. >> is cicely italy. >> should it be?i don't know but we have from britain, norman arab, spanish. we are a mix, a blender. >> look my octopus i remember personally getting that one it was a mighty struggle no actually i don't. >> yeah the octopus beautiful little shrimp. >> another traditional specialty i'm told they call it tuna tar tar. and cuddle fishy recognize you my friend. >> cuddle like this how traditional is this to cicely. >> i think from the part of the sea they almost always eat raw. >> fisherman only communities only or in restaurants or always as long as you've been alive you see cuddle. >> no i see cuddle in the poor plm. >> it's not like this japanese influence but the japanese gave permission to eat traditional foods their own traditional food what is the great mother sisle yan classic ditches. >> anchoviy. pasta. >> okay. >> i think this is for me. >> with the sahr dean. >> but it's an explosion of flower because this plate it's arab. born in a period when cicely was very poor. >> timothy like. i even r

theresa may arrived in cicely for her first g7 summit, a theresa may arrived in cicely for herfirst g7g7 summit, a rare chance for her and six other leaders to discuss the problems around a table. —— taormina. as they gathered around the ancient town of taormina they would be hoping to talk about important things. they will discuss world trade, climate change, migrations from north africa across these very seized at after events from recent days, the focus will be on the fight against global terrorism. theresa may will sit down formally with the us president and discuss the leaks from the manchester investigation but also how leaders can work together to fight terrorism and terror plots online. i knew internationalforum to share information. online. i knew internationalforum to share informationlj online. i knew internationalforum to share information. i imagine she will say let's agree that we need to have a joint effort, the sort we have a joint effort, the sort we have in the uk, amongst the g7 as a whole so we don't get embroiled on whole so we don't get embroiled on who is leaking

troops at an air ba base in cicely. the on-going investigation hanging over the white house as he returns. cnn correspondent jeff zeleny live in cicely. what are you hearing about the headlines we're seeing here in the u.s.? >> reporter: christi, there's no question that the headlines you're seeing in the u.s. are indeed reverberating here. i am told the president has been following it moment by moment, every incremental detail. it is stacking up and waiting for him when he returns to washington. he is having meetings as you said this morning. he is going through the motions here. one thing about the russia investigation, his reluctance to talk about the country at all has given some concern and worry among european leaders, looking for the u.s. president, new u.s. president to speak out against the invasion into ukraine, crimea, the aggression of the russian president. the silence of russia, which is a strategy for the white house is playing out to a different degree. the lawyer for jared kushner issued a statement abo

will focus on terrorism, climate change and free trade. >> reporter: this morning after arriving in cicely for the g7 summit, president trump tweeted, getting ready to engage g7 leaders on many issues including economic growth, terrorism and security. the president and six other heads of state are holding several meetings today and tomorrow. they are also expected to tackle climate change, which the president says is a hoax. >> it's no secret that our meetings today sometimes are very different positions, um, on topics such as climate change and trade. >> reporter: environmental activists staged demonstrations calling on members of the g7 to pressure president trump to support the paris climate accord or move forward without the united states. >> g7 countries played a major role in polluting our planet and must now lead the way to the solution. >> reporter: the president has taken an offensive approach in europe scolding some of the most loyal allies of the united states for not paying their fair share in defense spending as members of nato. the president is hailing the trip as a success.

troops in cicely, the first stop on his first international trip. that could damage america's standing in the world and pose a risk to national security. like trump refusing to confirm america's commitment to nato allies and leaks, some from the president's own mouth that have damaged intelligence sharing relationships with key partners, britain and israel. joining me, state department spokesperson, and executive director of terror project, and former special agent. jack rise. the audience knows you're ready. you're friends of the show. before we went to break, going to make a point on back channels. had to reset for folks tuning in, had the advise, hr mcmaster put out to speak to the press off camera, no on camera briefings, was asked in general whether it would be appropriate for an incoming administration to set up a back channel, he said yes in general that would be okay. how is that not correct? >> generally speaking this is what a back chael is, it is not the secretary of state or president of the united states negotiating. those generally car

nine-day foreign trip that included visits to saudi arabia israel the vatican and a nato air base in cicely. >> president trump wrapped up his over seas support pledging his support for the military. >> you are the men and women who make up the most powerful military in the world and under my administration as you know, you've seen it, right, under my administration stronger and stronger every single day. i also know that the single greatest strength of our armed forces is you. you. all of you. >> as trump makes his way back to washington he's facing yet another political fire storm involving russia, the washington post said senior advisor jared kushner set up secret meeting in december set up by kushner and attended by former national security advisor michael flynn and russian ambassador sergey kislyak. >> jared sets up the meeting, michael flynn is invited and during that discussion according to kislyak you have jared o cf1o kushner proposing the idea of having a secure private communications channel and jared proposes doing so at the russian embassy in washington. >> according to the new

nine-day foreign trip that included visits to saudi arabia israel the vatican and a nato air base in cicely. >> president trump wrapped up his over seas support pledging his support for the military. >> you are the men and women who make up the most powerful military in the world and under my administration as you know, you've seen it, right, under my administration stronger and stronger every single day. i also know that the single greatest strength of our armed forces is you. you. all of you. >> as trump makes his way back to washington he's facing yet another political fire storm involving russia, the washington post said senior advisor jared kushner set up secret meeting in december set up by kushner and attended by former national security advisor michael flynn and russian ambassador sergey kislyak. >> jared sets up the meeting, michael flynn is invited and during that discussion according to kislyak you have jared o cf1o kushner proposing the idea of having a secure private communications channel and jared proposes doing so at the russian embassy in washington. >> according to the new

a live report from cicely. >>> and british authorities make two more arrests connected to the terror attack in manchester and the link between isis and the attacker is confirmed. >> 5:00 a.m. on the east coast from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i am george howell. >> i am natalie allen. newsroom starts right now. >>> this story dates back to the trump transition. jared kushner reportedly tried to set up a back channel with moscow so conversations couldn't be monitored by u.s. intelligence agencies. >> "the washington post" reports that kushner, top adviser to president trump and his son-in-law brought up the possibility of secret communications last december with the russian ambassador. cnn's jessica schneider fills us in. >> reporter: new reporting the president's son-in-law and top adviser jared kushner proposed setting up secret methods of communication with the kremlin back in december. "the washington post" first reported this. now "new york times" is adding the back channel of communication was mean

trump is wrapping up the g7 summit in cicely. yesterday he agreed with other world leaders but did not make remarks on a key initiative on climate change. >>> jared kushner is embroiled in more controversy. kushner and the russian ambassador discussed setting up a secret communications channel between the kremlin and the administration in the u.s. >> it makes a lot of sense that the fbi would want to talk to him. why were there so many meetings and communications with russians? >> also in the russian investigation, senate intelligence committee is asking for all trump campaign documents, dating back to when he announced his candidacy in 2015. of course, the russia investigation will be among the discussion points that happen tomorrow morning on "meet the press." there will be quite a few guests. secretary of homeland security john kelly and senator bob corker of tennessee will be two of chuck's guests on "meet the press" 10:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> singer ariana grande is planning a benefit concert in manchester, england, fol

president trump met with the leaders of six other countries in cicely. the heads of state signed a declaration against terrorism. british prime minister theresa may said she appreciated the fierce determination shown by her counterparts. earlier president trump met with the japan prime minister on topics including threats from knocked. >> it's a big problem and will be solved. >> talks tomorrow include climate change. european leaders are trying to persuade president trump to keep the u.s. committed to the paris climate accord and administration officials say his views are "evolving." >>> thousands of presidents and prime ministers posed for a group photo at yesterday's nato meeting in brussels. it included one man, the first gentleman of luxembourg along with first lady melania trump and other wives of leaders from across the continent. >>> mr. trump's former opponent hillary clinton is comparing his presidency to that of richard nixon. mrs. clinton gave the commencement address today at her alma mater wellesley college in massachusetts. she told gradua

tonight he will head to a g7 summit in cicely. >>> montana voters head to the polls for a special congressional election today just after one candidate got slapped with a misdemeanor assault charge. it starts as a simple exchange between republican greg jean forte and a reporter. >> i'll talk to you about that later. >> not -- [ crosstalk ] >> please -- [ fighting ] >> the last time you came here you did the same thing! get the hell out of here! get the hell out of here! >> no video of the confrontation has surfaced but guardian reporter ben jacobs immediately tweeted that gianfort te body slammed him and broke his glasses. >> once we interview everyone we'll attempt to interview mr. gianforte. >> gianforte was once considered a lock for the open house seat. the polls show a tightening race with his democratic opponent. if convicted of assault, gianforte could face a $500 fine and up to six months in jail. >>> time now 4:41. decades after the loma prieta quake seismic retrofit work isn't finished on the golden gate bridge. we'll have a closer look and what's been done. >> a terrifying ride for

for one thing, when it starts theresa may is going to be abroad, in brussels and then to cicely for the to. they will have the pictures of theresa may and subliminally the question will be asked, can you imaginejeremy corbyn responding in this way. inevitably, there is already creeping into the discussion whether or not the cuts to police numbers, which is undoubtedly a fact which has happened under the conservatives, is one reason why happened under the conservatives, is one reason why we happened under the conservatives, is one reason why we have to sit in the army on the street. i wonder if jeremy corbyn will return to the then he came up with a couple of weeks ago whether he might reach the rate that the ball on terror has not worked and has not made us safer. —— the wall on terror. is this going to bea the wall on terror. is this going to be a very different last two weeks? i suspect the first couple of fewdays we will have a different feel to it. pretty soon after that, rightly or rob lee, we will get back to the campaign were having earlier. —— wrongly. before this appalling inci

speaking of the president, new video of this morning, wrapping up his appearance at the g7 summit in cicely. yesterday, climate change was up for discussion at the g. the president's views are evolving on climate change. world leaders are urging him not to drop out of the paris climate agreement. >>> this morning, we are learning that singer ariana grande is planning a benefit concert in manchester, england, following this week's deadly terror attack, honoring the victims and raise money for their families. grande tweeted that the details are still being finalized. 22 people died. dozens were hurt in monday's blast outside grande's concert. a total of nine people are in custody in connection with the attack. a large part of the bomber's terror network has been arrested. last night, as you can see, there was heavy police presence at the track and field event in manchester, the city's first big event since the attack. >>> a federal judge has tossed out life sentences for convicted d.c. sniper lee boyd malvo, ordering the courts to hold new sentencing hearings. the judge says malvo is entitled

president donald trump is wrapping up his nine-day foreign trip with final meetings at the g7 summit in cicelyw video this morning of the president concluding his appearance with world leaders at the g7. mr. trump will speak to personnel later today before flying back to washington. earlier this morning, the president tweeted about his dealings with foreign leaders on this trip saying, quote, many nato countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should. money is beginning to pour in. nato will be much stronger. >>> meantime, the president's top adviser and son-in-law, jared kush nerks is the subject of more controversy. "the washington post" is reporting that the kushner and russian ambassador set up a secret communications channel between the kremlin and the transition team. they're also looking into a conversation that kushner had with a russian banker. >>> we're also reporting that zbiegnew brzezinski has died. his daughter, mika brzezinski, announced his death on social media last night. he's also credited with helping to bridge the gap between egypt and israel that led

a live report from cicely. >>> and british authorities make two more arrests connected to the terrorester and the link between isis and the attacker is confirmed. >>

and don't deny the reality of terror, but i think cicely because it is a reality, it is something we have to view with a sense of perspective and determination and calm if we are going to be successful. brian: what was your reaction when the president used the axis of evil comment in the state of the union? mr. brzezinski: i wasn't impressed. it seems to be a slogan. haveal years later, people a different interpretation of what the axis of evil is composed of. there is a very painful public opinion poll couple of weeks ago around the world conducted by to bbc which asked close 35,000 to rank the countries and their view which play the most negative role in world affairs. the judgment of this number of people was that the three most negative countries are, shockingly, israel, iran, and the united states. to many in the world, that has now become the axis of evil. brian: if this president asked you to come see him in the oval office and get him recommendations on how to change all this, what would you tell him? mr. brzezinski: i would tell him to reassess very seriously where the prese

macron and trump will probably meet the g-7 in cicely towards the end of this year and that will be the first opportunity to get to know each other. on the other hand, equally important, the russians wanted le pen to win and there was a lot of interference by the russians in these elections just as there was in the united states and just as there has been in germany and elsewhere around europe. their project didn't work either. that also is a victory for the west because russia has been trying to undermine key western institutions, institutions that are not just french or german but western institutions that keep the alliance together aechb strong on a democratic path. this did not work here in france. ana. >> we know le pen by her supporters was seen as tougher on terrorism than macron, what's the impact of his victory when it comes to isis and war on terror? >> reporter: well, you know, her voters may have thought that but actually macron once did belong to hollande's government. he stepped down and created his own independent movement on that but hollande has since the terrible terro

international tour into high profile hot spots, including jerusalem, vatican city, brussels for nato summit, cicely the g 7 what preparations should the president make for the journey, what could possibly go off script? joining me, someone with impeccable credentials to speak of this. josh king was director of production for events in bill clinton's white house, traveled to 40 countries, including countries where president trump is going. author of the book off script, advance man's guide to white house stage craft campaign spectacle and political suicide. josh, stuff happens. it is 50th anniversary of normandy. june of 1994. you tell bill clinton, you see that pile of rocks i put on the beach? the secret service doesn't want you walking past that spot. what did he do, what was the ramification? >> yeah, michael. what happened, we had gone to normandy two times before president clinton and his entourage showed up june 6th, 1994. mapped out every step of the way. thought we would take, do something ronald reagan hadn't done in 1984, which is actually to walk down to omaha beach, surrounded by three

one of lincoln's great strength i think, was cicely disability to articulate message of the union is civil war, the cause of human freedom -- should be embraced and champion by progressives around the world. case that he was particularly adept at this at the beginning. but over time, as he grew into his role as commander-in-chief u.s. president, he became very skilled at presenting the union exactly this way. so those of you looking at the hand of, you will see a couple of great examples about -- from his address to congress irvington institute talking about the last best hope of a happy union cause. the gettysburg address in november 1863, government -- people by the people are the people shall not perish. just our fight -- it's not just our fight, about what happens in the united states. it's also about the cause of freedom and justice around the world as well. again, this inspiring rhetoric helps sell the union message around the world, helps really convince foreign progressives that this was a war they should be interested in for ideological reasons. actually see similar sentimen

what the russian media is covering, though, is what happened in brussels, what happened in cicely. of those days of meetings, this is great for russia. this is how the news media is covering it. official kremlin channels are approvingly saying trump has turned nato into a house of cards. this is what russia has been wanting for a really long time. they see nato as a kind of anti-deluvian thing that doesn't exist because the soviet union isn't there anymore and all it's there for is to hold russia in check and threaten russia. they're very happy to see all of this -- the transatlantic alliance peeling apart. >> thank you so much for the kind words about my father. lovely. >> so, julia, let me ask you this. we, of course, are getting these reports this morning. cnn had another report that the russians thought they were passing information around in their intel community, that they thought they had financial information they could use to leverage trump in his inner circle. i want to ask you, when you hear these reports from russian intel agencies back and forth, that we intercept, how

national economic council director gary cohn made the remark en route to cicely yesterday. about the administration's position on russian sanctions, cohn said, quote, i think the president is looking at it. right now we don't have the position, adding the president has many options. >> i don't know how many options. bob costa, he doesn't have any options when it comes to lifting russian sanctions. john mccain and others in the senate have said they'll codify it if the president makes a move that way. what was cohn talking about yesterday? >> cohn was doing what most advisers do. the president doesn't have a firm position on these hot button issues and don't want to stake out a position he's not comfortable with. they leave it vague. they're not saying he's ruling it out or moving forward with it. the white house -- i was there last night. they're quite sensitive when it comes to u.s./russia policy with jared kushner, the senior adviser, now being reported as someone who is a person of interest in the russian probe. other people in the white house are somewhat alarmed the wa