mr putin and mrtrump eurasia group, who said that mr putin and mr trump spoke for about an hour, and people familiar with this dinner said it was very animated, and it made others in the room uncomfortable. now, why would it make them uncomfortable? well, it shows kind of where president trump's priorities lie, and it clearly lies in making nice with russia. trump himself has come out in defence and has tweeted fake news story of secret dinner with putin is, quote, sick. all leaders and spouses were invited by the leader of germany. he said the fake news is becoming more and more dishonest, and even a dinner arranged for the top 20 leaders is made to look sinister, so his war with the media continues. and head to our website for the very latest on events at the white house, plus all our other main stories. just go to bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: large crowds of protesters have held a candlelit vigil in warsaw. they are worried about the polish government's planned reforms of thejudiciary. the opp

we will hear from ian bremmer, president of the eurasia group. ck.abor leader jeremy orbyn says there is potential to cooperate with prime minister theresa may. let's get a look at where the major averages stand as we head towards the close. abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: we have bearish action for the major averages heading to the close. nasdaq is down 1%. we have the major averages nearing session lows. look at this index, down nearly 2%. the worst fullback for all of these averages in about a week. surprisingly, you would think that with the nasdaq down, tech is the worst sector. not true. one of them as health care, and two of the biotech giants are down sharply. risk-off day, investors going away. names have 2 big pharma lower, merck and bristol-myers squibb. clinical trials are on hold and that could be pressuring that stock and space overall. of theyear yield -- one big stories today has been the bond selloff. continuing today, the 10-year yield up for basis points from represented in red. perhaps reaction to what is considered to

eurasia group, we think, confrontation is the framework to use.: how do you think china is looking at this? evan: i think china is looking at it as a great opportunity because the more tension there is in the china-russian relationship, it creates greater space for china and russia to work together. the fact that, in their recent summit, that both putin and xi jinping called on or advocated the freeze for freeze proposal, is just another example of russia and china trying to work together to press the u.s. on major international issues. betty: you know, evan, i will tell you what, and i'm sure you know this very closely yourself, lots of newspaper headlines over the last several months talking about how china is going to emerge as the new leader, right? is china going to replace the u.s. of a global leader? are they at the forefront of climate change? if the u.s. going to take the back seat to china? there is tons of headlines. is that really true? evan: sure, absolutely. betty: ok, why? evan: no, i mean, i don't think it is true. i think china is

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much broader context of american turkish bilateral relations in the context of the middle east and eurasia. turkey of course was extremely fortunate to have survived a coup of this breadth and depth and danger. the united states has many as he pointed out, was expected to embrace a democratically elected government facing a military coup and there was great disappointment. i was involved peripherally outside the administration in the decisions in the first few hours and i can assure you this was not a deliberate action by the administration. rather, any of you who have followed president obama in the press or as i have worked with him know that he doesn't make decisions quickly. he likes to have all of the facts and there was an effort to gather facts from many of us outside government and inside government to find out what's going on. that led to the delay and that was unfortunate because in circumstances like that, you have to act immediately and we didn't so that's the first blow. the second blow was in some of the military commanders whose focus is entirely on isis, i want to underline

ian bremmer of the eurasia group. back in a moment.tay with us. ♪ ♪ charlie: -- >> he is the 20th president of princeton university.he has held that job for many years. he is also a supreme score -- supreme court scholar. he has tried to engage princeton more deep beat with american society, welcoming navy rotc back campus, and increasing economic diversity. welcome to turn these table.i want to read something you read at princeton's graduation. "we live in a time when confidence in our shared institution is ebbing. not only journalists, but business, nonprofits, all organizations. it is tempting to complain about but we need, institutions because they enable us to pursue larger purposes together." first, why is confidence in all the institutions ebbing? >> it's a great question, david. the best i can do is speculate. it is a worldwide trend. there may be different causes in different places. if i look at the u.s., i think about political polarization that leads us to disagree systemically with one another, and at times, as an article

ian bremmer of the eurasia group. back in a moment.tay with us. ♪ >> chris eisgruber is the 20th president of princeton university. he has held a job for four years after spending the previous nine as the second in command. he is also a supreme court scholar. as president he has tried to , engage princeton university with american society, welcoming navy rotc back campus, and increasing economic diversity. welcome to charlie's table. i want to read something you said it princeton graduation, which was a couple weeks ago. "we live in a time when confidence in our shared institution is ebbing. not only government but business, journalism, nonprofit organizations. it is tempting to complain about our institution's failures but , we need institutions because they enable us to pursue larger purposes together." first, why is confidence in all the institutions ebbing? chris: it is a great question, david. in the best i can do is so. it is a worldwide trend. there may be different causes in different places. if i look specifically at the unite

russia, by contrast, is a vast land power of eurasia with potential rivals in close proximity. by eliminating these missiles from europe, russia gained security in the most likely theater of a general war from the superpower most capable of striking in its territory, the united states. on the other hand, the inf treaty only applies to the united states and russia so countries on the eurasian perimeter, and here i speak in particular of china, have complete freedom to deploy intermediate range missiles. moreover, the lack of these missiles in russia's arsenal deprives russia of a potent tool to gain leverage as it always seeks to do. vladimir putin has resolved this ambivalence in a simple way -- cheating on the inf treaty. by state department accounts, russia has been testing a new cruise missile that could strike western europe since at least 2008, at least nine years. in fact, the obama administration repeatedly warned the kremlin to cease and desist. the state department formally declared russia in vilest of the -- in violation of the treaty in 2014 and every year thereafter

contrast, is a vast land power of eurasia with potential rivals in close proximity. by limiting these missiles from europe, rushing gained security in the most likely theater of a general war from the superpower most capable of striking in its territory for, the united states. on the other hand, the inf treaty only applies to the united states and russia so countries on the eurasian speak in and here i particular of china, have complete freedom to deploy intermediate range missiles. moreover, the lack of these missiles in russia's arsenal deprives russia of a potent tool to gain leverage as it always seeks to do. putin has resolved this ambivalence in a simple way -- cheating on the inf treaty. by state department accounts, russia has been testing a new cruise missile that could strike western europe since at least 2008, at least nine years. in fact, the obama administration repeatedly warned the kremlin to cease and desist. tate department, formally declared russia in vilest of the treaty in 2014 and every year thereafter. yet they never followed up in any meaningfu

what does it mean to be the deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. what were your responsibilities? >> it's a policy job for specific responsibility for russ russia, ukraine, the balkans, and my jobs included conventional arms control in addition to other responsibilities. >> so it's a policy job with a very broad swath of the world under your remit there. from that position, because of that experience, it has really struck me what you told mcclatchy for their recent reporting. you told them there appears to be significant cooperation between russia's online propaganda machine and individuals in the united states. what exactly did you mean by that and how do you, how do you know enough to make that observation? >> well, rachel, in the course of my career at the state department, at the white house national security council but also at the pentagon, i saw a lot of russian disinformation campaigns, usually covert campaigns. i saw anytime georgia in 2008, in ukraine, in moldova, where a couple of weeks before our election there was both a cyberattack, t

it would russia to hold all our bases, troops and allies at risk in eurasia. a time has come to put an end to this. if we cannot compel the bear to return to it den, we can lay traps in its path around the world. thank you all. >> thank you, senator. that was a great way to kick us off. i thought i would start with a couple questions and open it up to the 5audience from there. first of all, i thought i'd ask because the trump administration has a nuclear policy and missile defense policy going on, why shouldn't kocongress sit back a wait until its done before moving forward? >> first, what i think you'd find would be similar to the proposals in our underlying proposal. second, these ideas do not come from me. this is a validated requirement that comes from military planners within the department of defense. and third, these reviews are important. they're valid. but we're six months on, and congress needs to take its proper constitutional role in addressing some of the real challenges that we face from threats around the world. >> let me sort of stick with the

global market research for eurasia.n pacific rim dynamics second to none and joins us on our new york set this morning. >> good morning, tom. tom: we seem to be adrift. we have all the washington politics going on and it feels like asia is almost slipping away. if you look at weaker dollar and the political economics and the dynamics of pacific rim. you are one of the generations' great watchers of this. should we be concerned asia is slipping away from the united states of america? >> the political and economic dynamics between the west and the so-called developed markets and developing markets have fundamentally changed throughout the last year or so. you have had political risk and eventual risk coming out of the developed markets weather in the u.s. or in europe, where as some of these so-called emerging markets now seem on a relative basis, safe payments -- safe havens. that's a different dynamic. tom: we talk about stability with the fed and taper tantrum's and unwinding of balance sheets, is there stability withi

ian bremmer is with us from eurasia group and running us is michael the -- michael.ay be my chart of the year, i sold this to the chicago fed and the san francisco fed, you know this chart, labor share, a percent of compensation, what is stunning about this chart is how flat it is for so many decades, we are six standard deviations, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 standard deviations below what label -- labor share used to be, the scream of the nation that chair yellen here's -- hears. i when i look at that chart, see a great recession chart, we had an economic downturn, a loose labor market were sometime and that is reversing. the economicif expansion continues and the labor market continues to tighten at the margin that labor share will continue to pick up, we are off the bottom and still low one historical basis but that is a business cycle phenomenon. you have been out front on labor day nymex and capital dynamics and technology, is this about technology taking over everyone's lives, everyone including chair yellen? on the technology front, we need to focus more on productivity

. >> joining us now, the director of europe and eurasia research at the atlantic council and she is here to discuss russia's lobbying efforts, historically and today, against u.s. sanctions imposed against them. thanks for being here today. guest: thanks for having me. ction to the latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. and jared kushner, paul manafort last june. what do you think the implications of that revelation are? guest: as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the united states. he had dual citizenship, russia and u.s. that not that surprising somebody of the nature would've joined the meeting because the russian attorney who he will be hearings a lot about, the person who asked for the meeting supposedly, was a lobbyist herself and likely worked closely with this other individual and other lobbying efforts on behalf of russian business interests and the russian governme

senior fellow here, formally served as assistant to the secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. i will go ahead and give the panelists about five minutes for introductions and then we will dive into questions from me and open it up to the floor. >> ok. thank you. i would like to thank the organizers for the event and for the people in the audience for your interest in this subject. the turnout is a positive surprise for me. i am humbled to be here on my second day on the strap. my first day i spent traveling to be here. [laughter] way toink it is a great start. there were excellent introductions. question of what i have left to say. i will still try to frame the same issue from my side, as minister of defense. and briefly why this is important, why we should pay attention to it. secondly, what kind of attention is needed. thirdly, what should be our sort of attitude towards this exercise. later, of course, i would be happy to answer any questions. all?s this important at most important military,he political, strategic exercise that russia has this year. noteis very important to

rose: thank you, ian emmer, eurasia group. back in a moment, stay with us. >> rose: we conclude this evening with a look at the controversy surrounding donald trump, jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer last summer. attorney natalia veselnitskaya met with donald trump, jr. and members of the trump campaign including the president's son in law jared kushner and his campaign manager paul manafort two weeks after trump received the republican nomination. according to emails released by donald trump, jr. himself last week, the meeting was originally presented as an opportunity to receive damaging information about hillary clinton that could possibly influence the campaign on friday it was reported that a russian american lobbyist named-- was also present, he has been described as a former soviet-era spy who now advocates for russian interests in washington. the atlantic's julia ioffe offers a detailed portrait of the russian attorney at the center of this story in a new article for atlantic magazine, she joins from washington. >>

eurasia group president ian bremmer based on the role of north korea's role in talks with china.he close of trading, let's get a check on markets with abigail doolittle. bonds and equities are down. abigail: we are certainly seeing solid selling pressure here for the major averages in the u.s., dow, s&p, nasdaq down half a percent, on pace for their worst day since last thursday. the nasdaq down the most. technology is not the worst sector. let's take a look at the group returned function. a few points here. tech, even though it is dragging on the nasdaq and s&p 500, right in the middle of the pack. at the bottom, real estate and telecom. yields are higher which put pressure on these interest rate stocks. look at the worst point drags for the s&p 500 today, a mixed bag. aseral electric down 4% jpmorgan has cut its price target to $22, maintaining the underweight rating. they are not happy about the ceo change happening "unexpectedly early." they suggest fundamentals are less strong as suggested. those shares clearly under some pressure. apple is down as the tech pullback continue

i spoke to ian bremmer from the eurasia group just now, who broke this story, and the 620 leaders andheir spouses were at a dinner. each couple had one translator, and mr trump's translator spoke japanese, according to the white house, and therefore couldn't translate this meeting between mr trump and mr putin. that's why mr putin's translator was the only one present, and therefore mr putin's translator is the only one who truly knows what was said. as you know, the nuances of language with translations! ian bremmer told me that me that people familiar with this dinner recounted to him it was a very private conversation, and that it made people in the room uncomfortable. why? because this was president trump's first 620, and it made clear where his priorities lie, which was with talking to russia and working on the relationship with russia. whereas we do need to remember, on that note, that mr trump's campaign promise, one of them, was to mend relations with russia. and this was his first 620, and this was his first kind of means of being able to work further on this relationship, in

cloe ragot is a france analyst with eurasia group, who advise businesses on political risks.me to business live. just before we get onto it, ijust wonder, these are two men, similar back story, the ground in the corporate world who have then gone on to take the top job in politics but very different personalities. how do you think that will play out in these discussions? they both have an interest to actually work together, so i think despite all the disagreement, as we know, on climate change, on trade, and also to some extent on defence, i think they will just avoid those topics and focus, for instance, on, you know, more trade relation, and also on counterterrorism. one of the things that we touched on just there was the trade deficit that the us has with the european union. it has been a clarion call that trump has gone back to time and time again, that he doesn't like these imbalances. what hope do you think there is, then, of getting him to restart talks on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, a free—trade deal, when there already exists this imbalance? f

the presidents of consultancy firm eurasia group. never in my life as a political scientist. have i seen. two countries major countries with a constellation of national interests that are as dissonance. while the two leaders. seem to be doing everything possible to make nice nice and be close to each other like that that's what people don't understand. the latest revelations come as donald trump's team is under investigation over alleged russian collusion in last year's presidential election. the president's son donald trump junior has himself come under fire for failing to disclose a meeting with the russian lawyer in twenties steam. heat from easton potentially damaging information about hillary clinton. he's yet to testify before the senate. down the road. the european union has expressed concern about the rule of law in poland space often will make is that voted to send a bill on reforming the judiciary. to a parliamentary committee with the bill passes it will be the president and not parliaments with the power to appoint judges. to on a deceased husband. but i think it

there is absolutely nothing wrong -- by the way, i am the asian --of the europe, europe and eurasia and subcommittee and emerging threats. one thing in my jurisdiction is russia. should i ever turn down a chance to talk to somebody who has information for me, negative or positive, about russia? no, i shouldn't. the trumpr should campaign have ignored any opportunity to receive more information about what was being hillary,ilary. -- perhaps, in the raising of millions of dollars for the clinton foundation. determine is the information accurate or not accurate? if it is not accurate, you do not want to touch it. i should not -- say the democrats, many people were disturbed that there had been a release of females during the campaign. this of a question about russian issue was whether russia or somebody else actually hacked into the system and released those emails. i think what is important is whether the truth was revealed. if someone was talking about releasing negative and false information, the public should be upset about that. but they should not be upset if they are given a chance

because it would eventually allow russia to hold all our bases, all our troops, all our allies in eurasia risk. the time has come to put an end to this. we cannot impel the bear to return to his then, we can at least lay traps in his path around the world. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you senator, that was a great way to kick us off. i thought i'd start with a couple questions and open it up to the audience from there. i thought it was really just, first of all asking because the trump administration has a nuclear policy and a missile defense policy review going on, why shouldn't congress sit back and kind of wait until that's all done before moving forward with this legislation? >> i think what you find in that review is going to be similar to the proposals in our underlying legislation as well as house armed services committee concluded in their versions of the national defense authorization act. second, these ideas do not come lightly. this is the validated requirement that comes from planners in the department of defense and third, these views are important. they are valid. but

national security analyst and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. she was the pentagon's top expert on russia. evelyn, i'm curious about how this all went down. is there a scenario where vladimir putin would say hey, we've got to get into the trump campaign, we've got to figure out a way to get -- curry favor with them, why don't we send this promoter who is a representative of a pop star in russia to try to get a meeting with don jr. >> sure, it's possible. katy, remember, donald trump had a relationship with the pop star and his father going back years, at least to 2013 and the miss usa or miss america, i don't remember which one, pageant -- >> miss universe. >> miss universe. thank you. but the bigger point is i think -- i mean, inside those e-mails was that sentence about this is part of russia's support and the russian government's support to mr. trump. i would like that sentence to be explained. because what does that mean? what support from russia and russia's government? and the russian government. >> getting an e-mail like this and having

he's the president of the eurasia group and a frequent guest.back at the table. tell me about this.

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i'm senior vice president for europe, eurasia and the arctic region. we cannot be more delighted to welcome secretary of state of defense michael fallon here to csis. i was explaining to the secretary that, boy, the news cycle has been so quiet and slow the last few days that we were so glad he could come here and help elevate our discussion. but he comes at an incredibly important time, certainly on the heels of several days of incredible news not only security related issues, with the north korean launch of an icbm, but also as we watch unfold the historic meeting between president trump and president putin today. secretary fallon, thankfully, is a frequent visitor to csis. he was here two years ago in march and the topic of the discussion was in defense of a rules-based order and how that transatlantic relationship can be used. and i think now, in today's discussion, we will look at the defense of the rules-based order and see where we go from here. secretary fallon assumed secretary of state for defense, his position, on july 15, 2014. two days lat

. >> reporter: then he met a bird, a eurasia eagle-owl named mr.m that moment, he was one of the greatest inspirations for me doing what i do now. >> reporter: as mr. hoots began to heal and spread his wings, so did rodney. >> it feels great to give back. >> reporter: now a licensed falconer, he takes mr. hoots around the schools in the d.c. area, partnering with police and youth services as director of the non-profit wings over america. >> mr. hoots. >> reporter: many kids have never seen a wild bird up close. >> a little scary. >> reporter: why? >> because it's a bird. we don't know what he'll do next. >> reporter: you can see and hear the bond between rodney and his birds. >> don't open your fist no matter what this bird does. >> okay. well, hello. >> is he soft? >> he was so soft. >> reporter: the kids also learn about conservation and animal migration. scientist rob beergarden and rodney worked together to capture an osprey and attach a tracker. >> the radio we used was on a bird we called rodney after rodney. >> reporter: the kids get a lesso

i'm senior vice president for europe, eurasia and the arctic region. we cannot be more delighted to welcome secretary of state of defense michael fallon here to csis. i was explaining to the secretary that, boy, the news cycle has been so quiet and slow the last few days that we were so glad he could come here and help elevate our discussion. but he comes at an incredibly important time, certainly on the heels of several days of incredible news not only security related issues, with the north korean launch of an icbm, but also as we watch unfold the historic meeting between president trump and president putin today. secretary fallon, thankfully, is a frequent visitor to csis. he was here two years ago in march and the topic of discussion was in defense of a rules-based order and how that transatlantic relationship can be used. and i think now, in today's discussion, we will look at the defense of the rules-based order and see where we go from here. secretary fallon assumed secretary of state for defense, his position, on july 15, 2014. two days later,

situation with north korea and making a peaceful resolution, let's bring in peaceful director at the eurasiathis is a very tenuous situation, obviously, there aren't a lot of good choices, and right now it is looking like the u.s. is saying we want them to stop with the nuclear tests, or there is going to be war, are there any other options? >> well, certainly, the u.s. government is very much focused on angling for that other optio option, as you just heard by the secretary of state, his comments were also echoed by the president and also our secretary of defense here, and to the aim of the u.s. approach is to ratchet up enough diplomatic and economic pressure on north kore north korea, to bring them back to the table for talks, and that is what you're going to hear when presidential trump meets with xi jinping tomorrow, and that is going to be the focus for at least the next six to 12 months year at a time. >> melissa: obviously, everyone is getting very nervous, it seems like this is what we have been trying for a long time, his talks come these negotiations, and it seems like they just c

council and serve until january this year as the deputy secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. carpenter was here last night and kind enough to agree to come back because i put him on the spot life on national television with no warning if he would do so. i apologize for putting you on the spot last night. thank you for coming back. >> it's a pleasure to be here. thanks. >> thank you. first of all, let me just ask you a big question. part of the reason i wanted you to come back tonight is i wanted you to spread out and explain some of what you saw and what you think is most important about it. you were the top pentagon official on russia while the russian attack was happening during the election last year. are there things that you saw from that inside perspective that a, you can talk about in public but b, you think it's important for americans to really understand about that attack? >> yeah. so there are things that i saw obviously, classified matters that i can't talk about in public. but what i will say is what i said last night as well, you know. i have watched russian cy

served until january this year as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, and eurasia. if you recognize him from this show, it's because mr. carpenter was here last night. he was kind enough to agree to come back because i put him on the spot and asked him live on national television with no warning if he would do so. mr. carpenter, i apologize. you were the top pentagon official on russia while the russian attack was happening during the election last year. are there things that you saw from that perspective, from that inside perspective that, a, you can't talk about in public, but, b, that you think it's important for americans to really understand about that attack? >> there are things that i saw that are classified that i can't talk about in public, but i have watched russian both cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns in a number of other countries from up close and seen all their various details and manifestations. ukraine being a prime example. i have seen how the russians do that and you cited the lawsuit, and the lawsuit is absolutely right. how to perpetr

council and serve until january this year as the deputy secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia. mr. carpenter was here last night and kind enough to agree to come back because i put him on the spot life on national television with no warning if he would do so. i apologize for putting you on the spot last night. thank you for coming back. >> it's a pleasure to be here. thanks. >> thank you. first of all let me ask you a big question. part of the reason i wanted you to come back tonight is awanted you to spread out and explain some of what you saw and what you think is most important about it. you were the top pentagon official on russia while the russian attack was happening during the election last year. are there things that you saw from that inside perspective that a, you can talk about in public but b, you think it's important for americans to really understand about that attack? >> yeah. so there are things that i saw obviously, classified matters that i can't talk about in public. but what i will say is what i said last night as well, you know. i have watched russian cyber

also joining us for secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, eurasia. also david frum, senior editor for the atlantic. ambassador mcfaul, what could possibly go wrong with that hour with vladimir putin, donald trump and putin's translator. >> let's be clear, i was deeply disturbed by the official meeting when they only had secretary tillerson there. no note taker to the best of my knowledge. i don't think tillerson was taking notes. and you're playing defense. you're sitting with man who's been in that job for 17 years. he knows all the foreign policy issues cold. trump is new. but to sit down with him for another hour i think it puts him in a very awkward position. and one more thing to add, you know, you seem to me, lawrence, like a guy who has attended dinner prties from time to time, right new work the room. 3 1/2 hour meeting. other heads of state there. spend time with hosts, by the way. one of our most important allies, angela merkel, to sit with one person for an hour and not talk to anyone else, sends a terrible signal to the rest of the world.

joining us in studio, director of global research eurasia group, advises political and geopolitical risk. they study this very carefully, particularly russia. it doesn't get weirder than this. >> okay. that's not true. >> everything gets weirder. >> we've seen weirder. >> how do you reconcile this. rex tillerson says out of the gate they talked about sanctions. president trump says not only did we not talk about sanctions but we are getting together to talk about cyber security. >> there's two things here, one whether he went into the meeting prepared to raise the question of election meddling and raising sanctions. the other thing is the existing sanctions already in place on russia as a result of russia meddling in ukraine, which are sanctions that are the prerogative of the white house to lift if they want to. the problem for trump congress is about to pass a bell that would require congressional approval to lift those sanctions. >> the white house is working overtime to make sure the white house wants sanctions to get lifted. what kind of power does the white house have to get that d

i'm joined by former deputy of defense for ukraine and eurasia and msnbc and nbc foreign policy and nbcndent matt bradley joins us from london. thanks to both of you. let me start with you, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster said, quote, we have no specific agenda." it's whatever the president wants to talk about. we know vladimir putin is a former kgb officer, very disciplined. won't he have a specific agenda? >> first of all, craig, thanks for having me on. vladimir putin has a specific agenda. he wants a big deal if he can get it in the united states, a sphere of influence, basically his ability to do what he wants in eastern europe, central asia and even syria. what he'll want out of this meeting, he'll want assurances by the president they can have access to the two facilities obama administration closed down at the end of the administration in retaliation for russians meddling in our elections. i hope president trump will not give that to him. i hope president trump drivers a strong message to the russians they need to cut out their meddling, which is probably ongoing, their

. >>> and secretary of defense for ukraine and eurasia joining us as well.t trump has been working the phones over the long holiday weekend. fill us in on his conversations the last 48 hours or so. >> he has had conversations with the leaders of italy and france and germany and also saudi arabia. you mentioned the meeting between vladimir putin and the president on the sidelines. it will be interesting. what do the two talk about? do they talk about election issues? do they talk about syria? can the united states and russia get together on commonalty in syria and the coalition team making progress there. the other issue -- and ukraine, of course. and the other issue about the summit coming up, angela merkel and the president and who is the host of the summit and they have a strained relationship and she has been critical of the president's decision to pull out of paris accords and refuge issue and critical on his travel ban on refuges coming into the united states. the two of them are very much at odds on a lot of global issues. one way to think about it, an

much broader context of american-turkish bilateral relations in the context of the middle east and eurasia. was extremely fortunate to have survived a coup of this danger.and the united states, as many turks have pointed out, was expected to immediately embrace a democratically elected government after a military coup, and it was disappointing. i was involved in the decision in the first few hours, and i can assure you, this was not a deliberate action by the administration. rather, any of you who have followed president obama in the press know that he does not make decisions quickly. he likes to have all of the facts. it was an effort to gather facts by many of us to find out what was going on. that led to the delay. that was unfortunate, because in circumstances like that, you have to act immediately and we did not. so that was the first blow. was in some of the military commanders, was focused is entirely on isis. i want to underline that, because to understand the foreign policy context, when there is no more isis, the american military will no longer have the war it has wanted for 20

. >> so for folks wondering what the eurasia group, tell us what that is and who you are. >> sure. i'm a political scientist. the world's largest political risk who look at how politics affects markets all over the world. >> political risk consultancy. how did you come to know about this meeting that the white house didn't discuss? >> i don't want to tell you who directly told me, but this is a meeting of the principals, the g20s heads of state, their spouses, most in attendance. it was a long dinner, almost 3 1/2 hours. i know a lot of people in that group and many of them, including all of america's principle allies, they found it remarkable. they were concerned by it. it was noteworthy and so it got out. and i personally was quite surprised that there was no readout on it whatsoever after the meeting happened and so, as a consequence, especially since trump himself and there's been so much talk about what was and was not discussed in the broader formal meeting, the two-hour meeting that you just spoke about, did they talk about sanctions, the hacks, did he push them, did they no

join me now is president of the eurasia group and foreign affairs columnist.hat would be your goal going into the dg 20? >> get through it without too much -- you have to understand, that america trumps america first policy and his willingness to shoot from the hip on any issue, which plays very well to his base, place particularly badly outside the united states. this will be the first time in history in g20 that the american president will be so personally disliked and distrusted by a majority of leaders around the table. so he is not coming into comfortable territory when he goes and does his valleys in the united states, the deep south, that is very friendly territory. here is coming into a table of his peers, whether or not he sees them that way, and they will be more hostile. i think they'll be a challenge. >> dana: what you think will happen in the meeting with president putin? do you think it will be a positive outcome or like john was saying, europeans are concerned there might be a better relationship between america and russia. some people in americ

and ukraine and eurasia. that senior pentagon official responsible for russia now says about that part of the russia attack last year, quote, there appears to have been significant cooperation between russia's online propaganda machine and individuals in the united states who were knowledgeable about where to target the disinformation. again, that coming from the person who was in charge of russia at the pentagon, at the time the russian attack was happening. we're going to be speaking with that former official. that former pentagon official tomorrow night on this program for the interview. so you should cancel your thursday night plans for right now. all that is stacked up. that headline from mcclatchy today is presumably harrowing to the trump white house, trump-russia investigators investigators probe jared kushner-run digital operation. even after that, late this evening, that particular story became even worse news for the trump white house. because later this evening, charlie savage from the new york ti