplated the kind of trade war that president trump has engaged in. we've seen the president use tariffs as an economic lever against friends and foes on the international stage alike. he also had a word of warning for one of his closest friends on the international stage, france's emmanuel macron who has authorized taxes on u.s. tech giants. the president saying that he

does not like that at all. and that france should not be doing that. and he could have enacting new tax on things like french wine, as an example. and the president also said he looks forward to spending a few days here in france. looks forward to the meetings. but we also know that the president tends to come into the session with the sense that his view of the world is different from other european partners. he will have a series of meetings. the president wants to focus on the economic issues. certainly, some. other leaders want to talk about a broader set of issues that includes climate something that the u.s. president has been so much at odds with other leaders, by, of course, trump pulling out of the paris climate accord which will be very important to emanuel macron. >> kelly, it's going to be a brutal 86 degrees there,

sunscreen. >> reporter: someone had to be here, kendis. >> exactly. thank you. now to nbc's bill neely. security officials there on high alert in anticipation of potential protests. bill, similar situation, weather forecast for you over there on the beach, but i imagine things are fairly calm right now. >> reporter: yeah, calm right now, but extraordinary measures for any possible disruption it really is fortis. it's very small town in lockdown, 13,200 police officers here in a town that normally has a population of 25,000. the airport has been closed since thursday. airspace closed down. road checks both here and even across the spanish border which is just down the road. so police from two countries. and they're really looking for three things. first of all, terrorism, france

has been hit by terrorism, perhaps like no other european country. also, france has been rocked by the yellow vest protests for the last year, protesting that the economic conditions in the country, but also protests against the g7. i mean, this goes back 20 years, if you remember, the battle of seattle in 1999. the french desperate to avoid a repeat of those scenes. so, you know, that's why these security precautions are in place. there were some scuffles overnight, at a campsite, about 17 people were arrested. i mean, they've got a special magistrate's court here, 17 prosecutors, cells for 300 people. so the precautions for any trouble really are extraordinary. there is an official protest site about 20 miles from here. there will be a protest march

today which is expected to be peaceful. i think to be absolutely honest, guys, people think the main disruption won't be outside the summit, but inside. as people are braced for president trump's arrival and for him making waves here at france's atlantic surfing center. many of the waves will be inside the summit, not outside. >> bill, do you get a sense that the leaders will get a sense of any of the protests, will they be anywhere nearby at all? >> reporter: nowhere near it. this is a bubble. they are, you know, living inside that security bubble. of course, that's what many of the protesters say is absolutely wrong. that this is a rich club, a club of the rich world leaders, who deaf, who out of touch with the problems in the world. so that would be one criticism that the protesters themselves make. >> all right. >> bill neely. >> bill neely there in

biarristz, france, keeping an eye on the protests possible there. joining us live is carol lee. carol, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. >> what aone of the main object for president macron is to have a no drama summit, but of course, president trump also setting the table for some trauma to transpire there. then we've got this infamous photo from last year's g7. what is the mood so far going in? we're showing that picture on the screen with president trump and angela merkel kind of staring each other down, is that the mood again. >> reporter: yeah, with his armed crossed. well, president macron is trying to avoid something like that. and in order to accomplish this no drama summit, he's preemptively decided there's not a communique. which is a document that typically since the g7 summits

have begun years and years ago, have all of the leaders getting together and signing a document on what they can manage to agree on, because they don't agree on everything, obviously. macron has decided, forget it, we're not going to do that, we're not going to pretend that we all agree on everything, the last g7 summit, here, president trump refused to sign it. so president macron decided they're not going to go that route and basically talk on things that possibly they can agree on. however, the overall theme of the summit which is an equivalent quality between the rich and the poor, is not necessarily something that all of the leaders are going to be able to rally around, in terms of agreeing on solutions to such a problem. he also wants to talk about the environment which obviously is something that president trump is going to disagree with these leaders on. and they come in, at this time, with these clouds of uncertainty

around the global economy. so, it's going to be kind of a tricky thing for president macron to navigate with president trump, because he likes to go into these summits, and create a stir. but he's trying his best. >> yeah, meantime, you have, carol, a senior administration official who is telling "the washington post," that the president wants to brag about the u.s. economy is and is uninterested in the many other issues that concern the g7. but with the president kind of escalating that whole trade war with china just before leaving, how do you figure the other countries are expected to engage in conversation about global trade with him? >> reporter: well, the interesting thing about this summit is that the president has these different kind of side pending trade wars with various leaders. you nope, he's threatened tariffs on german cars. he'll have a meeting with the chancellor of germany angela

merkel. he's threatened to put tariffs on french wine. that's a tension there. also seeing the japanese prime minister and he's threatened to have, you know, tariffs on japanese cars. so, he has all of these sorted of individual tensions, amid this broader tension with the trade war with china. and at the same time, he's going to have his first meeting with the new prime minister of the uk, and they'll be trying to hammer out some sort of unilateral agreement between u.s. and france as well. we have breaking news to get to right now. we're watching hong kong where protests are continuing into the 12th straight weekend. thousands are taking to the streets today in an anti-government march. they're calling for removal of smart lampposts that they fear could be violating their privacy. nbc's janis mackey is in hong

kong. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, things have taken a turn in the last 20 minutes or so. police have probably fired a dozen canisters of tear gas. there were some protesters on that overpass, short of throwing bricks. you can see they're going in for a confrontation. what's unusual about the protest here today, earlier, there's debris all over the streets, both sides have pushed back. the police have pushed the protesters probably 500 meters back. then, you know, about 20 minutes ago, the protesters started advancing toward the police which is not something we've seen at protest before. they're removing their barriers and removing their debris. the police are yelling at them to stay back. giving the warning flags, they hold up to say if they don't start advancing, they will use

force. jo, as you mentioned this protest started against, one, the smart camera technology that china is well-known for in advances in artificial intelligence. this idea that cameras. we're not talking a few. we're talking millions, hundreds of millions of cameras throughout china and what's expected to be throughout hong kong that can not only use facial recognition to identify people, but know everything about them. so this, another sign for protesters here, of china's tightening grip and eroding hong kong's economy. and it's been what's propelling this protest today. you can see down here, that the police are advancing on that crowd. there were about 1,000 protesters there. they are likely to push back into the streets to disperse, but the police are going to try to re-establish some lines. and again, this has been going down in the last 20 minutes. there had been a period of quiet

calm where both sides appeared to regroup. about 500 meters in the other direction from me right now, it was a similar scene, and that the protesters have been pushed back. but the police were not concentrating a lot of their resources there. they were putting the main line of riot police here in order to push back. >> janis, you mentioned that the mainland chinese government is starting to crack down. what is happening today, so far as how they're responding to these pictures? >> reporter: well, we know from state media in china paramilitary force have been training at less than 20 miles from here at is that stadium. state media has been playing this video, a lot, dangling this as a possibility or options for the chinese government in order to contain and control or

eventually quash what is happening here. hong kong police tell us that they believe they can handle this on their own. they say that they don't want, or necessarily to have chinese intervention. the last thing hong kong police say they have is to see chinese apcs rolling down the street. they believe that they can contain the situation. however, what's different about this protest today, guys, compared to even last weekend, where we saw both sides appear to take a step back from animosity, it appears that both sides are again not afraid of digging in. and not afraid of clashes. >>ian th iajanis mackey frayer three months of protests there. be safe. and now ruth bader ginsburg after her new health scare. we'll talk about this, and this

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you are looking at live pictures of france where just nearby the g7 will convene shortly. president trump just getting on the ground there until france.

arriving for that group of seven meeting. we expect major topics to be discussed, including iran, trade, fears of a recession. and we await his arrival. he's on the ground in france and now switching to a smaller aircraft. >> it's really too bad they didn't pick a nicer location. >> yeah. >> you look at that, and it's just like, oh, man, what has gone with france. their beaches aren't as nice. >> it's august. >> it's 86 degrees. >> it's the pest place for lots of controversy and debate, right? >> yeah. >> not that we're going to get it. based on what we saw from the president last night leaving the white house saying, things about the economy that we know are going to be quite inflammatory to other leaders there on the ground. so, we're expecting a lot of news this weekend from the g7. >> we're told that everything is better with wine. too bad they don't have a lot of wine there. bordeaux, part of france. we're watching this morning new concerns over the health of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg.

the supreme court announcing ginsburg underwent surgery for a tumor on her pancreas. >> reporter: the supreme court said ruth bader ginsburg has just finished three weeks for a tumor on her pancreas. it was detected in early july and began august 5th as an outpatient in sloan-kettering cancer center in new york. saying she tolerated the treatment well, the tumor was treated definitively and no word of any disease in her body. the medical experts say it's to eliminate the tumor. >> she'll like have likely scans to assess how the surgery went. >> reporter: she had surgery for pancreatic cancer ten years ago and has also been treated for colon cancer. in december, she had part of her lungs removed after doctors found three spots. while getting the last treatment

she met the cast behind stage. after the cancer was discovered, ginsburg said she'll stay on the court as long as she's able. >> you have to take it year by year. i know i'm okay. i was okay this last term. expect to be okay next term. and after that, we'll just have to see. >> justice ginsburg who is 86 cancelled her annual summer trip to santa fe. but the court says she's otherwise maintained an active schedule. she has almost a dozen public events next month. so far, she hasn't cancelled any of them. jo. >> pete williams in washington. joining us jonathan adam with nbc news and hanna trubeau reporter with the daily beast. let's hear the president's response? >> well, i hope she does really

well. our thoughts and prayers are with her. it's a very serious situation. i hope she's going to be fine. she's pulled through a lot. she's strong. very tough. but we wish her well, very well. >> jonathan, what did you think of those remarks there by the president, as he's leaving for the g7? >> it's refreshing to hear the president of the united states say what the president of the united states should say about a supreme court justice who has gone through a health care. and you'd expect that of him or any other leader. and, you know, what we see on social media these days when someone falls ill or someone dies or recovers is often very ugly. so there was the president very much on message. he expects toughness, on some measure, there's definitely some truth to the idea that he respects the toughness of ruth

bader ginsburg. >> in the meantime, hanna, how do you see this political battle filling out that if mcconnell does fill a supreme court vacancy for someone whomever? >> before it even gets to that point, it's going to be quite the battle. we remember just recently, the recent supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. and what political chess, three-dimensional chess, what a bloodbath it was on both sides. both ginning up support for the progressive base and also the conservative base. so, i think they can expect to see something at least similar to that, and if not, you know, even more aggressive on both sides. frankly, just because of the nature of the election year. i mean, we're heading into 2020. and this is something that polarizes and galvanizes each base like no other in the country. >> what is it like when you're the president of the united

states and a supreme court justice is having health issues? is there a back and forth communication on this front? how is the white house kept apprised with the supreme court? or is this just a personal issue given how much weight is on the supreme court justice's shoulders in that position? >> well, certainly, the president of the united states is getting as much information, more information, usually, than the rest of us are, about supreme court justices, about their health. about usually, typically, members of congress. you know, depends on the relationship between the president and the justice, you would expect, in most cases that in a situation like this, there would be some sort of personal communication. a note, a phone call, something like that. i'm not sure what the relationship is between the president and justice ginsburg. but the supreme court is a relatively regional place itself. these folks are in a club that only nine of them are in.

i think you'd be surprised to find out how well they get along among themselves. surprised to find out where the friendships lie among them. and it's one of the last bastions of that kind of friendship. >> we've had severe supreme court battles over the decades. david axelrod is saying the next one we have will tear this country apart. do you get a sense we're setting up for a civil war when it comes to the next nomination? >> perhaps, we should wait to see what happens with the next nomination. perhaps, we should wait for a while and see who stays on the supreme court for how long. why they leave. you know, who the next nominee is going to be. i'm not sure that david axelrod is really sort of helping the situation that he claims to fear there. obviously, he's very upset over the merrick garland nominee.

and the same position that david axelrod has enveined there is something that he's feeding were eye that tweet. is more of partisan anger than actually a prediction going on sometimes. >> all right, jonathan allen, hanna trudo, thank you for being here. keeping the peace. how the g7 will look a little different this year as organizers try to tamp down on the drama. and coming up at 9:00, hakeem jeffries, a member of the budget and judiciary committee. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first

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new this morning, president trump is in france, in the south of france, specifically. for the g7 summit. and organizers have devised a plan to prevent a repeat of the bickering that took place when he met world leaders at last year's g7 summit in canada. but it has not stopped him from, again, insisting that russia should be included. >> he said russia was kicked out of the g7 because they outsmarted obama. in fact, because they annexed crimea. why would you let them back in? >> they were taken out because

putin outsmarted on crimea, on the red line, among other things. totally outsmarted obama. obama was upset, they took him out. i think russia should be part of it because we're looking for world peace. >> and joining us now with our correspondent there in france. christopher, i want to start with you being here on set with us. it's nice to see you in person, by the way. >> nice to be here. >> so, we have set the table here on what the g7 is likely going to cover here. but what do you think is going to be the main standout issue? is it the economy? is it the iran issue? is it something else that we're not watching? >> well, in a way it will be the economy if macron continues to increase what he's doing. that's hard to address. even though there have been leaders invited from other countries including several from

africa, that's not going to dominate the coverage and the conversation. in fact, trump will dominate the coverage and conversation. because when you talk about the global economy, a lot of the people there believe he's visibly destroying it with his trade wars. >> carol, in the meantime, as you know from being there, the french president has said there will be no formal agreement to come out of this, a joint communique, as it's called. it will be the first time in four decades. i guess the whole idea is to prevent the bickering that happened last year, correct? >> reporter: yeah. and not just last year, but we've seen the president at other international summits, whether it's a nato summit or otherwise, just going in and play the role of disrupter. and they're trying to prevent that from happening this time. you know, is the problem that they have is that typically, you know, you don't know what the president is going to do, he could pull manage that they haven't thought of yet, that they haven't thought of how to

deal with yet. but certainly, they're trying and they want this to be the host country, president macron wants this to be something that doesn't evolve into acrimony like it did in quebec, the last time these leaders all got together. but they're making an effort but the president is not making it easy for them. just like you mentioned earlier about wanting russia to come back into this group and make it the g8 again. that's a controversial thing. and the question around that, what are the conditions for, the president proposing without saying that russia has to change its behavior in ukraine. or are there certain conditions on whether or not russia can come back in. there's a lot on the table. but i do think the economy overall is the main thing hanging over the summit. >> why is it such a bad idea for russia to not be brought in? >> well, it's kind of a hopeful thing from the '90s.

but this is supposed to be a group of not only the world's richest countries, in fact, that's not true anymore. but also like-minded democracies defending certain basic values, human rights, democracy, freedom of speech, these kinds of things, all together and agreed by all of them. well, russia doesn't agree with that. it's not part of that picture. and it should never have been brought in the first place, if it was going to act the way vladimir putin was acting, not only annexing crimea but invading ukraine, and otherwise sowing all kinds of trouble around the world. if we're just talking about rich countries we should have china far ahead of russia. russia isn't even in the top ten the richest countries. the only reason that trump is sucking up to putin is because that's what trump does. who knows why. it's not about world peace. if you want to bring somebody in, bring china, bring india in. and in fact, putin, when he talked to macron made it clear, he thinks the g 20 is important

because that already includes russia. and the g20 accounts for 80% of global domestic gross product. the g7 only accounts for about 40%. >> carol, i want to ask you before we go here, a little bit more about the president's remarks lately about greenland and denmardenmark. he cancelled a trip do den bark over the lack of interest to the purchase of greenland. greenland is home to a vital u.s. air force base that provides support and nato. do you think the nato allies here are worried that this could actually jeopardize that strategic agreement that really wasn't been part of this broader conversation? >> reporter: i think it's more that they're worried this is just another kind of -- you know, when you talk about russia, this is something that russia loves which is divisions within the nato alliance.

and to the extent that president trump is taking on members of nato and is, you know, is challenging european leaders and there's a rift there, that's something that russia would seek to detroit. so, that's the broader concern about this. the president has been a little bit all over the map on greenland. you know, first dismissing it as saying this isn't -- this isn't a front burner issue. and then abruptly cancelling his meeting there. and now, we know that they've had conversations between the administration and denmark. and they seem to be trying to smooth is this over. but the broader concern is just, you know, in the eyes of european leaders, this is just another instance in which the president is at odds with them. and the concern is then to what extent does a country like russia try to move in and exploit that. >> i can't help but look at the list of leaders gathered there in south of france. and kind of think it's a group of misfits.

people who have problems there. take a look at the screen, you have justin trudeau going through tough situations in canada. emmanuel macron, angela merkel who may be on her way out. giuseppe conte, brand new. shinzo abe, an boris johnson and president trump, the weakest of that bunch there. >> you summed very well. they are a group of misfits. and in fact, i think we're seeing the last dying days of the g7 as the g7. it's already -- even if we put aside the fact that all of those leaders are in trouble one way or another, the values of the g6 don't match the values of donald trump anymore. the next g7 is supposed to be in the united states. and i think he'll make an end to it there. what's the point? you have the g20, you have the

despairet views. you have disrupters, not only boris johnson but shinzo abe. >> but these are the leaders, so how much credit do they get, even though they disagree and they come from such different backgrounds and face such different problems. >> not much. if they can't even begin to have a joint communique. look at the old join communique, it's incredibly bland. if they can't even begin to have a joint communique, then really what is the point? if they can't present a united front based on those shared values and shared goals for the world, what is the point? and the world is burning right now. >> literally. >> literally. >> thanks. so great to have you here. >> thank you. >> carol, thank you as well. carol lee in the south of france. we're going to talk about trump fatigue even among his

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you are looking at live pictures of france right now where the president is expected to land shortly on air force one. he's already in france. he arrived in bordeaux at 11:56 a.m. local time. on the agenda, a working dinner tonight at the g7. >> a working dinner. >> a working dinner. the spread expected to arrive this afternoon.

have somedown ti downtime, and into that working dinner with the former leaders from the other six countries. a packed agenda is what he expects and a lot of controversy on the horizon. >> plane he's landed, as he landed in france in a 747. this summit is taking place in a smaller town. smaller airport. so, they changed planes and we expect to see the president and first lady come off air force one against. >> very shortly. >> in the meantime, the president is now defending ordering american companies to cut trade ties with china. >> what authority have you ordered american companies not to do business with china? >> well in 1977, they had an act past, the emergency act, i have the absolute right to do that. we'll see how that goes, but i have the absolute right. >> and just hours earlier, he

appeared to joke on twitter, blaming the dow's plunge on seth moult moulton's exit from the 2020 race. >> writing trump acts like he needs to produce enough programming to fill a 24-hour news network with outrages, internal mellow drama, legal fights and endless plot twists. >> jointing us is former senior advise tore hillary clinton's campaign in south carolina. and republican strategist, justin safety, a former spokesperson for jeb bush. welcome, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> the first question to you is about the op-ed that said the threat to trump isn't the trump derangement syndrome. it's trump fatigue. justin, do you think people are ever going to tire of the

constant drama? >> well, we'll find out during the elections. one thing you can say about president trump, he's polarizing to a lot of people but one thing you can agree upon, he commands attention. whether he does it intentionally with the combat that he has or twitter arrows that he sends to people, we don't know. and for people following the news endlessly on a 24-hour basis, it's an endless supply of drama almost like a television show. whether or not people will get fatigued by it, we will see. one thing we do see, he's a fighter. when you take on battles against china. i think a lot of americans will respond positively to those types of battles. >> anton, you're shaking your head what do you have to say? >> well, i think to quote something i learn growing up, i think people are fatigued but they're sick and tired of being sick and tired of donald trump. here's the bottom line. trump supporters want to call it

fatigue, but what they also want to really mean is they want to normalize trump behavior and give him a pass. and we cannot afford to do that. what we know donald trump behavior is nothing new. he's going to continue to do this because the gop and republican leaders continue to give him a pass. and what happens is, it sets a dangerous precedent for what happens after donald trump. that's my biggest fear for this country. look, i am one of those people who believe democrats and republicans can work together to move this idea called america forward but we can't normalize this dizzying behavior from the president. >> let's take another look at that op-ed because it says in part here, the problem with the return to normality promised by joe biden is that what's normal may have often alterably be changed? anton, is there even such a thing at this point as a return to normalcy?

how will this factor in 2020? >> i think in everything we do, when we move forward, there's something called a new norm. and the new norm should be, we shouldn't have to use right wing, toned down racial rhetoric, when we disagree with our political opponents. the new norm should be democrats and republicans can work together on issue where is they agree and not make everything about the next 2014twitter rant fight. the new norm is that republicans should call out when something is not right. that's what has to be done and now. we cannot wait until the next election. otherwise, we're going 20 steps backwards when we're going 20 steps forward. >> we're awaiting the president to arrive in france. justin, i want to give you the last word here. what's your response to what anton just said? >> again, i'll just reiterate the point that i made earlier, a lot of the battles that president trump takes can be

polarizing. but as long as he's focusing on the big issues like china -- and the economy. >> it's falling apart, justin. you can't say he's focused on it. it's falling apart right before our eyes. you've seen the stock market. >> economy is absolutely not falling apart. >> the growth rate and economy is still very high. unemployment is very low. especially amongst african-americans -- >> justin, don't give me -- >> the economy is doing very well now. >> justin, i'm black, the black is not doing well for people who look like me. the economy is not doing well for african-americans who look like me. >> what's the unemployment rate among african-american voters? >> we appreciate it. we got to get going. anton and justin, our thanks to you. we're also monitoring deadly wildfires. hitting the amazon rain forest. you've seen it. why is it a problem for much

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good saturday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson with jo ling kent. it's 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west. here's what's happening right now. breaking news, president trump is heading to the g7 site