Senator Lindsay Graham saying mr. Trump should be tough with mr. Putin when they meet facetoface. If i were the president , i would not ask putin did you do it . I would reject his denial. I know you did it. If you continue to do it, well never have a good relationship. I desire a good relationship, but youve got to stop meddling in our elections. Kevin cork is in glasgow. Kevin, was there ever any question the white house would go through with the summit despite the opposition to the talks by democrats on capitol hill . None at all, my friend. No question. They said listen, were going to do this. In fact, secretary of state mike pompeo was asked about that, and he said, listen, we really strongly believe that meeting with Vladimir Putin will put america in a better place. And so yes, the two leaders will meet each other monday in helsinki, finland, they will also meet the press, sometime between 9 00 and noon. Now, i say that because of that massive time difference between washington and helsinki. About seven hours. So were thinking sometime between 9 00 a. M. And noon, the two men will have that press conference. Of course we will bring you that right here on Fox News Channel. Its a chance, by the way, jon, for journalists to quiz the russian president about syria, ukraine, crimea, election meddling, nerve agent murders and yes working with the u. S. To improve relations and Business Opportunities between our two countries. Again coverage live for you here on Fox News Channel on monday. We know the president hit the links today in his golf club in scotland. What else is he doing this weekend . Yeah, bit of a golf respite; right . Especially after a number of meetings over in belgium and in england as well. The president hit the links today. Now, that also comes as he has to continue his preparation for the summit coming up monday in helsinki. In fact white house officials tell us he will do that throughout this weekend. Now, tonight its obviously time to hit the hay, as they say, but tomorrow maybe a little golf and then once again back to his preparations before mondays meeting in finland. As you can imagine, free speech being a cornerstone of any good democracy, there were some competing voices being heard this afternoon here in scotland. Protests greeting the president , much smaller scale than what we saw in london, meanwhile. I should also point out that some protesters turned up at the president s club over in turnberry, the usual tranquility and undulating beauty of the countryside there disrupted, starkly so by chants and signs and some jeers from a few of the locals. The president himself frankly didnt seem to be bothered by all of it, took it in stride, wrapping up his round this morning waving at demonstrators at one point and yep he kept right on playing. A relaxing evening tonight here in scotland for the first family, but tomorrow, a little bit more golf and definitely preparations for mondays big meeting in helsinki. We will there for you. In the meantime, back to you in new york. I hear he is a very good golfer. Kevin cork, thank you. Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein talking about the indictment of 12 russian government officials for meddling in the 2016 election. He says their goal was to hurt Hilary Clinton, but there is no evidence of any impact on the outcome of the election. Rosenstein also making it clear no americans were indicted. Theres no allegation in this indictment that any american citizen committed a crime. Theres no allegation that conspiracy changed the vote count or affected any election results. Gillian turner has more on this from our d. C. Bureau. In a new 29 page indictment the doj leased yesterday, the Russia Special counsel draws a direct link between putins government and election meddling. The indictment charges 12 Russian Military intel officers with conspiring to interfere with the 2016 president ial election. Specifically they are accused of hacking and releasing emails from the clinton campaign, the dnc, and the d triple c. Both the Deputy Attorney general and the white house taking care to point out one particular feature of the indictment, the fact it doesnt include accusations that any american citizen committed any crimes. Experts say the reality is that the russians are highly unlikely to extradite any of their officials to the u. S. For prosecution. We confront foreign interference in american elections. It is important for us to avoid thinking politically, as republicans or democrats, and instead to think patriotically as americans. In the wake of the indictments release, condemnation of the administrations handling of election meddling has been swift and bipartisan. These indictments are clear proof that the Russian Investigation is not a witch hunt. My hope would be that the president and his allies would cease and desist from calling the Mueller Investigation a witch hunt. In a statement from senior republican senator john mccain, says in part, quote, despite repeated warnings from our nations top intelligence and military leaders, the kremlins efforts to weaken our institutions have continued unabated with insufficient action taken by the administration. This special counsel bombshell comes just two and a half days before President Trump is slated to meet with putin oneonone in helsinki. It is a highstakes summit with Top Tier NationalSecurity Issues on the agenda. But now Many Democrats are calling for President Trump to cancel it in response to this indictment. Jon . Gillian turner, thanks. For more on this, heres a axios reporter, what a wild turn of events, the indictment of these 12 russian government officials just ahead of the putin trump summit. Absolutely. Lets not forget nato. I mean the timing of this summit was already something that people were talking about because allies were worried that the president was going to slam nato allies and praise president putin and on top of that we have these indictments. Theres that much pressure for the president to unambiguously condemn russia on election meddling here. Theres an argument that the meeting should be cancelled and putin shouldnt be rewarded for election meddling with meeting with the leader of the free world, but the argument, you know, for going ahead with the summit is that this is the time to confront him on this issue. A lot of theres been a lot of press about the fact that observers say theres more in this for putin than there is for President Trump, that by, you know, being seen on the world stage as sort of a coequal, he can spin that to his own people much to his advantage, more so than our president can. Right, i mean people said the same thing when the president meet with north koreas leader kim. They were saying dont legitimize him with a meeting with the u. S. President. At the same time, i mean, gillian said it, theres so many highstakes Security Issues here that a meeting really is necessary. And you know, youve got indictments is one issue, but then theres syria, crimea, and weve known that putin is one to surprise World Leaders t the negotiating table. So the president needs to go into this prepared and with backup. All right. The question of this election meddling thing obviously has been bedevilling this president , he sort of changes the focus by suggesting the Obama Administration could have done more. Listen to this. All right. Im sorry. I thought we had sound from the president. Its actually a tweet from him. His preferred form of communication of course. These russian individuals did their work during the obama years. Why didnt obama do something about it . Because he thought crooked Hilary Clinton would win. Thats why. Had nothing to do with the Trump Administration, but fake news doesnt want to report the truth, as usual. The fact is, there is more that the Obama Administration could have been done and they were aware that much of this meddling was going on; right . Absolutely. The president does have a point there. The Obama Administration could have dont more, could have could have done more, could have said more, but the thing is hes president now. For better or worse, it is in President Trumps hands to do something about this. Thats what concerned experts the most he hasnt publicly condemned russia on election meddling as of yet even though secretary nielsen has and dni coats has just this weekend. Some think the president may be willing to assent to russias annexation of crimea in exchange for something else, perhaps help with syria or iranians. That could definitely happen, but the president has said in his press conference with Prime Minister may that he definitely will be bringing up crimea and will be bringing up ukraine. We will see what happens. As for the views of american voters, according to the latest fox news poll, 53 of americans say President Trump is not tough enough on russia, this is up slightly from april, when we last took that poll, and theres senator Lindsay Graham who says that President Trump has to convince putin that he can either be his best friend or his worst enemy. Listen. Hes got to convince putin that theres a better relationship available between the United States and russia, but here are the terms and conditions, and if you fail to meet those terms and conditions, im going to be your worst enemy. I could be your best friend. But i could be your worst enemy. If putin doesnt believe that, that would be a mistake. These are two wellmatched leaders. I mean, President Trump considers himself a great negotiator. Wrote the art of the deal. But Vladimir Putin, trained as a kgb agent, trained in all kinds of psychological warfare. It will be an interesting meeting. Absolutely. The examples of what putin does, we had that story of him bringing a dog into the meeting with merkel because of her fear of animals. He told her it was going to be an informal meeting but then showed one a big stack of papers. Hes got that under his belt of surprising World Leaders. One thing to look out for right away, while the president has said crimea is going to come up, putin spokesman is saying it is off the table. Things are already looking off kilter here. Because obviously that is still an issue that is of vital importance to the United States and President Trump would want to talk about that; right . Whether putin wants him to or not. Exactly. He will bring it up if he wants to. We saw him russia be let back into g7 when crimea was the reason they were kicked out. Theres no telling what will happen. Erica, thank you. Thank you. The battle over the president S Supreme Court nominee heating up with the latest attack on judge kavanaugh coming from a very highprofile democrat, but republican senator mike lee thinks kavanaugh still will be confirmed. I predict we will end up with every republican, supporting judge kavanaughs confirmation. I also think we will end up with a few democrats. Lauren green joins us live from new york city with more. Lauren . Hey, jon, you know this entire week for democrats has been about pushing back against trumpS Supreme Court nominee. Hilary clinton and senator warren are the latest to add their voices to the chorus vehemently opposing bret kavanaugh. Hilary clinton delivered a speech to the American Federation of Teachers Union in pittsburgh last night. She equated the choice of judge kavanaugh to the high court with reversing every social change in the last century and a half. I used to worry that they wanted to turn the clock back to the 1950s. Now i worry they want to turn it back to the 1850s. And speaking this afternoon to the same group, senator warren vilified the choice for what it would mean for unions. Trump didnt name someone who would stand up for working people the way he promised. Trump didnt name someone who would help the unions or even someone who would just leave the unions alone. No, trumps nominee was the deciding vote in the janice case, which is the latest attempt to break the backs of the unions. Critics have said that the venom spewing from the left is less about kavanaugh and more about hostility towards trump. Jon . Lauren green, what about the republicans . What are they saying . Well, you know, very few republicans have fired back any really big salvos back today and many who spoke this week defended kavanaughs character or expressed confidence in the confirmation process. Senator john mccain tweeted judge Brett Kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, a strong record of upholding the constitution. And while louisiana senator john kennedy said he would hold kavanaugh to the same standards as the last nominee to be confirmed, neil gorsuch. I want a person of wisdom, but also someone who has the courage of his convictions. I want to know whats in his head but i also want to know whats in his heart. The bottom line is the republicans control the senate and may only need a Party Line Vote for kavanaugh to become the next Supreme Court justice. Now, no date has been set for the Senate Confirmation hearings to begin. Majority leader mcconnell says he expects they will start in late august or early september. And then kavanaugh could be confirmed in time for the high courts new term on october 1st. Jon . Lauren green, lauren, thank you. Right now defense secretary james mattis meeting with his counterparts in the balkins states as a top u. S. Intelligence official compares the threats of cyberattacks today to warning signs before the terror attacks of 9 11. Plus the transcripts of lisa pages closeddoor interview with house lawmakers, will they be released . One congressman says yes. I have been a big supporter of releasing the transcripts if you are going to do a deposition. I think at a minimum, the transcript needs to be released to the American People, absolutely. honking when your craving strikes, you need your wing nut. no one can totally satisfy a craving, quite like your wing nut. No one can totally satisfy a craving, hi there. Me so, what do you look for in a vehicle . Sleek designs. Performance. Dependability is top on my list. Well then, heres some vehicles that deliver on that. 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Jon former fbi lawyer lisa page receiving praise from g. O. P. Lawmakers after her closed door interview on capitol hill friday. Republican congressman mark meadows was among her harshest critics but says her cooperation speaks well of her. Tweeting this remarkably we learned new information today suggesting the doj had not notified lisa page of Congress Outstanding interview requests for over seven months now. The doj, fbi appear to be continuing their efforts to keep material facts and perhaps even witnesses from congress. This comes just a day after fbi official peter strzok with whom page had an affair, was grilled publicly for the first time. Two top members of the president s National Security team expressing concerns about threats from russia. Defense secretary james mattis, seen here, meeting with balkin defense chiefs in croatia as National Intelligence director dan coats warns about the threat of cyberattacks. Nat