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indeed it is. the leaders of the world s major economies meet this weekend at a sunny resort in south france. storm clouds hover on the horizon in the form of disruptor-in-chief donald trump. and with u.k. prime minister boris johnson bringing brexit woes of his own, expectations, let s just say, for this summit are, well, low. cnn s international diplomatic editor nick roberts is standing by live this morning. nick, we are all old enough to remember when these were the most predictable gatherings. nothing would really come out of them minus a communique. that is no longer the case. what are expectations? reporter: yeah. i think when you look at it now, expectations are probably at their lowest. i think perhaps that is the thing that that is becoming a constant. the communiques and recent global gatherings like this, g20s, g7s are becoming weaker. indeed, emmanuel macron, the french president, has said he won t be putting out a communique now. it seems to deal with the
Speech draft and i just wanted to meet you. my first time in the oval and, you know, your mouth just goes immediately dry. you re trying to look around and look at him at the same time. and i just remember barely nothing. part of the thing about the office is it becomes a storage unit. photos from all eight years, ten years including the campaign. i ve just saved all my credentials. world series, g20s, trips to cuba. tons of stuff. trip books. tickets to state dinners. some of the air force one cards. i don t know how i m going to clear out this office over the next couple of months. this is an every morning trip. it is a kind of moment of zen before the day begins. usually with a little bit of npr or a podcast, i m a big podcast fan.
The russian leader s translator. should say interpreter, you translate written words and interpret spoken words. that administration official says president trump had an interpreter with him as well but his interpreter didn t speak russian, spoke japanese. president trump was seated next to the wife of japan s prime minister. you re supposed to talk here. the dinner came after president trump and president putin had their first face-to-face meeting. we knew about that already, lasted nearly two hours longer than scheduled. president trump pressed president putin about american s concern over russia s interference, but putin denied he did it. john roberts at the white house. they chatted it at this meal. we didn t know about it, only a russian interpreter. that was unusual? i don t know that it s, to be completely honest with you, shep, i don t know it s that unusual. a lot of people make it out to be. i ve been to the g20s, g7, g8,
So there are moments when the police appear to be firing water cannon further back but they are now moving slowly back and allowing this demonstration to continue. and just left with slightly stinging face from the tear gas that was fired right at us at times earlier in the day. kier simmonsville yantly covering this protest. hans nichols, i m going back to you. these protests we see every time there is a g20, how much of an affect do they have on the meetings that do happen during the g20? very little. heads of state, leaders of the countries, are usually far way. in past you have to get through several security barriers. you will recall other g20s or g7s where they had designated protesting zones.