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daniel hoffman. sara, i want to start with you.media on the left in this country -- they are in the middle of what can only be described as a collective meltdown, starting with john brennan calling this summit treasonous. nancy pelosi, jeff flake. here's the reality. if vladimir putin had with a set, it would happen out by now. there is no way. but it doesn't stop the conspiracy theories. and the idea that somehow, that president trump, who's not dropping $150 billion in cash and other currency on a variety of issues, the two biggest nuclear powers, is a bad thing, without the bribery, i'm happy. >> a terrorist nation like iran, moving money to iran, when everyone knew that the iranians are probably one of the most aided and abetted terrorists throughout the globe, the killing of americans, ex-extraordinary. now theyli are going after them. let me go back to brennan. it's extraordinary to me that the ex-cia director called the president of the united states' actions treasonous when his actions border on sedition. >> sean: they vote

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national correspondent ed henry, fox news contributor sara carte carter, daniel hoffman.t to start with you. the media and the left in this country is in the middle of what can only be described as a collective meltdown. starting with john brennan, calling this a summative treasonous, nancy pelosi, jeff flake, and here's the reality, if a vladimir putin had what they say, it would have been out by now. there is no way. but it doesn't stop the conspiracy theories. and the idea that somehow president trump is not dropping $150 billion in cash in other currencies, talking about a variety of issues, the two biggest nuclear powers, without the bribery, i'm happy. >> welcome with a terrorist nation like iran, when everyone knew that the iranians were one of the most aided and abetted terrorists throughout the globe, and in the killing of americans, it is extraordinary. but let me go back to brennan. it is extraordinary to me that the ex-cia director called the president of the united states treasonous when his actions border on sedition. >> they voted for a communist, a former

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summit in terms of intelligence collecting by both sides and who better to get a sense of that and daniel hoffman, fox news contributor and former station chief in moscow working for the us government, fox news contributor. great to have you here. we heard the president's interview with cbs news trying to lower expectations, not sure much comes of this. i'm skeptical because this is a president who loves the big moment. we saw that in singapore but that is a tactic, diplomats use all the time, you lower expectations in case nothing happens but if something big happens, everybody was thinking nothing was going to happen and all of a sudden. >> i don't think you can argue with that strategy. there will be a lot of discussion. there is a certain amount of ways a major meeting like this between vladimir putin and donald trump, we can't avoid that. it is important to consider the value. but we have to be realistic and manage expectations what we can accomplish. >> you were telling me something fascinating off camera and i want to share that conversation. you were saying the cia and other intelligence

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sebastian gorka,a retired cia intelligence officer daniel hoffman. you know john brennan., we put it up on the screen last night, if you want your clearance, you've got to act as the same way a current cia employee would react. >> for the rank-and-file retired intelligence officers who retain security clearance because they have a job to do as a contractor back in the intelligence committee which requires the clearance -- secondly there's no evidence that john brennan and jim klapper has revealed classified information. they have willfully spoken untruths not based on intelligence. jim klapper claims russians tilted the election to donald trump, not true andul contradicts the intelligence that was produced which he presided. brennan claims that putin could blackmail trump, there is no evidence to support that claim. they aren't exactly revealing classified information.th >> sean: i know you have a thing or two to say on this. >> i have three things to say, number one since the cia was created in 1947, no cia director has behaved as disgracefully as john brennan. the idea t

monday morning, what does trump need to know to read putin's mind during the summit with mark daniel hoffmanws all about putin after serving as station chief in moscow. he joined ainsley in helsinki coming up next. battery in your smart lock? maybe not. maybe you could trust you won't have to actually talk to your neighbor. are you watching the game tonight? or... ...you could just trust duracell. ♪ >> abby: we are waiting on vladimir putin to arrive in helsinki. later this morning president trump headed to that one on one meeting with president putin, marking the first presidential summit between russia and the united states since 2010. what should president trump know when he's talking to putin who began his career as an intelligence officer? a man who knows vladimir putin, knows who he is and what his personality is is and hoffman. former cia asian chief, served in moscow, iraq and finland. you're very educated. i talk to you at dinner last night andtonight. you laid out what we can expect today. what can we expect after this meeting ? >> just to frame the challenge, this is a multifacete

daniel hoffman, fox news contributor and former station chief who served in moscow, iraqi and pakistanreat to have you here, thanks for being here. the families of weighted decades for the remains of their loved ones to come home. listen to this. >> the return of remains of men who died 60 some years ago should not be a matter of politics. we are pleased diplomacy and humanitarian approach to this matter has taken hold. there is a lot that needs to be done. this is a very exciting time for us. >> you served a lot of dangerous places, what does it mean to get remains decades later? >> i can tell you from having lost friends, there is nothing more solemn, more poignant, more meaningful than when we return the remains of the fallen to the families. and kim jong un knows that. he knows the value we place on human life in our country coming in. contrast to him who has assassinated members of his own family and horrific ways. the other part of that equation for us even though this is a major win for the trump administration and the families, the remains of 55 fallen soldiers, estimated to be

daniel hoffman is a fox news contributor. cia station chief in many capitals around the world. but particularly moscow. i want to start with something simple. we hear a lot of pundits saying this is the lowest point in u.s.-russia relations. there have been a lot of low point. give me your perspective having been in moscow during tense times. give us some perspective. >> it's a low point, but it's not a binary choice of friend or foes. it's usually a combination of the two. the second world war and during the 1990s we were fighting the nazis together during the second world war and the soviets were stealing our nuclear secrets. in the 90s when we were work together effectively the russians were running penetrations of the cia. so there is always a combination of the two. even in my world which is a microcosm of that. we are spying against each other with the russians, but we are also working together on counter proliferation and organized crime. ed: front and center at this summit is what did vladimir putin do and what did he

no question about that. >> daniel hoffman. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> speaking of that team, secretary of state mike pompeo to appear before senate foreign relations committee next week. republicans will have a chance to grill him over the summit. critics are saying hey, the gop, they're not really speaking out enough about president trump. to former bush 43 deputy assistant defense secretary peter brookes. you know, some, peter, let's be frank, some people on the right in the republican party who are speaking out against trump but they have been from day one. a lot of them were considered never trumpers. some like bob corker. he put out a statement, the dam is finally break thankfully as the president taxes americans with tariffs, pushes away our allies and further strengthens putin the time for congress to up to take back our legislation. we have legislation to do that. let's vote. there is pushback, but critics would like to see more. >> that's their choice. certainly people that, on both sides can speak out about this

want to bring in ed henry and daniel hoffman former c.i.a.ef in helsinki and moscow and fox news contributor. great news to see you. dan, we were talking during the break as you are examining body language and looking at the video, vladimir putin ran the secret police in the soviet union after the collapse. how do you characterize his -- after the collapse. boris yeltsin is in power in the 1990s. how do you characterize the way he looks at security or the way a government should surveil its people? >> usually with vladimir putin we talk about his formative experience as a kgb officer during the soviet evil empire days but the director of russia's internal security police. the ones responsible for oppressing their own population, denying them democracy, freedom and liberty. and tracking the foreigners, chief among them the united states officials in russia. because we represent such a threat. we're for russia and for vladimir putin the main enemy. >> bill: you don't like him? >> he likes me a lot less perhaps. be good to chat about that with h

. >> dana: joining me now, daniel hoffman, former cia station chief and a fox news contributor. so glad to have you here. i wanted to have you listen to what president trump said in regards to this idea. >> during today's meeting i addressed directly with president putin the interference in our elections. i felt this was a message best delivered in person, spent a great deal of time talking about it. president putin may very well want to address it and very strongly. he feels very strongly about it. he has an interesting idea. >> dana: do you think, sir, that was president trump being polite and saying he had this idea but we wouldn't act on it or is there room for some sort of cyber security? >> there's been more about creating a cyber security working group in which the u.s. intelligence community and russian services would participate. it's like inviting a criminal to solve a crime which the criminal committed. i don't see the point of inviting the russians to help us on something that we know they did. we know they meddled in our election. dan coats says the system is blinki

and fox news contributor daniel hoffman. no one wanted know go down.had a minor incident but we didn't get it on tape. that drives me nuts. it wasn't that bad. i was shocked how many people knew me but they can't answer, they just -- should we pay 70%? why are you here protesting? he is a bad person. every time america shows strength on the world stage, european socialists liberals hate it. if it was obama apologizing or dumping $150 billion, they would love it. >> reminiscent to me of 1983 when the europeans came out and protested against president reagan for the persian ii missile deployment. it's a great contract. >> sean: to protect europe. >> right. president reagan was proven right years later. we agreed it was the right thing to do. but it couldn't happen in russia and china but that is the first point. the second one we know the russians have used the social networking and the media site to amplify protest and hurt the president. i wonder if they might have done it in this case as well. that is something for the intelligence community to check

and fox news contributor daniel hoffman. no one wanted know go down.had a minor incident but we didn't get it on tape. that drives me nuts. it wasn't that bad. i was shocked how many people knew me but they can't answer, they just -- should we pay 70%? why are you here protesting? he is a bad person. every time america shows strength on the world stage, european socialists liberals hate it. if it was obama apologizing or dumping $150 billion, they would love it. >> reminiscent to me of 1983 when the europeans came out and protested against president reagan for the persian ii missile deployment. it's a great contract. >> sean: to protect europe. >> right. president reagan was proven right years later. we agreed it was the right thing to do. but it couldn't happen in russia and china but that is the first point. the second one we know the russians have used the social networking and the media site to amplify protest and hurt the president. i wonder if they might have done it in this case as well. that is something for the intelligence community to check

daniel hoffman, answer -- ainsley, great to have you as always.cused of murdering a massachusetts police officer with his own gun is set to face a judge. he was responding to a call when emanuel lopez threw a rock at him, grabbed his gun and shot the officer in the head. he is accused of killing a bystander. officer chesnaas, iraq and war veteran leaves behind a wife and two kids. today would have marked his sixth anniversary as a police officer. >>> former fbi lawyer lisa page is headed back to capitol hill today. page exchanged anti-trump text messages is set to testify in second closed-door meeting before the house judiciary committee. lawmakers say she was cooperative and transparent with a five-hour session on friday. strzok testified for 10 hours in a public session last week. >>> remains of 5300 american soldiers could be coming home. secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. and north korea just held productive talks to restart searches for servicemembers missing from the korean war. kim jong-un made the commitment at the summit with pr

with me in helsinki, daniel hoffman, as well as my colleague, bret baier in washington, d.c. gentlemen, let's start here, what'd you think about we just heard? >> let me highlight two observations. first, vladimir putin wanted to make it clear that only russia and the united states could solve the major crisis of the day. whether it is counterterrorism, arms control, syria, north korea, it is the united states and russia. he wanted to elevate russia's status as a great power. in my view, beyond their throw, but that was certainly his goal. and in the issue of election meddling about the united states intelligence community has provided totally conclusive proof that the russians meddled in our election. that issue is not been put to rest by this press conference. president trump hinted that there might be a sign of our security working with the russian groups, i will tell you from my perspective as an intelligence officer, it is like inviting a criminal to help solve a crime that you know that they committed. >> you don't believe in that. >> i would argue in the long term, tha

strategist jessica tarlov, former analyst morgan ortagus and joining us first time in the center seat, daniel hoffman, retired senior c.i.a. officer and fox news contributor. "outnumbered." we have a lot of world-stage stuff to talk about today. >> harris: good, looking forward to it. >> harris: welcome. get the party started. big win for president trump. u.s. economy surged to annual growth rate, say it again, 4.1%, the fastest pace since 2014. the president praising those numbers earlier today. watch it. >> president trump: i am thrilled to announce that in the second quarter of this year, the united states economy grew at the amazing rate of 4.1%. we're on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years, we're going to go a lot higher than these numbers and these are great numbers. >> harris: the president gave credit to international trade. >> president trump: perhaps one of the biggest wins in the report and it is indeed a big one, is that the trade deficit, very dear to my heart, because we've been ripped off by the world, has dropped by more than $50 billion. the leaders o

here with reaction former cia station chief who served in iraq, pakistan, and russia as well daniel hoffmanorning to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning. steve: what do you make of this threat. >> we have seen increasing intense rhetoric from the iranian side. we all know the president is not one to back down. what i would also highlight is secretary pompeo's very eloquent speech at the reagan library where he called out iran for their massive state level corruption. steve: mafia, he said. >> exactly. that strikes a cord with them. remember the arab spring which began in september 2010 popular uprising which brought levels of unrest to the region. unprecedented since the fall of the otto man empire. iranians know their own people no longer support that message, their message. and they are very concerned about the potential for their green movement populist uprising overthrow the regime. economy thanks to sanctions free fall. steve: time for new leadership that's our idea. >> just yesterday india number two importer of iranian oil had to halt the purchase of iranian 1 million barrels

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to former cia moscow station chief, daniel hoffman on fallout from all of this. postmortem continues. outrage continues and president trump making this point yesterday that you know, when he came into office, one of the big push backs, criticism he was a war hawk, woe take us int

we have a fox news contributor, daniel hoffman.ing your expertise to the program this morning. there have been a great many people in washington crying we don't know what was said between president trump and president putin. how concerned are you about that? >> well, it's true we haven't heard a whole lot. the concern that i have is that the russians are taking a little bit of the initiative post summit for what was discussed. the russian ambassador in washington talked about the fact that like secretary pompeo he mentioned we talked about arms control. he said that we talked about potential collaboration in syria, which has lots of pitfalls given russia's alliance with iran and how they enabled assad to commit crimes against humanity and the putin administration noted there was discussion about a referendum in eastern ukraine which i also think is a real problem for us given russia's illegal annexation of crimea and the importance for the united states in defending ukraine's independence and territorial integrity against this russ

when byron york, general jack keane, when daniel hoffman have a problem with the answer, i think somethingk, he tweeted out ten minutes ago, trump, president trump, could concede the fact of russian interference, still argue, no collusion and witch-hunt and save him a lot of trouble. byron writes. the president made it very clear last night with sean hannity the whole meddling issue is driving a wedge between the u.s. and russia. >> i think it's a shame. we're talking about nuclear proliferation. we're talking about syria and humanitarian aid. we're talking about all these different things and we get questions on the witch-hunt. very sad happening to our country because of this. we have never done better so many ways including economically, when you see this thing going on, i will tell you it has driven a wedge between us and russia. maybe we knocked down that wedge. brian: it is their fault there is a wedge. we didn't hack into their election. he got 90% of the vote because a lot of his opponents get killed or are afraid to step up. abby: we weren't behind closed doors in that meeting. i'

us to talk more about that cia chief who serves in moscow and pakistan, fox news contributor, daniel hoffman, what are your expectings ahead of the important meeting? >> well, there's certainly no shortage of extraordinarily important issues for president trump to speak with vladimir putin about meeting together for roughly 90 minutes and i'm sure that first and foremost you will hear and election meddling. i hope the president aggressively calls out vladimir putin and promising him if he continues, russia will pay for that. we also have syria, north korean, russia's braise in violation of ukraine territorial integrity to talk about. maria: interesting to note, steve forbes, that even before the meeting, the president called out germany for paying all of the billions of dollars to russia for the gas pipeline, we will see if that comes up. >> yes, indeed. that was bad deal with the russians. we should be doing deal with baltic states for export and things like that. in terms of other issues, one of the key things is not for the president any way to aquiest. dagen: we did a 5-year deal to sell