. >> i'm christiane amanpour. we are a couple of hours away from the face-to-face meeting which will happen in the presidential palace. >> within the last few minutes, they put up flags, russian and american participating in a breakfast meeting with the president of finland. he was at the innato summit in brussels. nato has never been stronger. mr. trump was on twitter again taking aim at the russia investigation and at the united states. he said the relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. foolishness and stupidity. now the rigged witch hunt. quite a thing for the united states president to blame russia for bad relations and to blame the investigation and not the cyber attack itself. this coming days after the special counsel and deputy attorney jena announced indictments of 12 russian officers accusing them of hacking the computer network in the 2016 campaign and releasing the information to damage the campaign of hillary clinton. donald trump spoke to cbs on sunday. >> would yo

i'm jake tapper. >> i'm christiane amanpour. we're hours away from the meeting between the two presidents. that will happen right behind us in the finnish presidential palace. right now they're in the finnish presidential residence. >> where president trump is having a working breakfast with finland's president. this is just moments ago. the shots you're looking at right now, this is expected to last about an hour before trump heads to his meeting with president putin. earlier mr. trump was on twitter referring to the russian investigation. he said the "relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. foolishness and stupidity. and now the rigged witch hunt," a remarkable statement from the president of the united states blaming the investigation into the russian cyber attack on the united states and not blaming the cyber attack itself. president trump says he'll ask mr. putin about russian interference in the 2016 election. he's more focused on the investigation than he is on the actual cyber attack. o

the release of christiane amanpour -- mandela to see how the people were going to behave. if you release mandela , the country will go up in flames. that is what they were saying. the country will go up in flames. we knew we would have to see how people behaved. >> i didn't know that. that is a great story. he gave up the anger and he decided to forgive and move on. were you angry when you came out? where you resentful of the injustice of all those years being in prison? >> all of us, all of us decided already that we cannot honor our own at that time. we did not have the knowledge of governing the country. we were denied all the other things that the white people, white children had. we did not have that. the whites in south africa live together and we have to work together with them. try to bring peace in the country.>> said there is a wonderful picture of you together. if i'm not mistaken, is that rama pose a? that is the current president that i spoke to in january about his legacy and there has been so much disappointment in the last several years that the corruption

joining us live from london, cnn international anchor christiane amanpour. good morning, christiane. certainly, i've never seen a presummit breakfast quite like sets the tone for a president who is going to speak his mind to america's friends and allies. >> reporter: you know, christine, it is unprecedented, and we should be under no illusion. this is not normal at all. this is not normal for the united states to be talking to its allies in this regard, remembering that the only time nato's actual joint article five for defense was ever called was for the united states by nato allies after 9/11. but let's now call a spade a spade and talk about the facts and figures. the president is wrong about what he says about the pipeline and the so-called dependence on oil that he blames germany for, but also on the sums of money. of course, nato is being asked and all the allies, to up their internal defense spending to 2% of gdp. and as the secretary-general says, in the last few years, they have all done that, collectively have risen about 5.2%. and there is an agree

joining us right now here in helsinki is cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour, politicallyst david gergen, who has worked with four presidents, and retired rear admiral john kirby, a pentagon spokesman during the obama administration. christiane, we've all had some hours now to reflect on we were sitting here watching the thing as it happened. i'm wondering how you see this now and what happens now? >> look, i don't think there is any question that it was a massive train wreck. and pulling out of this and trying to reconstruct american credibility is going to be incredibly difficult. the finnish newspapers, this is a diplomatic country, this is not a crazy country here. they're talk about trump, 0, putin, 1. so that is the finnish reaction to what's happen new year's day the newspapers. newt gingrich, who i don't often quote, has said that this is the most serious mistake of president trump's presidency, and it needs to be corrected immediately. and to that end, you know, you just have to wonder at what point will america and its institutions decide that what's going on i

. >> let's go to our chief international anchor christiane amanpour.he president has continually criticized nato allies for not paying what he calls would be their fair share. so why are his remarks today surprising? he's been saying very similar things not just for a few years but for the past few decades. >> well, look, that's right. he has been saying that. it doesn't make it any less surprising when he says as president of the united states into the face of his allies there. it's more to be honest with you the remarks he made about angela merkel and germany itself which was the other thing. the apples and oranges. we've got apples, which is the nato budget, and oranges, which is the pipeline. calling germany a captive and controlled by russia. it is completely unprecedented language. it's the most undiplomatic language to talk to an ally. angela america whole grew up in soviet-dominated east europe, captive of the soviet union, of russia? and this pipeline, according to the russian foreign ministry, has nothing to do with the government. it's a com

christiane amanpour, as well.rn to another aspect of diplomacy that can't be overlooked, certainly is not this time. it's a contact sport conducted face-to-face, eye to eye. chemistry matters. facial expressions matter. the president himself says so and spoke at length about it after his encounter with kim jong-un. with that in mind, the question is how did it play out today? cnn's tom foreman shows us. >> germany is totally controlled by russia. >> reporter: the president's scathing critique of germany made diplomats cringe, but no more so than his own team. watch u.s. bass kay bailey hutchinson look away squirming. you can see john kelly look away from the president and pucker his mouth. the president renewed the attack using the word captive. >> captive to russia, some turned their heads, some fidgeted. and like that scene in "the devil wears prada." >> there is the pursing of the lips. >> which means? >> catastrophe. after all, president trump has famously given his european counterparts an eyeful of body lang

joining me, christiane amanpour. also with me luke harding, foreign correspondent for "the guardian." christiane, we're trying to get to the bottom of the facts because things aren't clear despite what the president said in his 40 minute news conference. and he did say some things that are not true. he said the united states defense spending makes up 90% of nato defense spending. that's not true. it's somewhere around 70%. he said he earned new commitments for increased spending from nato members, we cannot determine if that is, in fact, the case. the french president, emmanuel macron, said they agreed to nothing more than what they agreed to. what are you hearing? >> well, we hope to reveal all to you shortly because i do have an interview with jens stoltenberg who famously faced off with president trump in the breakfast meeting and who was in the room and will be able to tell us the precise parameters of what happened. you can see there is confused reporting about it, however french media are reporting their preside

our chief international anchor christiane amanpour is with me. you are about to speak with the secretary general of nato, i didn't think of anyone more important to speak of so take it away. >> he is the man of the moment given the controversy and conflicting reporting that is coming out of the back rooms at the nato summit so let me just turn now to secretary general jens stoltenberg. thank you so much for joining me there brussels, welcome to the progr program. >> thank you so much by having me. >> all the allies were concerned and nervous hoping this summit was not going to devolve into a debacle like the g7 summit did with disunity and pulling out of communiques. how would you say you assessed the unity and the success of this summit? >> this has been a very good sum because actually we had very open and frank discussions. there's no problem to have different views and open discussions as long as we're able to conclude and deliver decisions. that's exactly what we have done. yes, there have been different views, we are 29 allies discussing di

christiane amanpour, chief international anchor and one and only jake tapper. good to you have both. putin will sit down. a quick look at the schedule for people watching at home. 5:40, we expect the president and first lady to depart for the finnish palace. you will see people go in and out of the tent. poost is suppos-- putin is supp come first. then trumps. a book signing is at 6:20. that is when we look for remarks and the meeting. let's set the stage. this is a very august place. history has happened here. are we in the right place? is this a big event or is it something smaller the way the white house is advising snus? >> it is small, but it is big. it is not really history because many presidents have met their soviet counterparts here. it is an important meeting. helsinki has occupied a really important place in traditional cold war tensions between the two sides. subsequently after the fall of the soviet union, this is the place. this is when the western alliance are at serious odds over fundamentals of international policy and international rules of t

i'm christiane amanpour in london. the white house says it will hand out $12 billion in cash to american farmers hurt by the tit for tat tariffs. the announcement came hours after the president tweeted, quote, "tariffs are the greatest." as he sits down with europe's top official, who famously responded to trump's tariffs by saying "we can do stupid, too." now the two will see whether they can negotiate a way out of this trump made crisis. few people have more experience in making economic policy than larry summers. he served under president clinton and he's been president of the harvard university in between. he's joining me now from new york. secretary summers, welcome to the program. >> good to be with you, christiane. >> first and for most, am i right, is it a trump-made crisis? and what do you make of handing out these billions in subsidies to make up for the hurt that he seems to be causing? >> this is a $12 billion band aid on a self-inflicted wound. there was nothing to be said for launch thing tariff war. now

. >> i'm christiane amanpour. we're just hours away from that face-to-face meeting happening in the building right behind us which is the presidential palace. >> they have met twice before. >> they have indeed. >>en ot sidelines of other summits. this meeting without any senior aides is present has some allies and lawmakers what might get said, what could get promised misunderstanding without witnesses there and ultimately people are concerned about how the former kgb agent mr. putin might it be able to manipulate the outcome to his advantage, a source says there is no set agenda, christiane. here is what mr. trump told cbs. >> what's your goal from the putin meeting? >> i'll let you know after the meeting. i have absolutely -- it was mutually agreed. let's have a meeting. i think it's a good thing to meet. i do believe in meetings. >> in looming over the summit are the zixtz 12 russian military intelligence officers accused of hockeying the democrat computer networks during the presidential campaign and releasing

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. >>> welcome to the program, i'm christiane amanpour in london. expectations were low going in and they got lower by the minute. today's nato summit began on a note of unprecedented ferocity as president trump called out germany over a commercial int interprice, a natural gas pipeline deal with russia. >> if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia, they get rid of their coal plants, their nuclear, they're getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. i think it's something that nato has to look at. >> in her one-on-one meeting with president trump, chancellor angela merkel would not address those comments but is germany controlled by or captive to russia as the president claims? here are the facts -- germany imports about a third of its natural gas from russia and is not dependent, as the president accuses, because it has a gersh mix of suppliers from europe, the gulf states and even the united states so president trump's claim that 70% of germany's energy comes energy comes from russia is not correct. not coincidentally, president trump

i'm christiane amanpour in london.dent trump fired off a high-intensity tweet today, in emphatic capital letters, warning iran's president, quote, never threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequence the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. his tweet follow's president rouhani's response about disrupting oil shipments in the persian gulf is iranians try to block exports. quote, america should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace and war with iran is the mother of all wars. so, could the escalating war of words lay the groundwork for a new diplomatic overture between the united states and iran or could it head to another showdown in the persian gulf area? >>> a expert at the carnegie endowment. welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> what are we to make of this? is this some dressed up attempt at bringing iran to the negotiating table or is this real? >> with president trump it's always difficult to tell, christiane because he's more impulsive than strategic. if y

thanks for watching "amanpour" on pbs, and join us again tomorrow night. christian: this is "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the american president saying he has no reason to believe russia meddled in the u.s. election. katty: mr. trutch said he asked mr. putin about it and takes his denial about it at face value. president trump: all i can do is ask the question. president putin, he just said it is not in russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. christian: the u.s. president met vladimir putin one-on-one with no staff for over two hours. we may never know exactly was said. mr. putin was asked if he has compromising material on trump and denies it. well, sort of.

i'm christiane amanpour. the peace process has taken a perilous turn following a hugely provocative bill passed by israel's parliament. the nation's state law enshrines israel as the home of the jewish people and it downgrades the status of arabic, leaving only hebrew as the official language of israel. this was the reaction from israeli/arab lawmakers furiously ripping up the bill. critics say the law slams a nail into the coffin of the country's democracy and plunges a two-state solution into the abyss. meanwhile, the top u.s. general in the middle east says that he has received no specific direction, despite russia claiming that putin and trump have agreed ed td to cooperate see syria and other issues. to discuss this and the ongoing fallout from the press conference between the the two leaders in helsinki are marsha. she's joining us are from new york and aaron david miller and adviser on the middle east. he is joining us from washington. welcome both of you to the program. before i get to the middle east

i'm christiane amanpour in london. listen to this shocking statistic.many as 100 million people in india won't have adequate access to groundwater in just two years' time. that shocker comes from a recent government sponsored study and it is just one sign of a growing global crisis. in iran protests have recently broken out over water shortages. in argentina, a drought has caused the economy to shrink rt first time in more than a year. in south africa, a severe water shortage has led to rationing in the picturesque city of cape town the hollywood megastar matt damon has been dedicated to this vital matter since 2009, working with the long-time water policy pioneer gary white, and together they started water.org. it's no typical charity as damon and white explain from jakarta in indonesia where much of their efforts are concentrated now. >>> matt damon, gary white, welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so, we're reaching you all the way over in jakarta, in indonesia. matt, just start out by telling me what a hollywood megastar is doing o

i'm christiane amanpour in london. as silicone valley faces increasing scrutiny, we begin with a tale reminding us to be wary of the next start up's promises. elizabeth holmes was once the start up darling. her company promised to do away with painful sharp needle blood tests, replacing them with one simple pick of the finger. she had the look and the drive to become the youngest female billionaire, revered by entrepreneurs and politicians. she attracted big name investors. at one point henry kissinger, george schultz was on her board. there was just one problem. it was all a fraud. john brought down this house of cards. and his new book "bad blood" laying out his investigation into the scandal. he explained what first tipped him off and his pain taking pursuit of clues when he joined me this week from new york. >> welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> so, look, we have announced your book "bad blood" is interesting. what got your attention? what made you delve into this story? >> well, i had covered h

. ♪ welcome to tne program ever i'm christiane amanpour in london.ow, all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. one of the greatest players who has performed all the b best parts is sir ian mckellen. perhaps a younger generation knows him most as the screen superhero, is the "onderful wizard gandolf in l d "lord of the rings or as super villain magneto in x-men but his heart and craft belong on stage in the theater. he made his nam with shakespeare and he has never left him. 79, he is taking on one of the most profound old men in histity, king lear. a stamina busting role request ever there was one. to quotule yet, parting is such sweet sorrow because he might be packing it all in after a final 100 performances as lear. i tried to g to the bottom of his intentions as he guided me around a specially tailored duke of york theater here in london. >> this is the lear lounge where you're going to be ablo eat before the show. >> very nice. >> have a snack. and where during the performance we are busy changing.' this is lear bed. >>

i'm christiane amanpour in london.hollywood to wall street and points in between, misogyny and systemic sexism is being outed everywhere we look, which is why the new drama "the wife" starring six-time academy award no, ma'am any glenn close and jonathan price feels particularly poignant and relevant. based on the novel by the best-selling author meg, the wife centers around a writer who spent her life overshadowed by her husband's own literary career and massive ego. take a listen to this trailer. >> am i speaking to mrs. -- >> my wife to get on the extension. >> hello? >> it is my great honor to talk to you. you are chosen to receive the nobel price in literature. >> this isn't some great big fat joke. >> no, real, darling. really. >> welcome to stockholm. >> we are so delighted to have you here. >> i came across some of your stories in the college journal beautifully written. >> she is a heavy hand of a teacher. >> he encouraged you to keep writing? >> so, this goes to the heart of women's careers traditionally taki

i'm christiane amanpour in london where president trump arrived for a controversial visit.e'll be channelling churchill, taking tea with the queen and dodging protesters here in london before setting off to meet russia's vladimir putin in helsinki on monday. what could have been a disastrous nato summit like what happened at the g-7 in fact ended better than expected with trump reaffirming his commitment to the 70-year-old military alliance but also claiming that allies had made much bigger spending than they actually had done. >> for years presidents have been coming to these meetings and talked about the expense, the tremendous expense for the united states. and tremendous progress has been made. everyone's agreed to substantially up their commitment. they're going to up it at levels they've never thought of before. >> but are they upping it so substantially? since those comments the canadian prime minister justin trudeau and the french president emmanuel macron say they are raising their defense spending but in line with their 2% commitment they made at the 2014 summit.

. ♪ welcome to tne program ever i'm christiane amanpour in london.e world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. one of the greatest players who has performed all the b best parts is sir ian mckellen. perhaps a younger generation

i'm christiane amanpour in london.trump arrives in europe today for what could be a tense meeting with nato. as a parting shot, he fired off this tweet about the nato allies' military spending. quote, nato countries must pay more. the united states must pay less. very unfair. this purely transactional approach to the 70-year-old defense alliance is nothing new for president trump, but here are some facts. last year nato allies boosted their defense budget by a combined 5.2%. the combined defense budget of nato nations has grown by $14.4 billion since he took office. 16 nations are on track to spend the targeted 2% of their gros domestic product by the agreed 2024. so, why is president trump still complaining so often and so loudly? here to discuss is kay bailey hutchison, america's ambassador to nato and a former u.s. senator from texas. >>> ambassador kay bailey hutchison, thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much, christiane, it's great to be with you. >> well, you have seen a lot of u.s. politics, u.s. diplomac

i am christiane amanpour in london. president trump and the left-wing president-elect of mexico might make strange bedfellows, but they're pledging to work together in the future after speaking by phone at length this week. andres manuel lopez obrador won in a landslide this weekend. immigration and trade disputes have sunk relations between the two countries to unprecedented lows. secretary of state, mike pompeo, will travel to meet with mexico's president-elect next week, with a he'll also meet my next guest, the current and outgoing foreign minister, luis videgaray. and he is joining me now from mexico city. foreign minister, welcome to the program. >> hello, christiane. it's great to be with you from mexico city. >> so i just want to start by asking you, obviously the question of our time and the question that's really standing between you and the united states, and that is the immigration issue. you have called the president's policies cruel and inhumane. we've all seen these horrendous pictures of children crying,

i'm christiane amanpour in london. the first full day of president trump's visit to britain lived up to its billing -- controversial, fast-pace action, pomp and protest. it began starting with an unprecedented interview in the "sun" tabloid in which president trump directly criticized his host the british prime minister theresa may. later, though, when standing beside her he tried to walk it back and make nice. >> i give it the highest level of special so we start off with special. i would give our relationship with the uk and now especially after this two days with your prime minister i would say the highest level of special. >> special or not, the president avoided central london and parliament behind me because of this -- tens of thousands of people packed trafalgar square and marched through the streets protesting his visits and his policies on immigration and record on women's issue. a blimp of trump in the diaper appeared over head then two bombshells dropped back home in washington. the deputy attorney general a

i'm christiane amanpour in london. a year and a half of donald trump's leadership, we all know the script. the president says something outrageous. his opponents howl. his supporters unite behind him. but when donald trump stood side by side with vladimir putin in helsinki and backed him over his own intelligence agencies, that seemed to be a bridge too far. and 17 hours after landing back at the white house today, donald trump came out to defend himself. >> i have felt very strongly that while russia's actions had no impact at all on the outcome of the election, let me be totally clear in saying that, and i've said this many times, i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. a lot of people out there. there was no collusion at all. >> right after that press conference in helsinki, some of his supporters stuck to the usual play book in the face of the backlash. here was sean hannity on fox speaking to the president right after he c

i'm christiane amanpour in london.of justice is about to swing even further to the right, possibly for decades to come in the highest court in america. president trump reportedly has narrowed down his supreme court short list to a top three and says he'll soon announce his nominee. with a conservative voice on the supreme court and another one, some fear and some hope that roe versus wade landmark ruling on a woman's right to choose could be overturned in the not too distant future. to discuss this, i am joined by a reagan conservative columnist mona charan, and her new book calls for a sexual counter revolution because she thinks feminism has gone too far, seeing off the nuclear family, for instance. she became very well known this year for daring to call out her own party and president on the issue of values and morals at cpac, the conservative political action conference, and i spoke to her from washington. mona charan, welcome to the prime minister. >> thank you. so as a real conservative, i want to ask you what yo

i'm christiane amanpour in london.nt donald trump has a huge european trip coming up next week with what's shaping up to be a contentious nato summit, followed by a visit to britain where he's likely to be met with massive protests and a one-on-one meeting later with vladimir putin. upon that could create even more tension with america's western allies. the relationship between the united states and europe has not been this fraught since the george w. bush years and the rift over the iraq war. repairing that rift and restoring america's global reputation was a critical focus for barack obama and my guest, ben rhodes, was at the heart of all that as deputy national security adviser and as a foreign policy speechwriter, rhodes served as obama's sounding board and spokesman for eight very full years. in his new book, the world as it is inside the obama white house, rhodes takes us into the inner safrp safrp sanctum and it is impossible to be spruk truck by how much obam with his successor donald trump and we start with th

i'm back with cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser, david gergen, international anchor christian amanpour. christiane, given the opportunity, asked by an american reporter who he trusted on the issue of russian meddling, the u.s. intelligence or vladimir putin, he blinked and he went to hillary clinton's e-mail server. as to who he holds responsible, he holds both responsible. i think we are all to blame. we have a chance to make some great things. made no mention of the shooting down of a plane, crimea and election interference. in fact he said all he can do is ask the question about election interference, that vladimir putin was very powerful in his denial of it and the president went on to say he doesn't see any reason why it would have been russia who interfered. >> i think that was it. i don't see any reason why it would have been russia hacking into our election and went on to talk about the server and the 30,000 e-mails, et cetera. he basically said in russia, they would never have let this stuff happen. i mean it really was quite extraordinary actually. i thought we were going to

also with me is christia christiachristian christiachristian christian amanpour. this interview, which the president gave on wednesday in brussels, they thought it would be released today, but this hit like a giant political explosion here. >> for all of the reasons you said, it is owned by trump's friend, a pro-trumper. he got his talking points from doris johnson, but realready know that he is not on the normal plane of diplomacy. he was briefing against the chief ally. the special rip with the major of london. so that is the sort of context, but i would say she nothing if not consistent. he up ended both meetings. he arrived to nato with an assault on angela merkel and germany. it was just unprecedented and now she doing it with teresa may. maybe it will come out and they will chat and come out with a joint press conference. those are his views. he is very concerned about a different colored reality in america and europe. it is not just a majority white in this case or world any more, and he is mourning that. you can see what he said to -- i want to talk about

we also have john kirby, and cnn chief international anchor christiane amanpour. >> how do deal billion this at the table in the meeting matters most. for the president of the united states to say i don't know if russia is a problem for me, we'll have to see. the joint investigative team just came out with who shot down that plane in the ukraine, it came from a russian missile l launcher. what is the calculation for trump? >> i think the president goes in, if he wish sos use a very strong hand, what you point out, the indictment on the 12 russians that are not just ordinary russians, they're military. the big question after all that we just heard into the run up, is will president trump take the western alliance line or will he not? will he do more of what we have been reporting he has done. of course there has been mistakes on several sides, but in addition to these issues, there is the small matter of russia violating another nation's sovereignty, even under this policy, crimea belongs to ukraine. if which he be tough on those things then maybe there is some way out. >> putin is late,

. >>> let's go through the headlines with christiane amanpour. how is it playing out over there that the president chose to to say that the conversation on monday, the sit down with vladimir putin, should be the easiest of all of them? >> well, you can imagine from europe and particularly from the united kingdom that doesn't go down well at all because as you know the united kingdom blames the soviet union, sorry, russia of using soviet tactics in the novichok poisonings and the skripals, if you remember, ex-russian spies, were poisoned a few months ago. they survived but this last week others were poisoned, we believe it was an accident and a follow up from the debris of the novichok. nonetheless one of them has died and now it's a murder investigation so this is part of the tense atmosphere not to mention the involvement and kpaser base of internal affairs and putin acting the way he does in syria and in europe as well. so that part of it doesn't go down well. the president might think it would be easier to talk to putin and his allies. the oth

we will have john berman and christiane amanpour on "new day" from 6:00 to 9:00. >> i look forward toeunion. i'm sure it will be a blast. >> thank you, john. >>> some 50,000 protesters are expected today and as john mentioned the trump baby balloon has taken to the skies. for more, we turn to cnn's nick paton walsh. he is usually in and out of syria, but he is now in london. nick, what is going on out there? it is a carnival atmosphere? >> reporter: you see at times it is more predictable than here. we have seen a strangely humorous scene. given what is happening to the british politics right now. one of the key issues is where are you allowed to protest and not allowed to protest? to my left is a man dressed as a gorilla wearing a donald trump mask in a cage. he is not allowed on abington greene because he doesn't have permit. the balloon was allowed because it was given permit. the blimp is allowed to fly for another 53 minutes or so. it has deeply offended trump. he said he feels unwelcome and criticized the london mayor and his record on crime and terrorism. that is something he d

. >> i'm christiane amanpour.ening in the building right behind us which is the presidential palace. >> they have met twice before. >> they have indeed. >>en ot sidelines of other summits. this meeting without any senior aides is present has some allies and lawmakers what might get said, what could get promised

can cnn's chi and cnn's chief international anchor, christiane amanpour. the president smacking germany for this major gas deal. you speak with the german defense minister about this. i want to play what she told you. >> first of all, this is a pipeline, this economic project started back in 2002 or '03, so way before russia changed its behavior in 2014. we have a very diverse mix of energy supply, so the president hasn't to be worried that there is any kind of dependency. on the contrary. if there is one person who has been dealing all the time with president putin, very hard on the issues of you ukraine and the war in the ukraine was chancellor merkel. >> but as we well know, trump isn't the only one critical of this deal between germany and russia. poland and other countries have thought it is a mistake. what does it mean though bringing it up in this setting, christiane? >> you know, i think it is apples and oranges. i think we should look at this very factually and not repeating these connatiflations that the president makes. of course, there are some

. >> the ambassador of nato spoke with christiane amanpour. this is what she said. >> i think the discord is music to putin's ears. but i do think that coming from this summit, which is allied, is strong, and is going to increase our deterrent capabilities, that is going to put president trump in a strong position with president putin. i think he will be tough with president putin. >> will we know if he is tough with putin? they're going to have a meeting, just the two of them, sort of behind closed doors. will we know if he's tough on him? >> again, i hope, you know, president trump makes progress here. if we look at what happened with no north korea, it was a vague agreement. great declaration of success by trump. mike pompeo went to pyongyang and the talks went terribly. another photo opportunity. but it will be unclear what he agrees to in these meetings. >> they want more adults in the room. we're waiting for live pictures that should be coming in momentarily with president trump and the nato secretary-general. they're having a breakfast

boris johnson has quite a history here when it comes to, as christiane amanpour put to me, being backstabbing. >> yes, this is about boris johnson wanting to become the prime minister of england, undermining theresa may. and he sells the theory that brexit would be easy and britain would thrive. it's not easy. many british companies are warning about brexit having really negative inpacts on the british economy. but he's trump, like walking out, saying there is an easy answer. there is not an easy answer. >> no surprise that he praised boris johnson and was noncommittal on theresa may. still stunning to see from an american president headed to the uk. what do you make of his read on vladimir putin this morning? i mean, saying it's going to be easy? republican senator orrin hatch told me that doesn't bother me, that's president trump saying i can take him. >> i think it's alarming. he talks about nato being unfair to the united states. you know, vladimir putin, he mentioned china, as well, is an enemy of democracy. vladimir putin, you know, intervened in our election to support trump. but wheth

we want to bring in christiane amanpour. we have this north korean angle and the president's message to iran we woke up to this morning. but it's happening in the shadow, we think, of this meeting with vladimir putin. one week ago exactly, we still don't know really what was discussed behind closed doors. so where are we? if we're looking at the u.s. relationship with the rest of the world, framed through this meeting with vladimir putin, where are we? >> well, i was there in helsinki when this meeting took place a week ago, and we still have those questions of what was actually discussed in that meeting. and i think that's a very big question. and from there, once that becomes public, which it should, then one can know slightly more about what sort of deals or discussions or whatever the leaders of the u.s. and russia had. and it does seem from reporting from where you are, certainly in washington, that there is a lot of sort of -- of disjuncture between the president and the rest of his national security establishment. and

let's began with our panel, john berman, christiane amanpour, jeff zeleny, our political commentator former republican congressman charlie dent. christiane, did the president just blink and theresa may win? >> you know, you could put it that way if you want to say the president said something that was published in the "sun" overnight and something completely different in the press conference today. it's very trumpian. he wasn't going to stand next to theresa may and utter the things he did when she was not in the room to a third party. you can see president trump has fungible views on these big issues whether it's nato which today he fully defended and kept saying we're strong, we're unified, i go to vladimir putin with that message. the only thing he kept with his core belief is immigration. he cannot get over immigration and the constant refrain that it's changing the shape of culture here. he did say he believes he was the ben fir areficiary because immigration and i think that's true. anti-immigrant feelings turned it over the top for sure. >> john berman, on brexit he did say do

interesting time because i would be interviewed by christiane amanpour who was very interested in the issue. it was clear that i was pregnant. i would get the mail from people like, how could you go to this area while you're pregnant. i did enjoy the fact that i got to go fatce to face with slobodn milosevic and wouldn't take his crap. where has the world gone wrong for me? but at the end, we were moving into sarajevo to meet with president izabegavich at the time. people were outside applauding us, send peacekeepers, send peacekeepers, they wanted the u.s. to come in and help in the situation. so as we were walking in, there was a woman who grabbed my hand and said, please, please -- please do what you need to. we can't continue like this. and you need to help us. america needs to help us. i said, that's what we're here for. we're going to take as many facts as we can and bring it back. she grabbed my hand, touched my belly and said, i just lost my only son. you're going to be a mama. you have to help me. you know, and -- i got criticism for going as somebody who was about to have a

lest bring in christian am amanpour. this was the breakfast before he even arrived. he went in there to send a message. and he did it clearly, loudly, and sharply. >>> it is much more than that if is unprecedenteunprecedented. it is unprecedented language. it's a real threat to the allian alliance. harry truman himself signed nato into being 70 years ago and it really worries the alliance right now. they're very, very nervous that this alliance as well as the g 7 are being put at threat by the united states right when they need to stand up to russia who obvious president putin or trump will meet right on the heels of the nato summit. i conducted interviews with some of those who are concerned. you heard the german defense minister fight back. this was not a side deal, it was a 15-year-old pipeline treaty long before they annexed crimea. it is very tense. will president trump leave the way he left canada pulling the signature off of the final communique? >> i think it is riveting to hear the case that trump was making to them because i have never heard hip speak so lo

amanpour on pbs. join us tomorrow night. katty: you're watching "beyond 100 days" on pbs. the white house faces a deadline to reunite families separated at the southern border. christian: the trouble is hundreds of parents have already been deported leaving children stuck alone in the united states. katty: that means on the mexican border the deadline has come and gone for some children who may never be reunited with their parents. it started with a kiss. has donald trump anddone enough to avoid a trade jean-claude juncker war? christian: today imran khan became the next prime minister of pakistan. relations wi