Fellow World Leaders there as well and they have a long list of world crises to deal with. One of the pressing issues, most pressing issues right now is the environment and the Climate Crisis were facing. Specifically, the french president wants the devastating wildfires burning in the amazon to be a priority. Nick paton walsh is joining us with the latest on the fires in the amazon in brazil. Nick, the last hour you gave us a really good scan of what the impact of the fires, the smoke in the air, what that looks like and described what it feels like. I wonder for the people who are with us at this hour you can tell us about that and what is changing at least, the suggestion from the brazilian president. Reporter well, look, let me run you through where were standing here. We are where close to 300 large fires are currently burning, the most afflicted states in all of brazil. Im going to show you what this has slightly got worse, the sun has kind of picked up in terms of visibility. You should be able to see the sky here. But there is no sky. Instead, that alarm is not something to be concerned about, just a normal factory nearby, but what youre seeing here is smoke, which has traveled across brazil as far as tssao paulo, obscuring the skyline. This is not an exact science, but weve asked people was it like this last year . Theyve not seen this kind of sky obscured from a bridge outside here for quite some time. Many of them couldnt remember anything like this before. But it obscures much of what you can see. Down on the river, as well, you can see often what the president talked about, which is, in fact, the industry, the economy which he wants brazil to thrive inside the amazon regardless of the cost it has, in fact, to what people call the lungs of the earth. Victor . Nick paton walsh for us there watching those fires. Thank you so much. What happened two years ago with the u. S. Pulling out of the climate accord, french president Emmanuel Macron wants to refocus attention on the environment. Before this, macron tweeted this, the amazon, the lungs of the planet which produces 20 of our oxygen, is on fire. This is an international crisis. G7 members meet in two days to discuss this emergency. Cnns senior White House Correspondent pamela brown joining us now from Southern France where we know the president has landed. What is on the agenda, first of all, and how receptive might the president be to these conversations, pamela, about climate, about brazil when they are such a priority for the other leaders . Reporter well, we may find out soon because i have just learned that President Trump is having lunch with french president Emmanuel Macron, and macron has made clear he wants to bring up the wildfires in amazon with the president as well as other climate issues, but the president has proven himself to be a thorn in the side of macron and other g7 leaders who have prioritized Climate Change. Not only has he pulled out of the paris climate accord, but he has made clear that its not a priority for him. In fact, he has complained to his aides that during past g7 summits there was too much discussion about the environment and about Climate Change in general and about oceans. His focus really wants to be on the economy. He wants to be able to tout his accomplishments. He wants to be able to talk about the strength of the economy. So that really is what is top of mind for President Trump. Now, Something Else hell likely be bringing up to macron during this lunch is the digital tax. The president has been focused on that, threatened to put tariffs on french wine in retaliation. Heres what the president said about that just before he boarded air force one at the white house. I dont want them doing anything having to do with taxing unfairly our companies. Those are Great American companies, and frankly, i don want france going out and taxing our companies. Very unfair. An if they do that, well be taxing their wine or doing Something Else. Well be taxing their wine like theyve never seen before. So the president has spoken publicly about this before he tweeted about it, but this will be the first time that he confronts macron about taxing french wine if there isnt some sort of solution to the digital tax that the president believes targets innovative u. S. Companies. Now tonight hell have dinner with other g7 leaders and then tomorrow he has a very busy day. There are several working sessions. And theres an Economic Forum in the morning that the president himself has pushed for. Now, aides say he wants to tout his economic accomplishments, talk about the strength of the economy, but it should be interesting because many of the g7 leaders also believe that were seeing this Global Economic slowdown in part because of the president s trade war with china. As you know, china and the u. S. Both slapped tariffs on each over just yesterday, and there are looming auto tariffs on european imports as well at the deadline in a couple months. Back to you. Pamela brown for us in Southern France. Thank you so much. Now, French Police cleared out protesters from a field where they were demonstrating for the g7 summit. These giant heads of president s trump, macron, merkel all on display. Other demonstrations were tense. There were projectiles hurled at police. Police have detained 17 people near with where the meetings are happening. More than 13,000 police have been deployed ahead of these demonstrations. Cnns Nic Robertson is in france as well following these developments. How far from where you are are these protests . Like whats the safe zone thats been created . Reporter the safe zone is right in the city itself. Two zones. One, a super secure zone where the leaders will be meeting. You can see it stretches all the way down to the water. And behind that around the rest of the town, you have another secure zone. Thats only part of the picture. The actual zone that the police have a very substantially increased presence spreads 20 miles south of where President Trump is all the way to the spanish border and its at the spanish border on the french side is an authorized family zone where these sort of alternative g7 protesters are meeting today. They had a march. Theyre having sort of an encounter meeting just there, which is as i say 20 miles, a long, Long Distance from here, so the leaders wont even get a sense of it. But i have to say this afternoon the protests here have been relatively quiet. No trouble reported. But that is in a contrast last night when the protesters were in a camping field. The police confronted them. Projectiles were hurled at the police. Police have used the word mortars, very large fireworks, explosive devices thrown at the police. Four Police Officers injured. That seems to have been isolated to last night. At least thats what were seeing so far, victor. Weve also watched throughout the summer these yellow vest protests in paris and in other parts of france. Are we expecting those to flare up as well this weekend . Reporter yeah, thats been the real concern of the police here, that and what are known as the black walk protesters that dress in black and a really aggressive protesters. What weve seen from these yellow vests protesting in paris, some of the ram pages earlier this year have led to destruction of stores on the famous champs elysees, right in the heart of the tourist district there, and its those protesters that the police were worried about. They are here but so far they havent kicked off that level of violence. Nic robertson watching the protests for us. Thank you. Before heading to france for the g7, President Trump again escalated his trade fight with beijing, imposing more tariffs on chinese goods after beijing announced a new round of tariffs on about 75 billion worth of u. S. Goods. The president , President Trump, announced the tariff hike in a tweet, saying this theres part of the series. But he says starting on october 1st the 250 billion of goods and products from china currently being taxed at 25 will be taxed at 30 . That news sent stocks tumbling but President Trump says there is nothing to worry about. Producer steven jiang with us now. Good to see you this morning. Are we hearing anything from china in response to the tariffs . Reporter christy, in the last hour, actually, the Chinese Government has just responded to the latest move by mr. Trump and really voicing its strong opposition to this move by mr. Trump to the increased already announced tariffs on chinese goods. This response came in the form of a statement from the Commerce Ministry and saying this latest move by mr. Trump really showing the unilateral approach to trade by the u. S. As well as its trade bullying tactics against china. It warned the u. S. To stop misjudging the situation or underestimating the determination that the Chinese People have to fight this trade war or the u. S. Would have to bear all the consequences of its own doing. So not entirely surprising in terms of these very strongly worded rhetoric from china given whats happened between the two sides but it is casting doubt over the next round of trade walks which are supposed to take place in washington in september. One of chinas preconditions is the immediate removal of any existing u. S. Tariffs. With the latest back and forth tariffs and countertariffs, that goal is becoming more elusive and growing fears that the chinese would deploy nontariff barriers to make American Companies life very did i feel. Certainly another round of escalation in this ongoing trade war that shows now sign of ending anytime soon. Steven jiang, we appreciate the update. Thank you so much. Its a familiar face in New Hampshire. Joe biden trying to capture voters attention there. Where he stops in today. Was this manslaughter or selfdefense . 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We know that heading into this president macron said it would be pointless to come to any communique but the hope is these two men can come to some agreement on the issues of trade, economic issue, climate. So we are seeing that president macron is making some comments. Havent seen President Trump say anything. But well get the headlines of this early afternoon there. Well get to the headlines out of this event as soon as we get those in. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden wrapping up a twoday visit in New Hampshire today. Hell visit with voters and attend a Community Event in keane a few hours from now. Were following the former Vice President. Arlette, we know whats happening on the Vice President s schedule today, but while he is in New Hampshire, most of the field is in San Francisco. Why is he there . Reporter well, victor, joe biden had committed about a month ago, three or four weeks ago, to come to New Hampshire to campaign here in the nation primary state. He did send representatives, his campaign manager, greg schultz, out to San Francisco for those dnc meetings. But here in New Hampshire, former Vice President joe biden has really been training his focus on President Trump. Yesterday he described him as a president who is becoming more and more unhinged and warning that electing him again would further put the country he says in trouble. And i want to read you a statement that biden released yesterday just before President Trump left for the g7 summit. Biden said, this week and the leadup to the g7 in france, President Trump has continued his irrational and selfdefeating campaign to make america less secure and less respected in the world. He has insulted our closest partners and denigrated one of our most capable allies, denmark, a country that has repeatedly foughtsacrificed alongside our troops. He criticized President Trump for his approach to russia as well as his handling of our nato alliances. I also want to play a moment for you, a heartfelt moment for you, from last nights event at a campgrounds up in New Hampshire where biden was asked about what he would do love to help those who are less fortunate. Take a listen to what he had to say. Food security. My neighbors are starving. Lets go back to that working lunch, President Trump. Listen. The eiffel tower dinner and that was a very good beginning. We have some great things to talk about and couldnt ask for Better Weather or a more beautiful vacation. Next year well be hosting in the United States, so that will be great. Very good. Thatll be great. Well do a good job. But so far so good. The weather is perfect. Everybodys getting along. I think well accomplish a lot this weekend. And i look forward to it. Thank you for having me. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, press. Thank you. All right. So just a few words there from President Trump, exchanging some pleasantries with the french president Emmanuel Macron, talking about the u. S. Hosting next year for the group of seven meeting and weather and all of that. But of course they have some very serious topics to cover over the next three days. This was just a working lunch, a greeting between the u. S. President and the president of the host country. As more headlines come out, well bring them to you. The president en route to france mentioned that if france went through with this potential digital tax against u. S. Companies, that the u. S. Would then tax or place a tariff on french wines, quote, like they have never seen before, close quote. Weve now had the response from donald tusk, the European Council chairman, the president , who said that the eu would respond in kind. So potentially trade war on that end as well as we watch whats happening with china. 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Baker, a Political Science professor at rutgers. Id like to start with you because you wrote on oped in the usa today and you talked about the day the nra lost you forever. I know that you were a member of the nra since you were 12 years old. What happened . What was that moment where your mind changed . Well, i happened on an nra show in suburban virginia when i was living in the washington area, and i was induced to coming to the show because of a very generous discount the nra was giving for people who were willing to either sign up or to rejoin, and awould be rejoining because id let my membership lapse. And i went inside, and frankly i was appalled by one of the things that was very prominent in the show, and that was people selling nazi memorabilia. And thats something i just Never Associated with the nra. When i got my bolt actio action. 22caliber moss burg rifle from my dad along with an nra card when i was 12 years old, it was a wholesome organization. I think its now become nothing more than a front for gun manufacturers, and i think it attracts a very dubious element of people who just see no limit to the amount of firepower that they need to protect themselves. You know, james, the white house is eyeing this proposal that would try to identify Early Warning signs of violent behavior in people with Mental Illness. So theyre trying to shift the debate from guns and the availability of them to Mental Illness. But the reality is there are Mental Illness issues in every pocket of the world. But every pocket of the world does not have the Mass Shootings that the u. S. Does. What is your reaction to that . So, christy, the available data we have, the fbi conduct at preincident indicator study between 2000 and 2013. They looked at about 160 Mass Shootings, and i believe they determined that in 25 of those, so 1 in 4, there were some Mental Health considerations. Look, to our other guests point, i agree, theres a lot of lowhanging fruit there. We can look at Mental Health, at our culture, hipaa and privacy protections that make it difficult for Law Enforcement. But in the dayton, ohio, shooting the subject there had a doubledrum magazine that held 100 rounds and in a recently foiled plot in long beach, california, police came upon and arrested thankfully preincident a guy that had 38 30round magazines. I believe theres lowhanging fruit we can all wrap our arms around and push through for legislation that will make a difference. This has been going on for years. I have to follow up with you, james, and ask what is it that makes you think this time is different . You know, thats thats a great question. I try to stay within the white lines of Law Enforcement matters and i understand there is a legislative component here. Again, we can legislate this to death and it wont be a poon see panacea or a cureall. Bump stocks after the las vegas massacre, that took a long time to happen. How can anybody argue against universal background checks . This is lowhanging fruit. Will it prevent every mass shooting . No. But if it prevents one, isnt it worth it . Ross, i want to read something from your oped. You wrote, today the organization, speaking about the nra, has become nothing more than a front for firearms manufacturers and its leadership is corrupted by vanity and selfdealing. The organizations become a source of personal enrichment for the chief executive, wayne lapierre, who ranked in 1. 7 million in 2017 plus additional benefits. The nra i once belonged to and later briefly rejoined was not a Family Business whose leader has demanded a 6 million mansion in a gated luxury golf club on the pretext of personal safety. Todays nra bears no relationship to the one i looked up to as a kid. Do you believe there is a space for an organization like the former nra that you knew . Oh, i absolutely believe that theres an organization thats dedicated to the proper and sane treatment of the second amendment. I dont happen to agree with Justice Scalias opinion in the heller case, which of course created the right of personal ownership of guns, but i think that theres an organization that can represent responsible gun owners, people who dont want to have these extended magazines or drums that carry 100 rounds. I think the gun ownership is a proper thing. But this is not about hunting. This is not about boltaction rifles. This is notrevolvers. This is about assault rifles, highcapacity magazines and the ability to deal death and a horrifying and alarming rate. James, he brings up a point about the assault rifles and the highcapacity guns that weve been talking about that for some reason are still legally out there. Lets say that thats pulled back. Say that they are now illegal. How do you collect them . How do you get them out of the hands of people who may be at risk . Yeah. Thats the distinction there. Youre not going to collect them. Look, we live in a country with 335 million people. I believe at last count there were roughly 300 million firearms out there. The vast majority of americans that own them do so responsibly. They follow the rules. They do it for the right reasons. Christy, the second amendments been around since 1791. I understand its utility. I think its an important component that is a right that we have to keep and to bear arms. But the Founding Fathers could not have envisioned what we can do mechanically with weapons these days. Look, the issue becomes the assault weapon. How do you define it . Collapsible stock, pistol grip, shrouded barrel, compressor on the end. Those are all things that people argue about the need for that for hunting, i dont understand it. Im a former military guy, Law Enforcement guy. I just dont understand the connection there. Mmhmm. James galliano and ross baker, thank you both so much for taking time for this morning. Thanks, christy. We just dipped into the working lunch with President Trump and president macron. We have some answers on what theyre talking about. So chantix can help you quit slow turkey. Rkey. Along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. With chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, youll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. When you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or lifethreatening allergic and skin reactions. Decrease alcohol use. Use caution driving or operating machinery. Tell your doctor if youve had Mental Health problems. The most common side effect is nausea. Talk to your doctor about chantix. We look forward to it. We actually have a lot in common, emmanuel and i. Weve been friends for a long time. Every once in a while we go at it a little bit, not very much. We get along very well. I think i can say we have a special relationship. We all remember the eiffel tower dinner and that was a very good beginning, and we have some really great things to talk about. Couldnt ask for Better Weather or a more beautiful location. Next year well be hosting in the United States so that will be very good. President trump and Emmanuel Macron as World Leaders assemble this weekend. Did he just say once in a while . Yeah. We, you know once in a while we go at it just a little bit. Just a little bit. But not very much. Okay. Okay. Well see how that reconciles with what actually happens this weekend. Pamela brown in Southern France. Pamela, hello to you. The president says once in a while we go at it a little bit, right after saying that the white house, if you create this digital tax, im going to tax your wine. Reporter yeah. Thats absolutely right. It was interesting that the president exchanging pleasantries, calling macron a friend, but hinting at some of the key differences the two leaders have as it pertains to trade, to Climate Change, to iran. And youre right, just as he left the white house last night to Board Air Force one, the president threatened tariffs on french wine, something hes done before, in retaliation for the digital tax that the president believes targets innovative u. S. Companies. He is expected im told by sources to confront macron facetoface on that matter. And im told that its not an empty threat, that if there isnt a solution to that or something that would ease that tax, the president will move forward with those tariffs. Thats just one issue on the table. The two leaders have a number of pressing issues they want to talk about. Macron said he wants to discuss with the president issues in syria, ukraine, north korea and iran. He said both leaders want to keep Nuclear Weapons out of the hands of iran, but of course they both disagree on how to go about that. Of course there is Climate Change with wildfires in the amazon. Top of mind for the president we know is the economy. He wanted to come here this weekend, reluctantly, were told, saying it was a waste of time, but he wanted to tout the economic accomplishments he sees as strengthened the u. S. Economy, that he believes he can share advice with other countries on how to strengthen their economies but of course there is a Global Economic slowdown and many of the g7 leaders believe that is due in part to the president s escalating trade war with china. Back to you. Well see if anything is accomplished once they get beyond the pleasantries. Pamela brown, thank you so much. 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Lets go now to cnn from new york. Joan, this is Justice Ginsburgs fourth bout with cancer. An optimistic statement from the court, but how serious are her Health Issues . Well, you know, these are serious issues, but she keeps finding them early on. She gets herself checks do regularly because in 1999 when she had the Colorectal Cancer scare and survived that, she just got into the practice of constantly being checked. And in 2009, when she had the pancreatic cancer, there were all sorts of dire warnings, but she survived that. And then last year of course it was the lung cancer she survived. So is getting these treated early, which obviously helps her situation, but she is 86. So at this point, with her travel schedule and the way shes talking and the courts talking well have to take her at her word that things are okay for now. So what do you anticipate is next for her . Okay. So heres the thing. She wants to be visible. So shes continued her travel schedule. Shes always been the sort of person who has a renewed sense of mission after any of these cancer ordeals. So she hasnt changed any of her schedule for the next couple of months in terps ms of speeches appearances. Shes expected to be on the bench the first monday in october. And we had a recent clue into her approach to her daily life at her age. She referred to the fact that Justice John Paul stevens, who recently died at age 99, had taken a trip to lisbon shortly before he passed away. And she said it might have been a risky trip for someone who was 99, but he wanted to live every single day to its fullest. And i think thats her attitude. Here she is 86. Some people would say, please, rest up a little bit, why dont you sit home, watch a little tv, you know, shore up your energy for cases, but she wants to be out there and wants to be visible. All right. Joan, thanks so much. Sure. Thank you. So a former boxer survives a murder for hire plot against him. How did he manage to escape it . And hes got some advice for other people who might find themselves in abusive situations. Thats straight ahead. Donald trump failed as a businessman. He borrowed billions and left a trail of bankruptcy and broken promises. He hasnt changed. I started a tiny investment business, and over 27 years, grew it successfully to 36 billion dollars. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Im running for president because unlike other candidates, i can go head to head with donald trump on the economy, and expose him fo what he is a fraud and a failure. This is an unbelievable story, about a former boxer who faked his own death, to escape a murd are for hire plot against him. And get this, the plot was orchestrated by his wife. I walked on my own grave, is the book, that recounts in detail the events that led to his wife hiring a hitman to kill him. Ramon wants to be a voice for many now who are in abusive relationships and dont see a way out. We talked about that. When i met lulu in 2009, she was a beautiful lady that had just moved down to houston, for a better life, from mexico city, with her two kids, we had a lot in common, she was very athletic, very beautiful person, she treated me like a king. A year and a half later, we married. It was a wonderful marriage for the first three years. She became an american citizen. Her kids became an american citizen. Even her mother became an american citizen because of me. We had a wonderful time. And then things started changing when we, it was kind of difficult merging our families, i have three kids from a previous marriage and she had two, and it was kind of difficult, with her kids, especially with her young, the older boy, but when i did find out that she was trying to kill me, it was just the most horrific thing that i can ever think of. Do you remember that moment when he said she is trying to hire a hitman to kill you . Well, what happened was me and lulu had gone through a difficult divorce, it was something that, it was difficult but we had to go through, because it was not going to work out. We tried going through counseling, we also tried different things, but it was just not going to work out and she wanted everything, but the thing was, when i found out, from them, that the bomb got dropped on me, that she was planning on killing me, or having me murdered, that was i was so angry, i didnt know what to do, i was angry, i was upset, i didnt want to believe that the person i loved at one time so much and we lived together and had a great thing going, was now trying to kill me. And you had an elaborate plan then to fake your death, and that lasted three days. Walk us through real quickly what that was. Well, what happened was when we first found out, between my friend and i, the guy that told me that she was trying to kill me, we did our own amateur undercover investigation. We just, he was recording everything that she was saying, and then once we thought we had enough evidence, we took it to the authorities, and then they went and did their own undercover investigation, and they brought their own undercover Police Officers, and then at the end, they thought they had enough evidence, but they said you know what, ramon, we need one more thing for you to do, we are going to fake your death. And i was thinking why, you know, i thought you had enough evidence to charge her with the crime. But they told me that shes a beautiful lady, shes never been in trouble with the police, shes the mother of two kids, we dont want to take a chance on going to trial, and having one of the jurors feeling pity for her, so we are going to fake your death and show your picture that youre dead, and that would be evidence that the job has been done and thats how it happened. So they put me in a hotel for three days, and you had makeup on, and you acted, they showed a picture of you dead to her, as i understand it. Yes. Yes. They took me to a grave site, and put, you know, but hole inside of my head and took a picture of it and thats what they showed her and she was happy when she saw the picture and that really hurt she was so happy to see me dead and asked the undercover officer if i was going to get up and he said no, hes dead. Oh, my gosh. I know part of the reason you are talking about, this a big part of the reason is because you want people to understand that she was abusive, she was accusing you of being abusive, you say it was actually the opposite. What message is it that you want people to know . You know, im using this, what happened to me, to help others, especially men, because men that find themselves, that are victims, of domestic violence, tend not to speak up. They are embarrassed to go to the police and report these types of crimes because theyre afraid that theyre not going to believe them. In my case, look at me, imen exprofessional fighter, im a boxer, and i was, i feel so much strain that i would have to, so much shame that i would have to call the police that i couldnt take care of this lady, i was never going to beful if with her, but i feel so much shame, and so embarrassed to call the police, about this type of thing, so thats what i do now, i talk to men and women, too, that they need to speak up, there is a lot of help out there, they dont need to feel shame, or embarrassed, or, because theres help, and they need to speak up, and men hurt, too, you know, this happens a lot to men, more than most people think. But we need to speak up. And if youre going through this type of stuff, domestic violence, men or women, speak up, especially men, because youre not alone. Youre not alone. 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