To face with Vladimir Putin. Its going on right now. The u. S. And russia prepared, apparently, to announce a ceasefire in southwest syria that according to the ap. To former cia analyst tar rah mahler on what we can expect from all of this. Tara, first of all, the expectations of the media, obviously, far different from the sort of stuff that we expect because we think outside of the box. Going to eat trumps lunch. Thats actually a headline in Business Insider, that he is not prepared for a meeting, he doesnt have an agenda to which i would say what meeting does the president of the u. S. Ever go into without an agenda . Arent folks like you always prepping president s for that . Hopefully, there was an agenda going into this, and id hope on the agenda syria, hopefully, was top and center, and i think were hearing that it was. I hope the ukraine was at the top of the agenda and cyber hacking and other cybersecurity concerns related to russias intervention in the election and otherwise were on the agenda. So i think, hopefully, those three points were hit. Theres obviously other issues of concern, north korea, a top security matter. That probably made it onto the list. I i think some of the concerns were not that there wasnt an agenda, its just sometimes he does stray from the script his advisers have put before him. Hopefully, he stuck on message, hopefully this was a productive meeting i. Remains to be seen what comes out of it. I think theres room to try the improve cooperation where cooperation can be found but also to take a firm line for u. S. Strategic interests. And you really do need to take a firm line with regards to putin on the ukraine and with regards to david sure. But, you know, sometimes those arent mutually exclusive david i understand, tara, but sometimes perception is not as important as reality. And you think of the way in which donald trump has been portrayed over the past year or so, that hes taking too soft a line on putin, that putin can eat his lunch, that putins smarter than he is. When, in effect, you look at a what he has actually done, what he has done is so different from the perception. Going after syria, which is russias best ally in the middle east, going after him like no president ever has, taking a very different line on iran which has been allied at various times with russia. And, of course, the announcement this week that hes open to selling oil and gas to Eastern Europe and, of course, thats exactly how russia has sort of held those states in a kind of a blackmail situation with their oil and gas. All of these areas which really get under the skin of putin instead of, instead of sort of making him feel good. Well, i agree that on syria weve been making progress, weve been making progress on rah a ca. I do think with regards to russia and syria though we havent really seen the administration take a Firm Position in terms of pressuring the russians with regards to their dealings with assad david what about the tomahawk missile attack . That was a direct shot over the bow or into the bow of russia. Fully agree, that was a strong measure, and i supported that on at the time. I on air at the time. It would be interesting to hear if the use of assads chemical weapons came up, because russia can play a role in pressuring assad. I think it would be wonderful if those issues were at the forefront of this conversation. A ceasefire, you have to make sure the parties in the ceasefire are going to carry them out. Putin and trump can declare a cease fire, but until the parties on the ground are agreeing to that, we have to see. Its too early to say. This is very preliminary reporting, and we dont know the terms. Has assad been made a aware of this, and is he going to be cooperative . Any sort of agreement on a ceasefire is a good thing, so im going to praise that preliminarily, but we dont really know the terms yet. Ceasefires are good in theory, but a lot of times you dont necessarily see them pan out on the ground. David and also what russia says is good in theory, but in its very often quite different, isnt it . True. The rhetoric that may or may not happen in these bilateral discussions not just with President Trump and putin, but with other leaders as well. What really matter is the the follow through, it isnt the rhetoric that putin spews about being cooperative against isis because the reality is we havent seen isis be the primary focus of putin in syria. Weve seen him go after others and a lot of the support leaning towards the assad regime. So actions speak louder than words, and thats what im curious to see, what changes on the ground. David tara, one last question. Its about security of the meeting itself, because there are only to six people in that room, two interpreters, putin and trump and lavrov and tillerson. Six people. If theres any leak coming from that meeting, where do you think it would come from . Thats a Million Dollar question, but it could come from any of those parties in there both intentionally or unintentionally, and it could come from somebody without claiming that it came fromc th. So it remains to be seen if theres an official readout of the meeting, President Trump and tillerson might put out an official readout which is not going to give us the tone, the body language, the precise wording. But, i mean, putin might leak out information, and we dont really necessarily know the veracity of that information. Ill be curious to see if there is an official readout or each transcript. Im not sure if there was a stenographer or anyone recording this meeting in any way. David thank you very much for being here. Well, many on the left talking more about russia meddling than fixes to issues like north korea and syria. To Washington Free beacon contributor editor daniel halper. First of all, with regard to syria, news of a ceasefire at least in the southwest of the country, what do you think . Yeah, look, we have to see the details, as tara said, but it could be significant, obviously. This is something that the Obama Administration really wanted badly. John kerry met any number of times with his counterpart in russia trying to get a ceasefire, and trump comes in, his first meeting with putin appears to be productive. I think that is something that both sides, the trump and the putin side, wanted to show perhaps as a diss to obama and a way to show that theres a new relationship between the u. S. And russia and that each side is going to use each oh to help each other to help achieve their own national interests. David the most immediate danger to the United States and the whole world right now, i think, is north korea. Eventually it might be iran or something else, but right now north koreas so erratic, has so many dangerous weapons to toy around with, thats the biggest problem. Russia came out with a weird comment. I thought it was it was intentionally provocative, suggesting that the United States was just as much to blame for tensions in the Korean Peninsula as north korea was. I mean, that the moral equivalency, putting the u. S. And north korea together is morally equivalent, really kind of an evil way of looking at it, dont you think . Yeah, its ridiculous, obviously. And youre right, north korea will be if everything goes badly, if it goes wrong, it will be the trump Foreign Policy legacy. Hopefully, its not. Hopefully its sort of a side issue or even resolved and it goes well, and its the legacy in that regard. But its very, very dangerous, what north koreas doing. And hopefully, President Trump has a plan to deal with north korea and, hopefully, you know, hes talking about it now with russia and trying to pressure them to help deal and unarm north korea. David well, i hope he mentions somehow the fact that theres zero moral equivalency between us and the North Koreans. Finally, i just want to ask about the perception, because as i was telling tara, very often its not as important as reality. Trump very often begins a relationship with excessive praise and then hammers down on whoever it is hes talking to, whether its an ally or an adversary. My feeling is it was the same with putin; that is, before he met putin he was setting him up with all this praise kind of for putin the to let his guard down. What do you think about that . Yeah. I think there is an element of President Trump that just wants to be loved by whoever hes talking to, whether hes holding a big rally or having a oneonone meeting. He tends to flatter the person and try to have that person really like him and, therefore, be able to assert his will over that that person. Obviously, these are two personality, two big personalities and a couple in the translation, which i think is significant in a certain way, you know, things do get lost in translation. It does slow down the meeting because you have to wait for everything to be, basically, repeated. David sure. I think this is just the beginning, obviously. This is their first meeting. Theres a lot of attention due to the meddling and to other issues, but i think well just have the see how this relationship actually develops over time, and it could realign the United StatesForeign Policy. David what i love is that nobodys doing this kind of smiley stuff that they did either with the Hillary Clinton meetings with lavrov or the meetings that president obama had with putin yeah. I didnt see any reset button. David david yeah, theyre getting straight to the point. I kind of like that. Daniel, thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, david. David protests turning quite violent. Is capitalism the thing they should be embracing . To harold Group Vice President sabrina schafer and [inaudible] senior Political Correspondent aaron delmore, sabrina, these writers have a lot of time on their hands, dont they . [laughter] i wouldnt be at all surprise if they are the perfect example of the welfare state; that is, ablebodied young people that could very easily be working, very easily be at their jobs right now. Instead, theyre getting enough welfare so they can be out in the streets. And enough apparently the charter their own train to germany. David, i think youre right. These people should not be fighting capitalism, they should not be, you know, pitting this idea of wealthy countries against poor countries. The fact is they have legitimate grievances. Theyre concerned about human rights, theyre concerned about climate change, theyre concerned about Economic Growth. Societies. That generates wealth and opportunity, and it allows the luxury to think about all of those other challenges that face our different countries. So they should not be sort of pitting themselves against the g20, they should be, you know, figuring out how we could all Work Together to lift up some of the poorer nations around the globe. David erin, you know, Angela Merkel, the head of germany, she chose hamburg knowing full well that it is kind of the epicenter of these radical groups in that part of europe. Its located right between amsterdam and copenhagen, its on the north side of germany. There are a lot of liberal if not radical groups that are based there. Do you think she did it as a sort of inyourface thing for trump . Angela merkel took a risk by choosing hamburg as the city here, and whether she did it to rankle trump or as a strategic move remains to be seen. Now, like you said, this city has a population that is leftist. It has a radical history. And merkle isnt without risk. Shes facing reelection in september. Shes looking to solidify her status as the primary leader in europe. And shes saying here protests, even if they are massive and violent, can be a sign of a healthy democracy. Thats what makes hamburg a tough place to host. David it does. We should mention, by the way, sabrina, she was originally from hamburg, and for some reason her father brought her over to the east part of germany back in the days of the soviet union which wasnt a very Pleasant Place to grow up. But again, the question of whether shes sort of positioning herself as the leader of europe, how muchen influence donald trump would have in that kind of situation, i just think of the fact that when he was pushing them to pony up more money for nato, all of the merkle acolytes were snickering and saying itll never be done . Well, guess what . It was done. So he got more progress done there than Angela Merkel did. Right. I mean, i dont think it really does Angela Merkel any good to have these protests though. Obviously, there is tension right now between germany and the United States as well as other allies in western europe. But i dont think anyone wants to take the attention away from what should be constructive conversations between these different nations. So i wouldnt think she necessarily set in this up, but i do think she has an opportunity here, as do trump and other leaders who are attending, to sort of point out the contradictions in that we all have the same goals in mind. We all want to see women have equal rights, and we all want to make sure that refugees who truly do need to find new homes find themselves in safe environments. These are things that we all want. The question is how do we best get there david be careful of that word all, because the folks on the streets of hamburg certainly dont want that. They want something that looks more like venezuela right now. Well, thats true. And its hard to take some of them too seriously. There is something to be said for dressing for success, and when you have more piercings than i have teeth [laughter] i find it hard to pay attention. David okay. Earp, i owe you one erin, i owe you one, thank you very much for being here. Appreciate it. Much more on fallout at g20 and how it impacts your wallet. But next, senator mitch mccanal plan bs mcconnells plan b on health care. And are jobs back . We are going to break down the betterthanexpected jobs report right after this. 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David well, the dow just hitting session highs after the june jobs report crushed the estimates, 220,000 jobs added compared to the 179,000 jobs expected. Average Hourly Earnings up 2. 5 from a year ago, to fbns adam shapiro with notsopositive news on the health care front. We should mention, by the way, there were revisions of the previous couple of months that were also good, right . Reporter yeah. The revisions for april and may, it was a gain i believe upwards of 47,000. Lets talk about health care. Want to talk about whats going on with Mitch Mcconnell and the impact with the slowdown in bringing the Better Care Reconciliation Act to the forefront and introduction to the senate for a vote, because he doesnt have the support. Remember when they went on recess, david, they were only five senators who were saying they were opposed, but that was more than enough to kill the thing. Then you got ted cruz with a possible amendment which has not been attached to the bill yet. Now you have Mitch Mcconnell who just yesterday in rural kentucky said, quote if my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action with regard to the private Health Insurance market must occur. Now, that was interpreted to mean and he actually talked about possibly working with the democrats. And then you got a statement from senator schumer. Because remember, the democrats have said they wont go anywhere near any of this. They wont help, they wont negotiate, nothing as long as theyre talking about repealing obamacare. But schumer said yesterday its encouraging that senator mcconnell acknowledged that the issues with the exchanges are fixable. Then he goes on to say at the top of the list should be insuring costsharing payments are permanent which will protect health care for millions. Schumer responding to the open door that maybe they can make a deal, and nowhere in his statement, by the way, does it say anything about if this is on the table, were not coming to to the table. So believe it or not, you might see people working together in washington. Dont hold your breath. [laughter] but, you know, the republicans dont like the idea that mcconnells backing away from his own bill. David right. Reporter democrats, theyre going to be weary because its eventually going to have to be a replacement the republicans say of obamacare. So next weeks going to be a hot one. David well, you know what will bring schumer in, adam . You know this better than anybody, the fact that all the attention right now is on the president s trip abroad. He gets so jealous of somebody hogging the camera, that thatgsc going to whatever he can do to bring the camera in to cover himself, he will do. Reporter well, im not going to criticize senator schumer because i have to work with his staff [laughter] i will say this, david, they all acknowledge that something has to be to done about the premiums, because theyre going up. Thats the window that they can go through together. The rest of it they can figure out later. David this one thing both republicans thats one thing both r