the thoughts of president putin who's been talking to a panel of russian journalists and what guys if was listening in for us let's go live to him now see what was said north korea wasn't only subject was it putin touched upon what else did the president have to say. well with with north korea putin's answer was actually very interesting and he said that kim jong un everything he wanted he got his nukes he got this thirteen thousand kilometer range missile and it's stopping all of that now he has his peace talks with which to defuse the situation he's the winner here said to me a putin. john has definitely won this round he's achieved his strategic goal he's got a new clip payload a long range missile that can reach any place that he sees as an enemy now he wants to come the situation he's a well rounded and intelligent politician there's plenty more of course the elections the upcoming presidential elections in russia one of the early questions was about that and there's a record number of candidates running this year and vladimir putin was asked what he thought about that he said good the more candidates there are the easier it will be for people to express th

was listening in for us let's go live to him now see what was said more about north korea wasn't the only subject was it putin touched upon what else did the president after say. well with with north korea putin's dance it was actually very interesting in he said that kim jong un got everything he wanted he got his nukes he got his.

as for north korea, we need this with putin why. because he is one of the two main players in the situation to have an embargo on north korea and push them to be involved with our roles. and today we need he a russia that is much more committed to the negotiation. and at the end, for the negotiation, we have this with prime minister merkel. i want us to progress into the direction. so you have to discuss with russia. i do respect vladimir putin as a partner but i refuse to accept any interference because i don't interfere in russian elections. >> i wanted to end the discussion under the global microscope. i wanted to talk about his marriage to bridget. i discussed it powers his every endeavour. >> i would like to say to you, love, what does that mean to you some the world is obsessed right now with your marriage and your relationship with your wife. >> she is my life. i do believe you don't build something great and you don't behave properly if you're not balanced and have a strong couple. i've been with my wife for decades now. and

also making news today: president putin says north korea's leader has won the latest stand—off with theal nuclear and missile programme. he described kim jong—un as a shrewd and already mature politician, who'd achieved his strategic goal. however mr putin also urged him to defuse international tensions. on the ritz in paris, worth $3.5 million has been recovered. a gang of five used axes to smash the windows of the luxury hotel to gain access to display cases. three were arrested fleeing the scene. thai police have arrested a japanese gang boss, who'd been on the run for 15 years, after pictures of his tattoos went viral on facebook. 7a year old shig—aru shirai is accused of murdering a gang rival in 2003. pictures of his elaborate tattoos were taken by someone in thailand, unaware of his identity. a japanese footballer who could be the world's oldest professional player has just signed an extension to his contract, at the age of 50. striker kazu—yoshi miura, who's starting the thirty—third year of his career, has also played in brazil, italy and croatia. two french campaign groups hav

north korea struggles with and needs from foreign providers. >> let me tick through a couple of these. let me read for people who haven't read it yet. on that putin-russia moment, russia is not helping us at all with north korea, the president said. he, vladimir putin, can do a lot. but unfortunately we don't have a relationship. i think it's too bad. but unfortunately we don't have much of a relationship with russia. in some cases it's probable that what china takes back, russia gives. the net result is not as good as it could be. did he expand on why we don't have a good relationship with russia? because he hasn't often said that. >> he didn't build on it much more than what we had in that story. the context is his chagrin over the russia investigaon and the fact he has wanted to have a closer relationship with russia and has often been very dismissive of the finding of the intelligence community that russia intervened in the 2016 election. this is sort of a constant theme with him. more broadly i think he's frustrated he's not able to make more progress on north korea and even though he is partially complementary of china for having helped, he

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vladimir putin says north korea's kim jong-un has won this to acquiree contest nuclear weapons.e made the comments in a meeting with russian editors in chief or he called him an educated and mature politician. his unusually warm words for the secretive leader came after north and south korean officials this week held their first direct talks in more than two years. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more .han 120 countries this is bloomberg. thanks for that. let's kick off the show talking about 2018's best-performing on europe's stoxx 600. in eight trading days, the auto sector has gained more than 6%, way ahead than the overall market, which is up two point 1%. fiat chrysler is up 27% so far this year. we are only at january 12. joining us, the head of global automotive research at ever core isi. thank you for your time this morning. let's talk about what is driving this. it is not just fiat chrysler that is the standout, but is up,s, behemoth -- bmw volkswagen, what is up? >> autos are still among the cheapest equities globally.

i think this is much less useful in understanding vladimir putin than it is in understanding north korea. or if we could go back in time, understanding saddam hussein. we have a hard time in this country understanding dictators because we assume that they play the game the way we do. and one of the outcomes of studying the khrushchev kennedy relationship is that you see that khrushchev was rational, it's just his incentives were different. the u.s. did not understand them but what kennedy understood was that when push came to shove, khrushchev was not suicidal. he was reckless but not a madman. that basic understanding laid the basis for kennedy's masterful handling of the second week of the cuban missile crisis. the first week was much messier than people think. but this understanding of khrushchev as basically being someone who is not a madman that made possible the peaceful resolution. thatessons, to sum up, are where adversary can be irrational in your eyes, and the is a function of your assumption. if you assume them to do one thing and they do something else that makes them irratio

with sanctions and certainly they weren't helpful or north korea and so on and so forth the same thing with the russians tried to befriend president putin of russia and then under the pressure of congress and the american star bush when they've been slapping russia with sanctions and now there's a new putin list over two hundred people and some sort of a sanction warning list of course arming the ukraine against russia so really a total absence of strategy a total absence of vision a total absence of alliances a total absence of america the leader of the liberal world order a total absence of just flying finding new our alliances against for example the likes of russia and china you know big being so hostile towards russia and china while at the same time making enemies out of france and great britain that voted against for example his position on jerusalem at the united nations assembly all of that really just shows how lost this trickster leader is when it comes to war the fair's really a war mongering hostility and increasing with it in the budgets but when it comes to a true vision a clear strategy new our alliances building allianc

in a new interview president trump said that russian president vladimir putin could do a lot to help with the north koreauation but, quote, "unfortunately, we don't have much of a relationship with russia." [ light laughter ] and then he winked so hard his bronzer cracked. [ laughter ] the white house physician yesterday gave a report on president trump's first physical exam. apparently, trump's fine but the doctor is definitely shaken. [ laughter ] "i saw everything." [ laughter ] after the white house released the results of president trump's physical, "sports illustrated" said that based on trump's size he would most likely play linebacker or tight end in the nfl. and based on his tweets, he'd most likely be a player who would be placed in concussion protocol. [ laughter ] according to nbc news, former white house chief strategist steve bannon spent over 11 hours testifying before the house intelligence committee. wow. he looks exhausted after all that. [ light laughter ] oh, that's from before? what did he look like afterwards? oh, okay. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] according to the "hollywoo

in a new interview president trump said that russian president vladimir putin could do a lot to help with the north korea

putin on monday. u.s. president donald trump has started the new year with a flurry of tweets directed at america's adversaries and partners that he says need to toe the line for north korea's leader he had this i too have a nuclear button but it is much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button actually works trump also threatened to cut aid to the palestinian authority saying that after paying hundreds of millions of dollars the us wasn't getting any respect he added with the palestinians are no longer willing to talk peace why should we make any of these massive future payments to them. and the us president also addressed the protests in iran saying this the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt iranian regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets while iran north korea the middle east peace process all among the many challenges that the u.s. president will have on his plate in twenty eighteen and back at home investigations into alleged links between russia and trump's campaign remain open our washington correspondent carson phenomena tense us this report on what lies

look, north korea is threatening to annihilate portions of the united states. of course, if vladimir putin went in that direction, the united states and this president would respond forcefully -- >> that's not the line of action that if they attack us then he'll be strong. gees, i'd hope so. >> or if they issued threats. >> he won't even acknowledge that they interfered in the election. >> he did. he's done it multiple of times. >> he says it's a hoax -- >> chris, you need to the transcript. in his recent trip to asia he stated that while vladimir putin has denied that he meddled -- >> he says he believed him. >> he says he believes what he's saying. >> what does that mean. >> check the transcript. please pull the tape. i beg of you, give all your viewers the opportunity to hear what he actually said verbatim from his own mouth. he says he trust that's many intelligence agencies in the united states that told him otherwise that russia did meddle in the election. >> now he trusts them because he was just asked -- i'll give you a transcript. >> please read the transcript. i beg you. >> he wo

the president said he feels it is better to work with vladimir putin than to try to keep him at arm's distance. the president citing north korea and how he hopes he can work with russia and china on that issue. a busy room, ashley. i'm not sure how much you saw of us, not sure it matters, anyway. >> you remained calm, cool and collected as always, thank you very much, blake burman. back to lieutenant colonel ralph peters. is it a threat to our security not to have a wall? >> it's not a black-and-white, either/or issue, there are parts of mexico where additional borders would be useful. but the idea of endless or near endless wall, you don't need a wall in big bend national park. i think the wall itself has become a political issue, and by the way, i did work on the southwest border when i was detailed to the drug czar's office. i worked with the dea, with the fbi and with mexicans across the border, and i will tell you of course there's a security issue on the wall, but my conclusion from firsthand experience that the best wall is a wall of laws rigorously enforced. and our problem to me is over the years, we have not enforced

north korea's reckless pursuit of missiles could threaten our homeland. turkish officials say the turkish president and russian president vladimir putin has agreed to accelerate to establish turkish observation posts in syria. they also said a peace conference held monday in russia was an important achievement. at that conference an agreement was announced that would have drafted a new constitution for syria. hundreds of people staged a protest in the capital of kosovo today, asking the government to do something about extremely high pollution. an error-quality monitor installed in the united states embassy there measured here -- measured air pollution is very unhealthy. the city has severe air pollution problems due to outdated coal plants that -- outdated power plants that use coal and exhaust fumes from old cars. the moon put on a rare cosmic show today. super bright, and is the first time in 35 years that a blue moon has synced up with a total lunar eclipse. luckof the u.s. was out of for the eclipse, hawaii had the best view along with australia, alaska, and the yukon. this trifecta won't happen again until 2037. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by m

. >> shannon: russian president vladimir putin believes north korean leader kim jong un has outwitted president trump in the standoff against north korea's program. he told russians pop bank top media figures that he has a mature figure who wants to ease tensions. he is absolutely competent and already a mature politician. president trump wants more nuclear missiles on flexibility in how they can be used. that is according to a lead to documents obtained by "the huffington post." sure to arrange lawmakers who have already held hearings of whether he is fit to control the current nuclear arsenal. speaking of nuclear ambitions, waving sanctions on iran, keeping president obama's nuclear deal in place for now. congress says that it wants to improve the existing deal. is that possible? should it be scrapped? how better to ask dan jack keane, four-star general. and the fox news strategic analyst. great to have you with us. before we get to the serious stuff, i have to ask you about the vladimir putin comment. >> he has a master at psychological warfare. i think that he got inside of their george w bush's head. i think that he manipulated pres

north korea. you don't hear the president speak out about that as well. so i think the president constantly not going after vladimir putin, not saying anything negative about him, constantly denying collusion and yet you see those surrounding him every few weeks we're getting more and more bits and pieces of details of meetings that they didn't tell forgt coming about enough. so i think you're seeing the president really speaking for himself when you're asking that question because if he's saying there is no collusion over and over and over again, it makes you wonder, what's the real story? >> let me read to you, john kirby, what the former acting attorney general sally yates had to say about the president's words. this is what she tweeted today. potus on 12/28, quote, in his interview with "the new york times," i have the absolute right to do what i want with the justice department, closed quote. today he slanders career department of justice professionals as deep state, calls for prison for a political opponent and tries to sick doj on a potential witness against him, that would be james comey she's referring to, beyon

the upcoming talks but engagement with north korea remains the best option to easing tensions on the korean peninsula florence living al-jazeera so that to me a putin is expected to stay in office for another six years after the presidential election in much but russia's tightly managed political system has failed to mobilize forces many say they'll skip the vote in the latest of our series looking ahead to the big stories of the year war issuance reports from moscow. the exhibition is called super putin thirty artists presenting vladimir putin various heroic depictions it opened at a moscow gallery home the same day the president announced his bid for reelection it's the kind of post modern political display you quickly get used to in russia one's never quite sure how seriously all this is meant to be taken. the real life ready made putin is expected to comfortably cruise to a fourth term in office this year he's running as an independent candidate even so putin's most publicly vocal critic is being barred from running against him alexina valley has called for nationwide protests in response the writer. that's come out to the street for yourselves

north korea if you want to be polite are an outlier. so the idea that you can talk to them the say way you talk to theresa may, angela merge or putin is false. you have to treat them like they are an a -- an anomaly. there is in other country like this in the world. carley: if you want to talk about the reports that the u.s. is considering a limited military strike against north korea in response to a missile test. and another report said the u.s. needs to accept a nuclear north korea for face ruin. so we are not out of the woods by any means. my concern is they are trying to cozy up to south korea to get the economic aid. kennedy: they don't want war, man. that sounds like the kinds of person who went to brown university and majored in yachting. michael * they are still in the second world war it was just an arm cities that was signed. kennedy: and a leg. kennedy it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commis

north korea. you have iran. you have a lot of stuff going on right now. why are you -- it's just dumb. it's dumb. kennedy: is this putin'sut here? >> i'm going to pivot here and take a shot at stephen colbert who was once very funny. this is such an obvious low browl troll job by trump who is the president -- kennedy: so the trolls are now trolling each other. >> here's what you do when you're a brilliant comedian with excellent improv skills, you flip the script. you don'you play into the troll. kennedy: it's almost like validating. >> ignore the bad joke and make a better joke. >> there's no script anymore. the script went out the window in november 2016. and i think the press and critics. >> kennedy: hillary. what happened. >> i walked right into that. i ran into that one. but i think comedians and the press are trying to figure out how to respond to these childish tweets from the president he hates the press. we know that. and i don't think like the way he speaks about the press for a whole number of reasons. but katie is right, there's north korea, there's iran. there's the economy. maybe you don't tweet about fake

putin. thank you, amy. >> the fact america is open for business. talking about america's strength. the fact we wipe out i says but that we have growing threats such as north koreatranter white house director of legislative affairs marks are weighing in on the president's upcoming state of the union address to white house aides say the president plans to offer bipartisanship on tuesday as he pushes his legislative agenda to congress. the founder of the conservative political training group american majority of its former presidential writer george w. bush come as perfect place on a sunday morning. nick, good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> out today, regarding substance, what message should president trump it that ads for style? how much teleprompter an unabashed twitter should he resign? >> first of all, we seen a record over the last year when he's disciplined, on the teleprompter. he just hits home runs. he think about his speech in saudi arabia, in his address in poland. when donald trump is disciplined, he hits homeruns. i expect we will see a triumphant tone on tuesday. i read a piece at the hill and i hope that he takes the tour that because i any

. >> dana: certainly putin does not like it when anyone tries to modernize their own weaponry to defend themselves against his. let me ask you then also about north korea. we've had a sound byte from the congress woman from hawaii. she was saying she encourages president trump to sit down and talk with kim jong-un about how to solve this problem and presumably she thinks that means north korea would denuclearize. is that even a possibility at this point? >> i think there are two big problems with those suggestion. the first is that kim jong-un would even agree to discussions. he's only now after years of the south koreans even trying to get him on the phone having them pick up the phone. so i think even if trump proposed talks with north korea, there's no guarantee they would happen. more fundamentally, no. i don't think there's any way you're going to convince north korea to disarm because they've made the strategic calculus that the way to maintain their regime is to have nuclear weapons. i think fundamentally, they're right about that. they'd be foolish to disarm unilaterally. >> dana: i think it is wise then for the government to look at the possib

north korea. what china is helping us with, russia is denting. in other words, russia is making up for some of what china is doing. the president continued saying president putinmuch of a relationship with russia in some cases it's probable that what china takes back, russia gives so the net result is not as good as it could be. he says he hopes the situation can be solved quote in a peaceful way. but it's very possible that it cannot. adding that the u.s. is ordering more missile defense systems and that while pyongyang is not at the stage it could hit the u.s. with a missile, quote they're close and they get closer every day. >>> an interesting story, despite still being at war, north and south korea have agreed to march under a unified korean flag in the opening ceremony of next month's winter olympics in pyeongchang. and the two nations have agreed to built a joint ice hockey arena together. joining us now live from beijing, nbc news correspondent, janice mackey freyer. what is really at play here going forward? is it going to make a difference? >> well this plan is a breakthrough. to have a north korean delegation hundreds strong, that includes cheerleade

vladimir putin says kim jong-un -- he made the comments where he called kim and educated amateur politician. his warm words for the secretive leader came after north koreaficials held their first direct talks in more than two years. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more .han 120 countries you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . having a look at the asian theing day, the end of trading week on the w m function, you can see japan closed lower. its biggestving drop since december 2015. some upside in chinese markets. australia closed fairly flat despite trade data out of china, and india is looking very strong. by .1%, but at record highs. hong kong up for 14 sections -- sessions, the longest winning streak going back to 1964. in terms of stocks we have been watching, the hong kong rally has been seen in tencent and a broker in hong kong upgrading its target for tencent the 540 dollars. you have seen family mart fall in tokyo after goldman sachs say its third-quarter operating profits were down. down, the country's second-biggest software company. anna: thank you, juliette saly in singapore.

good friend, putin, about not messing with us, because -- but to me, that is the bigger issue here, is the president's mysterious indifference to the threat that russia poses. >> yeah. north korealso mistaken missile crisis or missile alerts. what's going on? i'll talk to these two when we back about that. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like sym

north korean leader. when you say a relationship with korea. trump said i don't want to comment on it. i don't want to comment. i'm not saying i have or haven't. interestingly, russian president, vladimir putin said kim jong-un is a shrewd politician and won this round. there's a nugget buried in that one. >>> still ahead, the president tries to clarify a comment about the russian investigation. >>> millions of americans are bracing for a winter storm bringing snow, ice and freezing rain. we are going get a full check on the forecast when we come back. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. boost high protein be up for it we know life can be hectic. that's why, at xfinity, we've been working hard to simplify your experiences with us. now, with instant t

putin, about not messing with us. because -- but to me, that is the bigger issue here. is the president's mysterious indifference to the threat that russia poses. >> yeah. north korealso mistaken missile crisis or missile alerts, what's going on? i'm going to talk to these two gentlemen when we come back about that. we took legendary and made it liberating. we took safe and made it daring. we took intelligent, and made it utterly irresistible. we took the most advanced e-class ever and made the most exciting e-class ever. the 2018 e-class coupe and sedan. lease the e300 sedan for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. you can avoid extra calories trifrom cooking r. with too much butter and oil. introducing new pam spray pump. with 1 gram of fat and ten calories per serving plus the superior non-stick you love. hashtag omeletgoals new pam spray pump. this one's below market price and has bluetooth. same here, but this one has leather seats! use the cars.com app to compare price, features and value. (a voby daft punk is heard bettethroughout.) (sound of typing) (sound of exhaling) (sound of drilling) jimmy (shouting): jam

putin. and then when pushed it turned out, no, he doesn't have any relationship at all. there is nothing. the only relationship is he threatened the u.n. to totally destroy north koreas being marginalized by some degree by north korea reaching out to south korea to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. we'll see how that works. >> the only president to specifically threaten north korea with nuclear attack, saying i have a good relationship, and when he was asked about have you spoken to him, he said, i'm not saying i have or i haven't. now, it's always been the presidential position that speaking to the north korean leader would be something they would only do in return for having obtained something. they would grant them that by having obtained something from north korea. >> that's right. you know, the idea would be to some commitment that you would prepare the way toward denuclearization, you would test their intentions. and the idea that he has somehow managed to have this relationship, i mean it's, you know, it's comical, it's delusional and, you know, as it was delusional for him to claim that he had a relationship with putin. they have a very good relationshi

north korea. i think you people are surprised t. reporter followed up. . >> interestingly, russian president putin said kim jong-un is a ma cure politician who obviously won the round against the west. let's bring in capitol hill, a reporter who conducted the interview with president trump, peter nicholas, also, supreme allied commander, the dean of fletcher school of law and tuft's university. retired army native james stavridis. gentleman, good morning. peter, let me start with you. first of all the comment on kim jong-un. did you read that as the president had spoken directly to kim jong-un or something he put out there and put up a smokescreen afterwards to create confusion by the comment? >> we were quite surprised by it. the united states does not have any relations with north korea. the president is saying not only does he have a relationship, but it's a good relationship. so it begs the question, how did that come about? is anybody conversing? the outside question, we followed up with him, didn't deny it, didn't confirm it. but there was, we did get a sense there is some sort of back channel kind of communication or dialogue of s

north korea. you're going to hear his harsh words, that and a lot more coming up. >>> breaking news. the president's former chief strategist steve bannon revealing new information about trump's efforts to woo russian president putin in the upcoming book "fire and fury inside the trump white house," by michael wolf recounts a conversation bannon are with roger ailes after the election and quotes ailes as asking this, what is he, donald trump, gotten himself into with the russians to which bannon replies "mostly he went to russia and he thought he was going to meet putin but putin couldn't give an expletive about him so he's kept trying." joining us now national security analyst, lisa monaco, former chief of staff to robert mueller as well as homeland security adviser to president obama. hanks for coming in. what's your reaction first of all? let's talk about north korea right now to the president's warning to kim jong-un that his nuclear button is bigger and more powerful than the new yorkian's nuclear button. >> wolf, it's hard to make sense of this. this is kind of tweet from the hip policy if you can call it that. and we need to separate the message from the medium. the medium here being twitter. it can be an a

putin accused u.s. politicians of "playing the russia card" in a bid to bring down president trump. meanwhile, mr. trump is saying that he "probably" has a "very good relationship" with north korea's leader kim jong-un. that's despite months of trading insults and threats. the president gave his assessment in that "wall street journal" interview. he said he didn't want to comment when asked whether he has spoken with kim. the interview follows a slight diplomatic thaw between north and south korea. a st. louis prosecutor announced today that republican governor eric greitens be investigated over allegations of blackmail. greitens acknowledged last night that he once had an extramarital affair. he denied threatening to release nude photographs of the woman, if she publicized the affair. it happened before greitens was elected governor in 2016. and, wal-mart announced a wage hike and bonuses today, affecting more than a million hourly workers in the u.s. the retailing giant said starting pay will rise $2, to $11 an hour, matching a move by target. those who don't qualify for the raise will get one-time bonuses of $200 to $1000. at the same time, wal-mart is closing 63 of its sam's c

north korea, nowhere have the president's statements been more damaging than the tenuous relationship between washington and moscow. frankly, the president's words and actions send a clear signal to mr. putin that he can continue to attack democratic institutions and values with impunity. each time mr. putin had denied to mr. trump that the kremlin was involved in attempting to influence the 2016 elections, a bald-faced lie, the american president races to say that he believes him. never before in history has such a clear threat to our national security been so clearly ignored by a president of the united states. mr. president, last week, i released a report through the senate foreign relations committee documenting mr. putin's pattern of 20 years of attacks against democratic institutions in europe. in order to guess understand what he did here in the united states in 2016, a matter still under colleagues, as well as to protect ourselves in 2018, 2020, and beyond, we need to understand the big picture and respond accordingly. we'll never be fully protected or have a robust enough response with the president's repeated public appeasement of mr. putin. mr. president, let me just insert that