This program is about 1 hour long
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(Studio: John Berman; Hamburg, Germany: Jim Sciutto) What President Trump said today about Russian interference in the 2016 election discussed. [At news conference, TRUMP - says it could have been Russia & other countries meddling, but President Obama found out about it in August & did nothing about it & intelligence on weapons of mass destruction was wrong & led to a mess.] The fact that Obama did confront Putin in September at a G20 summit, what Trump said about Russia in his Hamburg speech & what may come up in the meeting of the president & Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed.
(Studio: John Berman; Washington: Jim Sciutto) The view of the intelligence community of Russian meddling/hacking into the election, what former national intelligence dir. James Clapper said about WMD discussed. [CLAPPER - comments on the WMD mistake & resulting changes.]
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(Studio: John Berman) Earlier interview held with Representative Adam Kinzinger about Russian spying & meddling. [KINZINGER - offer views on how Russia is trying to reestablish the empire. hence more spying, so Congress has to send a strong message, that this is not about delegitimizing President Trump; states he has no doubt about Russian meddling & that Trump's comments {limits of Russian meddling} should not have been made before allies; suggests Trump put up a brick wall in his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow; speculates about whether Trump "understands" Putin.]
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(State Department: Elise Labott) The background to tomorrow's meeting at the G20 summit between President Trump & Russian President Vladimir Putin examined; details given about the advisers' advice on the meeting & who will be at the meeting. [Secretary of State Rex TILLERSON - wonders about Russian intentions.] Tillerson's statement on the meeting issues & Putin's criticism of US trade policies discussed. [In speech, TRUMP - urges Russia to cease destabilizing activities.]
(Studio: John Berman) Live discussion held with CNN's former Kerry chief of staff John Finer, Jill Dougherty & Steve Hall about the meeting. [FINER, DOUGHERTY, HALL - offer views on how to handle a meeting with Putin, the problem of no overarching policy for Russia & the "optics" of the power dynamics of the two men, the view of the Russian media, the need for Trump to be firm with Putin, how both sides may view this kind of meeting, how Putin is skilled & cannot be intimidated.]
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(Studio: John Berman) Live discussion held with CNN's David Gergen, military analyst retired Gen. James "Spider" Marks & former Obama China/Korea official Laura Rosenberger about the US & North Korea. [GERGEN, MARKS, ROSENBERGER - offer views on what Trump is saying at this time because there are only three unappealing options, how the military options are not good & regime change is not a choice, what Secretary of Defense James Mattis said, the fear of "miscalculation"; the issue of an administration clear strategy, the role of "ambiguity" in foreign policy, the importance of our ally, South Korea.]
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