and from moscow, the russian senator, and putin ally, alexi pushkov. >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in helsinki, finland, where today it seemed the bedrock of diplomacy and national interests were all you up ended in one press conference, following the first proper meeting between russian president vladimir putin and president donald trump of the united states. after several hours, they came out to face the press, predictably enough, both praised a new day in relations between their two countries. but it all went awry over the issue of russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections. when pushed by u.s. reporters about the 12 russian military intelligence officials indicted in this case, president trump extraordinarily turned on american institutions. the u.s. democratic party and the fbi. while seeming to defend mr. 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 have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will t