president obama is attending his first summit ever with russian president dmitry medvedev. we are moments away from a joint news conference. nuclear arms control is the first order of business. the two leaders have signed what is called a joint understanding to negotiate a new arms control treaty. the u.s. and russia control more than 90% of the nukes around the world. might emanuel. >> there's a nuclear arms agreement between the u.s. and russia which is due to expire soon. they have agreed to work on a deal in terms of a future nuclear arms agreement. the figure is between 1500 and 1675 deployed warheads. people are looking to see if the russians believe the cold war is over, if they agree to do this, that may suggest the russians are acknowledging that the cold war is over. jane: we are learning about an agreement on afghanistan. what is that? >> united states has asked russia for permission to fly over military troops and military equipment to afghanistan. obviously, a big push is under way. the u.s. is saying that russia is really helping out the effort because if it c

and dmitry medvedev is a very nice first lady. and as a first lady, he's very ceremonial. he's very cordial. >> he dresses well. >> he dresses well. he looks very put-together. he speaks well. so he's a good spirit lady for russia. only appropriate that we have a leader and then a man who is executing that position. >> and jim, do you think that putin's just sort of positioning himself to run again? >> i don't know about that. let's just take the present. he doesn't need to run again. he is in charge. if you look at what happened again before the summit, all the major decisions and the tricky ones, like conflict in georgia and whether we're going to go for the w.t.o. membership and not made by putin and made by medvedev. at the summit, the breakfast meeting between obama and putin was far more substantive than anything else that occurred, in terms of a discussion. and obama got the treat of his life in getting a one-hour lecture from putin on all their interests and thier criticisms and complaints. so i think there's no question about who's in -- also i was told the story

medvedev. when it returns after the 10 minute break. later today president obama will hold a town hall style meeting on health care. he will take questions from the audience and some online sites like youtube, facebook, and to order. live coverage from northern virginia community college at 1:15 eastern on c-span. until the gavel back in for the second session, at the heritage foundation, we will get headlines from this morning's "washington journal." host: this article in "vanity fair" on sarah palin is getting a lot of attention. the author begins by taking us to a 11th in indiana. -- to an event in indiana. the writing of this article goes on to say that michael steele introduces the special guest speaker as "the storm that is the hon. governor of the great state of alaska, sarah palin." he goes on to write that just for the storm is heading is one of the most intriguing issues. sarah palin was at once the sexiest and the riskiest brand in the republican party.

the president will meet with russian president dmitry medvedev later today. bill plante is traveling with the president and has more from moscow. bill, good morning. tell us more about this agreement. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. the president has said that he wants to reset u.s. relations with russia, and this treaty is one way to do it. it follows the start treaty, which expires at the end of this year. what they're going to announce today after their meeting, the two presidents, is a framework for cutting u.s. missile and russian missile -- i'm sorry. nuclear weapons down to about 1,500 each. the number is still uncertain. this is intended to be a show of good will. however, it's not quite that simple. there are still months of negotiations ahead, and the russians want to link the u.s. missile plans in czech republic and poland, intended to stop missiles from iran to this treaty, and the u.s. says no way. there's still a lot to talk about. michelle? >> bill, afghanistan is still expected to be a big topic between the two presidents. is it expected

for meetings with the russian president dmitry medvedev. the trip also includes stops in italy, ghana in africa. senior white house correspondent ed henry has a preview. >> reporter: the president's first stop here in moscow all about trying to warm up the u.s.-russian relationship which got down right chilly in the bush years because of tensions with then-president vladimir putin. mr. obama and top aides talking about hitting the reset button. so far in his outreach, the current russian president dmitry medvedev has been bearing some fruit, russia recently signing on to sanctions against north korea. both sides hoping this week to officially announce that russia has now agreed to allow u.s. military equipment to fly over russian territory, very important at a critical juncture in the war in afghanistan. both sides also hoping to announce this week cuts in nuclear arms. mr. obama appears to be trying to work through some of the sticking points by driving a bit of a wedge between medvedev and putin who's still around as prime minister. >> th

in a couple of interviews, president obama has said very complimentary things about dmitry medvedev and not so complimentary things about vladimir putin. in one he said putin has one way of thinking, the cold war. a prominent newspaper said that comment from president obama, he is playing a risky game and washington is interfering with russia's political life and stretching the kremlin to the breaking point. that is what putin is telling the obama administration, don't mess with me, because if you forget about me, you might be in trouble. expect a tense breakfast here in moscow. >>> leaving the white house tonight for his next foreign mission, a week long trip taking him to russia. >> julie: are you handing it over to me. he is going to italy and west africa. west african nation of ghana. focal point of the trip is g-78 in rome but the president's first stop will be -- g-8 in rome but the number one topic will be the north korea and russia and china and trying to de-arm north korea. >>> alaska governor sarah palin sudden resignation announcement and a facebook announcement by her is fan

medvedev the united states and russia announced a preliminary agreement on a deal to reduce the number of their nuclear weapons. the deal represents a step forward, a big one, in relations between the two countries, which had been set back by the russian invasion of georgia last summer. american/russian relations and the new arms that's our "lead focus" tonight. >>> appearing with russian president dmitry medvedev at the kremlin, president obama today announced a new era of cooperation between the two governments on nuclear arms reductions. >> as the world's two leading nuclear powers, the united states and russia must lead by example and that's what we're doing here today. >> the current start treaty is set to expire in december. the new proposed agreement would result in slashing the supply of nuclear warheads by up to a 1/3 as well as new verification measures. >> this is a very significant restart of the u.s./russian arms reduction process. >> tom collina is the director of research for the arms control association in washington, an advocacy group that supports nuclear arms control

and as president obama met with his russian counterpart dmitry medvedev and with prime minister vladimir putin. we're joined tonight. with james. and nin khrushcheva. associate professor at international affairs at the news school here in new york and granddaughter of the late soviet premier nikit a khrushchev. welcome to the two of you. assessing with how this summit went this week between the president and the russian leadership there. nina, how do you think it went? >> i think it went very well. there was a whole range of policy issues that two leaders agreed on. and even the meeting with the prime minister, now prime minister vladimir putin and barack obama went well. i mean there was no contest. >> a lot of people were looking at that, right? that was the crucial meeting. >> i thought it was a crucial meeting and it was very civil. it was very cordial. barack obama made a lot of effort to backtrack his earlier comment that vladimir putin is one foot in the cold war in the past. and another foot in the present. he said that, yes, he's -- >> is that a mistake? >> i thought it was a mi

. >>> president obama is now in moscow for talks with the russian president, dmitry medvedev. they are trying to repair strained u.s.-russia relations. and his trip will also include a visit with the pope in italy. >>> and the honduras president made an unsuccessful trip to return to honduras last night. the exsiled president is trying to recapture power after a military coup forced him out of the country. >>> let's stick around and find out from tom kierein what the weather is like. >> we had an unusually cool pattern. the high at reagan national was only 73 degrees. and at this hour, we are hitting the 70s wit bright sunshine and a blue sky. a few clouds popped up here. those clouds used to be fog. and then they evaporated and lifted up, and cooled and condensed and formed a cloud and it's passing to the west. and it's 76 in washington. mid-70s in montgomery and prince george's counties. and in southern maryland, right near the bay, temperatures in the mid-70s. bring field around the neighborhood networks at 76. and a comfortable 56. and when the dew points are in the 50s th

obama and dmitri medvedev signed a new pact. there was an attempted burglary in north carolina, and police say that the gun family to him to the serial killings in south carolina. the bankrupt tribune company has reached a deal to sell the chicago cubs. the price is said to be $900 million. the deal includes wrigley field, and a bankruptcy court must ok the sale. now, back to greta. greta: there could be so much money if the right people and handle michael jackson's estate the right way. a few hours ago, a judge made a decision -- if the right people handle michael jackson's estate the right way. who are the two co executors? >> one is the world's most recognizable music attorneys, and another is a friend of michael jackson. two really skilled, experienced individuals. greta: have they ever been executors before? >> to my knowledge, no, though one has done a lot of a state work. one has had experience in dealing with probate courts and with as states. greta: the actual business of running the estate could be immensely complicate

medvedev. mr. obama calls it leading by example. >> once you do that, then you've got an international community that is collectively focused on the issue so that when we approach north korea or iran, it is as a united front. >> reporter: the president also prodded this government-controlled nation to become more democratic. in a speech today he said governments that serve their own people survive, those that seven their own power do not. chip reid, cbs news, moscow. >> couric: and i'll be back with the music and magic of michael jackson. to a good breakfast. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte. medium macchiato, light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos. make one a double. she's fiber focused! i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate, hold the whip, and two espressos, one with a double shot. gonna take more than coffee to stay this focused. stay full and focused through the morning... with a breakfast of k

president obama will meet with russian president dmitri medvedev today. this is the first summit between u.s. and russian leaders in seven years. both leaders have expressed a desire to repair the relationship between the two nations and to cut nuclear arsenals. the current agreement is the 1991 arms control treaty. it expires in december. the president will also travel to italy and began a during his week long trip overseas. >>> the violence is escalating in afghanistan. this morning two civilians were killed in a bomb attack. 14 others were wounded. it happened outside the nato base in kandahar. the attack came as thousands of u.s. marines in a neighboring province mounted a major offensive against the taliban. police say a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near the gates of the airfield. >> after being chosen to receive tickets to michael jackson's memorial service, more than 17,000 lucky fans will be taking off work today. they need to pick up their coveted tickets and be fitted with a special wrist band. the measures are in place to prevent ticke

medvedev. you see a signing that looks the genel joint chiefs of staff. admiral mull is there. our savannah guthrie nfirmed russians willll ameran planes to fly or russia and supply our troops in afghanistan. a major announment today. i want toring in rhode island senior sator and member of the armed services committee, senator jack ed. good to se you. >>ood to see you, too, carlos. >> senator reed, what should we ho from this trip that prident barack obama has me to russia? are the significant things beyond thiafghanistan announcement we should expect to hear? >> i think the ahanistan announcement is a iticalone. it will help us to havemuiple lines of communicati and sulies into afghanistan at a critical moment whene're building our troop strength. in addition,as you've also discussed, carlos, the issue of the art treaty. they fured out numbers of reduion. , i think,is a significant issueship not ly in terms of russia andhe united states but al giving us additional levera as we sk to peuade nu

president dmitry medvedev opposes the u.s. scheme for a missile defense shield in europe. family diplomacy is under way with 8-year-old cash sasha obama and melia are keeping up with their parents. their mother calls this camp obama, a summer free of tv, filled with troubles, including this week, italy, the vatican, and west africa. >>> former defense secretary robert mcnamara has died. he died in his sleep at his home in the district early this morning. the 93-year-old served as secretary of defense during the vietnam war under presidents kennedy and johnson. he was vilified for his role in the vietnam war and later devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations. >>> the telegram in afghanistan are claiming that they are holding in missing u.s. soldiers. -- the telegram in afghanistan are claiming that they are holding a missing u.s. soldiers. they have no proof. american authorities had said the soldier may have been kidnapped. six u.s. troops were killed today in afghanistan in two roadside bomb attacks. >>> the latest phase of the wilson bridge project gotnder

a second meeting with dmitry medvedev. but most important his first face-to-face encounter with vladimir putin. >> the old cold war u.s. russian relations is outdated. it's time to move forward in a different direction. i think medvedev understands that. i think putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new. >> reporter: still a key question, is putin really in charge, even though medvedev is most visible on the world stage. >> you can have a foot between mr. obama and med ved i have but the tough issues, things we're concerned about russian behavior and high priorities for our interest, got to find a way for mr. obama to convey that to mr. putin. >> reporter: on the table, diffusing tension over a u.s. missile defense shield in europe, pursuing a new nuclear arms reduction treaty, and helping with the war in afghanistan. president obama says russian cooperation in keeping iran's nuclear intentions in check. a positive sign, russia voting with the u.s. for tough sanctions against north korea

president obama and dmitri medvedev, as you mentioned, met behind closed doors. then they walked out to face the press, and they said during their session in private they had achieved their initial goal of resetting u.s.-russian relations. >> today, after less than six months of collaboration, we've done exactly that, by taking concrete steps forward on a range of issues while paving the way for more progress in the future. and i think it's particularly notable that we've addressed the top priorities. these are not second-tier issues. they are fundamental to the security and the prosperity of both countries. >> and that range of topics was reflected in the initial steps toward agreement on a couple of areas, maria. one is a new framework for nuclear arms reduction. second is an agreement to continue discussions on missile defense. russia has an objection to the u.s. plan to place missile defense sites in poland and the czech republic. and finally, an agreement to lift some russian restrictions on imports of u.s. livestock, something the agriculture industry's goi

president dmitry medvedev holds formal power but prime minister putin who elevated him may in fact still be in charge. >> looks like vladimir putin is making the decisions and running the show. >> baas should spend more time with mr. putin and trying to understand what makes this guy tick. >> reporter: but the president plans to spend the bulk of his time with mr. medvedev and told the associated press he wants to reset america's relationship with russia. >> time to move forward in a different direction. i think medvedev understands that. i think putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one in the new. >> reporter: the leaders are meeting to discuss nuclear disarmament, the growing threats of nuclear and iran. they'll also focus on afghanistan. the u.s. wants guaranteed access to key supply routes that run through russian territories as they ranch up the fight against the taliban. on those key issues, analysts say mr. obama must deal directly with putin. and he must be tough. prime minister putin has said he hasn't ruled out another run for the presidency in 2012. all the

yesterday, he and president dmitri medvedev, said they would each work to cut nuclear weapon stockpiles by was much as 30%. the russians have allowed u.s. forces to use airspace for key routes into afghanistan. right now, the president is delivering the commencement address at the new economic school. he says the two countries must work together to forge a new relationship. and in the post cold war area, the goal is shared progress. later this morning, the president will meet with some russian opposition leaders. they will be discussing the economy and human rights. the white house says the president wants to get the few view of what's going on here in aush sha. not just the official one. jeremy? >> any sense of what the president feels like to have his daughter along for this visit? >> reporter: it's a family affair. bringing his family along for the side. we do know mrs. obama and his daughters were treated to some tours of the kremlin yesterday. they had a wonderful time, we're told. and, of course, they go on now to italy. the obama girls are getting what mrs. obama calls camp obama

medvedev, i have to complain about that man in jail, because ofmuch political arena takes that seriously, but i'm not personally that concerned about it. hard-headed likeguys like in the kissinger and nixon found themselves in that situation. another hard-headed i handled it very differently and very convincingly, that was ronald reagan. >> moscow, iran and human rights and law. please, if you can do it in 30 seconds, because we need to go to the next one. >> i will tell you about iran and the gentlemen. i went to the proceedings with the gentleman, but there were some journalists, some wearing ski masks. those interested in this, you can visit in moscow. it would seem to you ridiculous. these proceedings have nothing to do with any law. and i would like to see any russian lawyers who follow these proceedings, not be shocked by what is going on in our country. some were -- the woman was released during the half year after the meeting started. it was not just because of george w. bush insisting on it, but because 100,000 signatures were taken around russia for her release on parole. i thi

during his visit to moscow last week, obama and kremlin leader dmitry medvedev made some progress in curbing the arms race-agre number of nuclear warheads each country may deploy over the next seven years. reverend samuel kobia-- general secretary of the world council of churches-- praised the agreement, calling it "a step forward on the difficult but essential journey that the world must take to free itself from the specter of self- destruction." massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, this week became the first state to challenge the federal defense of marriage act. the law prevents same-sex married couples from tapping into a wide range of federal benefits, like filing joint income tax returns and getting survivor benefits under social security. massachusetts attorney general martha coakley says congress has no valid reason for requiring the state to treat married same- sex couples differently from all other married couples. it's an important test of the federal law-- one that could well end up in the u.s. supreme court. the issue of gay marriage is on the agenda

but president -- russian president dmitry medvedev is still concerned about missile plans. >>> new tonight, governor o'malley is weighing in in the debate over same-sex marriage. today the governor said same- sex marriages performed in other states should probably be recognized here in maryland. right now attorney general doug gansler is looking into whether same-sex marriages performed out of state can be recognized in this state. governor o'malley says if the law allows it, then he will support it. >>> what in the world was that? it's the question people across northern baltimore county, harford county, southern pennsylvania are asking tonight. early this morning something strange was seen and felt in those areas. eyewitness news is live in baltimore county. kai jackson spoke with one man who says he caught it on his camera. >> reporter: that's right, the baltimore county man says it was a meteor that flew across the sky and only time will tell if he is right. mike hankie owns a software company in baltimore. that's his profession. but astronomy is his passion. >> very addictive. ask my

he spoke of what the president, dmitri medvedev, as a modern figure, a person with whom he had a good relationship. then he spoke of the prime minister, vladimir putin, as a man who still has 1 foot in the old days of the cold war, almost dismissive of prudent's world -- way of looking at the world. of the problem is that the real power in the world is vladimir putin, he is calling the shots. they disagree it instantly, it is vladimir putin who wins. putin is the real ruler because russians like the way that he puts things. they like his toughness and anti-americanism. i think obama was trying to sweet talk the russians a little bit. we like this one, we do not like this one. that is not going to work. tavis: how does he saw that problem? the money he solves the problem recognizing it as a unified leadership. he makes progress by listening to what they both tell him about russia's security concerns and tried to respond creatively. tavis: let me shift now to the book, because we have been talking about iran already. the book is about, connected to iran. give me the top line on the book

president barack obama and russian president dmitry medvedev have agreed on a treaty arms control limiting the number of nuclear warheads each country can deploy and the number of missiles they have to launch them. >> the world's two leading nuclear powers, the united states and russia must lead by example. an that's what we're doing here today. we have signed a joint understanding for a follow-on treaty to the start agreement that will reduce our nuclear warheads and delivery systems by up to a third from our current treaty of limitations. >> medvedev says relations between the u.s. and russia are beginning to revive after years of significant deterioration under president george w. bush. >>> now to western china where a peaceful protest apparently spun out of control and left more than 155 people today. news agencies reporting members of a muslim ethnic group clashed with police. cars and homes were attacked and barricades were overturned. more than 800 others have been hurt. >>> in the meantime, heavy flooding in south southern china has claimed the lives of at least 20 people, blocked

barack obama met today with the russian president dmitry medvedev inside the kremlin. key leaders reaching agreements and vowing to put differences behind them. >> the president and i agreed that the relationship between russia and the united states has suffered from a sense of drift. we have resolved to reset u.s. russian relations so we can cooperate more effectively in areas of common interest. shepard: those areas include nuclear arms. the u.s. and russia agreed to cut the number of nuclear warheads. russia agrees to help the united states in the war in afghanistan. in fact, russia is now going to allow u.s. troops to fly troops and weapons over its airspace to get to afghanistan. and that's big. the two nations also announced they will resume military cooperation and provide information to each other on prisoners of war. the united states and russia. think of it. but they are still divided over a couple of issues including russia's attempt to seize control of territory and in the country, georgia. you remember that attempt that they made and the sort of war that h

he had meetings with prime minister vladimir putin along with president dmitry medvedev. the president could not get russia's cooperation on any intervention with iran. tomorrow the president heads to the g-8 summit in italy. he is scheduled to he meet with pope benedict before moving on to ghana. >>> questions remain following the death of a high school football player in montgomery county. edwin miller collapsed during preseason conditioning drills at northwest high school last thursday. he died the next day at washington children's hospital. according to his family, miller had no preexisting condition. an autopsy has been requested because the exact cause of death is is unknown. >> he had signs of dehydration and possibly like heat stroke. as far as practice is concerned, if that's what led to his demise, we'd like to know. if there was somebody at the hospital who didn't do their job, we'd like to know. >> coaches were supervising the drills and performed cpr on miller. northwest high school has indefinitely suspended its football conditioning sessions. >>> new troubl

and as president obama met with his russian counterpart dmitry medvedev and wit prime minister vladimir putin we're joined tonight. th james. and nin khrusheva. associa professor at international aairs at the news school her in new york and granddaughter of e late soviet premier niki a khrushchev. welcome tthe two ofyou. assessing with how thi summit nt this week beeen th prident and the russian leadersh there. nina, how do youthink it went? >> think it went very wel. there w a whole range of policy issues thatwo leaders agreed on. nd even the meetingith the prime minister, now prime minist vladimiputin and barack obama went well. i mean tere was no contest. >> lot of people were looking at that, right? that was the crucial meeting. >> i thought it was crucial meeting andt was very civi it was very cordial. barack obama made a lot of effort to backtrack his earlr comment thatladimir putin is one foot in the cold war in the past. and anotheroot in the present. he said that, yes, he's -- >> is that a mistake? >> i tught it was amistake. really thought tt that comment was aistake and it wa

president dmitri medvedev holds formal power, but prime minister vladmir putin, who elevated medvedev, may, in fact, still be in charge. >> it looks like vladmir putin is still making the key decisions and running the show. >> obama would certainly make better use of his time spending more time with putin and really trying to understand what makes this guy tick. >> reporter: but the president plans to spend the bulk of his time with mr. medvedev. he told the associated press he wants to reset america's relationship with russia. >> it's time to move forward in a new direction. i think medevdev understands that. i think putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new. >> reporter: the leaders are meeting to discuss nuclear disarmament, the growing threats of north korea and iran. they'll also focus on afghanistan. the u.s. wants guaranteed access to key supply routes that run through russian territories as they ramp up the fight against the taliban. on those key issues, analysts say mr. obama must deal directly with putin and he must be tough. >> this is goi

medvedev, a subtle reminder that the two cold war adversaries were in danger of falling back into old habits. >> the president and i agree that the relationship between russia and the united states has suffered from a sense of drift. we resolve to reset u.s./russian relations so that we can cooperate more effectively in areas of common interest. >> reporter: the areas of common interest -- nuclear arms reduction and the war in afghanistan. the major achievement of the day, a framework for a new nuclear arms treaty to be hammered out by year's end. it includes a reduction of nuclear warheads from the current limit 2,200 to a new lower range between 1,500 and 1,675. and eliminating as many as one-third of the two country's long-range missiles capable of carrying those warheads from 1,600 to between 500 and 1,100. as for afghanistan, the u.s. military can now use russian air space to move supplies and troops in and out of the country. but those were the easy topics. >> as president medvedev indicated, we had some frank discussions and there are some areas we still disagree. >> reporter:

president obama and his russian counterpart, dmitry medvedev, set to speak after the first day of a two day summit. the white house, looking for a fresh start after years of icy exchanges. major, break down the numbers for us on the likely nuclear arms reduction efforts. >> the key word is efforts. this is not a deal, it is not a treaty, it is a process by which they hope to announce a little bit more progress. essentially we expect them to say that both nations have agreed to reduce operationally deployed nuclear warheads from roughly 3000 a 1500. that would be a 15% reduction, the first big two nation reduction in warheads in seven or eight years. there are a lot of details to work out. both sides are trying to reduce the number of delivery systems. we do not have any firm details yet. under the current treaty, both have about 1600 in reduction, meeting the number. that is all i process that both nations could try to do to get something on paper before the start of the treaty, when it all expires on december 5 of this year. >gregg: we are told over and over that this summit is suppose

. >> i think dmitri medvedev is my counter part. >> reporter: monday, the two signed more agreements, including one to reduce the nuclear stock piles. but experts say there is much to be worked out on the issues of iraq and afghanistan. >> it seems to me regarding the relations it would be helpful to get the russians to work together. >> reporter: the president is off to a meeting with the hope. in washington, jennifer davis. >>> and sarah palin wants to fight for american principals, she just doesn't know how. and she knows what she doesn't like. >> average hard working americans need to be able to get out there unrestrained and fight for what is right. fight for energy independence, national security, fight for a smaller government instead of this big government over growth that obama is bringing in. >> governor sarah palin will resign from office july 26th. the lieutenant governor will then take over the office of governor. >>> it is already billed the memorial service of the decade. now the cost of the "king of pop"'s memorial, who will foot e bill? >>> a world record set here at

russia is dmitri medvedev. gretchen: thanks a lot, major. we know how to say that one. >> you got it. brian: a pakistani terror suspect may be forced to appear in a u.s. courtroom, and that's going to happen in person or on video tape. a hearing is scheduled to see if she is competent to stand trial. she grabbed a army officer's rifle and opened fire. she's refused to go to court and has reported having visions of her children in her cell. peter: the death of former titans' quarterback steve mcnair now being called cold-blooded murder, but nashville police are stopping short of calling it a murder/suicide. he was found shot in his condo in nashville. a 20-year-old believed to be his girlfriend was found shot with a single bullet to her head. tmz posted this picture showing the married mcnair on vacation with the 20-year-old woman, and now the woman's sister telling a local newspaper mcnair promised to get a divorce from his wife. gretchen: another "fox news alert," three men dressed in all black ambushed a hous

. >> i think that president medvedev is my counterpart. >> reporter: monday he and dmitri medvedev signed a number of agreements including one to reduce the nuclear stockpiles. exper say there is still much to be worked out on the issues of iraq, afghanistan, iran and north korea. >> a jor part of the motivation is to try to get the russians to be more helpful in solving these questions. >> reporter: the president will spend the night in russia then off to italy for the g-8 summit and a meeting with pope benedict. jennifer davis, fox news. >>> tainted peanut erbutt, coke key dough with e. coli. the government is taking action. the changes being made to make your food safer. li this texas mother struck by in tnghg in her house. (announcer) the official $5 combo of summer is here. with curly fries and a drink for only $5. it's the $5 combo done better. >>> remembering michael jackson. family and friends packed the staples center to celebrate the king of pop's life. >> millions of others watched it on tv, the internet. what was it like to be there in the middle of it all? casey siegel joins

yesterday he meet with president dmitry medvedev. henry spoke with president obama just a short time ago and he is live directly with us from moscow. good morning once again. >> reporter: good morning, heidi. what is interesting is the president is trying to navigate who is in charge here. he really department want to get in the middle of it, but then after the meeting with prime minister putin today, i sat down with a one-on-one with president obama and pressed him on this point. i said, look, before this trip you said mr. putin had one foot in the camp of the old way of doing business and one foot in the new way of doing business. what did you really mean? here's what the president said. >> in a lot of ways, prime minister putin is representing russia. he is very popular. russia is still, on the one hand, processing the transition out of the cold war and the soviet union. on the other hand, they recognize and interest in modernizing and diversifying and recognizing that, i think, the economic power is going to be the most importanc

medvedev. in the meantime, one of the items likely on the meeting's agenda is improving investment and bilateral trade. scott was just talking about the shockingly small numbers in relationship of the two countries in terms of financial value. joining us now to talk about exactly how to in o. to deal with investing in russia, michael, head of a merging market economics and strategy for jpmorgan and research director and chief economist with frontier strategy group. they have executives from multi-natural companies like coke who run the market in regions. let's talk r start with you on the back of what scott just said. it's pretty amazing the bilateral trade between the two countries is really only equivalent of that between the united states and poland. it's amazing when you land in moscow as an american how few american brands there are relative to other places around the world. is this something that you think will change in any significant way as a result of relations between medvedev and ob

earlier today, the president held extensive talks with russian president dmitry medvedev. the two men signed a preliminary agreement to reduce their nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third. >> we've taken important steps forward to increase nuclear security and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. this starts with a reduction of our own nuclear arsenals. the world's two leading nlear powers, the united states and russia must lead by example. that's what we're doing here today. the two leaders also agreed to work together to stabilize afghanistan, but they still remain at odds over the u.s. declare to place a missile defense system in europe. tomorrow, president obama holds talks with prime minister vladimir putin. >>> joining us now is chuck todd who is joining us from mouscow. so nuclear proliferation, iran, north korea. that's at the top of the agreement, right? >> it was. the russian president, via transzilator, said they had a back log of problems to deal with. you hit on them. the two easy ones, believe it or not, was nuclear arms reduction and the war in afghanist

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. >>> president barack obama met with russia's president, dmitry medvedev today. both agreed to cut russia and american nuclear stockpiles by about a third. russia continues to object to u.s. plans for a missile defense system. sglrchlts the city of los angeles bracing for huge crowds at the staples center. more than 17,000 people have tickets to attend michael jackson's memorial tomorrow moing. stevie wonder, kobe bryant, brooke shields among the guests who plan to attend. >>> policere looking for three men responsible for a series of home invasions early this morning. those guys broke into the houses, tied people up and robbed them. police say it is not the first time that these robbers have struck. darcy spencer has our report. >> reporter: prince georges county police are investigating three home invasion robberies at they believe could be connected. they happened this morning at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 a.m. residents are on edge. >> we saw a lot of police dogs and police activity. >> early this morning. >> it seemed like they were looking for something. >> they

those are the words of president obama. >> i can express my own opinion about dmitry medvedev. s he doesn't have any political experience and doesn't understand what politics are. the best thing is speak with other people. >> eric: you mean putin? >> yes. putin is not much better than medvedev, but at least putin managed in the last eight years built his mafia. >> eric: his mafia? >> yes. which is obedient to him. >> eric: we hear it all the time how he has a grip on russia. how does the president of the united states deal with that? >> it's, it's difficult. he is the president of the united states. he must deal with the regime. we cannot neglect russia. russia is still a very important play in the world. my unctioning is it's a third world country with a lot of weapons, nuclear weapons. >> eric: there are like 20,000 nuclear weapons between us. a final point, we have just a minute. there has been progress. russia allowed our military, air corridor to help with efforts in afghanistan. there is cooperation. but there doesn't seem to be very much on iran and stopping iran nuclear