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President Trump says it's not his job to make a deal during his summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

The lead starts right now.

The president previewing his Friday summit with Putin in Alaska as U.S. officials rushed to finalize the details of this crucial face-to-face to end that war.

Trump is also acknowledging that the meeting might not actually end with any kind of

agreement.

So is there a risk that this summit will enhance Putin's stature and not bring any peace?

Plus, local officials in Washington, D.C., pushing back this afternoon after President Trump

deployed National Guard troops in the nation's capital and announced he's putting the DC Police Department under federal control.

So what happens next? Do locals have any recourse at all?

We'll talk to a member of DC's city council ahead.

And Texas Democrats once again block the Republican redistricting effort by

refusing to show up at the state capital as the standoff enters its second week. But with

just over one week left in this special session, what happens if Democrats just weighed out?

Well, Texas's Republican Governor Greg Abbott is going to join us lives in just minutes.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We're going to start with a huge week in our world lead as U.S. officials are scrambling to finalize details for President Trump's crucial summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin set for the end of this week. The summit is going to be in Alaska on Friday.

It's a meeting that President Trump hopes will move the needle on Putin's ruthless war against Ukraine.

But the details as of now are sparse.

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