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about four hours ago. i really believe that. >> tucker: the president also addressed the robert mueller investigation into russia collusion. here is part of that. >> president trump: i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it has kept us apart. it's kept us separated. there was no collusion at all. everybody knows it. >> tucker: fox news white house correspondent john roberts is here. has been here all day in helsinki and he joins us with a recap. hey, john. >> john: the president has been looking forward to this for a long time. he said in the campaign, "i think it's important for the united states to have better relations with russia." when you have war heads and they are pointed at each other isn't it better to get along than not get along? but the president was rapidly criticized for sort of giving away the farm with vladimir putin. one of the things he was criticized most for was not sticking up for u.s. intelligence when he was

asked about the press conference who he believes on russian meddling. the intelligence community is russia meddled in the 2016 election or vladimir putin who told him yet again that he didn't have anything to do with it. listen here. >> president trump: dan coats came to me and they said i think it's russia. i don't see any reason it would be. >> dan coats again said it's russia. we have been clear of the assessmentment of the russian meddling and ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine the democracy. we will provide unvarnished democracy. they also pointed out that the relations are at a history low and the president blamed that on the united states.

on the stupid and other things. as well as the mueller investigation. when he was asked about it, he did not dial back. >> president trump: i hold both country responsibility. i think the united states has been foolish. i think we have all been foolish. we should have had the dialogue a long time ago. long time before i got to office. i think we are all to blame. >> john: the president's remarks in the posture with vladimir putin brought expected criticism from democrats but many, many people in the republican party. particularly, in the leadership weren't happy with what went on today. listen to this from paul ryan. "the president must appreciate russia is not our ally. there is no moral equivalence between the united states and russia which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideas." the way that i read it, what happened today, tucker, is he thought it was important to have a dialogue with vladimir putin. almost a parallel with kim jong un where he was willing

to rise above everything else that was going on out there. not get bogged down in the details of it. even though it would appear like he was sort of throwing the intelligence community and other u.s. institutions under the bus for the sake of trying to build a better relationship or get things back on track. >> tucker: it raised a lot of conversation. interesting to know if paul ryan believes our ally saudi arabia share our allies and ideals. >> tucker: that is a question you are famous for asking. i'm interested! thank you. good to see you. in the news conference the president suggested he might be willing to believe the denials that russia meddled in the last election. >> president trump: i have great confidence in my intelligence people but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> tucker: well, that set off a tidal wave of criticism. former c.i.a. director john brennan tweeted donald trump's

press conference in helsinki rises to and exceeds the threshold of high crime and misdemeanors. in other words ground for impeachment. "it was nothing short of treasonous. he is holy in the pocket of putin. republican patriots: where are you?" what to make of this? joining us now is a man who covered several u.s.-russia summits and the professor emeritus and one of the pre-eminent russia scholars. professor, thank you for joining us. assess if you would the reaction today to the press conference and the summit between putin and trump? >> the reaction by the most of the media, by the democrats, by the anti-trump people is like mob violence. i have never seen anything like it in my life. this is the president of the

united states. doing what every president, sucker, since franklin roosevelt did meating with the head of the kremlin. every president since eisenhower, republican by the way, met with the leader of the kremlin for one exso stennial -- existential purpose. to avoid war of the suer powers -- super powers. in my judgment, relations between the united states and russia are more dangerous than they have ever -- let me repeat -- ever been. including the cuban missile crisis. i want my president to do -- i didn't vote for this president. but i want the president do what the others have done. walk back the conflict that could lead to war in the accusations of the cyber

attacks. every president has been encouraged to do that and applauded by both parties. not trump. look what they did to him. they held kangaroo court. they found him guilty. former head of the united states c.i.a. who himself ought to be put under oath and asked about his role in inventing russia-gate and calling the president of the united states treasonois? what will happen in the future? >> tucker: those are questions we should be discussing. but it seems some in the leadership class on both sides republicans and democrats seek increased conflict with russia. do you think that is right? if it is, why? >> all right. you have asked a fundamental question. do they know what they are doing? i don't know. they seem to hate or resent the idea of trump as president that they have lost all sense

of american national security. ask fem -- if you get them on ask this question for yourself, for me, for the nation. do you, these people who are hunting trump, do you prefer trying to impeach trump to trying to avert war with nuclear russia? that is the bottom line. that is where we are at today. that is what they are doing at the summit. >> tucker: look, i'm in no way defending russia which i have no connection whatsoever. i'm agnostic and i take it as a matter of faith they seek to influence the u.s. government, undermine the elections. none of that surprises me at all. i just don't understand why russia uniquely is considered an unacceptable partner for conversation while at the same time we are happy to have close intimate relations with saudi arabia. for example, the government of china for example, both more repressive than the government of russia. i'm missing this. why the emphasis on russia?

>> people written books about this. historians. why is it that russia seems to be our wicked witch of the east? when russia has more in common with the united states. it's a christian country, a big country. frontier country. we were allies in world war ii. i mean, russia, this will upset people but historically russia defeated nazi, germany, in europe. we defeated the japanese in the pacific. we were great allies. after that things went bad. who is to blame? historians have written lots of books. why since the end of the soviet union? there is no communism. you know d.c. why do these people dislike putin? the president of post communist russia. more than they dislike the communist leaders? it's more about us than it's about them. it's more about us than it's about them. and this is really dangerous. not permitting the president of the united states to keep >> tucker: there is no defense of putin to ask that

question. i'll repeat it for the viewers. why do so many people in charge now dislike the current leader of russia more than they dislike the communists who killed tens of millions? i can't answer. thank you for asking. >> there is an answer. we need time. >> tucker: i hope you'll come back. this one an elected representative, he tweeted this today. there are military folks. the commander in chief is in these hands. so here you have an elected

representative in our country in the name of democracy. he joins us tonight. are you comfortable with that? >> no. >> tucker: you have an elected official calling for a military coup to preserve democracy. that's a different level of extremism, calling for a coup. i haven't had anyone mention that. >> i don't think, if you know him, he is not calling for any kind of military coup. he sang the president took an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the united states of america. dick cheney -- >> tucker: hold on. that is not what he said. he said where are the military folks? the president is in the hands of the enemy. he's calling upon the

united states military, which serves under the president of the united states. he takes action to rectify this situation. that's a lunatic. okay? he is a member of congress. that is crazy. >> the point he is making is the following. for trump to be standing next to putin and be incapable -- challenging face to face anybod anybody. he couldn't do itt today. and again, dick cheney is the one, attacked by the russians. it was an act of war. so what he is basically saying is for whatever reason, he seems to be doing his bidding. >> tucker: you know what? hold on. maybe he has a different view of this than you do. he is not a traitor to this country. that doess not make him someone who should be overthrown by a

military coup. differences.olicy some people think that russia is a threat p. some people don't. have we gotten to a place where it's okay to call people traders? >> no, listen, talker. newt gingrich and met romney, go through the list of -- >> tucker: i don't care what they say. you are totally missing it. this is not a left-right thing. this is a neocon realist thing. some people thought that the iraq war world. those people are deeply offended. it is not a left-right thing. can we just pull back from calling each other traders? >> absolutely, but i would quote your colleague, neil cavuto. and i agree with him, it is

wrong. >> tucker: you may think it is wrong. we should establish a line. the line is this. you don't d call people unpatriotic for the crime of disagreeing with you. do you really believe that russia is -- i am not that interested in russia. to do really believe that they are our preeminent ebony in the role? more so than china? do you really think that? because everyone is pretending that. >> sorry i use dick cheney as reference. he said what russians did is act of war. define act of war. d >> tucker: china is less -- have an adult conversation. do you really believe that russia is a greater threat for america's interest than china? >> i think that russia -- >> tucker: say that with a straight face. >> i think that russia would undermine our

democracy. china would take us on economically happily, okay. but i don't think china is out to get a us. >> tucker: but they are not really a threat to us. >> and for every day that donald trump shows himself unable to stand up to putin, every foreign leader in the world is saying maybe we should gain some ground on the u.s. too. that is the concern. >> tucker: yeah. i'm a little baffled by the lack ofof concern. i never will doubt that russia seeks to undermine us. they will continue to do it, but let's bebe real. that's all i'm saying. thank you, richard. great to see you. >> thank you. >> tucker: he sat down with us, and he had a lot to say, primarily about immigration and its effect on europe. >> the democrats want open borders, which is basically saying that we want to crime. >> why do you think they want that? >> maybehy it is a political philosophy that they grew up

with. maybe they are fools. >> tucker: the full extended interview airing tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. up next, the press and all the geniuses who have managed foreign policy over the last few years. had a full meltdown today with the news conference stopping just short of demanding a war. what you make of their reaction. we will tell you when we return. >> we discussed this also. zero collusion, and it has had a negative impact upon the relationship within the two largest nuclear powers in the world. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia.

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>> you have been watching perhaps one of the most disgraceful performances of a president at a summit in front of a russian leader i have ever seen. >> putin recruited psychologically the presidentn. of the united states. >> i have never seen an american president simply surrender to the leader of russia. you should call it the surrender summit. >> when do we see almost a shadow government come out and say we cannot side with the government. whether it's the cabinet ore the senate. that is the question.et >> tucker: who let all the dumb people on tv? a question we ask every night but maybe more today. the reaction in the press was so over the top it was awe-inspiring.e the reaction of the politicians was more so. chuck schumer who holds elected office in the united states senate suggested

vladimir putin is literally blackmailing the president of the united states. n he does not provide evidence for the charge. nancy pelosi said this is iron class proof russia has something on president trump. there wasn't a lot of reasoned discourse going on today to put it mildly. tammy bruce is a reasoned person.t what do you make of this? >> this is fascinating. in president trump's pressss conference there is something we all didn't like necessarily. but the reaction, the over-reaction is extraordinary. keep in mind these are the i people who said that the tax cuts were going to cause armageddon. that the end of net neutrality would kill people. president trump meeting with north korea would cause world war iii. now we have this press conference after four-hour meeting is supposedly treason. or as you noted from a congress member should require military coup. the american people know

something. with the work that he has doneca so far with whatever disagreements you have with president trump he loves the country. he is working for this country.me so when you see the hysterical reaction multiplied it worries the people. if this is about how the nation is viewed how is the country viewed when you do have elected officials that are suggesting a coup either via the shadow government or through the military or t denigrating the president so publicly. my point is this is politics and not about the national security. >> tucker: they seem to mean it.an they seem desperate to force me to believe. russia agnostic, i have no interest to go to russia. i'm not interested in russia. but they have forced me to believe that russia is the greatest threat to my liberty. like i'm stupid.

like anyone who pays attention knows that is not true. this is not a defense of russia. why are they trying to force me to believe that and punish me if i don't nod in agreement? >> that is the first premise. they have based everything on the russia controlling trump. h that is the premise for the first six months to get him to resign or get him impeached.or russia we agree, did meddle. there is like that theme of the basic reality. he issue to stand down orders to susan rice, we know that. so we know that that has occurred. the president intends to bring the two together, which is an unfair witch hunt, versus the dynamic of meddling, which by the way, really had no impact. that is clear. but in the meantime, the establishment invested in this

fantasy of the present, donald trump, and controlled by the russians, which is of course is absurd, and his performance over the last 500 days has proved his commitment to this nation. so this is their only investment. this is what they have, and they clearly are indicating their level of panic and in the eta for this to be the case, and the american people have rejected it before, and ims think they will reject it again. >> tucker: it seems a little disproportionate, to be honest. also, the president raised once again the matter of the dnc's email server, which we are told was hacked by russia. we are required to believe that too, but yet it.i was never turd over to the fbi. here is part of what the president said. >> wondering why the fbi never took the server. why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic nationale committee? i have been wondering that. i have been asking that for months and months, and i have been tweeting it out and calling

it out on social media. where is the server? i want to know where is the server, and what is the server saying? with that being said, all i can do is ask the question. >> tucker: meanwhile, hillary clinton made another appearance to remind the worldid that she ought to be present. trump, you know which team you play for. so, i am interested, tammy, this question of the server. i would not be surprised if russia tampered with it. they have been tampering with this country for hundreds of years, but why is it considered unpatriotic to ask basic questions like where is the server? can you answer my basic questions? why am i not allowed to ask those questions? i'm working for putin if i do. i don't have the right is an american citizen to get straight answers? >> technically, we believe the server maych have been decommissioned and actually taken apart. this is news from april of this

year, and filing from the dnc thatat they were required to gea decommissioned or remove software and take apart about 140 servers. 180 computers and 11 separate servers. so it may actually not even exist at this point. but for the president, and i think that this is key, the americans know that he loves the country. that is hogwash what they are hearing from the media today, but the present, i think, would help put this kind of situation to bed, if you will, by addressing the fact that yes, there was meddling, and that is happening here on the political end, and has nothing to do with the fact that he won this election fair and square, but that there are questions that we have to ask about the politics that have invaded t it, the strk testimony from the other day. it is shocking. and i think this is where the american people deserve answers. >> tucker: i just want my specific questions answered. they hacked or they tempered, i believe that completely.

i want to be very specific, but nobody will. oh, you're working for putin. when people want to be at specific to questions, you know that there is deceit. great to see you. well, lisa page returned to capitol hill today on the second day. we will talk to a congressman who was there for that. that's next. i'm ray and i quit smoking with chantix. i tried cold turkey, i tried the patch.

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>> tucker: we are coming back to you live from >> tucker:nd we are coming back to you live from helsinki, finland. late i night, sunrise anyway. ofhe course, this was the sightf thee vladimir putin-donald trump summit. back in washington anyway, former fbi agent lisa page returned to capitol hill. she has appeared for two house committees to provide further testimony about her behavior at the fbi the last couple of years when she and peter strzok routinely sends highly political messages to one another. in one case, promising to derail the trump campaign. representing the state of california, sitting on the house judiciary committee. congressman, thank you very much for coming on. so what can you tell us about what lisa page said? >> well, first of all, i was surprised how smart she is and help boys she is. she is one smart attorney. and i say that not in any way except to say she was much

better witness in her own purposes, very careful, very poised. what we did see is things like -- and i can't speak to the questions and answers, as you can understand, she would look over and put her hand out for the fbi lawyer there to object any time she saw an opening for that objection. she was literally prompting for those, and i found that to be pretty reprehensible. she no longer works for them, and it's not her job to determine the so-called equity is that are being invented by the fbi as a some sort of a privilege. >> tucker: now most of us have seen a partial transcript of her text exchanges with her boyfriend or former boyfriend, so we have a pretty good idea of her political views. give us a picture of her involvement in the russianen investigation. how close was she, how meaningful was her participatio participation? >> this is something that she said in general.

she said constantly, she kept wanting s to reduce her importa importance. she went on at length about how many people change between investigations and how they were too many other people for her to have had an influence. but remember, peter strzok looked at us and said he didn't wve a bias, he didn't do anything, but he had no answer for how itdo was her computer tt downgraded hillary clinton's misuse from a crime to a noncrime. literally, that report was changed on his computer. so they were critical, they teamed up together, and there really wasn't an answer to that in any of her testimony. only the investigation of her importance. >> tucker: remarkable. thank you very much, congressman, for giving us a window into. >> thank you, tucker. a professor at george washington university. he has been watching this saga. from a prettyor nonaligned point of view, i would say.

so what do you make? i do think you have a pretty nonaligned point of view. i don't even know what your politics are what you make of the most recent developments with lisa page? >> i also heard that she acquitted herself quite well. i think that is much to her credit. the problem is that we haven't seen the hearings that we have had. peter strzok r confused to answr on the insistence of the fbi. most of the material questions, it was quite surprising that anything actually came close to answering the questions that most of us wanted to hear. the fbi was well off the navigational map in terms of privileges. they spoke of all of these equities and having to follow the investigatory privileges. and none of that attracted very well to. me. this is an oversight committee.

i thought it was a particularly strange thing to have this, speaking to a government employee and having this mantra, i would love to answer, but the fbi won't let me. i'm hoping that the committee is going to pursue that aggressively because it got very little and because the fbi was issuing these objections. >> tucker: i mean, -- i am not a constitution scholar. that does not seem that that is the way that it is supposed to work. this is a lawmaking body, the core of our democracy. speaking of our democracy, getting the finger from a federal employee. how can that happen? >> it is not supposed to happen this way.. look, there is always tension between the executive and legislative branch, republicans and democrats, there are a lot of objections that are made. lots of them are worked through. thisou is a very different situation where you have a closed investigation.

a man of tremendous national significance, and oversight committee has clearly reasonable request here. to get answers to these questions. the fbi would lose. if this goes through to the courts, most of these questions would have to be answered. so it leaves you with this question again oft why is at ths stage, the fbi making these sweeping objections and shutting off this information. i just don't see it. >> tucker: w you don't want to live in a country where federal agents getho to decide how they can behave unilaterally. that is not democracy. very quickly, robert mueller's investigation, we are still missing something that supposedly justified this investigation, which is collusion. do you think that that is a prerequisite for a successful investigation? if we get to the end of this and there is no collusion uncovered, can we say it was a worthy exercise? >> that is a good question. the indictment is an important one.

there are no dumb act lots of crimes here. there are criminals, not polluters. so what the fbi did, it was a great service to this nation. but i think you can say that and still acknowledge what the president is saying, that after two massive indictments, so these are speaking indictments. they are very detailed. there is really not a direct connection of collision to the campaign itself. you can say that doesn't mean that they are not going to establish it, but you can recognize that. now, am i glad that robert mueller is investigating all this? you bet. i am glad that indictment came down. the russians really needed to be identified, and they did a great job. but this is not -- people say this is a witch hunt. there are obviously which is in those woods. we just indicted a bunch of them, the question is which are we looking for? these are not the colluders.

>> tucker: that there are witches in many different countries, and if we are going to goo after some, let's go aftr them all. it's great to see you. >> t thanks, tucker. >> tucker: he blasted fbi agent strzok and page, as well as john brennan, accused them of acting out of malice. here is part of that. >> i think he is a very bad guy. if you look at it, a lot of things happened under his watch. i think he is a very bad person. i also think that when you watch peter strzok and lisa page, when you watch all of the things that have happened, james comey, take a look at that. and mccabe. he has got some pretty big problems, i assume. you look at the deception, the lies, these are people that truly, they are bad people. and they are being exposed for what they are. >> tucker: that's part of a longer interview. to the extended version airs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. up next, the top actors in hollywood under fire for wanting to be stomach do her job, which

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♪ >> tucker: hollywood has always been political, always been on the left, but in the last year and a half or so, things have spun completely out of control. a political movement has become a revolution, and it is eating itself. even the biggest hollywood stars are no longer safe from the mobs they created. for example, actors scarlett johansson was supposed to play a transgendered person in an upcoming film, but had to quit the rule after left-wing activists attacked her for not giving that rule tong someone wo was actually transgendered.

she is a writer, and until a few days ago, she worked at business insider. she wrote a piece defending scarlett johansson, she had she is an actor, she should be allowed to ask, but they deleted the piece, and she resigned in protest. it is kind of an amazing story. i hope i'm not mischaracterizing it, she said this is an actress who is paid to portray other people. this is what she seeks to do. was that your argument basically? >> yes, i thought it was totally benign. actors are paid to represent people who aren't themselves. that is what she has been hired to do, and i don't understand the average frankly. >> tucker: well, it sort of an unimpeachable point. how did business insider, your editor over there, how did he respond, what did he say to you? >> well, nick is the editor in chief over there, and maybe three, four, five hours ago

after the piece went up, i got on a call with him and some of the other senior staff there, and they informed me that many of my colleagues had written letters very upset at the point i had made and how i had made i it. and ultimately, they decided to take the piecehe down. >> tucker: what were they upset about? i mean,ga did they have a case against your point? >> well, frankly, i don't really understand their point, but i think most of it was rooted in that i did not give serious consideration to the point being made by the other side, that may be because transgendered people face discrimination and other walks of life, that the film industry somehow owes it to them to have these jobs or that their narratives are being stolen. and my argument was acting is about stealing narratives. we don't cast people to represent themselves. so this should not be treated any differently. >> tucker: so did they ever fully flesh out their point of view, or is it just the kind ofn sense that you had violated some

rule that decent people don't violate? you said something naughty, therefore, we are punishing you. >> well, i was forwarded some of the letters that my colleagues f had written, those who said we are fine with her saying that we wrote these. they made the argument that there are limited roles for transgender people, and there are limited roles, and therefore, they should somehow have first dibs. so my argument was it -- >> tucker: well, i am just worried. almost out of time. since you practice journalism, i mean, what is it due to journalism -- our audience can assess, but i think you are making totally reasonable point. i think most people would agree. if you can't say something that obvious and sensible, can you practice journalism in an environment like that? >> the thing is i thought that i was inoculated against this kind of silencing because i do identify as moderate. i am right of center, but i am pretty moderate. i thought that i was immune to

kind of attacks, but easy victory that the small claims justice strengthens them andds reminds them of their own strength. so i don't think anyone is t sa. >> tucker: that's exactly right. that's a very smart point. godspeed. i hope that you find employment much better then somewhere such as "business insider." well, "the new york times" attacks the summits use by releasing a bizarre cartoon. it was really strange, and we are going to unpack what it might mean next. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪

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shameful, but wait, this is "the new york times." they are not supposedpo to think that is wrong and shameful. what exactly were they saying? here is chad mcmoore, who we hope can sort this out for us. "the new york times" is using the suggestion of a gay relationship between these two as an attack on them. but you think of "the new york times" as a paper that wouldn't attack people for being gay. what do you make of this? >> well, it can't be homophobia because it's "the new york times," right? they are totally exempt from something like that. what i make of this, stephen colbert and jimmy kimmel are two other torchbearers of the dying and steel establishment culture who also recently made gay sex jokes about donald trump. it is the sort of behavior that is tailor-made for a "huffington post" think piece about the history of gays as a punch line, about how cartoons

are equating violence, yet i haven't seen these thing pieces. i wonder why they are not calling out the side foray attempting to make fun of gay people. maybe when the left tries to bully these soy boys, maybe they were called gay on the playground, and maybe this is the only way they know how to bully someone back. i don't know. >> tucker: but wait a minute, aren't there all these highly funded groups in washington that exist to stop this kind of stereotyping and sexual identity-based attacks. i haven't seen any of that. >> that is a really wonderful conversation donna question. they were -- they have certainly come after me as gay person. i guess i am a negative image for them, but i haven't seen them going after any left-wing theseities who have made crude homophobic jokes, and imagine if "the new york times" had run a cartoon about hillary

and vladimir putin's relationship. maybe they had a hot and heavy affair and a a uranium a baby popped out. what with the left be doing then this remark may be losing their minds. this is a typical hypocrisy that we continue to see from them. they turn a blind eye when their own side does d it. time and time again, gay really seems to be in the zeitgeist with joy reid making a homophobic remark. of course, she is immediately forgiven. vice president and has money going towards therapy 20 years ago. >> tucker: i am starting to think they are hypocrites. you have started to convince me. great to see you, chad. our entire extended interview with the president airs tomorrow. we have a preview of it. angela merkel, it is interesting. and it is next.

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>> tucker: during an interview with the president today, he had quite to a bit to say about

migration across europe, as well as angela merkel, the woman wavingng immigrants into americ, gear up like a third base coach. here's a little bit of it. >> angela was a superstar until she allowed millions of people to come into germany. that really hurt her. she was unbeatable in any election. she allowed millions of people to come in. i will say this, she has beenn very badly hurt by immigration. >> tucker: and it went on and got more interesting then any interview i have done with him in a long time, maybe ever. the full extended interview airs tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. eastern, and we hope that you will tune in then.e that's about it for us tonight live from helsinki, a great country, by the way. worth visiting if you haven't been. see you tomorrow. 8:00 p.m. the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and especially groupthink,

everywhere all of a sudden. don't miss president trump live. our interview with him tomorrow 8:00 p.m. don't miss it. "hannity" is next. ♪ ♪ >> sean: and this is a fox news alert. it is 9:00 p.m. in new york city and our nations coast, and 6:00 p.m. on the west coast, it is 4:00 a.m. in helsinki, finland, and earlier today, president trump, he went face to face with the russian president, vladimir putin. this is their third in-person meeting, but their first official summit. all topics were on the table and appeared to be a no-holds-barred open, productive, adult discussion on many of the issues between our two countries. i sat down for an interview with the president right after he met with vladimir putin.wi we will play it for you in just a moment. but first, a lot to get to. if it tight for our