andrea mitchell picks up coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, a landmark deal between russia and north korea. what that could mean for vladimir putin s illegal war in ukraine. kim jong-un s illegal nuclear program. the threat they pose to the rest of the world. donald trump doing damage control in wisconsin, insisting he loves milwaukee and never actually called it a horrible city. are voters going to boy that? israel claiming it s punishing offensive in rafah is coming to an end. that doesn t mean an end to the war in gaza. no progress on negotiations to release the remaining hostages. the american parents of one of the young men kidnapped on october 7th will join me today. good day, everyone. happy juneteenth. we start with that historic partnership between russia and north korea, a bold show of anti-western defiance that s rattling the u.s. and its allies worldwide. this was the scene earlier today. russian president vladimir putin giving
out his pizza etiquette. and john stuart was particularly offended by this and you stop your slices no disrespect. i apologize. let s let s continue with the meeting. is and thank you for watching these night. laura coates live starts right now. good evening. i m jim acosta and for laura coates on this monday night, ten days out from the highly anticipated debate between joe biden and donald trump right here on cnn and tonight, a moment from this past weekend is leading to questions about a candidates mental fitness for office i took a cognitive test nih docx, ronnie dr. ronny johnson does everyone know ronnie johnson, congressmen from texas it s actually dr. ronny jackson, not johnson, donald trump there for getting the name of his own doctor while challenging biden to a cognitive test. if you ve been watching right-wing media, that s probably not the moment you were expecting us to play. no. instead it is this clip that they ve been circulating to question biden s menta
vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie that china not so much russia was involved in a massive election manipulation campaign. here s donald trump breaking with his own fbi director christopher wray on that point. we ve certainly seen very active, very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through maligned foreign influence side of things. social media, use of proxies, state media, online journals, et cetera. an effort to both sow divisiveness and discord and i think the intelligence community has ass
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports family matters, the first lady shows up in court as the jury selection begins for hunter biden s trial, a trial that the prosecution says will include testimony from his late wife and laid brother s widow. the white house is pushing back on bibi netanyahu s saying that he did make the proposal. former president trump railing against his conviction and raising a ton of money and supporters since his verdict. next up, his meeting with propace officer and sentencing next month, just days before the republican convention. i m okay with it. i think at a certain point there s a breaking point. good day, everyone. jury selection has begun in wilmington, delaware, for the first criminal trial of a sitting president s son. first lady jill bide is not in the courtroom along with hunter s wife, his sister ashley and her husband, the president s son