discussion around how we secure a commitment the russian government has no intention of and will not interfere in our affairs and the affairs of others. how do we create a framework in which we have some capability to judge what is happening in the world and who to hold accountable? this is obviously an issue that is just broader with the u.s. and russia but certainly we see a manifestation of that threat and the events of last year. i think the president is rightly focused on how we move forward from what may be disagreement at this point. as to the syria cease-fire, i would say what may be different this time i think is the level of commitment on the part of the russian government, they see the situation in syria transitioning from the defeat of isis, which
side and the american side are not totally divergent but are starting to hit a fork in the road. we will have to see over the next few hours with the different readouts say. jon: it is no surprise that the russians would like to meddle with the election but so far no one has brought forward any evidence that they changed votes or change the results. i think the focus is mainly on whether there was involvement in shaping voters perceptions before they went into the polls. there is a wide divergence on what the threshold of evidences and who believes it and who doesn t. several intelligence agencies think that it happened, so that is what we go on. jon: it had been described as kind of a win-win for vladimir putin. if he comes away with nothing, he can say donald trump is a weak president but if he comes away with some kind of agreement on a syria anything else, he says, look what i got for the russian people. i think he is in a much stronger position. if you get something from p
protesters clash with riot police for a second straight day. jon: we have fox team live coverage, the latest on the growing and spreading protests. we begin with kristin fisher on the historic meeting everyone has been waiting for. it was almost exactly two years ago that president trump said shortly after announcing his candidacy, i think i would get along very well with vladimir putin. today, he seemed to do just that. president trump told him that it was an honor to be with him and he responded that he was delighted to be able to finally meet him personally. we are waiting to find out what was discussed in the more than two hour-long meeting that followed but it is pretty good of both leaders would like to walk away from it having achieved some kind of tangible results, listen. i look forward to a lot of positive things happening for russia and the united states.
employment landscape here at home. it s all happening now. we begin with this fox news alert, history and the making as president trump, the leader of the free world wraps up his meeting with his russian counterpart vladimir putin on the side line of the g20 summit in germany. welcome to the second hour of happening now on this friday, i m jon scott. molly: i m a molly line. the two leaders face-to-face, who would not want to be a fly on the wall for that showdown which lasted two hours. president trump said many topics were on the table, take a liste listen. president putin and i have been discussing various things and i think it is going very well, we ve had some very good talks. obviously that will continue. molly: meanwhile the mood in the streets remains tense as