>> all right, thanks so much. we'll check back with you. >> so very much to talk about here, i have cnn presidential historian, he is the former director of the nixon presidential library, global affairs analyst, online news director for the new yorker and international correspondent clarissa ward, good to see all of you. >> nice to be here. >> okay. so there is a lot overshadowing the international trip. so, you know, david you first, what does president trump need to happen? what does he want, you know, to happen from this journey to try and get out in front of redirect the dialogue about all of this controversy in the cloud hovering over the white house? >> very simply he needs to keep the word russia out of the headlines. this is his trip, i think, to sort of scuttle, very scripted events, he's delivering the speeches. he should be able to have nine days of images of him meeting with other leaders and changing the narrative that has come to