The critical show. We want to talk about that . No, actually the news the pretty pressing, a series of alarming tweets by the president sparked an international uproar. I guess that balloon is a dust cloud. Its all about timing, i hear. You know, you could have looked at me like that whole, joe, why are you so stupid . Then rolled your eyes and then done that. Well, but it is actually raising serious concerns about his fitness to serve at this point. Yes, i am quite aware of that. Right. The editorial news reads in part. Only those completely under his spell can deny what growing numbers of americans have long suspected. The president of the United States is profoundly unstable. He is mad. He is by any honest layman definition unwell. Thats the New York Daily News, a newspaper donald trump has read every day for decades. New york times reporter Maggie Haberman said something is unleashed with him lately. I dont know whats causing it. I dont know how to describe it. And willie, obviousl
Former chief of staff as c. I. A. And department of defense now an Nbc News National Security analyst jeremy bash. And washington anchor for bbc world news America Katty Kay who cheers for england who will win the world cup four years from now and host of Andrea Mitchell reports, Andrea Mitchell. Congratulations to france for their victory in the world cup. We are coming up on some big news events the next 15, 20 minutes. Vladimir putin is arriving right now from russia where he was the host of the world cup. And hes arriving in helsinki. Hes going to be meeting with donald trump. We will see him and the president of the United States over the next 15 to 20 minutes. But before we go there, lets try to put into context what exactly has happened this weekend and what the backdrop is for this meeting that has caused him a great deal of concern across washington, d. C. And the world. David ignatius, i want to start with you, how do you put into context weekend where the president of the Un
sanctions deter pupt, and the problem is that all the really sort of extensive sanctions, the ones that actually spite, are cutting them off from the swiss system, trying them to go after russian money much more aggressively in the west, all of that stuff is in peril because the u.s. and western allies, particularly in europe, are partly dependent on russia. for example, on natural gas, wit eu gets 40% of its national guard gas from russia so you have this sort of catch-22 situation where anything that s truly going to deter putin requires inflicting some level of economic damage on ourselves, and that s i think why we re holding back the truly truly punitive steps that could exist in our economic arsenal. brian klaus, professor, thank you very much. see you again soon. still ahead on way too early in the united states, this crisis is taking a toll in the financial markets and at at the gas pump. we ll have that part of the