Vanderbilt Television News Archive

CNN Evening News for 2017-07-07

This program is about 1 hour long

• Introduction/Preview John Berman (New York)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:00:10 pm

• Germany / US-Russia Relations / Trump-Putin Meeting / A Discussion (Part I)

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  07:00:10 pm — 07:19:40 pm

  (Studio: John Berman; Hamburg, Germany: Jim Acosta) The longer than planned meeting of President Trump & Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg, Germany, in which Trump confronted Putin about Russian meddling in the 2016 American election, the disagreement about Putin denials of interference, why the meeting when longer with an agreement on a cease-fire in parts of Syria, but no agreement on Ukraine, the on-camera by Russia & off-camera by Trump briefings after the meeting discussed; scenes shown of the pair at their meeting.

  (Studio: John Berman; State Department: Michelle Kosinski) The divergent claims from Russia & the US about the Trump-Putin meeting with each side interpreting things differently, what Ambassador Sergey Lavrov said about events discussed. [Voice of Secretary of State Rex TILLERSON - says Trump pressed him {Putin} at first.]

  (Studio: John Berman; Washington: Jim Sciutto) The question of whether Russian hacking in the election has been proved by US intelligence again while Trump expressed doubt yesterday about Russian interference, what former national intelligence director James Clapper said about no one but Russia being involved in hacking discussed.

  (Studio: John Berman) Live discussion held with CNN's Kenan Inst. director Matthew Rojansky, David Gergen, CSIS vice president Heather Conley, Jim Sciutto & Steve Hall about the Trump-Putin meeting. [GERGEN, CONLEY, ROJANSKY, SCIUTTO, HALL - offer views on the divergent views about what was said at the meeting so Trump needs to make a "robust statement" about meddling, what Tillerson & Lavrov said while Russia is increasing their influence in other democratic allies, the need for a clear statement from the administration about what Russia has done & then move forward in dealing with Russia about nuclear arms & North Korea, the Russian effort after the meeting to put Trump in an awkward position about the meddling issue brought up by Trump, Trump, the intelligence community & the Russian attack on our democracy, what Russia wants us to forget about & move on.]

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  07:19:40 pm — 07:23:40 pm

• Germany / US-Russia Relations / Trump-Putin Meeting / A Discussion (Part II)

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  07:23:40 pm — 07:30:00 pm

  (Studio: John Berman) Live discussion continued with CNN's Kenan Inst. director Matthew Rojansky, David Gergen, CSIS vice president Heather Conley & Steve Hall about the meeting of President Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [CONLEY, ROJANSKY, GERGEN, HALL - offer views on this first diplomatic meeting with Putin as with Presidents Bush, Clinton & Obama: our values do not coincide, Putin's power plays/games at the meeting: his win in having a meeting with the head of the US, the significance of the length of the meeting, "New York Times"'s David Sanger's piece on the JFK-Khrushchev meeting, the troubling fact that the US president is no longer viewed as the world leader & the Russian aim of superpower status.]

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  07:30:00 pm — 07:33:40 pm

• US-Russia Relations / Trump-Putin Meeting / Syria / A Discussion

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  07:33:40 pm — 07:41:50 pm

  (Studio: John Berman) The agreement by the US & Russia at the meeting of President Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a cease-fire to curb the violence in Syria introduced. [Voice of Secretary of State Rex TILLERSON - says we want to reduce the violence in Syria.] Live discussion held with CNN's retired Adm. John Kirby, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Rick Francona & former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford† about the Syria cease-fire. [KIRBY, FRANCONA, FORD - offer views on the cease-fire with a possible breakdown in the implementation, the position of Syrian President Bashir al-Assad, who is not leaving & has "won" the war in Syria with Russian & Iranian help, so how to you contain the insurgency, how the US & Russia objectives have never been the same, the "deconfliction" issue & whether there is any hope for optimism in Syria.] Other material: [Voice of TILLERSON - says our objectives are the same.]

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  07:41:50 pm — 07:45:50 pm

• US-Russia Relations / Trump-Putin Meeting / Himes Interview

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  07:45:50 pm — 07:50:40 pm

  (Studio: John Berman) Live interview held with Representative Jim Himes about the outcome of the meeting of President Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [HIMES - offer views on this "dog's breakfast of uncertainty" about what happened, the conflicting accounts about what was said: Trump did not speak with great clarity about the Russian attack on our election.]

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  07:50:40 pm — 07:54:30 pm

• Germany / Melania

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  07:54:30 pm — 07:58:10 pm

  (Studio: John Berman) Report introduced.

  (Washington: Kate Bennett) Fist Lady Melania Trump on the world stage examined; scenes shown of protests in Hamburg, Germany, that forced her to skip planned outings & Melania at dinner seated next to Russian President Vladimir Putin. [M. TRUMP - speaks to Germany.] [Earlier in Sicily, M. TRUMP - speaks about her hospital visit.] [President TRUMP - praises his emissary, Melania.]

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  07:58:10 pm — 08:01:50 pm

• Start of second hour of AC360.

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  08:01:50 pm — 08:01:50 pm