a single sided statement issued by the canadian hosts where you mentioned that he s heading off to singapore for that format with the north korean leader what our expectations there a freshly when it seems that he can t get on the same page with traditional allies . well it certainly does send a message that he is rushing away from his european partners you know the groups that back him the most in his foreign policy for some of the most complicated issues facing the world at this time that he would really need their support to deal with and instead he is rushing away from this meeting where they are all gathered in canada to go to singapore to meet with that the leader of north korea so i think that itself sends a strong message that trumps priorities are perhaps more aligned with getting a deal that s perceived as a political win at home than it is in maintaining good transatlantic relations and relations with the other allies in the g. seven group w correspondent claire richardson t
and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clare let me start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these tariffs. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i dig zemke chanson these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and manual micron and german chancellor angela merkel who came to d.c. to try and convince trump and not to impose these tariffs on the european union obviously that has not worked out originally when trump said that this that these terrorists were going to take place he made the argument on a case of
who met kim jong un at a historic summit last month said he was perplexed by trump s cancellation after big steps forward it appears resolving tensions on the korean peninsula won t be as quick uneasy as some had hoped. for washington correspondent claire richardson is following the story she says trump is keeping the door open to dialogue with the north despite cancelling the meeting a meeting between donald trump and kim jong un had been highly anticipated and would have made history as the first time a sitting u.s. president met with a north korean leader republican supporters of trump even had been calling for him to win a nobel prize if he succeeded in his efforts but now the summit appears to be off the table as suddenly as it was announced trump says he s keeping the door open to dialogue with north korea but that the u.s. will continue with strong sanctions and his so-called maximum pressure campaign supporters of praise trump for not walking into the talks amid so much existin
a ride and the showmanship ultimately has increased the chances of war. claire richardson there in washington and well let s get in the perspectives from south korea and china how are they dealing with this cancellation we re going to cross over to josh smith in seoul and felix lee in beijing let s start with you josh in seoul the north koreans say they are still willing to meet with trump any time they re not giving up are they. not yet this statement was encouraging i think for a lot of people in south korea who were fearful that perhaps the cancellation of this summit would lead to again talk of war as there have been threats between both sides said north korea s. openness to continue talks as well as some conciliatory remarks fire american officials do make it seem like there is a decent chance that both sides are talking to each other again soon
stormy daniels case it s really a matter of a trump and his team getting their story straight as you said rudy giuliani who s kind of the face of his legal team said that trump had paid back this money to his lawyer that he made in payments to keep stormy daniels the adult film star quiet she said that she had an affair with the u.s. president while he was married and was paid this one hundred thirty thousand dollars to keep quiet shortly before the twenty sixteen election and now the question really is whether this was a violation of campaign finance laws it seems like giuliani was perhaps trying to help trump in this regard by making it clear that it was just a personal payment that had nothing to do with this matter but it contradicted what the president had said earlier and that s where he s in trouble never a shortage of action there in washington claire richardson our reporter there with the very latest thank you claire. well earlier this week we brought you the story of activist