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putin where both men took parti n extraordinary global embrace. mr. trump even taking a swipe and openly questioning his own intelligenceies as the world looked on in shock. >> nbc lester holt reports from heinki. >> reporter: it was one of the a most extraordiry moments between an american president and a russian leaderei meeting framed by friday'srt justice dent's department agents for election meddling. and the judgment of u.s. intelligence agencies including director of natnal 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 othe they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he jus said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why would be. >> and the president complimenting an offer from

putid instf turning over the indicted russian agents, russian officials tould question 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 offe he offered to have the people working on thease come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. i think that's an incredible of tr. >> reporte 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 tcat all ame should be ashamed of that performance of somebody who holds the title of presidentf

the united states. >> reporter: election meddling among the flash pnts that have helped sink u.s./russ relations. others include russia's illegal occupation of crimea and its backing of the syrian regime that used chemilweapons. 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.k i thhat the united states has been foolish. i think that the ps a disaster for our country. i think it's kept usapart. it's kept us separated. there was no col sion atall. everybody knows it. people are being brought out to the fore. so far that i know, virtually none of it related to t a campai they're going to

have to try really hard somebody that did relate to the caspaign. it clean campaign. i beat hillary clinton easily and frankly we beat her -- >> reporter: putin revealing for fthest time who he wanted to win. >> president putin, did you want present trump to win the election? >> translator: yes, i did. als, i did. because he td about bringing the russian relationship back to normal,utin said. >> reporter: was there anything behind it or was he being honest momen >> i think he was being honest and i think he wants to cooperate with trump.k i th he thinks trump is somebody that will do a lot of ergood for ra russia whehis 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 beenaying itnd i'm sure you've heard over the years and as i campaigned, that getting along with russia is a good thing, not a badthing. >> 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 said., he it is hard to imagine nonsense on a bigger scale than this. i >> aave to say, if they had it, it would have been out long ago. >> our thank to lester holt for that report. >> and this morring edi boards at news agencies across the country are slamming the president for defending putinng duhat remarkable summit. the washington post said trump d just colluith russia open. "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 t depicti president shooting uncle sam. it isn't limited to newspapers. lawmakers ones both slast the commander in chief for the summit. let's go to nbc's tracie potts

from capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter:ood morning. ere was strong criticism from both sides here. it's notable how many republicans came outed and critiche 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 mostisaceful performances by an american president in memory. ts 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 country.nt for our >> his behavior is so nexplicable 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'sot 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 pressconference, time will tell. >> reporter: and some of his colleagues are callingn congress to pass a resolution suppting 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 butin appeared in court and according to an fbi affidavit, she developed relationships with conservative policians and the nra to establish a back channel for russian government interes. 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 o

thar, amazon prime day. as shoppers tried to take advantage of the le the site crashed. the app and site are back up and ourunning. it cld 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. rashing just minutes into h 36 hours of deep discounts. we got exclusive access into amazon prime day war room earlier this monthhere they said everything was under control. >> this is like our super bowl. >> reporter: but instead of roducts, people saw apology puppie shoppers outraged about the glitch pointing out the company had a year to prep. insome glad they're sav money. azon saying they're wor to resolve the issue quickly. the slow start could threaten the estimed $3.6 billion. amazon is expected to rake in on prime day alone.

whats an outage d to amazon's overall business on prime day? >> every minute literally counts for amazon on amazon prime day. they are losing millions of dollars the longer the site stays down. >> reporter: the overall amazon fect isn't all b news for competitors who saw their sales year.5% on prime day las some may end up taking advantage of the glitch. target, walmart and ebay rolling out their own lowop pricesing to entice those without prime. jo ling kent, nbc news, new york. >> four years after the notoous death of eric garner, a significant announcement by the n.y.p.en. the depar 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 heardea rdly saying, i can't breathe, later dying in the hospital. the n.y.d. says it has run out

of patients with federal authorities indecision about whether to bring a criminal case. a sentiment echoed b activists and garner's family. >> this case is a watershed ce police misconduct in this nation. and the justice department hed fao address it in a criminal case. >> garner's mother is seen right there on the right also demands all otherfficers involved should also be disciplined. the n.y.p.d. is giving feds til the endf 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 setsng heat t 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 spo there, t couple saw it come to life on the arizona side of the colorado rivern the town of blythe. it was produced from a fire nato

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