This is really, sort of a fencemending effort on the part of the president , which comes with strong reminder. I want to get something done an health care as well. It is that it is not dead. Adam shapiro monitoring all that. Adam, what have you got . Reporter senators are boarding bus behind me as you can see. Theyre keeping us away from the senators. An important one, Lamar Alexander called for hearings to work out some compromise, maybe at least with democrats, to at least stablize the insurance markets. Here is what he said when he was getting ready to board the bus when i spoke to him. Senator any comment what the meeting will be about, what you hope to be hear from the president . If he has suggestions how we get a result they are welcome. Reporter do you think he will be angry with you all failing to take action on obamacare . So, neil, details of the lunch, we dont know exactly what theyre going to be talking about, but senators are still boarding that bus. There is probably going to be a discussion, not only where do you to from here with health care but also tax reform. Remember the house is now considering their budget resolution. This is a key agenda not only for republicans but for the Trump Administration. So this lunch, wouldnt you love to be a fly on the wall in that room . Back to you. Neil adam, thank you very much. It is not a given it would be pizza. It could be calzon. Well keep you posted. Media is in feeding frenzy, no pun intended on President Trump and Vladmir Putin meeting at g20, is being one. I want to give you a sample. When these headlines started to cross tonight in our newsroom, it caused an audible, oh, my god so ripple across the cubicles. Because of what donald trump done in the past, reporters, Foreign Policy analysts, and our allies can safely assume the worst. What is the Unfinished Business the president decided he needed to transact after his initial meeting . We dont know the answer to that. In fact we may never know the exact answer of that because we have no record. That is exception alley unusual. It is disconcerting for American Allies around the world and certainly, despite the fact that trump apparently just tweeted it is fake news, its a real story. Neil all right. With the exception of some of those fine folks, to me it is not a real story. We go to the president on things that matter on this very show. He doesnt come on this show. I have no agenda outside of saying this. Everyone has to take a chill pill. This is global forum. What g20 leaders do when they meet, leaders meet and talk to each other. They have dinners together. They bring to spouses. If this was meant to be hidden public view had clever away of arranging it. Angela merkel gathering them all in the room where there were video cameras there was no surprise. Only surprise american president is on to this now. They get up and move around for minute or hour, whatever with each other, american leader with the russian leader. Fact of the matter this is what they do. Whether something sinister was afoot or something being placed to the president not having an interpreter but having to rely on the russian interpreter, because that interpreter spoke english and the one that the president had spoke japanese i guess because his wife was seated next to the japanese first lady or leader, i dont even know what was the case, they could only bring one. The president didnt have one who spoke russian. So he walks over, talks to Vladmir Putin. I guess you can implyanything sinister you want, when others talk to other leaders, were left to conclude, that is not so sinister. Leaders of the world, superpowers, theyre meeting with all the backdrop for this. Of course russian meddling in the election. I could even see some of that concern but this faux rage over this, come on, everybody. Global leaders in a room, public gathering, not tucked away in a tads steakhouse in new york city. This is germany. This is all together this is what they do and they love doing it. Look at the table. Look at the gathering. Look at the venue. Try to hide there. I would stand out at a jack lalanes working out. None of these guys stands out, tossing a drink, maybe some shrimp on the barbie. I dont think in germany i dont think they were big on this but my point is, if this is the stuff were going to get the all out of joint there is something wrong with the media joint. Lets ask the hills media reporter joe concha on all of this. Joseph, i dont see anything there to justify this crazy response. So any meeting with any russian moving forward is now considered treason. Neil that pretty much, that is the way it was spun. That is the way it was spun, wasnt it. I enjoyed Gloria Borger on cnn saying, what other business does he transability with russian leaders . Does that imply bribery or money exchanged. That is funny. Neil president walked over to him. Another publication said that Vladmir Putin planned this, waived him over to come to him. Im understanding from the video and pictures there was no such wave over. The president is a schmoozer. Talks to a lot of leaders, beeline for Vladmir Putin after twohour meeting. That is what raised hackles. Let me give precedent there was another secret meeting between a top trump official, Jeff Sessions met with kislyak, on the floor at a convention with thousands of people there. And dozens of other senators and that was considered a meeting that was not disclosed by Jeff Sessions when he was testifying when he was being confirmed. So thats where we are now. I mean, it is amazing in terms of boomerang effect this will have in terms of trump voters for instance. This is why trump voters. Want to he play a game 93. I love the number, 93 is everywhere. 93 of trump voters dont trust media. 93 of the cnn coverage of Trump Administration is negative. 93 of russia coverage on cnn morning show on new day, focused on russia. 93 . That is remarkable to me. After a while this thing called fatigue comes in. Voters dont care anymore. Harvard harris does a provide, provides it to the hill, exclusively. 64 of voters want the investigations into President Trump, they think theyre hurting country, 63 should move on to somethings, something else, i dont know, the economy, neil. Neil we talked about this all before. I figure we have 24 hour business channels, 24 hour news channels, get into something, something you missed or you were a guest, two sat down talking for however long, fine. But go after the president , maybe on dropping ball on health care. Go after the ball, with the president the day after the fact finally getting republicans together at the white house to talk what strategy now is a too little, too late, whatever. I think when youre grasping at straws, calling sinister intentions to meetings, maybe they werent forthcoming about this, you can assign some sort of a motive to that, but that is you as signing signing that mott motive, youre going beyond fact what is they are. You dont know what the facts are. You dont know what they discussed. You dont give the president opportunity to respond to that because were relying on what a russian interpreter might say of that meeting. He cant win for love money. Fortunately, there is video element to this that you showed. It shows how big that room was. And how many people were there. And that it was filmed. How can you do something secretly in public with that kind of venue, with two leaders of the most powerful nations on the, with respect to china, getting together, speaking a little bit. Saying that this is all part of the conspiracy . It is the media that cried wolf. After a while, people stop listening to that. Neil washington post, all the coverage of this, after the broadcast coverage last night, and theyre bemoaning fact other leaders there, none of them big fans of donald trump, were, i guess, i read into it jealous that he took the time to sit down with Vladmir Putin, rather than any of them. Although we can see he passes, exchanges pleasanttries with them. Whether he likes him more than them, who cares, what does it matter . It would seem to signal anytime the president communicates is bad. We used to in the press welcome leaders talking rather than fighting, discussing how to solve problems, rather than how to create them. Again i dont know what was discussed but we used to give conversation the benefit of the doubt, not doubt it at face value. That is a very good point. Remember what was overanalyzed to death last week, like i never seen before in media, handshake between the french president and donald trump. To the point another Cable News Network put a clock up and timed it, said it is arm wrestling. When he gets along with leaders that arent russian, that gets mocked. When he talks to putin that is mocked or gets scrutinized or called sinister. You know what gets done in meetings when you close senator in a room, stromboli, forget pizza. Neil they might do that. By the way we said that, this is a little late, tentative to do after the fact. That is a fair criticism because you could say the criticism he got from fellow republicans you didnt have our back going into this. Maybe had you pressed more we could have a deal. Fair criticism, but imaginary slights from a meeting that occurred that you should have known about, the worlds press apparently knew about, i dont know. It is too clever by half. A lot of people dont know, when actually something serious comes out about the russian investigation, if anything serious comes out at all, think of what he had at this point, donald trump, jr. , meets russian lawyer, no information is exchanged no law broken, if you listen to big lawyers of the world, alan dershowitz. We had that. Go to december, flynn meeting with kislyak. After the election. You cant collude before it. One more meeting in january with sessions and kestly yak. What evidence do we have any crime being broken . Can you he define the crime. A lot of americans are turning this off. They dont know what theyre talking about. What crime are we talking about . Neil backdrop of the relations whether russians were doing weird things but all, we dont know what was scede here. We know what was said with president Obama Meeting with then russian president medvedev he said i will have more flexibility after the election. Neil there was some kind of coverage after that, none approaching this. That was a comment we caught on camera. That im saying i dont think they have been very fair and balanced. Do you think i rooted for ivan drago in rocky iv . I thought he should go down. Neil very good seeing you. A little perspective, comes from a show the president is not a fan. That is fine. I dont take it personally, this sort of stuff, go after him on things that matter. Im telling you, my kneejerk read, i defer to far better media watchers than myself like joe, this just doesnt add up. Does not add up. Meantime rule of thumb for any global gathering and their leaders is to ignore each other, not say a word. So if you dont like the steak tar tar, do they do that in germany . They probably do. They like raw meat. We have a former cia analyst joining Us Former National Security Advisor to Vice President dick cheney, john hannah. John, what do you make of the dustup on this . Im not trying to be too clever for words here but it is an amazing estimate to the media after fronttry here this was managed to joes point, a lot video taking going on, a lot of people in that room. The leaders of most powerful richest countries on earth and spouses and significant others yet it is still sinister . Well i would say the first thing, neil, we dont know exactly what happened. We actually got competing stories. The white house said that president engaged with a number of leaders there, including putin for a few minutes. Exchanged pleasantries. On other side we have a narrative coming out of the media unsubstantiated says this was a serious hourlong substantive meeting, allegedly to discuss sensitive National Security issues with a, lets face it, the head of the kgb, with no love lost for america, a kgb interpreter. Neil who cares. If they had the substantive discussion, whatever, im not trying to minimize all of this, im saying well, theyre talking. Should we care . Yes, listen im a career staff, neil. And if my principal went off freelancing with head of kgb, with no other american present, nobody knows exactly what might get agreed to. In the late 1980s in reykjavik, reagan went out with gorbachev alone. Agreed to get rid of all u. S. Nuclear weapons. Neil fair enough. I will flip it around, tara, john contend he did is brother kennedys brother, robert kennedy, eschewed political establishment working letters back and forth to russians to tamp down the whole cuban missile crisis. Im not comparing the two, there are a different republican predecessors to handle russians different ways. What do you say. Lets assume no substance was discussed. Reason we dont know that, there was no aide present, english translator there on the trump side of the equation. Neil how do they do that at a dinner. Only allowed one translator. The japanese one was near the president because he was next to the japanese first lady i believe. Right. Even if it was benign or nothing of importance was discussed it still raises problems. There is a reason this is getting extra scrutiny. I agree probably other issues are more important that should be focused on. There is reason. This is not period of normal times. The administration is under investigation, aides associates for collusion with russia. There is meeting past week looked at very closely because misleading information about the contents. Neil they are not to see each other, john . Not to talk to each other or keep it very limited . No, i this it is good leaders of the two greatest Nuclear Powers on earth are able to establish a line of communication and be able to talk to each other but, you want that done, there is a reason for process, neil. It is, it is Good Practice to have another american there to at least, at least we hope the president had downbriefed this well to his staff. They know what was discussed, what was agreed. They can follow up. Neil we dont know that we dont know that, do we . We dont know it. We need to find out more. Neil thank you, guys, very much. I want to indicate you we gave you both sides of this story. I did not find that other side coverage in the networks and certainly in the press today. That is by the way what a News Organization should do. Were not patting ourselves, were saying there is another side to this. Good, bad, sinister, maybe not so sinister or maybe it was just a dinner and comparing quality of the fish. All im saying get it all out there, for gods sake, shut up. A little more after this. Neil all right. The bus has left, or at least one of them. Gop senators, we dont know if all 52 are on their way. Would obviously not include john mccain still recuperating from surgery for a tumor found above his eye in arizona. Were told anyone who could come is coming of republican senators. To the white house. It will be over lunch. We dont know what the lunch will be. Earlier surmised pizza. Not necessarily the case. It could easily other italian products t could be chicken wings. That is messy but you dont know. Blake burman with the latest, what this is all b sound like theyre going to try but the president will reurge them to try the health care thing, right . Reporter at least try to push the message on this day, neil. We can expect the president to tell the senators look, you have to keep your promise. We heard the line from the white house and the president this morning. He tweeted out following in anticipation of this meeting, quoting, i will be having lunch at white house today with republican senators concerning health care. They must keep their promise to america. He went on to say, quote, the republicans never discuss how good their Health Care Bill. It will get even better at lunchtime. The dems scream death as obamacare dies. Neil, here at white house they started to lay out foundation in last few weeks, certainly over the last day or so, to make this arguement, look, back in 2015, 49 of you republican senators voted to repeal obamacare and replace it a couple years down the line. As for the other three, a couple of them were house members and now support that concept as well. That is now a part of the push from the white house going forward. Mitch mcconnell, the Senate Majority leader spoke as much when he was earlier today on the senate floor. This is the same legislation that a majority of the senate voted to send to the president in 2015. Now we thankfully have a president in office who will sign it. So we should send it to him. Reporter neil, this is the second time in a few weeks now that they have had this powwow over here at the white house of republican senators. Last time the end of june. It didnt appear that moved needle at all. Well see what happens today. Neil . Neil on repeal vote, it is still on as you say for early next week. Then it means, that the president , has got to try to get one of these three republicans who said they would vote against it not to, right . Reporter at least. You have three right now. John mccain at home. That is in essence four that cant vote. You have the vote Mitch Mcconnell is hoping to hold early next week. Neil, i would add, only three are publicly nos. When push comes to shove if this thing gets to the senate floor tomorrow or next week, when all the cards get laid out. Now they are short, some might think they might be even shorter when it gets to the floor next week. Neil thank you very much. Blake, well monitor all of that, when the bus arrives at white house. Speaker paul ryan is in massachusetts saying that the house will write tax reform legislation this fall. That differed a little bit, in fact a lot from conversation i had with house ways and Means Committee chair kevin brady, who wants to act and is acting as we speak. Also some of those tax cuts people are expecting might not be what theyre expecting. Take a look. For tax reform, you know, it is a different type of lift. I still say it is greatest challenge of