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There was so much touching, back slapping, public displays of affection and friendship. it is a very different tone today. thank you. >> lets go back to melissa bell. shes right outside the palace where they just met and you did get a sense that mr. macron was trying to reach out and smooth things out but mr. trump didnt seem to be having much off it really. so here they go from here. >> reporter: thats right, natalie. reaching out to his arm shs almost trying to cushion the blow he was expectin...

President macron of france just suggested europe build up its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s., china and russia. clearly saying that perhaps if europe should first pay its fair share of nato which the u.s. subsidizes greatly. that set the stage for the first talks this morning, meeting one on one. that very awkward interaction where theres no warmth between the two leaders, even though typically theres back slapping. president trump once remarked in the oval office he thoug...

Because these two have had a relationship thats been so close. its been described as a bromance. you remember macrons visit to the white house. there was a lot of back slapping, smiling. yet, its also a relationship that has been deteriorating because the two have clashed on a range of foreign policy matters, everything from iran to foreign climate change. so this clash that we saw when president trump touched down really underscored the state of that relation. its really setting up high drama a...

Money, polling, backslapping, baby kissing, even in the midst of the toughest campaign season, you can just have fun. 78-year-old congressman john lewis. ♪ lewis was at a campaign event for stacy abrams and he was waiting for abrams and oprah winfrey, and he began dancing to farah williams song, happy. and the video has gone viral. nearly half a million people, gregory, have viewed it as up this morning. so thats a lot of fun. >> you like this dancing better than teresa? >> much better. >> bef...

I think the question is going to be who ultimately is the president going to decide he trusts? jared kushner, his son-in-law, does have a pretty strong relationship with mbs and theyve put a lot of chips on that and so far dont seem to be walking away he. >> david ignatius, let me ask you, given what we know right now, today, we have a clearly premeditated homicide that occurred in turkey. we have the secretary of state and the president trump of the united states basically engaging in back slap...

Earlier point. the president of the united states has shown a tendency to attack people like kim jong un on twitter and when gets into a summit with him, back-slapping and walking away with giving the leader of north korea some concession. hes been a little more hesitant or a the although more hesitant to go after vladimir putin publicly. but what does the white house want to get out of this? what is the point of the summit exactly? >> well in some ways the white house something really, theyre k...

Trust as i think we are doing today in realtime between the united states and our closest allies that trust will not be there in real form for a long time, and regardless what mike pompeo says. a lot of people i know who socialize, have known donald trump, looks at this like a real estate deal. insult, you can -- end of the day everybody settles on the right price for something theyre happy. 2345 thats not the way global affairs and foreign affairs works. >> heard he didnt really want to go. arr...

Backfire, the meeting yesterday, images of shaking hands with the white house, very powerful, could this meeting be used as propaganda in north korea to our disadvantage? >> well, i mean, what is our interest, whats the objective? if the objective to get everybody into one place, to bring the korean war to formal close, denuclearizing north korea, you know, pay for a hotel room, engage in back-slapping and handshaking and drinking tea, im all for this. what would we rather see? stern faces, rhet...

Back. including his view of americas place in the world. joining us now live from london with the overseas reaction to macrons visit, cal, good to talk to you this morning. give me your take on all this. >> yeah, so listen. its very interesting what you listen to that speech and you played the perfect quote. we can choose withdrawal, we can choose nationalaliism but we shouldnt do it. its fascinating that you have on tuesday this back slapping, this hand shaking, the funny hats, the laughing but...

Kennedy return ed here today. >> bobby kennedy is a poor candidate. his voice is weak. >> he speaks in a monotone. >> thats my first. >> hes stumbling for his words. hes not buttoned up and polished. >> thats my first speech as a candidate. >> hes a terrible candidate. >> he was shy. he didnt like small talk. he didnt do back slapping. >> he was running against the guy named kenneth keating. an older, white-haired, veteran, so-called liberal republican. >> taking a page out of jacks campaign boo...