probability that trump won t drain the swamp in washington but the swamp will drag trump in and that will bees end of his revolution that hasn t even started yet, so some doubts creeping in here in moscow that president trump will actually be able to forge a new relationship with russia. katy? interesting reaction. i want to ask you about something the telegraph is reporting today that the kremlin has told its official newspaper a warning essentially that excessive trumpophilia is not going to be good for the kremlin, that it might end up harming the kremlin. is that why his press conference wasn t played on state tv yesterday? reporter: yes, actually the kremlin ordered state tv to ratchet back, to pull back from some of its constant coverage of trump. in january, katy, trump was on state tv more than putin. that s not a good idea in an authoritarian state like russia,
u.s. crude oil prices dove 2% after the news of the deal broke. why? iran has more than of the oil reserves in the world and blocked from world markets by sanctions. a deal would change that adding as much as 1 billion barrels of crude every day to oversaturated market but now they are up to $54 a barrel. china s economy grew 7% in the second quarter. that matches the slowest growth in two decade. in europe stocks are mixed. u.s. stock futures are flat. those markets all await ago vote in greece today that could secure the country another bailout. the greek palment will vote on new reform measures and the new bailout proposals are more austerity than those rejected on greek voters on july 5th. the greek prime minister defending that deal on state tv yesterday and saying it s necessary to avoid exiting the euro. president obama pushing for major criminal justice reforms. he made an impassionate plea for
edwards lawyers say it was gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair street from elizabeth edwards who died back in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staffers, his contributors. grant it, he was a promising politician at first. rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game, he good picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle, edwards jumped into the race for the white hou
in december. first, joe johns lays out how all of this mess began. reporter: john edwards, the politician. remember him? we have much work to do. because the truth is, we still live in a country where there are two different americas. reporter: as it turned out, mr. two americas had two very different faces himself. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal. betrayal of the people closest to him. his late wife, elizabeth, supporters, his staffers, his contributors. grant it, he was a promising politician at first. rich trial lawyer, but a spokesman for the poor. smart but homegrown. talked such a good game, he good picked up as john kerry s running mate in 2004. i have chosen a man who understands and defends the values of america. reporter: but it didn t work out, so next election cycle, edwards jumped into the race for the white house once again. by early 2008 it s time for me to step aside. reporter: he was out. but not before getting entangled i
all of this is at a very high level. vice president joe biden spoke with the vice president of egypt today, suleiman. do you believe, then, how this would all unfold and how is it being received that the united states is in the middle of all this? well, the new egyptian vice president has certainly become the point man for the government. he was on state tv yesterday, doing an interview, a quote/unquote interview, essentially making a statement. and the government has been offering more gestures. it s now offering a dialogue with the opposition groups, banned groups. it said that president mubarak s son will not run in the upcoming elections in september. all these statements that a lot of people just simply don t believe. if mubarak publicly, emphatically steps down and hands power to someone else, that may be enough to quell the demonstrations. but i think people really want