keir simmons is with us after that extraordinary interview. here, we've all been talking about it, we saw all of it today and now playing some more of it on msnbc on the "today" show, and the psychology of this former kgb guy, and everyone should watch your interview and talk to us about all things you learned and you've interviewed him before, but this was 90 minutes of vladimir putin just days before the g7 and of course, the summit with president biden. >> andrea, he denies and deflects and goes to history and he does all of the things on subject after subject that we have come to know on cyber hacking, on the question of human rights with two americans held in the prison here, in a jail here in russia. he continually threatens and denies and then offers to negotiate and andrea, you and i spoke on a number of occasions before the interview, and i so much appreciate the conversations that we had in the run-up to this interview and we wanted to ask him about that very moving report that you made on the border with turkey and syria with the u.

nbc's keir simmons has.will have more of that coming up when the leaders agree the relations have hit a low point. at today's nato summit, president biden reaffirmed the collective agreement. it's one of the most important tools when it comes to countering u.s. adversaries. joining me now is mike memoli in brussels. also with us, david ignatius, helene cooper and richard engel. thank you for being with us this hour. mike, let me start with you on the ground there. for an update, how the day has gone so far. obviously, the show of force with our nato allies designed to set the stage for that showdown with vladimir putin later this week. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. there's certainly always an air of unpredictability around these international summits. things seem to be running behind schedule. the last thing on the president's schedule was that meeting with the president of turkey, erdogan, and then a you are in -- a news conference. this attribute is a pivot point on the larger foreign trip. the presiden

keir simmons, that interview with putin, is hero of the week.president putin. >> yeah. and he really laid out clearly what president biden has in front of him as he goes into that meeting. >>> that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's monday, june 15th, and we start this morning with breaking news. while you were sleeping, president biden arrived in brussels for a high stakes nato summit, the first of two back-to-back meetings with european leaders before he sits down with russian president vladimir putin. i want to bring in nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. she is traveling with president biden in brussels, nbc senior international correspondent keir simmons. he is in moscow where you just heard

when asked directly did he order the assassination attempt on kremlin critic alexei navalny our keir simmons in moscow >>> the massive explosion and fire at a chemical plant nearby homes evacuated. why it could burn for days >>> the uk delaying its reopening by a month as cases of the delta variant soar there. how well do the vaccines protect against it >>> the deadly shooting inside a georgia supermarket. officials saying it all began with a dispute over a mask. it comes amid a national surge in gun violence ten mass shootings in seven states in just 72 hours >>> extreme heat in the west and a tropical storm expected to form off the east coast >>> and the price you pay for summer travel. are you getting the most out of your points >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone president biden setting the stage for his face-to-face with russia's vladimir putin later this week, warning tonight the u.s. will respond if russia does not change its behavior the president with a stronger hand to play going into that meeting after cementing the fractured americ

senior correspondent keir simmons. here in the studio we have our washington correspondent and my good friend and colleague hallie jackson. with us is the former member of the national security council under george w. bush, corey sacky. he said there is no point and the u.s. doesn't want a part of it. >> this is definitely not that, geoff. the president will be coming to that microphone any minute. in other instances, you would probably be overseas traveling. there is no one who knows this better than you of what the issues are that face president biden, and there are a number of them. you mentioned a couple of them in the introduction to this show we're doing. not just russia, not just china, you've got turkey, you've got afghanistan. you have a slew of issues that biden is facing and he will be questioned about that by the roughly 50 or 60 reporters in the room. i doubt a lot of them will get questions. we'll probably see some get questions as this is fairly lengthy. for president biden this is the chance for him to

simmons about the aftermath of the massacre.it's a dramatic example of how racism both in the form of violence but also discrimination in government policy has contributed to the wealth gap between white and black households and present-day america. how did the massacre and its aftermath impact survivors and their descendents ability to build and pass on generational wealth. >> in many ways it was impacted up to the 3240s and 50s who survived the massacre and were not run out as refugees they were severely neglected and received any type of services then they brought in urban renewal. to destroy any opportunity to thrive again and so this has been the remanence and right now if you come to tulsa, you will see a thriving, beautiful moderate metropolitan city south of 244. and north of that highway which is north tulsa and a black there are no businesses, hardly any businesses. there are no buildings going up, there's no high-rises, nothing like that. it is as stark as night and day. my next question is for ms. heath. i brought up

s. justice has not yet been done. law and de w correspondence found simmons in minneapolis and told us about the mixed feelings around the sentence in the community there. so how do people of color we talked to here? how does the flight family, how do the flight some of the legal team? how do they react to the st was 22 and a half years for dark showing for the murder of george flight? are they satisfied that is maybe the wrong term for this? because can they be satisfied for a life? if somebody goes to prison for 22 and a half years and in reality, after behaving nice in prison and going out a parole earlier for 15 years, can replace the loot the loss of a life. probably enough, but do they recognize that this victory is a historic victory in criminal justice? yes, they do. satisfied. not so much. there's many, many voices you were said like anything below, license radar showman is unacceptable. one way or another. they're all saying the same thing. this even george floyd, even this case is just a stepping stone in the right direction and did our rection. that's what they say in their

simmons question today. >> as for the soul, seeing it or not seeing something.is is not the first time i've heard this, frankly speaking i don't recall this conversation, but i will allow that it happened and escaped my attention. but if you ask me, if you ask me what's sort of partner biden is, i would say he's very balanced just the way that i expected. he's very experienced. >> joining us now from geneva is the reporter who asked president putin that question. eliciting that remarkable response to him. and simmons is the wall wall street moscow bureau chief, it is a real pleasure having you tonight, thank you. >> thank you for having, me rachel. >> mr. putin went on in his answer to you to conclude effectively by saying that this was not a relationship where he and the president of the united states needed to like each other, it was a pragmatic relationship. just wanted to get your take on whether that was a satisfying answer, whether you think he was telling you the full truth there? >> well i think the russians came into this, particularly mr. putin, really

keir simmons with a brand new peace. you will only see it on this show. president putin getting testy when being pressed. >> will you commit to sending no more troops into ukraiian soviet territory? >> wait until you hear what he had to say about that. we have keir simmons live in moscow with more of his exchew sieve interview. we also have make memoli. keir, good morning to you and boy this was a ride ranging interview, significant on a number of fronts including this issue that you ask i'd him about ukraine. >> yes, we were trying to understand what his strategy is. his strategy is to attack, negotiate, attack, negotiate. arrest americans and then try to negotiate a trade. what it appears to be is talking about troops and then i want to talk about nato. he also talks about history and resentment. bush promising not to expand nato, but that agreement was never written down, take a listen. >> in the case of ukraine, they said you had more than 100,000 troops on the border, was that an attempt to get washington's attention? >> translator: look, first, ukra

hey w stefan simmons. meanwhile, rescue workers in the us state of florida are searching for survivors in the rubble of a clamped apartment building. a building came down in the early hours of thursday morning . local officials have confirmed at least 4 deaths, nearly 160 people are still missing. heavy machinery rescue dogs and special listening tools being deployed as rescue is continued to search for signs of life. anguish is growing as people wait for news of their loved ones. firefighters are working in hazardous conditions to find somebody. if i could personally go out and dig, i would dig, but that is not safe for me or for the 1st responders or for the people that may still be alive. so this is the safe way to do it. and people of course are desperate and they're willing to go out and dig themselves. but that is simply not possible. stacey fang was the 1st victim to be identified. she was taken to a hospital, but she died. her young son is among the few pulled out from under the debris and twisted metal. the building crumpled when jonah handler, a high school student, was in be

>> that was ann simmons, fluent in russian.n-vice president biden. when biden reportedly said to him, mr. prime minister, i'm looking into your eyes and i don't think you have a soul. here's part of what putin said in response to the question today. >> translator: as for the soul, seeing it or not seeing something, well, this isn't the first time i've heard this. frankly speaking, i don't recall this conversation, but i will allow that it happened and escaped my attention. but if you ask me what sort of a partner, what sort of a conversational partner biden is, he's very constructive and balanced, just the way i expected. he's very experienced, you can tell that at first glance. >> joining us now from geneva, the reporter who asked president putin that question. and the remarkable response, that wasn't the first time people looked at him and wondered if he had a soul. ann simmons, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> mr. putin concluded by saying this was not a relationship where he and the presid

>> keir simmons, thank you for that. congratulations on the interview.night to talk about what we saw and more, professor timothy snider of yale university. specializing in europe and the holocaust, among the works two books particularly real rant to this conversation. also has a newsletter commenting on current affairs called thinking about. you can find it at snyder.substack.com. your reaction? he has owned trump from hello. he praised trump and by doing so trolled biden on the eve of their summit. keir is first reporter in memory to confront him with the label that he is a killer. >> yeah. i noticed a couple of things. the first thing i noticed is that mr. putin seems to be out of practice in direct engagement with journalists. he is intelligent, charismatic, many talents but he is used now to press events that are entirely staged. he's used now to being the person that sets the terms so regardless of the content which of course is nonexistent what one has to notice the style of the response not very impressive. evasive but not in an interesting way.

nbc's keir simmons exclusively sat done with putin and asked him directly whether he can work with biden. >> translator: it is my great move, but there will not be any impulse movements. >>> first, back in washington, new developments on that bombshell report on the trump doj secretly seizing data, including phone records, from house democrats and their families. a justice department wash dog says it's launching a probe into the subpoenas, as top democrats are demanding attorney general barr and sessions both testify before the judiciary committee. so let's go now to reporters and analysts covering the key g7 developments, new and fascinating remarks by boris johnson a short time ago, comparing donald trump and joe biden. so let's start with mike memoli, joining us from the town of st. ives in cornwall. a lot going on today for our president today. he's in his fourth plenary session there? so what is the latest there? >> reporter: that's right, alex. this is the third full day of president biden's first foreign trip, by far the busiest, already multiple plenary session, a bilateral meeti

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putin sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc's keir simmons, his first american tv interview in three years. >> translator: i believe that former u.s. president, mr. trump, is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. he is a colorful individual. president biden, of course, is radically different from trump because president biden is a career man. a different kind of person. >>> more from that interview coming up, this hour. >>> we will also have more details on what putin's meeting with biden will look like. and where are the protestors? less of them, at this g7. leaders sealed from the outside world because of covid. although, there are a few protestors out there. calling on the world's biggest polluters to help poor nations who are on the front lines and feeling the impacts of climate change. back with me, now, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. and nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli. great to have both of you. set the scene for us, andrea. what's on the agenda today? what are you going to be watching for? >> i am going to see

the interview tonight with nbc's keir simmons potentially providing an early window into what to expect in that high-stakes summit meeting. >> reporter: tonight in our exclusive interview president vladimir putin tells us he's going into next week's summit with relations with the u.s. at an historic low >> translator: we have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. >> reporter: the russian leader last met with an american president in helsinki in 2018. >> great to be with you. >> reporter: so how does he compare former president trump with the fifth american president he's now set to meet? he told us biden is someone he can work with >> you once described president trump as a bright person, talented how would you describe president biden? >> translator: even now i believe that former u.s. president mr. trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual otherwise, he would not have become u.s. president. he's a colorful individual you may like him or not. but he didn't come from the u.s. establishment. he had not been part of big-time po

lester >> all right, keir simmons, thank you >>> we have reported on the soaring number of migrants at the border, but now another troubling trend, the staggering rise of drug smuggling. gabe gutierrez is at the border >> reporter: near el paso, texas, it's not just desperate families turning themselves into the border patrol but adult men running away from the agents. >> mostly adults who are not seeking asylum >> reporter: now with authorities tied up processing a historic number of migrants, more drug smuggling in the desert >> for the first time fentanyl is being smuggled between the ports of entry >> reporter: fent nm being pushed through the desert between el paso is up more than 355% compared to last year and 4,000% more than 2018. what makes it so easy to smuggle >> the car tells find ways to intimidate to have them illegally transport that narcotic nyl pills are smaller, more potent and more profitable than marijuana. dea sources tell nbc news the mexican cartels increasingly producing the narcotic themselves >> don't think something like this cannot happen to your family >> r

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>> keir simmons, our thank you for that. congratulations on the interview.let our viewers know there will be more of this exclusive interview with putin, on monday, across the networks of nbc news. with us tonight to talk about what we just saw and more, professor timothy snyder, of yale university. former marshall scarred scholar. specializing in europe and the holocaust, among his works. two books particularly relevant to this conversation. on tyranny, 20 lessons from the 20th century. and the road to an freedom, russia, europe america. he also has a newsletter where he comments on current affairs called thinking about. you can find it at synder.substack.com. professor, your reaction to this interview? you don't need that kgb degree to know to flatter a narcissist. he has owned trump from hello. he praised trump and by doing so, trolled biden on the eve of their summit. but keir was the first reporter in memory to confront him by name, with this label that he's a killer. l that he' >> i notice a couple of things here. the first thing i notice is that mr. p

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keir simmons, nbc news, london >>> up next for us, rolling the dice again in las vegas, in our series "reopening america. >>> during this pandemic, so man americans are falling behind on rent but one state is planning to pay it all off for many residents. here is steve patterson with that. >> reporter: like millions of americans, jaylene bailey was devastated by covid, but not because she got sick >> we haven't just been living through the pandemic we've been living through the pandemic while wondering every night when we go to sleep if we're going have a roof over our heads the next night. >> reporter: bailey is a freelance screenwriter in an industry halted by the shutdown left without a gig, she fell behind on rent and says she's constantly worried about being kick out you've looked at the camping gear in your garage. >> yeah, we've checked it to make sure there is no rips and tears in it. >> reporter: in california, nearly a million renters are more than $4700 behind on rent. if we basically remove tenant protections before people are able to get back to work, we're just going to

let's bring in keir simmons, who interviewed vladimir putin ahead of today's summit. keir, what's the reaction in russia >> reporter: lester, russian media is portraying president putin as a statesman and the summit as historic television networks here praising putin for taking tough questions at his news conference from u.s. reporters. but his answers were predictable. the same man who we met inside the kremlin, defensive and blaming america. the question tonight as president putin arrives home here in moscow, will president biden's personal touch and warnings have any long-term impact lester >> all right, keir simmons, thanks >>> in just 60 seconds, the brutal heat wave in the west when will it end and concern increasing about the delta coronavirus variant and why so many are still not getting vaccinated >>> in the west no relief from that dangerous heat wave tens of millions still facing triple-digit record-breaking temperatures, straining power grids and causing new drought and wildfire concerns. here's miguel almaguer >> reporter: the oppressive stifling heat wav

putin told my colleague, keir simmons, that the u.s./russian relationship is the worst it's ever been. who's responsible for that >> that's probably an accurate description. and, again, from our perspective, clearly, the reckless and aggressive actions that russia has taken consistently are responsible. but we're also prepared to have and would prefer to have a more stable and fruitful relationship. >> reporter: at the g7, the president hailing that america is back after four years when president trump often dismissed. but biden vowing - >> as i told xi jinping myself, i'm not looking for conflict where we cooperate, we'll cooperate. and we are going to respond to actions that are inconsistent. >> reporter: tonight, the president arriving in brussels for a nato summit today. mr. biden saying today -- >> we do not view nato as a sort of a protection racket we believe that nato is vital to our ability to maintain american security. >> and andrea joins me from brussels, the site of that nato summit that comment we just heard from the presi

. >>> the countdown is on, one month until the olympics kickoff keir simmons spoke exclusively to the president of tokyo 2020 about the game's strict covid protocols. >> reporter: on th with olympic trials under way around the world, the president of tokyo 2020 telling nbc news in an exclusive interview, the games will be a blessing but there may be difficult days if an athlete is confirmed covid positive, seiko hashimoto says hard decisions have to be made, including possibly cancelling individual events. with just a month to go, the olympic village is ready to house more than 12,000 athletes from all over the world. they'll be shuttled in and out to be tested every day, and have to dine alone there's even a fever room local spectators will be able to attend games. the organizing committee announced on monday. venues will operate only 50% capacity. no more than 10,000 socially distanced fans per competition >> you could still decide to have fewer spectators, maybe even no spectators? yes, that's always an option, she says when the games get under way, four new sports will make their

lester >> keir simmons in moscow tonight thank you. >>> in this country a huge fire at a chemical factory in illinois could burn for days and a mandatory evacuation order remains in effect. an fitzgerald is there. >> a humongous chemical fire's just broken out >> reporter: a massive chemical explosion at a petroleum plant just outside of rockford, illinois this morning. >> we're going to shut down power to the plant. >> reporter: all 70 employees making it out without injury but the fire prompting all residents and businesses within a mile radius to evacuate so you heard the explosion. >> oh, yeah. and multiple ones. every time an explosion went off the flames would go sky high >> reporter: james berger lives yards away and could feel the heat from the raging fire. his sister, who lives 15 miles out of town, seeing debris falling into her yard. >> the main thing is that we don't want an environmental nightmare to occur at ground level the air quality is good. it's just what you see being dumped into the atmosphere with the smoke. orr: an environmental hazard with no end in sight as invest

in an nbc news worldwide exclusive, vladimir putin sat down with international correspondent keir simmons rare interview. >> they talked about human rights, recent cyberattacks on u.s. infrastructure, which putin denied as unfounded. >> are you waging a cyber war? >> where is proof? it's becoming farcical. not once, not once, not one time did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. just unfounded accusations. >> you can watch part of the exclusive interview tonight at 6:30 on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> there you have it, the opening bell of the new york stock exchange where the dow is down 253. the s&p 500 slipped slightly. >>> the red hot housing market squeezing out potential middle class home buyers trying to make it in the bay. the median price is at an all time high. over the past three months alone, the county's median sales price rose $13,000. that's 17% above one year ago. the market is also hot. one housing affordability index finds about one in four residents can afford a down payment. experts say it's due to people moving from urban areas. also, less

has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> reporter: >> reporter: keir simmons is still here inoscow today, and he's going to be rolling out the full interview with president putin throughout the day definitely one you don't want to miss it's going to start on the "today" show stick with us. >> it gives insight on what the meetings will be thank you. >>> breaking news right now, minneapolis say a woman has died after a car drove into protesters now the suspect was pulled from his vehicle and is now in police custody. two other people were treated and are expected to survive. protests have continued for more than a week in minneapolis after deputies sought and killed 32-year-old winston smith jr according to police, smith fired a weapon >>> it is a new week and new era for israel for the first time in 12 years, israel has a new leader, right wing leader naftali bennett took the reins from netanyahu yesterday. nbc's kelly cobiella has more. >> reporter: frances and kendis, good morning the knesset approving his government and this prime minister by just one vote 60 to 59 after 12

has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> keir simmons is still with us here in moscow today, and he is actually going to be unveiling the rest of his very interesting interview he did with president putin beginning on the "today" show in just a few hours >> all right we'll look out for the rest of that memo in moscow. thank you. >>> it is a new week and a new era for israel for the first time in over a decade, israel has a new prime minister, right wing leader naftali bennett took the reins from benjamin netanyahu yesterday, ending his 12-year run as the country's leader. however, tensions in the region remain a spokesperson for hamas said the shake-up will not change the way they deal with the israeli government meanwhile, president bidenk clo together >>> meanwhile, back here in the u.s., more than 173 million americans have now had at least one dose of covid-19 vaccine which equates roughly to about 64% of the population. the country is just 20 days away from president biden's goal of 70% vaccinated adults by july 4th. these new numbers as a federal judge in houston dismis

in an exclusive interview with keir simmons on friday, president putin said they're the worst they've ever been. let's take a listen. >> we have bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. >> i think he's right it's a low point. and it depends on how he responds to acting consistent with international norms which in many cases he has not >> why do you think he hasn't changed his behavior in spite of everything the u.s. has done to this point >> he's vladimir putin >> so keir simmons is still with us here in moscow today. he is actually going to be rolling out the entire interview. and it's a very interesting one. you guys won't want to miss it that will start on the "today" show in just a few hours. >> thank you, matt >>> now to some breaking news from minneapolis where police say a woman has died after a car drove into protesters. a suspect was pulled from the vehicle and is now in police custody. two other people were treated but are expected to be physically kay protests have continued for more than a week in minneapolis after deputies shot and

opening ceremony of the tokyo summer olympic games nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons spoke exclusively to the president of tokyo 2020 about the games' strict covid protocols >> reporter: with olympic trials underway around the world, the president of tokyo 2020 telling nbc news in an exclusive interview the games will be a blessing but there may be difficult days. >> translator: if an athlete is confirmed covid-positive, seiko hashimoto says hard decisions will have to be made, including possibly canceling individual events with just a month to go, the olympic village is ready to house more than 12,000 athletes from all over the world. they will be shuttled in and out to be tested every day, and they will have to dine alone. there's even a fever room. local spectators will be able to attend the games the organizing committee announced on monday. but venues will operate at only 50% capacity no more than 10,000 socially distanced fans per competition you could still decide to have fewer spectators, maybe even no spectators >> translator: yes, that's always an option, sh

>> well, i asked him about -- he said to keir what putin said to keir simmons that the u.s.-russia relationship is at its worst, that it's at its worst it's ever been. he said, that is one thing i would agree with vladimir putin on, it is. he said, we'll stand up to putin when he's being aggressive on ukraine, on human rights, on navalny, on american rights who are in prison, unfairly on trumped-up charges and convicted in kangaroo court. but they still want to deal with putin, and if he can prove that he wants to make progress on iran, on climate change, on syria, on any of the issues where they have a mutual interest, then they do want to have a constructive relationship. president biden keeps saying i want a stable relationship, a predictable relationship with vladimir putin. but so far in the days leading up to this summit, he's been anything but indicating he wants a constructive relationship. he has been very aggressive, cracked down on navalny's organization last week in particular and some of the other support for the belarus air hijack thing, none of this is showing

. >> hagar, nbc's own keir simmons had a chance to sit down with putin.n. >> when president biden was asked whether he believes you are a killer, he said "i do." mr. president, are you a killer? >> over my tenure, i've gotten used to attacks from all kinds of angles and from all kinds of areas and under all kinds of pretext and reasons, but with different caliber and fierceness. and none of it surprises me. as far as harsh rhetoric, thing is an expression of overall u.s. culture. >> this is a very different tactic under trump. under trump basically, when similar questions were asked of donald trump, he basically said that we have to look at ourselves before we point over to russia. this is a complete reversal. biden is being very clear of what he thinks of putin, and putin is trying to deflect. what -- how -- how is putin's strategy walking in now that it's clearly going to be a bit tense? what is he thinking? >> i expect president putin to deny absolutely everything that biden throws his way. so the meeting itself may not be very productive because you'r

keir simmons has been tracking what's happen on the putin side. another live shot. talk to us about what you are hearing. i understand you have news. >> reporter: that's right. it's limited news, just to make clear about what i'm hearing. to state the obvious, i'm outside the kremlin. we do have a producer with the russian journalists there. what she is telling us is that the talk with the russian journalists is that this summit is shorter than they had expected. that perhaps is not a surprise. i will tell you why. because before the summit took place, we did hear from an official russian news agency that president putin's spokesman was expecting this summit to go on four to five hours. i want to quote for you what he said prior to the summit. this is what he was saying prior to the summit. he was saying, no one is setting any time limits on the presidents. this is their choice. the agenda is so vast that it will be extremely difficult to cover it in four or five hours of talks. that's kind of a right-hand man to president putin prior to the summit saying, we can't

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but keir simmons, look, you just spent a lot of time one-on-one with vladimir putin. we're watching his performance. who is he talking to? his performance art, is it for a domestic audience? or did he revel in sort of being an international pariah, in sort of almost like embracing the role a little bit? who is he talking to when he does this little performative theater that he does? >> reporter: chuck, i think the domestic audience and the international audience, obviously, i think the first point for him is that the attention has value. because it is russia on the world stage. you can never forget one of his -- one of the basic tenets of his world view is that after the class of soviet union, russia lost prestige. his job is to recover prestige for russia now. i think that joint statement, andrew, is worth mentioning. it is worth mentioning because it does focus on nuclear talks. let's never forget, i know we don't, the u.s. and russia have thousands of nuclear missiles. and anything that can be done to put in guard rails and lessen the threat of a nuclear war is wor

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we have an exclusive interview, putin with nbc's kier simmons ahead of his meeting next week. it's his first television interview in three years. let's get a preview. >> president vladimir putin tells us he's going into next week's summit with relations with the u.s. at a historic low. >> we have a bilateral relationship that deteriorated to its lowest point in recent year. >> the leader last met with a u.s. president in helsinki in 2018. how does he compare former president trump with the fifth american president he's now set to meet? he told us biden is someone he can work with. you once described president trump as a bright person, talented, how would you describe president biden? >> translator: even now i believe that former u.s. president, mr. trump, is an extraordinary individual, talented individual. otherwise he would not have become u.s. president. he's a colorful individual. you may like him or not. he didn't come from the u.s. establishment. he was not a part of politics before. some like it. some don't like it, but that's a fact. president biden, of course, is radi

let's just say this, kevin love shouldn't be on the team, they could've got ben simmons, julius randlem the new york knicks because they were better basketball players but this isn't tokenism. kevin love is an olympian. he was on the 2012 team so when it comes to basketball, the fact of the matter is this divisive rhetoric that has invaded the culture is coming from the halls of congress. the things that aoc is laying out calling and infrastructure deal systemically racist just because she and her squad were in at the table is awful and bad for the country. >> jesse: i agree with you on everything, don't want them anywhere near the olympics squad. at least kevin love can let it go. >> really quickly on the love thing, we have no idea, it might've been about chemistry, pass the ball and not be offensive minded. you bring improved, better bring some evidence. >> jesse: he has no evidence and is just probably trying to be provocative. imagine a guy in the media just trying to be provocative, who does not? >> we are talking about him. >> jesse: i've got to run, thank you so much and again,

keir simmons has new information tonight on why that might be. >> reporter: this week, internationaly into the origins of the coronavirus. >> we can't give them a veto. >> reporter: in january, a trump administration fact sheet accused china of secret military activity at a lab in wuhan. former state department adviser david asher helped write that fact sheet. >> i'm very confident that the military was funding a secret program that did involve coronaviruses. i heard this from several researchers who observed researchers in that lab in the military lab coats. >> reporter: a leading researcher at the wuhan institute of virology insists it's only a civilian institution. she was questioned this year by a former national security official. >> at the beginning of covid-19, we heard the rumors that it's claimed that in our laboratory we have some projects blah blah with the army, blah blah, rumors. but this is not correct. >> reporter: but nbc news has evidence the doctor herself has multiple connections with military officials. she and others collaborated with military scientists on coron

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the interview tonight with nbc's keer simmons potentially providing an early window of what to expect in the high stakes summit meeting. >> reporter: noept our exclusive interview president vladimir putin held up he's going into next week's summit with relations with the u.s. at an historic low. translator: we have a bilateral relationship that's deteriorated to its lowest point in years. >> reporter: the last met with a u.s. president in helsinki. how does he compare? former president trump with the fifth american president he's now set to meet. he told us biden is someone he can work with. >> you once described president trump as a bright person, talented. how would you describe president biden. translator: well even now, i believe former u.s. president mr. trump is a talented individual. otherwise he would not have become u.s. president. he's a colorful individual. you may like him or not. but he had enough of big-time politics before. some like it. some don't like it. but that's a fact. president biden, of course, is radically different from trump because president biden is a care