It's Friday morning, 7:45 and you are looking live at Joint Base Andrews where President Trump will board Air Force One for his key summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin. The president has left the White House and he should be at Andrews in just a matter of moments. Uh if he gets there, if he talks, of course, we'll bring you that live.But joining us now is Ukraine's former foreign minister, Dmitri Ka. Uh, foreign minister, thank you so much for joining us. Uh, as you look ahead to this summit between Presid ...

Geopolitical Landscape & Diplomacy - A meeting involving Presidents Putin and Zelenskiy, potentially with European leaders, is under consideration to discuss a cease fire [1] - The meeting between President Trump and President Putin in Anchorage aims to discuss ending the war in Ukraine [2] - President Putin expresses willingness to start work on a new arms control treaty [2] Russian Objectives - Russia seeks to restart bilateral cooperation with the US, including arms control (New Start treaty expiring in February next year) [3] - Russia aims to discuss economic cooperation, particularly in critical minerals located near the Arctic Circle [4] - Russia will push for sanctions relief [4] US Strategy & Stance - The US is prepared for either sanctions relief if the meeting progresses positively or doubling down on sanctions if it does not [6] - The administration is considering secondary tariffs on Russian crude going to India, potentially extending to China if no agreement is reached [6] Key Personnel Involved - The Kremlin is bringing its finance minister, Anton Siluanov, alongside foreign policy individuals [5] - The US delegation includes Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bassett, signaling a focus on economic aspects [6]

Are you prepared to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare minerals to incentivize him to end the war. Uh we're going to see what happens with our meeting. We have a big meeting and it's going to be uh I think very important for Russia and it's going to be very important for us and important for us only and that we're going to save a lot of lives.I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Put ...

Tonight, hours before that major summit, the president's warning to Vladimir Putin. President Trump warning of severe consequences if Russia doesn't end the war in Ukraine as world leaders meet. President Zalinsky warning Putin is bluffing as Russia intensifies its assaults.Our Richard Engel on the ground in Ukraine tonight. Also, Chattanooga recovering from flash flooding. 3 ft of water drowning areas.Rescuers loading people into rafts in the dark as a man helped save a driver stuck in water up to his neck ...

I think it's an interesting meeting, although it seems uh seems kind of like it's none of our business. Uh I think that uh Trump get continuing to be involved and to to back the the Ukrainians seems counter to his stated goals of being America first. But having a world leader who with such a high body count um is unsettling.Uh, and I feel that would be the way for any civilian. Uh, but especially especially having a a Russian leader considering Alaska's history with Russia, uh, is uniquely interesting in th ...

President Trump downplayed expectations for his upcoming meeting with Russia leader Vladimir Putin as he seeks to end the war in Ukraine, casting it as a "feel-out meeting." https://t.co/644k5vAgId https://t.co/egr7VC7VcC ...

Trump says he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in person this coming Friday in Alaska. It'll be their first known in-person meeting since sitting down on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan in June of 2019. It'll mark the first time Putin will be on US soil since September of 2015 when he spoke at the UN General Assembly and met with then President Obama.Trump and Putin have spoken several times this year. Their last known conversation was during a phone call back on July 3rd. Trump and Vl ...

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Special reports now on the fact that we have a meeting between the Russian president and US President Donald Trump taking place. It's official. It is the truth put out by the president is going to take place next Friday in the state of Alaska, in the United States.Let me just read what the president tweeted out just a few moments ago. The highly anticipated meeting between myself as president of the United States of America and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will take place next Friday, August 15th, in ...

Is your deadline still standing for Vladimir Putin to agree to a cease fire tomorrow or is that fluid now. It's going to be up to him and we're going to we're going to see what he has to say. It's going to be up to him very disappointed.For more, let's bring in Bloomberg's Tony Halpin out of Dubai. Morning, Tony. Happy Friday to you.We just heard from the president that he says that he could meet Putin soon, even without Zelensky. Is that a sign of more capitulation to come from the U.S. at this now bilater ...