World to know that absolutely, positively, unequivocally, he is not contemplating a run for the top job in 2020. Never mind those weekend reports that several bigname republicans are eyeing president ial campaigns next goaround. Whether trump runs or not. And theres more fallout from the 2016 race. At a meeting in the philippines, secretary of state Rex Tillerson told his russian counterpart that moscows meddling in the u. S. Election badly damaged u. S. russia relations. We are following all of these developments this monday morning. Lets begin with our Global Affairs correspondent, elise labott at the state department and then well go to joe johns. Elise, what can you tell us . Poppy, this is the first time secretary tillerson and foreign minister lavrov have met since Congress Passed those sanctions against russia for meddling in the u. S. Election and President Trump signed them. So, obviously, that is the real elephant in the room. And there was a lot of discussion. Foreign minist
Here . Plus, moment of truth. One of the democratic frontrunners makes it official. Im running to serve you as the next president as the 2020 candidates try to stand out. We cant just stand up and say not trump. Who else might jump in . Potential democratic candidate congressman seth moulton is here. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is gearing up for a new phase. President trump is in florida this morning after a week of first relief and then quickly confusion for his administration following the conclusion of the Mueller Investigation as the attorney general prepares to release a redacted version of the full report, the president seemed to step on his own victory lap with a sudden announcement on health care, surprising even top republicans. Despite the reported objections of top cabinet officials, including the Vice President and attorney general, the Trump Administration announced it would join a texas lawsuit arguing that the entire Affordable Care a