practice in alexandria, virginia. hobby lobby has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit ancient artifacts smuggled into the u.s. from iraq. the doj says the company illegal hi had those millions of dollars worth of artifacts smuggled using false shipping labels. we ve gotten new details on that gunman who shot and killed a new york city police officer early wednesday morning. he s 34-year-old alexander bonds, an ex-con out on parole, reportedly he ranted in a facebook video about officers killing and abusing people in prison and warning them to leave him alone. and united airlines back at the center of controversy this morning for giving away a 2-year-old boy s seat to a stand-by pass jer. the boy s mother says she was forced to hold her son for 3 1/2 hours of the flight. united airlines has issued an apology, saying they are working with the gate staff to prevent this from happening again. all right. we re less than three hours away from when president trump will meet wi
handle himself in that moment, especially when just today we heard through the questioning of our colleague, hallie jackson, when we were asking about russian interference in the 2016 election, the president saying, yes, he believes it was russia but other countries as well. there is so much riding on this. high stakes for president trump. also for the german chancellor, angela merkel, who has really emerged in the minds of many in the west as perhaps a very strong counterpoint to donald trump at a time when issues related to migration, climate change, trade. these are can concerns that she has. so does the united states. but they re not in unison in the ways we ve seen in the past. they re still very much in common but challenges as well. when air force one arrives anywhere in the world it is always quite a sight and certainly the german delegation has prepared a welcome for president trump and the first lady just a few moments from now. chris? kristen welker, in our final
for re-election in 2018 and having to navigate this issue in very different ways. i m answering it right now. one question at a time. look, i m happy these are all good questions. i m happy to have a conversation about it. house version and senate version, does anybody proudly support those bills? you heard claire mccaskill, does anyone in this crowd support this senate plan? i need to interrupt you. air force one is landing. let s go to kelly o donnell. kelly, tell us about what his schedule is for the rest of the day as we see on our screen it s already almost 4:00 in the afternoon in hamburg. it certainly is. you re just seconds after wheels down for air force one. the short trip from warsaw, poland. this is the main set piece of this second foreign trip for president trump. the g20 summit, which brings
angela merkel. merkel renews concerns about how much europe can rely on the u.s. nbc s norah o donnell joins me from hamburg, germany. what are we expecting today? reporter: good to be with you from hamburg where the president will have stop two of his trip. and you set it up, with the meeting with angela merkel, the german chancellor, is high station and she has a lot of the power in this setting. she is the host of the g-20 conference. she is someone who has already indicated some of her frustrations with the trump administration and president trump on everything from climate change to trade and to the issues of migration. she is setting the agenda for the meeting here of the 20 big economies, 19 nations plus the european union, who are meeting here to talk about a lot of common interests at a time when president trump also has a very high-stakes meeting with vladimir putin tomorrow. but tonight belongs to angela merkel.
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