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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Victor Blackwell And Christi Paul July 8, 2017

Meeting with Vladimir Putin, the president s decision not to hold a News Conference at the end of the summit and Vladimir Putin holding this News Conference right now is essentially giving the russians the opportunity to sort of put their spin out there in terms of what went on in this meeting. We do believe that perhaps there might be a gaggle of some sort with reporters on air force one, as reporters are traveling with the president back to washington. But i just want to make sure we emphasize to viewers, that this is unusual for president of the United States to go to a g20 summitnd not have the president himself or at least top officials brief reporters on what happened overall at the summit. One other final thing, the g20 summit has put out one of these joint statements, communiques, whatever folks call them. As theyre leaving the summit. It does take note on the part of the g20, does take note of the fact that the u. S. Is pulling out of the paris climate accord. And so that was also big subject of conversation here between these World Leaders. Jim acosta, at the g20, over your shoulder there. The monitor that shows Angela Merkel speaking. We want to go to Nic Robertson as well. Nic, what are we hearing from Angela Merkel as we wrap up the g20 here . We know this was set initially as interconnectivity being part of the theme. And the headline of potentially the isolation of the u. S. In the multilateral deals that have been struck. What are we hearing from Angela Merkel . Angela merkel is the host here, and she does the sort of final big wrapup. To jims point about President Trump not speaking, president putin able to define his message, to a degree, Angela Merkel was able to put a cap on everything that was agreed and disagreed here. The very important and bigticket items here, trade there was a huge concern going into this. A difference over the u. S. Position, and the other juntcy members positions on trade. President trump said free trade is okay, but it must be fair trade. Angela merkel, the bigticket item on trade said theres an agreement that keeps markets open, fights protectionism, so thats very much if you will taking a position thats against a position where President Trump has really been. Some language in there that will make President Trump feel a little better. It says that they agree to fight unfair trade. Again President Trump has said free trade, yes, but it must be fair trade this is a win for the other members of the g20. This is one, if you will, that President Trump will have to take on the chin. Excess steel in the global market, now thats something that Angela Merkel was talking about. That was a concern of President Trump, is a concern of President Trump. That was a big fear that he might put tariffs onnas of steel. There was talk that that could spark a trade war. That seems to be headed off. The way that its headed off is there does seem to be an agreement to form an International Body to look at the, at Steel Production and sales across the world. To present a paper by november later this year. So there is something in that for President Trump, absolutely. That he will get an accounting of where the world thinks things are on steel. But on climate change, Angela Merkel gets her way, she wanted to be able to say in the communique, she said at the very beginning, that it is important that we can say that we differ on certain issues. And she said, on climate change, she said it was deplorable, deplorable that the United States under President Trump is backing out or appears to be backing out of the paris climate agreement. She said all other 1 members here agree to, agree to enforce that. Thank you so much, Nic Robertson, we appreciate it. Want to get back to jim acosta. We were talking to jim about the fact that President Trump was not going to speak to the media. But jim, you did hear from him, is that correct . Thats right. In one of these bilateral sprays where the press is allowed in momentarily. To capture a few moments between these two leaders. Not sure exactly whether this was in response to a question or whether he just volunteered comments. President trump, but in the meeting with president xi, when the press was in the room on north korea said something has to be done about it. President trump said that eventually there will be a success, when dealing with pyongyang. The regime in north korea. And a quote here, maybe longer than i like. Talking about how long this is going to take. More than you like. There will be a success, one way or the other. So the president , theyre talking in general terms how he would like to see some kind of progress when it comes to dealing with north korea. Not the sort of saberrattling statements we heard from the president , in the initial readout, getting just at this moment. I want to caution viewers, but it does appear he is saying in this brief moment with president xi where the cameras were in the room, something has to be done about north korea. Of course people around the world feel the exact same way. The question obviously is what exactly can be done about north korea. And a lot of critics of whats been going on over the last several months in terms of the u. S. dealings with north korea, chinas dealings with north korea, that there arent a lot of great options in terms of dealing with the regime in pyongyang and trying to curb its nuclear program. But the president saying with president xi, that something has to be done about it. Not sure if that was in response to a number of questions or this was just something he volunteered at that moment. But again as we were saying earlier, hes not going to be giving us a chance to be asking him questions. Hes leaving hamburg shortly to head back to washington. Guys . Jim acosta, Nic Robertson as well, thank you both. Do stay with us, were continuing to watch what happens at the g20 summit as they wrap things up there today. Also, looking at some of the crowds that have been there today. So far, peaceful. But that was not the case overnight. They were gathering all day outside of the g20 summit. The time day of the summit. German police we know are prepared and have already called in reinforcements from across the country. More than 100 demonstrators have best arrested. We know that more than 200 officers have been injured. Lets go to Cnn Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen i see there. Tell us, what are we seeing as its compared to what we saw last night. Good morning, guys this is one of the biggest demonstrations weve seen so far, since the g20 started. The organizers say that its well over 20,000 people who are marching at this point in time. It seems to us like it might actually be even more than that. We sort of marched along this demo. This is one of the antig20 demos. Its motto is g20, not welcome. They want to tell the World Leaders who are gathering here that theyre not okay with some of the things that have been decided and generally with some of the policies of some of the leaders and heads of state that have been here. This march is completely peaceful. More like a festive gathering than anything else. Trying to bring across a political message. And certainly one that is be heard here. What happened last night, ive been covering demonstrations in this country for a long time and its been a long time since ive seen anything like what happened here last night. A lot of firecrackers being sent off. And violence in the streets as well. And the German Police really had a lot of problems coming to terms with the situation on the ground there. Had to call in reinforcements as you mentioned. That was something, even the folks who are organizing some of these demonstrations against the g20 said thats not something that they want to see, victor and christi. Fred, we hear that new york mayor bill de blasio was there, that he was speaking at some of these protests. Can you tell us how he was received there . He was received very well, he also declared his solidarity with the city of hamburg. It was a different none strags than this one. Even though it went parallel to this one. It was borderless solidarity. Cities showing solidarity with one another. You had mayor bill de blasio there, he was very well received. And i think he made a point of showing the solidarity between new yorkers and the folks here in hamburg. They have had a very, very tough time here with the summit. Of course the disruptions that have been happening to daily life here as well as the g20 is wrapping up. Guys . Fred pleitgen, we appreciate it, thank you. Its been a full day on President Trumps agenda already as he navigates policy among the World Leaders here. I want to talk to you about what you may have missed thus far this morning. Most of the leaders at the g20 summit appear to be at an impasse over trade and climate change. Just moments ago we heard from german chancellor Angela Merkel. She spoke about how crucial the paris climate deal is. Watch . The one crucial issue was climate and energy. And what came out of this meeting was what i had already said at the beginning of this meeting, wherever there is no consensus that can be achieved, disagreement has to be made clear. You are familiar with the american position, you know that unfortunately, and i deplore this, the United States of america left the climate agreement or rather said, announced their intention of doing this. So so when it becomes clear in this declaration is the dissenting view of the United States. But i am very gratified to note that the other 19 Member States of the g20 say that the Paris Agreement is irreversible. Meanwhile, President Trump appears to be hopeful about a new potential trade deal with the uk. Sitting there with the british Prime Minister. Announced a new agreement, he said it could come very, very quickly. But as the president tries to focus on trade, he cannot escape those questions about russias interference in the 2016 election. Watch this exchange. Prime minister may and i have developed a very special relationship and i think trade will be a very big factor between our two countries. So i want to thank you very much. Mr. President. [ inaudible ] i want to show you this tweet, President Trumps daughter ivanka briefly took a role at the g20 summit as the president stepped away. Svetlana lukash who identifies herself as a g20 russian sherpa. A name given to people who help large sell gagss at the summit. She took this picture of ivanka. A Senior Trump Administration official is dismissing a suggestion that this was improper. President trump weighed in on his daughters success, making a bit of a joke here. Im very proud of my daughter, ivanka. Always have been, from day one. I have to tell you that. From day one. Shes always been great. Shes a champion. She werent my daughter, it would be so much easier for her. It might be the only bad thing she has going, if you want to know the truth. We are getting word that president putin has spoken as well. Lets take a listen to what he had to say just moments ago. Translator put this question on the agenda, we discussed it. And it wasnt just one question, there was a lot of questions and we debated a lot of time. Our position is well known and we kept to it. I think there is absolutely no grounds for suggesting that russia was involved in the u. S. Elections. But whats important is that we came to an agreement that the situation of uncertainty, particularly towards the future, must be absent. We cannot have this uncertainty. And incidentally, i said this at the last meeting. We have a common internet cyberspace. And we agreed with the u. S. President that we would set up an Expert Working Group and work on how we can collectively together safeguard this cyberspace. And we have to have guidelines, world global guidelines for this. And how we can prevent other states actually intervening. And that was an agreement obviously just between the u. S. And russia. But we hope very much if we manage to put that scheme in place, then there will be far less speculation, so as far as personal relations are concerned, then i think that they are certainly established. I dont know how this is going to sound. But this is how i look at it. Trump on tv is very, very different from the trump in person that i saw. Absolute big difference. He is very good interlocutor, he responds to the question which arise in discussion, new elements, so it seems to me that we will be able to build future relations on the kind of meeting we had yesterday. And we will be able to actually get to the level that we need. So you have there, russian president Vladimir Putin speaking about his meeting with President Trump. Expressing some optimism after this meeting that happened yesterday, lasted for more than two hours. First you heard from the russian president talking about this upcoming Bilateral Working Group on many things, including cybersecurity. Now of course that comes in the context of the discrepancy between the descriptions from the Russian Foreign minister, lavrov, and from secretary tillerson, about the acceptance of the russian denial of interference in the election. Uhhuh. Were going to take a quick break here, well be back in a moment. I noticed it as soon as we moved into the new house. A lot of people have vertical blinds. Well, if a lot of people jumped off a bridge, would you . You hungry . Im okay right im. Im becoming my, uh, mother. Its been hard, but some of the stuff he says is actually pretty helpful. Pumpkin, bundling our home and Auto Insurance is a good deal like buying in bulk thats fun, right . Progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto. Progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, what in real time . Stomer insights from the data wait, our data center and our clouds cant connect . Michael, can we get this data to. . Look at me. Look at me. Look at me. You used to be the yes guy. What happened to that guy . Legacy technology can handcuff any company. But yes is here. So, youre saying we can cut delivery time . Yeah. With help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. With the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. It wasnt just one question, there was a lot of questions. And we debated a lot of time trait, our position is well known and we kept to it. I think theres absolutely no grounds for suggesting that russia was involved in the u. S. Elections. Whats important is that we came to an agreement that the situation of uncertainty, particularly towards the future, must be absent. We cannot have this uncertainty. And incidentally, i said this at the last meeting. We have a common internet cyberspace. And we agreed with the u. S. President. That we will set up an Expert Working Group. And work on how we can collectively together, safeguard this cyberspace. And we have to have guidelines, world global guidelines for this. And how we can prevent other states actually intervening. So theres president putin taking questions, well not taking questions, but certainly addressing the media there at the g20, just a couple of moments ago, ivan watson, Senior International correspondent is in moscow right now. Ivan, talk to us about what you heard from president putin just a couple of moments ago. Hes still speaking, might add, he did say, talked about this historic facetoface, 2 18 meeting he had yesterday with the u. S. President donald trump. And one of his conclusions was that the trump you see on tv is not the trump you meet in person. He said this is an effective interlocutor, who answers questions and responds. Logically. He was asked specifically, Vladimir Putin was, whether or not he felt that President Trump had accepted Vladimir Putinens denials of russian involvement and hacking of the november 2016 u. S. President ial election. And he said that he believed that President Trump did accept this. But you have to ask him yourself. Why is that coming up . Thats because in the moments after the meeting in hamburg russias foreign minister came out and paraphrased President Trump in a press conference and said quote, President Trump mentioned that certain groups in the u. S. , even though they cant prove it, are still trying to fan the topic of russian interference in the elections and he he went on to say that President Trump accepted Vladimir Putins denial of any meddling in the u. S. Election. Shortly after that, a Senior Trump Administration

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