tom donilon has met with putin before. he knows exactly what is at stake, and the former national security adviser will pass along his wisdom to you tonight. so you know who was stunned by the news of the invite? the head of u.s. intelligence, dan coats. he didn't know about it. he was informed on the stage by a journalist. you will not want to miss his reaction. >>> and with all the concerns raised by the red menace that is russia, trump had the audacity, the unmitigated gall, to say the real enemy to america is a free press. attacking a signature american freedom? not on our watch. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> all right. so president trump and the white house once again walking back something he said in the aftermath of helsinki. the third reversal this week. now he finally agrees that handing over american diplomats to russia is a bad idea, and apparently the summit went so well, the white house is planning round two even if nobody told the director of national intelligence. this is where we are tonight. joi

challenged on the final day so all we have to do today was maintain his lead of a second place tom donilon and as we're about to see the welshman held his no. the moment current thomas has dreamed of the tour de france title is as good as his thomas produced another excellent display in the penultimate stage the finish the time trial in third place and crucially retained a lead of almost two minutes in the general classification. to do on the biggest stage of all. over three weeks. since a. time trial world champion tom to milan won the stage an outcome that keeps the dutchman in second place overall. he finished narrowly ahead of chris froome the four time tour de france champion has had a difficult few weeks but will at least end up on the podium in paris but barring a disaster it's his team sky colleague thomas who will take his crown as the holder of road cycling's most prestigious title. so thomas likings that for a victory there he's competed before but we've never really heard his name in contention to win what do you do right this year where he's always been more of a supporting cy

tom donilon has met with putin before.tly what is at stake, and the former national security adviser will pass along his wisdom to you tonight. so you know who was

tom donilon has met with putin before.t stake, and the former national security adviser will pass along his wisdom to you tonight. so you know who was stunned by the news of the invite? the head of u.s. intelligence, dan coats.

time to loud ways with two or neither daring thomas and competition favorites chris froome and tom donilon trained behind crocheted held on to his legion to have his course just three and a half kilometers from the finish. and with the end almost in sight for amanda woman but they both gave up on winning the stage even just five riders in the race for victory i promise made a final attack at the last corner sprinting to the finish line for his second consecutive tour stage when. i miss rice is so hot and you never know how the body reacts and like i said yesterday. i'm still right a firm a firm is still a man. like i said you know is out there are three weeks of living a dream that stands thomas' lead over teammate and captain fruen to one minute thirty nine seconds. as a reminder of the top story this hour israel has passed i highly controversial law that explicitly defines a country as the jewish national homeland looks like a protest from arab lawmakers by minister benjamin netanyahu called the low i defining moment for scientists. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the judge