appreciate your time today live in seoul, south korea. it will be interesting of course to see how this comes together. thank you. we mourn the loss of one of our own here at cnn. anthony bourdain, his fans around the world grieving his loss. he was a storyteller, a traveler, a chef. he had a remarkable way of bringing people together and telling stories. dead at 61 years old.
little bit shocked that they are passing through or staying at a village where anthony bourdain stayed on his last night on earth. basically i think that the medical examiner has been here. he saw there was no suspicious circumstances and so they basically have closed the case and ruled it a suicide. there is still some debate about exactly what will happen next. the family is trying to decide what the funeral arrangements will be. but at the moment on here things are returning to quiet and calm after what was yesterday a morning of that i think for a lot of people very emotionally engaging. the hotel here has had a comment and don t want to have a comment. they may have a communique later on, but it s been pretty much a shock for everybody around here. jim bittermann live for us. thank you. since his pass, we ve been asking you for your stories of anthony bourdain of how he touched your life.
and on this day, we remember a remarkable story teller, a chef and explorer, the impact and legacy of our own anthony bourda bourdain. from cnn world headquarters, a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m george howell, cnn newsroom starts right now. 4:00 a.m., 4:01 here on the east coast and we start with the g7 summit in canada. it kicked off friday despite growing animosity toward the u.s. president over the issue of trade. there were no outward signs of loss tild ihostilit hostility, but whether they can produce a joint statement as they normally do is an open question. in the meantime mr. trump arrived late to the two day meeting spell be leaving early. and in the run up to the summit, mr. trump had been trading
relationship is under enormous tension. and just because in public they are smiling and getting along, behind the scenes the organization is rattled and bringing russia back into the fray is increasingly problematic. and think european leaders with the exception of italy are increasingly frustrated. both in ways that the which russia is dividing and interfering in europe by supporting so many of these far right and upon upopulist group, these are precisely the kinds of constituencies to which trump has been speaking from hungary, italy, austria and beyond. so european leaders are distur disturbed and determined to try to change the nation of the discussion. tomorrdominic thomas, thank r your time. and now to a story that honestly is difficult to cover. the death of our colleague here at cnn, anthony bourdain.
explorer, bringing his advent e adventurous spirit to cnn in 2013, where he shaved his curiosity to audiences around the world on parts unknown. you ll have to walk me through. reporter: former president obama who joined bourdain on parts unknown in vietnam tweeting he taught us about food, but more importantly, about its ability to bring us together. to make us a little less afraid of the unknown. people tend to be proud of their food. they let their guard down when they talk to you. you stheem you see them at their most vulnerable. so even people who you really have fundamental disagreements, maybe different belief systems, if you are going to intersect anywhere, it will be abover foo. bourdain s passion resonated with so many. including millions who never met him yet who greatly admired everything he introduced them to and the way opened their eyes