why not give it a shot with president trump's way? putin grabbed territory in georgia during bush years. grabbed territory in crimea and ukraine in obama years. hasn't done anything yet during trump's years. why not give it a try? >> i don't disagree, jake. i think in light of the indictment and because of the indictment it is really important to meet today. trying a different approach or trying to get something better started with russia is always a good thing. i don't dispute that. that said, what bothers me is trump is going in with blinders on or rose-colored glasses. i don't think he fully understands the scope and depth of russian activity and malign intent in the middle east and world. he is naive going into this. >> you heard the impression from dan coates and others take a hard line against russia. a good cop-bad cop situation. trump willing to criticize putin and the rest of the administration does. >> there is a schizophrenia here. that is not an agenda. there is a schizophrenia here. you see the same with russia as with north ko

you are right next to the palace where trump and putin are meeting. can you talk about what your message for trump and putin are as this summit gets under way? thank you very much. good morning. i would be in new york city at the moment, but i'm not because normally i have to stay in my home city when trump and putin are here. otherwise, i would''ve been to the u.n. high-level policy form on sustainable development. what is at stake here? we organize the event helsinki calling yesterday in order to say that now is time to defend democracy and human rights, and the two leaders, both in their own perverse ways, are a threat to democracy and human rights. so this is what is at stake here. amy: so you are criticizing both putin and trump. can you talk about more ascifically what is at stake the statement was made by both trump and putin as they go into this private meeting, just the two of them with their translators, before bringing in some of their aides, presesident trump said that he -- that russia and the united states have 90% of nuclear weapons, tha

can you imagine of trump held lettering putin's hand today? nk you very much." >> other presidents try to start the relationship on the right foot, they are called warriors for peace. donald trump tries to do that and he is called deranged and people should -- look, i agree with you. he had some answers that were off the mark. with the policy is right. the president needs to understand, he's winning on this. stick to the goris. >> laura: he's winning on it and i think this is -- there are two things you can hold on your mind of the same time. number one, having a better relationship with russia, i heard bill richardson say that on tv today, we had obama say it, hillary say it, bush said it. he drove around in a pickup truck with vladimir putin. >> he looked into his heart heart rates. when he saw his soul. i think you could have those two thoughts, but her relationship with russia, and also have a clear-eyed view of what russia's complex history, they are very proud people, they love the motherland still, the glory days, they don't want them to

trump wanted. we're all here, there's a big movement. shook putin's happennd, we're g to be good it's better than not talking. >> at the center of the universe. listen, i think what's shaping up is that trump went into this meeting today under intense pressure to hold putin accountable and we've been looking for ways is he going to do that. the tweet he sent out sort of blaming the united states instead of trump automatically tilted the argument to say it's all our fault. and then when you go through the litany of what he wants to talk about at the meeting, it has not to do with the past bad behavior of the russians and nothing about holding them accountable, let's look at the opportunities out there in the future on trade and nuclear and arms control and on china. and it's sort of like -- he wants to sweep the past into the pa past. >> what you ignore you empower, but his own guy said the red light is flashing they are trying to meddle once again right now, russia in the u.s. election. >> it is not only does he give putin a free pass, but it insults

we know he does. >> president trump and vladimir putin had a one-on-one meeting today that lasted over two hours. ugh. poor trump. that is a long time to hang out with your boss. >> you just can't help but wonder. why hold the summit? knowing you will question u.s. intelligence and knowing the indictment was coming down of 12 russian officers. still going there in front of the world. >> the american president siding with the russians against his own national interests. the american national interests and american law enforcement. remarkable. >>> when it cannot get more bizarre. charged with conspireing against the u.s. in the lead up to the election. we have more on that. this is not a bed. it's a high-tech revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. smarter sleep will change you

that gave context to donald trump's praise to putin and turning the united states in a junior partner of an exkgb officer. the american public is waking up. it's not going to do well for donald trump. >> now here's the interesting thing. it doesn't seem it affected donald trump much. the numbers on russia despite those that we highlighted, this is kind of mind boggling. we put that up there on the screen. 88% of republicans approve of how he's hand willing his job. is that cause for concern? >> it is really remarkable that supporters of trump are still standing by him even after this incredible press conference that he gave last week with putin. i mean, we've seen that the numbers broadly in the general population are very, very negative. the majority of people disapprove of that performance. it was so shocking after the announcement of the officers. i do think that it also shows that trump understands the power of repetition. he keeps saying over and over and over again he's drilling it into his supporters heads that the mueller investigation is a witchunt. now we still see this happ

putin's russia. it began with a handshake. a quick photo opportunity. president trump with a grin. esident putin stone-faced. and then it was down to business. >> great to be with you. >> reporter: after the cameras left the room, it was just the two men and their translators. an unprecedented two-hour off the record meeting. they emerged together, the president of the united states standing side by side with the president of russia, addressing the world and pointed questions about russia's interference in america's election. >> do you hold russia at all accountable for anything in particular? >> yes, i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. and i think we're all to blame. there was no collusion at all. >> reporter: those comments coming on the heels of last week's grand jury indictment of 12 russian intelligence officers for their alleged roles in committing cyber crimes to interfere in the 2016 elections. >> the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name for conspiring to interfere with t

putin proposed that russian officials should be able toll interrogate browder, an idea president trumpays he disagrees with. >> translator: business associates of mr. browder have earned over 1.5 billion in russia. they never paid any taxes and yet the money escapes the country. >> reporter: an accusation browder denies. putin was straight faced when he accused of browder of being behind the death of his own lawyer. >> translator: i believe browder is his name. >> reporter: behind the dead pan tones, there is by most accounts a seething hatred that vladimir putin has for the american born financier who is now a british citizen. browder spoke about that. >> the russian government has made numerous death threats against me. they want to kill me. they'd like to kidnap me, have me arrested. >> reporter: putin hates browder because he spear headed the magnitsky act. >> i have found his achilles heel. i've created a legal mechanism to seize that money. he feels personally aggrieved and he has a vendetta against me. >> reporter: analysts say he has struck a nerve with putin that few other ene

everything got a little delayed this morning, president putin was latt -- late. president trump delayed his endrans, and now comes the big moment. the tone coming in has been very unusual for a u.s. president forgiving of vladimir putin. wanting to put horrible acts in the past. wanting to blame other states for the united states and russia. we have never seen a relationship like that between trump and putin. both men looking to declare a win here and an easy get for vladimir putin to be given his legitimacy. such a historic location for big meetings over the machine years. he literally has the world waiting on him this morning. what is the win for trump? sometimes just by making something happen, having a moment, president trump sees that as a win. let's discuss the different considerations. we have david gergen. we have susan glasser, cnn affairs analyst and staff writer, and jeff zelany. we also have kaitlan collins, not to put you in a box, but do you have anything on what will be the makeup of people in the rooms? you have putin and trump? we know it is one on one. do we kn

are you a bargaining chip here between putin and trump? well, i'm -- putin wants me pretty badly. this is not the first time that he's made an attempt to get me. on may 30th, i was arrested in madrid, spain, on a russian interpol arrest warrant where they tried to get me there. that was the sixth russian interpol arrest warrant. they've been coming at me for a long time. this is just one more attempt that putin is making. yes, i'm a bargaining chip but he's using everything he's got with whomever he's got it with to try to get me. >> so, you know, we talk about this whole deal that trump is talking about and saying putin offered, right? it was, okay, we'll let you americans talk to these russians that you're indicting, you know, but there'll be russians there and russians should do the questioning. do you believe on that deal itself that putin has any intention of allowing those russians, some of whom, of course, are senior members of the russian military with direct ties to putin himself, to be interviewed by american investigators? >> th

putin, they will be disappointed. markets care a lot less what is going on between trump an putin. ith trump and president xi in china. we saw trade tensions ratcheted up on wednesday. another 300 billion in tariffs announced from the u.s. side. this morning we saw china's economic growth came in at 6.7%. and this gives -- gerri: that is exactly right. down from 6.8%. a bit of a disappointment over there obviously. what does it mean for trading today? >> at 6.7% this still gives president xi enough ammunition to ratchet up trade talks with the united states. it might be only down 1.1% off last quarter. but 6.7% is no matter how you look at it is freight economic growth in china. gerri: all right. let me get to couple other issues. one of the other things could happen, the president could mention european union. say they are a enemy of ours. what that were to occur? >> i think that is concerned. think about what happened on friday. the trump labeled eu a foe. because of what they're doing with trade. in that same statement he also said that china is a foe economically and that russia

and putin have a sense of grievance. both trump and putin have risenton power on waves of nationalism. and i also think that there's something in president trump very clearly that admires strong men. you see him praising people like the leader of the philippines duterte and the leaders of turkey and egypt. he praised the chinese for how they put down the massacre, how they massacred at tiananmen square. he admires that. >> and that's just an extraordinary departure for an american president, right? breaking every single norm we've become familiar with since forever. i mean, i agree with you about the sort of similarities to some degree. you could say that vladimir putin's slogan for russia has long been make russia great again. he has a real sense of kind of grievance, the idea electorate fall of the soviet union was the greatest geo-clack cal catastrophe of the 20th united states is and he thinks that the west kind of kicked russia while it's down and he's now asserting his country on the world stage. this is playing pretty well b

thank you very much. >> and there you see that handshake and warm words between president trump and president putin as president trump is congratulations president putin on a very successful world cup and said everybody watched it and it was spectacular. elizabeth palmer is with me and has covered putin for decades since he's been in power. what did you make of the comments, the body language? >> he was looking very relaxed, but not eager. president trump was leaning forward with some intensity. president putin looked almost -- bored is way too strong but slightly detached. >> is that intentional. >> we have to remember he was an expert, trained in spy games. and he was noncommittal. president trump actually put son suggestio -- some suggestions on the table, so putin is playing his cards close to his chest. >> when president trump says we want to see the world getting along, that getting a g how that square with the rest of the u.s. is sayg about american democracy through cyber attacks and other means? >> well, getting along with russia is a good thing. the question is at what cost. if it means p

trump as. somebody who submitted. to president putin even though there's absolutely no chance as far as international politics go for him to make any concessions this is certainly not how politics works the past and the least they can do at this meeting is simply to establish. a good personal relationship that will be conducive to the work that will come after it host of r.t.s. worlds apart next on the point i thank you so much for joining us again to be here . hillary clinton recently tweeted insinuating that president trump is in cahoots with the russians it seems no matter what happens in helsinki or how hard trump and putin try to improve diplomatic relations some will never be satisfied as more and explains. two years they've obsessed over it one worried about this meeting joked about the relationship i want to state official and that's when the russian. you are you is bruised it will take you. will drop let it be a one hundred one i'm taking you joint statement saying we're best friends blah blah blah and here we are and they fina

putin who, of course, attended the final. clinton tweeted this, maria, great world cup, question for president trump as he meets putin, do you ch team you play for. president trump will sit down, of course, one-on-one with vladimir putin within the hour, maria as we, of course, wait for more live pictures out of helsinki. >> thank you, cheryl, helsinki has become grounded zero, we will talk more about the city's unique place in history next. plus we are waiting for arrival of president putin, live when that happens. back in a this endangered species is getting help moment om some unexpected friend. om some unexpected friend. these zebra and antelope. they're wearing iot sensors, connected to the ibm cloud. when poachers enter the area, the animals run for it. which alerts rangers, who can track their motions and help stop them before any harm is done. it's a smart way to help increase the rhino population. and turn the poachers into the endangered species. ♪ ♪ every child is precious every child deserves to feel loved but so many little ones born with clefts feel nothing but pain and loneliness. operation smile is helping the

as he meets putin -- do you know which team you play for?" but tonight, when donald trump appearing to choose putin over his own intelligence team the reaction was swift. tonight donald trump's own dir of intelligence, dan coates, a republican releasing a statement saying "we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy." coats already saying this -- >> i'm here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. today the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. >> reporter: foreman obama cia director john brennan, a fierce critic of trump tweeting the press conference "was nothing short of treasonous. not only were trump's comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of putin. republican patriots -- where are you?" >> pierre thomas what are your sources saying about the president in helsinki today? >> a number of sources said their jaws dropd, they could believe that the president would take putin's opinion over theres. says, now we know, david

the front page of a major paper in helsinki "trump 0-putin 1." e uk gardian saying nothing short of treasonous and frances "le monde" saying "trump is putin's best ally." joining us now, nic robertson. there is agreement around the world on the front page this is morning. >> there is also the resounding sound of silence coming from the european leaders. normally you would expect that president trump stood up to president putin and said don't attack our elections. you would have expected them to applaud president trump. you would have been defending u.s. democracy and defending european democracy. there was silence because president trump didn't do that. that is causing consternation amongst european allies. they have further insights into what president trump is thinking, president putin is thinking, rather, from his interview with fox's chris wallace after the press conference that so astounded people yesterday on the fundamental issue of was russia -- did it have an interest in president trump, this is how putin responded to that. >>. >> transla

claims candidate trump defended putin against. ader doesn't value free speech, freedom of expression and the free press, freedoms that make america great. less than 24 hours before trump's face-to-face with vladimir putin, the president of the united states in an official statement is calling america's free press the enemy of the people. joining us now, jason rezian, cnn global affairs analyst and "washington post" opinion writer. he was the tehran bureau chief when he was detained for 544 days by iranian authorities on espionage-related charges. he was released in a prisoner swap in january of 2016. jason, thank you for spending time with us. you obviously have a depth of perspective on this issue not many of us can fully grasp. what is your take on the president's rhetoric about american journalists? >> well, first and foremost, ana, i think it's offensive, but we can get past that. i think what's more important to look at is how dangerous it is for my colleagues and everybody working in the news media to have the president of th

officials from the two countries then came the first ever joint press conference by donald trump and vladimir putin i looked into the faces of donald trump who was standing right here by the way with a bigger microphone and vladimir putin here with a smaller microphone and i saw two men who were genuinely enjoying talking together but today first of all their message to the journalists was that they want this kind of relationship to spread beyond their personal time somehow they want to put washington moscow relations back on track and our relationship has never been worse. than it is now however that changed as of about four hours ago but guess what still worries the entire u.s. presidential poll allegations of meddling and collusion there were sitting right here and almost all the questions from this part of the room were about that and it was rather fascinating to see how the two leaders almost teamed up to dodge these kind of questions do you hold russia at all accountable for anything in particular president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference or twenty sixteen ev

donald trump takes vladimir putin's word. president trump: i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. phil: a surprising moment from a summit that broke with convention in more ways than one. we'll bring you the latest from our correspondents around the world. the e.u. urges the united states, chihina and russia to ee global trade tensions,s, warning ththey could spiral out of control. both sides of the e.u.-china summit in beijing are hoping for improved trade relations. a hero's welcome for france's world cup champions. the victorious team have arrived home and are showing off the famous trophy in a victory parade down the champs champs elysees. i'm phil gayle, welcome to the program. president trump has triggered a storm of controversy in the united states after openly favoring russia's president over his own intelligence agencies. standing next to his u.s. counterpart in helsinki, vladimir putin denied that russia meddled inn the u.s. election which donald trump accepted. the finnish capital sweltered as peop

putin. no question about it. the fact that president trump is elevating him on the world stage days after the indictments, but i'm told by a senior administration official, they believe the narrative here of meeting with putin actually helps the russian narrative back home. you would think it would be an awkward time but they believe it fills directly into what the president has been saying there was a witch hunt in his words and nothing was happening. so the president believes this is a chance for him to be seen on the foreign stage for the continuing business as usual. they were never planning to cancel the summit at all. the president laughed at the idea and criticism of all of that. >> michelle kosinski, we know the president wanted the summit. what clenched the deal? >> we are told that his dissatisfaction with how things went at the g-7 really clinch it and made him want to do this. remember, at the g-7, he was saying that russia should be allowed back in and it should be the g-8 again and they were kicked out for taking part of ukraine

president trump gave putin a pass on all those issues. >> as far as this summit is concerned. jim sciuto, the director of national intelligence, put out a statement responding to what trump had to say, you're getting new information on this, what are you learning? >> reporter: i'm told this morning after the president's comments, the director of national intelligence and his team saw a choice, they saw the president's intelligence assessment, they were not expecting it, and it was deci d decided. the national intelligence director himself, who was appointed by president trump, he decided to release a statement in his name that directly contradicted the president, and i'm going to read from that statement, he said the following, the role of the intelligence community is to provide the best information and fact based assessment as possible. it continues for the president and policymakers. we're clear about the russian meddling in the 2016 election, and they're ongoing, they're pervasive meant to undermine our democracy a democracy. i am told this as well, wolf, the office of the

>> well, when president trump finishes this meeting with putin, his base, no matter what happens, is ll dictate the narrative of what happened in the meeting and all the winning that he has done with that meeting. one of the things -- we're not going to know what they met about privately. there's going to be a public sector to this and there's a private sector to it. so that means that trump can control the narrative of what he interprets that meeting between he and putin is and, therefore, it will be a win concerning him, by his standards. >> we have a lot more ahead, everybody. thank you all for joining me, very much appreciate it. >>> still ahead, nbc's lester holt joins us live with a preview of the highly anticipated summit between president trump and vladimir putin. what's the president's goal going into this meeting? we're going to discuss that, next. noticing what most will never notice. it's what you do. when the thing you're making... isn't a thing. it's your reputation. the all-new ram 1500. comfortably, the most luxurious truck in its class. and why more people are switchi

now we know there is a second meeting between trump and putin being planned in washington. p's invitation didn't tell his top national intelligence official ahead of time. your reaction? >> i think it's horrifying. this is a person who led an attack on our democracy, who personally supervised the intrusion to an american presidential election with the hope of helping one candidate and undermining another. that ought to be concern to everyone. this is a foreign adversary trying to help decide who will be an american president. that ought to offend all of us. the idea that the president of the united states has not used the opportunity when he is with vladimir putin to call him out on it and say do not do this, we will hold you accountable and invites him to an iconic building, the white house, the man who is responsible for trying to undermine our democratic elections. men and women in our military and law enforcement have given their lives to protect our great democracy. he is desecrating the service of those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> what do you want

trump. i have never's -- putin and trump. never saw this hysteria when obama met with putin or when he had the open mic gaffe. i believe liberals and democrats are afraid of what putin might reveal to trump and that secret meeting. -- they aren have afraid of something else other than just a meeting. something else is going on here. they are afraid of the .orruption host: stand is in connecticut on the line for democrats. a secret conversation between trump and potent. to be extremely naive to believe that under national security that conversation is not being recorded with our current technology. putin is not that naive. that conversation will not reach the public. for national security. they will listen to it in recordings, our government. >> it is a one-on-one meeting between president trump and potent. no advisors -- and putin. no advisors or aides expected during that meeting and that it is expected to expand to a working lunch. john bolton expected to be a part of that. i believe sarah huckabee sanders just entering the

in just a short time, president trump will meet with russian president vladimir putin. the tensions, as we know, quite high, but president trump insists he has no expectations. good morning, everybody. it is monday, july 16th. what a day it is. we have nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," a andrea mitchell. also with us, christopher dickey. and in washington, former senior director at the national security council and former special assistant to president obama ned price. welcome to you all. thank you for joining us so early on what should be a monumental day, to say the least. president trump is in finland, where later today he'll sit down with his first official meeting with vladimir putin. this summit comes on the heels of his controversial uk visit and that highly contentious nato summit from last week where among other things, the president asserted that the russian leader was not a friend nor an enemy but actually a competitor. over the weekend, trump discussed his goals and expectations for this meeting. watch this. >

president putin's to say ok here's how we see it from the russian first started and of course president trump can say ok these are the concerns that we have on the american side but by getting rid of the bureaucrats and being able to just talk honestly. tromp will educate. president putin president putin will undoubtedly provide information to trump that he has never heard from his national security advisor the n.s.a. and the cia in this country. tremendously sansar what goes to the president and it's very important that he hears the other side of of the story. and of course now all eyes will be on the joint press conference they will be holding after their talks republican state senator for genya richard black thank you so much for joining us today. thank you very much for letting me be with you hillary clinton recently tweeted insinuating that president trump is in cahoots with the russians it seems no matter what happens in helsinki or how hard or putin try to improve diplomatic relations some will never be satisfied as more and gusto if explains. two years they've obsessed over it one dea

do you think putin is happy about that? >> certainly president trump but you expect tough talk in the summit matthew? >> i think so. i think the president and his team recognize a year ago when president trump met with president to you pin, they arranged a cease-fire in south western syria, a cease-fire that was broken by syria, aided by the russian government last month. that goes a long way to tell us how much trust we should put in russian promises, which is not much. >> thoughts, time thoughts on going into the summit on monday it is true that russians are bad people. but that is not sufficient for a foreign policy. we need to think through what we want to have, how we want to work with them, particularly respecting -- >> bad government, not all people. >> they're bad guys. but that's not sufficient. you need to have a goal. and you need to give them a reason to work with us particularly if we want to accomplish things in syria, ukraine, in the war on terror, they need to have a reason to work with us and just trying to rebuild a little bit of trus

eastern were president donald trump's meeting with russia's vladimir putin. president trump under pressure to confront his counterpart over a meddling and the 2016 elections. just days before the indictments of 12 russian military agents. a news were to hold conference shortly. these are live pictures of the room where the news conference will take place. you can see the podium set up for two. francine lacqua joins us from finland will step in washington, d.c., an expert in russian affairs, will pomeranz. francine, let me go to you first. we don't know what is on the agenda. we have some idea of some of the subjects. i what point will we learn what they discuss? you,ine: good afternoon to good morning in the u.s. we will have to wait until the press conference to know exactly what the two leaders talked about. they came out about 15 minutes ago out of a private meeting. president trump with president putin speaking alone just with translators for two hours. that was meant to last about 90 minutes. they have expanded the bilateral to include some of the aides.

vladimir putin understands power. today trump and putin will cancel -- tackle sanctions against russia, denuclearization and russian involvement in syria. three hours away, it is going to be a huge day. jillian: we will all be watching. more live team coverage from helsinki coming up. ♪ jillian: all eyes on helsinki, finland where the countdown is on. donald trump and vladimir putin coming face-to-face. rob: kevin cork traveling with the president joining us from helsinki. what is the mood? they are getting a lot of attention in finland. >> reporter: a great deal of attention. the mood is one of cautious optimism because from the expulsion of russian diplomats, the airstrikes in syria, the incredible pressure on the sanctions regime, the president's willingness to sell heavy armaments to ukraine, he has been tough on ukraine -- despite the harangue from the left that he should do more, something they didn't complain about as much when it came to president obama or that is what the white house will tell you and against that backdr

both presidents putin and trump arrived in the finnish capital of hell thinking and are now at the summit venue but the meeting minutes away from now. although the sum up with putin has yet to begin some sectors of the media are already in panic mode just as they were when trump and putin first met last year. and. here's an unlikely that the president will confront putin is going to convey to putin that he's weak. from what is now our american perspective how busy it earned a face to face full scale bilateral meeting with the u.s. president. the president's trip abroad will also include a meeting with russian president vladimir putin york for the leaders of these two countries i'd like to hear someone say this is a bad idea when he goes most nato conference who will he represent we represent the united states when we represent moscow to feel more t.g.v. colonel in the. could be doing some important intelligence gathering on his american counterpart people are terrified the best case scenario is a scenario where basically nothing terrible happened to our hillary clinton recently tweeted in

trump will meet with putin at the presidential palace. now, before heading here from scotland this weekend, president trump in an interview with cbs news tried to downplay expectations of any breakthroughs with putin. president trump touched down in finland sunday just hours ahead of a high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. a top adviser tells cbs news the two leaders are expected to spend about 30 minutes alone with just translators before an expanded meeting with staff. mr. trump will be joined by secretary of state mike pompeo, national security adviser john bolton, and chief of staff john kelly. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> before heading to helsinki, comes to talks with mr. putin, he has low expectations. >> i go into a meeting like that never with high expectations, but maybe some really good stuff can happen. >> not high expectations. you're just -- it's a one-on-one conversation. >> whatever it is, i'm representing our country. i want to do great for our country, and i'm sure he wants to do well for his

putin. >> thank you. question for each president. president trump, you first. just now president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. every u.s. intelligence agency concluded russia did. who -- my first question for you, sir, is who do you believe? my second question is, would you now with the whole world watching tell president putin, would you denounce what happened in 2016 and would you warn him to never do it again? >> so, let me just say that we

the trump/putin summit fallout! it's hard to believe but the helsinki summit was four days ago, setting off an absolute media meltdown after the summit's press conference. that's right, not to the summit itself where we know few details of the conversation but to the press conference where trump and putin's conversation but to the press conference where trump said he didn't see any reason why trump would meddle in our election contradicting our intelligence. here's some of the hits. >> this is one of the most disgraceful performances of the u.s. government. >> you should call this surrender summit. >> that's why i used the term this is nothing short of treasonnist because it is a betrayal of the nation. >> trump, of course, clarified his remarks and expressed his support of the intel community. he even said this. >> look at the sanctions i putn on, the diplomats i threw out.e look at all the things that i've done that nobody else did whatut i've done. obama didn't do it. obama was a patsy for russian. heas was a tot

the only read out we'll get from ininitial meeting from the presidents trump and putin is really just based on the two men when we have this press conference later today. >> we'll hear what they have to say when that mahappens. >>> and while presidents trump and putin are set to hold that one-on-one sit down in a few hours western leaders are waite offer putin. chief among them he could recognize putin's annexation of .m exclusive access to a show of military might in ukraine ahead of today's summit. >> reporter: it's a show of force in a region rife with rivery and tension. the u.s. navy preparing allies to be at the ready in the black sea. crucial says the admiral of the six fleet. >> i think it's served to destabilize the security environment in europe. >> reporter: we're sailing off the coast of the u.s. missile destroyer porter in an exercise with ukrainian and tkish frigates. the foreign ministry calls the whole exercise a provocation. the porter's skipper says four russian navy vessels are shadowi shadowing his operation. >> currently we are 86 miles off the i'mian peninsula. >

go i think mr putin is well aware that donald trump does not control the apparatus of his own government whereas putin is master of his house trump really is not and he has to proceed much more carefully and can he give orders that he knows will be obeyed and lastly as far as the allies go i think the one who has the most to fear is theresa may here's somebody who's going to dissolving out from under her we've got their fingerprints on not only on the white helmets and the tackle false flag like like peter was referring to the scriptural thing and also the steel dossier let's not forget that i hope mr putin hands mr trump a real dossier about what they've been overt up to over there and the united kingdom to try to subvert american interests but you know peter one of the things i've done in number of programs on this but you know i've had experts on talking about the interests of this country versus the interests of this one and geopolitics and sometimes it just gets down to trump having a memory i remember how you supported hillary clinton i remember the donna ca i remember h

now president trump says he is ready for round two. this time he is hoping putin will come to the white house this fall. >>> and the second major story, a secret tape now in the hands of the fbi. it is a recording between trump and his former attorney michael cohen discussing a payment to a former playboy model to alleged an affair with trump back in 2006. trump tdenied that alleged affair. a source says when trump learned of the secret recording he said quote i can't believe michael would do this to me. why did the president waive privilege on this recording to give the fbi access? we'll discuss. >>> first, let's start with possible upcoming second summit with vladimir putin. our cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us from new jersey. what do we know about the planned meeting thus far? >> reporter: well, fred, despite the fears, bipartisan backlash to president trump's performance alongside vladimir putin this week, trump is essentially doubling down on his russia policy by rolling out plans for a second summit. the white house stunned even some of trum

up next, we'll talk more about the trump putin summit and the fall-out that followed.after this. ♪. ♪ . ♪ . what about him? lecome on.t. is summer, add a new mber to the family. at the mercedes-benz summer event. leasthe glc300 for $429 a month at your local mercedes-benz aler. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. . >>> lots of reactions coming in from all corners of the world, after the trump putin summit. all day long, up late wit on "the final 5." good to see you. busy day oobviously. and everybody press onference, social media p tyoi cargo? >> i was seeing quick rioctn he democratic side, sort of tom firing from the hip. quick, quick comments from people, chr murphy s that, you know, the press conference with trump and putin wasa, you know, giant middle finger to the nation. and then you know,t you sor of slowly got, you know, trickle from the republican, side and they, youknow, maybe a less severe toneame in and sort of, you know, sent a milder debuick to trump, disagreed with him. not a good day administration >> there was a lot to be saidou t optics. people watch

trump was in russia at the time. kevin: it was classic vladimir putin. during the answer, president trump tried to get the answer of president bruton with the throw away -- the answer of president putin with a throwaway line involving the world cup. president clinton -- president putin offering a delayed response back. the laughter was muffled. it was not a thing that dominated the room. there was a key moment in which the reporter asked president he wanted candidate donald trump to win the election and putin saying directly, yes i did and then changing to another question. vladimirof policy, putin saying president trump reiterated the u.s. position that the u.s. does not recognize the annexation of crimea to russia. beyond that, in terms of cybersecurity, president bruton suggestingt putin they would be open to an international framework between the united states and russia. the fallout here will be dominated by president trump's comments regarding his previous democratic challenger hillary clinton regarding the intelligence community. and donaldutin, tr

>>> making news in america this morning, face-to-face, trump and putin, the summit this morning. from meddling in the u.s. election to the war in ukraine, will president trump confront putin? could a deal be in the works? this morning the preparations and the expectations and what trump said overnight. >>> a wildfire shuts down a major route in yosemite national park. the new evacuations and the extreme conditions this morning as temperatures soar on both the west and east coast today. >>> cliff crash miracle. a driver crashes 200 feet off a cliff then survives seven days on an isolated beach. this morning we hear from the hikers who found her. >> oh, my god, you were in that car we just saw, and you're alive. >> the clues they found that led them to her. >>> plus, washing machine nightmare. one couple's warning after their daughter gets trapped inside their new front loading washer. >>> also, saving big. amazon isn't the only one offering big deals on this prime day. the other stores jumping on the bargain bandwagon today. >>> and the shocking discovery inside the flowerpots alon

all coming up in today's edition of going underground but first to our top story told trump meets with vladimir putin today trump said it would be easier than meeting with nato and visiting a britain in turmoil over brics it but what attitude is he going to have to strike to change relations between the usa and russia because this was the way things were when his predecessor threatened the largest country on earth the two leaders clashed over syria and ukraine president obama and putin sharply disagree over how to deal with isis and syria's embattled president in separate addresses to the u.n. general assembly obama's vice president joe biden even issued a potentially apocalyptic threat to russia's president. we have the capacity to do. this you'll know if you know the time or jews in. the circumstances that have the greatest impact but purged sins party appears to hearken back to general eisenhower's assessment of the actual power of any president of united states i mean to your. new president and so shows that you mistake you. presume to be a political i mean it. but i'm a novelist got pretty what

washington and moscow correspondent claire richardson and your ear shadow have this look back at the trump putin relationship . relations between the united states and russia are at an all time low since the end of the cold war but u.s. president donald trump has said repeatedly that he wants to see closer ties with russia particularly with its president vladimir putin he's been very nice to me the times i've met him i've been nice to him he's a competitor somebody was saying is you an enemy of my enemy now for president trump detractors all of this is evidence of a close relationship that could potentially be explained by allegedly russian meddling and the twenty sixteen elections they say that russia's involvement helped to tip the presidency in donald trump's favor if hooten likes donald trump guess what folks an asset not a liability now we can only guess what vladimir putin thinks about. the russian president holds back on making direct remarks about counterpart but it's clear that putin will be a well prepared for this meeting he will likely praise from people admire him for swimming again

trump unmatched by mr. putin, who's a kgb agent, trained to recall a verbatim conversation over many years and this is playing directly into his hands. they're eking out isn't some of information, indicating maybe a summit, also maybe an agreement over cyber issues. quite an ironic suggestion, and equally that syria may come in for, there may be a peace deal agreed that would somehow allow 1.7 million syrians to return to government controlled areas that are currently also supported by russia. that under the president's only policy could be inconceivable what they're really trying to do, drive the narrative, own the story. >> one thing we've learned about the meeting. secretary of state mike pompeo saying that trump and putin had spoken about a resolution tore the yar syria and getting syria refugees back home. thanks very much from moscow. >>> bring in now cnn political analyst josh dossey and josh rogin. josh dossey a white house reporter for the "washington post" and joss rossy f. why is there a silence from t

>> reporter: neither putin nor trump ever answered no. s now controversial trip to moscow in 2013. >> translator: when president trump was in moscow back then, i didn't even know he was in moscow. >> putin said how could he keep talk of all the businessmen in russia at any given time. >> we know that putin know that donald trump was in russia during the event in question, we know that putin was invited to the miss usa pageant and he ultimately decided not to come, so we know knew he he was there. >> reporter: president trump's trip to moscow was corroborated by a british spy that contained salacious -- there's no indication such a tape exists and trump has vehemently denied it. fbi director james comey asked him to investigate. >> he said if there's an even 1% chance my wife thinks that's true, that 's terrible. >> i remember thinki ining how you think there's a 1% chancea your wife would think -- >> the tax returns would have to show foreign earnings, so he has claimed he earns nothing from contacts with russia. that night not be the case

trump back at the white house. after meeting with russian president vladimir putin in helsinki. in a stunning move for an american president throwing his own intelligence agency urn the bus. reaction is out rage. even the editorial board of the wall street journal owned by trump ally. said details from the private talks in helsinki will spill out in coming days. monday joint press conference was a personal and national embarrassment. for a rare moment he projected weakness. he was the one on the stage enteethe russian played it cool and matter of fact. on the eve of the summit the trump appointed republican confirmed director of the national intelligence agency had this blunt warning. >> in regards to state actions russia has been the most aggressive foreign effort. no question. they continue their efforts to under mine our democracy. the warning signs are there. the system is blinking. we are at a critical point. >> well, president trump was asked a direct question who did he believe? vladimir putin a trained kgb officer denies involvement or american intelligence community. whi

i want to quickly turn to the issue of the big trump/putin summit july 16th. edly requested that summit, at least a portion of it be a one-on-one with vladimir putin when they first meet. what are the implications of something like that, so secluded just for the two of them? >> well, the challenge obviously is not just in the fact that there might be differing views on what comes out of the meeting. if there's no real record that someone can point to. the other thing that could happen, which would be particularly awkward, would be if something like r.t. or some russian government-backed quote, unquote, news agency were to have a reporting on the meeting that doesn't line up with what necessarily the white house or president trump believe, it is really hard to refute something in a meeting if there's no one else there. >> yeah, i immediately think of when you were talking about russia today the moment that north korea released the video showing president trump saluting a north korean military general, from their state-controlled media. the president holds anothe

trump. if they had it it would be out. i thought vladimir putin very strong. >> joyce vance, donald trump seems to be easily impressed with, what, tone of voice? aye not sure what. >> it's hard to know what it is that impresses him. he's clearly more impressed with putin than one would expect buck he's clearly more impressed with rom rom because he sat down with putin, but won't sit down and have a one-on-one with robert mueller. >> as the president is meeting with vladimir putin today, these prosecutors, the wheels are still turning. donald trump knows that. every day there could be another revelation. this was just today's revelation. >> it's one of my least favorite cliches that you can only see 10% of the iceberg and 90% is under the water. i think that's true. we don't know when it's going happen. it just gets progressively worse for trump. today sea clarifying moment. that press conference showed the world nothing that he hasn't said before bush he is enthralled by putin. there's something going on between the two of them and he's scared of