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Sources: Trump fist-bumped Turkish president

Eurasia Group president and CBS News senior global affairs contributor Ian Bremmer joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss new reporting about what happened behind the scenes at last week’s NATO summit. NATO leaders declared an emergency session to address Mr. Trump’s hammering of America's allies over their defense spending. Sources tell Bremmer Mr. Trump, growing frustrated with their lack of commitment to up their spending, turned to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said "you do things the right way" and fist-bumped him.

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Trump arrives for Putin meeting

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are on their way to Finland’s presidential palace where the president will meet with Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump has been urged to confront the Russian president on several topics, including friday's U.S. indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers accused of hacking the computers of Democratic party officials during the last presidential election. While the president is trying to diminish the significance of the meeting, it is drawing huge interest from around the world. Norah O'Donnell reports from Helsinki, Finland.

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GOP strategist on Trump's SCOTUS pick

Republican strategist Dan Senor worked with President Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in the George W. Bush administration. He’s also a former senior adviser to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Senor joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss why Republicans are "generally enthusiastic" with Kavanaugh's nomination, how this confirmation process differs from Neil Gorsuch's and the increased pressure on Democrats to block the nomination.

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Brett Kavanaugh is SCOTUS nominee

Republicans and Democrats weighed in Monday night on President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. CBS News contributor and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez; CBSN political contributor and political reporter for The Guardian Sabrina Siddiqui; CBSN political contributor and national political reporter for RealClearPolitics Caitlin Huey-Burns; and Democratic strategist Joel Payne join CBSN to discuss the reaction to Kavanaugh's nomination, as well as the possible issues he could face during his confirmation process.

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