tl alcindor: mr. trump also br at any suggestion that russian actions contributed to his victory. >> there was no collusion. i didn't know the president. there was nobody to collude with. there was no collusion at all. so far that i know, virtually none of it related to the campaigngo and they'rg to have to try really hard to find somebody that did relate to the campaign. that was a clean campaign. i beat hillilaryon easily. ed alcindor: even as putin deny interference, he also 20knowledged he wanted mr. trump to win i. >> ( translated ): yes i did. d s i did. because he talout bringing the u.s.-russia relationship beck to normal. isn't it natural t sympathetic towards a person who is willing to restore the relationship with our country, who wants to work with >> our relationship has never been worse than it is now. however, that changed as of about four hours ago. i really believe that. >> alcindor: the summit came three days after special counsel robert mueller's office indicted 12 russi officials f

white correspondent yamiche alcindor is in helsinki. >> he just said it's not russia. i will say this: i don't see any reon why it would be. >> alcindor: with that, the president of the united states agn dismissed american intelligence findings that vladimir putin ordered russian meddling in the 2016lection. instead, mr. trump suggested he takes putin at his word. >> i will tell you that presid strong and powerful in his denial today. >> alcindor: mr. trump also bristled aany suggestion that russian actions contributed to his victory. >> there was no collusion. i didn't know the president. there was nobody to e with. there was no collusion at all. so far that i know, virtually none of it related to the campaign. and they're going tolyave to try reard to find somebody that did relate to the campaign. that was a clean campaign. i beat hillary clinton eily. >> alcindor: even as putin denied any ierference, he also acknowledged he wanted mr. trump to win in 2016. >): yes i did.d s i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. isn't it

he may be the only one, but at's okay with me. >> alcindor: back in washington, u.s. lawmakersounded off about the presidential visit to nato. paul ryan said he too has concerns about the russian sergy pipeline and german defense spending. >> i've raised those same concerns about nord stream 2 and the president is rigpoint out that our nato allies need to adhere to their commitments which is 2% of g.d.p. for defense. >> alcindor: but repub senator orrin hatch of utah had >> i don't agree with that. the germans wouldn't agree with that. alcindor: on the democratic side, senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy peli issues a joint statement saying, president trump's criticism of germany was "an embarrassment." they also said, "his behavr this morning is another profoundly disturbing signal that the president is more loyal to president putin than to our nato allies." later on though, mr. trump and merkel during an afternoon meeting one on one, struck a friendly tone. >> we're having a great meeting. we have a very, very good relationship with

for that, i'm joy our white house correspondent, yamiche alcindor. so, yamiche, we learnebolate thursday a decision by the u.s. military to discharge some of their recruits.at tell us about well, what we know is that the united states army has been secret by discharging or quietly discharging a number of immigrant recruits according tor recent r by the associated press in our own "newshour". the associated press isth reportine are immigrants who joined the army reserves or army and told they could have a path to citizenship if theliy ed. they tid that, now they are being told they have to go. out 40 people are impacted by this. an immigration attorney we talked to at "newshour" said she heard from dozens people who are impacted by this. these immigrants are being told either nothing about why this ip ing or they're being told they are security risks because they have family abroad or because th the department of defense could notmplete their background check. we talked to a dtepartm of defense person who said the government wants to fast track these

en alcindor: mr. trump also met one on one with president emmanuel macron after also saying france should spend more on defense.to >> we've workether for 12 months now.ma some great decisions and we'll continue to work together. >> alcindor: this afternoon, the nato allies released a declaration on transatlantic serity and solidarity. it said members would agree to spare fairly the sibilities of defending each other. >> woodruf joining me now with more of their reporting from brussels is our yamiche alcind and newshour special correspondent ryan chilcote. ryan, yamiche, thank you both. yamiche, i'm going to start with you. the president threw some verbal grenades today, first at the entire n.a.t.o. alliance, then he singled outgermany, then he seemed to cool down. what are we wnessing? >> president trump's rhetoric really set the tone here at n.a.t.o. it made member countries really nerves about the president's commitment to n.a.t.o. and, really, the u.s.'s commitment the n.a.t.o. lieuten nt jrn behod

yamiche alcindor is in brusselsv and begins ourage >> i believe in nato. >> alcindor: the presidetu capped a tums two-day summit with that pledge, after at a surprise news conference, he claimed victory in his campaign to make nato allies spend mo on defense. he would not say directly if he had threatened to abandon the alliance. did you ever at any point say that the u.s. though might stop engaging with nato? and do you think that your rhetoric helps nato cohesion or are you worried that people might think that the u.s. is going to not be as committed to nato >> well, they were probably worried, because the united states was not being tread fairly, but now we are because the commitment has been upped so much. but i can you tell you that nato now is a really a fine-tuned machine.re peopleaying money that they never paid before. >> alcindor: mr. trump was also asked about whether he even co without congressional approval. >> i think i probably can. but that's unnecessary and the people have stepped up today like they've never stepped up before. >> alcindor: but other leaders disagreed about

white house mirrespondent e alcindor begins our siverage. >> alcindor: for pnt vladimir putin, a warm reception from russian lawmakers today, as he celebrated the heulinki summit r. >> ( translated ): finally, the full formal meeting happened whh allowed me to talk directly to president trump and it was successful generally, led to useful arrangements. >> alcindor: there's been no formal announcement of any deals the leaders may haveade. putin said they worked out a range of agreements involving international security. but the u.s. director of national intligence, dan coats, said today at an aspen institute forum, he's not sure what was agreed to.>> ell you're right i don't know what happened in that meeting. but that is the president's prerogative. if he had asked he how that ought to be conducted, i would've suggested a different way but that's not my role, that's not my job, so it is what it is. >> alcindor: this morning, president trump tweeted saying: "the summit with russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the fake news media." he went on to say he

yamiche alcindor reports on mr.trump's efforts to re american farmers, amid rising o concerthe economic fallout of his ongoing trade war with china. >> china's doing a little number. they want to attack aue farm belt b they know those-- the farmers love me they voted for me. we won every one of the states. >> alcindor: in iowa and illinois today, mr. trump touted his support for american farmers and a $12 billion farm aid paayage he announced yesterd. it's to offset tariffs he's put on china, canada and mexico, three of the u.s. agriculture industry's larst trading partners. in dubuque, iowa, mr. trump brushed off critics of his trade efforts, and told farmers to be patient. they interview him on television. they see i know it will be tough for a while,ut he's doing the right thing. >> our people feed the world. they don't wanthe bailouts,y want for trade. p >> but tresident's om alcindor: but the president's trade policy has cunder fierce criticism by free-trade supporters in his own paisy. evensouri senator roy bl

a>> alcindor: mr. trump wo asked about whether he even could withdraw from nato, without congressional approval. >> i think i probably can. but that's unnecessary and the people have steppeheup today likeve never stepped up before. >> alcindor: but other leaders disagreed about whether presidentrump's claims on defense spending werue. french president emmanuel macron, canada's justin trudeaus and italy's eppe conte all said there was no new agreement to spend more, beyond the existing goal of 2% of g.d.p. f >> we had a venk and open discussion on burden-sharing owth yesterday and today. >> alcindor: at hi briefing, the nato secretary- general, jens stoltenberg, dodged specifics. >> we understand that this american president is very serious about defense spending and this is having a clear impact. >> alcindor: also having an impact: an approach to diplomacy the president insied it worked. >> i think it's been a very effective way of negotiating. now, what has happened is presidents over many years, from

yachime alcindor has our report. >> alcindor: a promise seemingly kept with 55 boxes. today, at an american airbase in south korea, service members loaded what are believed to be the missing remains of american soiers. some 36,000 u.s. soldiers died in the korean war. the remains returned today are just some ofhe 5,300 still said to be in north korea. >> these incredible american heroes will soon lay arest onsa cred american soil. >> alcindor: hours later, at the white house, presidentherump welcomedove. mr. trump thanked north korean leader kim jong-un. heaid kim delivered on a commitment he made during their summit in singapore last month. >> i want to thank chairman kim for keeping his word. we have many others coming. but i want to thank chairman kim in front of the media for fulfilling a promise that he made to me, and i'm sure that he will continue to fulfill that promise as they sech and search and search. >> alcindor: earlier this week, secret state mike pompeo said the u.s. believes that north korea is dismantling a missile engine testing site. the administrat

let's go. >> alcindor: the white house said later, mr. trump's answer had been misunderstood. all of this has lawmakers on both sides asking questions, and seeking action. republican senator bob corker chairs the foreign relations committee. >> i just can feel sometimes the president conflates getting along with someone, and you know tery and those kinds of things, conflates that with the actual politics, if you will, >> alcindor: in a statement today, senate majorider mitch mcconnell announced he's directed two senate committees to hold hearings on potentially strengthening s. sanctions against russia. on the house side, democraticoy whip steny called for bipartisan legislation to increase funding for election system security and to counter russian-led cyberattacks. >> the flashing red light calls us to action. surely we can rise above fndering to party and putin to act on behalf of oedom and our security. >> alcindor: theeasure ultimately failed. republicans voted against it, saying there's already ample money available for those purposes. >> woodruff: and yamiche is here wi

yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. >> well, thank you very much. >> alcindor: the big topic at the white house today was supposed to be trade, but when president trump and european commission president jeaclaude juncker ended the public portion of the meeting, they were sprayed with questions about something entirely different: >> did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you very much. >> alcindor: this new talk about the presidens former personal lawyer, michael cohen, comes as a new recording has been made public: ioa september 2016 convers between cohen and then-candidate donald trump. tn, the first news outlet obtain the tape, reported thatit ot the recording from cohen's legal team. in the recording, cohen seems to be discussing a possible way to send payments to "david"-- davio pecker, chairmamerican media inc., which owns the "national enquirer" tabloid. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david, you know, so t dt. i'm going that right away. when it comes time for the financing, which will be-- >> what financing? >> we'll ha

yamiche alcindor explores this issue further in this race matters report. >> alcindor: several of the latest conontations havete involved whi citizens calling police on african-americans engaged in typical, everyday activities. including a 12 year-old mowing lawns ne cleveland, ohio, two men barbecuing at a public park in oakland, california, or this eight-year-old girl selling bottled water without a permit, outsidthe san francisco giants' ballpark. the woman who called police here nebeing captured on cell p video posted by the girl's mother. >> you can hide all you want, the whole world gonna see you, boo. >> yeah, illegally selling water without a permit. >> omy property. >> it's not your property. >> alcindor: the woman who made the call later apologized, and redenied that her actions racially motivated. most of these incidents took place outside and in public and were caught on video that often went viral. while none of those incidents resulted in rests or charges being filed, they followed other high profile confrontations, including one in may that took a much more violent turn

helsinki where they are preparing to cover tomorrow's events are newshour whuse correspondent yamiche alcindor and special correspondent ryan chilcote. >> sreenivasan: i want to start with the basic question for both oyou about what the parties want. at least let me start with you, yamiche. >> what does the president want from this conversation with vladimir putin? >> the president really hasn't given that much detail about what he wants from vladimir putin, what he said is that he wants to have this meeting, he likes having meetings, he wants toee around strong laders, he thinks it is important to have that communicating be good and uour relationship with thted states should be strong with russia. sources inside the white house te me theylso are waiting to hear what the president is going to do. s there are a lot of issey could talk about, among them are the situation in syria, theta mi situation. there is reporting that the u.s. has been offered the to possibly pull out troops if they can get a deal with russia to deal with other things. there is this idea the adaptation of crimea could be a

of something that was embarrassing and horrifying and all the issues we talked about tt day. >> alcindor: and the company closed thousands of its stores nationwide a month later, for a one-day employee training session, on how to recognize and overcome implicit, unconscious, bias in their decision making. all of this comes at a time when police behavior and response is under scrutiny, particularlyco when is to detaining and arresting black people. on june 19th, police in east pittsburgh shot and killed 17 year-old antwon rose, as he fle. a the vehicle was stopped during the investigation of a drive-by shooting. rose was shot three times in the back as he ran. the officer who fired the shots was later charged with criminal homicide. many of these incidents have taken on hashtag and meme of their own, often referred to as "living while black." we exami the concerns and some of the responses with the president of the n.a.a.c.p., derrick johnso thanks so much jr being here, i want mp right in. there is an incident after incident of people calling the police on black people while doinaregular

yamiche alcindor has been looking into this, and joins me now. so, yamiche, what did facebook say they did today? >> well, fake pages are leading tod real-action. that's why facebook took this really remarkable step to takes. down these pa they took down 32 fake accounts on both facebook d instagram. they also say that more than 290,0 accounts are being followed by at least one of those pages. they say 150 e ads wnnected to those fake accounts. it cost about $11,000 on facebook. so even though these 32 accounts might small like -- sound like small number, this is a big step. >> yang: what do we know about who is behind these fake accounts. led as you said, thi real actions. what real actions might have come? >> essentially this is about pushing on america on its weaknesses. it's all the things we art.gue ab many of these accounts were about race, about abolishing ice, immigration and customs enforcement. these are things that real-world democrats are pushing for. in this case there are sortme imt things i want to note. the first one is that their

. >> woodruff: and newshour white use correspondent yamich alcindor joins me now. yamiche, you've gone from thng president san helsinki that he was inclined to believe vladimir putin to thesaying he misspoke and then the back and forth today and now this comment that he holds vladimir putin personally responsible. atat do we understand at this point about wh the president believes? >> well, based on his conversation with cbs news, he's saying that he does hold president putin personally responsible for election interference but, at the same time, is contradicting the intelligence community who has said over and over again that russia meddled many if election and putin ordered it personally. he's saying i'm a bit reonsible for things tha happen in general in the united states much as putin is responsible in general for things that happen at russia. i would assume a lot of people woulsay he's not being as forthright at he should be. the president did not walk backe other thingsaid in the press conference. it's not just the would and hwouldn't, it's the factt he said

yamiche alcindor joins me.he, the whole speech was surprising, although it is vintage donald trump when he's in a friendly crowd. but for a guy who has been subject to allegations which he he nie denies, by the way, of sexual harassment, i thought that was an unusual choice. >> i think that last night was really president trump on display, his brashness on display in a way that's really remarkable and shows that he can say things that obviously would sink other politicians. the fact that he talked about the me too movement as if it was a push for political correctness, as if throwing a dna kit, you had to be really gentle and the fact that he was mocking that movement on the same day that he hired bill shine stood out to me very quickly because yesterday was a big day. it was a big day because he was putting out there that he was going to hire another fox news personality and that this person specifically was someone is allegedly -- allegedly helped cover up sexual harassment claims at fox news. so it shows tha

joining me around the table this evening, margaret brennan of cbs news,miche alcindor of "the new york times," jonathan swan of axios, and dan balz on "the washinost." let's go back to director coates and the question that has gripped washiton this week what is going on at the highest levels of the government, with the people around the president? margaret, you've spent much of your career cering the state department, talking to top national security officials. what is the reality of what's happening around this president? margaret: the reality is that there is one trump administration policy on paper and then there is one that the president carries out and they don't always match up and no one on the national security team can honestly tell you witnt cert that when the president walks into a room, that he will stick to the principles they've laid out. the president celebrates this as flexibility, that it's an asset when he's negotiated real estate deals. obviously, the risk level is ch higher talking about national security objectives. so this is where it creates tension. you heard th

yam yeesh alcindor and bret stephens. the paul manafort trial about to begin tomorrow a couple miles across the potomac. what could it mean for robert mueller's investigation on trump? lots of years facing this guy manafort for hooking up with trump. >>> plus trump and the publisher of the "new york times" give each other an earful about fake news and a private meeting. it's not so private. is the president putting journalists' lives at risk? you've got twornd about that. also the "hardball" round table tonight. trump doubles down about his border wall. he's willing to shut down the government he says over the wall sxap little fun tonight. sacha baron cohen claims another victim, roy moore. wait till you catch this. he punks him. it's amazing. he gets away with it. finally, let me finish tonight with trump watch. this is "hardball," where the action is. ps the smart ones look to fidelity to find them. we give you research and data-visualization tools to help identify potential opportunities. so, you can do it this way...

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ru giuliani, on of the president's personal aorneys, told our colleague yamiche alcindor he thought it would be hardeman bid quickly he didn't know for sure. we will know the presionnt's choice and then it will be up to the senate to advice and consent. >> woodruff: lisa, that brings it to you, codong to senate confirmation. what are you hearing from senate republicans? >> for senate republicans, this is actually a joyous day, its as if they just have to figure out which of the players from their team gets promoted to the n.f.l. they all have their favorite choices but from this viewpoihe inenate, they believe the easiest choices to go through here would be judges hardeman and kethledge. judge ka v.r. anaugh has a long record that there's cocern there may bish shoes that would cause problems especially in a senate very gnar lowe roy divide butorenccain is still battling cancer in arizona so still 50 republicans to 49 democrats. can't lose angle member. >> woodruff: so a close vote, clearly democrats havtoe somethg ay, what are they saying now? >> well, for drnlings they're placing for