russian autocrat and not be the forceful defender of democracy in that setting given long history of the g7 as a group and previously g8. >> chris, you just expressed a bit of a pessimistic view, but the role of the g7 or lack there of. the united states is due to host it next year. the question of where it will be. we'll get into that later. also this issue of the president going out of his way to say he would like russia back in this group and would like putin to come to the united states next year for this session. how will that go with the other members? >> they don't want it. they said no already. they support democracy, and trump has a real serious case of dictator envy. i mean, he loves to talk about his friendship with kim jong-un, who's probably the worst tyrant alive on the planet right now. he loves vladimir putin for reasons we've never really known or understood.