if you don't believe me just ask director of national intelligence dan coats who is a former member of this body. in august of -- in august 2001, the 9/11 commission found statements from the c.i.a. that indicated that there was something afoot that the lights are blinking red but they couldn't point to bin laden specifically. as we look back, how much accountability should the bush administration have and how much accountability should congress have had back then? did we miss the warning signs regarding the september 11 attack? i would suggest that the chatter was strong and the threat was real but nobody could really pinpoint it. here's what i'm suggesting. the chatter is strong. the threat is real. and we know exactly where it's coming from. the question is will the house and senate working with the president do anything about it. senator rubio and van hollen have chosen to try to do something about it. we're all eventually going to be in the history books. president trump said today that he believed our electoral infrastructure needs to be made more secure, not just electoral infra

russian meddling in the election which swept him to power the president's very own head of national intelligence dan coatsa national intelligence dan coats said in a statement... invited by an american tv reporter to inspect a copy of the indictments involving 12 russian military officers accused of hacking the computers of the hillary clinton campaign, the russian president demured, only to repeat his insistence that russia wasn't involved. translation: first of all, russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the united states, let alone its elections. president trump is to meet with members of congress on tuesday and there are those ready to challenge him with failing to stand up challenge him with failing to stand up againstan challenge him with failing to stand up against an old adversary on the half of the country that he was elected to protect. and we will be live in washington in around ten minutes for more on that story, so stay with us for more analysis with an expert view coming very soon. here, british prime minister theresa may is facing a fresh parliamentary battle ov

. >> director of national the intelligence dan co >> the director of national intelligence, dan coats... >> ...said he had no idea what happened during that two-hour meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. >> the extraordinary comments came as trump invited putin to the white house for a second meeting. >> dan coats responded to that news. >> that is going to be special. ( laughter ) >> joe biden says he will make a decision by january. tough opponent? >> i dream, i dream about biden. joe biden ran three times, and president obama took him out of the garbage heap. >> mark zuckerberg is backtracking after controversial comments. >> there is a set of people who deny that the holocaust happened. >> yes. >> i don't believe that our platform should take that down. >> san francisco is letting illegal immigrants vote in a school board election this november. >> we are modeling what we know is right. >> you shouldn't be here, and now you want to tell us how to run the schools? i don't think so. >> i looked over and i saw this fin. >> two young swimmers are recovering from shark at

director of national intelligence dan coats on the president standing with vladimir putin, dismissing intel agency conclusions on russian meddling. >> obviously i wished he had made a different statement. but i think that now that that has been clarified. >> and about that one on one meeting between the president and putin. >> if he hadfere way, but that's not my, its what it . >> is there a risk that vladimir putin could have recorded it? >> that risk is always there. >> and hours after, president trump seemed to deny russia was still trying to meddle in u.s. elections. >> is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> fbi director chris wray telling me -- >> the intelligence community's assessment has not changed. my view has not changed. which is that russia atted to interfere with the last election and that it continues to engage and malign, influence operations to this day. >> aimed at our political considered quitting. >> i'm a low key guy, but that shouldn't be mistaken for what my spine is made out of. >> so you have -- >> i'll leave it at that. >> okay. >>> and wray we

. >> dirof national intelligence dan coats, one of several top officials nbc news questioned exclusivy appearing to the aspen security forum where the helsinki summit is very much top of mind. christopher wray said nothing said at the summit chang the bottom line about russian election meddling. tonight, two of president trump's law enforcement with remarkable push back, director of national intelligence dan coats on the president standing with vladimir ng putin dismisntel agency conclusions on russian meddling. >> obviously, i wished he made a different statemenbut i think that now that has been clarified. nd about that one on one meeting between the president and putin. >> if he had asked me how that ought to be condted, i would have suggested a different way, but that's not my role. that's not my jo so is what it is. >> is there a risk that vladimir putin could have recorded it? >> that risk is always there. , >> and hours aft president trump seemed to deny russia was still trying to meddle on in u.s. elec >> is russia still targeting the u.s., mr. president? >> press, let's go. mak

intelligence to stand up to the president of the united states. both chris wray and dan coats are putting their jobs on the line, frankly, making it clear they will not compromise national security or let intelligence be politicized despite politics. they agree that russia is a danger, as coats told me today, they are the ones, russia, who are trying to undermine our basic values. they are the ones trying to wreak havoc with our elections, and, he said, eigit's critical that we call them out on that with the elections coming up. >> andrea mitchell in aspen, thank you. >>> now to the immediate fallout, a day after the white house said trump was considering putin's proposal to have russia question americans. we get all of it from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: brushing off backlash to his one on one, plans now for part two between donald trump and vladimir putin. >> were you aware of that? i just want to clarify. >> based on my reaction, i wasn't aware of that. >> reporter: the news surprising even the president's own director of national intelligence in aspen. >> would you recommend there not be a one-on-one without note-takers? >> if i were

the director of national intelligence, dan coats, recently confirmed that the russians continue to target our elections. 42 states continue to use outdated voting machines susceptible to cyber intrusions. 13 states continue to use voting machines that fail to produce a paper ballot or record. the overwhelming demand for assistance is there. the eac issued a public announcement three days ago that every single state and eligible territory has requested grant funding. with almost 90% of the existing funs already transferred out. -- funds already transferred out. but the amount is only a fraction of what the states need. the bear rim required is $1.25 billion while this bill zeros out those grants. >> mr. speaker, the house is still not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will withhold. the house will come to order. please remove your conversations from the floor of he house and clear the aisles. the gentleman may resume. . mr. quigley: we now have a chance to do the right thing. equipped with new revelations from the mueller investigation and the realization that president trum

this afternoon right her at the aspen security forum, i'll be interviewing director of national intelligence dan coats has stood by the intelligence about russia despite the president's obvious doubts. watch that interview live right here on msnbc and at nbcnews.com. follow our show online on fab and on twitter @mitchellreports. craig melvin is up next right here on msnbc, hi, craig. >> looking forward to that interview, my friend, take care. >> thank you. >> craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york city. good afternoon to you as well. summit 2.0. in a week, the president has faced intense bipartisan criticism for his meeting with vladimir putin. he seems ready for another meeting. he hinted at it today on twitter and nbc news also has a new interview with new dissent from inside his administration on russia's role in attacking our election. plus, not a witch hunt. the fbi director christopher wray reinforcing his belief that the russia probe is, in fact, not a hoax. how to contrast between his claims and the president's could affect members of our intelligence community who put their lives o

the president referenced dan coats, not always a household name in this discussion, but dan coats is the current director of national intelligence. he had been an indiana senator. think mike pence, close to the vice president, was ready to retire, was pulled out of retirement for this job. he puts out a statement today that is really worth reading over. i'll only give you a part of it. we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and they're ongoing, key word here, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy and we will continue to provide, another key word here, unvarnished information to the president. that it is pervasive work on behalf of russia and he will and others in the intelligence community give the president the best information they have for him to evaluate. what we saw today is the president did evaluate that information and he was willing to put vladimir putin's word and that of all the u.s. intelligence on an even sort of like he's an outside observer. i don't know which one to believe. it's his job to make a decision which one to believe and that's what's so stunning today. >>

presidential election, the director of national intelligence dan coats said this afternoon russians diddle and are still working to undermine u.s. democracy. in a one-on-one interview with the president in advance of the summit, we asked about his relationship with putin. president bush said that he saw into his soul. i think he came to regret that. you said that putin toyed with obama. how do you ensure that things are different in this administration? >> i don't know. look, i've met him two times... two and a half times... most of you people were there when i met him. i think that i may have a very good relationship, and i think i may have a very bad relationship with him. i have no idea. >> glor: we are going to have much more of that interview in just a moment. but first, "cbs this morning" co-host norah o'donnell is leading our coverage from helsinki. norah, quite a day. >> reporter: quite a day indeed. good evening to you, jeff. this helsinki summit was one for the history books. president trump's refusal to challenge the russian strongman drew widespread condemnation from members

dan coats. the director national of intelligence. you can follow the story online.ing, craig melvin is up next on an incredible busy day. >> thanks so much chris. good afternoon to you, craig melvin here in new york city. no, the last hour, president trump just said no he does not think russia is targeting the united states. to be clear again, that's contrary to what his intelligence have said and what leading lawmakers of his own party have said. with that, he digs deeper into the controversies that he's trying to put behind ever since he left hin helsinki and a russian woman accused of being a spy will be in court. the plan that

and tonight, in a stunning public rebuke, the president's own director of national intelligence, dan coats, openly criticized the decision to meet one on one. >> if he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, i would have suggested a different way but that's not my role. that's not my job, so it is what it is. >> reporter: coats says he has no idea what the leaders discussed, but one person who does? the president's translator, marina gross. in congress, republican and democratic leaders are now debating whether to request her notes or compel her to testify. >> let's face it -- the interpreters were the only ones there. russia's going to play this game. they're already out there talking about important agreements being reached and they will, over the next while, characterize those agreements in the way they want to. and if we have no way of pushing back or if the administration doesn't push back, then we have got a big problem. >> and cecilia vega joins us now from the white house, and cecilia, we heard from the director of national intelligence, dan coats, a republican in your report

denial today. >> reporter: those comments drew a strong rebuke from his own director of national intelligence, dan coatso said in a statement, "we have been clear in our assessments of electi t on to undermine 016 our democracy." u.s. intelligence agencies and the justice department, as well as bipartisan committees in the house and senate russians launched a covert operation to sway the u.s. election. >> the indictment charges 12 russian military officers by name. >> reporter: just last week, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced new charges filed by special counsel robert mueller directly linking the operatives to the russian government. >> the indictment includes 11 criminal allegations. >> reporter: and in february, mueller charged 13 russians and three russian companies for running a troll farm to meddle in the election. rosenstein briefed the president about the allegations days before he left for the summit with putin. making these comments regarding an offer by putin all the more surprising. >> he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators wi

the director of national intelligence dan coats. watch his reaction when he was told yesterday about the second invitation. >> the white house announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> vladimir putin coming to the white house. >> i heard you. i heard you. >> yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> reporter: he alsos was asked if -- he also was asked if he would resign. he said he will stay in his position as long as he speaks the truth. dave and christine. >>> thank you. white house aides are concerned that this will be a betrayal. one says coats has gone rouge. and donald trump is inn fire rafur rate -- infuriated. one says there is no invitation from congress. >> the senate took bipartisan action against russia voting 98-0 to oppose putin's proposal to interrogate u.s. officials. president trump said yesterday he opposes putin's suggestion after calling it an incredible offer earlier in the week. >> look at the sanction i put on. look at the diplomats i through o

meantime, the director of national and intelligence dan coats is scheduled to speak in aspen, coloradoand we are expecting to hear more about all of this back-and-forth. earlier today homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen set at that conference, while there is no question russian meddled in our election, there is no proof that the kremlin tried to help president trump. >> i have not seen any evidence that they attempted to favor a particular party. i think what we have seen on the foreign influence side is that they were attempting to intervene and cause chaos on both sides. >> we have a u.s. intelligence report on that issue. it reads in part "we also assess putin and the russian government aspired to help trumps election chances when possible by publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him." we are expecting to hear from president trump at a white house event. we will bring you live when it starts. there is the chief of staff, john kelly getting ready for the president. white house correspondent at the white house now. kevin customer >> you know, it is never a good sign when yo

this hour andrea mitchell will sit down for an exclusive interview with the director of national intelligence, dan coats. as we now all know, former senator from indiana, right here on msnbc. we will bring that to you in this hour. >>> there may be evidence to back up the intelligence community's assertion that russia may be interfering in the 2018 midterm election. microsoft revealed that today it discovered that a fake domain used to launch phishing attacks on three candidates running in this year's election has been uncovered. national political reporter mike memali joins us from aspen with more. mike? >> reporter: yeah, i have to say this landed as somewhat of a mini bombshell here during one of the panel sessions here. this was focused on election security issues. we heard from both corporate and government leaders. we had just heard from an assistant homeland security secretary who said that while there were efforts by foreign states to interfere in some of our key systems in the country, so far not yet in terms of our elections infrastructure. but then we heard from a corporate vice president fro

wholly in the pocket of putin republican patriots where are you meanwhile the director of national intelligence dan coats is facing called to resign over the president's remarks they include comments from former cia official larry pfeiffer this is what he's saying with trump's repudiation of u.s. intelligence dan coats should resign in protest and discussed. by the way issued a statement after yesterday's summit reiterating u.s. intelligence assessment that russia did meddle in the twenty sixteen election and that it continues to try to undermine u.s. democracy. moving on the european union and japan are due to sign a free trade deal of a summit currently underway in tokyo the landmark agreement will cover a third of the global economy and deepen economic ties between the two blocs but said it is a fairly balanced relationship already last year the e.u. exporter of goods and service is worth just over seventy eight billion euros to japan looking in the other direction japan's exports to the e.u. are worth a little over seventy seven billion euros these volumes could increase sharply under the new trade p

this statement itself with the white house. >> that's not the only choice facing dan coats the director of national intelligencelarry fire who ran the situation room under president george w. bush tweeted this afternoon quote with trump's reut pudiation of u.s. intelligence dan coats should resign in protest and disgust. unquote. do you agree, josh? >> there are two parts there, there is the principle and then the idea of can i be effective in this position? on one hand you have the president of the united states undercutting the intelligent community and the director by standing next to vladimir putin and telling the world i believe this former kgb agent over my own agencies. i think it would be difficult to stay in the job when the president is doing this. then we get to febtiveness, how can anyone who has stood behind these assessments basketball effective when the president is undercutting them? that seems to be the theme, that this is going to cascade beyond this one issue. it will uncut us on a host of issues. i don't know how someone stays in the job under those circumstances. >> speaking of criticism of

doesn't think russia still targeting the united states as his intelligence community is convinced, including dan coats, the director of national report. we're only minutes from the white house press briefing with sarah sanders. not that many reporters yet. it will be packed. this will be the first of a press briefing over at the white house in quite a while. several weeks. we'll bring it to you live. lots to explain. we'll be right back. to your healthy routine and see how activia yogurt with its billions of live and active probiotics may help support your digestive health so you can take on your day. start the activia probiotic challenge today. it works or it's free! mother...nature! nothing smells greater than the great outdoors... especially when you're in accounts receivable. only one detergent can give you a sniff like this... try gain botanicals laundry detergent. one of the many irresistible scents from gain. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insur

he's only made matters worse for himself james al-jazeera helsinki now the director of national intelligence dan coats took issue with the president who appointed him releasing this statement we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election and they are ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security our white house correspondent kelly hellcat has more reaction from washington d.c. . for a president who loves to talk about his ratings and reviews there was nearly. universal criticism of members of the u.s. congress over his performance in helsinki and his apparent acceptance of russian president vladimir putin's denial that russia interfered in the twenty sixteen u.s. election president putin he just said it's not russian but more than a dozen u.s. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have concluded just the opposite leading some members of the president's own political party to rebuke his actions republican senator john mccain called th

he is not looping in his director of national intelligence dan coats.ng on dan coats for how to conduct the meetings. now it is difficult to see what president trump thinks he might gain by an additional meeting with vladimir putin. all of the controversy surrounding the summit in helsinki will make it difficult for trump to conduct the thaw he envisioned in washington. an additional meeting in washington will cause more problems for him domestically and make that goal of reaching that deal with russia more difficult. >> it is similar of his golf game. he takes a mulligan whenever he wants a mulligan. he just re-tees it up. >> let's talk about the polls. we know how trump has been handling the helsinki summit. you break it down by republicans. 68% of republicans approve. that is a big number. you are right to point out his approval among republicans in general is higher than that and approval on the economy is sky high. >> exactly. everything is sunken down to a new low. a 20-point decline from the overall approval rating from republicans to the meeting

president trump and vladimir putin discussed in helsinki, big announcement, director of national intelligence dan coats obviously surprised. >> vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? >> reporter: this as the white house issued another russia walk back. after proposal by putin that russian authorities would question with americans invited to watch. in exchange moscow allowed to question u.s. citizens accused of unspecified crimes. idea that president trump seemed pleased with. >> what he did, incredible offer. >> one of the people, former ambassador to russia michael mcfaul. >> my government i hope will step up and categorically swat this back. i mean my president os >> reporter: as well as democrats and republicans. >> there is no rule of law in russia, there's the rule of putin. >> that the president would entertain the idea of subjecting our diplomats to putin's thuggery is an abuse of power. >> reporter: amid that criticism, white house is changing course. sanders saying it was made in sincerity by president putin but president -- in rare show of solidarity. >>>

before today, i will admit that the director of national intelligence dan coates had already delivered what i considered to be a hall of fame sound bite for this era in america. he was already at the top of the list before today. i will say, it wasn't exactly something he said. it was for the gargantuan nine-second long pregnant pause that he made us all wait through, having no idea what was coming next before he finally gave his answer. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i would like to withhold, that question at this particular point in time. >> one of the greatest trump era sound bites thus far. the director of national intelligence dan coats being asked in the senate about president trump putting pressure on him and pressure on the head of the national security agency about the russia investigation. so that was senator richard blumenthal of connecticut asking dan coates in an open hearing. >> so when you both got pressure from the president on the russia issue, did you guys ever talk to each other about that? have you ever talked abou

meanwhile director of national intelligence dan coats issuing a stark warning about russia's intentionsational security correspondent jennifer griffin live in washington with more. hi, jen. >> hi, mike, when defense secretary mattis met with bell kin counterparts did not mention russian president but cleared who he was referring to. he called russia out by name days before the president is set to meet vladimir putin. >> russia factors in -- in the southern europe area a destabilizing element, they have chosen to come in and to undermine the democratic fabric of nations that are young and -- in democratic processes. >> new fox poll this week voters think president trump has been too soft of russia and yet the majority approach of july 16th meeting with russian president, 53% majority think president trump is not tough on russia including 32% of republicans. director of national intelligence dan coats issued the kind of warning rem -- reminiscent and ahead of midterm elections. >> the warning lights are blinking red again. the day the digital infrastructure that serves this country is lit

. >> director of national the intelligence dan co >> the director of national intelligence, dan coats. >> ...said he had no idea what happened during that two-hour meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. >> the extraordinary comments came as trump invited putin to the white house for a second meeting. >> dan coats responded to that news. >> that is goio

and the director of national intelligence, dan coats, his reaction is all of us. >> the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] >> you -- vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> told you, it's all of us. did you see him? he's like, you're kidding me, right? it's kind of everybody's reaction every day. really? is this happening? wouldn't you think you would tell your top intelligence official that you're inviting the leader of an enemy nation to the white house? he was just caught off guard, flatfooted right there. maybe even ask him what he thinks of the idea. not if you're president trump. after all, dan coats admits he, like the rest of us, doesn't even know what happened in the last meeting between trump and putin. >> i don't know what happened in that meeting. if he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, i would have suggested a different way. >> well, and speaking of the cleanup, now three days after vladimir

used this platform to attack his own f.b.i., to dismiss or undercut his own director of national intelligence, dan coatesave him the consensus view of the intelligence agencies that

>> well, the nation's top intelligence officer is sounding the alarm on the growing rate of cyber threats and attacks against the united states. director of national intelligence dan coats calls the current level of technology threats similar to pre-9/11 concerns. his comments come on the heels of special counsel robert mueller's indictments of 12 russian agents for interfering in the 2016 election. here's what dan coats said on friday. >> these actions are persistent, they're pervasive, and they are meant to undermine america's democracy on a daily basis. the warning signs are there. the system is blinking. and it is why i believe we're at a critical point. >> all right. still ahead, everybody, much more on president trump's summit with russian president vladimir putin. >> we'll be back in helsinki. we'll talk with nbc news chief white house correspondent hallie jackson and the president's thinking as he prepares to sit down with the russian leader in just a few hours. what does life look like during your period? it's up to you, with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pocket pearl for o

. >> here's president trump's own director of national intelligence, dan coates. d, quote, we've been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security. and several republicans in congress criticized president trump, including adam kinzinger, an air force veteran, and will hurd, a former cia agent. >> i think trump, president trump was wrong yesterday in a major way. and i think it was a very embarrassing press conference. >> having the u.s. president side with, with putin over u.s. intelligence is just unacceptable. >> at the heart of all this controversy is president trump's refusal to acknowledge that russia attacked the 2016 presidential election. no one knows more about the dangers of cyber warfare than my guest tonight, richard clark. he was counterterrorism czar under presidents clinton and bush, and he's written numerous books on terror and cyber threats. >>> richard clark, welcome to the program. thanks for joining me from new york. >>

>> dan coats on the one hand, vladimir putin on the other and the president of the united states cannot choose. we're talking about the president's hand-picked director of national intelligence dan coats who really did fire back at the president, his office put out this statement. it said "we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their on going pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy." so how will the white house spin this? is there a way to spin this? they have talking points sent to their allies. the they say the president does say he believe intelligence agencies when they say russia interfered with them. >> president trump said a lot of things yesterday and one of the things he said is he holds both the united states and russia responsible for the election meddling. why would he say that? >> let me explain what i think he's trying to do and why it's not working and why he has to reverse course immediately and he's got to get out there as soon as possible before the concrete starts to set on this. >> it's starting. already republicans in congress are tspeaking out. >> if you're loyal to the president -- which i happen to be v

we're standing by to hear from the director of national intelligence, dan coats.e answering questions in a moment about the wild week that was between putin and trump and the walk backs and all of the fallouts of helsinki. we'll be right back. >>> there's a lot at stake. no one knows this more than you. let's get right to it. want to start with russia, we'll move to the other threats and things you're looking at about the world. let's start with russia. you did something really extraordinary on monday. moments after the president appeared to be siding with vladimir putin over you, you personally by name, you stood up and spoke out. i'm wondering why did you do that? >> i'm not surprised we're starting with russia. i was just doing my job. as i expressed to the president on my third visit to the oval office as his new principal adviser, said mr. president there will be times when i will have to bring news to you that you don't want to hear. i just want you to know that the news i bring to you, information i bring to you will be to the best extent that we can be unv

officials claiming director of national intelligence dan coats has gone rogue after rebuking trump over what the presidented at the helsinki summit. and with trump digging in and now inviting vladimir putin to the white house other republicans are speaking out like never before. >>> plus president trump's meeting with putin received widespread condemnation with some even calling it treasonous, but has it moved a needle when it comes to the president's poll numbers? we have some new poll numbers. >>> and the question of what really happened in that one-on-one with trump and putin. the "hardball" round table going to tackle that and that new reporting ofl donald trump discussing payments related to playboy model karen mcdougal. this is "hardball," where the action is. (vo) why are subaru outback owners always smiling? because they've chosen the industry leader. subaru outback holds its value better than any other vehicle in its class, according to alg. better than rav4. better than grand cherokee. better than edge. make every adventure a happy one with subaru outback. get 0% apr financing

hour one-on-one meeting remained unknown to many, including the president's director of national intelligence, dan coats. he was doing a live interview thursday when news of the second summit hi >> we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? okay. that's going to speak we spent -- that's going to be special. >> reporter: virginia democrat mark warner says russian meddling is still going on and putin should not be invited to visit. >> i think it is outrageous that the president is rewarding putin with another meeting before the election. >> reporter: the russian ambassador to the u.s. is the kremlin is considering the offer. >> the trump administration is still a long way from complying with a court order to reunite immigrant families. as of yesterday, according to a court filing, 364 children were separated from their parents of the border now been reunited with their families. the ministry should said last week it had identified more than 2500 children who had been separated. a federal judge has or

talking about a real and urgent threat to our national security because there are ongoing and pervasive efforts, as dan coats, the director of national intelligence, said today, and there is unvarnished and objective evidence. those are his words too. that it is continuing. we need our allies now more than ever because they're under attack too and there are actions we can and should take on a bipartisan basis in this congress. >> what do you make of this harmonizing? it's one thing to say my opponent here, my competitor, whatever, i agree with him on one or two points. he harmonized with him. like the everly brothers when we grew up. absolute agreement with everything, every single syllable of what putin says he agreed with. what is the motive for that? i don't even -- the most right-wing, most pro-trump person doesn't want to hear this lickspittle from an american president. why was he lip-syncing the words of mr. putin? i don't -- it's ungraspable. >> i tend to put less stock in this theory that donald trump is just a novice or a newcomer to diplomacy. my question is what does putin have on trump? that's a question that only the special counsel

intelligence agencies, including director of national intelligence dan coats, that russia ie -- fered. president putin or the u.s. intelligence community? his answer -- >> people came to me. dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> reporter: the president complimenting an offer from putin. instead of turning over the indicted russian agents russian officials would question the agents themselves with special counsel bob mueller present. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. and what he did is an incredible offer. he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. i think that's an incredible offer. >> reporter: tonight the president's own intelligence chief dan coats shot back with a rare rebuke. we have been clear in our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 e

afternoon >> great point just a couple moments left, ben what is next for director of national intelligence dan coates >> the question is does he stick around can he stomach this kind of public hue mill yamiliationhumin that's true for other people this is what you end up with, people getting humiliated, people not liking the policy and thinking about quitting. >> all right ben white, thank you very much also eamon javers, thank you a lot of stuff to cover today. you can see president trump's full interview with joe kernen coming up at 6:00 a.m. on "squawk box. don't miss any of those comments >>> let's turn back to the markets. futures indicating what could be a more stable open after a down day yesterday. we snapped a winning streak for the dow. the s&p off by 1 point the dow jones off by 16. the nasdaq up by 32 on the treasury side of things, we are seeing a more muted reaction no crazy moves the ten-year, 2.86%. >>> joining me now is jeff hirsch from probableableleabilid management there were a lot of markets dynamics going on now for sure >> midterm election year >> seasonality, there's trump, ta

national security counsel, of which dan coats would be a member. and you would have the secretary of state, secretary of defense, you would have the national security advisor, you would have your key intelligence people around the table. and they would be able to present views to the president as to whether or not that ought to happen. this didn't take place here. this was obviously president trump making a decision on his own, he might have talked to his national security advisor, he might have talked to his chief of staff, we don't know. but he issues this invitation without sitting down and determining what are going to be the consequences of having another meeting with putin. this last meeting was a disaster. does he really want to repeat another disaster in the fall? that would really be harmful, not only to our country, but to our relationship with other countries in the world. >> dan coats the director of national security also said this about the president's private one-on-one meet with the vladimir putin. >> i don't know what happened ina meeting, i think as time goes by and the president has already mentioned some things that have happened in that meeting, i think we will learn more.

let's put up on the screen what dan coats, the director of national intelligence, a former republican senator, a former u.s. ambassador to germany, russia definitely did try to influence the campaign. that's what he said. chris wray, the fbi director, named by the president, i have no reason whatever to doubt -- >> here, wolf. >> hold on. hold on. mike pompeo, all of them said exactly the same thing. >> i would put this in perspective, wolf. dove levine looked at this and from 1946 to 2000. and he found 81 times that the u.s. meddled. 36 times of the soviet union. it doesn't make it right and said it before and will say it again. any country that can spy does and any country to meddle in foreign elections does. we have elevated this to a higher degree and we have made this all about the sour grapes of hillary clinton losing the election and it's all about partisan politics now. this is truly the trump derangement syndrome that motivates all of this. >> senator, senator, i got to disagree with you. i know dan coats disagrees with you, as well. i'll read the statement after the presiden

want to remind you within the hour we are going to hear directly from the director of national intelligence, dan coatse first time since the helsinki summit. you remember he issued that strongly worded statement in response to the president where he said once again that russia is still meddling and that it is pervasive. he will speak with andrea mitchell 3:30 eastern here on msnbc. tune in. and facebook's ceo mark zwluk s zuckerberg is facing backlash, this time for defending the rights of holocaust deniers on his billion billion dollar social media platform. here is what he told kara swisher. >> i'm jewish. and there's a set of people who deny that the holocaust happened. >> yes, there's a lot. >> i find that deeply offensive. but at the end of the day, i don't believe that our platform should take that down because i think that there are things that different people get wrong, either -- i don't think that they're intentionally getting it wrong, but -- >> in the case of the holocaust deniers, they might be, but go ahead. >> it's hard to impugn intent and to understand the intent. >> he later clarifie

shared by bipartisan committees in the house and senate, and the president's director of national intelligence, dan coates. >> my people came to me, dan coates came to me and others and said, they think it's russia. i have president at putin. he said it's not russia. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> reporter: in washington, many republicans condemned the comments. john mccain said: >> reporter: members of the house intelligence committee on fox news. >> i did not see an american president. i saw two defenders of russia. >> reporter: jack hart worries the comments could undermine national security. >> it's also not a terrible thing to have a good relationship with an adversary. i mean, that obviously has some value to it. but believing everything your adversary says is another thing. >> and president trump will meet today . more reaction on t former governor arnold schwarzenegger said this. >> when are you going to ask for an autograph or something, sold out the intelligence, justice system and worst of all, our country. >> newt gingrich tweeted this: a senator kamala harris: "trump flattered put

the white house appears to be upset at director of national intelligence dan coats over his comments yesterday. folks at the dni seem to be upset at the white house for coats being blindsided during that very public interview when he was informed about the meeting between the president and vladimir putin that is in the works. coats is not expected back in washington until monday. while he is away, a lot of questions about his future hang in the balance. a lot of intelligence officials beginning to worry that coats could be fired by the president because of the way that he handled things yesterday. remember, it wasn't just his shock at this second meeting with vladimir putin, he also said that he would not have advised the president to have that one on one meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki in the first place. he also said that he wouldn't have advised the president to invite senior russian officials into the white house -- into the oval office, rather, last year. a lot of questions right now about coats' future and how things will go forward. we know the president is leaving late

be. >> dan coats on the one hand, vladimir putin on the other and the president of the united states cannot choose. we're talking about the president's hand-picked director of national intelligenceho really did fire back at the president, his office put out this statement. it said "we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their on going pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy." so how will the white house spin this? is there a way to spin this? they have talking points sent to their allies. the they say the president does say he believe intelligence agencies when they say russia interfered with them. >> president trump said a lot of things yesterday and one of the things he said is he holds both the united stat

the current director of national intelligence dan coats, hand-picked by trump, stating that the intelligenceommunity has been clear in their assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election. the condemnation even coming from members of his own party. john mccain calling the press conference "one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory." the republican chairman of the senate foreign relations committee unloading on trump. >> the president's comments made us look as a nation more like a pushover. >> reporter: and staunch trump ally and friend newt gingrich coming down hard on the president as well. "president trump must clarify his statements in helsinki on our intelligence system and putin. it is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected immediately." the conservative press also breaking rank. "the drudge report" running this headline, "putin dominates in hell." even fox news following suit. >> this has got to be the most incredible thing i've ever witnessed. >> it was not a very forceful presentation from president trump with putin st

director of national intelligence dan coates now trying to down play that surprised reaction to findingent trump is considering another meeting with vladimir putin this fall. coates was speaking with nbc's andrea mitchell at the aspen security forum last week when she informed him that the white house had just tweeted about a possible visit. watch this. >> we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin coming to -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> all right. so coates has now released a statement saying, in part, some press coverage has mischaracterized my intentions in responding to breaking news represented -- excuse me, presented to me during a live interview. my admittedly awkward response was in no way meant to be disrespectful or criticize the actions of the president. joining us now from washington d.'s "politico's" daniel lippman, coauthor of "the political playbook." good to have you back with us. >> good t

that news was a surprise to many, even president trump's own director of national intelligence, dan coateswho was told about it on live tv. plus, at least 11 people are dead after a tourist boat capsizes on a missouri lake. dive teams will be heading back out this morning after search operations were suspended overnight. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, july 20th. i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside louis bergdorf. russia's ambassador to the united states says that moscow -- that they're ready to discuss a new meeting a this fall at the white house. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tweeted out, in helsinki, president trump agreed to ongoing working level dialogue between the two security council staffs. and that president trump asked national security advisor john bolton to invite president vladimir putin to washington this fall, concluding those discussions are already underway. well, senior administration official said that the invite from bolton went out to putin yesterday and that the news blindsided the president's intelligence director dan coates, who coincidentally was in