i m jim sciutto in for jake tapper. we begin with the president s golf weekend outside new york laying the groundwork for a very important week ahead, including his first face-to-face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. today he was working the phones, talking with world leaders from italy, france and germany while also taking the time to keep up attacks on the media. maki making backlash over a particular tweet where he slams the media in a professional wrestling match. ryan, white house officials backing off from defending the president s social media rant? no, they re not, jim. in fact, they re arguing it s the media focusing on the wrong things, and despite the president s controversial tweets, he s still getting the job done. president trump tonight is dialing up his no holds barred attacks on the media.