. >> i want to play some sound from our global affairs analyst kimberly dozier who had thoughts on thiser: we had both george w. bush and president barack obama thinking that russia and the united states could reach some sort of cooperative arrangement on things like counterterrorism, but every time, according to the officials that i've spoken to who dealt with russia in the past, that they were near to what they thought was a good give and take. russia would sort of use that relationship to get one over on them. so they worry that this is what trump is going to get, convinced to do, enter into some sort of partnership where it's one-sided. >> that is kimberly dozier and our own victor blackwell yesterday. when you hear the word "partnership" as she says, what could of partnership ma putwill try to establish with this president? >> that is a key question and we should realize there is not a viable partnership that can be formed when it comes to syria, for example, and when it comes to ukraine. putin's interests are not -- they don't align with our interests. and as the commentator said

kimberly dozier, thank you. nick paton walsh as well.reciate it. >>> coming up, the pope and president trump stepping in to the middle of the dispute surrounding a terminally ill baby in london. what the vatican is offering to the parents. next. >>> the heartbreaking story of a british infant garnered worldwide attention including that of president trump and pope francis. little charlie gard, the right to die with dignity amongst other rights. give us background on this and how the president and the pope became involved? >> reporter: brianna, a painful story and hits really the country's top pediatricians, a range of medical experts, all of whom submitted evidence to the british courts against two very desperate parents, and on the basis of medical ethics, medical science, they have all reached very different conclusions about what's in charlie's best interes interests. the tubes that keep him alive will be turned off soon. his parents' last hope, to take him to the states for highly experimental medical treatment, blocked by the british

. >> joining me now, senior national security correspondent for the daily beast kimberly dozier.ou for joining us. regardless of whether or not he's met vladamir putin or not or whether they contacted each other directly or indirectly, what does the president need to be prepared for here? >> he needs to be prepared for a charm offensive. for vladamir putin to say exactly what he wants to hear about things like counterterrorism cooperation, and also he needs to be ready for an ask of some sort that putin would offer something like increased cooperation in return for somewhere down the line donald trump's support in reducing the sanctions that have been leveled against moscow for its military interference in ukraine and its annexation of crimea. i reported that european officials believe that moscow thinks they go into this meeting with an advantage. but by now, surely president trump has heard that, so that will affect his attitude. you also have to remember right before this meeting at the g20, donald trump is stopping in poland. poland is a nato member and part of the missile de

we just had a kimberly dozier on in the past hour.ntioned some reporting out there that had picked up russian conversations about this expected meeting between the president and vladimir putin saying that it would likely go well for the russians. can you expand on that? do you know anything about the reports? >>> well, the u.s. is always listening into the russians. and the russians know they're listening in. one of the questions when you hear things like is did you hear something the russians wanted us to hear? to pick up on elise's point about how you prepare for these, the president and his aides might do well to read some of the history of president kennedy's first meet wgs cruise chev in 1961 europe. a huge period of tension with the soviet union. kennedy who was more experienced in foreign affairs given his time in the senate got beaten up in that meeting and learned hard lessons from it. and admitted right away to one of my predecessors at the times, scotty reston, that it had been a disastrous meeting. there is a lot of things