how much is angela merkel like her one-time mentor? >> tell us more about the relationship between them. very different people. catholic from the west of germany and deeply ofedded in the tradition capitalism and europe. east, a woman from the from a protestant and by the way communist background, who has no emotional relationship to anything helmut kohl stood for. they are very different people and you saw it in the way angela merkel has handled europe -- badly, in my opinion. she is a nationalist. a protestant nationalist from prussia whereas he was a european. imagine twordly more different types of people. >> tell us a little bit about because the key moment in their relationship was the party donation scandal in 1999. tell us about her intervention and that crisis and whether that intervention was courage or opportunism? >> it was both. timepenly said it at the that we should not be afraid to clear this whole thing up. that is what she did. she was the secretary-general of the cdu at the time and she distanced the party from helmu

it is a much more difficult relationship between angela merkel and president trump than angela merkel and president obama before, because they had close relationships. an interesting meeting kicking off in a couple minutes. >> wait for that. fred, do you know if there will be cameras? make comments after their meeting or any idea how this will unfold? >> reporter: certainly pictures of the meeting. not clear whether or not there will be any statements afterwards or sequestering. already seen the president give a speech in poland. unclear whether or not the white house might want that to be the message of today. especially things said about nato. we'll wait and see. certainly going to be interesting. of course, there are going to be pictures of that meeting. >> fred pleitgen, thanks so much. >>> we'll bring you that meeting in a moment between angela merkel and president trump. at least what we're able to share. >>> and steve scalise, the republican seriously injured after the shooting at a baseball practice. we'll tell you about his new setback. stay with cnn. at crowne plaza we know

he has a key meeting with angela merkel in just a few hours. here to discuss what we've seen so far today, and it's been an awful lot, david rhodes, online news director for new yorker, tom pickering, former ambassador to russia. ambassador, i want to start with you. not only for the first and clearest time really did we hear from president trump a call for russia to stop what he called its destabilizing activities. but whereas in europe before he failed to stand behind article 5 of nato, which calls for collective security. today he said that statement loudly and clearly. let's listen to what he said. >> i would point out that the united states has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind article 5, the mutual defense commitment. >> all right. that statement was something that nato allies in europe had been waiting to hear, ambassador. how significant was it he said today in warsaw, a new nato country poland that borders russia? >> john, it's very significant. it reminds me of a statement that winston

lots of intriguing head—to—head meetings, trump and angela merkel, donald trump and angela merkel, donald trump and angela merkel, donald trump and vladimir putin, which will you looking for to the most? donald trump and vladimir putin. in the united states now i think there is such importance at seeing how they will act with each other, and what the canister will be between the two of them. that's what i'm most excited about. good to see both of you. thank you very much. you're not going anywhere. if you have questions about the 620 send them my way. you can see questions about the 620 send them my way. you can see our questions about the 620 send them my way. you can see our e—mail on the screen, and the hashtag. we will do oui’ screen, and the hashtag. we will do our best answer your questions. i mentioned the protest. we will tend to those in detail in a few minutes and bring you right up to date off what has happened on the streets and why these protesters are turning out to object to donald trump at this whole summit. we will try to understand why. central london has been rocked

again, a point he'll share with angela merkel where he's on a different page and angela merkel has taken to the newspapers criticizing what his crew of globalizati view of globalization. rich get richer. >> nic robertson, we'll keep in touch. president trump on his way to the merkel meeting. the president's fist g-20 economic summit and second visit to europe viewing him with considerable skepticism. he may have eased concerns with this. a public rebuke of vladimir putin's russia. >> the west is also confronted by the powers that seek to test our will, undermine our confidence and challenge our interests. to meet new forms of agrgressio including propaganda, financial crimes and cyber warfare, we urge russia to cease its destabilizing activities in ukraine and elsewhere and support for hostile regimes including syria and iran. >> but in the very next section of the speech, the president also publicly aired grievances with the european union. >> the steady creep of government bureaucracy that drains the vitality and wealth of the people. the west became great not because of paperwork and

angela merkel seems to be the feeling that we have is angela merkel wants to change that and give this gathering leadership and an agenda. that's ambitious. is she going to succeed? dagmar: she is going to o succe, except dononald trump. it just depends on his mood if anything comes out of it or not. it has nothing to do with any basis of discussion. that of course makes it a wild card which cannot be calculated at all. that makes it very difficult and actually i would not wish the nigerian president who is not governing now because his vice president had to take over, to sit at the same table with donald trump and arguing with issues about africa which he never even knew exactly where it is. this is a leader which really makes it difficult to make discussions work. but with the others, it is possible. with the others, there is a dialogue ongoing and of course with parts of the society in the u.s., the dialogue is ongoing too. the point is that the g-20 summits are a culmination point in which civil society, science and business, whatever have, a dialogue ongoing in 20 major countries

so, time with angela merkel today. then there's also a dinner this evening and the president will have what many people will be watching very closely tomorrow, his first face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin. and that, of course, could set a real tone for how the president can deal with vladimir putin in areas where there is some commonality, whether it comes to syria or trying to deal with north korea. but there are so many questions about how the president will handle himself in that moment, especially when just today we heard through the questioning of our colleague, hallie jackson, when we were asking about russian interference in the 2016 election, the president saying, yes, he believes it was russia but other countries as well. there is so much riding on this. high stakes for president trump. also for the german chancellor, angela merkel, who has really emerged in the minds of many in the west as perhaps a very strong counterpoint to donald trump at a time when issues related to migration, climate change, trad

he and angela merkel have a right for a bilateral meeting. let's cross to our berlin correspondentjenny hill. a lot of demonstrators, one banner said welcome to hell, what sort of reception is president trump in particular are going to get? an angry onei particular are going to get? an angry one i think in short. there are no tens of thousands of protesters in hamburg. this summit i think is striking because of the number of people who have come here to demonstrate and i think a lot of the anger is aimed at donald trump and his stands in particular on climate change. you mentioned welcome to hell, that's a demonstrationjust down welcome to hell, that's a demonstration just down the street behind me. a good few thousand people in the square but it all passing off perhaps what the name might suggest very peacefully. having said that the police here are taking no chances, there are hundreds of officers in riot gear clutching their helmets. it's largely because police have told us they are concerned about what they say is a core of up to 8000 ext

that's the german chancellor, angela merkel. was there a completely different atmosphere during that meeting? reporter: i would say there was less anticipation because by now we know what to expect when emmanuel macron and angela merkel show up in public together, a very strong show of unity, that's what they've been doing in the last weeks and so that continued in paris. the german chancellor said she could imagine, for example, a euro finance minister, something emmanuel macron has been asking for before. she was more or less reluctant in the past. she said they would do research together to introduce the next generation of euro fighter jets. that's also something new because the germans were reluctant to do that, the french as well. you are trying to beef -- they're tryg to beef up their cooperation. during the whole time of the fronts while the presidency,, so macron's predecessor. brent: if you're looking at today's events through the eyes of the french president, was today a day of big successes for president macron? repor

attempts to help angela merkel have a successful g20 7 does attempts to help angela merkel have a successful g20? does he narrowed the gap that has been created by the discord of his first trip to europe? the tone of the meeting with vladimir putin, it is important these two leaders meet but they are president trump will be fighting his instincts. he talks about having good meetings, good chemistry, but he has to avoid the same path that his predecessors experienced with high hopes of recirculation is only to have dashed expectations going forward. behind the scenes what is most important is the meeting he might have with the chinese president. will he lean into the president. will he lean into the president regarding north korea because any solution in that situation has to involve china? as the president wiki before he came to europe in the backdrop of expanding trade between china and north korea, is north korea... is china going to do anything meaningful to try to impose economic costs on this recalls the gym leader? a lot to chew over. you talk about president trump resitting expectatio

what are we hearing from angela merkel? >> angela merkel is the host here, and she does the sort of final big wrap-up. to jim's point about president trump not speaking, president putin able to define his message, to a degree, angela merkel was able to put a cap on everything that was agreed and disagreed here. the very important and big-ticket items here, trade there was a huge concern going into this. a difference over the u.s. position, and the other juntcy members' positions on trade. president trump said free trade is okay, but it must be fair trade. angela merkel, the big-ticket item on trade said there's an agreement that keeps markets open, fights protectionism, so that's very much if you will taking a position that's against a position where president trump has really been. some language in there that will make president trump feel a little better. it says that they agree to fight unfair trade. again president trump has said free trade, yes, but it must be fair trade this is a win for the other members of the g20.

angela merkel force or —— angela merkel for sure. emmanuel macron is under pressure as well. emmanuel macron but also donald trump. to risk having 19 countries against you and being lonely, i'm not sure whether that is his favoured position so pressure for him, too. thank you for helping us, we appreciated. one more question, jack says, no, matthew says what about the free trade deal between the eu and japan, where does the uk fit into that because brexit? any deal cut by the eu at the moment affects the uk because the uk is in the eu but when the brexit happens, and the uk leads, it will then have two set about cutting its own deals because anything the european union has initiated will not apply to the uk. thank you for all of your questions. it has been a hugely busy day here in hamburg and the summit has not even formally begun. that will happen around atm tomorrow when the leaders make their formal arrival. you will see full coverage of that from bbc news and i will be with you throughout the day. goodbye. we will see how the week will unfold and push it further into nex

angela merkel of course there as well. she is seeing an increasing growth of violence, frankly, in germany in recent months as she struggles with germany struggles with the on set of all of these refugees and migrants that have flooded the community there. for more on what to expect with the big meeting tomorrow and what we should anticipate from these protests where s.w.a.t. teams have now been mobilized to deal with these g20 protesters and water canons have been employed by the police. i want toking to ford o'connell executive and residence capri. thanks, guys, for being here. >> thank you. >> always. trish: ford, over to you as i said these are anticapitalists, antiglobalists, they have an agenda, they want to be heard, and, governor huckabee was saying, look, this is the same crowd. they show up everywhere with the same agenda. is that true or is this somewhat different? >> well, they do show up everywhere, but understand the position that you're in. particularly germany when you talked about the one million migrants

today we are looking at angela merkel as she hosts the g-20 summit in hamburg. 62-year-old angela merkel is not flashy and it does not use twitter, but since she became chancellor in 2005, every event that has shaken europe has made her it's de facto leader ever more. step-by-step solving problems, whether it is sanctions following the invasion of crimea on russia, to economics, but now facing challenges like brexit and the rise of populist parties. then there is donald trump. on hiseeting with him first trip to the continent, the nation turning to isolationism and protectionism, she says it is a serious mistake. after the election of the new french president, merkel turk quickly turn to him to work on the european union. seeking a fourth term, angela merkel interparty have bounced back and polls despite some hits last year over the influx of asylum-seekers to germany among other things. in her favorite are the strong economy and a budget surplus. there is background. in 1999, she was elected chairwoman of her party and her chance came in 2005 when the chancellor called early elections.

angela merkel said climate change was going to be the priority. but on that issue, she said there has been no compromise. she said the communique, the document released by the 620 will have one section reflecting the american opinion and another section reflecting the other 19. let's listen to a little of what the 6erman listen to a little of what the german chancellor said on that issue. translation: want crucial issue was climate energy and what came out of this meeting was, what i already said at the beginning of this meeting, where ever there is no consensus that can be achieved, disagreement has to be made clear. you are familiar with the american position, you know unfortunately, andi position, you know unfortunately, and i deplore this, the united states of america left the climate agreement, or announced their intention of doing this. what now becomes clear in this declaration is the dissenting view of the united states, but i am gratified to note on the other 19 member state of the 620's said the paris agreement is irreversible, that we f

first on tap, meeting with angela merkel. this bilateral meeting, official bilateral meeting with the russian leader, vladimir putin. talk to me about the significance of that, it's been elevated to something more than a meeting in the hallway to this official one-on-one. >> well, presumably, there is something specifically they want to talk about. they could have arranged this as kind of a brush by in a hallway and the two men, you know, chat and say hi. that would be very unpredictable. so, obviously, the president's advisers had the idea and probably president trump, himself, had the idea they wanted to sit down. there would be other people in the room. there will be interpreters. it's not that long. it's supposed to be about a half an hour, unless vladimir putin is late, which is always a factor, because president putin always is late. we have to see how much time they end up with. but, you know, what do they want to talk about? well, obviously, there are things, they want to have deliverables. usually, behind the scenes,

angela merkel is called the queen of summits how is she doing so far? >> well actually surprisingly well, i have to say. she was in door to door meetings yesterday, all afternoon meetings apparently trying to find a compromise among the g20 on trade and climate she wants to have a compromise she wants that summit to be a success as she wants to be seen again as the world leader, as a safe pair of hands also domestically what can the compromise be? it will be a watered down approach on climate and also on trade. on trade it most likely will mirror the achievements from the g7 in italy, where they were having some sort of commitment to free trade and anti-protectionist measures. on climate the draft communique, which is circled here in hamburg, it will include the u.s. pulling out of the paris climate agreement but that the u.s. is still committed to fight emissions on a global level. also to spur economic growth and energy security. so you see there will be some sort of compromise whether we'll see any unanimous communique as soon as tomorrow nobody know

we can tell you that he met with german chancellor angela merkel. they shook hands in public, none of the obvious awkwardness that we saw the last time. later this hour the president scheduled to meet with the leaders of japan and south korea to talk among other things north korea. then there's tomorrow's headline event. the first face-to-face meeting between president trump and russia's president vladimir putin. we have reports and analysis on all of that, plus what the president said about russia, president obama, and the 2016 elections earlier today. but let's start with those protests. keir simmons on the grown. you can see on the right side of your screen walking with the protesters. we'll go to norah o'donnell in just a moment. keir, what are you

angela merkel is the chairwoman movebe anxious to try to the talks to areas of common ground. what kindd --julie: of statement do we get out of g-20? where can they get the win-win from is angela merkel suggested? i think your face says it all. i want to ask about the underlying politics for many of the countries. china is heading into committee meetings. we have the abe results in tokyo, painful for president abe coming up to the general elections. everyone has their own political pressure points coming into this meeting which also plays into their positioning as we approach it. >> i think if you look at the g-20 statements we will get at the end, it probably will be one of the blander statements we have seen in recent diplomacy. we have the unprecedented g-7 statement where the u.s. stood outside and was a part from the consensus of the rest of the group on climate change. there are areas like fighting terrorism where you can get common ground. there is recognition from the powerful leaders that the age of austerity has probably come to an end and more needs to be done to as

angela merkel, germany and the eu share some of those concerns. the months that followed that attempted coup in turkey last year have created tensions between turkey and the eu. but everything you see on a particular relationship needs to be seen particular relationship needs to be seenin particular relationship needs to be seen in the context of the fact that turkey has taken in a vast number of syrian refugees. few dues that the eu does not want to travel into its territory. as such, that creates difficulties with the eu. it doesn't have leveraging might do because it knows turkey is carrying a huge weight in allowing well over1 million syrian refugees to live on turkish land. that's little too angela merkel reflecting on these issues and little bit earlier.|j would say that turkey and president erdogan this showed a lot of commitments. they were very much engaged on the agenda and gave his contribution. we also pay tribute to turkey's, to what he did as regards the refugees. and also pointing to the refugees. and also pointing to the migration

no love lost between donald trump and angela merkel. fashion very much as a globalist in benefits or country. her country from the global trade perspective enjoys a trade surplus with many of its partners. in fact with the united states to the tune of about $65 billion. president trump understands that dynamic that globalism has such a good part of our country behind and i think he wants to change that. as part of the paris climate accord that was a swipe at angela merkel, certainly a swipe at macron. it hurts american business and he will do what he needs to do. >> thank you is standing by as they monitor president trump's visit to poland. thank you. we also have some breaking news this morning here at home we want to bring to you representative steve scalise is back in intensive care at a washington hospital after contracting an infection from a gunshot wound last month. his condition has been downgraded to serious from fair. scully said for others hurt when a gunman opened fire at a gop baseball is in virginia. u.s. capitol police ki

angela merkel today laid the ground for a final declaration. normally one wants to have one with a few teeth, in other words with a clear step for the various member states to take going for it. in this case, he laid the groundwork for a final communication that may not be a consensus document. which may confirm that 19 members of the g 20 a firm that' -- g20 affirm that accord. climate change is a high priority for her. she wants a reference to a robust fight against global warming and for that reason i think the guides and advisers who accompany the heads of states, they're are going to have their work cut out for them. i don't think they will be seeing their pillows at alll. >> thank you for that. with nighttime closing in, tensions remain high on the streets of hamburg. there have been violent clashes between police and anti-g 20 different traders across the -- anti-g 20 demonstrators across the city today. one incident, a warning shot fired by a police officer as he was being attacked by a group of people. several buildings have been damag

we're waiting to hear the fruits of the meeting from angela merkel and president trump. any word if it's broken up and what they discussed? >> reporter: yeah. we're not sure whether it's broken up yet, john. we do know he's been in that meeting, i would say for almost an hour now. certainly it will be interesting to see what he's going to say or what both, or either, are going to say anything. the other thing going on and where actually i am now is at the main anti-g-20 demonstration which is now marching towards the very venue where we believe that meeting is taking place. you're absolutely right. a lot less of a warm welcome that he's receiving here than in poland. in fact, say around 10,000 protestors now that are on the move there. they obviously have a lot of issues with some of the policies of the trump administration and angela merkel did as well. she was also highly critical in newspaper articles in the run-up to this meeting taking place today saying that the two did not see eye-to-eye. especially on trade. but i migration and of course the environment. interest

angela merkel invited his daughter ivanka trump to an important women's forum. she sat next to christine legarde. it was a significant invite for merkel to invite ivanka here to get the ball rolling. it provided a significant role for merkel. ivanka trump can draw support from donald trump and show progress is being made. substantial progress. we heard christine legarde showing the support for women which is hugely important in the emerging markets and developing world. it shows this can help the role of women and help as president trump said to bring peace and stability as well. one of the other speakers talked about the value of the money that is contributed. $50 million by the u.s. other funds from saudi arabia, united arab emirates. one speaker said for about $1,000, you can educate a woman to take an entrepreneurial role. they have 300,000 women they would like to do that. this money is important. they need to build on it and put more money into it. one key thing and this was amplified by president kim and christine le garde. through the digital environment

angela merkel said it was a good start. —— angela merkel said it was an interesting start. various different eu politicians, the elected ones, saying it is a good start. it has been a year. it would be helpful if broadcasters were willing to be a bit patriotic. the country took a decision and this government... are you accusing me of being unpatriotic for questioning how negotiations are going and whether you have a position of strength? andrea leadsom denied calling her unpatriotic but some viewers that the general point being made by the former conservative leadership candidate was a fair one. another viewer recorded this video for us with his thoughts. please, bbc, can you rein in your presenter? she needs to learn how to hold a civil conversation.

angela merkel, we're looking at her now. she stands for the idea of a europe that work together that transcends national borders. i think it's a fascinating question how in donald trump's america first world, the rest of the world tries to find its own balance. >> and ellen, how incredible ambassador hill, that not so long ago, the eyes of the world would be on the leaders of the united states and great britain to see what direction those two countries were going. now it seems that eyes are on germany and france, and, actually, you have in donald trump and theresa may, two people who seem to be trying to get their footing, trying to figure out where they're going to link their countries. >> that's right. i think for our president, the concept of collective security is a pretty elusive concept. look at his speech in poland. it wasn't about exhorting poland to take a leadership role in europe. he gave us a history lesson about polish nationalism. poland has done a lot for he helping europe. if you want to go back to 1683, they

we can tell you that he met with german chancellor angela merkel. they shook hands in public, none of the obvious awkwardness that we saw the last time. later this hour the president scheduled to meet with the leaders of japan and south korea to talk among other things north korea. then there's tomorrow's headline event. the first face-to-face meeting between president trump and russia's president vladimir putin. we have reports and analysis on all of that, plus what the president said about russia, president obama, and the 2016 elections earlier today. but let's start with those protests. keir simmons on the grown. you can see on the right side of your screen walking with the protesters. we'll go to norah o'donnell in just a moment. keir, what are you seeing there? >> reporter: craig, we are now standing in front of the hardcore protesters, if you like, many of them covering their faces. they're all wearing black as you can see. i want to try to read what this -- g-20 welcome, i think this banner says. i don't think that's the idea, though, from th

angela merkel there. well donald trump was one of the few leaders to leave hamburg without holding a press conference. here he is boarding air force one back to washington. what is emerging is what happened during meetings he had with world leaders — including the chinese president. the chinese state news agency says xijingping called for more peace—making efforts on the korean peninsula. the other much talked about meeting — was of course — between donald trump and vladimir putin. here's what the russian president made of that meeting translation: the president of the usa posed the question, we discussed the question and it was not one question, it was many. he devoted a lot of time to it. our position is well known and i laid it out. there is no basis to save russia interfered in the us elections. what is important is that there should be no room for doubt on such things in future. i said this at the last g20 session. it is directly linked to cyberspace and the internet. we agreed with the presi

seems like it would be a challenge to find common ground, angela merkel also has elections coming up and president trump is very unpopular with h audience. >> some critics believe the last trip he made he made missteps. do you think this is a chance for him to sort of reset and start things over again? niles let's start with you. >> i think it's possibly i believe the challenges here are, if anything, even greater though, shawn, because we have so many issues from north korea to russian meddling to the general dynamics between the united states and china to consider. this is the big leagues. and it's, the stakes are very high here. >> go ahead, michael >> niles touch, on a great point. the united states has to rely on china to deal with the north korean issue. we not only have to work with russia but work with china in both china and russia to figure out this north korean issue, we're on the press of an international confl >> he ran on this campaign of medic first. exited the paris accord. how does he go into this meeting of 19 different nation world leaders and still expect to work

merkel to release in the next hour or angela merkel to release in the next hourorso, it angela merkel to release in the next hour or so, it appears she has had to broaden the terms of the statement a long way. on trade, we understand that the support for fire prevention but also for a country's right to protect itself. 0n climate change, there will be an acknowledgement that america has pulled out of the paris climate change but a commitment from all the other countries to implementing it so other countries to implementing it so this is a very broad church or a fudge if you are more critical of the 620 process. this report from oui’ the 620 process. this report from our correspondent. theresa may was hoping for warm words and donald trump had plenty. years keen to surely is open to free trade with the major ally. when it came to encouraging language, the president was clearly feeling generous. i'd like to thank trade minister theresa may for being with us. minister theresa may for being with us. we've had tremendous talks. there is no country that could possibly be closer as allies

german chancellor angela merkel met donald trump as he arrived for the summit. they discussed north korea, and the conflict in eastern ukraine. here, a watchdog says a quarter of adult care services in england are not safe enough, and in some cases residents are not getting enough to eat or drink. a year after his report on the iraq war, sirjohn chilcot says tony blair wasn't "straight with the country" about his decisions. also in the next hour — more safety checks in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the government has ordered new, la rger—scale fire safety tests on cladding and insulation on tower blocks. and at 8:45pm, we'll be hearing from booker prize nominee neel mukherjee about his new book. good evening and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of hamburg tonight, ahead of the 620 summit which begins tomorrow. there's heavy security in the city tonight. these are the live pictures. you can see a lot of riot police deployed. some 20,000 security officers, we were told, had been deployed. about 100,000 demonst

we had angela merkel. we have a lot of stuff going on and it's getting intense, rather everybody has to know this, europe must do more. europe must demonstrate that it believes in its future by investing its money to secure their future. neil: all right, the last time president trump was saying in first european trip european leaders were chuckling here that very few of them pay minimum of 2% and sure enough, at least half of dozen additional countries have managed to pony up that dose since he last said that, so something must be working. jim mattis saying at the pentagon that he does not look at this latest north korean icbm launch as bringing us closer to war in and of itself. the read on all page developments with former u.s. spokesperson rick and former deputy assistant to president bush blake berman -- i will get it right. i apologize for that, brad. it's been one of those days. >> i've never been so insulted. neil: i cannot blame you. one of the things that i look at when i get the response, they wa

merkel, depending one being angela merkel, depending on your point of view, they were saying previously we would not be at the front of the q and now we are doing business very quickly. he is signalling he wants it to be very fast. and for her there is a relationship that is not of the stature of the one with ronald reagan, but there seems to be a general warmth, although i don't see anything warm in theresa may or donald trump can't do that, but you are right. barack obama said we would be at the back of the q, are right. barack obama said we would be at the back of the 0, but whether this is translated into action, and we have still got brexit to deal with. we do not even have a vague outline of what kind of trade deal we are talking about. but the daily telegraph is quite optimistic and says because of this theresa may will be able to stave off any backbench rebellion in her cabinet thatis backbench rebellion in her cabinet that is coming her way. we will come to that in a moment. meanwhile, in the daily telegraph, us plans for armed officers in uk airports which could add to the cos

merkel's voice of dissent over their disagreements over trade and angela merkel was quoted in a popular political paper here saying that the united states sees globalization differently to how we do. we see a win-win situation, the united states sees winners and losers with only some profit in globalizati globalization. so the stakes have been set pretty high and protesters will be able to voice their feelings that perhaps the germany chancellor is too polite. >> they get big crowds, they get praise, so the fact that president trump is stopping in poland first, not necessarily unique, and yet the message could be a little different this time. explain to our videwers. >> reporter: sure. there are numerous tensions we were just talking about with the climate agreement being one of them, the paris climate accord, but when he goes to poland, there will be great support for him not only because he's strengthened troops but it is a politically right power that's come to power because of right politics. poland has frustrations and disputes with europe at the moment on migration issues and on t

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is the euro being represented by angela merkel? and the u.s. where does china fall with what it promises? what does it say to vladimir putin? >> when you look at the leaders at the summit, you have three contenders to lead the discussion. one will be donald trump, because he is the president of the united states. the second is angela merkel, who stands for that democratic, liberal, western values. she has been in office for 10 years and may when a fourth term in december. and it will be the chinese president. it will be interesting to see if there is an entente new relationship. china and germany have already said they will work on things like climate change and pushing the free trade globalization agenda. when it comes to those photos let's see if the chinese president will be standing next to donald trump or if he will be in the more european circles. that interesting to see putin and trump will meet for the first time face-to-face tomorrow but that relationship seems to have become more strained. earlier today he was quite critical of russia

was six against one, angela merkel saying the discord is obvious and would be dishonest to paper over the conflict. donald trump comes with one set of agenda items, and others like angela merkel and xi jinping will talk about their shared vision on climate change in the global rules on trade. again, this is what angela merkel's finance minister had to say, the repositioning of the united states is a global leader. poweris the strongest that wants to be even stronger. , if it saying only america, it does remain the strongest power. it becomes less important. >> let the fireworks begin in hamburg. welcome there, but whether the forefront or backdrop, the steady home is meant to focus on economics and tax reform, but surely it were all of the about north korea? >> north korea will be the backdrop. already we had i profiled in her between donald trump and the new president and south korea mr. abe sayinginzo dialogue for the sake of dialogue is meaningless, shinzo abe said. it is essential to put pressure on pyongyang. pressure will not come necessarily from the un security council because

let's get on angela merkel. she does not like president trump's winners and losers pro. angela merkel said it is a tremendous mistake to think answers can be solved by isolationism and protectionism. we expect clashes over climate change including the paris climate treaty. what are your thoughts against merkel and trump? >> president trump landed in poland moments ago, it's late at night there. i'm convinced it will take half a baby aspirin for the president to sleep worried about what angela merkel said him. i think he's more just frustrated that she continues to have open borders in germany. it's proved to be disastrous. i think he understands that the paris climate deal was disastrous for the united states, and he's not going to sit around be and pushed around by angela merkel or anybody in the european union. so i really honestly think that if angela merkel believes she's going to intimidate donald trump and changing his behavior, she clearly doesn't know the man very well. liz: paramount for the president will be the defiant north korea, the regime launching first s

already there, he has been meeting angela merkel. the prime minister taking her time to get off that plane but the red carpet waiting for her and elsewhere in hamburg this evening we have been seeing demonstrations. these are live pictures of riot police with their white helmets and early on were charging some of the protesters. many of these protesters anti—capitalist protesters. welcome to hell was the name of one of the demonstrations. the police broke up a demonstration we were hearing early on because some of the protesters were wearing black bala clavas protesters were wearing black balaclavas and masks and disguises, which they're not allowed to do, so have been some clashes, water cannon fire, pepper spray fired as well. now it's time for meet the author. migration, human dislocation is one of the dominating political themes of our day. and it is the springboard for neel mukherjee in his new novel, a state of freedom. set in india, which portrays five different, but sometimes interlocking, lives that are in flux, on the mov

>> angela merkel and germany are hosting this summit. they have the presidency of the g-20 this year. the chancellor has stated that she will champion germany and europe's goals first and foremost as far as what is on the agenda. anti-terror is a huge part of that considering the attacks we saw in berlin over christmas, in france, in belgium and and england over the last couple of months. that will be an important topic. as far as sure that the official meetings go and the communique driven by the german presidency of g-20. vonnie: and on a completely separate topic, given how much we are concentrating on foreign affairs and international diplomacy, is washington completely dead? has everyone gone back to their constituencies to deal with what they might at home? >> all the action is in hamburg. it is raining here in washington. wes like the first slow day have had an along time. but senator ted cruz is putting forth some new proposals the have submitted. republicans are hopeful that they could potentially reach a deal next week. fbi dir

8 with angela merkel. what's going on here? i thought president obama was going to fade away like president bush? >> look, with all due respect to president trump, i think the last thing on his mind on president obama's mind is trying to shadow president trump right now. look, he is obviously got engagements, speaking engagements and whatnot across the globe. but i think the last thing on his mind rights now is trying to make sure that he is following donald trump. brian: he seems to though. right after the meeting with the south korean leader. having a sit down with him. i think it could be because president obama seems to have more international popularity. could be trying to swamp him. but i'm going to switch it over to you, jim. in the big picture. this question was asked of terry mcauliff who many people believe is going to be running for president. who is the leader of the democratic party? how would you answer that? >> well, as you say, the more time president obama spends out on the campaign -- out

he is arriving for this one-on-one meeting, a restricted meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. then after that, they are going to have a broader meeting including other people, but lots of folks are wondering what is going to go on and what they're going to say to each other behind these closed doors here. let me bring on the rest of the couch. a "outnumbered," what do you think? they've had a testy relationship so far. >> meghan: i went to vegas about a month ago and when i was gambling at the blackjack table, i was sitting next to some germans and of course, i brought up angela merkel and her meeting with president trump. to say they were not happy about it, not impressed, these people were very offended. she went on to say we can no longer rely on the united state united states, to say it was a cool meeting, is putting it mildly. they are right, he is going into uncharted territory right now and it will be very interesting to see if there's any way to come back and maybe possibly get our alignment back on track. >> melissa: he disagreed with the policies she's taken. he dis

angela merkel was asked about this today. one of the things she wanted to do was to show people who don't have an open democratic society that they allow protesters out there. they have a voice. does this in some ways back up what other countries, where you cannot protest freely, where your voice is not allowed to be heard, does it give them some ammunition when they show these pictures back in their home country? >> it does cut both ways. if angela merkel is the leader of the free world, yes to those of us in the west. this can be a reenforcing. to the lights of vladmir putin who has sought over the past decade to undermine the international liberal order, this reenforces his point that what matters most is stability. it doesn't matter the character of the government. what matters is this chaos needs to be dealt with appropriately. i think both sides will reenforce their competing narratives. >> i agree with pj's point. you will see all these types of scenes being replayed because president putin does like to demonstrate tha

let's listen to angela merkel. she speaks german. angela merkel just angela merkeljust well coming eve ryo ne angela merkeljust well coming everyone at the moment, we don't have a translation for you at the moment, unless, that would commit speak german? i do. she was saying the symbol of the summit is that brief you saw on the screen, the reef knot, the more tension and pressure you apply to it, the stronger the knot becomes and she thinks that was a symbol for the way it responds to the pressure it faces and ina it responds to the pressure it faces and in a way it is the antithesis of mr trump's protectionist worldview, hamburg is germany's gateway to the world and has been for centuries. he wa nts to world and has been for centuries. he wants to come and say to his domestic audience that he is making a big success of this meeting or do you think she could be sidelined? let me come back to the question in a minute because we have a translation. good working basis here, soi translation. good working basis here, so i would like to al

however, angela merkel and trump are at odds, but angela merkel speaks russian, she actually has a bit of a relationship with vladimir putin. putvladimir putin speaks german. she is thought by some to be the putin whisperer. is that true? >> she understands putin quite well. as you said, both speaks the language of the other country and you have to think about that angela merkel was raised in about east germany, though she knows how to deal with communist people. and because her father was a priest, sometimes she was suppressed by the communist government of east germany and you have to put in consideration that vladimir putin was a spy in east germany. so there is a lot of intention. she totally mistrusts putin. she thinks he is a dangerous world leader. he tried to put strike on east europe. so she's highly alert when she sees these pictures of donald trump from america and vladimir putin from russia having like a cozy relationship. this is something which kind of making the german government and the german people very, very not feeling very good because of you're history. >> great t

germany is not going to get there with angela merkel leading the country. follow the lead of donald trump and take his domestic policies and spread throughout europe. we'll have a global resurgence of our economy, the global economy, thanks to his leadership. liz: a footnote for mark and the viewer, dan rather said the speech is the best of his presidency. look forward to having you on. >>> the dow fell more than 158 points. that was a drop it settled at. more down today. the s&p down nearly 23 points, the nasdaq down more than 61 points. these are the lowest closes since may. >>> get to payroll processor adp reporting 158,000 private sector jobs were added in june. it's below the 185,000 expected. 216,000 new jobs added. that's up versus 188,000 pace last year. we're on the lookout for tomorrow's government jobs data where economists are expecting a healthy continued job growth. president trump lambasting cnn in poland for hunting down the guy who made the gif of the president wrestling cnn. we'll play you what the president said today. first an nbc report