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>> julie, china and the u.s. have been doing this tit for tat on tariffs. but now partially the u.s. and russ apparently the u.s. and russia were doing the same with missile tests. >> yes, the president said he thought russia should be back at the table at the g7 and some of the allies dont believe that to be the case, but they seem to have grabbed attention with this test. and the timing is -- you know, is probably not a coincidence, theyre sort of the odd man out as the large world economies m...

With the g7 summit heading into its second day, there are new signs tonight that one country not invited, russia, may be trying to steal the spotlight. this video is from the russian defense ministry. it now says ballistic missiles were test fired if two of its nuclear powered subs in the arctic and destroyed at least one target. meanwhile, president trump and his french counterpart emmanuel macron smiled along with their wives as they arrived for tonights working dinner in seaside france. that ...

When it comes to this trade war with china? >> well, its hard to imagine that he will. one of the reasons that macron decided not to try for g7 communique this time was because of sxlufrp hpresident trump andk record of up ending consensus on a lot of issues, not just the economy but the environment and other things at past summits of this kind. so they dont go in with a whole lot of common ground. while the president had been looking forward to talking up the economic success of the united stat...

According to a white house official, the presidents has told advisers he knows he probably cannot bring mr. porter back, but he has made clear that he misses the staff structure that mr. porter helped build and implement. >> and the white house is sending mixed messages concerning reports that president trump is planning to oust veterans affairs secretary david shulkin. one white house spokesperson said yesterday the president is still confident in shulkin, but hours later, another spokesperson ...

Representation of mark carowa is a problem. he left are with concerns about obstruction of justice around the 2016 trump tower meeting with russians. joining us from washington, politicos daniel lippmann. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> lets talk russia first. whats been the reaction so far to the administration expelling 60 russian officials? i know we heard from paul yesterday and his reaction to all this. >> yeah. i think its kind of a welcome breath of fresh air. we had concerns th...