morning. good morning, america. breaking news. president trump and russian president vladimir putin meeting alone right now for their first summit. overnight, trump blames the u.s. for bad relations despite the fact that putin's military indicted just days ago for interfering in our election. now, the firestorm back home. members of the president's own party blasting the meeting and calling on president trump to confront putin. wildfire warning. more than two dozen scorching the west right now. this one near yosemite turning deadly, killing a firefighter on the front lines. now new re most states bracing for temperatures topping 90 degrees. urgent alert. a 3-year-old climbing into this washing machine, locking herself inside while her parents were sleeping.

water pouring in. how they got her out just in time and their warning this morning. miracle survival. a 23-year-old woman found alive seven days after her car drove off this cliff, plunging 200 feet. what she used from her car to survive. and vive la france! >> france have won the world cup! >> the thrilling moment the french win the world cup taking home their second title ever. and we do say good morning, america. great to have all of you with us on this monday morning. win for. they won the world cup in russia and russia's president, vladimir putin, he was there ahead of his high-stakes meeting with president trump in finland this morning. and george is there in helsinki anchoring our live coverage. good morning, george. >> good morning, guys.

it's a lovely morning here in helsinki, also an intense one. the first one-on-one meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump. went about two hours this morning. it started late. vladimir putin showed up 45 minutes late for his meeting with president trump. after turning to the camera both gentlemen gave some brief remarks. vladimir putin talked about sour spots, troubled spots. president trump congratulated him on running the world cup so efficiently. he didn't mention the indictment on friday, 12 members of putin's military intelligence indicted by robert mueller, no mention by the president before the meeting. we also saw the president putin, after the one-on-one meeting, no mention of it there either. the gentlemen didn't take questions before that.

we are expecting a press conference later today after the working lunch both presidents taking questions from the press. a tweet from the president said u.s./russia relations were the worst ever and blamed that on america. foolishness and stupidity and now the rugged witch hunt the robert mueller. >> reporter: president trump and putin pushing back against the expectations that this meeting is dangerous because of the russian attack on american democracy. saying relations have never been worse between russia and the united states, what president trump said. a sign of how much they want that issue off the tiebl. these two men came to this city to do business.

this morning, that moment many have been anticipating and dreading. >> i think the world wants to see us get along. >> reporter: he said china and nuclear proliferation would be on the agenda. he made no mention on russia attacks on u.s. elections. >> i said getting along with russia is a good thing not a bad thing. >> reporter: it come on the heels of president trump telling british interview piers morgan this. >> i can't tell you that. i assume he probably is. i could name others, also. >> reporter: and a morning tweet in which the president blames u.s. foolishness and a rigged witch hunt for the negative relationship between the two countries. back home, some members of the republican party are implore president trump to confront president putin about the 12 russian intelligence indicted in

the u.s. on friday. >> give some serious consideration, your first request of putin is tell which airport we can pick up the 12 russians w s who interfered witr election. >> reporter: john bolton pointing out on "this week," the russian law prohibits extradition. >> john bolton just one of many of president trump's top military and intelligence advisers who approached this meeting and russia with much sharper skepticism than president trump does. who must be concerned about what's going to happen especially in that 90-minute, one-on-one, putin and trump alone meeting that's coming up, george. >> yeah, bolton has taken such a hard line against russia in the past. joined by "world news" anchor david muir. here as well.

david, this is donald trump's first summit meeting with vladimir putin. putin's fourth with a u.s. president. one thing we can be sure of. he's not going to come off that line denying interference in our election. >> no question about it. a lot of anxiety in washington not among just democrats but key republicans, too, and the reason there's anxiety is because they're aware of who donald trump will be sitting across from. this is vladimir putin, he's been in power for 18 years now. president and prime minister and back to president again, kgb spymaster, trained in the dark arts of persuasion and flattery, and as terry said, sitting down one on one, only a translator there. gifts given to the russians already in the last 24 to 48 hours. donald trump saying the democratic national committee, the democratic party should be ashamed of itself for allowing itself to be hacked. that president obama should be blamed for this. and the question here is, will he place any of that blame on vladimir putin? you saw that tweet this morning.

more from our chief white house correspondent jon karl. >> reporter: calls to cancel this summit with vladimir putin after the indictment of 12 russians for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. those calls came from democrat leaders but also some republicans. including john mccain. that obviously hasn't happened. the first part of this summit began with a warm handshake and a lengthy meeting between the two leaders. one-on-one meeting, at to top of that meeting, president trump offered compliments to vladimir putin. president trump began the meeting with warm words for the russian leader. >> we will begin with having a good relationship. i campaigned. getting along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. >> reporter: the president

congratulated putin on hosting the world cup and mentioned several other issues he would like to raise. >> we have a lot of good things to talk about and things to talk about. we have discussions all on everything from trade, to military, to missiles, to nuclear, to china. >> reporter: but he made no mention of any of the contentious issues that have divided the u.s. and russia. no mention of russia's annexation of crimea. its actions in syria. and absolutely no mention of russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. after their one-on-one meeting, the two leaders will meet along with a larger group of advisers before holding a joint press conference later today. >> of course the special counsel indictment of those 12 russian intelligence officials hangs over this entire meeting. i talked to the president's national security adviser john bolton about it, he told me that it's hard to believe that vladimir putin himself would not at the very least have known

about his own government's efforts to interfere with the u.s. election. the big question is, just what president trump will say or has already said to vladimir putin about it all? george. >> thank you, jon. we're going stay on top of the meetings all day long. for now, back to you in new york. >> all right, thank you, george. the world is watching. we're going to turn now to the extreme heat and deadly wildfires here at home. temperatures soaring on both coasts this morning while a fire near yosemite national park explodes in size. ginger is tracking it all. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, michael. the name of that fire is the ferguson fire. you can see that the plume of smoke near yosemite. one firefighter was killed. a man that was operating a bulldozer. it tumbled into a ravine. now we have evacuation notices. not orders yet. but notices for folks in the region. so, getting ready. more fires, of course. 35 large fires burning across the west.

the parched earth there, right near the oregon state line. not just superdry but very hot. the ridges. several of them, bubbling across the nation. keeping most of us feeling very july-like. portland, oregon, a 100-degree high on sunday, going to 97 today. plenty of heat advisories. as the winds will be kicking up now. back to y'all now. >> thank you, ginger. now to that new twist in the papa john's controversy. the founder apologizing and resigning after using an offensive term during a conference call. but he's not exactly backing down. saying he didn't use the word as a slur. abc's whit johnson is here. the company is facing fallout. losing sponsorship deals over this. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, that's right. this is not the first time john schnatter's words have created problems for papa john's. he was criticized for wading into the nfl's national anthem debate. this time, he's placing some blame on a marketing company that he says was supposed to help. >> better ingredients, better

pizza. papa john's. >> reporter: this morning, the man behind one of the most successful pizza chains, defending himself. saying he's not a racist. >> i don't condone racism. in any way. um -- period. it's just wrong. >> reporter: john schnatter, former chairman and face of papa john's, speaking out to local station wlky, claiming that he was pressured to use the "n" word by a marketing agency during a media training session earlier this year. >> it was a mistake. it was horrible. um -- i was repeating what somebody else said. >> reporter: the pizza icon admitting he made the unsubstantiated claim that kfc's colonel sanders was alleged to have called people the "n" word and never received backlash. the training session was designed to prevent mishaps. his pizza empire is facing devastating fallout. several mayor league baseball teams ending their relationships with papa john's.

the university of louisville, his alma mater, dropping the papa john's name from its stadium. the company he founded removing his face from promotional material. in a statement, the new ceo saying papa john's is not an individual. papa john's is a pizza company. while announcing new diversity training. >> at the end of the day it hurt my employees, it hurt my community, it hurt my franchisees. i just feel horrible about that. >> reporter: the marketing company during the media training, has not commented or confirmed schnatter's account. he still owns a third of papa john's and could walk awe with millions. the pizza company is worth half a billion dollars. and still some questions about his future and connection to the company. >> thank you, whit. now to the drugstore chain cvs. they're facing backlash, and apologizing this morning, after a white store manager called police following a

dispute over a coupon. linsey davis is here with the story. good morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, pike yal. it's happened again. what appears to be another erroneous 911 call. camilla hudson said she tried to use a coupon. what happened next, on social media under the hashtag coupon carl. >> it's a female. >> reporter: while his hand shakes uncontrollably, his resolve -- he calls 911 because of a coupon controversy. >> african-american. >> no, i'm not african-american. i'm back. black isn't a bad word. >> reporter: the man calls the police. >> they never tried to process the coupon. they never scanned it. >> reporter: this morning, camilla hudson is speaking out. she's the woman behind the camera and the voice you can hear in video. >> he said, i can't accept this.

i said, okay, why? he said, because it looks fraudulent. >> reporter: that's when the cvs manager dialed 911. >> he said you should probably leave because i called the police. >> reporter: chicago police confirmed to abc news that they responded to a call of an assault at a cvs store. hudson's experience is just the latest in a string of viral videos showing people dialing 911 on black people seemingly attempting to do ordinary things. >> what did they do? what did they do? >> reporter: from meeting in starbucks. >> charcoal grills are not allowed here. >> reporter: to having a barbecue and mowing the lawn. visiting the community pool. >> and nobody else was asked their i.d. >> reporter: back in chicago, hudson is not upset with the coupon refusal but how the manager handled the situation. >> he could have said, i'm sorry, ma'am, this is not a coupon i'm familiar with.

>> reporter: cvs said they apologized to hudson. cvs said the pharmacy does not tolerate any practices that discriminate. we're committed to maintaining a welcoming and diverse environment in our stores. we're still trying to confirm if the coupon is valid. not that that means the 911 call was -- >> does that have anything to do with it? >> no. not at all. >> linsey, thank you as always. now to that miracle rescue in thailand. take a look at these brand-new images of the boys and their soccer coach. standing with the hero doctor who helped take care of them in that cave. giving a big thumb's up. hugging. smiling. great to see they no longer have to wear their masks and to see how well they're doing. we learn new details about just how close to tragedy they came in that rescue effort. abc's adrienne bankert is still in thailand with more. good morning, adrienne. >> reporter: good morning, yes. these uplifting photos speak to

the resiliency of the divers. they faced some of the most challenging conditions ever inside that cave. this morning, two of the british divers shared their story with "the mail" on sunday. and revealed one moment when things could have taken a dark turn. cave divers jason and chris described the four minutes of panic chris jewell experienced when he lost his grip on that critical dive line, as he brought the second to last boy out, but used an electrical cord to find his way back to a previous chamber. if you never find that line again, the outcome will never be good. we were lucky, jewell said. >> this is the most difficult dive i have ever been through. >> reporter: they described the zero visibility. if you could rank 1 to 10 how hard this was. 13? 17? >> could see this. couldn't see this.

wasn't until you touched your own mask that you saw your hand. >> reporter: also this morning, new images of the team in the hospital without their masks. writing messages on a portrait of the former thai navy s.e.a.l. who died while helping them in their rescue. some of the boys wiped back tears. doctors also released new video of the boys declaring things like, i'm healthy. 14-year-old adul, who was a traps lay or the between the team and their british rees kusers, speaks in english. >> hello. i am adul. now i am very fine. i am very thank you for help me. thank you so much. >> reporter: and all 13 are steadily improving. there's a tentative release date of thursday, where they can go home and rest with their families. >> adrienne, thank you. >> this is what we're talking about, that image all of that

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instead he chose to congratulate him on the world cup and ran down a laundry list of items they do want to cover. everyone back home watching to see how hard president trump presses vladimir putin on that election interference, whether he accepts the president, president putin's denials as he has in the past, or whether he continues to press on and really demand some sort of accountability from vladimir putin. they have about 45 minutes they're expected to be alone followed by a working lunch and then we expect to see the two men for a press conference and we'll be here for that all day long. >> all right, george, we'll have much more as you say from the summit coming up. now we turn to that incredible, incredible survival story. a young woman found alive seven days after her car plunged hundreds of feet off a cliff in california. gio benitez is here and she got creative using her car's radiator hose to help her survive. >> rephariinth hri fre te

other than that, nothing to eat for seven days. and the people who found her just happened to be walking near the water taking a long way back to their campsite and instantly becoming heroes. this morning, two quick-thinking campers saving the life of a 23-year-old woman after she went missing for a week in big sur, california. >> we found her car about a mile north of the campground and it looked pretty new but it was rusty and it was destroyed. >> we just walked around the rocks and it was like a yard sale of car parts. >> reporter: angela hernandez was driving on highway 1 when she lost control of her jeep and plummeted to the bottom of a 2-foot cliff. 20 200-foot cliff. >> the vehicle and the female are going to be about 200 feet down. she is conscious and breathing. >> reporter: but rescuers couldn't find her. she detailed her daily struggle to survive from her facebook hospital in the hospital writing i'd climb on rocks to avoid the sharp sand, walk along the shore to avoid the hot rocks. about three days had passed and

the back of my jeans were torn apart. my socks were nothing but holes and i could start feeling the effects of dehydration. that's when she says she heard what sounded like a miracle, fresh water dripping from a rock. using part of a radiator hose as an improvised canteen, hernandez says she went back to that rock every day to get fresh water. >> she didn't have the strength or the energy, and frankly just the conditions she was in, she would have never have made it up that cliff so she wasn't even able to attempt that. >> reporter: but she remained missing until four days later when the moores spotted her near their campsite. >> we ran up to her. she said she wrecked her car and we were like the white jeep and she's like, yeah. like, oh, my gosh. you're alive. you're in one piece. i couldn't believe it and we immediately realized she needed help. she looked pretty beat up. >> reporter: her sister rejoicing. >> everybody that helped -- you all helped us through the whole thing and angela is going

to be okay. i'm so happy. >> reporter: good news this morning. angela's family says she's recovering in the hospital right now. they describe her injuries as more than just a shoulder fracture. she's in stable but guarded condition but, you know, it could be days before doctors know when she can be released from that hospital. >> oh, my gosh, that couple were going to go surfing but instead went camping and that's how they ran into her. >> a miracle. >> it is. >> just amazing. >> so glad it's a happy ending. >> thank you so much, gio. now to that new show getting buzz and a lot of backlash. comedian sacha baron cohen's "who is america?" premiering last night showing the actor pranking political figures on both sides of the aisle and, amy, you have more. >> that's right, michael. the sarah palin incident which will appear in a later incident ally got a talkingre but miere could be more explosive. cohen disguised as an israeli anti-terror expert gets guns rights advocates to endorse a l.

>> i needed to find politicians who would fight for the second amendment right of toddlers to bear firearms at preschool. >> reporter: overnight, in that first episode "who is america?," comedian sacha baron cohen pulling no punches and sparing no one. >> i stopped in south carolina to dine with a couple who suffer from white privilege. >> reporter: the prankster in full disguise debuting four new characters interviewing unsuspecting subjects, famous and not. from this gun rights activist apparently fooled into participating in a fake firearm instructional video for 3-year-oldd. >> just remember to point puppy pistol's mouth right at the middle of the bad man. if he has a big fat tummy, point at that. >> great. it's fun. >> reporter: cohen targeting current members of congress. >> the intensive three-week kindergarten course introduces specially selected children from 12 to 4 years old to pistol,

rifled, semiautomatics and a rudimentary knowledge of mortars. >> reporter: and united states senators like bernie sanders who was left temporarily speechless. >> you have a disability. >> no, i don't. this here scooter is to conserve my finite energy. >> reporter: it's that character former alaska governor sarah palin says duped her into sitting down with him last november. >> it was proposed to me as a legitimate interview to speak about veteran issues and our military and current events to a new audience. it was supposed to be this big-time showtime documentary. >> reporter: palin told robin on "gma" last friday that she is disgusted by the comedian. >> he just, you know, he thinks this kind of stuff is funny and mocking the disabled and mocking and belittling our vets with his portrayal in my book, it's not funny. >> some people are going to be concerned, especially going

forward with segments where sacha baron cohen is to some degree mocking ordinary people for the beliefs that they hole. >> reporter: despite his many fans, one producer said it's the people behind the scenes who often suffer the most after a cohen interview. in 2006, a local tv producer said she was fired after she unwittingly booked borat onto a local news show in jackson, mississippi. she tells abc news this morning the comedian never apologized adding, he nearly destroyed me and he does not care. sacha baron cohen was also sued over "borat" by two college students who say producers got them drunk before they signed releases. in that film, they were shown making derogatory comments about women and minorities. that lawsuit was thrown out but certainly he potentially has opened himself up to more. >> looks that way. thank you, amy. coming up, that family's you are scent warning of atheir 3-year-old got trapped in their washing machine while they were sleeping. come on back. hey, buddy! heard you had a hard day.

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we're back now with that urgent warning from parents would say their 3-year-old crawled into their front-loading machine and got locked inside as it filled with water. erielle reshef has their story. thankfully she was okay, but, boy, so terrifying. >> indeed. that family installed the washing machine just hours before this happened. this morning, they're describing the panic and terror to warn other parents of a hidden danger. this morning, lindsey and allan mciver are recounting their

heart-stopping nightmare. their toddler trapped inside their brand-new washing machine, this postabout the ordeal going viral. >> it was terrifying. >> reporter: when they bought and installed it they instructed all three of their young kids to stay away but early the next morning, they woke to terrified screams from their 4-year-old son. >> he was crying so hard i couldn't understand the words he was saying. it was then that the realization hit, he had said kloe inside washer. >> reporter: allan immediately rushed downstairs to the laundry room to find 3-year-old kloe locked inside the airtight washer as it tumbled and filled ater. >> i could tell she scre i yanked on the door, i pulled so hard i moved the machine from the wall but it's locked. you can't get it open. >> reporter: within seconds allan and lindsey were able to

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>> announcer: this is an abc news special report. trump and putin. one on one. now reporting from helsinki, george stephanopoulos. good morning, again. we're coming back on the air live from helsinki because president trump and russian president putin are about to hold a press conference in the presidential palace in helsinki. after finishing a round of meetings that began about 45 minutes late this morning. the two leaders got together. after a hand shake, sat down one on one with no one else in the room. there you see the hand shake. first lady melania trump by the president's side. after that two hours. a little longer than scheduled. the presidents then met with a broader group of aides at a working lunch.

and, president's national security adviser john bolton was there. secretary of state mike mom pay yo. along with white house chief of staff john kelly. we're expected to hear from both presidents. they'll each give statements to the press followed by a couple of questions each. here come the presidents now. actually, that's the video from earlier in the day. they have been running behind schedule. but picked up some time over the lunch. terry moran there in the room. you were brought back earlier. terry, so far, the president's harshest words today by tweet for the united states. saying they acted foolishly, stupidly, which i u.s.-russia relations are in such a bad place. >> reporter: that's right. his history the last several jeers the reason for the bad

relations for the united states and russia is the fault of barack obama and his administration. not president putin, who seized crimea and fostered a war in the ukraine. the real problem through president trump in the tweet is what the united states did. we know what president putin's agenda is. the kremlin put it out. theyn't whatted to discuss ways to normalize bilateral relations. from the russia side, that would have to include the sanctions slapped on russia after the seizure of crimea in 2014. if president trump were to give way on that, that would represent another breach between the united states and its traditional close alice. the seizure of crimea was the first time since world war ii that borders were forcibly changed in europe. it's a big deal for europeans, george?

>> there was no mention of that by the president. leading into the meeting. there will be no joint statement coming out either. from the two presidents. they will each, as i said, give statements. we have heard from the president after the first meeting, david muir, was a very good start. >> a good start was all he said going into the working lunch. the working lunch, as we both know, advisers are sitting at the table. the one on one, only translaters in the room. the big question back home and really, all over the world, is will president trump and how will he bring up meddling, if he does at all? he was in the uk with the british prime minister taking questions from the international press there. he said, i know you're going to expect that i ask about meddling. and i will. but don't expect a perry mason moment. you're t not going hear from putin, you got me. by the way, what was interesting about that, when he said that in front of the international

press, he thu those 12 indictments were coming. >> he had been briefed by rod rosenstein. over the weekend, the president referred to the investigation as a rigged witch hunt. the president facing questions back home, including from john brennan, about why he met alone with vladimir putin and whether they can be trusted. >> reporter: it's highly unusual for the president to sit with a head of state one on one. john brennan, cia director for obama, tweeted why did trump meet one on one with put snn what might he will hiding from bolton, pompeo, kelly, and the american public. it's interesting. barack obama did meet one on one with putin as well. it was in september of 2016. a much briefer encounter. it was when he directly confronted putin on the evidence they were just beginning to see that the russians were

attempting to interfere with the u.s. elections. so it has happened. and president trump from time to time, does meet one on one. he met with kim jong-un one on one as well. >> yeah, that was a famous picture. the president looking sternly at vladimir putin. president obama cancelled a summit with putin back in 2013 after russia was protecting edward snowden. tara palmeri is joining us as well. following the reactions of the allies to the meeting. coming into this meeting, concern from european allies after the tough meeting with nato and after the president called the european union a foe over the weekend. >> reporter: right. what they'ring looing for is what kind of hang waj the president uses when referring to european security. the annexation of crimea, and aggression in eastern yukraine.

they want to know that the u.s. won't be pulling away troops in the region in exchange for russian troops to be pulled from syria. right now, we don't know what the leaders said one on one. what deals were made. any indication we get there this press conference is something that all of europe will pay attention to. >> right. and there hasn't been, the president hasn't had much time to debrief his own staff about what happened in the long one on one. they went directly from the one on one meeting between putin and the president into the work lunch. a bit of a delay now, we're told. several minutes ago we were told the presidents were ready to come out. we're having a delay. david muir, par for the course today. vladimir showed up about 45 minutes late from the start of the day. that's habit of his. he's kept many world leaders waiting including the pope.

>> secretary of state john kerry waited for several hours. i believe he retreated back to the building where he was waiting as he waited for putin. the president's motor cade came through. that did set the day back. it seemed as if they moved the working lunch along more quickly. the shadow of the 2016 election looms large here. as you know. one of the reasons, that vladimir putin went after hillary clinton in the way that he did and the russians intervening the way they did had a lot to do with hillary clinton stanlding up to putin about fair and free elections back in 2011. if you remember the protests in russia. vladimir putin never got over that. he pointed the blame to hillary clinton for speaking up about that. >> that's why the intelligence agencies decided at the beginning they wanted to hurt hillary clinton and they moved

in to aggressively trying to help donald trump win. we see john bolton. you interviewed him yesterday. when he was asked about the idea that the president might ask for the extradition of the russian nationals, he said there's though way you would ask for something you couldn't get. he's taken a much harder line on vladimir putin's denials of meddling than the president has. >> reporter: jop poelt. said he finds it hard to believe that vladimir putin wouldn't have at least know about what his own government was doing. this is a pattern, george. we have seen several members of the president's national security team including his secretary of state, mike pom payco, his director of national intelligence, dan . his defense secretary, james mat t mattis take a much harder line

than the president himself. >> the official administration policy. there are sapgnctions imposed o. we support a united nato right now. no talk of pulling out. that's been belied by the president's rhetoric. >> reporter: the t president, in his meeting with nato leaders raised the possibility of withdrawing from nato if our alice didn't put more into our own collective defense. over and over again, the president's words seem to run counter to the policies of his own government when it comes to russia. george, if you look at the trump administration's policies towards russia, you could argue, and argue persuasively, that he's been tougher on russia in terms of the policies of this administration than the obama administration. they have sold lethal weapons to ukraine. something obama refused. imposed a whole range of new

sanctions on individuals and entities in russia. twice air strikes against russia ally syria. something that obama refused to do. you have the policies of the administration standing in stark contrast to the words of the president who seems to be incapable of unwilling to say anything whatsoever critical of vladimir putin's russia. >> at the start of today's meeting he congratulated putin for a successf fuful world cup. terry moran, you have been head quartered in london recently. the president criticized theresa may. far different approach than with putin. >> reporter: no question about it, george. i think we're witnessing a historic shift of american policy away from the democrat okay sis who president trump

thinks have taken advantage of americans securities and trade. shifting it to moscow and the kremlin who i think president trump feels more in tune with. president putin is a nationalist. he believes in going after national interests rather than multinational institutions. there's a commonality of vision in the world. while everybody has been talking about russian cyber attacks. the president's own director of national intelligence, dan coates said last week, the united states is under attack now. today. by the russian government. that president trump is dealing with. a lot of americans will ask, what is he doing to stop putin from doing it again? >> so much concern coming up to our own midterm elections in november. a lot of concerns in states and national government that there could be intense cyberattacks

this time as well. one reason, perhaps, we saw the indictment on friday. we saw rod rosenstein say it had nothing to do with this meeting. they could have he would it if wanted to. clear they were putting pressure to make sure the president put pressure on the issue. >> the white house was presed on that on friday. they said it strengthens the president's hand. they said coming in, it will help president trump put this to the russian president. but it's -- left to be seen what they actually talked about, if the we'll ever get a full readout of what played out in that room. whether or not president trump was able to press president putin. whether he was there with the ring leader, the man behind the 12 indicted intelligence officer who is went in some 300 people trying to get their accounts, their e-mails. and had a separate system to

disseminate that information. it's been laid out by robert mueller's team. the question is, with whether or not the president has presented any of that evidence. there was a school of thought. now you have the evidence. many democrats said cancel the summit. then there was the other argument. say you have the information. press putin. you saw it. he called it a rigged witch hunt. we've heard the president before say that vladimir putin beliefs they were not involved. and the president said, i believe what he believes he believes. >> in the past, as you said, the president has accepted putin's denials. and, we're still waiting. i want to bring in a russian specialist, anna, what is your

take so far on the events of the morning and weekend? >> i think that, as we expected, this is a very much a win for vladimir putin. the fact that the summit has taken place. it's happening. it's opening up a lot of avenues for dialogue, which we'll see down the line. in meetings that will happen after the summit. if any agreements come out after that. right now, i think the main thing is the optics of meeting putin and trump sitting down together and meeting. in that regard, what we're seeing even in the body language so far. we'll see what comes out of the press conference. is that this is very much necessary for trump, whethreas fact, this is more important for russia than the united states. we're seeing this discrepancy where trump appears to be more invested in this than putin.

we're seeing russian tv describing trump adds -- as -- kind of tense and leaning towards putin. putin is very relaxed. this is also very good at projecting for putin as an indispensable figure in the world. >> that's puten the public showman. talk about what his approach is likely to be beind the scenes with president trump? he seizes this. he had summit meetings with three other united states presidents. >> it's hard to say what actually goes on behind the scenes, givent it's just them and translators. it's important for putin to instill a sense that he is the more experienced world leader. this has played out before in his relations with former u.s.

presidents. this is particularly, um -- evident in this relationship with trump. now, it's -- it's tempting to say we'll see putin managing trump. yes. given this discrepancy. what kind of commitments would have been made at this tete-a-tete meeting is, it's hard to see. whatever agreements come out, they'll be mostly symbolic. it's not something putin will be fully committed to. the main thing that will come out of this is, as i said, down the line. >>to pick up on your point, take a step back. it's been a long-term goal of vladimir put on the divide the united states from the west, nato, the european union. we know his goal was to hurt hillary clinton, help elect donald trump. he's already had two substantial

victories. >> well, yes. this is playing into his hands without -- whether or not this was his actual strategic goal is one issue. what we're seeing if, in fact, this is happening. this with divisions that putin is taking advantage of. one particular division is whatever trump is saying goes at odds with his own political and intelligence community. this divide within the united states. the divide between the interests of the t president of the united states and the political establishment, this, in particular, is something that putin is going to try to exploit. domestically and internationally. in terms of his relationship with other western partners. >> we see new a protester has gotten up. of some sort. inside the presidential palace in finland.

some kind of sign is being ripped out of his hand. we didn't get a good look at it. terry, were you able to see it. >> reporter: yes, yes. nuclear weapons treaty. that's what was on that man's sign. and he was summariry carried out. there was not a scene. simply a statement. i took a picture of it. i can tell you exactly what it said. what his sign said. was nuclear weapons. ban nuclear weapons. that's -- that's it. i'll stand up for you. but -- it has -- it didn't look like a threat. but they sure didn't like that sign. >> they didn't take any chance with that right there. the president mentioned nuclear arms control would be on the agenda. and china. two issue not mentioned by putin. >> reporter: that's correct. those two things were very high on president trump's agenda.

and the kremlin's agenda didn't include either one. president trump seems to have an idealistic resolution to get rid of all nuclear weapons. this gentleman, perhaps he has press credentials an wanted to make a statement. the sign said nuclear weapons treaty. that was enough to have him roused out, with force. by the finnish security. >> terry mentioned the summit between president reagan and gorbachev. we have seen other summits between other leaders. including john f. kennedy and nikita khrushchev.

what's different is this came up a few months ago from putin. the president wanted to accept. it's taken place without a whole lot of advanced preparation. >> and now there's an effort by the president himself and by his national security team to downplay expectations. in fact, jon huntsman, the u.s. ambassador to russia says it's a meeting. not a summit. there is no -- there is no agenda, specific agenda set forth. no expectations that there will be a joint agreement. quite different from previous summits. george, if you look at the picture right now, we're going to see something we haven't seen in about a decade. a joint press conference between a president of the united states and a leader of russia. it's been eight years since we have seen theas one was actually with medvedev. while in t role of

prime minister. the last one with putin was ten years. >> george w. bush. famously said, he saw into the soul of vladimir putin. we have now seen the first lady and the u.s. delegation coming in. mike pompeo there. the secretary of state. john kelly, white house chief of staff. john bolton. the russian delegation. tara palmeri, you heard from sources there was concern in that one-on-one meeting with the president and putin went so long. >> reporter: that's right, george. i'm hearing there is a feeling there was very little chance of success that the meeting lasted for more than 90 minutes because, like jon said, there was not a ton of prep. the number twos of the major departments, they didn't have a chance to meet before this. so the idea they would be spending so much time in there is not great thing.

traditionally,len a biillat,pebo an hour togeer obama spent 30 whntil wrro them and we continue to report what was said in the meeting. >> president trump says, tara, a long meeting is a sign of success. he often brags about the fact that meetings go longer than expected. the first meeting with president obama, right after his election. now we're seeing both presidents approach the podium. vladimir putin will speak first. >> translator: thank you so much. shall we start working, i guess? distinguished mr. president. ladies and gentlemen.

appreciation with president trump took place in a frank and business like atmosphere. i think we can call it a success and a fruitful round of negotiations. we carely analyzed the current status. the pent, and the future of the russia-united states relationship key issues of the global 'agenda. it's clear to everyone that the bilateral relationships are going through a complicated stage. and yet those impediments. the current tension. the tense atmosphere. certainly have no solid reason behind it. the coal war is a thing of the past. the era of ideological confrontation is a vestige of the past. the situation of the world changed dramatically. today, both russia and the united states face a whole new set of challenges. those include a dangerous mall adjustment of mechanisms for maintaining international

security and stability. original crisis. the creeping threats of terrorism and transnational crime. if the snowballing problems in the economy, environment risks, and other sets of challenges. we can only cope with this challenge if we join the ranks and work together. hopefully, we will reach this upsing with our american partners. today's negotiations retlekted our joint wish, our joint wish with to the trump to redress this negative situation in the bilateral relationship. outline first steps for improving this relationship to restore the acceptable level of trust and going back to the previous level of direction on all mutual interests. we bear special responsibility for maintaining security. it is vital.

we mentioned this in the ne gesh yagss. it's crucial we fine-tune the security and nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we submitted a note with suggestions. we believe it necessary to work together further to interact on the disarmament agenda. this includes the extension of the strategic offensive arms limitation treaty. it's a dangerous situation with a global american anti-missile defense system. thest the implementation issues. the agenda of nonplacement of weapons in says. we favor the continued effort in

counterterrorism and maintaining cyber security. i would like to point out that our special services have been quite successful. the most recent example is the operation with them that recently concluded world football cup. in general, the contacts, among the special services, should be put to a system-wise basis. should be brought to systemic framework. i recall i reminded president trump about this suggestion to re-establish the working group on anti-terrorism. we also mentioned the original crisis that is not always that our postures dove tail exactly. yet, mutual interests abound. we have to look for points of contact and interact closer in a original crisis,in, onal early,

syria.concerned, the -- task of publishing peace and reconciliation in this country could be the first show case example of this successful joint work. russia and the united states apparently can act proactively and assume leadership on this issue and organize the interaction to overcome humanitarian crisis and help syrian refugees go back to hair home. in order the accomplish this level of successful cooperation if syria, we have all the required components. both russian and american military acquired the useful experience of coordination of their actions. establish communication. which, permitted to avoid dangerous incidents and unintentional collisions in the air and on the ground. also, crushes terrorists in the

southwest of syria. the south of syria should be brought to to full compliance with the treaty of 1974 about the separation of forces and the forces of israel and syria. this will bring peace to golan heights and bring a more peaceful relationship between syria and israel. mr. president, paid special attention to this during today's negotiations. i would like to confirm that russia is interested in this development and this will act accordingly. thus far, we will make a step towards creating a lasting peace. in come plips with the respective resolutions of the security council. resolution 338 for instance. we're glad that the korean

peninsula issue is starting to resolve the. to a great extent, it was possible thanks to the personal engagement of president trump who opted for dialogue instead of confrontation. we also mentioned our concern about the withdrawal of the united states from the jcpoa. well, the u.s. -- our u.s. counterparts are aware of our posture. let me remind you about the iranian nuclear deal. they became the most controlled country. submitted to the control of iaea. effectively ensures a peaceful nature and strengthens the nonproe life ragts regime. we paid special attention to the bona fide implementation of

min minsk agreements. encourage it to pay more attention to economic ties and economic operations. it's cheer that both countries, the business of both countries are interested in this. american delegation was one of the largest delegations of the st. petersburg economic forum. it e featured over 500 representatives from american businesses. we agreed, me and president trump, agreed to create a high-level working group to bring together captains of russian and american business. after all, businessmen and entrepreneurs know better how to negotiate and make their proposals and suggestions in this regard. once again, president trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference of

russia. when the american elections. and i had to reiterate things i said several times, including during our poernl contact. that the russian state has never sper feared and is not going to interfere into nernl american affairs, including election process. any specific material if such things arise, we are ready to analyze together. for instance, we can analyze them through the joint working group on sooib security. the establishment of which we tuszed during our previous contacts and clearly, it's past time we restore our cooperation in the cultural area and humanitarian area. as far as, i think you know that recently we hosted the american congressman delegation. now it's portrayed as almost an

historic event. though it should have been a current affairs. business as usual. in this regard, we mentioned the this proposal to the president. we have to think about practicalities of our cooperation and by the logic of it. we have to engage experts on bilateral relationship who know history and the background of our relationship. the idea is to kree kate an expert council. that includes mitt call scientists. diplomats. former military. experts in both countries. that would look for ways on putting the relationship on the trajectory of growth. in general, we are glad with theout come of our first full scale meeting. previously, we only had a chance to talk briefly on international fora. we had a good conversation with

president trump. i hope we start to understand each other better and i'm grateful to donald for it. clearly, there are some challenges left when we were not able to clear all the backlog. but i think that we made the first important step in this direction. and, in conclusion, i want to point out that -- this atmosphere of cooperation is something that we are especially grateful for to our finnish hosts. we're grateful for finnish people and finnish leadership for what they have done. we have caused some ink inconvenience to finland and we apologize for it. thank you for your attention. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. i have just concluded a meeting with president putin. on a wide range of critical issues for both of our countries. we had direct, open, deeply productive dialogue.

went very well. before i begin, i want to thank the president of finland for graciously hosting today's summit. president putin and i were saying how lovely it was and what a great job they did. i also want to congratulation russia and president putin for having done such an excellent job in hosting the world cup. it was really one of the best ever. and your team also did very well. great job. i'm here today to continue the proud tradition of bold american diplomacy. from thorliest days, american leaders have understood that diplomacy and engagement is preferable to hostility. sit good for the united states and russia and good for the world. the disagreements between our

two countries are well known and president putin and i discussed them at length today. if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world, we're going to have to find ways to cooperate in pursuit of shared interests. too often in both recent past and long ago, we have seen the consequences when diplomacy is left on the table. we have also seen the benefits of cooperation. in the last century, our nations fought alongside one another in the second worl war. even during the tepgss of the cold war, when the world looked much different than it does today, the united states and russia were able to maintain a strong dialogue. but our relationship has nef been worse than it is now. however, that changed.

as of about four hours ago. i really believe that. nothing would be easier politically than to refuse to meet, to refuse to open gauge. that would not accomplish anything. as president,ky not make decision on foreign policy. in a futile effort to appease partisan critics or the media, or democrats who want to do nothing but resist and obstruct. constructive dialogue between the dwrits and russia afford us the opportunity to open new pathways toward peace and stability in our world. i would rather take a political risk in pursuit of peace than to risk peace in pursuit of politics. as president, i will always put what is best for america and what is best for the american

people. during today's meeting, i addressed directly the issue of russian sper feerns in our elections. i felt this was a message best delivered in person. spent a great deal of time talking about it. and president putin may very well want to address it and very vongly. he feels very strongly about. he has an interesting idea. we also discussed one of the most critical challenges facing humanity. nuclear proliferation. i provided an update on my meeting last month with chairman kim. on the denuclearization of north korea. after today, i am very sure that president putin and russia want very much to end that problem going to work with us. i appreciate that commitment. the president and i also doesed the scourge of radical islamic terrorism, both russia and the

united states have suffered. horrific terrorist attacks. we have agreed to maintain open communication between our security agencies to protect our citizens from this global menace. last year, we told russia about a planned attack in st. petersburg and they were able to stop it cold. they found them. they stopped them. it was no doubt about it. i appreciated president putin's phone call afterwards to thank me. i also emphasized the importance of pacing pressure on iran. to halt its nuclear ambitions and stop its campaign of violence. throughout the area. throughout the middle east. as we discussed at length, the crisis in syria is a complex one. cooperation between our two countries has the potential to

save hundreds of thousands of lives. i also made clear that the united states will not allow iran to benefit from our successful campaign against isis. we have just about eradicated isis. in the area. we also agreed that representatives from our national security councils will meet to follow up on all of the issues we addressed today. and to continue the progress we have started right here. in helsinki. today's meeting is only the beginning of a longer process. we have taken the first steps toward a brighter future. and one with a -- strong dialogue and a lot of thought. our expectations are grounded in realism. our hopes are grounded in america's desire for friendship. cooperation. and peace. and i think i can speak on behalf of russia when i say that

also. president putin i want to thank you again for joining me for these important discussions and for advancing open dialogue between russia and the united states. our meeting carries on a long tradition of diplomacy between russia, the united states, for the greater good of all. and -- this was a very constructive day. this was a very constructive few hours that we spent together. it's in the spress of both of our countries to continue our conversation. we have agreed to do so. i'm sure we'll be meeting again in the future. often. and hopefully, we'll solve every one of the problems that we discussed today. so -- again, president putin, thank you very much. >> translator: distinguished

presidents. now the journalists will have a chance to ask two sets of questions each. first, the russian journalist will ask. please give your affiliations. i'm alex. good afternoon. interfox information agency. a question for president trump, during your recent european tour, you mentioned that the implementation of the north stream two gas pipeline makes europe the hostage of russia. you suggested you could free europe from this by supplying american energy. this cold winter showed that current model, current mechanism of supply of fuel to europe is quite viable. at the same time, as far as i know, u.s. had to buy even russian gas for boston. i have a question. the implementation of your idea has a political tinge to it?

or is it a practical one? because there will be a gap formed in the supply and demand mechanism. the consuming countries will fall into the gap. before the meeting with president putin, you called him an adversary. a rival. you expressed hope to bring this relayingship to a new level. did you manage to do that? >> i actually called him a competitor. and a good competitor, he is. i think the word competitor is a compliment. i think that -- we will be competing when you talk about the pipeline. i'm not sure necessarily that it's in the best interests of germany or not. but that was a decision that they made. we'll be competing. as you know, the united states is now -- or soon will be but i think it is right now, the largest in the oil and gas

world. so we're going to be selling lng and we'll compete with the pipeline. there is an advantage location nally. i just wish them luck. i did. i discussed with angela merkel in pretty strong tones. but i know where they're all coming from. and drks ththey have a very clo source. we have lots of sources now. and the united states is much different than it was a number of years ago when we were not able to extract what we can extract today. today, we're number one in the world that. and i think we'll be out there competing very strongly. thank you very much. >> translator: if i may. i throw in some two cents. we talked to mr. president, including this subject, as well. we're aware of the stance of president trump. i think that we, as a major oil

and gas power, and the united states as a major oil and gas power, as well. we could work together on regulation of international markets. because neither of us is interested in the plummeting of the -- prices. and the consumers will suffer as well. and the consumers in the united states will suffer as well. and the shale gas production will suffer. because beyond a certain price bracket, it's no longer profitable. nor we are interested in driving prices up. lit drain live juices from all other sectors of the economy. then, about the north stream two. mr. president voiced his concerns about the possibility of disappearance of transit

through yukraine. i reassured mr. president that we stand ready to maintain the transit. if the dispute between the economic entities, dispute, will be settled in the stockholm arbitration course. >> this goes to jeff mason from reuters. >> thank you. mr. president, you tweeted this morning that it's u.s. foolishness, stupidity, and the the mueller probe that is responsible for the decline in u.s. relations with russia. do you hold russia t a all accountable nor anything in particular? and if so, what would you consider them that they are responsible for? >> yes, i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we have all been foolish. we should have had this dialogue a long time ago.

a long time frankly before i got to office. and i think we're all to blame. i think the united states has stepped forward, along with yush ya. we're getting together. we have chance to go some great things. whether it's nuclear proliferation, in term of stopping. that's probably the most important thing to work on. but, i do feel that -- we have -- both made some mistakes. i think that the -- the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it's kept us apart. it's kept us separated. there was no collusion at all. everybody knows it. people are being brought out to the fore. so far that i know, virtually none of it related to the campaign. and they're going to have to try really hard to find somebody that did relate to the campaign. it was a clean campaign. i beat hillary clinton easily and frankly, we beat her.

and i'm not saying from the standpoint. we won the race. and it's a shame there could even be a little bit of a cloud over it. people know that. people understand it. but the main thing, and we discussed this also, zero d it has had a negative impact upon the relationship of the two largest nuclear powers in the world. we have 90% of nuclear power between the two countries. it's ridiculous. it's ridiculous what's going on with the probe. >> for president putin, if i could follow up as well, why should americans an president trump believe your statement that russia did not intervene in the 2016 elections given the information that was provided? and will you consider extraditing. >> i'll let the president answer the second part of that question. but as you know, the whole concept of that came out as a

reason why the democrats lost an election, which, frankly, they should have been able to win. because the electoral college is much more advantageous for democrats, as you know, than it is to republicans. we won the electoral college by a lot. 306 to 223, i believe. that was a well-fought, that was a well-fought battle. we did a great job, and frankly, i'm going to let the president speak to the second part of your question. but, just to say it one time again. i say it all the time. there was no collusion. i didn't know the president. there was nobody to collude with. no collusion with the campaign. every time you hear all of these, 12, and 14, it's stuff that has nothing to do, and frankly, they admit. these are not people involved in the campaign. but to the average read out there, they're saying, well,

maybe that does -- it doesn't. and even the people involved, some perhaps told misstories. in one case, the fbi said there was no lie. there was no lie. somebody else said there was. we ran a brilliant campaign. and that's why i'm president. thank you. >> translator: as to who is to be believed, and who is not to be believed, you can trust no one if you take this. where did you get this idea that president trump trusts me or i trust him? he defends the interests of the united states of america. and i do defend the interests of the russian federation. we do have interests that are common. we're looking for points of contact. there are issues where our postures diverge. we're looking for ways to reconcile our differences. how to make our effort more

meaningful. we should not -- proceed from the immediate political interests that guide certain political powers in our countries. we should be guided by facts. could you name a single fact that would definitively prove the collusion? these are nonsense. just like the president recently mentioned. yes, the republican at large ha perceived image of the candidates in the campaign. there is nothing extraordinary about it. president trump, when he was a kp candidate, he mentioned the need to restore the russia-u.s. relationship. different people could express their sympathy in different ways. isn't it natural to be sympathetic towards a person who

is willing to e restore the relationship be our country? who wants to work with us? we heard accusations about the concord country. as far as i know this company hired american lawyers and the accusations doesn't -- doesn't have a bucket -- doesn't have a fighting chance in the american courts. so, there's no evidence when it comes to the actual facts. so we have to be guide bid facts, not by rumors. now, let's get back to the issue of this 12 alleged intelligence officers of russia. i don't know the full extent of the situation. but president trump mentioned this issue. i'll look into it. so far, i can say the following. the things off the top of my head. we have an existing agreement between the united states of america and the russian federation, an existing treaty. that dates back to 1999.

the mutual assistance on criminal cases. this treaty is in full effect. it works quite efficiently. on average, we initiate about 100, 150 criminal cases upon request from foreign states. the last year, there was a -- one extradition case. upon the request sent by the united states. so this treaty has specific legal procedures. we can offer. the appropriate commission headed by -- by -- special attorney mueller. he can cruise this treaty as a solid foundation and send an official request to us so that we would interrogate, hold the questioning of these individuals who he believes are prove i have

to some crimes. and our enforcement are pefrlt able to do the questioning and send the appropriate materials to the united states. moreover, we can meet you halfway. we can make another step. we can actually permit representatives of the united states, including the member of this very commission, headed by mr. mueller. we can let them into the country and they will be present at the questioning. in this case there is another condition. this kind of effort should be a mutual one. then we would expect the americans would reciprocate and they would question officials in colluding the officers of law open formt and intelligence services of the united states, whom we believe are -- who have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of russia. and we have to -- to request the

presence of our law enforcement. for instance, we can bring up the -- mr. browder in this particular case. business associates of mr. browder have earned over $1.5 billion in russia. they never paid any taxes. neither in russian nor to the united states. and yet, the money escaped the country. they were transferred to the united states. they sent $400 million as a contribution to the campaign of hillary clinton. it might have been legal, the contribution itself. but the way the money was earned was illegal. we have a solid reason to believe that some intelligence officers accompanied and guided these transactions. there could be a first step. we can also extend it.

options abound. and they all can be found in appropriate legal framework. >> and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. >> translator: i think there can be three questions from the russian pool. you have the floor. >> translator: thank you so much. good evening to everyone. my name is ilya. rt tv channel. >> in english. mr. president, would you please go into the details of possibly any specific arrangements for the u.s. to work together with russia in syria? if any of these kinds of

arrangements were made today or discussed? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: my question to president puten in in russian. we brought up the issue of football several times. i asked -- use the football language. mr. pompeo mentioned that when we talk about the syrian cooperation, the ball is in the syrian court. mr. putin, in russian court, is it true? and how would you use this fact, of having the ball? >> well, i guess i'll answer the first part of the question. we have worked with israel long and hard for many years. many decades. think we have mefr -- never has anyone being been closer than we are. president putin also is helping israel. and we both spoke with bibi netanyahu. they would like to do certain

things with respect to syria having to do with the safety of israel. we would like to work to help israel. israel will be working with us. so both countries would work jointly. and i think that when you look at all of the progress that's been made in certain sections with the eradication of isis, we're about 98%, 99% there. and other things that have taken place that we have done. and that frankly russia has helped us with in certain respects. think that working with israel is a great thing. and creating safety for israel is something that president putin and i would like to see very much. one little thing i might add to that is the -- helping of people. helping of people. because you have such horrible if you see and i've seen reports and pictures. i have seen just about everything. and, if we can do something to

help the people of syria get back into some form of shelter. and on a humanitarian basis. and that's what the word was. a humanitarian basis. i think that both of us would be very interested in doing that. and we are. we will do that. thank you very much. >> excuse me, but for now no specific agreements for instance between the militaries? >> our militaries do get along. our militaries have gotten along probably better than our political leaders for years. but our militaries do get along very well. they do coordinate in syria and other places. okay? thank you. >> translator: yes, we did mention this. we mentioned the humanitarian track of this issue. yesterday i discussed this with the french president, mr.

macron. we will step up the effort on our behalf. we'll provide military cargo aircraft to deliver the humanitarian cargo and today, i brought up this issue with president trump. i think there is plenty of things to look into. the crucial thing here is that huge amount of refugees are in turkey, in lebanon. in jordan. in the states that border, are adjacent to syria. if we help them, the migratory pressure on the european states will be decreased many fold. and i believe it's crucial from any point of view, from humanitarian, from the point of view of helping people. helping the refugees. and in general. i agree, i concur with president trump. our military cooperate quite successfully together. they do get along. and i hope they'll be able to do so in future.

we will keep working in the russia, turkey, and iran, which i informed president trump about. but we do stand ready to link this efforts to this so circle of so-called small group of states so that the ro sesz would be a broader one. a multidimensional one. so we'll be able to maximize our fighting chance to get the ultimate success in the issue. of syria. and, speaking of the having the ball in our court in syria. president trump has just mentioned that we successfully concluded the football cup. speaking of fbl, mr. president, i give this ball to you. and now the ball is in your court. all the more that the united states will host the world cup

in 2026. >> that's right. thank you very much. we do host it. we hope we do as good a job. that's very nice. that will go to my son, barron. melania, there you go. >> the final question from the united states will go to johnathjoh jonathan la mere from the a.p. >> thank you. question for each president. president trump, you first. just now, president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. every u.s. intelligence agency conclude russia did. what, who, my first question for you, sir, is, who do you believe? my second question is, would you now, with the whole world watching, tell president putin, would you denounce what happened in 2016 and would you warn him to never do it again? >> let me just say that we have

two thoughts. you have groups that are wondering why the fbi never took the server. why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic national committee? i have been wondering that. been asking that for months and months. i've 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. people came to me, dan coates came to me, and others, they said they think it's russia. i have -- president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. but i really do want to see the server. but i have -- i have confidence in both parties. i really believe this will probably go on for awhile. but i don't think it can go on without finding out what happened to the server?

what happened to the servers of the pakistani gentleman that worked on the dnc? where are those servers? they're missing. where are they. what happened to hillary clinton's e-mails? 33,000 e-mails gone. just gone. i think in russia, they wouldn't be gone so easily. think it's a disgrace that we can't get hillary clinton's 33,000 e-mail. i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but, i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful fuful in h denial today. what he did is an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. think that is an incredible offer. thank you. >> translator: i would like to add something to this. after all, i was an intelligence

officer myself. and i do know how dossiers are made up. just saying. that's the first thing. now the second thing. i believe that russia is a democratic state. and i hope you're not denying this right to your own country. you're not denying that the united states is a democracy. do you believe the united states is a democracy? if so, if it is a democratic state, the final conclusion in this kind of dispute can only be leveled by a trial, by a court. not by the executive. by the law enforcement. for instance, the concord company that was brought up. is being accused. it's been accused of interference. but, this company does not constitute the russian state. it doesn't represent the russian state. i brought several examples

before. well, you have a lot of individuals in the united states take george soros, for instance, with multibillion capitals. it doesn't make him, his posture the posture of the united states. no, it does not. the same case. there is the issue of trying a case in the court. and the final -- the final say is for the court to deliver. we are now talking about the private -- the individuals, not about particular states. as far as the most recent allegation is concerned, the russian intelligence officers, we do have an inter governmental treaty. please, do send us the request. we will analyze it properly. we'll send a formal response. as i said, we can extend the cooperation. but we should do it on a reciprocal basis.

we would want our russian counterparts to provide us access to the persons of interest for us. who we believe could have something to do with intelligence. let's discuss the issues and not use the russia and the u.s. relationship as a loose change to loose change for the struggle. >> a question for president putin, thank you. two questions for you, sir. can you tell me what president trump may have indicated to you about officially recognizing crimea as part of russia? secondly, sir, does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? [ laughter ] >> translator: president trump and -- the posture of president trump on crimea is well done. and he stands firmly by it.

he continued to maintain that it was illegal to -- our viewpoint is different. we held a referendum in strict compliance with the u.n. charter and legislation. for us, this issue -- and now to the compromising material. yeah, i did hear this rumors. that we allegedly collected compromising material on mr. trump when he visited moscow. my distinguished colleague, let me tell you this, when president trump is in moscow back then, i didn't know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with the utmost respect. but back then, when he was a private individual, a businessman, nobody informed me he was in moscow. let's take st. petersburg forum. there were over 500 american

businessmen. high level. i don't remember the last names of them. do you think we tried to collect compromising material on each and every single one of them? it's difficult to imagine. not a nonsense of a bigger scale than this. please, just disregard these issues. don't think about this anymore. >> it would have been out long ago. and if anybody watched peter strzok testify over the last couple of days. i was in brussels watching it. it was a disgrace to the fbi. it was a disgrace to our country. and you would say that was a total witch hunt. thank you very much everybody. thank you.dimir pun shakg hands agn.afr a wds

dayoul yr children, grand krn children, a moment of history. may not be for the right reasons. started out more nal muff. boast presidents said they had constructive talks. got off on a good foot. addressed the challenges they were meeting together. president putin called it frank. fruitful. president trump, constructive. then the big question on the table, russian interference in the united states election back in 2016. president putin addressed it first. called it so called interference. repeated the denials he's given many, many times. suggested perhaps a joint u.s.-russia commission could look into it. president trump given chance to ard it. said he did address it directly with the president. said that president trump told him he feels very strongly about it and has an interesting idea to address it. perhaps referring to the idea of a joint commission. to look into this matter.

did not condemn russia's interference on the election publicly. was asked directly. refused to condemn it again. had much harsher words for the robert mueller probe. calling it ridiculous. a disaster for the united states. the president was asked directly for a second time, who to you believe, our intelligence agencies or vladimir putin, all he said is all i can do is ask the question. i want to bring in terry moran who was in the room. your reaction? >> reporter: astonishing. you went through it. the emotions in the room. the warmth from president trump about president putin. you could feel it. he's a competitor. that's a compliment. the hopes he has for a whole host of issues of cooperation. and every time russia left bumps in the road to what he clearly wants to do, get closer to vladimir putin. the confidence, ease, the sharpness with which president

putin slapped away the e questions about election attacks by russia on the united states in 2016 and today. and, in fact, president trump seemed obviously at the end, very angry about the entire subject. so, for those who might have been hoping for any kind of statement of defense of the american voters, all of them, and american elections, all of them there the president of the united states, you got quite the opposite. and you sensed the impatience of both men on that particular issue. and their anxiety. the energy that they had to do business together. american policy in the world is changing. it's getting closer to moscow. and farther away from western europe. >> and, jon karl, at the white house, the president, this idea of a joint commission to look into the interference has been floated last year after the president and vladimir putin had a private meeting at a g-20 meeting. it lasted for about an hour or

two. it seems to be back on the table in some form. >> reporter: this was a joint cybersecurity unit. the president then tweeted the idea as if he appeared to be in endorsing it. it was immediately mocked and ridiculed by fellow republicans. lindsey graham said it might be pretty close to the dumbest idea i have ever heard. marco rubio, republican senator from florida, said this would be akin to having a joint chemical weapons unit with assad with syria. an idea that mocked. the president went on twitter and said it cannot happen. but, george, just to take a step back in terms of what the president said about bringing this issue of election meddling up with putin, he said that he brought it