and david kris. he previously served as the justice department's top national security official.lemen we welcome you both. i'll start with andrew weiss. how precedented isto have these kinds of revelations we've seen about the president and russia's leaders. >> when i was at the white house the were plenty of opportunities where we would stage manage a one-on-one encounter between then president clinton and president putin and ris yesin. the idea that it sit in some broar diplomat for the united states. in this case there's no readout on the meetig,o sharing what happened with staff. it doesn't look like donald trump is doingal nationecurity business it looks like he was doing something else. at this point we're just guessing. he has his word. he says he talked about the russian ban on adoption of u.s. children as his main topic and with undisclosed second meeting th vladimir putin. that's something that doesn't seem like a top priority with your first encounter with one of your most important foreign counterparts. >> woodruff: what exactly is missing as we know. m money. theting

david: joining us from berlin is our opinion columnist kris bryant. that struck me was the image of mr. ghosn who has been a lord of industry in that courtroom with graying hair, wearing plastic slippers. this is an awful juxtaposition. >> that is true. this is a moment we have been waiting for a long while, approximately 50 days since he was arrested. controllednissan has the narrative of what has been going on. unable to protest his innocence, today appearing in court, appearing a rather more haggard man then he went into prison. insisting all the allegations against him were false. he stressed the good work he had done for nissan over the years and his loyalty to the company. he put out a fighting performance. he remains in prison because prosecutors insist he is a flight risk. today,in the courtroom he says it was an open secret, i did not keep it secret from anybody. he made a spirited defense. there is an interview in the new york times about 10 days ago with his daughters who say this is corporate politics. this is the head of nissan who did no