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Focus his foreign policy not on russia, but on asia, on combatting and containing china. and so putin is aware of that. he knows the u.s. doesn t want to get bogged down here. he knows the u.s. ultimately is not really interested in guaranteeing ukraine s defense by inviting them into nato, but the u.s. has made commitments to ukraine. they believe very much in the sovereignty of democratic countries. and so putin believes he may have some leverage here, and it is a very precarious geopolitical situation, and it is one that is the white house is having to spend a lot of time on here at year s end. david, i want to read something written in the atlantic . it was written russia s aggression against ukraine is backfiring. and that, quote, putin s military moves are rallying ukrainians and unifying nato. do you agree or is that too optimistic? i think it s too optimistic ....
Our live coverage of the g7 continues with alex whitt. it s so great to see you. i m telling you, such high stakes overseas and keir s package, the interview, i can t wait to hear that. if folks haven t seen it, they ve got to stay tuned. we have part of it coming up now and again in the next hour. thank you so much. have a good one. a very good morning to all of you. it is saturday, june 12th. first up here on msnbc, it s day two of the g7 summit now under way. president biden is meeting world leaders as we speak with a focus on combatting china s growing influence, plus an nbc news exclusive. it s with russian president vladimir putin, ahead of his high stakes summit with our president. he s offering praise for trump and a message for biden. it is my great hope that there s some advantages, some ....
Gained worldwide attention with both pope francis and president trump weighing in. charlie gard was just 11 months old. take a look at this. very different story we re following right now. live pictures coming from brentwood area of long island in new york where the president shortly will deliver a speech on combatting gang violence here in the united states and the need for stricter immigration laws. it s all part of an effort to get on with his agenda after the republican health care bill failed in a dramatic late-night vote. the health care defeat caps a very difficult week for president trump. he was rebuked by members of his own party. even the u.s. boy scouts and some of the president s actions are raising questions about whether his leadership style is truly effective. joining us now to talk about all of this and more, presidential historian alan lickman, distinguished professor of history here at the american university here in washington, ....
His private business, something he had called a red line. it is also a president who felt vindicated by andrew mccabe s firing, a disloyal fbi agent getting with the president thought he deserved. so our big question is if robert mueller is next, who can or who will stop president trump from orchestrating his firing? and if he can t fire robert mueller s president trump s real goal not to oust mueller but to discredit him and his witnesses? in about 40 minutes or so, the president is scheduled to make remarks in new hampshire on combatting the yes, i opioid cr. first, let s get to our team of reporters for the latest. we start with breaking news about the president s legal team. kristen welker is at the white house. natasha bertrand covering the trump-russia investigation for ....