Main event is now over. So that does it for us from hamburg tonight. Rachel will be back on monday, and i will see you again next friday live from iraq where we will take you to the front lines for the final push to drive isis out of the city of mosul. Now its time for the last good evening, richard. Thank you for all that reporting. But you go, i do want to ask you given everything, do you think putin got what he wanted out of President Trump today . I think he absolutely got what he wanted. I think he came in with this intention to have a long meeting. I think he wanted to overwhelm the president , presenting him lots of options, lots of things they could discuss, put some meat on the table for them to start digging right into it and hoping this will lead to more discussions, more followon, and a tighter relationship. Interesting. Richard engel, thank you very much. Absolutely. I am ari melber live in new
york for lawrence odonnell. Now for months, people have been watching to see if
we been up there, we ve at least turned the fighting. i ve been within 50 yards of the border with syria. we heard machine gun fire. that area has been a hot area. again, at this point the cease-fire is holding. the question is how long will that last. you re right. they sell you a couple weeks ago. you could look out over the syria border and see it in person. thank you. arthel beard arthel: to be clear come you saw it in person. you were there. president trump face-to-face with russia s vladimir putin in a historic meeting friday at the g20 summit meeting in germany. there, mr. putin for mr. trump pressed putin on meddling in the russian election. if they president trump accepted putin s denial. the president and his top aides not specifically reject in the claim in questioning where the
start ig digging right into it and hoping this will lead to more discussions, more follow-on, and a tighter relationship. interesting. richard engel, thank you very much. absolutely. i am ari melber live in new york for lawrence o donnell. now for months, people have been watching to see if donald trump would pivot. today it happened. president putin and i have been discussing various things, and i think it s going very well. we ve learned the president did, in fact, confront putin for meddling in the u.s. election. they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. sergey lavrov coming out and saying that president trump accepted putin s denial. translator: he accepts the things that mr. putin has said. one administration source is telling me that is not accurate. bear in mind that unless it was tillerson himself, that person was not even in the room. just yesterday, president trump cast doubt on the allegations regarding russia. nobody really knows.
york for lawrence o donnell. now for months, people have been watching to see if donald trump would pivot. today it happened. president putin and i have been discussing various things, and i think it s going very well. we ve learned the president did, in fact, confront putin for meddling in the u.s. election. they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. sergey lavrov coming out and saying that president trump accepted putin s denial. translator: he accepts the things that mr. putin has said. one administration source is telling me that is not accurate. bear in mind that unless it was tillerson himself, that person was not even in the room. just yesterday, president trump cast doubt on the allegations regarding russia. nobody really knows. nobody really knows for sure. it was only the russians, and they did so i have aggressively and effectively. at this point, let s talk
proof. senior u.s. official rejects a russian claim that president trump accepted putin s denial. tillerson said the leaders had a positive chemistry, reaching an agreement on a cease fire in syria, which he says could lead to more cooperation. and at russia s request, the u.s. has appointed a special representative for ukraine. there have been clashes all day among german protesters looking to cease the summit. the first lady was stuck in her hotel for a time as fires raged in hamburg and clouds of smoke filled the city. police say dozens of protesters have been arrested and some 160 officers hurt. and while north korea is celebrating the launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming it will mend any confrontation with the u.s., presidents putin and trump have failed to agree on how to deal