>> ERIC: WE HAVE A FULL SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO DIVE RIGHT IN.

CATHY HAS THE NIGHT OFF.

JOINING ME AS CO-HOST TONIGHT, DANA FERGUSON FROM MPR NEWS.

>> DANA: THANKS, ERIC.

WE START TONIGHT WITH NATIONAL POLITICS.

TWO OF THE BIGGEST STORIES IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL TONIGHT: WASHINGTON, D.C., IS SUING THE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGREED IN COURT LATE FRIDAY THAT D.C. WOULD TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOW.

AND PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S BIG MEETING IN ALASKA.

CAME TO A CLOSE JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO ON FRIDAY EVENING.

DAVID SCHULTZ TEACHES POLITICAL SCIENCE AT HAMLINE UNIVERSITY.

HE'S ALSO AN ADJUNCT LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS AND HAS SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME TEACHING IN EASTERN EUROPE.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS MEETING AND WHAT YOUR TAKE-AWAYS ARE FROM ANNEORAGE.

>> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS IS BILLED AS THE BIG MEETING WHERE TRUMP WANTED A CEASEFIRE, WANTED AN AGREEMENT AND THE MEETING ENDED APPARENTLY EARLY.

IN FACT THE PRESS CONFERENCE OCCURRED WAY EARLIER AND IT WEABDZ REALLY A PRESS CONFERENCE.

PUTIN CAME OUT, SPOKE FOR A WHILE, TALKED ALL ABOUT THIS LONG RELATIONSHIP THE UNITED STATES HAS WITH RUSSIA AND KIND OF WENT ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

THEN TRUMP COMES ON, SPEAKS, PRAISES PUTIN, AND THEN THEY END.

AND TRUMP SAYS, WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS, BUT IN TERMS OF IS THERE A CEASEFIRE, NO.

IS THERE A INDICATION THAT THERE'S ANY TYPE OF AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD?

NOT REALLY.

TRUMP THEN ALSO SAID I'M GOING TO TALK TO ZELENSKY AND NATO.

>> Eric: EITHER MAN GET A LUG UP?

>> PUTIN CERTAINLY GOT THE LEG UP AT THIS POINT IN SEVERAL WAYS.

HE GETS THE EP PARTICIPATE EAT, LITERAL REP CARPPET TREATMENT.

HE ALSO GETS AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS TO STAND NEW TO TRUMP, INVITED TO U.S.

SOIL.

HE GETS SPONSOR SPEAK FIRST.

THE FACT THAT HE'S TREATED AS ANOTHER SUPERPOWER OR RIVAL AT THIS POINT, HUGE WIN FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN.

>> WHAT DO WE EXPECT WILL COME NEXT.

WILL THERE BE ANOTHER MEETING?

WILL THERE BE SOME INTERACTION WITH UKRAINIAN EFFICIENTS?

>> I DIDN'T GET ANY SENSE IN LISTENING TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THE SPEECH.

IT WENT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THERE'S NO REAL INDICATION THAT THERE'S A NEXT STEP.

NOW, COULD THERE BE?

I DON'T KNOW.

TRUMP SEEMS TO BE HINTING THAT THEY HAVE SOME PLACES TO GO AND SOME TALK.

BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT A FRAMEWORK, FOR PEACE.

I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.

WE'RE SPECULATING OF COURSE BUT MY GUESS IS THAT THIS WAS A AGREE TO DISAGREE TYPE OF SUMMIT.

>> Eric: WHAT ABOUT OTHER ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES?

I'M THINKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SANCTIONS.

PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET INTO ANY OF THAT STUFF, I SUPPOSE?

>> IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THEY GOT NTO ANY THAT STUFF.

BOTH OF THEM WERE KIND OF PRAISING ONE ANOTHER.

I WOULD CALL ALMOST KIND OF LIKE PLATITUDES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF VERY GENERIC TYPE OF STUFF.

BUT I DIDN'T HEAR THEM SAY ANYTHING IN TERMS OF AGREEMENTS ON TRADE, ABOUT SANCTIONS, ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ABOUT ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING WHATSOEVER.

IT'S POSSIBLE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING COMING.

BUT AGAIN GENERALLY YOU HAVE SOME TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF SOME FRAMEWORK.

AND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

>> Dana: TURNING TO ANOTHER BIG STORY TODAY, WE HEAR THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE NATIONAL GUARD HAVE REACHED SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NO LONGER CONTROL W.A., D.C.'S POLICE FORCE.

IT'S BEEN A BIG WEEK IN WASHINGTON.

I WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW HISTORIC THIS IS.

WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE TAKING OVER PUBLIC SAFETY THERE.

>> WELL, IT'S A BIG DEAL.

I MEAN, GENERALLY YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE FEDERAL TROOPS OR MILITARY DOING POLICING FUNCTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND THAT'S BY LAW, BY THE WAY.

WHAT TRUMP ALSO DID WAS TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DISPLACE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE OVER FROM D.C., THE POLICING FUNCTION AND WHAT A JUDGE SAID EARLIER TODAY IS THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE UNDER LAW, WASHINGTON, D.C., HAS BROAD, WHAT'S CALLED HOME RULE AUTHORITY TO GOVERN ITSELF INCLUDING POLICE.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED VERY, VERY, VERY LATE IN THE DAY IS THAT THE JUDGE BASICALLY SAID TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BONDI, YOU FOLKS HAVE 45 MINUTES.

GO WORK OUT A DEAL.

WE'RE STILL HEARING DETAILS OF IT.

APPEARS TO BE THAT OUTSIDE OF USING FEDERAL OR NATIONAL GUARD OR LET'S SAY IMMIGRATION PURPOSES, AUTHORITY GOES BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR ITS POLICING FOR NOW.

>> Eric: I HEARD SOME COMMENTARY THIS WEEK THAT IN A WAY, THIS FORCED THE DEMOCRATS TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE SOFT ON CRIME AND PRO-CRIMINAL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THE NATIONAL GUARD COMING IN WHEN A OT OF AMERICANS THINK IF THERE'S SAFETY PROBLEMS, LET'S BRING IN THE GUARD.

>> MY SUSPICION IS IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE DIVIDED.

THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS CHEERING IT ON.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE ARDCORE DEMOCRATS SAYING THAT NATIONAL GUARD SHOULDN'T BE IN.

IT'S HARD TO TELL WHO REALLY IS THE WINNER AT THIS POINT AND THE GAME OF POLITICS PERCEPTION SOMETIMES IS AN ISSUE AND MAYBE IT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT THE DEMOCRATS ARE SOFT ON CRIME.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST TOO SOON TO TELL OW THIS PLAYS OUT.

>> Eric: IN OTHER CITIES MAY BE CANDIDATES FOR THIS KIND OF WORK EXCEPT FOR THE LEGAL DECISION THIS AFTERNOON?

>> IT'S A LITTLE BUILT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE D.C. IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL TERRITORY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

AND IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE SEPARATE SOVEREIGN ENTITIES.

AND SO THE ARRANGEMENT, BECAUSE OF FEDERALISM IN THE CONSTITUTION IS DIFFERENT THAN YOU HAVE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND D.C. >> Eric: GETTING THE BELL.

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