Do you feel interested in taking a step forward, youll be the first u. S. President to cross the border. This here is a great moment. Get out of the way. Move. Move. Clear. Move. All of you. This is my honor. I didnt really expect it. We were in japan for the g20. We came over. I said, hey, im over here. I want to call up chairman kim. And we got to meet and stepping across that line was a great honor. Lot of progress has been made. Here again, that big moment, the sitting american president standing on north korean soil. Lets get cnns will ripley in here. Hes in seoul, south korea. Will n t will, in the last few minutes were learning how the people of north korea are learning about this monumental moment, their leader, kim jongun, has met the american president for now the third time and in his territory. How are the North Koreans describing it . Reporter yeah, as usual, ana, it was hours after the rest of the world watched the events unfold at the dmz live. North korean media always
Closely. Hopfully the mayor will be able to properly do his job. Our sara sidner, fill us in on the latest. A very different scene. Ill walk along with you on the riverside because basically the crowd i just got done speaking to, one of the chairman of the proud boys Enrique Terio said theyre leaving and indeed we heard them rounding people up and there were 200, up to 200 people from farright or rightwing groups or supporters of the president here and their idea was to engage the left. Mostly, they are trying to get antifa designated as a terrorist organization and that was why the proud boys in the first place called for this rally, which, by the way, the mayor said nobody had a permit for, but there are a huge number of police here. A huge number of police. I do want to give you an idea of whats happening. Were on one side of the river and we walked over the side of the river on the bridge in portland. On the other side of the river are folks who are from portland who came out again
Democrats and republicans are preparing. What they are going to try to accomplish with the witnesses that will be before them. Speaking of the witnesses, this week bill taylor, the current top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, george kent, a Department Assistant secretary of state, and Marie Yovanovitch the former u. S. Ambassador to ukrun waine was recalled by the president. Lets start with manu raju on capitol hill. In terms of republican strategy going in, its no surprise, it would be almost malpractice if they didnt have strategies going into these hearings. Whats been revealed is this 18page memo that republican staffers put together about the defenses that they have for the president. What is the strategy . Reporter yeah, theyre trying to move from this process argument theyve been waging for weeks and now looking at the substance. And what theyre trying to argue is that nowhere on the phone call between President Trump and president zelensky of ukraine in july was any pressure, in thei
Correspondent there. Phil, also have a preview of the main defense the republicans plan to use starting with the phone call between President Trump and president zelensky. Reporter republicans talking process. Now clearly moving into substance pap reality theyre grasping the stakes are huge and Everybody Needs to come together on their side and provide a unified agraeement what democras are saying. 18 pages laying out what they think democrats are doing. Walk you through the interesting points. All have a threat. Its almost a straightline defense of the president. If x wasnt said x could not have been meant. Take the first piece theyre pointing to. July 25th phone call between President Trump and president zelensky. They say in their memo that call doesnt show conditionality of evidence or pressure from President Trump. The context here is important. Weve seen reams of testimony from people who are involved in the u. S. ukraine policies leading up to that phone call lengthy negotiation
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