a live look at the g-7 summit in charlevoix, quebec in canada. president trump is meeting with six fellow world leaders. the president says somebody is missing from the negotiating table, he's put it the russian president vladimir putin. >> but russia should be in the meeting. they should be a part of it you know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. >> shepard: the g-7 used to be the called the g-8. russia was in there until the russians got kicked out in 2014. that's when the russian president vladimir putin ordered his troops to invade ukraine and take over crimea. president trump made these comments as the special counsel robert mueller is looking into moscow's mettling in the 2016 presidential campaign and possible ties between russia and members of president trump's campaign. russia doesn't even have a top 10 size economy in the world. moscow has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. meantime, fears of a possible trade war between the united states and some of its allies are casting a sh

so, some brief stuff on the g7 eting in charlevoix. my high school fnch , t key points- od. number one, economic growth. the united states now has the fastest growing economy in the world, according to the oecd, or at least the fastest growing economy among the industrialized nations. second, there will be trade discussions, as you might imagine. third, there will be some important bilateral meetings. president trump meeting with prime minister trudeau and president macron, important bilaterals. finally, i think one of the key points, of course, on t eve the north korean summit in singapore, one of the keyts will be shared security issues among the allies. and if i may, perhaps because it's my favorite subject, united states economy is growing. we're pushing through 3%. t iseing done andd of it. and i think president trump's policies of lower taxes and major regulatory rollback are a key part of this issue. and ilso think his re as probably the strongest trade refor reformer of the past 20 years not only protect american interts, but to open up avenues of growth for our busi

we've got our cameras trained on the fairmont, it's in charlevoix in quebec, canada, and we'll bring it to you as soon as it happens. >>> the obvious elephant in the room, steel and aluminum tariffs coming from many of the g7 nations. will president trump ease penalties which have outraged closest western allies. breaking it all down we have the current european union ambassador to the u.s., david o'sullivan is the perfect person you need to hear from, his diplomatic career spanned five decades. he's the guy in charge of this relationship. we've got him in a fox business exclusive. >>> and president trump has one foot out the door as he looks ahead to the legacy defining meeting with auto crat kim jong-un. some argue getting him to the negotiating table was half the battle. will north korea stick to summit nuclear promises? our all-star panel to break it down, all the intricate intrigue and details ahead of the historic summit that could, we stress could, bring seven decades of hostilities to a close. >>> on wall street, the markets are moving forward here. the dow now up 46 points a

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been really forces fired on live from. gas at protesters near the gaza border israel says the action was taken after a kite carrying explosives were flown near the fence six hundred other people were injured it more evacuations are being ordered to manas volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people volcanic material and contaminated water from mt toigo is still threatening homes five days after it first erupted about two hundred people on the scene. the international criminal court has overturned the war crimes conviction of former vice president of the republic democratic republic of congo's bemba supporters of banba celebrated in the capital kinshasa after hearing the ruling a majority of judges found bemba could not be held responsible for the atrocities of his militia which he

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. jacob kirkegaard is an economist at the peterson institute for international economics and joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us live on al-jazeera so the president has yet again emphasize that u.s. deficits and claims that the u.s. is and we quote losing in terms of trade imbalance i mean is he correct in the system's assumption no i mean in an economic sense is peyton nonsense to believe the trade is a zero sum game and that if you have a deficit you're losing. you know and especially the kind of focus that donald trump has ridges on the bilateral deficit between individual countries in this case the united states and the e.u. the united states and china because trays to test things don't actually bigley include imported him put to for instance if you are importing an i phone from china most of the chips in the screens and everything else

protesters are back on the streets of quebec city over one hundred kilometers away from the g seven is charlevoix thousands of police in riot gear have been deployed to prevent any violence let's go live now to john handel who is in quebec city and said donald trump has arrived we're expecting to that to be a tense atmosphere the twitter sphere is being very busy with the various leaders putting out their own version of what should happen at the g. seven this is posturing or mind that the talks even break down john. wells who it looks like it's begun in a friendly way if you see the video of donald trump shaking just just introduce him and it looks very friendly but there is definitely tension underneath. trump has been tweeting up a storm complaining about the way canada and france and other members of the g seven treat the u.s. when it comes to trade and of course those other leaders have medicare head of time and they've unified in criticism of trump and his tariffs on steel and aluminum that's the number one issue here even though it wasn't originally supposed to be on the agenda they were to

so, some brief stuff on the g7 eting in charlevoix. my high school

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. maybe a topic of discussion in canada but as half a world away the gathering of nations hosted by chinese president xi jinping the two leaders have taken in a friendly ice hockey match in china's northern port city of tension upon arrival i was given a medal by. the russian leader his best friend reports from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that keen to show they retain in

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. jacob kirkegaard is an economist at the peterson institute for international economic sea says chance trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the global market it's obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the country that supported him that are going to get hurt by the tariffs that other countries are levying now against the united states that a lot of agriculture other export items coming from red republican states they're going to pick up the phone and tell look mr president this doesn't work for us you had to change it so he's not going to be convinced but he's going to be compelled it's important to recognize that when someone says a global trade war this isn't the one nine hundred thirty s. where everybody levied a lot of tariffs on everybody else this is the united states levying tariffs on everybody else and

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. jacob kirkegaard is an economist at the peterson institute for international economics he says charmes trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the global market it's obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the country that supported him that are going to get hurt by the tariffs that other countries are levying now against the united states that a lot of agriculture other export items coming from red republican states they're going to pick up the phone and tell look mr president this doesn't work for us you had to change it so he's not going to be convinced but he's going to be compelled it's important to recognize that when someone says a global trade war this isn't the nine hundred thirty s. where everybody levied a lot of tariffs on everybody else this is the united states levying tariffs on everybody else and th

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators. truck share remained empty this morning when the first session began on gender equality here rhymed in the middle of that meeting but by leaving early he's going to miss meetings on. climate change and clean energy so. those are those i mean he's clearly showing this lack of enthusiasm but we could know within minutes whether he's going to join on to the traditional statement at all seven sign if he doesn't do that that could cause a little nervousness in global markets and there could be concern that that means he's giving no ground on tariffs and therefore the trade war that is budding right now because canada mexico and european countries have all retaliated there's a concern that that trade war could escalate at this point we may get resolution on this in the next few minutes ok for now john thank you very much indeed imma certainly come back to you as soon as we see the president but now that so to

global attention, the centre of global governance, a position that trump had had before he left at charlevoixg — why would kim jong—un sign an agreement with donald trump if he knows that donald trump could unilaterally repudiate it on the plane home from singapore? clearly it was an instant reaction to really a very small onset of things, if you take seriously any of the words in trump's tweets, 270% tariffs on dairy products? professor kirton, that is an interesting point, considering he is going on a diplomatic mission at the moment. this is what i'm curious about. this tweet went out about an hour ago. i am looking at what we had written down before we came on air, we were talking about this being — perhaps there were some disagreements at the summit — but by and large, everybody signed up to the communique at the end, so you could consider it a success. all of a sudden everything has changed. well, it was a summit of very significant success in substance and in public appearance, becausejustin trudeau's opening line in his news conference was, i announce that there is a consensus communi

there was trouble planners were so concerned that they've completely secured the summit site at charlevoixleaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and get back city at the gathering itself leaders are calling it the g.'s six plus one the us against the rest all six u.s. allies in the group of seven of the world's largest economies opposed donald trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum and hope to avert a trade war but that. perhaps trump doesn't mind he's being isolated today here at matters because these six countries here represent values they represent the economic market with a strong history and certainly also represent a true force on the international level it's the diplomatic equivalent of a family intervention as donald trump prepared to arrive french president emanuel mccrone in canadian prime minister justin trudeau met to talk about how to talk to the u.s. president there's no question that on trade on climate change on some other issues there will be different. perspective but the role of the chief seven is to provide a context to highlight the ways we w

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. well he may be a topic of discussion in canada over vladimir putin is half a world away at a gathering hosted by the chinese president xi jinping emphasizing their friendly personal relations the two leaders went to an ice hockey match in china's northern port city of changi in on a rival peace he was given a medal paying the gold the russian leader his best friend the taliban in afghanistan has announced a three day ceasefire after the end of ramadan but it won't include foreign forces taliban fighters warm they'll defend themselves if attacked during the. holiday next week the seas fossil is a similar announcement by the government to the seventeen soldiers have been killed in afghanistan during an early morning raid by the taliban one hundred fifty five and a military checkpoint in the herat province eight of them were killed by afghan army soldiers the attac

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. well g. seven summit is not just about trade tariffs there are plenty of other big issues to discuss climate changes feeling tensions between the u.s. and its allies present trump announced last year he was pulling the us out of the international climate accord another point of contention is the withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal that's now hanging by a thread in the u.s. threatening to boycott countries doing business with iran and well security and defense funding will also be on the agenda all g seven countries apart from japan and on nato members and then there's next week's high stakes summit between trump and north korean leader kim jong un the denuclearize ation of the korean peninsula jacob kirkegaard is with the peace institute for international economics in washington d.c. he says chance trade policies will only further isolate the u.s. in the globa

there was trouble planners were so concerned that they've completely secured the summit site at charlevoixleaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and get back city at the gathering itself leaders are calling it the g six plus one the u.s. against the rest all six u.s. allies in the group of seven of the world's largest economies oppose donald trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum and hope to avert a trade war but that. perhaps trump doesn't mind he's being isolated today here at matters because these six countries here represent values they represent the economic market with a strong history and certainly also represent a true force on the international level it's the diplomatic equivalent of a family intervention as donald trump prepared to arrive french president emanuel mccrone in canadian prime minister justin trudeau met to talk about how to talk to the u.s. president there's no question that on trade on climate change on some other issues there will be differences of perspective but the role of the chief seven is to provide a context to highlight the ways we

he's attending the g7 summit in charlevoix, quebec-- or as trump calls it, "beaver france." ( laughter ) it's going to be octobe awkwarda little awkward-- because donald trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on all the other six countries in the summit, and now he's going to have a summit with them. it's like saying, "that's "hey, frank, bill, tom, tony, george, i'm sleeping with all your wives. she makes a great sandwich. in response, last week "the other six countries signed a sharp condemnation of the president's tariffs." "yes, a sharp condemnation. and if you do not stop zee tariffs, we will send you a pointy disagreement. pokey, poke, poke!" the ( laughter ) the rift-- the rift is so big that some allies are calling the summit, "the g6 plus one." "hold on, nobody told me there was going to be math. i'm out of here." ( applause ) math fans. math. people love math jokes. plus, trump says he is diametrically opposed on many key issues with his counterparts and does not want to be lectured by them. those nerds from europe are insufferable. "well, actually, mr. trump, free trade is

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. maybe a topic of discussion in calendar. is a half a world away at a gathering hosting by chinese president xi jinping that's. taken in a friendly ice hockey match in china's northern port city of. upon arrival putin was given a medal by being who called the russian leader his best friend reports from beijing . a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that both are keen to show they retain

it's in the charlevoix region of quebec, a couple hours outside quebec city. in the same way you can take a whale watching tour if you're hanging out on the coast somewhere, in la malbaie you can take a bear watching tour. literally you go around and watch the bears. for hours. all around the town. and people get really into it. people write about the la malbaie tour on travel sites. "spent three hours close quarters to bears. a once-in-a-lifetime experience. the whole experience is very unique and exciting. a must." la malbaie is a destination for the bear enthusiasts among us. la malbaie is also this weekend the destination for the world leaders of the g7 as they hammer out world issues. while surrounded by bears. oddly comforting, i know. it is certainly more comforting than what happened inside that meeting. hold that thought. never thought i'd see one in real life. [ dinosaur screeches ] the park is in the past. run! we're not on an island anymore. there is a town five miles from here. am i dead? not yet, kid. change was inevitable and it's happening now.

>charlevoix. >> justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and trade barriers between canada and the united8. >> used to be the g-8 because russia was in it. and now russia's not in it. russia should be in the meeting. >> were you serious about [inaudible] >> >> no, i didn't say that i said i have been preparing all my life. i always believe in preparation.

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoixnine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators. martine some officials here have described this summit mood as cortisol at the end i guess a step above hostile but certainly not friendly there have been efforts to draft a statement according to some here and when it came to if the phrase rule based international order the us apparently object. that's standard boilerplate for international organizations working together that gives you kind of an indication that it may not be possible for that joint statement to be signed by all seven parties but we should know soon because donald trump is on the verge of leaving here just about an hour and a half from now so we'll find out soon whether that's going to happen or whether they're going to send him e-mail some some statement he can later signed that of course would not be the unified picture that people here want to send more jeanne yes ok thank you for that john hendren there live in quebec city now let's

. >> shepard: bon your quebec, noon on the west coast. 3:00 in charlevoix as we are expected to see presidentd to meet with leaders. expect awkward moment as the president's tough talk on trade. and his call to readmit russia into the group after putin got booted for taking over crimea. >> russia should be in this meeting. why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting? >> shepard: well, because we kicked them out. plus, breaking this afternoon, the special counsel filed brand new obstruction of justice charges against the presidenpresident's former campn chair paul manafort and also against one of manafort's associates. a m

seven summit in quebec the meeting has been held in charlevoix the united states is looking increasingly isolated from its allies on a number of fronts the two day meeting is expected to be overshadowed by a potential trade war after u.s. president donald trump placed tariffs on steel an alum in courts trump also broke ranks with most bizarre lies by calling for russia to be part of the g. seven before leaving for the summit trump told reporters he would straighten it all out of a trade. we have massive trade. with every time. we break that out i don't and i'll tell you why i did what i do it won't even be hard in the end we'll get along but they understand that you know they're like well we fought with you in the war but they don't mention the fact that they have great barriers against our farmers they don't mention the fact that almost three hundred percent. what are all straightened out will all be allowed to get. full palestinians have been killed in gaza including a fifteen year old boy when israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets of protesters at the border medics able than

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada jacob carrier god is an economist at the peterson institute for international economics he says trade policies would only further isolate the u.s. in the global market. it's obviously those sectors and those people in the in the states and parts of the country that supported him that are going to get hurt by the tariffs that other countries are levying now against the united states that a lot of agriculture or other export items coming from red republican states they're going to pick up the phone and tell look mr president this doesn't work for us you had to change it so he's not going to be convinced but he's going to be compelled it's important to recognize that when someone says a global trade war this isn't the one nine hundred thirty s. where everybody levied a lot of tariffs on everybody else this is the united states levying tariffs on everybody else and t

we've got our cameras trained on the fairmont, it's in charlevoix in quebec, canada, and we'll bring

have been back on the streets of quebec city over one hundred kilometers away from the g seven and charlevoix thousands of police in riot gear have been deployed to prevent any violence. let's go live now to john hundreds who is in quebec city john have we seen any interaction between any of the leaders send far we still just examining the body language. we have seen some interaction it was interesting to see donald trump shake hands with justin trudeau all smiles both of them to those wife by his side when he arrived especially after trump made statements like the one that you just played there he had been tweeting rather bitter tweets about the u.s. being mistreated in his eyes by canada and by european countries when it comes to trade and of course you had justin trudeau and emanuel mccrone meeting a day ahead of this in talking about how they were going to talk to trump in saying all these things in a press conference being an avid television watcher despite his protestations to the contrary was certainly aware of all those things so you have people saying all of these things a head of th

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. well he may be a topic of discussion in canada but. a world away at a gathering by chinese president xi jinping the leaders have taken in a friend the ice hockey match and time as a northern port city of. ten was given a medal by call the russian leader his best friend for as low a reports from. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that both are keen to show they retain influence over n

there was trouble planners were so concerned that they've completely secured the summit site at charlevoix leaving demonstrators to gather one hundred forty kilometers away and get back city at the gathering itself leaders are calling it the g.'s six plus one the us against the rest all six u.s. allies in the group of seven of the world's largest economies oppose donald trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum and hope to avert a trade war but that. perhaps trump those in mind he's being isolated today here at matters because these six countries here represent values they represent the economic market with a strong history and certainly also represent a true force on the international level it's the diplomatic equivalent of a family intervention as donald trump prepared to arrive french president emanuel mccrone in canadian prime minister justin trudeau met to talk about how to talk to the u.s. president there's no question that on trade on climate change on some other issues there will be differences of perspective but the role of the chief seven is to provide a context to highlight the ways

if the expectation was that a weekend in beautiful are charlevoix was going to transform the president trump's outlook on trade and the world then we didn't quite perhaps meet that bar. >> plus new midterm election guide posts. california's primary leaves democrats upbeat. republicans are more confident about holding the senate if they can navigate the trump effect. >> i think it will be very competitive. if you look at the history of off year elections two years into any new president, bill clinton lost the house and senate, obama lost the house and almost lost the senate. yeah, i think it will be a knock down drag out fight to the fini finish, but we're optimistic that we can hold the senate and still confirm the president's appointments. >> with us to share their insights, margaret and jonathan, ashill and also karen. we'll go live to singapore shortly for president trump's arrival and to set the stakes for his historic summit. kim landed a bit earlier today. you see him here meeting with the country's prime minister. but first the dramatic and deepening g7 divide better put perhaps

diplomatic drama inside the meeting is not matched on the streets two hours drive from the summit in charlevoix nine thousand well armed police outnumber the few hundred peaceful demonstrators john hendren al-jazeera quebec city canada. well the g seven is not just about traitorous there are lots of other big issues to talk about climate change for one that's fueling tensions between the u.s. and the others president trump announced last year he was pulling the us out of the international paris climate change accord in another point of contention is a withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal which is now hanging by a thread with the u.s. threatening to boycott the countries who continue to do business with iran global security and defense funding will be on the agenda as well all g seven countries apart from japan are members of nato and then there's next week's high stakes summit between mr trump and the north korean leader kim jong il on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula well jacob kirkegaard is with the peterson institute for international economics in washington and he says trump's

>charlevoix. >> justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and trade barriers between canada and the uniteds. >> the president says it may be time to bring russia back into the family of the g-8. >> used to be the g-8 because russia was in it. and now russia's not in it. russia should be in the meeting. >> were you serious about [inaudible] >> >> no, i didn't say that i said i have been preparing all my life. i always believe in preparation. these one week preparations don't work. just ask hillary what happened to her in the debate. >> we're going to end the drug. >> the white house says there are 3,000 pardons under consideration. >> the power to pardon is a wonderful thing. you got to get it right. >> golden state champions once again ♪ small town ♪ throw down ♪ tailgate down ♪ bring that country up loud ♪ it's a small town throw down. pete: thank you daylight savings it's already light out. i hope will are actual fish in the pond. abby: big bass in that pool. i don't think they would survive in a swimming pool. floating in the top by the end of the show. griff: i have a confession to mak

and then on saturday trump gave an impromptu press briefing in similar charlevoix canada beforg out earlyingapore. to be clear, this was his first solo press conference in nearly 500 days. and the very first question thrown at him by a member of the traveling press pool was not about russian collusion or missing immigrant children or his cabinet's many scandals over ethics and spending, no, it was about trump's feelings. >> we're about to embark on what i may be the most important meeting in your life. what is in your gut, steel nerves our butterflies? >> i feel confident. i feel kim jung-un wants to do something great for his people. and he has that opportunity. >> joining me now is president and found of the media group. and also gabriel sherman. and dana milbank. and our national security analyst. and maria, i have to come to you. donald trump -- the media finally has him in front of them. they can ask anything they want. and first question goes right to how he feels. and there still does seem to be a difficulty in figuring out how do you deal with a president like this that is so atyp