decision by the vice president s staff. tell us about it. he was staying on one coast of ireland and commuting back and forth to dublin where his meetings were and staying at the trump resort. yeah, that s exactly right. it is an unusual decision, it s 150 miles from the trump property to dublin where the vice president will be having his meetings. flying back and forth doesn t seem as convenient as you might imagine. his staff acknowledges the vice president took the president s offer to stay there. this is in the context of all of the things we ve seen lately with the president s properties. he s now considering his florida property, the doral golf club as the site of the g 7 for next year. attorney general bill barr is working out $30,000 of his own
moment. this is a doral golf club he owns there. justifying it saying it s close to the airport. that s why it needs to be at his own golf club in miami. i m sure there s no other benefits. there can t be any other place in all of america. not many airports. pamela brown is live in france. what have you learned? reporter: good morning to you. an administration official telling me that other world leaders have been raising concern with president trump about the china trade war behind closed doors amid these mixed signals after reversing course saying the president only regretted not raising the tariffs even more on china. president trump now says he believes a deal will be struck. china wants to renew trade negotiations. we ve gotten two calls, very, very good calls. very productive calls. they mean business.
the g7 should be focused solely on the economy. he believes that there are so many issues relating to the economy, having to do with trade and tariffs and so on, that these other issues outside of that such as climate change really just aren t important to him during this weekend and he just doesn t think it s a productive use of his time. that was one of the chief complaints going into this weekend from the president. and in fact, one of the big reasons why that economic summit was added here yesterday morning to appease the president. one more bit of news out of the g7 which is for the next meeting of world leaders, president trump is suggesting holding it at his doral golf club. is there a problem with that? oh, there s a problem with that. in fact, he s going to send all of the people who have already started studies, litigation, public complaints about the emoluments clause about the president personally enriching himself by using his office to boost his own business and never
he was outsmarted by vladimir putin. and okay doral. president trump declares his own doral golf club in florida could be the next place to hold the g7 summit which the u.s. is slated to host while suggesting he won t make money if the event were held there. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, an oklahoma judge has ordered johnson & johnson to pay more than half a billion dollars for its role in the state s opioid crisis. it could be the tip of an iceberg in cases against drugmakers. johnson & johnson said it will appeal. also tonight, president trump is on his way back from the g7 summit where he left key allies and onlookers dizzy as he shifted positions on critical issues. with this trade war raging, the president claimed that chinese officials have reached out
president trump s cancelling upcoming strip club charity event, the news comes after the charity affiliated with the event dropped out, reportedly saying they didn t know the strip club was involved. the trump organization saying in a statement, and this is a quote, the event was originally booked with the understanding that it would be raising money to support a local charity benefiting under privileged children. now that the charity has removed its affiliation, the event will no longer be taking place at our property and all amounts paid will be refunded. so let s discuss now with alice stewart, michael dee antonio. hi, don. i should say both of you. michael, this was scheduled to take place this weekend at trump s doral golf club.