Welcome to the Journal Editorial Report im Paul Gigot as heads into the final stretch a new cnn shows they are in a tight race in six Battle Ground states with Vice President Kamala Harris leading among michigan and former Donald Trump ahead in arizona. Two are nearly even in Georgia And Nevada and dead heat in all important State Of Pennsylvania where the candidates are set to meet next week in a high Stakes Debate that could set the tone for the final eight weeks of the campaign. So what should we expect when the two face off on tuesday in philadelphia . Lets ask Wall Street Journal Columnist Fox News contributor karl rove. Karl, welcome good to see you as always. So we have the big Harris Surge for several weeks after she got in. A lot of talk now that maybe that momentum has stopped. And maybe trump has stopped her surge and it is now pretty even. What do you think . Where are we . First of all it is not a very big bump historically because this race is remains tight. It looks like
Good, i like that, i like where youre going. You can see more of these and other interviews we conducted on our website at recode. Net and stay tuned for exciting news on the revolution special. Im cara swisher. Thanks for watching. See you next time. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight is actually tomorrow. President trump is waking up in singapore ahead of an historic summit with north Korean Leader kim jongun. After a dramatic several days of will they or wont they, it looks like they will ieed meet. Will trumps Intuition Help him close the deal . Plus, fallout from the president S Performance at the g7 summit. Basically up ending years of global diplomacy with, you
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Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. An it is 4 00 a. M. In singapore where in just hours President Trump and kim jongun will meet in an unprecedented moment in history. No matter the outcome. Never before has a sitting u. S. President met with the dictator of north korea. We now know President Trump and kim jongun will first meet oneonone with only translators in the room. That hased se officials, allies and experts given President Trumps impulsive style and declaration that he will not need to prepare ch for the summit. His aversion to details and insistence the success is about instinct than any spesive strategy. Despite the gravity of the stakes with the denuclearization and regardless of the barberism marking the regime of kim jongun and his family the dictator was applauded as he arrived at the marina base sands hotel in singapore. Kim jongun toured local sights and poised in a selfie adding to the other worldly dimensions, also arriving on the island today, former basketball sta
bad. potus is not going to let a canadian prime minister push him around. push him potus around, president trump on the eve of this. he is not going to permit any show of weakn on the on the trip to negotiate with north korea, nor shoulde so this was about north korea. of course it was reporter: and not hes to pile on our neighbor to the north. there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engas in bad faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out of the door and that is what bad faith justin trudeau did with the stunt press conference and that is what weak and dishonest justin trudeau did andhat comes from air forone. reporter: and u.s. allies reeling from how is dissolved into the g-6 plus one and angela merkel calling his words sobering and depressing and
polite, rear reasonable but why absolutely will not be pushed around. that s nothing new that trudeau has not said before. but what the white house took exception with was the timing of the remarks which could potentially make the president look weak and estranged from allies as he heads into a sitdown with kim jong un. the president dispatched aides to the sunday shows to punch back and dismiss any notions of weakness. there is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engage engages in bd faith diplomacy with president donald j. trump and tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door. that s what bad faith justin trudeau did with that stunt press conference. those remarks thought sitting well with our european allies who have responded with united front. emmanuel macron says international cannot be dick tainted by fits of anger. angela merkel says trump s refusal to sign sobers and bit depressing.