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Questions ahead of the elections as the u.s. seeks to transfer full security responsibility to the afghan government. back to you. >> ryan, thank you. lets get a check of cnn business. recreational marijuana legal in canada. u.s. investors have the munchies for the cannabis stocks. shares have traded in the u.s. cronos and tilray shares have raised. that is thanks to coca-cola and speculation coke will invest in aurora. that makes sense. people are drinking less soda and coke is looking beyond...

Following this meeting between trump and putin in helsinki. we just heard from the commander of all u.s. forces in the middle east specifically overseas troops in syria where u.s. and russian forces operate in close proximity. he told us hes received no specific direction following the summit. he says that a they will continue doing what they have been doing which is communicating regularly with their russian counterparts to prevent accidents where their forces are operating. but he also noted t...

Something at the end of the day. >> absolutely. >> all right. thanks so much for that, ryan browne. as rescuers prepare for the next leg of this mission, the weather could get worse. lets check in with cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera, who is keeping an eye on that for us. ivan? >> joe, as you mentioned, not just showers. were talking about torrential downpours, 1, 2, 3 inches an hour. were in the middle of the monsoon season here in thailand. we have had a bit of a lull the last few days, but n...

Will be the first time they have seen a whole day of daylight in quite a while. so thats interesting, as well. thanks so much for that, matt rivers. the mission to save these boys is truly an international effort. this morning, president trump tweeting this. the u.s. is working very closely with the government of thailand to help get all the children out of the cave and to safety. very brave and talented people. cnn pentagon reporter ryan browne is here now. ryan, so tell us a little bit about...

South korea. cnn pentagon reporter ryan browne is in washington. this is just hours after pompeo said these were talks that were productive. are they on the same page? is it possible here you have people sitting in the same room and coming out with very different stories for their own domestic audiences, for their own domestic purposes here, that we dont really know whats going on? >> well, they might be part of that at play here, but certainly there is a very clear message being sent by north k...

Of a true trade war and then suddenly, north korea pulls back on its language relating to denuclearization. do we see a linkage here? is it reasonable to question whether china may be putting itself thumb on the scale or whatever? >> well, china has a vested interest in the situation, and youve seen the u.s. trump administration attempt to delink these things. theyve sought cooperation with china on the north korean nuclear issue, believing that it was in beijings interest to denuclearize north ...

With chairman kim during the course of ours negotiations as well. we had productive good faith negotiations. >> now, it seems to be the big source of disagreement here is what exactly complete denuclearization means. state department officials have long-said that that would include verification, language that they continued to use, while the north korean statement said the talks really -- one of the issues they had with the talks was pompeos focus on issues like verification, irreversible denucl...

Just to give you an idea how strong the language is coming from north korea, so kim jong-un and his people are saying quite clearly they want a different approach than the one which is currently being offered by the u.s. they claim the u.s. is wanting this unilateral moves from north korea while the u.s. is not going to give anything in return, where the north koreans are saying very clearly we only want a step by step. we make one move and you make one move and so on. interestingly, that was th...

Correspondent ryan browne. >> ryan, pompeos and north koreas versions here of the exact same meetings dont seem to match up at all. what exactly does this mean? >> well, definitely. were hearing very different tones coming from north korea and from secretary of state mike pompeo. now, speaking to reporters while still in pyongyang before boarding his aircraft, pompeo said that progress had been made and he said that both sides remained committed to complete denuclearization of the north korea. >...

Me. im joe johns in for fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with conflicting reports on the denuclearization talks out of north korea. the north now slamming what it calls the united states gangster-like mindset but secretary of state mike pompeo describing the meetings as productive. he briefs his japanese and south korean counterparts. is the u.s. deal falling apart? north korea released a statement that reads in part, we expected the u.s. to bring constructive measures to build confidence...