tillerson. mr. tillerson has very, very narrow experience. he's been minister since 2004.opelessly unmatched levels there. also, the operations. the kremlin team, for all its flaws, for all its corruption, is a team that's been working more or less successfully now for a considerable amount of time whereas the white house operation is, shall we say, clearly got teething problems, still. >> new to the game, i think we could say that. ben, every u.s. president or everyone in modern history has tried to reset relations with russia. we saw it with george w. bush trying to look into the eyes and soul of vladimir putin at the beginning of his administration to find he was brutish later on. obama tried to reset relations with med ef and was not able to do so. they had a frosty relationship. everybody wants to make sure two super nuclear powers can get along. do you think it's something donald trump can change or is he in for the same rude awakening everyone before him experienced? >> what you are looking at here is the first western leader to try to establish a close partnership

tillerson said. >> this is our first indication of the u.s.in syria, and as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in syria that we can continue to work together on to deescalate the areas and violence once we defeat isis. and to work together towards a political process that will secure the future of the syrian people. >> joining us is retired admiral john kirby, cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona, and robert ford. admiral, how significant is this cease-fire that the u.s. and russia reached common ground on this? >> it's certain hi good news, john. any cease-fire that can put into effect is good for the syrian people. but the devil is in the details. when asked about the details, secretary tillerson didn't have a lot. when it comes to who is going to monitor this, how is it going to be enforced? number two, it's in southwest syria. again, any cease-fire in syria is a good thing. but that is an area of syria where there isn't a whole heck of a lot of fighting and certainly not a lot of isis.

i have no doubt that secretary tillerson's account of the meeting is what secretary tillerson hoped would happen, but it's hard to believe president trump reserved the only time he would formally raise russian meddling in our electio elections, because even yesterday he was raising doubts about it. so it's hard to believe tillerson's account of the meeting. >> to be fair, there were lots of questions as to whether president trump would raise this at all, and apparently he began the meeting by doing so. as ambassador to the i.c.e., you blame him on many functions. does that carry weight without hearing many of the district acti active. . >> after the russians have attempt to undermine our, the americans were cited by fewer than a hundred votes and propaganda and active measures reached tens of million americans. i have no doubt the russian intelligence services think their operation in our election was the most successful russian spy operation since the end of the cold war. it's absolutely critical that the president raise this. we should give him no special credit for raising it. it's the

president tillerson -- secretary tillerson: we will continue those discussions and ask them to do more. russia does have economic activity with north korea, but i would also hasten to add russia's official policy is the same as ours, a denuclearize d dream peninsula. there is a difference in terms of you around tactics, and so we will continue to work with them to see if we cannot persuade them as to the urgency that we see. i think with respect to china, what our spirits with china has been and i have said this to others, it has been a bit uneven. china has taken significant for a, and then i think lot of different reasons, they paused and did not take additional action. they have taken some steps, and then they pause. and -- paused. there are a lot of explanations for why those pauses occur, that we remain very closely engaged with china, both through our dialogues that have occurred face to face, but also on the telephone. we speak very frequently with them about the situation in north korea. so there is a clear understanding between the two of us of our intent, and i think the sanc

and rex tillerson had to effectively admit that. what i think probably happened if i had to put 20 bucks down, why is lavrov correct? putin pushed back and said it never happened and i didn't do it and i expect there is no response. >> you pointed out this went over two hours and it was intented to be less than an hour. and this is ancillary to the and putin who was standing up to syria and came out and potentially interfering in the elections and came out of this as a more legitimatized leader by virtue of the fact that the president of the united states sat down with him one-on-one for more than two hours. robert: we have to move forward and have this intract i believe disagreement. tillerson is underscoring there may be no resolution. >> there may be no resolution but this is a divisive political issue and something they worry about in the 2018 and 2020 elections. and the intelligence communities have come back and said there was interference and there isn't a need to relegitimate but look at the security measures that the united

secretary tillerson: no, we have not given up hope. in an approach like we are using, and i call it the peaceful pressure campaign, this is a campaign to lead us to a peaceful resolution, because if this fails, we do not have good options left. so it is a peaceful pressure campaign, and it is one that requires calculated increases in pressure, allow the regime to respond to that pressure, and it takes a little time to let these things happen. you know, you enact the pressure, and it takes time for that work through. it will take patience to allow this to move along, but when we talk about our strategic patience, what we mean is, we are not going to sit idly by and will follow this all the way to its conclusion. >> mr. secretary, you just mentioned the dprk. we know china and russia recently say they asked north korea to freeze the nuclear activities, and also they asked the u.s. to stop the deployment of our systems. so, did president putin bring up his consent the deployment of our system, and what is the expectation of president trum

now, according to rex tillerson, who is of course speaking from the u.s. point of view here, in terms of how that meeting played out, president trump brought this up at the very top of this meeting, that this was a lengthy exchange, and that vladimir putin simply denied that russia meddled in last year's election. as a matter of fact, according to secretary of state tillerson, the russians demanded proof. vladimir putin wanted proof that his country had meddled in last year's election. that proof was apparently not provided during this meeting. it's interesting to note, brooke, as we're getting some initial reporting out of rex tillerson and sergey lavrov, his russian counterpart, talking to reporters after this meeting, sergey lavrov apparently told reporters after this meeting that president trump accepted vladimir putin's claim of non-interference in last year's election. brooke, i just talked to a senior administration official in the last few minutes who says, no, president trump did not accept vladimir putin's claim of noninterference, and so there i

so, again, this -- i talked to secretary tillerson last night. the president called me yesterday or the day before. he called me saturday night, you know, i mean, this is -- they're very aware of all that's happening and very aware that this is going to be law, and very, very soon. we've got, as you and i talked back stage, a little work to do. >> host: let me ask you about the tightening up of the legislation. this was originally proposed, as i'm sure many in our audience know, it also included sanctions against north korea and iranian behavior and that he were wrapped together with sanctions on russia. and, senator, you suggested that that may be changed now in the final version. maybe you could explain the decision. >> yes. >> host: to strip it out. >> so it went over as a russia-iran package and sat in the house for a period of time. and then we began discussions about some of the issues that needed to be resolved. and these, again, were all small, but they mattered and we had a really good negotiation with them. at the end of the day, they d

tillerson to sergey lavrov. mr. tillerson has very narrow experience, whereas mr. lavrov has been russian foreign minister since 2004, dealing and jousting diplomatically with pretty much all of the bright young things and the most experienced diplomats the west could throw at him in that period. so we've got the americans here, hopelessly outmatched. and that's something that putin is going to be very cognizant of. >> but perhaps the u.s. knew that going in. and maybe they wanted to try to take president putin by surprise in mentioning the russian meddling out of the gate. again, how do you think president putin interpreted that reference? >> this would only be speculation, but from what we are hearing from the meeting, it sounds like a perfunctory mention of it was made for domestic political purposes in the united states to get it out of the way and to get the kind of media coverage that is being generated now, that makes it look as if the united states is being tough towards putin without actually taking any serious geopolitical or financial rebuttal towards hi

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tillerson didn't mention those topics. and we don't know if trump brought up new information that russians are thought to be behind a hack with a dozen nukelnuk nuclear plants. remember it was just 24 hours ago that the president himself representing the united states on on foreign soil in a joint press conference questioned whether or not russia was behind the cyberattack against our democracy. and according to secretary tillerson, the president seems eager to put the hacking story behind him. >> i think the president at this point he pressed him and then felt like at this point let's talk about how do we go forward. >> but how do we go forward and who do we believe, the kremlin or the white house? the trump administration is handling the president's speech in warsaw yesterday for its strong defense of the west and its values. but if he doesn't stand up to putin about russia's interference is does that speech then become just talk. and because this president repeatedly refuses to accept what everyone else in the governmen

more from secretary of state tillerson. he spoke to reporters this past week about the issue of human trafficking, putting china on that list as well. here's more from foggy bottom. >> human trafficing is as old as humankind, regretfully. it's been with us for centuries and centuries. but in the expression of this act, as i read that one line to you, it is our hope that the 21st century will be the last century of human trafficking, and that's what we are all committed to. [applause] regrettably, our challenge is enormous. today globally it's estimated there are 20 million victims of human trafficking. so clearly we have a lot of work to do and governments around the world have a lot of work to do. host: national review saying is nikki haley the alternative secretary of state? here's this tweet from franklin, who cares who is secretary of state, donald trump is destroying the united states of america. and there's a new survey of about 1,000 americans, the headline, the u.s. image suffers as the public -- around the world qu

tillerson has a heavy lift. -- comply with. tillerson has a heavy lift. —— and comply with.resident and is he ready to push the saudis as hard as he clearly publicly prepared to push the kuwait he's? tillerson needs to know whether or not the saudis and qataris are ready to do a deal and whether or not the president is prepared to help him create the kind of leverage that is required to get a deal. one additional point, mike, evenif a deal. one additional point, mike, even if they do get a deal, some package of steps that de—escalate, a monitoring mechanism on terror financing, alterations injaziri's programming, expulsion of terror elements from qatar, this is not over. the saudis and the king, could be king of saudi arabia for half a century, and he is determined to cut the qataris down to size. even if tillerson succeeds, it at best a temporary fix. the saudis have long been accused of what they are accusing qatar and the united states has a big military stake in qatar, what are the chances of a resolution that somehow settles all this down? i think over time, again timin

secretary tillerson: no, we have not given up hope. in an approach like we are using, and i call it the peaceful pressure campaign, this is a campaign to lead us to a peaceful resolution, because if this fails, we do not have good options left. so it is a peaceful pressure campaign, and it is one that requires calculated increases in pressure, allow the regime to respond to that pressure, and it takes a little time to let these things happen. you know, you enact the pressure, and it takes time for that work through. it will take patience to allow this to move along, but when we talk about our strategic patience, what we mean is, we are not going to sit idly by and will follow this all the way to its conclusion. >> mr. secretary, you just mentioned the dprk. we know china and russia recently say they asked north korea to freeze the nuclear activities, and also they asked the u.s. to stop the deployment of our systems. so, did president putin bring up his consent the deployment of our system, and what is the expectation of president trum

according to tillerson, the president pushed putin on that topic. let's watch him. >> the president opened the meeting with president putin by raising the concerns of the american people regarding russia's interference in the 2016 election. they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. the president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian involvement. president putin denied such involvement, as i think he has in the past. the two leaders agreed though that this is a substantial hindrance in the ability of us to move the russian-u.s. relationship forward. >> secretary tillerson said the russians also asked for evidence and ultimately the president determined it was important to, quote, go forward with other matters. for his part, the russian foreign minister lavrov said the president accepted that he didn't interfere in the election. watch. >> translator: president trump has said that he has heard clear declarations from mr. putin that russian government has not interfered in the elections, and he accepts the

and rex tillerson is brief reporters right now. the would us is not allowing that briefing to be broadcast live on camera. an audio-only feed of that, jim, and highlights and tidbits as they come out. no question, the big headline out of the summit, president trump, despite his own expressed reservations on this issue of russian meddling in last year's election did broach subject, did press vladimir putin on this subject during a very long meeting, jim. >> and i should remind, should note to viewers what we're watching here. pictures of the musical performance for the g-20 leaders there. you see angela merkel. we saw president trump earlier speaking with the newly elected french president macron as they await dinner, which will follow this. jim acosta, while i have you here, to put a finer point on this, yesterday president of the united states traveling in europe, raises questions about his own intelligence agency's judgment. that it was russia, that directed these attacks. president trump raising the possibility of others. even t

in this case, it was trump, tillerson and a translator. york times" has a source today saying that tillerson was stunned at the way that trump handled this. let's get this out of the way. let me ask you about the meddling. other trump aides are spinning it, saying trump was very tough when it came to this subject matter. we have him in his own words for the first time addressing this. it is notable. you normally have an event on camera where a president talks about his meetings at g20. now confirm bid cnn and other outlets is another previously unreported meeting between one of trump's aides, allies and russian. paul manafort had a meeting with a russian lawyer that had time thais to the kremlin. they only recently disclosed it in government filings. they're saying this is mostly about adoption but there are a lot of questions about this meeting and what other meetings may have taken place before election day. it's another example of how news coverage of this issue continues, how russian meddling is very much an ongoing story, not to menti

tillerson said president assad has no future in syria. i think that was an important statement to be made during the g20. what we need to do now is see whether we can in fact have a cease fire in place that leads to direct negotiations so that we can end the civil war and concentrate on our battle against isis. but we need a government in syria that represents all the communities and clearly president assad has no future in syria. >> senator cardin, thanks very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. good to be with you. thank you. >> we again want to show you live pictures of the situation really alarming situation on the streets of hamburg, germany. police and protesters clashing there, sometimes violently. we're going to have more on this and other stories right after this. a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home... ...with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. neulasta helps reduce infection risk by boosting your white blood cell count,

tillerson said syria was a major topic in that meeting. we learned about a limited cease-fire between the u.s. and russia although there's skepticism about what impact that will have. was there anything else you heard coming out of today that's a headline that you think is important. >> i don't think that one meeting is going to change the character of the tension between the united states and russia. the reality is that the relationship is moving south. it's moving south for a very substantive reasons. i think secretary tillerson posed the right question, is there a path forward. the reality after today even with the meeting is the road forward will be a rocky one. there's not a consensus on what to do about ukraine even with the limited cease-fire. russia and the united states and iran have vastly different visions of what the future of syria should look like and even if they talked about north korea, russia has very few levels, nothing paralleling china in terms of how to put pressure on pyongyang. this was a meeting with low expectatio

rex tillerson said mr. putin denied involvement in the election, as he has in the past, and asked americans for proof. a familiar diversionary tactic by russians caught red-handed. there is no indication mr. trump demanded responsibility or promise to will not happen again." do you think the president took it seriously enough? guest: it is hard to know what is in the president's mind. going back to secretary tillerson's point, if you have a putin denying what everyone knows to be true, when you beat a dead horse or get something done or progress is possible. host: we are talking with herman americanof the foreign-policy counsel about president trump's first g-20 summit. death from brunswick, maine. -- beth from brunswick, maine. caller: i know my time is short. i will try to keep it limited. trump is definitely a derelict and not fit to be president of this country. one man was correct by saying he is selling our country out. i hope everyone enjoyed their independence day because if we stay on this path, th

tillerson is not denying lavrov's account. he's sort of staying silent on the question of whether or not trump accepted his denial or not. he's not de -- i mean, i know we have peters reporting and there's no reason to question it. but it's not clear from tillerson who again is the only white house official who was in the room, it's not clear from tillerson's public comments that trump didn't accept putin's denial. is it? >> no i think your point is very important. if tillerson is denying it, then he should come out and say that, or issue a clarifying statement and that would be very interesting if we're now in a he said/he said situation. but my guess is that you find some way of squaring this circle. these are very skillful diplomats both of them. they're careful with words and there's a way to square it. but your other point is an important one, which is to say why didn't putin -- why wasn't he pressed further by trump? well, trump gave us the answer himself it seems to me in the news conference in poland. even donald trump

tillerson, and always for sergei lavrov. and this does sflog fierce cold war atmosphere that has been whipping around us for so long. especially whipping around us on cable news programs. >> the idea of meddling, which is this word that keeps coming up. there is an interesting statement that tillerson said, we sort of agreed not to meddle in each other's internal affairs. and this has been something both the chinese and the russians have been laser focused on. the u.s. should keep its mouth shut about anything happening internalfully russia. and that seemed to me like a takeaway for putin. something that he has long sought. >> i feel like that is a pretty standard response when it comes to russian politics. they like to point to what the united states has done. whether it be meddling and other countries. electoral processes, regime change, things like that. so this was an opportunity for russia to say the same thing. i'm surprised that trump brought up the election tracking issue on. one hand, you have to realize that no mat

did he say -- >> tillerson says he brought it up a number of times. think that he would have said didn't happen would be enough. if he, did did he say, i told you it didn't happen? this is a little high school again involving trump and bringing up that attack on john podesta. we just had him on the road trim out west. it is childish. >> he tweeted in the morning, blaming the victim. >> blaming podesta for being he hacked by the russians. >> and the day before, he said nobody is really sure who did it. so that fish, the vivid fish you have on the table, trump doesn't want to eat it either. trump is vest in the continuing to deny if not obscure that russia hacked the election. if he admits it, it casts a shadow on his victory over hillary clinton and he would have to do something about it. i think he did bring it up. his aide. you'll look like a weak guy if you don't but then he was happy to drop it. >> you look at all the man spreading. i've never seen guys sit like that. like they're both trying to be jocks. i've never seen a meeting last so long and

now, ladies and gentlemen, secretary of state rex tillerson. [applause] secretary tillerson: thank you so much, susan, and thank you to you all for joining us. i want to thank senator corker from the senate foreign relations committee, who is here with us this morning. thank you. this really illustrates the dedication to combating human trafficking and the commitment of our country that we have this joint effort under way across the entire united states government, and i also want to thank ambassador coppage -- for heror coppedge 16-year career devoted to this issue. [applause] tillerson: i also know that she does not do this alone. we are thankful to her staff and many state department colleagues in our cities and consulate offices who help with the preparation of this report, but more importantly, they encourage governments to progress their efforts to combat human trafficking. finally, i want to recognize the survivors of human trafficking as well as representatives of and international organizations with us here today. thank you for being h

clearly, secretary of state rex tillerson was prepared for this meeting, obviously a lot of work was done before hand, i think we have the news about the ukrainian envoy now, that is big news, and certainly not welcome news for russia, in that the envoy is a former ambassador to nato, and lastly, i think one thing that is not being touted too much is secretary mnuchin said that during economic discussions, that north korea would discuss at length and that they made progress, that clearly is a signal that sanctions are on the table, some sort of treasury, economic sanctions, and we're trying to get europe on board, probably briefing the russians as well, but clearly we are seeing progress all the way around. this was prepared. >> melissa: yeah, that's a great one, because maybe not everyone in the audience understands that if he is in charge of that, so that is where he would be bringing that up, negotiating them, understand the details of them, you know, the meeting was supposed to go urgently and only a half-hour, but it went two hours, rex tillerson was asked there about the length

tillerson did not answer the question. he called the meeting a good start and constructive. >> the two leaders i would say connected very quickly. there was a very clear positive chemistry between the two. i think again and i think the positive thing i observed and i had many, many meetings with president putin before. there was not a lot of relitigating of the past. >> delighted to meet you personally, mr. president. >> reporter: though the initial meetings for the cameras were stiff. tillerson said there was so much to talk about. it was difficult to stop the meeting. after an hour, the first lady came into the room asking if they wanted to wrap up, but the discussion went on. syria being the focus. they were able to announce agreement between russia and the united states on a cease-fire in southwest syria on wednesday. and on the cyber issue, agreement to discuss the framework and commitments to not interfere. clearly, there remains a big gap in approach. >> how do you deter him from acting in that way in the future? wh

and from what we learned from secretary tillerson, it was tillerson and the two presidents and sergey lavrov in the room. and tillerson came a short time after the meeting con sclcluded talk to reporters about what went on. and he described that the president began their interaction raising the issue of cyberhacking interference, russian espionage into the election. and raising that issue right out of the gate. that may be surprising to some given the consequences it has had on the election and the political fortunes of the president. also talking about areas of commonalty with respect to syria for example where it appears that they have reached some limited agreements on some joint operations related to the humanitarian aid, also enforcing a no-fly zone, more details on that to be fort comin forthcomi finding a small picture where they can work together. on north korea, there remain disagreements on how to proceed on that. and when this g-20 is done, north korea may still be the largest threat and global problem leaders like president trump and others will have to deal with. but to g

the white house did not put secretary of state rex tillerson on camera.m them. and lavrov won the day especially in the first hour or two hours after the meeting. there really hasn't been that much agreement on that meeting since then. i think the white house was pretty pleased with how the meeting went. they liked the personal enter ashgszs that donald trump and vladimir putin had together. they bragged about the fact that the meeting was longer than planned. melania trump came in to try to break it up but they went on for another hour. that really was the agreement. the major question going forward what actually happened in that meeting and did president trump actuallial agree with russian president vladimir putin's explanation on hacking. >> dan merica, thank you for reporting today. >>> a major event is about to take place in antarctica. a giant iceberg. the larsen ice shield. i'm sure you heard about it, seen pictures. derek is going to tell you what's going on when we come back. minimize blood sugar spikesp you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday

tillerson saying they will leave eventually.nant of their policy here. >> of course every leader will leave eventually. you know, also tonight, nick, you are aware international forces have been tightening their grip around the isis declared capital of raqqa. what is the situation there? >> it is extraordinary how fast the progress seems to be in the outskirts of raqqa. the area we went through today to travel through the old city, about three or four kilometers that drew and backed by u.s. air power and at some point distance artillery, too. that seemed to fall in the last three weeks or so. it was the last few days that a coalition air strike punch twod holes in the inshent wall. that itself is a dense area. but those backed forces have pushed quite quickly into the old city. about three or four hundred meters inside so far. so the part of raqqa is about one-and-a-half miles across as far as we can tell by some of the maps we saw. that isn't particularly big at all. yes, it is a very dense urban area they told. they are slowed

tillerson was the only other administration official present. the encounter began on an awkward note, russian interference on the 2016 u.s. election. the two leaders' differences on the issue may be intractable, tillerson said, in a briefing where cameras were not allowed. ov reporter: but russian foreign minister sergey lavrov described things differently in an on camera briefing. [speaking russian] lavrov said mr. trump accepted putin's denials, and told him some americans are fueling vrories of russian meddling. ale u.s. intelligence communities concluded with high confidence that russian hackers were responsible. putin asked mr. trump for proof. the two leaders also agreed to cooperate in war-torn syria. tillerson announced a limited cease fire in the southwest of the country, but admitted that key details were still being negotiated. >> reporter: an ongoing sticking kiint, russia's continued support for syrian dictator bashar al-assad, whose regime rrried out a saran gas attack in april. it was that deadly attack on civilians which led pres

tillerson said yesterday, secretary of state rex tillerson, said that the u.s. cannot -- syria cannot be internationally recognized if assad is still in power. how they get on the same page in syria is still a big question. >> yes. especially when putin backs assad. elies athe issue of this -- eliza, the issue of this trump/putin meeting because there weren't more credible people attending the bilateral meeting of putin and trump, there have so many unanswered questions about what happened behind closed doors for 2.5, 2 hours, 20 minutes. we're getting different versions of what was and wasn't said. where does this go from here with tillerson saying it was discussed, russia pushing back saying, no, this wasn't discussed. and trump accepted putin's explanation of not being involved? >> well, i think this is kind of a continuation of what we've had before. we had the russians saying we did not meddle. this is fake news. this is made up. and then trump kind of saying they didn't, maybe they did. it was obama's fault, all sorts of different things. it's just a conti

tillerson also said the u.s.ts, it was implied that trust and russia expect, that president assad will leaves as part of a transition and that the assad family will leave power as this transition moves forward. just been in syria two weeks ago, and what's of course si that there is movement with the u.s. and russia working together toward deacon politics, deescalation and identification, different parts of the country where th can be truth in effect, people stand down, that's real and it's been happening for weeks, and the reason that i have some confidence that this may have legs is because they've been testing it, you know, one that you could for the last three weeks, the agreement on the southwest, was reached about a week ago. they've been watching to see when it holds. when it held, they've decided to announce it. >> dickerson: what's your take? >> and negotiated by american diplomats, not necessarily in that room, between the two heads of state, but what i think is interesting here is it's been presented as

the other side, tillerson, saying, no, he didn't accept it.just wanted to move on because it was intractable. that's where the conflict is. before that point where they agree, that conflict doesn't help anybody back on capitol hill, particularly not the democrats who wanted him to go in there and really fight against putin on this. so in other words whether he accepted it or moved on because he didn't think the conversation was going to go anywhere doesn't matter in the minds of a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill who wanted the tone to be much harsher, to drive home the point nobody expected putin to say, yes, i did it. i hacked your election. this was ridiculous to think he was going to come out and concede that. just the tone of the conversation and trump's willingness to move on, sounds like quickly, away from that is not doing to make a lot of people on capital headline happy. >> complete denial of no, you silly american, with a wink and a smile. and you're humiliating your selves. that's what we get out of russia. >> great to see you. pre

we saw the markets rallied on rex tillerson's visit.t shows the market believes there will be a solution that will not be too far off. dubai and abuhe dhabi markets were the best performers in the region, but qatar was close behind, saudi eating the last. all of them rally. all of them rallied. the markets believe that there will be a solution and it is not too far off. tracy: i wanted to press you on that point. do think investors are starting to get more used to the new normal in the gulf? i think they see it as a friends and family. the markets reacted initially with a little bit of fear, that recovered quickly. now, when see right you can see the adults in the room, in the white house, are coming over, and it is their policy to should be six sooner rather than later, i think -- should be fixed sooner rather than later, i think the markets reacted. yousef: in the market, this is firmly a u.s. reconciliation trade. we could see selloff, so investors locking in as we went into the trading day today. beio: i agree that it could just tak

one, that the most important voice that we could hear from is not rex tillerson. it's the president of the united states. and i think that's sort of allude to what i was saying before. i want to hear from the president what he said to vladimir putin and how he's holding the russian president and the russian government accountable for the meddling in the election. we just have not heard that and i think the american people deserve to hear that. but i also laugh at the issue of going vigorously going after voter fraud because i think that is really engaging in voter intimidation. but, you know, maybe that's just something on my part. >> julian, german chancellor angela merkel, she held a press conference and weighed in on the u.s. role at the g-20. listen. >> you are familiar with the american position, you know that unfortunately an i deplore this, the united states of america left the climate agreement or announced their intention of doing this. so what becomes clear in this declaration is the dissenting view of the united states, but i am very gratified to note t

tillerson said the session lasted one more hour. outside the summit meeting, protesters clogged streets and sparked violence, which kept mrs. trump from attending a women's meeting on violence later in the day. mr. trump met with his counterparts like angela merkel and president macron. it overshadowed the summit meeting with putin, clouded even more by domestic politics. so, pamela, now that this first meeting is out of the way between the two biggest leaders, the big question is what happens next? what happens in future meetings between them? they did raise the idea of election interference and said they would work together to diminish cyber attacks. the question, though, by the president not saying this is a top concern for him, how much will vladimir putin actually be invested in trying to fix this? i think the idea of any type of a major change here is probably not that likely. but on syria, that is a major development here that happened in that meeting today, but again, pamela, this is the beginning of their relationship. we'l

is tillerson can somehow make that, good luck. heard from the turkish deputy prime minister. the fact is the regional players are taking active steps to shape this negotiation in a way that is advantageous to their interests. how does that obligate the negotiations? -- complicate pboc asians? -- complicate the negotiations? guest: i am that sure what that might mean in practice, but the idea that somehow the saudis and are going to dictate to the turks their foreign policy, it really almost beggars belief. you can imagine that some of these parties would try to make some sort of quiet approach. the real problem, i think, is it is not -- i don't think it is a situation where tillerson can go along and say to the countries that to the qataris -- to the qataris, why don't you do this and that? almost all of it is unbelievably unreasonable. peter, if you were a betting man, how long is this going to take to fix? guest: i really don't know. i would think months rather than days. be -- theys got to have got to moderate their demands or

tillerson is taking a middle approach. to the point of throwing their hands up or drives them further apart, has yet to be seen. it does seem the saudi's have been emboldened. tillerson is both trying to positions different within the groups, but also doing a rearguard action to make sure he's not undermining his own president. manus: thank you very much. how are bloomberg national security reporter traveling with rex tillerson in kuwait city. general's head of economic. rex tillerson has no small job on his plate. as a court economist, when you look at the state of the world, political risks are rising over potential economic slowdown. what should worry the markets the potential for political explosion versus a new normal in growth? >> what has been interesting is when you look at metrics like economic uncertainty, you have seen for some time, even looking at europe, there has been high political uncertainty, yet the real economy has continued to perform quite well. one challenge for investors is if you are going in on ec

and secretary of state tillerson is a, you know, consummate professional.pletely prepared and made certain that donald trump was completely prepared. but more importantly, i think it's the fact that the u.s. team would have sat across from them with an actual agenda. the only way that russia wins is when u.s. walks away and leaves a vacuum and gives them the ability to do meddling and to do aggressiveness. as long as the united states is filling that vacuum, strengthening our allies, indicating that we're going to stand strong -- which donald trump is doing in rebuilding our military and working with our allies -- russia certainly becomed diminished. david: and you're right about tillerson, he doesn't take gruff from anybody. one of this happy talk, just serious, straight-on on stuff. mike turner from ohio, great to see you, congressman. >>> meanwhile, anti-capitalist protests erupting in hamburg for a second day as venezuela is learning the hard way the dangers of going too far left. liz macdonald and charlie gasparino joining us. liz, you and i know venez

china is someone we need to bring on board according to rex tillerson. we're seeing that rex tillerson is saying that eventually bashar al al-assad will not have a future in syria. that was another topic addressed in today's meeting. stocks are rebounding up 100 points after better than expected jobs report. investor are feeling a little more confident here that our economy is getting back on track. take a look at that, everyone. very good jobs report. we'll talk about all this coming up in the next hour. i'm trish regan. welcome to "the intelligence report." president trump an vladmir putin speaking behind closed doors for over two hours. where the leaders reached a agreement for ceasefire in southwest syria starting sunday. this is is the first meeting. already they're working out a few of their differences. we'll see whether it lasts. we are talking to retired four-star general jack keane about all of it. violent anti-capitalist protests breaking out on streets of germany again today. guess who plans to join these protests? you will appreciate this on

amy: so that was tim kaine questioning rex tillerson. he just received a lifetime achievement award in turkey. certainly, the u.s. was isolated and g20 when it came to trump having pulled out of the climate accord. but you are making this your point,, are you saying are the other countries any better? if so, what countries do you think are taking the right path when it comes to climate change? >> look him i think a lot of these other countries are better in word, if not yet in deed. it is important, but it is also a crisis of immense proportions. we can't just be talking about taking climate action anymore. we have to be taking climate action. even germany's government, with chancellor merkel at the helm, has been providing more finance to fossil fueled and clean energy. these are countries were justin merkel, thatla lofty rhetoric about climate chanange, he other public finane is still, the bulk of it is going into fossil fuels rather than clean energy. that is something that needs to change immediately. amy: and the significance of til

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rex tillerson was doing business with russia prior to becoming secretary of state.npresident degraded our fbi director. and we know that the stories have now come out of what happened in the meeting. who is telling the fake news? it is amazing the christian base thatupport lies and hatred has permeated our country and call themselves christians. and that it split the country and have. -- in half and this meeting further proves that as a christian nation, we has -- as a non-right-wing christian i am appalled by what people call christianity. host: springfield, virginia, republican line, what are your thoughts about the meeting between president trump and president putin? caller: i founded positive. -- i found it positive. this is a fantastic opportunity that our president of the united states has a chance to meet mr. putin. at the same time, people sometimes call him racist but people against him are racist. we have to forget why we have to go and think like mr. trump said, let's do the best for america. let's find the positive reasons and be positive. do not be nega

and he also sent rex tillerson to ukraine. mr. tillerson just arrived in kiev. pro-russian separatists have been fighting for control of eastern ukraine for more than three years now. tillerson's arrival comes just days after mr. trump met with the russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. mr. putin insisted both the u.s. president and then to reporters that moscow did not meddle in last year's election. listen. >> translator: opposition is welle known and i repeated it, there is no basis for thinking that russia interfered in the election process. what is important is that we agreed that the uncertainty on these matters cannot exist especially in the future. >> mr. putin there speaking. nic robertson has more now on the meeting between president and president putin and where u.s. relations with russia and other western powers may go from here. >> reporter: on that contentious issue of what was it that was said between president trump and president putin, president putin in his press conference said that he thinks that president trump accepted his ans