Do you not want to respond to that and correct the record if it is wrong . President trump will be happy to make statements himself. We know russia is going to keep doing this and why just sit there like an impotent weak president and let putin walk over you and do nothing when it comes to our cybersecurity . He confronted president putin and he made it the first thing he wanted to talk about and we will have to see where it goes from here. Congressional republicans have been waiting for years for their opportunity to overturn obamacare, and now with it sitting in front of them, they cant figure out how to get it done i think we got to get the job done but we have got to do it right. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. So grateful to have you with us. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is in ukraine morning, his First Official visit to the country as americas top diplomat. He is meeting with the president poroshenko. The two are expected to speak to reporters and when it happens we will bring it to you. The state department say tillerson intend to reaffirm their commit to the territory. Ivan watson is live from moscow this hour. What are you learning about this meeting this morning, ivan . Reporter well, its very important, because it comes about 48 hours after secretary tillerson and President Trump sat down with the russian president Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister. Ukraine is essentially an enemy of russia. It views the russian government as its enemy ever since the 2014 invasion and occupation and a anexting of ukraine. Ukraine is very much at war with russianbacked separatists in ukraine. That has claimed more than a hundred ukrainian soldiers killed in that conflict in the First Six Months of this year alone. So as trump and putin were speaking together in germany, there were still dozens of ceasefire violations reported by international osce monitors in that conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian concern, of course, is that if relations thaw and warm between moscow and washington, ukraine could get left out in the cold and that is presumably one of the reasons why secretary of state tillerson is in kiev today. Its to try to reassure the ukrainians. He has also brought along with him a newly appointed u. S. Envoy to deal with the ukrainian conflict a man who is an ambassador to the nato military alliance. What is the reaction in moscow to the g20 summit and from president putin about his meeting with President Trump . Reporter i think the russians are delighted. You had a lot of top lawmakers coming here with positive statements calling this a breakthrough. Russian state media saying the bilateral meeting the two hour and 18 minute meeting between trump and putin clips the summit. President putin who came out in front of the cameras yesterday and joked with journalists looks very happy. He had some pretty interesting observations. He said essentially the trump we see on tv is not the trump that he met in person. He said that the u. S. President listens to questions, answers logically, is a very good interlockutor. This ends facetoface meetings between the russians and u. S. President s. They succeeded in talking about a local ceasefire in a corner of syria. Also president putin was able to make his denials directly to President Trump about russian meddling, alleged russian meddling in the november 2016 election and has led to more controversy with contradictions between the russian and u. S. Accounts of how that conversation ultimately ended up. There is one area where the russians recognize, they still have a long way to go. U. S. Sanctions against russia are still in place including sanctions that were imposed by the outstanding obama administration, the seizure of two russian diplomatic compounds at the end of december. Russia wants those compound back. And russian officials know that the atmosphere in washington is not good for improvement in u. S. Russian relations, that there is a great deal of suspicion in congress and even within President Trumps republican party. They know they have an uphill battle there to try to further improve relations between these two governments. Good background for us there. Thank you so much, ivan watson. White house advisers are not offering really any clarity on whether President Trump accepted russian president putins denial of interference in the 2016 election. President trump has not spoken about the different accounts of his meeting with the president of russia. Here is what his treasury secretary said about this responding to a question from a reporter aboard air force one. Reporter another country making a statement about the president of the United States, do you not want to respond to that and correct the record if it is wrong . I will not make comments about what other people say. President trump will be happy to make statements himself. Lets talk about this with josh rogen and Deputy Editor of the weakly standard kelly. A Senior Trump Administration official told cnn the president did not accept it. This seems like it would be quick and easy and clear and done. Why wont the Administration Just answer the question on the record . Well, i think the reason is because they dont know what happened inside that meeting. The only people who are in there were President Trump and secretary of state Rex Tillerson. The New York Times reported this morning that Rex Tillerson told a close associate, quote, the president said to putin, quote, i want to get this out of the way, did you do this . And tillerson was stunned by that. The bottom line who knows . Steve mnuchin doesnt know what was said in that meeting and we cant trust what president putin or trump say because both of them have been proven to lie on the record all the time. What we know is what President Trump thinks about the Russian Election hacking says all the time the russians probably did it but others probably did it too. Thats not supported by the intelligence. Thats is not supported by the reporting. But that seems to be what the president of the United States believes. That its very troubling. What we are looking for coming out of this meeting is what actions will the president take . Will he support congressional sanctions . Will he give back the compounds to the russians . That is the greatest indication of whether or not President Trump believes the russians did this or not. Coming up on state of the union later this morning, u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley will be a guest for jake tapper today. I want you to listen to part of her interview. What he did was bring up right away the election meddling and he did that for a reason. Ni president putin did what we thought he would do which is deny it. Two things here. Yes, we know you meddled in our election. We dont know that yet to be what happened in that meeting. Second, cut it out. Effectively and maybe this is a direct quote from what president obama said last year and was criticized by the trump for saying to Vladimir Putin. Is this an assumption on the part of Ambassador Haley or does she potentially know something or counterparts dont . Kelly, what is your take . Perhaps she does know something, but if she does, if she has been told this, why arent we hearing it from the people themselves . Now Rex Tillerson spoke to reporters off camera but audio was recorded and ive gone over his comments multiple times and he did not say once whether trump agreed to accept putins denial that russia was not involved in americas elections. Its a Pretty Simple yes or no question, isnt it . I think its very telling that both Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov have gone on camera talking to reports. Putin is not friend to reports. The fact he is willing to get up and answer reporters questions publicly but neither President Trump nor Rex Tillerson will go on camera and answer these questions directly. I think that really speaks volumes and its quite concerning. Josh, let me move ahead to what is happening this morning. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson in kiev meeting with the president of ukraine petro poroshenko. After what President Trump described as a tremendous meeting with the russian president. How is that description received in kiev and detail for us the line that the secretary of state will have to walk now in his defense of the sovereignty of ukraine. Its good that the secretary of state is making this trip to ukraine and meeting with leaders there and reinforcing the u. S. And Ukraine Partnership in the face of russian intervention in Eastern Ukraine which is ongoing and causing a lot of heart ache and violence there. The top line. What is behind the scenes is the u. S. Is reigniting, restarting its interest and its activity in the ukraine negotiations. What the president has done is appointed a former u. S. Baeed to nato to be the u. S. Special envoy to those negotiations. What that means practically the u. S. Will get revolved in a format meant to resolve this conflict. If you want to roll back sanctions on russia you have to solve ukraine. That is how the president thinks about it. How the ukrainians think about it is they need american involvement to make progress on this fight. And so they welcome that. This could be an area where u. S. And russia, ukraine, germany, france, all get together and try to find a way out of the fighting there. Now that is going to be a difficult, complicated, long process. And its filled with risks and road bumps and spoilers and all that stuff. Is there no easy route out of this. It may be telling that kurt volker was named as the special envoy and known as a hawk on russia. We will see what that means moving forward. You see pictures of the secretary of state there in kiev. Kelly Jane Torrance and josh rogen, thank you both. You can hear the entire interview with nikki haley on state of the union with dana bash this morning at 9 00 a. M. Only on cnn. Just ahead, they are back from the holiday break this week, of course. Will a new strategy by ted cruz revive this Gop Health Care bill . 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Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says they need to pass their Health Care Plan this week or be forced to work on a bipartisan effort with democrats and republican senator Chuck Grassley warns this on twitter. The gop should be ashamed, he writes, they have not passed Health Care Reform by now and will lose the Senate Majority there if they do not do it. Tom foreman is here to explain the path ahead. Reporter Congressional Republicans have been waiting for years for their opportunity to overturn obamacare and now with it sitting in front of them, they just cant figure out how to get it done. From the republicancontrolled senate, a stunning change of direction. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell will prop up obamacare if his own party cant pass a plain. Premiums are going up, deductibles are going up. We have to solve the Current Crisis and i think repealing and delaying the replacement doesnt work. Tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. Reporter cnn has learned the white house was caught off guard by mcconnells comments coming less than a week after the president s own surprise move when he tweeted if republican senators are unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately repeal and then replace at a later date, but that has gained no traction, even as the republican bill has continued spinning its wheels. Some senators in their home districts for the july fourth recess face tough questions from constituents. I still am a no, unless the bill is dramatically changed. Reporter so bipartisan support, limited as it may be, is swirling around mcconnells idea. Senator mcconnell is correct in that we need to make sure that the individual market is a stronger market than it is today. I believe what Mitchell Mcconnell says is the right path to take. Reporter even amid furious pushback from conservative quarters. They say it is catastrophic for the republican party. And on it goes. 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