Have met on the sidelines, but a u. S. Official tells cnn that talks with russia for a deal to ease the conflict in syria have ended for now. The g20 summit will come to a close in less than three hours. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry and Sergei Lavrov also met on the sidelines of the summit. There was hope for a meaningful progress for peace in syria, but the two sides were unable to come to any agreement. Well, the u. S. And russia have been at odds on the situation in syria for some time now. Matt rivers has been watching this very closely in hanjo, and he joins us live. Matt, russian and u. S. Talks, theyre over. No deal was reached on syria. What happens next . What more do we know about this meeting between the president s of u. S. And russia . In terms of that meeting thats going on this afternoon, that is closed to the press. In terms of the individual nitty gritty details of what those two men are talking about, were not sure of yet. Now, before this meeting happened, off
Of punishments from the u. S. she described a tense but necessary conversation with secretary of state Rex Tillerson at the summit. Translator we felt the readiness of you are our u. S. Colleagues to still continue dialogue. Theres no alternative to that. Cnns Senior International correspondent ivan watson is in the philippines with the latest. Reporter this is supposed to be a gathering of diplomats from the association of Southeast Asian nations, and some affiliated countries like the u. S. , russia, south korea, japan, but the big topic of discussion right now is north korea. Its two Intercontinental Ballistic Missile tests carried out in spite of all International Security Council Resolutions and the decision saturday to slap new sanctions on north korea banning its exports of coal and iron, and even seafood, something that the u. S. Government argues will cut at least a third of its export revenues. The Chinese Foreign minister says that he put pressure on north korea during his m
Doubt whether the russians meddled in the 2016 election. I think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and or countries, and i see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure. Nobody really knows. Thats what he said in a press conference but later issued his strongest words yet to moscow for what he called their destabilizes activities around the world. Pring in Cnns Fred Pleitgen on the phone from hamburg. Were waiting to hear the fruits of the meeting from Angela Merkel and President Trump. Any word if its broken up and what they discussed . Reporter yeah. Were not sure whether its broken up yet, john. We do know hes been in that meeting, i would say for almost an hour now. Certainly it will be interesting to see what hes going to say or what both, or either, are going to say anything. The other thing going on and where actually i am now is at the main antig20 demonstration which is now marching towards the very venue where w
About russians having to do with my campaign. The fact is you people wont say this but ill say it. I was a much better candidate than her. You always say she was a bad candidate, you never say i was a good candidate. I was one of the greatest candidates. Nobody else could beat that crooked machine. I was a great candidate. Someday you are going to say that. Sandra john roberts is in switzerland this morning. Good morning, john. Good morning. The president is scheduled now to be having his first bilateral meeting with theresa may. We have not yet gotten notification he has got into that meeting yet. We should have video of that for you sometime within the next 20 minutes to half an hour. After that he meets with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On the agenda for both of those will be north korea, iran, isis. He will also talk clearly with theresa may about trade as well. Later on today the president is going to host a dinner with the ceos of a small group of european compa
Opportunity for the president , his perspective is easy to understand, you cant advance your agenda when it comes to World Leaders you had past problems with unless you are willing to listen and talk and that is the cornerstone behind what we saw play out in singapore when the president met with north Korean Leader kim jong un and well see it again here is the pres. Meets with Vladimir Putin. Before telling you what we can expect on the schedule today the president had an opportunity to meet with finlands president and talk about the relationship we have with their country and the last opportunity for the two leaders to meet over the nato summit. Listen to what the president said not long ago. Highly respect your country and our personal relationship is very good and i enjoyed being with you a couple days ago. Nato has never been stronger and clearly was a little bit tough in the beginning and turned out to be love. Really was great and everybody together and very worthwhile but apprec