welcome back to velshi & ruhle. we are hours away from the historic summit with north korea and president trump. he s tweeting about the g7 summit and the chaos that he left behind. in one of several tweets overnight from singapore, he wrote, quote, sorry we cannot let our friends or enemies take advantage of us on trade anymore. we must put american workers first. he wasn t talking about china. canada. our ally. here s a recap of how trump clashed with our allies in canada, before leaving the summit early. trump praised his fellow world leaders and agreed to sign the joint statement of official values. i would say that the level of relationship is a ten. we have a great relationship.em relationship is a ten. what was strong was the language that this cannot go on.
it s a good time to get your ducks in a row. duck: quack! call to request your free decision guide now. because the time to think out tomorrow is today. welcome back. a live look in singapore, less than ten hours before tonight s historic nuclear summit between president trump and kim jong-un. earlier, we saw kim wrap up his night with a tour of singapore s highlights before he returned to his hotel for the night. also today, rules take effect that can change the way you use the internet and how much you pay for websites, like facebook, twitter, netflix and a whole lot more. the repeal of net neutrality is official. the idea that all data must be treated equally. the concept prevents internet service providers from speeding up or slowing down traffic on their networks. the idea has within around sibe
1st. this is in retaliation to president trump s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. 95% of the bourbon comes from kentucky. vaughn hilliard joins us live from the distillery in kentucky. this is an important topic for the farmers who produce the grain for that bourbon. what are they telling you? reporter: exactly. stephanie, this is about more than your glass of bourbon. talking over the last three days with these farmers, most ultimately voted for president trump. they say they still have the confidence, that he is ultimately going to create the deal. what it comes down to is they re not ignorant to the fact that the real repercussions that it s already having on their industry. these were some of the farmers we spoke to over the weekend. where does agriculture find itself in this? caught in the middle. we re always the first shot. people have to eat. you can get by without having a new pickup truck or a new
right hand at the discussions and, of course, he is not. exactly. john, joe, bill, thanks to all of you. bill, of course, will be standing by. this summit is expected to our coverage is going to start at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. it is overnight. it is 11:30 at night in singapore. hopefully, everybody is getting to bed, and they ll have a good, early breakfast and start this early in the morning. hopefully they have a room with air-conditioning. president trump s trade war with canada escalating, as his top advisers completely attack justin trudeau in the mharshest of terms and misrepresent what trudeau said on saturday. this comes, of course, as the president claims the u.s. has a trade deficit with canada. for fact s sake, why trump, the president of the united states, the business trump, is wrong on the numbers. the actual facts. the markets are stable now, despite the trade war and trump s rhetoric. here is a live look at the dow right now. it is about as flat as flat
wow. this is all part of the charm offensive. we need to remember, all of the north koreans who are not getting to see kim jong-un because they re in prison camps. he s starving them. do you remember, the north korean official that ran across the border and was spitaliz, the soldier? they found worms in him. malnutrition, not enough calories. this guy is in the army. john, there is a contrast here. kim jong-un snapping pictures, walking around. president trump, by the way, feuding with our closest allies. democratic allies. that s got to be something the north koreans and even the chinese, who are really important to this conversation, are going to benefit from. reporter: one thing, we have to take into context the idea that time has passed. clearly, this is something that on the flight over to singapore, this was a source of a lot of anger from the u.s. side. now, the preparations for this summit. this is the summit that has been