john sipher, welcome back to the "newshour". wso as someoh long experience in intelligence, how did you read what you heard today? >> like many, i was surpriseded and shock i think our intelligence community, like our diplomats overseas and everybody in th tional security structure, had low hopes for this meeng, and the ba& was pretty low for mr. trump, but he still didn't get over the bar. for him to say some of the things h said about mr. putin in tons situaas very troubling. i think our intelligence community are resilient and they will do their best to provide him the information he needs to make sensible policies, but i don't think we've seen a president like this who doesn't seem to take his job seriously. he takeshimself seriously but doesn't focus on the national security issues those in h administration do. >> woodruff: we took a lot of comments. one in particular, congressman nill hurd, said i've s russian intelligence manipulate many people over my professional career. hnever would have thoughte u.s. president would b

my thanks to matt miller, john sipher and eddie glaude. "mtp daily" starts right now with katy tur. >> i felt you missed a lot on friday and then today happened and i thought, wow, did friday even happen? >> thank you so much. >> it makes me wonder what's going to happen next? >> it's always something. right, my friend? >> that's right. nicolle wallace, thank you very much. welcome back. >>> if it's monday, president trump stands by his man. tonight, red flag. the president is standing with the russian president while trashing his own country. >> i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. >> plus, how do you say witch hunt in russian? >> you would say that was a total witch hunt. thank you very much, everybody. >> and where do we go from here? >> translator: mr. president, i'll give this ball to you and now the ball is in your court. >> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily" on this extraordinary day when preside

. >> john sipher, theory number three, less legally suspicious, an explanation for trump's approach toa that maybe he just really likes putin. >> i respect putin. he's a strong leader, i can tell you that. >> i would say because putin is a nicer person than i am. >> putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers, we've got a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? it would be great if we could get along with russia, just so you understand that. it's not terrible, it's good. >> observers note that far beyond russia, trump's obsession with personality and power led him to admire autocrats, naming adversaries like kim jong-un honorable, complimenting and praising -- what do you think of that defense that trump allies make, which is whatever one thinks of his foreign policy, the strong man prays is not russia spevcific, and maybe that's all it is? >> i suspect it's a lot more than just that. however, if this is true, it's more than just trump not trusting his intelligence community, or it's more than trump just not trusting the intelligence community assessment about the elections. h

my thanks to matt miller, john sipher and eddie glaude.y" starts right now with katy tur. >> i felt you missed a lot on friday and then today happened and i thought, wow, did friday even happen? >> thank you so much. >> it makes me wonder what's going to happen next? >> it's always something. right, my friend? >> that's right. nicolle wallace, thank you very much. welcome back. >>> if it's monday, president trump stands by his man. tonight, red flag. the president is standing with the russian president while trashing his own country. >> i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been