with the kremlin because many people in the kremlin president putin himself while they do have certain respect for the obama administration. they believe that the crisis that we have right now and to some extent the syrian crisis the arming of the rebels and the armed groups and the terrorist groups in that country was all due to the well put it simply incompetence of the obama administration so in that respect putting at least some of the of the blame on the united states may be helpful i think many people in russia would say that they also recognize that russia made mistakes in policy choices but. i would rather look forward rather than trying to you. perhaps unsurprisingly the mainstream media also raised the alarm over the summit calling trump weak and warning that the american president will see too much ground possibly to president putin. is of course not the calmest of people how do you think ill react to this criticism do you think he's going to take that sort of weight with him into the meeting well i think in the thing that this is what the media trying to do the morning watc

he had taken a job in moscow in the kremlin hierarchy.rough the ranks with lightning speed. >> from city bureaucrat to kremlin superstar. >> he had just become acting prime minister when it became blindingly clear the country needed a new president. >> so yeltsin was ready to topple over, and they settled on putin because they knew that yeltsin could retire and not be put in jail. >> boris yeltsin was notoriously corrupt, but kremlin power brokers wanted to protect him. >> so the deal was made, the deal was made. >> december 31st, 1999. >> the surprise announcement from boris yeltsin that he is resigning as president and turning over power to his prime minister vladimir putin. >> in the very first moments of the 21st century, vladimir putin became president of russia. his first words, we live in a competitive world and are not among its leaders. and right away putin began to change his country. he joined soldiers on the front lines of the war in chechnya. he reassured russians that better times were ahead. >> translator: i think we'll get

a man and woman walk across the bridge right next to the kremlin.surveillance cameras. all those cameras, but amazingly, this grainy, far-away video is the only footage that exists of a critical moment in recent russian history. inside the circle of what a moscow tv station purports to be boris nemtsov and his girlfriend. nemtsov was a force, the well known opposition leader who led the protests in 2011. the station says while this snowplow hides the two from camera's view, nemtsov was killed, shot four times in the back. >> a prominent russian opposition figure has been killed. >> four shots, in the back. >> just blocks from the kremlin. >> so who murdered boris nemtsov? vladimir putin condemned the killing, calling it shameful and impudent. and five chechens are currently on trial for murder, but the court case plods along. in the meantime, doubts remain. >> the assassination was extremely professional. >> reporter: a russian-born journalist says that only one group could be that professional. >> nemtsov's girlfriend, who he was walking with, didn

here's cnn's jake tapper today asking page about his kremlin ties. >> but you did advise the kremlin? i just want to make it clear, you did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, that's -- it's really spin. i mean, i -- i set in on some meetings, but to call my an adviser, i think, is way over the -- over the top. >> except in a 2013 letter, you wrote, it says, quote, over the past half year, i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presidency of the g-20 summit next month, where energy issues will be a prominent point on the agenda. that's august 2013. that's yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >> you know, informal, having some conversations with people. i mean, this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. you know, page 8, it says, it talks about disguised propaganda, including the planting of false or misleading articles. which is exactly what this is. so, that's kind of the pot callin

two days later the kremlin told the world it was planning to put a satellite up to. people in the west could only guess at how far the soviet ten progressed with their secret project. is. there were a number of americans who were convinced that the russians had very good engineers and that they should be taken seriously as competitors and that we americans would have to make a big effort if we wanted to win. there were other americans that said the russians weren't that far along but they were backwards in everything and were peasants that couldn't do it. so we had nothing to fear. most americans were convinced the soviet union was an enormous very backward country. there was even a general of jokes about their blocky looking cars and the peasants in the kremlin . by contrast the american way of life meant prosperity huge streamlined automobiles and optimism. it was a country that could be sure of itself in every respect. many believe in the race for space had already been won before it even started. nobody in the us seemed to doubt they would take the top. german am

cars and the peasant in the kremlin. by contrast to the american way of life meant prosperity huge streamlined automobiles and optimism. it was a country that could be sure of itself in every respect. many believe the race for space had already been won before it even started. nobody in the us seemed to doubt they would take the top prize. german american vendor from brown in particular could always drum up public support for spaceflight in the mid fifty's a daring visionary and clever pragmatist he spoke on television of flying to the stars meanwhile he was still occupied only with building nuclear missiles for the army if he wanted to take things further he had to win his employers over to the idea of conquering space to convince them he described space stations as potential platforms for launching nuclear weapons here is very good looking he was very persuasive he words very attentive to audiences so you know he knew what people wanted to hear and he would be your you shape the word what he said to make the audience i

you did advise the kremlin in 2013 or 2012. >> jake, it's really spin.meetings, but to call me an adviser, i think, is way over the top. >> except in a 2013 letter, you wrote -- it says, quote, over the past half year, i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presidency of the g20 summit next month where energy issues will be prominent on the agenda. that's yourself calling yourself an informaled advisers to the kremlin. >> informal having some conversations with people. this is really nothing, just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. >> all right. let's discuss this and more with cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coats and cnn political analyst and congressional reporter for politico rachel bade. so he's acknowledging at a minimum he was an informal adviser to the kremlin. >> yeah, and that he has a long history with them, as chris just discussed. this is not something that started just with this dossier. it's intere

clear russian invasion but officially denied by the kremlin does this sound familiar? 2016 attacks on american elections, there for everyone to see, denied by the kremlin. trump has made it clear that if russia ever perpetuated an attack like that against a nato country, trump would believe russia and not his own eyes, not his own government. he has telegraphed to russia that if you simply deny the invasion or the attack, we will believe you, not our own government, not our own intelligence and security agencies. that's what he told us today. and that's what would likely happen if europe was attacked. so the europeans know this. why we are so much weaker today is because that message to the europeans comes with a price. if the europeans don't feel that we are going to get their back, having watched the president mock and insult them over the course of the last four days, it is now in doubt as to whether they would come to our defense if we asked as we did after the attacks on september 11. now, none of our european partners will say that. they are going to try to save

did you ever advise the kremlin or work with the kremlin on anything? >> look, jake, i -- no, i've never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by any stretch of the imagination. you know, i may have back in the g-20 when they were getting ready to do that in st. petersburg, i might have participated in a few meetings that a lot of people including people from the obama administration were sitting in on in geneva and paris and et cetera. i've never been anywhere near what's being described here. >> but you have advised the kremlin in the past? that was 2013 that g-20 meeting i believe. >> look, it was -- there were experts from around the world talking about energy issues and i was one of countless company -- myself and a lot of academics and business people who are involved in nefarious discussion sessions but it was nothing. >> but you did advise the kremlin? i want to make it clear. you did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, it's really spin. i mean, i sat in on some meetings but to call me an adviser, i think

pro-kremlin tv went further, blaming the former double agent himself.guage] >> back to that night on the moscow bridge the allegations that putin might have played a role in boris's murder may stem in part from the evidence that boris had been accumulating against president putin. >> boris was about to reveal information that would prove russia's involvement in the conflict in the ukraine. >> that ukraine report was released a few months after his murder. but there was an earlier report published in 2012 that also was embarrassing for putin. he claimed the president had 43 planes, 15 helicopters and 4 yachts at his disposal. including one super yacht. the report also says there were 20 palaces available to putin at any time. one of the palaces known in the press simply as putin's palace, was set to be worth $1 billion. >> this is not true. this is perverted commenting of reality. >> putin's spokesman says every one leader, especially a leader of the nuclear power like russia or the united states, has access to state-owned planes and helicopters that are

that is a warning to the kremlin to leave it up allies in the east alone.t trump created drama and turmoil which the kremlin welcomes. mark: how might this summit differ from the kim jong-un summit, which took place recently in singapore? how should and could donald summit? about this >> if president trump were interested in clearly advancing american interests, for example, by insisting that russia leave ukraine, insisting that moscow pursue cooperation with us in syria rather than working against our interest. he can make it clear to the kremlin that they have little option of reducing american opposition to their difficult policies. the danger is that president trump will go and say positive things about his friend vladimir. and encourage the russians to think america stronger opposition to their aggression in ukraine, to their policies in syria, will diminish. to whati am curious as will happen regarding sanctions. will the president use it as leverage, if so, what good he gain from threatening to up sanctions or do away with some sanctions? >> he has a

doing to deal with the north korean crisis this is the area where things are getting a bit warmer kremlin has praised american efforts and north korean efforts but a lot of my putin is kept saying that it's still a long way to go and concrete steps have to be made so i just made it to the area and just leave immediately very close to where donald and lot of them will be easy to use and i see this so the hosts are sending to the streets perhaps a bit of security precautions here so a lot of the rives of the presidential palace in less than an hour and some are asking whether he'll be traveling there in his russian made cortege limousine here's what kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov told us about the most. but you did really you'll see these new cars new vehicles they're not mass produced not yet at least in the autumn have the company will start taking orders from mass produced cars and sometime next year they will be available for purchase as we start to have more and more limits capable of transporting heads of states will be able to use them for a wide range of purposes as for the car the

clear russian invasion but officially denied by the kremlin. ?ound familiar 2016 attacks on american elections are for everyone to see, denied by the kremlin. happened on aer trump hasry, telegraphed to russia that if you simply deny the invasion or the attack, we will be leave you not our own government. not our own intelligence and security agencies. that is what he told them today and that is likely what would happen of europe was attacked. that is why we are so much weaker today, because that message to the europeans comes with a price. at the europeans do not feel we're going to have their back, having watched the president insult them over the last four doubt as tonow in whether they would come to our defense if we asked, as we did after the attacks on september 11. now, none of our european partners will say that. they are going to try to save face. they are going to try to be the bigger party to the contest and say the strength of the alliance is a strong is it has ever been. and if it has not, there are consequences for the united states

. >> ambos lÍderes negaron la interferencia del kremlin en las elecciones de 2016 pero no ocultaron lode hecho trump apoyÓ todo lo dicho por su homÓlogo, hasta el punto de que aquÍ en estados unidos ya se habla de una nueva relaciÓn entre ambos paÍses, una relaciÓn que por cierto estÁ levantando muchas ampollas, en estados unidos muchos se preguntan por quÉ el presidente trump cede de esta manera ante un histÓrico adversario, nos acompaÑa julio vaqueiro desde rusia siguiendo el mundial de fÚtbol, ¿cÓmo ves allÁ en rusia esta reuniÓn?. >> pues, josÉ, de una forma muy distinta de cÓmo se ve allÁ, en este momento aquÍ en general hay una buena percepciÓn del presidente donald trump, casi todas las personas con que hemos hablado dicen que esperan que de esta reuniÓn esperan que surja una nueva relaciÓn positiva entre ambos paÍses. >> se estrecharon la mano, se (hablan en inglÉs).. >> pero habÍa un elefante en el salÓn, la intervencion de rusia en el proceso electoral de 2016 y la posible colusiÓn de la campaÑa de trump con el kremlin. cada uno ve por los intereses de su paÍs dijo putin pero

the trump putin summit but even after the senator did a one eighty upon returning to the states the kremlin said it wasn't surprised we're not wearing rose tinted glasses and understand perfectly well how much the american political establishment is pressured by stereotypes and internal and russian pressure and these stereotypes didn't only have an effect on how americans view russia upon their return democrats slammed the republican visitors they claimed the trip amounted to surrendering to some sort of kremlin kleptocracy and as for the mainstream media they began to claim trump became a russian spy back in nineteen eighty seven their new cover story from new york magazine writer jonathan chait lays out what could be considered the worst case scenario for trying. russia collusion the dollar trump has been a russian intelligence asset since one thousand nine hundred the peace acknowledges that is probably not true but it might be so with all the name calling and spy allegations floating around us political life it's kind of hard to see how anyone can expect the july sixteenth summit to be

pulling at the strings kremlin's interference in elections. i didn't know whether to thank vladimir putin and donald trump for timing the summit so well, to drive more attention to what we're doing here or whether to campaign they drowned out our news today but i think i'll thank them instead, because i think what it does it really focuses attention not only on the national challenge we're facing but what is truly an international challenge. this event brings together members of congress and parliaments from both sides of the aisle and both sides of the atlantic for discussion of the kremlin's interference in democratic elections and the challenge our institutions and society face from cyber attacks. speaking of cyber we're live streaming today's events so warm welcome to those of us joining us remotely. we encourage everyone to be part of the discussion by using the #russiafactor. let me take a moment to extend a special welcome to our partners in this endeavor, transatlantic commission on election integrity and the office of mark warner for

trying to weaken at least that western european purchasing of russian gas will worry those in the kremlin there is something else to talk about here though and that is the view that is how old it here in russia but also in other parts of europe particularly in germany has to be said that there's something else going on here there's something else behind this american opposition to russian gas exports into europe and that is essentially that america it's believed wants to get in on the energy market place in western europe that if it can force russia out that basically gives an in for the united states and its liquidnet natural gas exports because for as long as russia is there with its cheaper pipelines american l.n.g. is not going to get much of a look and so if it can force russia out than that obviously gives donald trump's mercantile transactional foreign policy perspective these days much more potential thank you very much roy hallums there live in moscow that china is accusing us of bullying and rule and it would hit back at any further trade terrorists imposed by washington on wedn

we're doing exercises in eastern europe, not making the kremlin happy. and we're pushing back in other ways. we talked about the global engagement center, which pushes back on disinformation and propaganda coming from russia, which i think is long overdue and i commend secretary pompeo because he put that in place and is using it aggressively. so chuck, it's interesting, there are concerns, as i expressed after helsinki, of an inconsistent public posture as to russia, but in terms of policy, i think the administration is doing things that are appropriate and very tough. i think that came out clearly at the hearing as well. >> i want to go back to the helsinki summit, because now you have vladimir putin saying he'd come to washington, he's offered another invite, he talked about the -- that they seemed to have a lot of constructive conversations. moscow essentially looks like they were pretty happy with the summit. you were pretty unhappy. what does that tell you? >> we don't know what happened behind closed doors so i don't know whether to be happy or no

colonels in the kremlin could be doing some important intelligence gathering on his american people are terrified the best case scenario is. twenty eight. i. control. president vladimir putin. and what will be the first between the two. thank. american president has already landed in the finnish capital helsinki which of course is playing host to this high profile meeting and although the summit hasn't begun yet some sectors of the media are already in panic mode just as they were when trump and putin met for the first time last year. 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 and they see it turn into 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 who are the leaders of these two countries i'm going to hear someone say this is a bad idea when he goes this nato conference who will he represents we represent the united states or we represent moscow the former k.g.b. colonel

the kremlin's been responding to donald trump's comments at the nato summit what more have the russians been saying that. you know well we've had two days haven't we of hand grenades being thrown around the place by donald trump and the kremlin has just responded to donald trump's hand grenades from yesterday it is yet to respond to the ones he has just pulled the pin out of and thrown into the the nato summit regarding what donald trump was saying yesterday specifically calling germany captive to russia because of the nord stream to gas pipeline project and the wider energy market that russia and western europe have together this is what the kremlin has responded to he says that this is it good to be true peskov the the kremlin spokesperson says that all of this stuff from trump is unlikely to affect the helsinki summit coming up between trump and putin which is always always going to be difficult anyway the current says the europeans should be allowed to choose where they get their gas from it should be up to the united states decide that he says that germany is not a captive of russi

at the -- leader of the kremlin one more time. when the media think about russia, all they think of is election meddling. they think of the supreme court and all they think about are abortion. there are so many other issues to talk about. the president said he believes the intelligence, russia interfered but it was unsuccessful interference. >> jeanine: not one vote was changed. >> rod rosenstein said last week he announced the indictment of the 12 people heli said there is no evidence it swung a vote or elected the outcome. why doesn't the media say that? and obama, clapper, why did they bury the intelligence they had? they had it in the fall of 2016. i was a campaign manager andnt they never said and said i want you to see this. they buried it because they thought she would win and trump would lose and all of a sudden it became a big deal in december and january to them. >> jeanine: you know what? they buried it because they were part of -- when they talk about meddling in the election, i think the intelligence community and the

commander in chief would deliver the talking points of the kremlin. and for vladimir putin to not acknowledge that he ordered the russian military to attack american elections in 2016 and have him step onto u.s. soil is embarrassing, it's disgraceful. that meeting should not occur until the kremlin acknowledges what they did to america. >> according to a top microsoft executive, congressman, three candidates, three political candidates in the 2018 mid-term election campaigns, they've already been targeted we're now told by the same russian hackers, the military hackers who attacked the democratic national committee back in 2016. what kind of message would it send if president trump were to invite putin to the white house as the russian government is still actively engaged, we're now told, in these cyber attacks against the american electoral system? >> so i have no problem with the u.s. having better relations with other countries. the problem is if we don't hold russia accountable for their attack on u.s. elections in 2016 and advise them to do it ag

pulling at the strings kremlin's interference in elections. i didn't know whether to thank vladimir putin and donald trump for timing the summit so well, to drive more attention to what we're doing here or whether to campaign they drowned out our news today but i think i'll thank them instead, because i think what it does it really focuses attention not only on the national challenge we're facing but what is truly an international challenge. this event brings together members of congress and parliaments from both sides of the aisle and both sides of the atlantic for discussion of the kremlin's interference in democratic elections and the challenge our institutions and society face from cyber attacks. speaking of cyber we're live streaming today's events so warm welcome to those of us joining us remotely. we encourage everyone to be part of the discussion by using the #russia factor. #russiafactor. let me take a moment to extend a special welcome to our partners in this endeavor, transatlantic commission on election integrity and the office of

now most here believe it's not a matter of if but when gabriel zonda al-jazeera port au prince the kremlin has vowed to respond to the expulsion of two russian diplomats from greece they were accused of interfering in greek a pheasant of undermining the recent name change deal with neighboring macedonia the surprise at the nato summit in brussels because the greeks a traditionally pro russian from athens. diplomatic expulsions are a slap in the face in the midst of an otherwise cordial relationship they haven't happened since the cold war unofficial information suggests the greek government is upset over moscow's efforts to undermine greece's recent agreement with former yugoslav macedonia that agreement settled the name issue that's been separating the two for a quarter century and opens the door for that country's entry to nato as north macedonia but nato has pushed to absorb the balkans has annoyed moscow. southeast europe is a big question mark for russia in the past few years it clearly doesn't have the relations it had during the communist era a situation needs to be resolved soon va

. >> you did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, that's -- it's really spin. i mean, i -- i sat in on some meetings but to call me an adviser i think is way over the -- over the top. >> except in the 2013 letter you wrote, it says, quote, over the past half year, i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presidency of the g-20 summit next month where energy issues will be prominent on the agenda. that's yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >> informal having some conversations with people. this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. page 8 it says -- it talks about disguised propaganda, including the planting of false or misleading articles, which is exactly what this is. so that's kind of the pot calling the kettle black by mr. comey. >>> it says the fbi believes page has been the subject of targeted recruitment by the russian government and then redacted, un

of war and doing what every president has done over the last 75 years, meet with the leader of the kremlin. they are yelling the sky is falling. when blumenthal says and it is a 9/11 moment, just like before 9/11. what could they be talking about? what is it that the people are talking about? >> first of all, it gets someone like senator blumenthal on the next tv to talk more crazy. he represents the people of connecticut. connecticut suffered losses on 9/11. in the towers. >> jeanine: interesting. >> if not on the airplanes. so how could he possibly do that and equate that to to the grievous loss of life in the nation's history. recap last week's. the media doesn't want to talk about it. the president started the week out at nato where he extracted $44 billion in contribution toward shared defense of the countries on the way to securing commitments for hundreds of billions of dollars more in the future. secretary soltenberg of nato thanked president trump. on twitter and in person. publicly, saying thank you for doing this. it's because of his leadership and stewardship of doing this the

sheds new lightn the kremlin's sophisticated schemep to ma late the latest election.oining me now is develin barltse, who has been busy at the "washington post" newsroom. ent put ay's indic doubts to rest? >> i think it puts doubts to rest that the russians engaged in this hacking, definitely. ld so think it sh punishment to rest a lot of con spires tiories that have been tossed up that russia didn't engage in this hack. an indictment isn't proof but there is an incredibly detailed diet now to explain not -- dictment now to explain which russians did and it how and tl.hat's pretty power robert: you hear about digital rnssi -- currency like bitcoin. you hear aboutl soc media. what did you learn? >> that they were really deep, teach inside not just the computers and iernal systems inside the democratic national capable committee and a lot of the email accounts of individual staffers, not just for hillary clinton but for those organizations but they happened control and access to dozens of computers whin those exeels -- committees and breaths of le the the thing, frankly

. >>> kremlin facebook access. a russian internet firms with ties to the putden government collected data on millions of americans from the facebook accounts. >>> congressional pushback. lawmakers rebuke president trump's tariffs and hostility toward nato and bipartisan votes. >>> creature comfort. prosecutors reveal details of paul manafort's vip jail accommodations but now he's going to get a new lock-up. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." a combative president trump unleashing an extraordinary stream of criticism on allies at the nato summit in brussels slamming them over defense spending and singling out germany which he called, and i'm quoting him now, a captive to russia. a senior yushian diplomat said the performance beyond belief and here in washington members of congress expressing shock and concern. we'll talk about that and much more with congressman schiff, the top democrat in the house intelligence committee and our correspondents and specialists standing by. first, let's go straight to

this is headline stories the kremlin confirms president putin has officially received an invitation from washington to meet with donald trump for a second major summit later this year. facebook is mocked for so called cultural censorship after it removes on for its featuring the works of a seventeenth century artist known for his painting. the white house threatens to revoke the security clearances of six obama era intelligence officials using them of making baseless accusations against president. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow whedon's they july the twenty fifth i'm unit o'neill this is r t international a top aide has confirmed that president putin house received an official invitation to visit washington for a summit with donald trump in the autumn. it's ready to discuss the proposal. expressed willingness for another round of talks after the two leaders met in helsinki last week. second meeting potentially with with a lot of input. is that in the works is it planned has it been you know i would say it's in the works we had a tremendous discussion on many thing

kremlin staying low key. there is really a fundamental rift within the western alliance that pru president trump could exploit. >> any rift in the western alliance works to the benefit of the russians. fred, thank you. >>> president trump's confrontational comments at nato provoking a mixed reaction among republicans at home. one senator, bob corker, who leads the senate foreign relations committee said this. >> the rhetoric to me is just damaging to us and damaging to others unnecessarily. i absolutely agree on the substance. i think there are ways of communicating with your friends and sometimes it feels like we punch our friends in the nose and hold our hand out to people that are working strongly against us. >> that's the dynamic as the president heads to the uk and on to helsinki to meet with putin on monday. corker sponsored a resolution requiring congressional approval when the president wants to use national security for the tariffs. 88-11 is the non binding resoluti resolution. nothing passes 88-11 i

. >> you did advise the kremlin in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, it is really spin. mean, i sat in on some meetin meetings, but to call me an adviser is way over the top. >> except in the 2013 letter, you wrote that, it says, quote, over the past half year, i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser for the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the g-20 summit where issues will be prominent on the agenda, and that is you yourself calling yourself an adviser to the kremlin kremlin. >> informal and having conversations with people, and this is ra really nothing, and an ad temd a attempt to distrac real crimes shown in the misleading document. page 8, it talks about the disguised propaganda and including the planting of false or misleading a articles which is exactly what this is. so it is kind pot calling the kettle black. >> and it says that the fbi believes that mr. page has been the subject of targeted recruitment by the russian government and redact and undermine and influence the 2016 presidential election in violation of the u.s. criminal law. it

colonel in the kremlin 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 happens in iraq and the days ahead of the summit some media outlets work themselves up into a state of sheer panic claiming that donald trump could be a russian agent artie's came up and takes a closer look. the helsinki summit is no ordinary meeting it's a vast conspiracy against america and the entire free world at least that's what you think by watching some of the channels we're getting played by our president and certainly we getting played by putin you're saying that russia's roulette also is an asset that's that seems to be the that's the appearance to me the worst case scenario for compression occlusion but donald trump has been a russian intelligence asset since one thousand nine hundred so the president of the united states is actually an agent of the russian government that's quite a dramatic claim to make and it's all over us airwaves here's the lady who m

not a top issue in the ebate at n political the time but very important for the kremlin. the record saying he would roll back sanctions. >> you've been doing nvestigations a long time, couple of decades now. let's raise up to 30,000 feet. we'll focus sometimes on the ru ia/trump angle or the nra. this larger investigation is going to be known as what? it looks to me like a russian infiltration campaign on allf levelse conservative movement on this country. is that what happened? >> thasxactly what seems to be happening. this was every much as part of the russian influence campaign as the cyber attacks, the facebook ads, the twitter bots, all of that. i've got to say just one thing -- i' i know you have a hobby horse. let you go. >> dereliction of duty on congress' part. why every major political scandal in the last half century, watergate, iranco ra, you name it. public hearings by the congress, key witnesses te under oath before the tv cameras. none of that has happened. he all behind closed doors, including butina by the way. we should be seng these witnesses. they shou

the kremlin on anything?ok, jake, i -- no. >> but you did advise the kremlin. i mean, i just want to make it clear. you did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, that's -- it's really spin. i mean, i sat in on some meetings, but you know, to call me an adviser i think is way over the top. >> except, in a 2013 letter you wrote, it says, quote, "over the past half year i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presidency of the g-20 summit next month where energy issues will be prominent point on the agenda. that's august 2013. that's yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >> you know, informal having some conversations with people. >> seth: i have never seen anyone so happy about a losing hand. i have a full house, carter. well, i have a metro card and a cvs receipt. [ laughter ] but trump's obsession with being secretly taped is not new. it's something he's been fixated on throughout his pr

understand the kremlin position on ukraine but it doesn't understand what kids really want as police put the politically speaking so first trump has appeal against the kim government and going to be we don't have to forget that russia is not a competitor for us germany he's of course and so i totally. trading between russia and units to. g.d.p. for both sides so it's almost it's almost nothing so. it really is you surprise me to go. make america agree to industrial country again so just only interest to find an agreement when he says there's no no i'd be just for him to make him great the history of this is that on the first let's see after november we don't know what are your words with because there was some actually very serious discussion between the u.s. and the russian part but again in my opinion we want any official result. you know we're going to people every ten seconds more immediately will be very interesting language trump says russia is a competitor and john mccain rises from his deathbed to say that no russia is an enemy they're going to be a. spokesman says no i think

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kremlin -- the kremlin, concerned that the political fallout from the d.n.c. email hacking operation is spiraling out of control, extreme nervousness among trump's associates as a result of negative media attention accusations. russians meanwhile are keen to maintain plausible deniability of existing and ongoing pro-trump, anti--clinton operations, therefore unlikely to be any ratcheting up of defensive plays, offensive plays in the immediate future. a source close to the trump campaign, however, confirms, regular exchange with kremlin has existed for at least eight years. i said five years before. eight years. including intelligence fed back to russia on the oligarch's activities in the united states. within the conflict, putin's priority requirement has been for intelligence on the activities, business, and otherwise in the u.s. have leading russian oligarches on their families. and his associates duly had obtained and supplied that nformation. speaking in early august, 2016, two well-placed and established kremlin sources outlined the divisions and backlash

kremlin back in 2013, or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, it's really spin. i sat in on some meetings, but to call me an advisor i think is way over the top. >> except in a 2013 letter you wrote, it says, quote, over the past half year, i have served as an advisor to the kremlin in preparation for the g-20 next month where issueenergy issues be a prominent point on the agenda. >> this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. you know, page 8, it talks about disguised propaganda, including the planting of false or misleading articles, which is exactly what this is. so that's kind of the pot calling the kettle black by mr. comey and co. >> one thing that's interesting is that the documents make it clear that they were relying on information from christopher steele, but not only investigation from christopher steele, on fisa renewals assert that you're an agent of an foreign power, and then it was signed off, the fisa application and then three renewals, by four

>> did you ever advise the kremlin on anything? >> look, jake, i -- no. i have never been an agent of the foreign power in any stretch of the imagination. i may have -- back in the g-20 when they were getting ready to do that in st. petersburg, i may have participated in a few meetings. >> but you did advise the kremlin? you did advise the kremlin back in 2013 or 2012, somewhere in there? >> jake, that's -- it's really spin. i mean, i -- i sat in on some meetings. but, you know, to call me an adviser i think is way over the top. >> except in the 2013 letter you wrote that -- it says over the past half year i have had the privilege to serve as an informal adviser to the staff of the kremlin in preparation for the presidency of the g-20 summit next month where energy issues are prominent on the agenda. that is august 2013. that's yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. >> you know, informal having some conversations with people. i mean, this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this m