Why wont the president say this in public . It would put a lot of these questions and, frankly, the fact that a lot of your fellow republicans are perplexed, would put it to rest. Why wont he do it . I think you can ask him. Everybody is trying to nitpick what he says and what he doesnt. Talk is one thing, actions are another. He confronted president putin and it was the first thing he talked about. I think we have to see where it goes from here. President trump is back on the way to the u. S. Having wrapped up his trip to the g20 about an hour or so ago. We are now learning more about what happened during his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Lets get the latest details from Hallie Jackson and keir simmons. Well begin with you, hallie. I know youve been tracking what the president has been doing during this packed day of the g20 meetings, all of the talks with the crucial allies, so what do you see as the highlights coming out of those meetings . Reporter well, i think if you were to come up with a thesis statement for President Trump and the g20, alex, it would be this. President trump looking to be more comfortable diplomatically, but also more isolated. I think about the First International trip that he took. He was in obviously saudi arabia, israel, also at the g7 and particularly in europe it was clear that he was isolated at that time, particularly when it came to trade and climate. We are seeing that in even more sharp relief here at g20. He does, if i can read into some of the body language, appear to be more comfortable with people like angela merkel, with people like emmanuel macron, even the australian Prime Minister whom he met in a little bit of a surprise sideline meeting. We hadnt expected that. The australian Prime Minister had openly mocked the president in the past. But again his positions, his policies are not in line necessarily with a lot of our international allies. Youve seen already the european union, the eu folks say, listen, we will take Counter Measures if need be when it comes to trade. On climate you are looking at the communique that has been put together from these g20 nations. All of them except for the United States talking about the paris climate agreement, calling it irreversible despite President Trump and his aides saying the president would try to renegotiate that. Alex, if i may, let me follow up on something we talked about last hour. Yes, there is language in the communique about environmentally friendly fossil fuel creation and development. That was a little bit of a bone of contention. The u. S. Has successfully gotten that into the communique so that is worth noting, i think. And so i think that overall that is sort of the big headline. The smaller headlines are coming with these meetings. These oneonone meetings with these leaders. First and foremost, the one with Vladimir Putin. I know youll talk with keir about that but that is a highlight from this. Also president xi from north korea. I want you to hear what the president had to say president xi of china talking about north korea and heres what President Trump had to say about that. I appreciate the things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in north korea, a problem that something has to be done about. I know we will eventually have success. It may take longer than id like. May take longer than youd like but there will be success one way or the other. Reporter another critical meeting for President Trump there, alex. All right, Hallie Jackson, thank you very much for asking the question i posed to you last hour. I appreciate that. Lets go right now to keir simmons whos got new details on what russian president Vladimir Putin is now saying about his meeting with the president. Keir, with another welcome to you, what can you tell us . Reporter well, we were in the room with president putin as he held his News Conference with russian journalists, and he was confident. He answered question after question about that meeting with President Trump. He was asked again and again what their interaction was over this question of allegations of russian interference in the u. S. Elections. He says that President Trump asked many questions. He gave many answers. And that he told President Trump that russia was not involved in the interference in the u. S. Elections despite, of course, the conclusion of the u. S. Intelligence agencies. He said President Trump agreed with him, but youd have to ask President Trump. Now, we ourselves at nbc news specifically asked him again, what were the exact words that President Trump used in agreeing with your statement that there was no interference, and president putin would not answer that. He talked about the fact that he did not share details of interactions that he had with president obama over the same issue and said he wasnt going to although he had a conversation about those same interactions with President Trump, he wasnt going to break protocol, if you like, and tell us the detail of the conversation. He did have, alex, one reflection about President Trump. He said he is not like the guy you see on tv. Okay. Well, that was interesting. Thats his interpretation. Okay, thank you for that keir simmons, we appreciate it. Lets get some more top political headlines. To do that we bring in republican strategist noelle nikpower. With a welcome to you both, peter, ill going to you first. What do you make of president putins comments there. Do you think hes coming out of this summit with the upper hand . Absolutely, no question about it. If we look at what trump said in poland where he used the word urge, i urge russia to stop destabilizing and used the word ukraine and then syria. There was no mention of the United States. The word urge is a very, very weak word. And then in germany where he met with putin, theres now a video that surfaced of trump and putin having a brief interchange way before the official meeting where theres a familiarity, theres even a sense of warmth that trump exhibits to putin. And then on top of that, the fact that there were very few people in the meeting for obvious reasons, i think it was well choreographed. At the end of the day, i have a hard time believing anything thats being reported out of the meeting, but most certainly on the world stage, putin is the winner. Putin is a very strategic bully. Our president happens to be a very petulant bully thats not very disciplined. So it was fixed before it ever began, and putin is a judo expert. He knows how to take the opponents energy and use it for his own benefit. But its very clear by the words and the actions that have yet to happen, and i doubt will, that putin really won this round. You know, noelle, peter mentions the world stage. How do you think this meeting is perceived outside of the u. S. . What do you think the message here is to americas allies . Well, i think, you know, this is very obvious. I do think that the United States with trump, i think, in the g20 was a little isolated. You know, donald trump is going to do things his way. And i think part of this isolationist movement is because hes not participating in the paris climate agreement. And i think that thats got people like macron, people like angela merkel, got these people, you know, not very happy and they were saying that. Now, on the putin thing, i really disagree. I really think that trump slammed it. I mean he confronted putin. They had a two and a half hour meeting. Even melania tried to break it up. And, you know, he confronted putin with it. He said that you guys were meddling in our elections. This has got to stop. And, you know no, no, no. No, please he denied it. We knew he was going to deny it. Did anyone expect a different answer there . No. But putin did say, he did say whether this is going to amount to anything, he did say that they were going to form some sort of a committee to look and investigate into cyber crimes. Is that going to amount to anything . No. But the fact of it is that a lot of people didnt think trump was even going to confront putin and he did. We dont know that. We dont know any of that. Using the word confront, that neither participant, by the way, the report of the meeting was delivered on the u. S. Side by tillerson, on the russian side by putin. Putin said that he brought it up. No. Those words are made up. Theres no confirmation that there was a confrontation of any sort. Well, he addressed it. And by the way, a committee on cyber security, not on cyber crimes, so we need to be very accurate. Its a word play. Its a word play. Our viewers need to know the facts. Well, look not made up its a word play. Its not made up. I want to have someone else weigh in here, that being california congressman Eric Swalwell, who last night, and he sits on one of the committees investigating russias interference, he offered his thoughts. What are we getting as a country out of this relationship or this meeting with russia . They attacked our democracy. They made a mess of our country over the past six months. They have been given secrets in the oval office. They havent changed their behavior in syria or in ukraine. So what is the United States getting . Right now it looks like this was just another win for Vladimir Putin. I would like for both of you to answer that. Peter, you first, and then noelle. I completely agree. Lets remember and deal with the facts of the statements that are on the record. Trump said in poland were urging russia to stop destabilizing ukraine and syria. No mention of the United States. Then theres a meeting between trump and putin. Tillerson comes out and says that the president raised the issue. The word confront has a very different definition than the president asked putin about intervention. Its then reported that putin said whats the evidence. At the end of the day, we need to see whether the president does anything. Right at the moment the president has pretty much caved in and decided in statements by official spokes people, including tillerson, that the president has decided, our president has decided to put the intervention into a sovereign nation in our election in the past and look to the future. And part of the reason the world stage, france, england, germany, its not because of Global Climate change and the paris agreement, its because russias also intervened in their elections and with their facilities. By the way, theres a report this week that russia that russia has interfered or at least hacked into some of our power systems, including a nuclear facility. We are under attack. So confront hasnt happened. Noelle, your thoughts on Eric Swalwell and what he said. What is america getting out of this relationship right now . Well, i think the its very important that President Trump get his message out. I think that hes gotten his message out. And back on what peter said with the word that i used, confront, maybe the word i should have used is addressed. Either way, he got it out. The subject got out. I mean there were but youve got to look at before before he went to the g20 summit, they were saying that he probably he may not even address the russian hacking into the elections in the United States. Some people were saying that wasnt even going to be on the agenda, but it was. So maybe the word that i used confronting him, maybe that was wrong. Maybe the awoword addressing wa the better word. That we can actually say definitely happened, that it was addressed. Okay, guys, i have to make that a wrap right now, peter and noelle, thank you so much. U. S. Bombers carry out an exercise at the dmz after a gamechanger by north korea. What the options look like for defusing this tension, next. Mom, i have to tell you something. Dad, one second i was driving and then the next. They just didnt stop and then. Im really sorry. I wrecked the subaru. I wrecked it. Youre ok. Thats all that matters. vo a lifetime commitment to getting them home safely. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. 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As far as north korea is concerned, i know that well have eventually success, it may take longer than id like, it may take longer than youd like, but there will be success in the end one way or the other. A confident President Trump there speaking at a meeting today with chinese president , xi jinping. Mr. Trump is leaning heavily on china to put pressure on north korea to rein in kim jonguns Ballistic Missile development. This came on the last day of the g20 summit in hamburg. Just hours after japan and south korea teamed up with the u. S. Air force for a mock bombing in the korean peninsula. This to send a message to north korea. Nbcs matt bradley is covering this from us from seoul, south carolina. Matt, with a good day, what can you tell us about the show of force . Reporter officials are telling nbc news that these exercises were meant to demonstrate to north korea that the u. S. Is on a war footing in the korean peninsula. General Terrance Oshaughnessy is the head of the u. S. Pacific air command. He said that this was to show, quote, the full lethal capability of the u. S. In asia. Now, this is a typical shot across the bow of north korea. The u. S. Does this all the time. In fact they have done it more recently. There has been six such flyovers over south korea just since april. This just goes to show how tense things are becoming as north korea ramps up its capabilities, especially when it comes to missiles. Now, this is a response to the july 4th test of an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Thats an icbm. North korea said it had launched an icbm and u. S. Officials agreed that the test qualified as an intercontinental Ballistic Missile, which means that it could strike american targets in alaska. Now, these flyovers, there were three countries that were participating. The u. S. , japan and south korea. The u. S. B1b lancer bombers took off and flew over south korea and actually did come close to the demilitarized zone. Thats the very heavily armored border between north and south korea. Now, the koreans the north koreans havent responded to this and its unclear what theyre going to say, but if history is any judge, theyre likely to respond see this as a provocation and respond with some level of hostility. Back to you. All right, matt bradley there, thank you for that. Lets bring in karen skinner, a Research Fellow at the hoover institution. She is also a former member of the Trump NationalSecurity Council transition team. With a welcome back to the broadcast here, the first question out of the gate, how does President Trump solve the problem of north korea . Because it seems like he may have stumbled upon some unwilling partners in russia and china. Absolutely. This is the most dangerous border situation, north korea and south korea, in the world at this time largely because of north korean aggression, which expands to japan, to all of east asia and its a challenge for the world. The big challenge for President Trump, however, is to convince the rest of the world that this is an existential threat not just to the u. S. , japan and south korea, but to the entire globe. And coming out of the g20 summit, its not clear that all of the nations in the leading industrial nations will join the u. S. In making this the key threat that must be addressed right away. The chinese and the russians have their own agendas and interests. The leading trade partner for north korea is china. It is a pathway to denuclearizing that country. But as you know, alex, in the statement just a few days ago that the chinese and russians made jointly about the threat of north korea, they asked the u. S. To stop and south korea its military exercises in exchange for a moratorium on north koreas military program. Thats not acceptable to the u. S. , which wants a denuclearized korean peninsula. But even further, the statement recently among the u. S. , the south korean and japanese leaders talks about sanctions and theres a commitment to sanctions at the United Nations among these three countries. But they arent going further with the u. S. , as nikki haley said at the u. N. , shes interested in looking at not just sanctions but the full range of options, including military. Right. But we have no supporters on that side. This is very difficult. Its a diplomatic challeng