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 after a tumultuous week here at

home. can he leave his dramas and problems behind him. the supreme court's health scare. what we know about ruth bader ginsburg's condition and the implication of a potential vacancy. and electoral controversy, what a new rulie ining could mer presidential elections? and they can't forgive and forget. new poll for the economy and trump voters. we begin with breaking news with president trump expected to arrive in the town in france for the g7 summit, a gathering of the country's major world economies. and this is a video of his departure last night. we're also looking at some live video right now of the tarmac. and the g7, of course, is. happening amit an escalating trade war between the u.s. and china as both countries impose new tariffs this week. adding to the anxiety worldwide that the economy is heading in a negative direction. nbc's carol lee and bill neely

are following the developments in southwest france. good morning, guys. >> i assume, bill decided to pick his picturesque setting in hopes that some peace will return to these leaders out there. why this particular area? and what exactly is your vantage point from where the meetings will be taking place? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. president trump expected to touch down here in biarritz very shortly. it's a surfing resort in the southwest of france, normally, 25,000 of a population, there are 13,200 police here. so an extraordinary security effort will greet president trump and the other g7 leaders when they arrive here. they'll have a dinner in biarritz later tonight. but biarritz is in virtual lockdown. even the surfers were ordered offer the beach. there is say special

magistrate's court with 17 prosecutors. they're cells for 300 people. they are anticipating protests, because there have been a history at this summit, say world trade organization and european union sum thes of prote summits of protests. they are looking to lock down biarritz. they've designated an area about 20 miles outside of biarritz. and there were some skirmishes overnight, about 16 were arrested here very small scale. i mean, the threat, i think would be have terrorism or possibly from the yellow vest protesters who have rocked france for the last year. but that's not really, of course, what the summit is about. the summit is about things like ire ran, ukraine, most of all ukraine. and before he left, president trump saying it will be productive to see the other leaders who are friends of mine

for the most part. i wouldn't say a hundred percent, he said. but for the most part. and that is true. because i think some of the major disruption at this summit will not be from the outside. but from disputes within. president trump has been, to say the least, disruptive at the last g7 summit in canada, walking out early. insulting the host. >> right. >> reporter: refusing to sign the final communique or message. so, in fact for this one, guys, there will be no final communique. president emmanuel macron of france doesn't want that kind of open proof of disagreement at the end of this summit. >> and, bill, as you were talking, we see u.s. air force plane that has landed nearby at the smaller airport there, for the seaside community of biarritz. we believe that the president and first lady are on board. this is air force one, landing there at the summit site. and no doubt, the president and his delegation will be

disembarking fairly soon. they have a busy day, but they get some relaxation time in the afternoon. it is roughly about -- after 1:00 p.m. in the south of france. >> that's right. what we're expecting on the agenda for president trump and the first lady is the afternoon, getting settled. and we expect a working dinnerer with the other world leaders is there dinner though, closed press. we will not get any pictures of it. we do expect a variety of topics to be discussed by the president. carol lee, i would like to bring you in here. this working dinner tonight. what do you think will be on the agenda there? >> well, i think that the president made sure that trade and the economy are on top of the agenda because -- and it was already going to be a big topic at this summit, but yesterday when he and the chinese government escalated this trade war, it really put the issue

front and center. you have a number of these world leaders who are members of the g7 who are concerned about their own economy softening. we have seen it in europe. we have a number of leaders who are worried that this president will slap tariffs on their goods. he has threatened to do it with german cars, he has threatened with french wine and he has threatened with the chinese. the clouds that have been gathering in terms of economic indicators, that will be front and center. then the individual side discussions and disputes the president is having with various leaders who are going to be at this dinner and at the summit for the next couple of days, that also will be part of this. then you have the new guy coming into this, which is the new prime minister of britain, and that -- president trump, you know, he talks about some of these are sort of his friends. he really sees prime minister boris johnson as a good friend, and they will be trying to make headway on a unilateral

agreement between the u.s. and uk ahead of the planned brexit at the end of october. so the economy definitely overall will be the main driver of the summit for sure. >> we continue to watch air force one plane as it comes to a stop. we expect the president to be disembarking any moment now. this is in the smaller town of biarritz, a matter of miles from where he will be meeting with the six other leaders, the host country there being france. last year it was canada and quebec. as we continue to watch the pictures and await the president, we're told that he did not actually -- you know, oven on these overnight trips he does not sleep on the red eyes, but he did not -- according to the pool, he did not come back to the press area to talk about anything. he seemed to make more noise before he got on the plane with the trade war with china.

>> yes, a trade war that he described in quite extraordinary terms just before he boarded that plane. he said our economy is doing great. we're having a little spat with china and we will win it. now, i don't think anyone really considers what's been going on with china a little spat. it has been going on for about a year, and it has moved i think from skirmishes to something that is really is unsettling. i think many of the world leaders, especially in europe, really worried that the sluggish growth in their economies will simply be exacerbated by this trade war which is developing in a tit for tat way it seems every few weeks. as carol was saying, the french are worried about tariffs on their wine, the germans are worried about president trump's threats to their cars, which are in a sense the backbone of their economy. you know, britain is worried

about leaving the european union and its economy. all of these economies teertiteg on the brink of recession, and the recession entirely possible in the next 18 months to two years in the u.s. as well. so a trade war, it is not really a little spat. that's the kind of remark that worries the leaders. remember the japanese as well, canada here too, all of the industrialized nations are experience very, very sluggish growth. so they're worried about that. they are also worried about other things. for example, the amazon is burning. that's what president macron tweeted yesterday. he wants environmental concerns to be up there at the top of discussions, but we know from previous g7s, quite frankly, president trump is bored and irritated by talk of the environment and long discussions about the oceans and so on.

indeed, many of his aides apparently saying that he was asking, you know, did he really have to go to this g7 because it is not a meeting that is a top priority for him. it is a chance, yes, for him to talk to other leaders who he says he considers friends or -- most of them, not quite 100%. but, you know, this g7 has so many trip wires, guys. not just the environment, the economy, but iran, ukraine, syria and so on. so it is not likely, i think, to be a particular meeting of minds. >> we are watching live pictures right now of the president's arrival in biarritz, france. air force one, the stairs going up to the door of the plane. we expect president trump and first lady melania trump to exit any moment now. carol, i want to ask you, as bill said, you know, we are talking about the leaders of basically 58% of the world economy here, and yesterday there was so much back and forth

about the president criticizing the federal reserve chairman, jerome powell. it sent the markets tanking some 600 points. did it put him in a more disadvantaged position going into this meeting? >> reporter: look, not in his mind. you know, he sees himself, as he said multiple times this week and reiterated yesterday, that this is necessary. that the way that he is approaching china is something that should have been done by presidents before him and wasn't and it has to be done. you speak to people around the president and they will say, look, there's -- and they're divided for sure, but those that are for this will say, you need some short-term pain for the longer-term gain. that is something that the president also believes in. you know, i think the big question that is hanging over this and how it proceeds is how the president decides -- what his political fortunes are.

you know, he is heading into an election year. >> right. >> is he going to push it to the brink where it hurts his election chances, which is what everyone around him is increasingly worried about. >> carol, do you think that there is any level of panic within the administration or in president trump's head? because he continues to follow this pattern, right? we are talking about he escalates, something about the economy, the markets drop, he backs off on his policy, stocks go back up, and then we start this wheel all over again. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i think that the president sees this as, you know, something that he needs to do right now. he obviously gets him -- he reacted yesterday. they weren't expecting the chinese to take the steps that they took, and so he reacted basically almost in real-time. the question that he needs to answer and that people around him are sort of trying to figure out is, is there a deal that he could cut with china that would

take the pressure off and still -- and not be something that would hurt him going into the election. there's a debate about whether it would be better for him not to get a deal and go into the election, still being -- as someone who is being tough on china and comparing that to whoever his democratic opponent is, saying that they wouldn't be. there are those things that he needs on get a deal. however, there's a lot of concern that if that's the route that he takes that he could get a bad deal and it would ultimately be a worse option, both for him politically but also for the economy. >> carol, as you were speaking, the pictures on the left showing the president and first lady arriving there. a red carpet arrival in the south of france on what appears to be an absolutely beautiful, chamber of commerce day there. he is being greeted by some dignitaries and about to get into the limousine. carol, give us a sense of what the agenda is for the first family now after this.

>> reporter: well, now they've arrived and they will have some down time in biarritz. they will then head to a working dinner tonight, and tomorrow is really when most of the events kick off. there will be a number of meetings. the president also has a number of dlat rbilateral meetings witd leaders. he will meet with the prime minister of the uk, the leader of india, he will meet obviously with emmanuel macron of france and chance lower merkel. in the middle of that they will have the larger gatherings. as i said earlier, these are not the summits that the president enjoys. he doesn't like the multilateral gatherings where people kind of talk, at ends to what he sees as no real end. he prefers the more unilateral interactions. so, you know, it remains to be seen. they're trying to prepare for a president who may lash out or not go with the flow. it is why they're not having a

communique at the end of this summit, but no one really knows what exactly this summit is going to wind up turning out to be because he is so unpredictable. >> yes, and we've been fortunate as we were watching the pictures and listening to carol and bill, we've been fortunate enough to have with us chief washington correspondent for bloomberg news and julia manchester, reporter for "the hill." thank you for being with us. >> of course. >> kevin, as you watch the pictures you know the landscape that the president left behind there with the stock market just plummeting. what do you forecast, believe that will take place? what will be number one on his agenda as he starts the g7 summit here? >> economically speaking, trade policy. this is a president who has left the united states to attend the g7, essentially saying via twitter as well as yesterday at the white house that he is urging u.s. businesses to pull

out of china in response to the chinese adding additional tariffs yesterday. i mean the past 24 hours from the president's economic agenda perspective have been turbulent to say the least. but the president is not dealing with an economy in a vacuum. this is a global economy. as carol alluded to, italy is seeing the resurgence of a conservative movement. the french are dealing with an economy, questions of their own. german chancellor angela merkel is about to leave power. her economy is having a withdrawal to some extent. many people are worried about the impact that the german economy could spread into other aspects, and not to mention -- and this is going to be interesting and where i'm really going to be watching at the g7, the uk and how the uk is dealing with brexit. there's a lot of economic concern, both for folks who support brexit, who don't support brexit, about the

economic impact it would have in europe and around the world. but uk prime minister boris johnson making his debut on the g7 international stage, and president trump seemingly now having a new type of relationship than he had with the uk's previous prime minister, theresa may. so a lot of political observers will be watching to see how president trump and prime minister johnson interact on the global stage, whether or not it will showcase a new type of political bromance so to speak, as angela merkel is on the way out and french president emmanuel macron tries to ascend the position angela merkel has left vacated. >> what do you think with regards to the issues kevin just hit on? >> it is hard to tell how much will actually get done. i think there's a lot of tension right now with the president and a lot of members of the global community. however, obviously there is a shifting global political climate right now obviously as

kevin alluded to with boris johnson and the uk. there's a resurgent conservative movement in italy. there might be some maybe progress or opportunity there, but it is so interesting to, i think, look back at this past week president trump has had in terms of foreign policy. i mean it is hard to believe, but just a couple of days ago he was defending his calls to look into buying greenland and postponed his trip to denmark. so he's getting involved in the global community and coming face-to-face with these leaders at a very precarious time. i am watching this from a political campaign perspective and looking at what former vice president joe biden said yesterday. he said, president trump's past week has been embarrassing, quote, unquote, and americans should be embarrassed with president trump going into this meeting right now with the global community. so going into a presidential election, you know, president trump has had such a chaotic week. in terms of foreign policy, his comments this week have been so completely random and seen as a

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president trump just arriving in southwest france for the g7 summit. before he left, the president telling reporters he plans to

increase taxes on all chinese goods. this came just 12 hours after china said it would retaliate against trump's next round of tariffs by raising taxes on american goods. >> in a series of tweets the president called for american companies to cut ties with beijing. >> reporter: by what authority do you tell american companies -- in china. >> well, in 1977 we had an act passed, the national emergency act. i have the absolute right to do that joining us is congressman john yarmouth, democrat from kentucky and chairman of the budget committee. welcome, congressman. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> what power does the president actually have here to do this? >> i think he is technically right, that he can declare a national emergency and take direct action, but congress has to essentially validate that declaration, which this congress is not going to do.

the only national emergency that we have right now is an unstable president and that's what we've seen out of him over the last few weeks, certainly over the last couple of days. >> congressman, when you hear the president say orders american companies not to do business the way they choose, what do you think? >> well, it is the same thing i think of every day and have every day of the trump presidency. this is a president who has no understanding of the consequences of what he says and does. he has no understanding of it and he doesn't really care. that's a very, very grave undermining of the american system. i can't imagine that the u.s. chamber of commerce, any business group would think this was the proper thing for a president to say. you don't order private entities to do something just because you've gotten upset about something.

you go through certain processes. this is so out of line with the free market -- free enterprise system that we have that i can't imagine a lot of people on wall street and elsewhere are freaking out about it. >> what would you do to fix the situation when it comes to chinese tariffs and this trade war? we are looking at tariffs that the president wants to apply as of now that are going to hit clothing, toys, smartphones. this is going to bring back that concern of a tariffed christmas and holiday season. >> exactly right. actually, he admitted -- he admitted that yesterday. >> yes. >> that the tariffs were a tax in one of his tweets, which was -- probably didn't intend to admit it. what i would do, i would step back from the trade war completely. i would remove all of the tariffs he has imposed, not threaten to impose them at some deadline, and say, we need to

get back to the table. this is disrupting the world economy, the world order, and we have to stop. i would go back to a year ago and say, let's start anew. we have problems, let's talk about them. it is the only way it has ever been done. >> do you feel as if the president actually is going to go through with many of these tariffs? he has blinked before. >> right. we have a brain -- presidency. that's what we have. the odds are he will have another one of those brain disruptions tomorrow or the next day and he will change course, he does it constantly. that's one of the problems we have with this president, is that he keeps everybody so off balance that nobody has any -- of markets, of business tike wills, of policy. he's just -- you never know what to do. in negotiations with congress over background checks for instance for the purpose of

guns, he has been back and forth at least a half dozen times on that alone. so this is the big problem. you never know what -- whether he means what he says and whether that won't change the next hour. >> a brain -- presidency. i never -- never would have thought of it as that. >> we also want to get your reaction, congressman, to something earlier this week that the president was saying last wednesday, fleshing out his views on jewish american voters. listen to this. >> in my opinion, you vote for a democrat you are being very disloyal to jewish people and you are being very disloyal to israel and only weak people would say that. >> i haven't heard anybody say that. just the opposite. i think that if you vote for a democrat you are very, very disloyal to israel and to the jewish people. >> -- they would be disloyal to israel, is that what you are

saying? >> i would say-so, yes. >> isn't that anti-semitic? >> only in your head. >> congressman, is that anti-semitic? >> of course it is, but it is confusing and kind of crazy all in one. for one thing, i wonder if he is actually implying, which he seems to be, that he has dual loyalty both to the united states and to israel. apparently he thinks it is important we all remain loyal to israel. loyalty, the definition of it is that you have firm and constant allegiance to another -- to an institution or a person. when you take a citizenship, a naturalization pledge these days, you have to essentially abandon any allegiance you have to any foreign government. i am not loyal to israel. i am loyal to the united states of america. i am a jewish democrat. i can't be disloyal to myself, which he also seems to say, but, again, this is totally

offensive. jews have loyalty in american, to the united states of america. they support israel. they recognize and appreciate israel both as a friendly nation, an ally, a democracy in a very dangerous part of the world, and a country that has been a haven for jewish refugees for many, many years. that is not our number one allegiance. that's the united states. i think every jew is offended by the notion that in order that we somehow as jews have to support everything that israel does. we certainly don't. >> last week, congressman, really quickly, where does the impeachment process stand? i know you all have been under recess for the last four weeks or so. some other democrats have come across and said, yes, start the process. when you do go back to capitol hill, where does it stand? >> well, i think we are essentially in the -- in an impeachment inquiry process right now.

chairman nadler of the judiciary committee has basically said that. we are doing investigations and holding hearings preliminary to considering articles of impeachment in the judiciary committee. i don't think there's any question the direction we are heading in. i think you will see articles of impeachment sometime this fall, considered by the judiciary committee, and then we will see what the committee does. but you can call it a formal inquiry or you can call it holding hearings, but there's no question in which direction we're going. >> okay. kentucky congressman john yarmouth. >> and we should be going in that direction. thank you, congressman. >> thank you. >> thank you. it was a week that was for the president -- we've got peter baker, the chief white house correspondent at "the new york times". he is in france and he will join us next from the g7.

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now to the morning headlines. happening right now, violence in the 12th straight weekend of pro democracy protest in hong kong. riot police throwing tear gas at tens of thousands of demonstrators after an intense standoff. the unrest started because of a

now suspended extradition bill to china where there is a separate legal system. new this morning, a patient in illinois may be first to die of a mysterious lung ailment linked to vaping. the cdc said many acknowledged vaping but cannot confirm it is the actual cause of the problem. 193 cases of vaping-related respiratory illnesses have been reported across 22 states. new details this morning. investigators -- survived a mechanical malfunction that is currently being blamed for the hard landing that ended with the plane engulfed in flames. earnhardt jr., his wife, daughter and pilots escaped unharmed. >> thank goodness. now to politics. even by president trump's own

standards it was a very chaotic week of erratic statements. just yesterday the president, quote, said, quote, hereby order u.s. companies to leave china and a not work with china. that, of course, led to the dow crashing by about 600 points. last night the president was asked if he bore any responsibility for the market drop. >> not at all. not at all. if you look at from november 9th, the day after the election, we are up 50% or more. we are up many, many points. we were at about 16,000 or 17,000. we are at 25,000. so don't tell me about 600 points. >> all right. let's discuss with peter baker, chief white house correspondent with "the new york times" and msnbc political analyst. first question to you, peter, give us some perspective on the week that was for the president. it was really hard to see or find a clear rational for what we her from him this week. was there a clear rationale?

>> we >> reporter: well, that's the thing with president trump. we are always looking for grand strategy behind some of the erratic statements and actions that he takes, and sometimes i think it is just us looking for something that may not be there. i think in a lot of instances he is acting on impulse, he is acting on instinct. in a lot of cases he is catching his own aides by surprise. he certainly has in the last few days. not only was he talking about buying greenland, he was comparing himself to the chosen one and the king of israel. within the last few weeks he float it a conspiracy theory involving the clintons and jeffrey epstein. he has been all over the place, and at times his aides were left catching up. the most important one is the one we are talking about today which is the economic war with china. just this morning you pushed a new tweet saying he has the legal authority to go ahead and block all businesses from doing business with china. that would be a huge disruption to the global economy if he were to follow through. >> and just imagine what impact that will have. you reported that even some of the president's aides as you

were saying right there, pretty much alarm by the statements on the economy. what exactly are the aides saying behind the scenes? >> reporter: well, he is listening obviously to the hawks on his trade team, robert lighthizer, peter navarro. they are saying that other aides have not, you know, been countering the arguments effectively within the white house at times. they don't even know that the fight is happening. what that means is that the president is following his more confrontational instincts, his instincts to escalate rather than find a solution. this is part of the pattern. we have seen it with president trump again and again. he talks a big game. he adds tariffs. he speaks in a very hostile way toward china and suddenly he can pivot on a dime if he chooses to. what they say is happening now is this idea of ordering all companies to leave china, no papers are being drawn up, no order has been drafted but it is sent to send a signal to american businesses and a threat

in effect to china to come back to the table and be more accommodating. >> you know, i want to get your take on two bits of reporting here about how the president is handling warning of this potential economic slowdown. a senior administration official telling "the washington post" that the president, quote, wants to brag about the u.s. economy during the g7 summit and the president has, quote, told aides he thinks he can convince americans that the economy is vibrant. peter, as we look at this isn't it becoming increasingly difficult for the president to push that message? the numbers are indicating something very different. >> reporter: well, he says that's our fault, that's the media's fault and the democrat's fault for talking up the possibility of a recession, but in fact behind closed doors he is worried about this too. he understands that the good economy has been his strongest card politically heading into the election neck yeaxt year. he is considering efforts to boost the economy again. if he thought the economy was doing so well, why is he

berating jay powell. just yesterday he said he was an enemy, comparing him to china. if the economy is phenomenal, why are you going after the federal reserve? it is because he is nervous about the economy like the economists are. >> peter, i do note that you also right about the role that the president plays in sparking global economic instability. so how would this play out right there at the g7 summit? >> well, you've got the leaders of seven of the largest major economies here, gathered in biarritz, france. they're going talk about the global economy. here is the thing. they do not sit on the same page. this is a gathering where the leaders try to come together in solidarity behind issues economic and otherwise, but they're so concerned about president trump being an outlier. they're so convinced he cannot be brought back on the same page that in the first time of the history of the organization they're not going to issue a joint communication. emmanuel macron decided he

doesn't think there's a point because he doesn't think president trump will go along with it. with him bragging about the economy, browbeating, his colleagues do more on their own economies but nervousness on the part of the u.s.'s part. >> what is the worst part about being there, the sun glare or the loud surf? >> reporter: the surf is -- somebody has to do it and it happens to be my turn. >> peter, thank you so much for joining us. new controversial ruling this week is raising new concerns about the future of the electoral college system. >> colorado federal appeals court ruled a single election tore has the power to vote for the presidential candidate of their choice even if it is against the state's popular vote. the states impacted could include colorado, utah, wyoming, kansas and new mexico. >> joining us to break it down

is katie frank here with us in new york. katie, thank you. >> good morning. >> good morning. does this have any legs? >> it certainly does. the states are allowed to dictate how the electoral college members are selected for their particular states, but the united states constitution says if you are a member of the electoral college system you get to vote for who you want to vote for. out in colorado there was a guy who was a democrat who voted in the 2016 presidential election not for hillary clinton, who won the popular vote in colorado, but actually for john kasich. they said they're going to throw out the vote, put somebody else in for you and make that person vote for hillary clinton. so he sued saying, how can you possibly make me do that? how can you divest me of my opportunity to exercise my vote as a member of the electoral college, and the 10th circuit in colorado agreed and said, you know what? the constitution says that's your vote. you get to exercise it the way that you want to, and that's what ends up counting.

>> so what does it moon in teeas of legal challenges? we know oftentimes these come down and there's a challenge pushing back. will we see it again. >> the constitution will trump, no pun intended, any of the challenge goes that come from the state. from a legal perspective there's a recent packt of states that accumulated 185 electoral votes that want to say popular vote will dictate who get the electoral college. you will have other states that will say, hey, how are you divesting me from my vote from your own state's vote. >> could it potentially have overturned the last election? >> no, you're not going to see retroactivity. nothing that will effect the 2016 election. >> no, but had it been in play. >> what is in place is in place currently, but you see potentially future challenges.

frankly, it would have to go to the united states supreme court because with the constitution being at play any changes would have to be done via congress or you would want to see exactly what the supreme court says, you guys have to change how the laws are done. >> interesting. >> very. >> intriguing. >> i love this. >> yes. >> katie fang, thank you. >> thank you. coming up in a few minute on msnbc, catch up with david gura. >> david joins us with a preview. >> hey, guys. how you doing? focused of course on the g7 under way in france, looking at the isolated president landing a few moments ago in france, ready to do battle with america's allies with the global economy on the edge. we also will take you live to brazil and the images captivating the world. the amazon rainforest burning and what is being done around the world. hakeem jeffries will be joining us. he may be one of those close to nancy pelosi that can tell us

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democrats in an impromptu press conference. in an op-ed in "the washington post", and adriana cohen. dallas, first to you what has gone through your mind as you watched the president's behavior this week? >> it's absolutely disturbing. it's disturbing to watch. the president of the united states, the leader of the free world, really just launched these attacks about, you know, purchasing a -- purchasing greenland, attacking the jewish community that doesn't agree with him. even more so referring to himself as the chosen one. i think all americans should be extremely concerned about the mental health state of this president. and frankly it's not a laughing

matter. >> a lot of people are saying it's not a laughing matter. you heard the president say if you vote for a democrat, you're being very disloyal to the jewish people. is he trying to paint the entire party as anti-semitic? if so, what's the gain in doing that? >> i think the president realizes that some of these anti-semitic remarks coming out from the democratic lawmakers is disturbing. he's questioning why on earth aren't more democrats who are jewish supporting israel. and at the same time denouncing these radical statements by rashida tlaib and ilhan omar. israel is a strong geopolitical ally, they're the only democracy in the middle east. it's important that we maintain this important strategic

relationship with israel in the united states. to hear this anti-semitism coming out from the two lawmakers is quite disturbing. >> you could say the same for steve king who supported some white supremacist groups. >> you're right. steve king has made some, you know, controversial remarks, which were denounced by the gop. they removed congressman king from key committee assignments. that's something a lot of americans want to see done with these two democratic lawmaekrs who support bds and who are anti-israel. it's about time the democrats stepped up and denounced these anti-semitic remarks against israel. >> we want to look at that "washington post" op-ed. president trump has lost the ability to differentiate himself from the country and his own psychological needs from the country's interests. to oppose him is to be an enemy

of the people. to follow up on that, is that the case there? do you agree? >> not at all, jennifer rubin is a trump hater, she's a fake republican and never had anything nice to say about the president, despite a booming economy, historically low unemployment and so many achievements within the administration. the president has done a great job so far. at least his supporters believe he has, like with jobs, the economy, wages are up. and, you know, tariffs -- the tariff exchange with china will be a rocky road. we know it will be volatile. we see that in the stock market. there's short-term pain for long-term gain. it's something that every past president should have addressed. china's intellectual property theft and this great trade discrepancy should have been addressed by many past administrations. so president trump, you know,

was joking when he said i'm the chosen one for finally having the guts to stand up to china. in reality he is the only president who is doing the hard work of trying to rectify these massive trade imbalances. >> dallas, what do you make of the president's performance this week? at least going into the g7 meetings, what sort of confidence does it give you in the american leadership? >> there was nothing i think that the american people or the rest of the world took as a joke in terms of a trade war with one of the biggest economies in the country. what it's done is it has made the reality of a recession come to light for us here even though the president is in denial of that. as we head into the g7 summit, i hope the president will find the place to have conversations that are meaningful with leaders of

the rest of these nations. try to reassure that america is open for business, we're not going to block american businesses from doing business with the rest of the world. and this erratic behavior -- i hear what adriana is saying in regards to his supporters support him. that's great, the rest of us that do not are extremely concerned about the future of our country, about the stability of american leadership, not only here but abroad. it's not a joke. if calling yourself the chosen one is acceptable to times like these, i think the rest of america is paying attention to the fact that this president is taking that time to do so and will probably vote their values, we believe, in the upcoming election. >> all right. dallas jones, adriana cohen,

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>> is there nobody else that works in this building? >> david gura is over there. this is "up," i'm david gura. on this saturday, the leaders of the world's seven largest advanced economies are in france for the gathering of the g7, the group of seven. it's under way and president trump has just arrived after an all-night flight and a torrent of tweets. almost two dozen of them in total on immigration, the economy, on tv ratings. there is an agenda for this meeting, as we've seen in the past the president can and is poised to upset that again. world leaders are watching president trump wondering if he fully understands the consequences of what he says and what he does. what is clear is investors are take the president at face value. on friday the dow dropped 620 points as the president