find some sort of common common ground. but it is why these meetings are important. ant. i know president trump got a lot of heat forever going to see kim jong-un. that never worked out. they really didn't get anywhere, although they did get some hostages released. the initial meetings, you have to be face-to-face. >> that's where you see the difference between the public stance, as you mentioned, nonsense saying these hackers are not in russia. what are you talking about essentially has been putin's stance. the discussion inside that room will be crucial. >> inside that room. i was in kenny bunk port when george bush met with vladimir putin. they had a rapport going. again, it kind of fell apart because of the iraq war. they went fishing. george bush said the only person who caught a fish today was vladimir putin. you just set the tone. that's what's so fascinating

about watching them into into that room. >> i remember george w. bush said he actually wanted to get a sense of the soul of vladimir putin, which is why president biden years later said -- >> not sure he got the right sense of his soul at that point. >> we'll see what he says coming out of the summit. jon karl, so many of these summits as we have reported on them, we talked about relations with russia being at a low point. it's degrees of that low point, jon. >> reporter: one indication that vladimir putin himself wants to turn the temperature down on trivial, but i think it's significant, is that he showed up on time this morning. i can't tell you how many events between the americans and the russians that ieone to where putin has kept the americans waiting.

it's a power play. i went tone meeting in russia several years ago where the secretaries of state and secretaries of defense went to putin's home outside of mosc moscow and even there he kept them waiting for hours. the fact that he was here promptly and on time, but look, you remember the days with barack obama when they would have meetings and the body language spoke louder than any words said. you could see the contempt between the two men. you had the invasion of crimea that terry referred to. big disagreements over russian behavior in syria. under george w. bush after bubush looked into his eyes and saw his soul you had significant

tensions between the bush administration and putin's russia over issues like iraq and ch chechnya. here there's an effort by both men to turn the temperature down. i expect we won't see huge deliverables, but we'll see signs of a slightly warming relationship even if that only means willing to engage with one another. >> i think that's an extraordinary point, jon, how punctual both leaders were this morning. president putin arriving on time which is somewhat uncharacteristic of the president. the pictures are on your screen are from moments ago. international reporters gathered at villa la grange. the moment president biden and

president putin shaking hands, which we knew they we're awaiting images from inside. there stark differences between this summit, between president biden and pruesident putin and the summit with president putin. terry moran, we were in he helsinki. you were in the room for that joint press conference. we won't be seeing that. essential the former president said he believed president putin over his on intelligence agency. >> reporter: it was an excruciating moment for the u.s., others squirming in their seats as president trump basically betrayed -- he didn't

betray. sold out the u.s. intelligence community. he said he believed president putin who has a history of lying on these issues and it was difficult. one of president trump's own top aides on russia said she thought about faking a medical emergency in order to stop the thing. that's how difficult that moment was. it wasn't just the substance. president trump is an alpha male with everyone. he tossed around the president of lithuania at a summit. he was very, very mild to president putin in that. president putin has played most of the american presidents he's met like a fiddle. one thing to remember, he's a supreme opportunist. he's a trained lawyer. he looks for openings, for v vulnerabilit vulnerabilities. he's very difficult to deal with.

president biden has known him for years. he knows his strengths and weaknesses. both men share this goal, they want to calm this relationship down. >> terry, you're absolutely right. president biden said i'll be sitting down with a leader i know. they had a meeting in 2011 when president biden was the vice president. president biden telling george stephanopoulos when george asked him do you think putin is a killer, he said yes, i do. they made global headlines. you're looking at them sitting down. president biden sitting down with a man he agreed is a killer. now the change in rhetoric. cecilia vega, i know you're watching this with me. no one has witnessed the change in stance and in temperature leading up to the summit, no one has witnessed this more than you. the president telling you putin

is a worthy adversary. >> reporter: he also called him bright and tough. as you mentioned, you said he looked back in his eyes in 2001 and told him he has no soul. i'm so struck by what -- we're listening to the president here, david. >> still the u.s. and russian leaders -- i hope our meeting will be productive. >> thank you. as i said outside, it's always better to meet face-to-face. [ inaudible ]

parm lynn. >> people at home are probably having difficulty hearing. i heard vladimir putin say i hope our meeting will be a productive one. president biden saying thank you. he said i repeat what i said outside, which is he hopes for progress here too. something productive to come out of this meeting. we should mention to president biden's right that was secretary of state antony blinken who you spoke with days ago.

he said he's keeping expectations low going into this, but he said they'll know seas seas as soon as the summit is over what's come out. >> they did. blinken talked about sanctions as well. he said he thought the sanctions have worked in the past. obviously that's something vladimir putin wants to get rid of. look at the seen, david, casually taking questions. both men look so relaxed and it really is a long photo opportunity. they usually get the press out of there quickly. >> it's a lesson in diplomacy for us all between two adversaries in the months leading up this were asked questions that made global headlines. here they are sitting face-to-face. we heard mary bruce address this earlier. some have questioned whether or not president biden should be giving this stage, this platform to president putin, at least at

this point in the administration given what we've seen in ukraine, what we've seen with the alexei navalny, what we've seen with the solar wind attacks, with the cyberattacks. we know they were in u.s. computers for months gathering all sorts of data. look at the body language. vladimir putin leaning back in his chair. president biden quite frankly looks very comfortable in that room. >> he really does. they've had months of prep for this. joe biden knows exactly what he wants to say. we talked about helsinki where you were. donald trump had been prepped as well. something things don't go as predicted. biden has been very disciplined of late. he too can say things that are a little off script. >> i love the handler in the room. go away.

go away please. >> not mincing words. >> we stay as long as we can and ask as many questions as they can. they do want to get the summit started. this is the eighth day of president biden's first international a trip. america's allies will be paying close attention. president biden has said he entertains ideas, opinions and advice from not only his allies at the g7, but at nato. cecelia, it was clear going into the summit that the white house believed that president biden would have the wind at his back if he could get our allies with him in this meeting with vladimir putin in a sense, using their ideas, taking their ideas and trying to send a message to putin that america and its allies are back and stand together. >> reporter: russia and this summit happening right now has dominating every minute of his meeting with allies and

basically every step along the way of this first presidential foreign trip for president biden. he said nearly every ally had talked to him about russia's growing aggression. there was unanimity among the allies, nato, g7, from brussels to the uk before he showed up in switzerland for this meeting. all the allies agreeing something needs to be done to reign in russia. martha mentioned the preparations. sources have been telling me president biden has been preparing for weeks. it just absolutely extraordinary that in the epidend the white h brought in fiona hill who was a member of the trump administration. she said she considered feigning a medical emergency during that press conference where the president sided with putin over

u.s. intelligence communities. >> cecilia vega will be watching this all day long. she's been leading our coverage throughout the president's trip. rachel scott also traveling with the president, but she's with the russia reporters. rachel, a quick thought from you on how the russians perceived the images we just watched. >> reporter: everybody here is studying every movement as the two leaders met face-to-face shaking hands. you have those reporters spread out on the lawn. this is now an intensified police presence. we've been pushed back a little bit. reporters here are waiting for the leaders to come out, looking for any clue how the meeting went. >> rachel scott is with the russian delegation, one of the have you american journalists

credentialed to be with the russian juournalists. te international stage belongs to president biden and president putin today. of course, the meeting is the most changing for president biden on this eighth day of his international trip. his team believes he comes into this meeting with vladimir putin with the wind at his back. president biden had been pressed about this moment at every opportunity and he said at the beginning of this trip i'll let him know what i want him to know. the question is how long will that list be. we know it will include the cyberattacks on the u.s., our critical infrastructure. americans taking note so many of these stories don't land in a way that those hacks did. we saw gas stations close and gl gas prices shoot up when the colonial pipeline was hacked by

russian influencers. we saw it days later with the u.s. meat supply, the largest supplier in the u.s. also hacked. both of those u.s. companies paying ransom. the u.s. authorities making announcement they don't want u.s. companies to pay those ransoms. those companies find themselves in very difficult situations, martha. what do you do when hackers have control of your computers, essentially your business? we heard from christopher wray, the fbi director, who said we must treat this like terror against the u.s. >> we want to know what that looks like. what does it look like that the fbi is prioritizing cyber security in the same way it did with terrorism? they have to deal with private companies who sometimes say, is it worth the risk to pay ransom or do i take these precautions?

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