Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, August 16th, 2025.

This is USA Today is the excerpt.

Today, what we learned from Trump and Putin's meeting in Alaska, plus D.C. sues Trump and his administration. And why scientists find some

whales are going silent. President Donald Trump ruled out the red carpet for Russian President

Vladimir Putin in Alaska yesterday to reach a breakthrough on ending the war in Ukraine, but he left

without a peace deal. I spoke with USA Today. White House correspondent,

Francesca Chambers for more. As always, I appreciate the time, Francesca. Thanks, Taylor.

So this meeting was highly anticipated. It appears that no concrete deal came out of it,

Francesca, as it pertains to Russia's war in Ukraine. What do we know, though, about which points

were negotiated or agreed upon here?

What have we heard, especially from President Trump himself after the summit?

I know he also had some comments to Fox News anchor Sean Hannity after the meeting as well.

Well, Taylor, since the summit, President Trump gave a little bit more information.

He suggested that prisoner swaps between the

two countries came up as well as security guarantees for Ukraine. Now, if you recall, there's been

a long time discussion going on about whether Ukraine should be allowed to join NATO after the war is

over and Russia has ruled that out.

Now, where the conversation has moved more recently, Taylor, is what European nations are

calling a coalition of the willing that would be led by countries, including the UK and France,

and that would involve countries that are in NATO, but not NATO itself, providing forces that could help be a security guarantee for Ukraine inside the country after the war is over.

And might we now see a shift to Trump's approach on secondary tariffs for countries that do energy business with Russia?

So, Taylor, he's already put those secondary tariffs, as he calls it, on

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