The band green day takes the stage after only a short delay. What the band is saying this morning. The battle out west to bring the flames under control. Crews fighting from the ground and the air. Young campers rushed to safety. Walk, walk. Will firefighters get a break from the recordbreaking temperatures . Good sunday morning. By the way, dan, it was great to see you anchoring world news. Oh, thank you. Always great to see you in that chair. Welcome to the show, everybody. President trump waking up after his busy threeday trip, the Second International trip of his presidency. Here he is arriving home overnight. First Lady Melania Trump by his side. During the g20 summit over in germany, he met with all sorts of foreign leaders from Great Britain to china, but it is russia dominating the headlines yet again this morning. A new meeting between members of team trump and a Russian National now coming to light. Abc news has learned that during the campaign, donald trump jr. And Jared Kushner met with a russian lawyer with connections to the kremlin. Meanwhile, the russian president Vladimir Putin now speaking out about his facetoface meeting with trump insisting that trump seemed to accept his denials of Russian Election meddling. And President Trump tweeting this morning, saying, i strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. Ive already given my opinion. George is standing by with analysis but were going to start here with abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega who is in hamburg, germany, for us where the g20 summit took place. Cecilia, good morning to you. Reporter hey, paula, good morning to you. You know, white house aides are calling this trip a huge success for the president and really it was a chance for him to escape some of that chaos back home in washington, but while he was in the air on air force one on his way home, another russia story broke. Overnight President Trump and the first lady landing back in washington, and greeting them upon their arrival, another russia headline. The New York Times reporting that the president s son don jr. , his soninlaw Jared Kushner and former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort met with a russian lawyer who has ties to the kremlin during a meeting at trump tower. That previously undisclosed meeting happening at the height of the campaign, just two weeks after the president won his partys nomination. In a statement don jr. Tells abc news an acquaintance asked him to attend the meeting and that it was primarily about an adoption program. A source familiar with the meeting says the campaign was not discussed. As for that other meeting, Vladimir Putin now discussing his side of what happened behind closed doors. The russian president saying, quote, trump on tv is very, very different from the trump in person. In that meeting he says the president pressed him repeatedly about russias election meddling. He denied the allegation and said President Trump accepted that saying it seemed to me that he took it into account and agreed. The white house not publicly disputing russias claim. In another high stakes meeting President Trump talking north korea with chinas xi jinping. And we will have eventually success, may take longer than id like, may take longer than youd like, but there will be success in the end one way or the other. Reporter the administration growing increasingly frustrated with chinas refusal to take a harder line on pyongyang, especially in the wake of last weeks successful Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test. Now, a major point of contention between President Trump and many of the World Leaders here at the g20, his decision to pull out of the paris climate accords. The United States, it turns out, was the only country in this entire summit to not sign on to a Climate Change resolution, but, again, dan and paula, the white house is chalking this trip up to a big win for President Trump. He has another foreign trip in a couple of days and heads to france to celebrate bastille day with the new french president. On Climate Change it is the g19. America isolated on this issue for now. Cecilia, thank you very much. Lets bring in our chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, who is going to be hosting this week later this morning. Good morning, sir. Good morning, guys. Lets start with the meeting between members of the trump inner circle and this russian lawyer. Do you see any significance here . Well, a couple things about that. Number one, we know up until through the election President Trump was denying any contacts with any russians in his campaign all through the campaign saying absolutely not. This meeting proves that isnt true. Im sorry, im dropping my glasses. That meeting proves thats not true. On top of some other meetings weve learned about since so that denial is off the table right now. Still no evidence of collusion but we do know this russian lawyer had been opposed to u. S. Sanctions on russia and is very close to the kremlin. And putin, he spoke with Russian Media and said trump seemed to accept his denials of russian hacking in the election and the white house refused to refute this. What do you make of this . Its complicated. Number one, secretary of state tillerson came out and basically said the president pressed this then we agreed to move on to focus on other issues, so it does appear that the bottom line here is that these two sides agreed to disagree at best over this issue, over russian interference and it appears now at least that the United States is not contemplating even though they havent said that more sanctions for this russian interference. Instead theyve set up this joint group to work on cyberhacking, but thats one of the questions i want to put this morning to treasury secretary steve mnuchin. The other thing you may want to talk to mnuchin about congress is returning from the july 4th break. Whats the state of play when it comes to repealing and replacing obamacare and what impact does this have on the rest of the trump agenda including cutting taxes . It does seem like the effort to repeal obamacare lost steam over the july 4th recess. You saw a lot of republican senators get pummeled back home by constituents, those who are supporting the repeal not as vocal over the recess and now you have it looks like at least ten republican senators who are holding off from signing on to the repeal effort. Remember, they can only lose two. Now were talking to senator ted cruz this morning who says he has an answer to this that might bring on other republicans. Theres a lot of skepticism in the party about that. Well talk about that but you make another good point. Only three weeks until the august recess. The president has not had a major legislative victory going into that recess. That would break tradition with all previous president s in modern times and they have a lot of big issues on their agenda including tax reform, including the budget, including the debt limit. Infrastructure. Infrastructure, as well. That appears not to be going anywhere right now, but the treasury secretary in the middle of all that as well. Yeah, that august hiatus is imminent. All right, george. Thank you. Thanks. Great to have you. A reminder, george has a big show this morning as he just mentioned. Hes going to talk with treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and senator ted cruz but plus goes oneonone with walter shaub as he resigned as the governments top ethics watchdog. That comes up on this week with george. Right here on abc. Thanks again george. Mandatory sunday viewing. Were going to move on now to what could be a major turning point in the fight against isis. U. S. Backed iraqi forces are edging ever closer to recapturing the key iraqi city of mosul, and Abcs Ian Pannell recently spent time on the front lines and joins us from erbil. Reporter we have breaking news for you. The iraqi Prime Minister has just arrived in mosul. Hes congratulated the troops and declared victory in the battle against isis. The celebrations starting shortly but that doesnt mean the fighting is done. This morning isis cornered as iraqi troops closed in finally taking back mosul after months of allout war. Look at the devastation. We went into the heart of the old city. On the front lines with Iraqi Special forces. Civilians have suffered the most here. This is almacmed whose family was caught in the cross fire. Her husband is dead and this is what remains of the family home. This was the bedroom of the young girl. She is only 15. This is literally the roof of the house thats come in. When the rocket struck and there were fragments of the rocket around the house. Delau lost a hand in the fighting, but shes strong, now planning to teach children denied education by isis. Her sister was shot seven times. Its a miracle shes alive. You can see here very clearly where shes been shot a number of times. But she needs eye surgery and there is no money to pay for it. Their mother shows you the holes in her home isis forced her to make. And if they didnt, theyd be killed. We look over there. You can see a pretty distinct hole over there thats been bashed through the wall. Easily enough space for a man and then over on the other side leading through to the neighbors house thats now been blocked off, but you can again see another hole there. After months of intense fighting victory is close at hand. A moment to celebrate before the rebuilding starts. So, isis is down, yes, out, no. What were likely to see is that the militants evolve back to their old guerrilla tactics, the difference being that they now have an International Reach that stretches from here to europe to america, and that has u. S. Counterterrorism chiefs concerned. Paula, dan. Yeah, that International Reach is the big concern. Ian, thank you for your extraordinary reporting this morning. And friends of an american tourist beaten to death while on vacation in the greek islands are speaking out this morning. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in the victims hometown of austin, texas, with more on how this recent College Graduate is being remembered. Good morning to you, kenneth. Reporter good morning, dan and paula. Family and friends of Bakari Henderson here in austin have of heard the details but they say theyre having a hard time wrapping their heads around this senseless killing. The men arrested in connection with the brutal beating death of a Young American in greece hauled into Court Covering their faces. We dont have the full story yet and thats the most frustrating part. Reporter the childhood friends of 22yearold Bakari Henderson, grappling with the loss. Such a funloving person and just so easygoing, and so many people just loved him. So it was hard to believe. Reporter the recent university of arizona grad from austin already an avid world traveler. On vacation in zakynthos, an island hot spot for night life. Police say 3 00 a. M. Friday a drunken bar brawl broke out at this sports bar. It was henderson against at least eight men. Bakari was not one to act aggressively like that. He was not one to be in that situation. He was always the one that was the peacemaker. Reporter the suspects, a bouncer, a bartender and six serbian tourists taken into custody. Investigators say the deadly beating caught on surveillance cameras. The right thing we need to do is just remember the really positive memories weve had with him and i mean obviously Everyone Wants answers and wants people to pay for what they did. Reporter henderson just starting his life. His friends say he wanted his own business. He was a big thinker. He loved big ideas, and he was going to do a lot of great things. Reporter now theyve set up a go fund me page. Hes like part of our family. Thats why, you know, when something happens like that to your family, you have to step in and you have to do something to help. Reporter hendersons family too upset to speak on camera say he lived life to the fullest. In greece bar owners in that area told abc news that the bouncer who was arrested was known for getting into fights and they banned him. Results of an autopsy on henderson are expected to be released in the next two days, dan and paula. Just incredibly sad. Kenneth, thank you. Were going to turn now to the frat brothers from penn state facing charges after the death of a pledge during an alleged hazing incident. Tomorrow the young men will be in court where they will once again come facetoface with the victims parents, and abcs eva pilgrim has been covering the story and is here with the latest for us this morning. Good morning to you, eva. Reporter good morning. This hearing so far has been tough for timothy piazzas family. Tomorrow they will once again be sitting feet away from the men they say didnt do enough to save their son. 18 former Penn State Fraternity brothers will be back in Court Tomorrow morning facing charges in the death of a sophomore pledge. A judge to decide whether there is enough evidence for this case to go to trial. I observed the defendants, men kidding, back slapping, joking and acting as though they were at a fraternity reunion. Reporter 19yearold tim piazza died in february after falling head first down the stairs of the Beta Theta PiFraternity House during an alleged alcoholfueled hazing ritual. The Fraternity Brothers are accused of waiting nearly 12 hours before calling for help. We have a friend whos unconscious, hes hasnt moved, and hes probably going to need an ambulance. Reporter prosecutors say the Fraternity Brothers waited to get piazza help in an attempt to cover up their drinking and coordinate a story. I dont know where their conscience was, where the voice in the back of their head was, saying hes hurt, i got to do the right thing. I dont understand how they could be so heartless and inhumane. Reporter a key piece of evidence in this case, Surveillance Video from inside the house. Prosecutors already showing parts of that video in open court. That footage is gruesome. It is remarkably barbaric what was done to this young man and they made a decision that they were not going to see that particular footage. Reporter but defense lawyers saying while this death was a tragedy, the video does not show intent. I dont see how anybody could be charged with the knowledge that this was anything more than a frat brother who had too much to drink. Reporter the university saying they plan Decisive Action and reforms. Piazzas family saying they plan to do everything they can to make sure this doesnt happen to any other family ever again. Yeah, theyve taken this on as a major cause. Eva, thank you. Its got to be so hard for them to sit in the courtroom and hear that. Now to the dangerous situation out west where more than 40 large wildfires are raging. Tripledigit temperatures threatening to make things even worse. Rob is standing by with your forecast but lets go first to abcs Marci Gonzalez who is in Santa Barbara county with the latest. Reporter some spots still smoldering in this area ravaged by flames. This grill is just about the only recognizable thing left of this building. The house behind it, burned to its foundation. This is just a part of the destruction as fire crews start what is expected to be yet another busy day. Overnight firefighters battling fastmoving wildfires across the west. Hundreds of people forced to evacuate. The flames spreading dangerously close to homes and in Santa Barbara county, california, surrounding this summer camp. Dozens of children trapped inside. The only way out lined with smoldering brush and trees. The campers finally evacuated. Some of them in tears. Scary . Yes, it was scary. Walk, walk. Reporter boarded on to buses to safety. Farther up the road this Sheriffs Office vehicle destroyed. The Whittier Fire quickly scorching several thousand acres in just a few hours. Helicopters dropping water onto the flames while fire crews here on the ground keep a close watch making sure the wind doesnt shift and these flames dont jump to the other side of this highway. Across the west, more than 40 other wildfires burning this morning fueled by dry brush and tripledigit temperatures. And no serious injuries from any of these fires. Were told all of the kids from that summer camp are okay. The same for everyone here at this Boy Scout Camp where you see vehicles and more than a dozen buildings were destroyed just a day before campers were set to arrive here. Dan and paula. Just a little bit of good news out there. All right, marci, thanks for your reporting. We want to get things over to rob for the forecast this morning. Good morning, r