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Different front too. the uk is not at the eu table any more, but the others still huddled together, with intense tension over how brexit has affected northern ireland, plotting, perhaps, how to take on borisjohnson on that tomorrow. that is a side bar to the main business, though. a commitment to big democracies working together. the multilateralism, the german chancellor says, has gone missing in recent yea rs. the final agreement on sunday may fall short of boris johnsons ambition, but the sum...

Summit dinner in nation capitol again slamming democrats claiming that, quote, left wing radicals are determined to shred constitution and saying that hes told his lawyers he wants to sue house speaker, nancy pelosi. and if house intel committee chairman adam shift and hear more from the president when he speaks exclusively in about 30 minutes and in other news at least one person was killed and two others missing in new orleans. after a large portion of a hard rock hotel underconstruction colla...

Maria. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to "the lead." im in for jake tapper. and we begin with breaking news. brand-new reporting on just what happened behind the scenes at a g7 welcome dinner. sharp and sometimes bitter disagreements breaking out over president trumps push to let russia back into the group. that is according to two diplomatic officials and a senior u.s. official with knowledge of the exchange. those sources telling cnn that the president repeatedly insisted a...

That meeting with other administration officials. it was worlt putting oit it was on july 7th, 2017. this is literally just hours before the new york times on july 8th published the story, the bomb shell about that infamous trump tower meeting about donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer that promised dirt on hillary clinton. they asked the white house for a excellent and new york times source tells me that the white house would certainly have known about their pending story before the presiden...

Counterparts. what exactly is the secretary of state hoping to get out of all this? >> reporter: well, stephanie, good morning. the first astonishing thin i have to say is that rex tillerson is a double no-show, not only did he not attend the summit dinner last ninth circuit, he hasnt actually attended the main meeting of those foreign ministers, 27 nations gathered here. hes doing it in bilaterals so hes meeting the russian foreign minister, the chinese foreign minister, the south korean foreig...

To those comments a little bit earlier today. >> we in this department of justice will continue every single day to work hard to serve the national interest and we wholeheartedly join in. i have the honor of serving as attorney general, its something that goes beyond any thought i would have ever had for myself. we love this job, we love this department, and i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> sandra: the president also elaborated on his second conversation with russia...

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