united states. though he later posted a video of a private chat with trump writing, quote, dialogue again and again. exchange trying to defend constantly the interests of the french and also of all those who believe the world is built only together. with the u.s. president before the opening of the g-7. boris sanchez, cnn, quebec, canada. thank you. let s now bring in live for us in our london bureau. first we re hearing from senator john mccain on this russia thing. here s what he had to say. quote, vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy of membership in the g-8 by invading ukraine and annexing crimea. russia is assaulting democratic institutions all over the world. that s from senator mccain. keeping in mind so this came out of the blue really from the u.s. president add the g-7.
dedicated to the environment and climate change. perhaps not a surprise that he s skipping those as he s previously claimed climate change was a hoax perpetrated by the chinese. we should point out one other thing a lot of leaders, trudeau, macron, teresa may or shinzo abe are holding press conferences, open questions with a number of press outlets there. president trump not doing that. he s suddening straight for he s heading straight for singapore for his history meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. boris, thank you. breaking news overnight. russia says vienna is being considered as a venue for a possible president trump-president putin summit. yesterday, trump said russia should be given their seat back at the table. john mccain slammed the comment with a reminder about history writing, vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy by invading ukraine and annexing
holding press conferences with different outlets and open access to the press, president trump is getting on a plane and heading to asia. all right. boris sanchez, appreciate it. thank you. divisions between the president and his allies becoming more clear after president trump suggested russia should be able to rejoin the g7. theresa may, angela merkel, and most other members were quick to disagree highlighting the reason that shafs removed from the group several years ago. that was punishment for invading ukraine in 2013. now, general john mccain slammed the comments saying, vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy of membership by innovating ukraine and annexing crimea. the president has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies. deputy managing editor of the weekly standard joining me. kelly, welcome back. thanks. how are you? i m doing well, thank you.
really about the comments from the president about whether, you know, russia should be brought back in and mccain saying vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy of membership in the g-8 by invading ukraine and annexing crimecrimea. on top of that, the impact they re having on our elections. we don t know if it affected the outcome. but they certainly impacted our elections and we need to get to the bottom of that. what they re doing in the american process, we don t need to reward them with getting back into the g-7. we ll leave it right there, alice, jack, thank you. all right. still to come, remembering the legacy of cnn s anthony bourdain. how the larger than life figure and friend to many brought the world home to viewers by exploring cuisine and culture straight ahead. he comes from the southern coast of ireland. i think it s why we ve been doing this.forever. my dad has roots in the mountains of northern mexico. home to the strongest runners in the universe.
san antonio reminded us in a statement. vladimir putin chose to make russia unworthy of membership but invading ukraine and annexing crimea. and nothing has changed that fact. the president has shown or adversaries the deference sandest meme reserved for our closest allies, unquote. boris sanchez is traveling with president trump and later the president will sit down one-on-one with the world leaders. that is right, jake. the president set for meetings with the french and canadian counterpart in macron and jude intrudo and the back drop is the tough trade talk about photographers this they have engaged in over the past two days and now potentially a dispute over the russia membership in the g7 or the former g8, something trump brought up this afternoon before departing for quebec. donald trump arriving in quebec