I was live in finland, 22 hours of sunlight this time of year. A beautiful spectacular morning for the summit. Four hours from now, the president the pres. And first lady will arrive in the wonderful yellow building behind me the site of todays meeting, donald trump and his russian counterpart will touch a range of subjects from Nuclear Arms Control to syria, we are breaking that down early this morning. He is also trying to downplay expectation. Lets have a meeting, i do believe in meetings, having a meeting with chairman kim was a good thing. Having meetings with the president of china was a very good thing. So having meetings with russia, china, north korea, i believe in it, nothing bad will come out of it and some good will come out of it. Reporter you will have to stick with us, live pictures of the president for the first time. Taking over this trip the election meddling issue, Robert Muellers indictment of 12 russian Intelligence Officers last week and the growing outcry on capi
Monster that was created. The republican creed dough can be summed up this way. Help the rich, hurt the middle class. So ironically senator Bernie Sanders fought back in odd way, taking if out on a small school that helps poor families send kids to college in Mitch Mcconnells home state. Heres what happened. In the bill there was a tax hike on wealthy universities like harvard, sanford, and yale. They would all now have to pay taxes on the gains from enormous endowment. Harvard is 35 billion for example. Stanford is 2 billion. But the law swept in little Berea College in kentucky as well. Endowment 1. 2 billion. Berea is one of seven work schools in the state, tuition is free. But the students work on campus during their four years. The College President says they were a casualty of the bill. And that will be tough on students. Mitch mcconnell tried in desperation to turn it around. He was not successful in doing that. Bernie sanders said no way. Majority leader mcconnell joins me now.
Press for progress is their motto and they are taking to the streets to do it around the world it is the First International womens day since the need to movement against Sexual Harassment began are women any closer to gender parity. Plus aid convoys blocked again as the Syrian Governments assault intensified on eastern giteau but a different kind of convoy reaches its destination as thousands of women from all over the world gather on the turkey syria border to raise awareness about the plight of syrian women. Let there be peace so mothers wont cry and young people will die and we will live free like other peoples lives. And finally a shake up at the top of german politics why one of the countrys most recognized politicians wont be part of the next government. Whether calling for a quality freedom respect or an end to gender violence women around the world have been using International Womens day to make their voices heard crowds of demonstrators filled the streets of cities including
Thanks so much for joining us. Welcome to americas news hq from washington. Im elizabeth grant. Leland busy sunday here. 1 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning in singapore. I am Leland Vittert. President trump arriving in singapore a couple hours ago to get ready for tuesdays historic meeting with north korean dictator kim jong un. In singapore for the past couple days joining us live. The early monday morning. Hi, rich. It is. That means tomorrow this summit kicks off here in singapore and the president of the United States and the leader of north korea are in the same i. D. The leaders of these two countries have never before met. President trump arriving shortly after kim jong un did hear in singapore. The president leaving our first one in that hes feeling very good going into the summit. The president traveled to the singapore summit from the g7 summit in canada. After that, Justin Justin trudeau reiterated his promise to retaliate against u. S. Terrorist. And the president refuse to join t
Isolated nation to give up its Nuclear Weapons. And its Nuclear Weapons ambitions. For President Trump, its his biggt moment yet on the world stage. For kim jongun, it is recognition that he and his country are Major Players on that global stage. We have an exciting hour of coverage ahead looking aho the summit on tuesday, also looking back at this weekends g7 meeting in canada that ended with a big bang. We begin right now with chief White House Correspondent john roberts who has been traveling with the president. Good morning, john. Bret, good morning to you. What were witnessing unfold here in singapore could be truly historic. What happens here over the next few days could begin the process to eliminate one of the gravest threats facing the world, or it could go nowhere. President trump touched down in singapore pronouncing that he is feeling good about the prospects of his meeting with kim jongun, but as he departed the g7 summit in quebec, President Trump acknowledged he was flyi