of july weekend where we honor all the things that make the u.s. a special place. certainly freedom of the press is one of those elements that makes the country celebrate on a fourth of july weekend. so the president s feud has come to life in his twitter feed, with the video that he put out and what he said to those gathered last night in washington. richard? thank you so much, kelly. nbc s kelly o donnell in new jersey. following the holiday break, president trump heads to germany to participate in the g20 summit. that s the gathering of the world s top economic powers. russia will be in attendance, as president trump is expected to have his first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladamir putin there. the topic of russian interference in the presidential election has dominated much of the trump administration s first 164 days in office. joining us now, sarah westwood, white house correspondent for the washington examiner, and ken vogel from the new york times. sar
chris? laura, appreciate it. president trump under scrutiny for how he s managing threats posed by other countries. sources tell cnn the president s advisers are struggling to convince him of the threat that russia poses because of its hacking capabilities. there are also questions about why he hasn t taken a harder line against the kremlin in that regard. cnn s joe johns live at the white house with more, and this really gets us right to the heart of the matter about why the president is so resistant to the reality of russia s interference. reporter: chris, that s true. trump campaign fund-raiser last night in washington, it paints a real picture. the leader of the free world, once again, five months into his term preparing to participate in american democracy at the highest level while a threat to american democracy remains very present and very real. senior administration officials say they are struggling to
that we see, every stat that we see shows that leader pelosi just doesn t help our candidates in those swing districts. if we are going to win the if we re going to regain the majority in 2018, we have to have new leadership. and even president trump weighed in on the minority leader s future tweeting out, i certainly hope that democrats do not force nancy p out. that would be very bad for the republican party. and please let crying chuck stay. it s worth noting that since entering the house democratic leadership in 2002, pelosi has raised over half a billion zlarz for her party, or as representative emmanuel clever ii commented, nobody pushed michael jordan into retirement. last night in washington the president and members of congress got together for a picnic at the white house. one member was noticeably absent. steve scalise continues to recover in the hospital. president trump devoted much of his remarks to the congressman from louisiana. take a listen. the outpouring of
his wife had see a majority of preachers say that the american electorate had acted to put a true christian in the oval office. we knew that reagan had won the election. the iranians told us that. a certain gloating feeling that they were responsible for jimmy carter s defeat. mr. carter is back in his office burning the midnight oil. and perhaps that s characteristic of the jimmy carter presidency. he s doing it here on his last night in washington. up until the last moment, right before he actually has to shake ronald reagan s hand during reagan s inauguration, jimmy carter is doing everything he can do get those hostages home. he was perceived as the ultimate ally of the shah, and they didn t want to give any rewards to jimmy carter. we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of teheran to
but voted over america s lost dominance in world affairs. mr. carter showed a flash of anguish only once when he said his wife had see a majority of preachers the morning to put a true christian in the oval office. we knew that reagan had won the election. the iranians told us that. a certain gloating feeling that they were responsible for jimmy carter s defeat. mr. carter is back in his office burning the midnight oil. and perhaps that s characteristic of the jimmy carter presidency. he s doing it here on his last night in washington. up until the last moment, right before he actually has to shake ronald reagan s hand during reagan s inauguration, jimmy carter is doing everything he can do get those hostages home. jimmy carter was perceived in iran as the ultimate ally of the shah. they didn t want to give any rewards to jimmy carter. we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of teheran to