Good wednesday morning to you all, im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. We begin with President Trump just hours away from embarking on his second foreign trip and the biggest diplomatic test of his presidency. The president is stopping in poland before hell head to germany for the g20 summit and a sitdown with russian president Vladimir Putin. Abcs emily rau has a preview from washington. Emily, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and nick. For months speculation has grown about President Trumps relationship with Vladimir Putin and when the two World Leaders sit down together expected on friday, they will address some of the most pressing global issues of our time. After a fourth of July Celebration at the white house. Our country is doing really, really well. Reporter President Trump now heads to poland on the way to germany for the g20 summit and all eyes are on the friday sitdown with russian president Vladimir Putin. I think donald trump is in sort of a p
Vin diesel returns for the eighth installment in the Fast And Furious series. Film criticjames king gives us his verdict on this and the rest of the weeks Cinema Releases. Our main story at 5 the Afghan Government says 36 militants from the so called Islamic State group were killed when the United States dropped one of its biggest non Nuclear Bombs in the Eastern Province of nanggarhar on thursday. The commander of us forces in Afghanistan Generaljohn Nicholson said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul, and that no civilians were harmed. But theres also been criticism former afghan President Hamid karzai condemned the bombing as inhuman. Our south asia editor Jill Mcgivering reports. This is american hard power in action. The moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest Non Nuclear Weapon it has. It was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs, and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called Islamic State g
And take on whatever comes next. Find out how American Express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open. Com. So the wheels are coming off a little bit. If the wheels are not yet off you are starting to hear the start of lug nuts stripping their threads and pinging across lanes of traffic while the wheels start to wobble. Theres a bit of a Freakout In Washington and were seeing it on two big stories developing tonight. Why is it always friday night . One of these two stories tonight, developing tonight that shows this freakout, one of them is about the administration itself, the other one breaking tonight appears to be about the prospect of investigation into the administration. Press, we the citizens of the United States know about the content of communications with the russian government . Michael flynn was reportedly exposed as having lied about the content of his calls to the russian government because u. S. Law enforcement or u. S. Intelligence agencies were list
Cnn nuews headquarters, newsroom starts right now. And the u. S. President turned to twitter on friday to show his frustration to replace the Affordable Care act, he also held an important meeting with south koreas president to discuss how to best deal with north korea. Really important issues, im sure youll all agree its all being overshadowed with President Trumps ongoing twitter spats with two journalists. Reporter President Trump issued yet another dire warning on the threat posed by north korea. The era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. Many years, and its failed. And frankly, that patience is over. Reporter but as the president was leaving the rose garden nearly all the questions shou shouted at him were not about National Security they were about the president s tweets and his ongoing war of words with msnbc host Joe Scarborough and mika brzezinski. Who now aallege that white house aides made them go softer and that will kill a story. He said if you
Cnn headquarters. Newsroom starts right now. Donald trump is blaming the Obama Administration for not dealing with russian interference in last years u. S. President ial election. The Washington Post reported on friday the Obama White House learned of moscows meddling in august, several months before the election. Heres what President Trump told fox news. Well, i just heard today for the first time that obama knew about russia. Even, you know, before the election. And i hardly see it. Its an amazing thing. To me, you know, in other words, the question is, if he had the information, why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. He did do something about. 35 Russian Diplomats were expelled from the u. S. And two Russian Properties in the u. S. Were closed in retaliation. Our Michelle Kosinski has more now on the new details revealed in this Washington Post report. Reporter a bombshell report, startling, laying out the u. S. Intelligence communitys case for