putin knows. putin doesn't know, i do not know does putin know or not? >> so yeah, sometimes it's -- there is some space for some jokes but in general, you know? >> frankly, frankly putin's ruling is very boring. >> yeah. >> nothing comparing with boris yeltsin all -- >> he's not funny because then you have brezhnev which rules almost like putin. but shorter. it is unbelievable. but he rules shorter. like people are remembering it like he was forever. but putin is like -- brezhnev was funny. you know? >> putin is boring. >> putin is not as funny. >> trump -- by the way, trump is more funny than putin. >> it doesn't sound like it takes much. we have two more questions i think and then we'll wrap it up. >> just very quick question, i'm alina polyakova, atlantic council. you mentioned the english language version of meduza. can you tell us why you decided to start the english language and what kind of audience you're hoping to reach and what kind of audience you're actually reaching with the english language version? >> no one wants to answer that question.

but for right now, putin's this power. putin's popularity is wide but thin. support for the regime is much less than support for putin. and putin's popularity, i think, is starting to slip as well. >> host: the professor -- the author is professor william mishler. the book is called "popular support for an undemocratic regime: the changing views of russians." this is booktv on crushes span 2 on location at the -- c-span2 on location at the university of arizona. >> this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's our prime time lineup: >> that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. first up, here's neurobiologist robert sapolsky on human behavior and the role of the brain. [applause] >> thank you. let me start off with a fantasy, a fantasy i've had. it involves, well, i've overpowered his elite guard. i've fought hi way into a secret bunker, and i've managed to knock his luger out of his happened, his cyanide ill that he keeps to commit suicide rather than be captured.

putin knows, putin doesn't know, i do not know if putin knows or not. and we put real news and readers should guess the reaction. what did he say, putin knows, putin doesn't know, i do not know putin knows or not. >> sometimes there's some space for jokes. in general. >> it putin's ruling is very boring. nothing comparing to boris yeltsin. -- ruled almost like putin but shorter. people remember it's like it was forever. but putin was funny. >> by the way trump is more funny than putin. >> let's go to more questions and then we'll wrap it up. >> a very quick question, you mentioned the english language version, can you tell us a bit more about why you decided to start the english language and what kind of audience your hoping to reach and what kind of audience you are actually reaching with the english language version? >> so we have the head of the english version, if you want to get our subscriptions a subscription letter about what is happening you. of course we want to be recognizable media for western people. we want journalists to consider is is a

putin evoking the hack during his campaign. putin was his guest, they wanted to have him and recognize framework and trying to build new ties. i don't think -- nobody was supposed to be humiliated today. sarah: you mentioned putin was macron's guests. he was invited by macron. what was the strategy there? luc: there is an exhibition in versailles that gave a recent draft president putin -- reason to have president putin there in to see the beautiful scenery of versailles. and also putting them on a quite nice level. but the strategy is, he is in office, and now mr. trump is striving out of europe. so europe needs to gain new strengths. and showing will to deal with russia on the major topics on the world's agenda. sarah: we will see that will indeed be possible with so many questions about possible shifting analysis -- shifting alliances. thank you so much. one week after the manchester arena bombing, british police are appealing to the public for clues about the suicide bomber who carried out the attack. they have released an

putin. product made for we have our own russian television -- >> the twitter of russia today --much more popular than >> than the actual content. a good twitter personality. , but we don'tches exist for russia today. >> what kinds of stories most interest your readers? >> tough question. story as far as about aer was a story russian activist who was .etained twice he was put behind bars for two years. he wrote a letter about torture in his prison. it was published and we began to investigate this case. we get one million views of this article. stories,about other you know, most of our audience is young people under 35. 70% of our audience are under 34. they have no soviet background. after 2014, after the ukrainian war, there was a lot of white noise. we decided to reduce white noise. and to begin to explain what is really happening in russia, what is really important in russia. we decided to do individual journalism, answering questions. even embarrassing questions. >> give us an example. >

vladimir putin touching down in france to me president emmanuel macron.hey will get to it exhibition at versailles to celebrate the 300 anniversary of peter the great's trip to paris. international issues will not be a salt that salt without the russians. -- will not be solved without the russians. reporter: it is here, part of the palace of versailles that emmanuel macron will receive vladimir putin. it is a symbolic menu. it was here in 1717 when peter the great forged a detente with france. this comes seven months after the russian president canceled a trip to paris following based that with francois hollande. >> opening up a new page. maybe to try to let others not having a successful event. reporter: this is a reference to the kremlin's support for macron 's far right rival in the french election. there were also allegations of russia hacking his campaign. the french leader wants to keep good ties with moscow. this despite long-standing distances over ukrainian syria. >> i will have a challenging discussion with russia, claiming discussion despite ev

what do you think mr putin made of that? it's very hard to predict what mr putin would do, but it also very unlikely that he would recognise any influence to any political process and as he said, he denies it, all the time. we are unlikely will hear that yeah, we actually influenced the elections in the us, even if so. yeah, it's really hard to predict, but merkel she said that she's not afraid of russian influence, but still she pointed out that it might be the disinformation, the cyber attacks, and in that case they will act appropriately. one other issue that came up, thank you for that, is chechnya. and mrs merkel took this time to talk about homosexuality there. yes, there was a big scandal raised up in russian media, in the russian oppositional media about a month ago. they published materials about chechen gays, which fled from russia because of torturing, as they said and pressuring and even killing people by some government forces in chechnya. the leader of chechnya already has denied everything, saying there is no

i think vladimir putin, if you watch the press c0 nfe re nce vladimir putin, if you watch the press conferencee, because macron criticised russia and president putin today. what did you make of it? both sides are doing reconnaissance. they are trying to assess, trying to understand. they are looking to the future. if we rememberthe are looking to the future. if we remember the last meeting between angela merkel and president putin, not that long ago, both sides were disappointed with each other, definitely nervous, but this one was not that bad, was not that tense. of course it was not easy for both sides, especially for mr putin, but it was not tense. there is some hope for both sides i guess, and both sides are interested in continuation of this dialogue. it wasn't so long ago that emmanuel macron was accusing rasher of hacking and interfering in the french presidential election, what has changed? —— accusing russia. presidential election, what has changed? -- accusing russia. not much has changed. he accused them of being financed by the kremlin. he used tough language in front of his count

i am not sure this is something putin did but he gets credit for the economy. but he is already claiming credit for the economy that has been improving for several years. there is no doubt putin has restored a measure of stability that is far more and less political bin in fighting but i think we give him too much credit to stabilize things in russia and to much credit to be popular. if you look at public opinion polls he was around 70 percent favorable that is down 10 percentage points in the past year but that popularity is a mile wide and an inch deep in an acid do with the fact that the public cannot conceive of anybody else as a leader. things have been good under him and he is a fixture russians have an acceptance to the current regime. they don't like them but there isn't enough bad to make them angry nothing they can do about it so they might as well wait and bill long hoping they will go along sooner or later. >> host: how much corruption is there a? >> the public with officials will not describe. i will get this wrong but one-third of russia -- russia

putin dismissed the accusations as baseless rumor. but merkel said it germany would deal firmly with any cases of misinformation. >> we know that cyber crime is well-known hybrid warfare plays a role in russia's military doctrine. as i said, i am confident our election campaign in germany will not be compromised. the two leaders about to keep talking. but their frosty encounter confirmed that a divide remained. brent: we have coverage from sochi. reporter: angela merkel mentioned the most unpleasant issue with president putin, the violation of human rights in russia. a very dangerous situation for gay men in the russian republic of chechnya. he accused european police of being more aggressive than russia. there is no hope that merkel's words had been heard and understood by the russian president. as for the ukrainian conflict, putin accused the government of -- admitted to know one mistake on the russian side. we hope both leaders can find a common ground fighting international terrorism, which is good, of course, but not enough. neve

i disagree with him in regards to putin and islamic state. russia isa to putin and islamic state.l. they clearly violates treaties and borders and certainly do not operate according to international norms. we are playing a bit into their hands according to former kgb agentjack ba rs ky according to former kgb agentjack barsky who said the other day on fox news that what they are trying to do is create chaos with elections. they are picking democrats against republicans and we are not focusing on the true problem, terrorism. this is the first time a president has brought sunni muslims and israel against iran. islamic state is huge, with 200,000 fighters around the world, including 20,000 in the us. they have highly sophisticated technology, including facebook. like my texas animal, the armadillo, they are burrowing into neighbourhoods in the us, the uk, and throughout europe. they are huge threat along with north korea. he comes back from that trip with the german leader saying we can no longer rely on the us. that is sending shock waves around. well, first of all, angela merkel is

president trump talks to vladimir putin for the first time since u.s. relations with moscow took a dramatic turn for the worse. we're getting new details about their conversation and whether they are seeing eye to eye. >>> blaming comey. hillary clinton talks at length about her election loss, including fbi director's role and her own responsibility. tonight she is billing herself as leading member of the anti-trump resistance. and defending the deal. republicans launch a full-court press to portray a new budget compromise as a gop win. as democrats claim victory. the president throws another curveball by declaring a government shut down might be a good thing. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> breaking news this hour. we're learning about pivotal testimony in the trump/russia investigation. cnn former acting attorney general sally yates saying she gave a forceful warning to the white house about michael flynn nearly three weeks before he was fired as national se

maybe he doesn't want vladimir putin to say anything. maybe he's sending a message. >> i don't think he is sending a message. i think this is pretty straightforward. they see themselves as partners and putin is looking for an opportunity to defend the president. i hope that plays 180 difference in the united states. let's offer a moment of perspective here. the national security advisor loses his job because of an inappropriate conversation with the russians. the man investigating that, by all accounts, regardless of what you think of his actions, an honorable man, gets fired for investigating that and the president of russia says he's the one who is going to defend the president against inappropriate charges. i mean, i don't know what you say. i think we have to step back for a moment and acknowledge two things, that congress needs to proceed with an investigation so that we can take a deep breath out of partisan politics and let's not forget the forgotten story. the fbi needs to proceed with a criminal investigation because some time i

snth vladimir putin certainly no friend offering a helping hand. i want to you break down for us how significant putin offering up a transcript and i want to put into perspective, lavrov who was there last week. john mccain said that guy is a thug kgb guy who has been hanging around putin for 30 years who never should have been in the oval office to begin with. >> i think it is very important to point out that vladimir putin is not making a good faith offer here. the truth is the trump administration has exposed to this mockery which in large part was one of the big motivating factors in the intervention in 2016. one reason was to help trump. the other was to make our democracy essentially lose its credibility. on that score, they seem to have accomplished what they set out to do. since we won't get this information directly from the russians, i wouldn't recommend that. i think it is important to say that these facts need on come out. what we have are ironically both republicans in congress is that the administration saying they want the facts to b

putin has an election in march of next year.aking the strong approach, he thinks will be good for his image. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, marine le pen is very fond of her defeated rival francoise fillon. excerpt from both speeches. even if you don't speak french, you will understand what the fuss is all about. [overlapping french] tim: you would think they would beat red faces over such a faux pas, but they are saying that speech was a nod to mr. fillon and that she was not sectarian. i spoke to gavin lee who is not a marine le pen event in paris. marine le pen has just arrived. this is extremely embarrassing one would have thought. gavin: but she has said, the speech was a carbon copy it of what france were fillon said a month ago. she said she copied it, but it was a nod to his supporters. she said a lot of the speech was nothing to do with what fillon had to say, but journalists would not have picked up on it if she had not have mentioned it. others here, part of macron's campaign said it is a counter strateg

marine le pen visited resident putin, —— president putin, and apparently there were other visits beforeed to admit that they do not interfere in any elections, america or france. we do not really know what putin is thinking. america or france. we do not really know what putin is thinkinglj america or france. we do not really know what putin is thinking. i think is thinking is generally saying, look, there are things we have to work together on. that is pragmatic and if you only do you have to be pragmatic. now, i knew you would love this story. a front page of the financial times. china and sinochem planning to become a $100 billion market leader. it is a rumour, widely reported, not confirmed yet. yes, not confirmed yet. chemchina has got the approval of the shareholders of a big agri chem business, to buy them, and that is a big deal because it gives chemchina access to that agri technology and it gives china as a country access. chemchina has done lots of acquisitions and is a very big company. their work to equity ratio is 260%. sinochem is much more debt. explain why this is import

|j october to cancel a previous visit by vladimir putin to paris. something the russian ambassador to paris said ahead of the meeting. he seems to suggest he got emmanuel macron would be more flexible on the issue of syria. you heard emmanuel macron say there were red lines that chemical weapons and france wouldn't hesitate to intervene if syria crossed them will stop what did the russian ambassador mean by that? what is president macron prepared to give on to russia on syria that he wouldn't have done? both sides are trying to create opportunities for negotiation and flexibility. the red line seems to be on chemical weapons. the shock and disgust that even change donald trump's opinions for the current regime but prior to the french presidential elections, emmanuel macron seemed presidential elections, emmanuel macron seemed more presidential elections, emmanuel macron seemed more open to the idea of new routes towards easing sanctions against russia for example. it's not quite clear what his stance is on continuing to cooperate with assad or if th

president trump had with vladimir putin. one thing he has been consistent about is obviously the soft spot he has for vladimir putin and other so-called dictators around the world. >> ambassador on that very point i know you have spoken and written about this. the thing for total tearians. let our audience in on your theory. >> let's be clear, there have been times in history that democrat and republican presidents have had to cooperate with autocratic leaders. that's part of doing business in a difficult world. but almost every single -- i think every single -- not almost. every single president since world war ii has also talked about democracy, human rights, and being the leader of the free world. president trump doesn't seem to care about that mission statement for the president of the united states. he rarely talks about democracy. almost never talks about human rights. that is unusual. that is unprecedented. that is a departure from both the republican party and the democratic party. and i think it's dangerous. i think

he said over and over again, you know, putin's not so bad. wouldn't it be nice if we got along with russia? then you played the clip earlier tonight of the new, you know, messaging toward russia. oh, things are very bad. things are not going well. things have really deteriorated with russia. it seems motivated politically by this perception, to change the perception that trump is cozy with russia because of the ongoing investigations here. today's white house readout didn't mention discussion of a possible meeting with vladimir putin coming up. it just said that it was a very good phone call. hard to know if that's just a standard sort of omission and painting this with a broad brush or if the white house in this case is also sort of trying to downplay any overtures that it might be making to putin. usually when the president is sort of cozying up to a foreign leader, it's usually pretty obvious the way he does that too. >> and so bianna, it is 11:09 eastern time, and the president of the united states is on twitter. again, to read these in o

translation: i stressed again in my meeting with president putin ourfirm objection. there's a very clear line that exists on our part and that's the use of chemical weapons by whoever it may be. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of immediate retaliation on the part of the french. the two leaders are also divided on the situation in ukraine, with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis. translation: the sanctions against russia aren't helping to find a solution to the crisis in ukraine. we must try to lift these economic restrictions, this is the only way we can be more free and be able to restore peace in the region. mr putin also appeared to deny any russian interference in france's recent presidential race, despite allegations by mr macron‘s team that russian agents had tried repeatedly to hack into their accounts. mr macron himself strongly defended the banning of two russian media outlets from covering his campaign, describing them as agents of propaganda. this choice of venue and the inaugurati

vladimir putin coming to trump's rescue? come on now. >> yeah, this is a pretty stunning intervention by the president of russia in effectively u.s. domestic politics. unusual for him. oftentimes he will avoid a question that asks him to comment directlyn what's happening in the states, but here, at a news conference alongside the italian prime minister in russia in the black sea resort of sochi, vladimir putin talking about that meeting president trump had with foreign minister lavrov and saying that they do not believe, the russians, that they were passed any sensitive intelligence in that meeting. president putin saying, i spoke to lavrov, his foreign minister, today. and joking in kind of a deadpan way that president putin does, i'll be forced to issue him with a reprimand because he did not share those secrets with us, not with me, nor with russia's intelligence services. it was very bad of him. but then president putin goes on to criticize the criticism of president trump unfolding there in the u.s. president putin say

at a rather tense press co nfe re nce , vladimir putin. conference, he insisted he had been fried with vladimir putin over syria, human rights and ukraine and he dismissed some russian media as propaganda. from paris, lucy williamson has more. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to fans, they greeted each other with handshakes. two hours later after their first meeting, their mood was if anything even cooler. france and russia have backed a different groups in the syrian conflict, emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state, there were red line that must not be crossed. translation: i stressed again in my meeting with vladimir putin are objective. there is a clear red line that exists on our part and that is the use of chemical weapons by he by p. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of retaliation on the pa rt be the object of retaliation on the part of the french. the leaders are divided over the situation in ukraine with the

putin is good at playing a weak hand strongly. >> that's absolutely true.ing up, breaking news, president trump calls ousted fbi director james comey a showboat, saying he would've fired him regardless of any justice department recommendation, but that directly contradicts repeated white house statements. >> vice president pence yesterday said the firing was based on the recommendation of the attorney general and deputy attorney general. we know now that that's not true. was the vice president misled again or did he mislead the american people. >> i believe i've answered the question. >> if you have, i don't think i caught it. "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. its witnessed 2 diy duos,s 31 crashes,: 4 food fights, and the flood of '09. it's your paradise perfected with behr premium plus paint. the best you can buy starting under $25. only at the home depot. choicehotels.com. badda book. that's it?. he means book direct at choicehotels.com for the lowest price on our rooms guarantee

if we keep focusing on putin, putin is 1%. i have to disagree, he isn't a significant source of money for the national. look at these finances, these are not a significant source of support. look at the history of the national front. look how it has grown in recent years. that has to do with 20 other things. it doesn't mean they are not trying. that they don't invest a little germany.in hungary and if we focus on putin, if he can marionette master and yet the strings and chip european politics, we will take that pay less attention to the real problems that are added to the support of movements for the liberal currents that we don't like. with the to do aftermath of the global recession and so much else. it is not to disagree with you that putin is doing these things but rather to say are they where we should focus our main attention if we want to solve these problems and prevent directions in politics that are to everyone's except russia's this advantage. i think we have turned him into somebody 10 feet tall. the thought of hi

boris warns of putin meddling in an election. some interesting quotes. of ground in this article. he talks about the fact that putin would be delighted with the corbyn wen, the threat of cyber hacking and the idea of the election is not a foregone conclusion. he talks about it being a realistic possibility that putin will be involved in the election and talks about seeing it in america and france. there is a question to be had about whether it isa question to be had about whether it is a realistic chance in this election, as the election is not particularly close. to be honest, it is hard to see who the candidate putin wouldn't be happy with in this election is. jeremy corbyn is very sceptical about american intervention abroad, putin isn't that. theresa may wants to take this out of the eu with what looks like a hard exeter, putin is quite into that as well. that isn't actually a foreign policy concern for the kremlin. vladimir putin does have the sense of humour, but i don't think even he thinks he would stand a chance of making jeremy corbyn prime min

the idea that president putin can swing leaders, that was the way they talked about obama and putin inys and the record's pretty clore that president trump is influenced by these individual meetings. i wrote a piece for the post saying you hope it's learning but it often times looks like it's just ad-libbing and that meeting. they have a lot of hope on that. the problem is there's this big 800 pound guerilla that won't be dismissed from the room just because he fired fbi director comey and that is we need to know the facts of a, what's the russians did. and b, was there any collusions with americans in that? and i thing it's difficult for any administration to move forward with a different relationship with vladimir putin. >> and one of your colleagues is reporting quote i think the president's worried about mike flynn said the source close to the white house. trump questioned whether he should have fired flynn. they don't know what flynn's going to say. there's your russia story. >> if anything the last two days is the 800-pountd guerilla has gained 2 or 300 pounds and joins the eleph

putin since he became president. but the first time they spoke since russia was very critical of the strikes in syria. president trump has been very laudatory of president putin in the past. but we have seen harsh words out of vicki hailey. she has been very critical of russia. given what we have seen in north korea and syria, it's really not much of a surprise we would see these two men actually get together and have a discussion. >> kim jong-un what the president has said about him in the past few days. >> he's 27 years old. his father dies. took over a regime. say what you want but that's not easy. especially at that age and i'm not giving him credit or not. i'm just saying that's a hard thing to do. a lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away whether it was his uncle or anybody else and obviously he's a pretty smart cookie. >> if it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely -- i would be honored to do it. if it's under, again, under the right circumstances. >> so he's talking abo

vladimir putin saying that will be investigated. the reaction here has been we have an authoritative leader in macron, some of that russia is going to have to take careful consideration of as weak move into the future when it comes -- as we move into the future when it comes to europe. >> tropical storm moore has made landfall in bangladesh. hundreds of poorly built homes have been destroyed. maximum sustained winds of 89 miles an hour, and got up to 117. of these were immediately reported, partly because 300,000 people were evacuated monday, and more than 1000 shelters were set up in several districts. meanwhile, tens of thousands of volunteers were also on hand. one indonesian, one via minis, appeared in a malaysian court, accuse of assassinating the half-brother of the north korean leader. they do in our charges, but could face the death penalty if found guilty. they are accused of smearing a inve agent on kim's phase february. south korea accused north korea of orchestrating this. it is an allegation in young than us. rebels lin

talking to putin is part of his jobs. meeting with people throughout the world that we don't like is part of the job, but do not confev legitimacy unless you're sure it helps the overall cause. >> do you think that kim jong-un is a smart cookie. >> i think he as a lan in mind, and that is if i can get a nuclear weapon that can hit america, america will never bother me again. here's what i think. i think he's a brutal man and cares more about himself than anything else. my goal is to convince him if you try to it is a missile that would be the end of your regime and if he believes that, it will stop. >> the president says we could be head to do a major, major conflict with them, but also says he would be honored to meet with him under certain conditions. does he understand -- does that confuse you? >> what i would say to the president is that you're on the right track by getting china in the game. china controls a majority of north korea's economy. don't legitimize this guy. if a meeting exists, there needs to be a purpose

always positive about vladimir putin. i don't know what the substance of this conversation tomorrow but i'm afraid russian propaganda will use it again to demonstrate putin is still very much working with other powers and he could even defy the free world and president of the united states. >> how would you describe it? is it insulting? is it mind-boggling? >> no, it's a problem that this president doesn't understand that regimes like vladimir putin or north korea or few others, confrontation with the free world is the core element of domestic propaganda and anything you do by legitimizing the leaders, giving them an opportunity to go back to their people, selling them as equals to the president of the united states hurts our cause and allows them to step up with more confrontations. the free world and also more oppressions in our country. >> what do you think the conversation's going to be tomorrow? >> i don't know. the propaganda machine will use it as a demonstration that putin is still a big world player. >> president

angela merkel and vladimir putin have an interesting relationship.ks some german, she speaks some russian. they have very different outlooks on the world, but bayer said nevertheless to have a rather grudging respect for one another, despite the very fractious nature of so despite the very fractious nature of so many other subjects which will have been on the table. the most important subject for angela merkel certainly was the situation in the ukraine, and while she said today that they very much differ over their view of how that conflict began, they are at least united in their desire to perhaps see a ceasefire, perhaps see the terms of the minsk agreement met. mrs merkel was a real leader in getting that agreement signed in the first insta nce agreement signed in the first instance and she is at the forefront of the continuing sanctions over russia's involvement in the conflict. perhaps a little bit of an agreement in that we now know that the so—called normandie format, the leaders of france, germany, the ukraine and russia, will get together ag

out with a conversation with putin? >> i think it can be positive. i don't trust putin.e with president trump when he thought he could reach out to putin. i think he is coming from a position of strength. the fact that putin has seen how president trump is willing to launch those rockets, those muscles against syria, the fact that he is talking tough and appears to be bringing china onto our side as far as north korea is concerned. president trump is showing the firmness, which i think is something that putin understands. strong, tough talk and actions. this will be tough but if we can use north korea, we can use russia to help us with north korea and help china doing the main role, that will be a trifecta. as far as syria, i am still concerned about russia having troops in syria. i don't like the idea of russia being a permanent power in the middle east. president trump is dealing right now, i believe, from a position of more strength than president obama. certainly more than president trump when he came in on january 20th. this can work but it will be tough. >> martha:

putin is a good leader. he doesn't want the corruption. but he's been trapped and surrounded on all sides by the e fill ed evil advisers. and trump wants to have a good relationship with russia. he respects and admires their president. but he's entangled -- as one colleague of the russian foreign minister told me, he's like gulliver tied down. by his own internal administration. by all of the internal factors that have nothing to do with russia. they're just waiting. when he's good and ready, he's going to come to them. they're going to have a great and beautiful relationship. first, he has to get out of his own political mess in the states. that is what it comes down to. trying to be understanding. trying to have a little bit of hope left that this relationship can be salvaged and brought up out of the depths of which ipt is now. >> the short time we have left, i want to ask you about vladimir putin's main opponent. accusing the kremlin of being involved in a green dye attack. he said it damaged his cornea. he has vowed to run in the pres

putin off his game today. he went on to score seven goals. >> pelley: not even vladimir putin checks elizabeth palmer. liz, thanks very much. with james comey out at the f.b.i., acting director andrew mccabe has taken over the russian investigation. our justice correspondent jeff pegues brings us up to date on that. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that f.b.i. investigation had been picking up speed in recent weeks and that it now includes grand jury subpoenas. james comey's request last week for more money and resources was a sign the probe was far from over. now sources say there is a worry the investigation, as well as separate congressional probes, will slow down. republican richard burr is the chairman of the senate intelligence committee. >> an interruption in any of the access we have to documents and personnel would be harmful to our investigation. it wouldn't in any way, shape, or form preclude us from coming to a conclusion, but it might sources say f.b.i. agents in this country and overseas have b

or the russian secret services, hejoked, putin or the russian secret services, he joked, and putin orjoked, and that putin or the russian secret services, he joked, and that was very bad of mr lavrov, said putin. there were many put—downs. he said there was political schizophrenia in there was political schizophrenia in the united states, he said those people in america spreading anti—russian sentiments were either stupid or dangerous and dishonest. he talked about the internal political struggle in america. as for his offer to provide a transcript of the meeting, to provide that to the congress and the senate, i don't think you see risley believes that if russia was to provide a transcript on kremlin headed notepaper that it would make the crisis go away. i think it was another attempt to have a dig at america while the scandals were swirling around the lighthouse. —— the white house. stay with us on outside source — still to come... there has been documentation of how the damage to a liberal‘s electric system has affected the light available to the people who live there. lloyds bank

vladimir putin with sergey lavrov met with putin at the white house. to take any pictures or shoot any video in the meeting. the pictures you're looking at were distributed by the russian foreign ministry. what is supposed to happen is that the americans are supposed to negotiate on behalf of the press. is this a sign of the new normal? >> i don't know what happened taflt i don't understand what putin is wearing. i don't understand so much of this. >> do you like putin? do you have an official position him. >>? yeah. we think as he bad guy, that he meddled in our election, in our culture constantly. and i'm glad the president is like president obama trying to at least start off on the right foot. i think eventually we'll be averse to each other and that's the way it goes. vladimir putin is a bad guy. >> and that was the last word. that does it for this hour. nicole wallace "mtp daily" starts now. i promise i'll get better. >> you're doing fine. >>> if it's wednesday, what's the real reason that trump said you're fired? >> tonight, the motive. >> he was

putin's word to me doesn't mean a lot. want to send information, we will be interested to look, but it is interesting why there is any account of what was discussed in the white house with the russians? >> will we hear anything from your colleagues? >> i think there is interest and concern. we want to get to the bottom of it. >> congress member adam kinzinger, thank you. >> you bet. >> joining us next hour is susan collins. >>> the next issue is will former fbi director james comey testify again? if so, when? if so, before whom? the top democrat on the intelligence committee wants to hear from him. what would he ask? what does he want to know? where does he believe any of this leads? congress member adam schiff. big player for the democrats next. 471-horsepower lexus lc 500 or the multistage hybrid lc 500h. experience amazing. [ bell rings ] [ male announcer ] customink offers custom apparel that will help grow your business. choose from one of our awesome designs or simply upload your own logo to the best collection of pr

trump and putin set to meet in july after talking about trump and putin set to meet injuly after nota while. the irish times rings geopolitical good news —— brings. the on off bromance we've heard about since donald trump was supposed to be president, and it appears that they spoke yesterday and seem to have covered the issue, it is going to be box office, i think it'll be like a boxing match. i think this is very important. these two men should be at least talking to each other. we really don't want a stand—off, egos coming into play, so if they meet, this is good news and let's hope it continues in that diplomatic way. i think president trump has also said he would be happy to speak to the leader of north korea, kim jong—un, which also — talking is better than posturing and firing test missiles. and another headline president trump will enjoy reading in the ft, infosys hiring 10,000 americans, americanjobs for infosys hiring 10,000 americans, american jobs for american people. and good news for president trump. it appears his policy of saying, i don't want them to be offshore, they

putin is like 1%. i have to disagree. he's not a significant source of money for the national front. there was one loan from a russian bank of $1 million. that is not a significant source of support. even financially. look at the history of the national front. look how it's grown in recent years. it has to do with 20 other things than russian influence. doesn't mean they don't invest a little here and in germany. what i'm concerned about is if we focus on putin as if they can marionette master, yank the strings and shape european politics, then we will pay less attention to the real problems that are adding to the support of movements or liberal currents that we don't like. and of course above all refugees pouring in from the middle east. so it's not really to disagree with you that putin is doing these things but rather to say are they where we should focus our main attention if we want to solve these problems and prevent directions in pliksz that are to everyone's, except russia's, advantage. i think we've turned him in

putin will live up to his commitments. >> very quickly, the two leaders, presidents trump and putin, what influences does russia have in that spirit? >> all countries want to make sure that we avoid a nuclear confrontation. north korea is a very, very dangerous situation. i believe russia wants to resolve that diplomatically. they don't want to see an act of war, so it's in russia's interests and the united states' interests and china's interests to get north korea to change their conclusion and gyp up their nuclear weapons and find other ways to protect their own security and that should be russia's interests. they could play a constructive role. but, with enagai but, once again looking hat russia's history, we need to be careful about how they engaged. >> senator cardin, much more to discuss on breaking news. i want to take a quick break. we'll be right back. by the time you head to the bank and wait to get approved for a home loan, that newly listed, mid-century ranch with the garden patio will be gone. or you could push that button. [dong] [rocket launching] skip the bank, skip t