breaking news we are hearing from president trump on his meeting with vladimir putin and this exchange over russian interference in the 2016 election. did the president accept putin s denial or did he not? the president responding on twitter this morning, just a few minutes ago saying the following. let s bring in brian stelter, cnn senior media correspondent and host of reliable sources. you made the point a few minutes ago, brian, the president has shown an affinity for the statements via twitter but not a replacement for a news conference which is what we saw from the other world leader at the g-20 and this could have been cleared up. that s right. we are not hearing him actually address this. we can t see him, hear him.
thais to the kremlin. they only recently disclosed it in government filings. they re saying this is mostly about adoption but there are a lot of questions about this meeting and what other meetings may have taken place before election day. it s another example of how news coverage of this issue continues, how russian meddling is very much an ongoing story, not to mention clapper and other former officials saying the russians are going to try to do this again. brian, i think you pointed out the four most important words in the tweets this morning. time to move forward. it actually makes whether the president accepted the denial or not less important, not irrelevant, but it also shows what his treatment of this will be. he wants to move forward in a different direction and get away from that conversation in different respects. we ve got a statement here. we re hearing that now from secretary of state rex tillerson in a meeting with the ukrainian president who says interference in the 2
black people are not allowed to reach for their concealed carry weapon because if we reach anywhere, we shot and killed. white people. that does not happen to white people! you don t either. show me that! i m sorry, we are out of time. i appreciate that both of you here and talking at the same time. i feel you both were heard. we had a good conversation here and we appreciate your time. i was talked over a lot! we can talk in person. i have challenged you to a debate any time. you condemn and condemn life. let s turn to what we saw in the g-20. the president now offering a response to all of the questions about if he accepted putin s denial but is he offering clarity? we have got that brand-new statement from the president after the break. what in real time?stomer insights from the data wait, our data center and our clouds can t connect? michael, can we get this data to.? look at me.look at me. look at me.
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interfering in the 2016 election. asked three time, white house officials were unable to confirm that the president did not accept that denial as senior official told cnn on friday night. now we are hearing from the president and an official statement via twitter swe, twee a few minutes ago saying the following. so a response from the president but not an answer to the question. did the president accept the denial or did he not? hopefully, that will come via tweet, via an official sometime later this morning. now out to california where hundreds of people are being evacuated this morning after this fast moving wildfire continues to rip through that part of the state. official in santa barbara are struggling with two major fires.