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Of again negotiations, the multi-lateral efforts made over the last 20 years with north korea, those seem to have not worked so well. is kim jong-un saying give me that bilateral meeting with the united states and show that im toe to toe, just as we saw with vladimir putin and trump there at the g-20, that is often an objective of such leaders, just show that we are on the same level as the united states. if that does happen here, thomas, does that get us farther down the road on coming to a sol...

Syria, on iran and also in north korea. >> all right. congressman, thanks for being with us. and we will be talking with a republican lawmaker later this hour, so stay tuned for that. and in the meantime, i want to talk with former u.s. ambassador to russia thomas pickering. he served this both democrat and republican administrations. ambassador, thanks again for spending time with us. vladimir putin is now claiming during this meeting between him and president trump that president trump agree...

Clear and sharp military escalation. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. >> joining me now, military analyst and medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs and policy fellow at brookings institute. and some watchers said the trump-putin meeting had a congenial tone but was the same question with xi on camera. they both look like they are get ago long at the gathering there in florida. does this get ambassador hallie the vote she needs to pass more sa...

A problem because today, of course, the white house is not commenting further on this, seemingly wishing to put this into the background and get on with the future. i think there is nothing wrong with getting on with the future, but this issue isnt going to stay in the background and were waiting obviously with great interest report from mr. mueller. >> and ambassador, you heard what the reporter from keir simmons who has been there all week is saying, he was at the press conference today with v...

Look like. but there are some -- you can take different views. i mean, look, president putin said that he felt like he could get along with president trump. these are two leaders with their fingers on the nuclear button and perhaps that at least is something to be grateful for. with all of the caveats weve been talking about. >> sir, thank you so much. as always, and your reporting. keir simmons there for us in germany with some reperspectiven what happened there. this is the week that donald ...

Crisis will still be there. and well have to see what the way forward is at that point. >> the senate is expected to get a new report next week from the congressional budget office after republicans sent two separate bills for analysis. one of those bills include an amendment from ted cruz offering plans below obamacare requirements in an effort to reduce costs. joining me now is political reporter to look ahead to next week and what may happen with the bcra. katelin, this new potential cbo scor...

Soft power side? >> well, none, actually. china has no -- is not highly motivated to put further sanctions, debilitating sanctions on north korea and doesnt want to see chaos in the korean peninsula and doesnt want to see a war between north korea and south korea and more than anything does not want so see a situation in which there is a unified korea because it will work to their tremendous disadvantage. so it is very highly motivated to keep doing what it has been doing and that is to kick the...

He is thomas pickering. his career as an american diplomat spans more than 40 years. he is now a distinguished fellow in foreign policy at the brookings institution. so mr. ambassador, always a treat to have you on. welcome back. >> thank you, brooke, its very nice to be back with you. >> so, the news, again, according to the secretary of state, the fact that president trump opened up this meeting in talking about russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, what do you think of that? >> ...

Past. thats significant and not unimportant, but the more important thing is can we help to solve a lot of those particularly ongoing questions for the future, and there, i would put more stress and indeed more emphasis in terms of this meeting. the notion that countries would not try take advantage of the united states and meddle in our elections if they could is a signal totous get better at protected what it is we need to protect in our own society, particularly from outside hacking and i thi...

Writer jennifer rubewho wrote a piece for "the washington post" denouncing the presidents response to the london attack and former ambassador to russia, thomas pickering. jennifer, just so i can understand what sbaebastian gor was saying, pay no mind to the tweets. >> this is a man who works for the president of the united states and theyre trying to run as far away as possible. it completely undercuts their intire spin for weeks and this is the problem with the president. hes like the worlds wo...