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finland after that incredible meeting and press conference with russian president vladimir putin where both men took part in an extraordinary global embrace. mr. trump even taking a swipe and openly questioning his own intelligence agencies as the world looked on in shock. >> nbc lester holt reports from helsinki. >> reporter: it was one of the most extraordinary moments between an american president and a russian leader. their meeting framed by friday's justice department's department agents for election meddling. and the judgment of u.s. intelligence agencies including director of national intelligence director dan coates that russia interfered. president trump asked, who do you believe? president putin or the u.s. intelligence community? his answer? >> people came to me, dan coates 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. >> and the president complimenting an offer from putin. instead of turning over the indicted russian agents, russian officials would question the agents themselves with special counsel bob mueller present. >> 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. and 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. i think that's an incredible offer. >> reporter: the president's own intelligence chief dan coates shot back with a rare rebuke. we have been clear in our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security. critics like former obama cia director john brennan unleashing. >> it's something that is a disgrace and that all americans

should be ashamed of that performance of somebody who holds the title of president of the united states. >> reporter: election meddling among the flash points that have helped sink u.s./russia relations. others include russia's illegal occupation of crimea and its backing of the syrian regime that used chemical weapons. president trump blaming tensions on the u.s. and the mueller investigation. tweeting, our relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. foolishness and stupidity, and now the rigged witch hunt. asked does he think putin bears any responsibility. >> yes, i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think that 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 somebody that did relate to the campaign. it was a clean campaign. i beat hillary clinton easily and frankly we beat her -- >> reporter: putin revealing for the first time who he wanted to win. >> president putin, did you want president trump to win the election? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the russian relationship back to normal, putin said. >> reporter: was there anything behind it or was he being honest at that moment? >> i think he was being honest and i think he wants to cooperate with trump. i think he thinks trump is somebody that will do a lot of good for ra russia whether this relationship will do a lot of good for america is a different question. >> reporter: those four hours inside helsinki's presidential palace a sharp 180 from last week with many nato allies. >> i think we will end up having an extraordinary relationship. i hope so. i've been saying it and i'm sure you've heard over the years and as i campaigned, that getting

along with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. >> reporter: but putin dismissing suspicions that russia has compromising information on the president. >> does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? >> translator: i did hear this rumor, he said. it is hard to imagine nonsense on a bigger scale than this. >> and i have to say, if they had it, it would have been out long ago. >> our thanks to lester holt for that report. >> and this morning editorial boards at news agencies across the country are slamming the president for defending putin during that remarkable summit. the washington post said trump just colluded with russia openly. "wall street journal" saying trump showed nothing but weakness. the president's hometown paper, the new york daily news calling him putin's poodle. publishing this remarkable front page depicting the president shooting uncle sam. it isn't limited to newspapers. lawmakers on both sides blast

the commander in chief for the summit. let's go to nbc's tracie potts from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there was strong criticism from both sides here. it's notable how many republicans came out and criticized the president's performance. newt gingrich said it was the most serious mistake of his presidency. we also heard from senator john mccain calling this one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. lots of lawmakers calling out the president on what he said standing next to russian president vladimir putin. listen. >> i did not think this was a good moment for our country. >> his behavior is so inexplicable and so against the interests of the united states, so against what all of his advisors would tell him, that americans are scratching their head and saying, if that's not the explanation that putin has something on it, what is it? what the heck could it be?

>> russia meddled in it, we should do everything we can to hold them accountable. >> i am astounded. the president seems to be acting in the interest of vladimir putin. >> some of my colleagues' heads aren't spinning after this morning's press conference, time will tell. >> reporter: and some of his colleagues are calling on congress to pass a resolution supporting the russia investigation. frances? >> tracie, thank you. >> a russian grad student in the u.s. is facing charges this morning accused of infiltrating american organizations to push moscow's agenda. maria butina appeared in court and according to an fbi affidavit, she developed relationships with conservative politicians and the nra to establish a back channel for russian government interests. she previously served as a special assistant to a kremlin official. the 29-year-old's lawyers say she is not a foreign agent and has offered to cooperate with investigators. >> it was gadgets and glitches

galores as amazon kicked off one of the biggest shopping days of the year, amazon prime day. as shoppers tried to take advantage of the sales, the site crashed. the app and site are back up and running. it could threaten the estimated $37 billion they are expecting to rake in. jo ling kent tells us how competitors are cashing in on the chaos. >> reporter: a.mazon not quite primed for its say of sales. crashing just minutes into his 36 hours of deep discounts. we got exclusive access into amazon's prime day war room earlier this month where they said everything was under control. >> this is like our super bowl. >> reporter: but instead of products, people saw apology puppies. shoppers outraged about the glitch pointing out the company had a year to prep. some glad they're saving money. amazon saying they're working to resolve the issue quickly. the slow start could threaten the estimated $3.6 billion.

amazon is expected to rake in on prime day alone. what is an outage due to amazon's overall business on prime day? >> every minute literally counts for amazonyear. some may end up taking advantage of the glitch. target, walmart and ebay rolling out their own low prices hoping to entice those without prime. jo ling kent, nbc news, new york. >> four years after the notorious death of eric garner, a significant announcement by the n.y.p.d.. the department says officer daniel who allegedly choked garner to death will face disciplinary hearings by september. he was captured on video putting the 43-year-old unarmed man in an apparent choke hold during an arrest in staten island. he was allegedly approached for pedaling loose cigarettes. garner was heard repeatedly saying, i can't breathe, later dying in the hospital. the n.y.p.d. says it has run out of patients with federal authorities indecision about whether to bring a criminal case. a sentiment echoed by activists

and garner's family. >> this case is a watershed case on police misconduct in this nation. and the justice department has failed to address it in a criminal case. >> garner's mother is seen right there on the right also demands all other officers involved should also be disciplined. the n.y.p.d. is giving feds until the end of august to take action before it takes the matter into their own hands. >> brush fires continue to sweep southern california as it swelters from record setting heat this summer. over the weekend that gave rise to this incredible weather phenomenon captured on camera. look at it. >> here it goes. wow! >> the water spout from the fire, that is -- >> what was that? >> it is insane. the water spout there, the couple saw it come to life on the arizona side of the colorado river in the town of blythe. it was produced from a fire nato transformed after the spinning vortex of furious flames and ash spanned right across the water. >> never seen a fire nato before.

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