should really ask him what his opinion is. anna. matthew, thank you for reporting there from moscow for us. let s talk with our panel joining us. tara and ron brownstein and elise lavitz. the bilateral meeting between trump and putin was very small. just four people. compare that to the one trump just had today with china s president xi, which you see on the right hand of the picture. does the fact that only the president and his secretary of state rex tillerson were there at that meeting with the russians hurt the white house s ability to control the narrative? well, i think it does. and i think they wanted it to be very small for that specific reason so that they were just
decision to use the so called mother of all bombs in combat for the first time. calling this the right weapon against the right target. also tonight, to georgia police officers have been fired after they were caught on separate videos, punching a motorist in the face when he had his hands up. and kicking him as he laid on the ground in handcuffs. now the officers are under criminal investigation. we will have more on that ahead. i ll talk about those stories and more with our guests this hour. we have congressman ruben gallago with us. he is on the armed services committee. and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first cnn global affairs correspondent elise lavitz. elise, north korea ramping up threats. trup. showing he is will to use force. after two major military strikes, questions about whether trump s foreign policy is relying too much on the military. tonight, new warnings from china. as mentioned rise with north