today, after the meeting with putin, one told us that the interference did come up with putin today, and that the russian side denied ever having interfered or interfering in u.s. domestic politics. i'm wondering if you would say back then that this was an instance of putin lying and whether the still shows the perils of negotiating with russia. thank you. [foreign language] >> i appreciate all this research into my prior writings. [foreign language] [laughter] >> and, as i've said many times in washington, i'm now happy to say this in moscow, i don't really address what i've written the past or what i said on television. it is all out there. right now, i'm an adviser to president trump and it is his agenda we are pursuing. that is the agenda that i intend to advance. we did indeed talk about russian interference in the elections, and i expect it would be a subject of conversation between the two presidents as well. [foreign language] [foreign language] bolton, we would like to hear about any specific results you expect from the meeting between the president's, specifically in the ar

a year ago when president putin in germany, president putin denied it to trump that russia had interfered in the u.s. elections. after that, he wrote an article calling russian interference a true act of war. you said that this episode in germany was an instance of putin lying to drop and you said it showed the perils of negotiating with today's russia. today, after the meeting with then, one told us that interference did, briefly and that the russian side to denied ever having interfered or interfering in use the mystic politics. i'm wondering -- u.s. domestic politics. i'm wondering if you would say back then that this was an instance of putin lying and whether the still shows the perils of negotiating with russia. thanks. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i appreciate all this research into my prior writings. >> [speaking foreign language] [laughter] >> and, as i've said many times in washington, i'm now happy to say this in moscow, i don't address what i've written the past or what i said on television. it is all out there. now, i'm an adviser to president trump and it is his agenda w

russia without putin became one of the cheers.and remember, the last time that many people were on the streets of moscow, 20 years earlier, the year, the soviet union collapsed. the event that putin called the greatest tragedy of the 20th 20th century. think about that. pretty tragic century. that's what he thought. so, seeing those crowds meant that he needed a new game plan for how to deal with those crowds. his first reaction was actually anger. saw him at a meeting and he's like those kid, they called them the creative class, i made them rich. brought to them off they're knees. they have all their fancy iphones and lab tops because of me. how could they betray me. and if you look at the demographics it what's -- it was the young people. then hi next ranges was -- next reaction was fear and began to create aning arement to undermine their legitimacy to call them the puppets of the west, and to do so he had to revive us, the west, and the united states, as the enemy. to say that we were controlling these people. we were sending

i have written a lot about vladimir putin, well before i joined written a lot about vladimir putin, welloined the government, most of which he doesn't like, by the way. and ifirst most of which he doesn't like, by the way. and i first met him most of which he doesn't like, by the way. and ifirst met him in most of which he doesn't like, by the way. and i first met him in the spring of 1991. so i had known him and had followed his career for a long time. what i would say is this. he did say those things. he also said, the coder to that was only a fool would try to recreate the soviet union. that's the part that people forget about. because he's missing out the communist element, but is not missing out the territorial influence element. well he has, in my view, a very outdated definition of what it means to be a great power. he thinks kind of realpolitik spheres of influence terms. i disagree with him, and by the way, so did his former president, president medvedev. those two gentlemen used to disagree about the nature of what it meant to be a great power in russia, and what it meant to be

all americans know vladimir putin lies. he's a former kgb agents.>> i agree on you what could be positive outcomes in syria, in ukraine on trade with a russia. there are very serious issues there. would you also agree that another positive outcome from the discussions would be to say, to stop them from meddling in u.s. elections? >> of course. i think it's -- it would be great to get them to stop meddling in all elections. they're trying to attack democracy as an institution. and they're trying to demonstrate to fragile regimes that they're autocrat style is better than our democrat style. we need to have offensive and defensive systems in place to be able to deal with this as a global strategy. >> great point. get on the russians. you may want to get on the president to get on them as well. i do want to ask you about something you were uniquely positioned to tell us about which is this 11 hour testimony from peter strzok yesterday before the house oversight and judiciary committees. first of all, i wish it were open. i wish the public had a chance

the epilogue is trump putin.my publishers thought it was a good idea to include it and helped with allowing me to don &-- anderson cooper. i didn't want to write that because the story is contingent and would be out of date and it already is in some ways out of date. there is one part i looked at it flying back here the other day that i do kind of regret. i got it right, but you asked why the two different and this is what i would do different. i started the talk saying this is a tragedy in the u.s. russian relations, the obama administration. it doesn't matter if you try really hard playing basketball, if you lose a game, it is in the loss column. so nothing in international diplomacy as far as i am concerned. but, i'm not as pessimistic as the end of the book might sound. and this is a good place to end. first of all, i love russia. i love russians. just because i disagree with the policies of the person who was in the kremlin, i'm not going to allow people to deny me the right to continue to love russians in r

unlike trump putin does listen to select advisors and apparently trusts their expertise. he has been trained to mute his body language to show less and appear inscrutable than yeah that's a yes and it's. said that he was coached by alan pease an australian expert in this field to court it seems that he helped putin to stop using the aggressive gestures which characterized the soviet era as the horsefly. alan peace coast blood a mere putin in one nine hundred ninety one when the future russian leader was thirty nine the kremlin flew in the australian body language expert to prepare selected soviet officials for dealing with western diplomats and investors. today many politicians get professional coaching for their appearances the experts teach a range of standard gestures effectively a basic repertoire. dance for. the welcoming gesture is particularly popular it symbolizes openness i've got the chance to give someone something but i can also take something that. the second thing politicians learn in media coaching is the facial expressions like raising your eyebrows as a s

how much is he going to give putin? on another issue, the president just commented on the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein saying it will all work out. those are his words. "the new york times" is reporting that rosenstein felt angry and manipulated by the white house over his role in the firing of the james comey. what's your reaction to that? >> you know what? i would think so. i think that a lot of individuals that have been associated with the president and his administration and beforehand have all worried about their reputation and being used by this president. that's why i think that doing the campaign, you saw many republicans, including senator rubio, senator cruz call him a con man. they take individuals, they use them for their benefit and then let them waste away. if i was the deputy attorney general, i would be concerned about my reputation also. but i would stay focused on what my job is. i think that mr. rosenstein will, mr. mueller will. i think we should let those investigations go. don't allow th

you've just given putin what he wants. kind words for vladimir putin is exactly what he wants.hat will signal that president trump has forgotten about all of that very difficult history that we've had with russia recently. >> frank, because you are so often our go-to guy on all things mueller, i have to veer the car into one question on mueller. rueters news agency headline confirmed by nbc news tonight, manafort had $10 million loan from russian oligarch, according to a court filing. how big a deal will this be? is it just another log on the mueller fire? and i'm asking especially because we're four weeks until the manafort trial. you've got to agree we're within the flip window. >> this is news because it's come from an unsealed affidavit in the search warrant last year on manafort's storage facility. mueller has known this for a long time. >> and for those of us following closely with a counter intelligence background, we are not surprised. this indicates manafort may have been patient zero in the russian infection into the campaign. he's likely owned and operated to the rus

disagree saying trump's appearance deference to and compliments of putin have only fueled putin's swagger. one example, in interviews in week putin says -- said he's got no plan to release crimea to ukraine. and speaking about the in russia, a threat to which there seems to be no public evidence of. >> translator: i hope that there will not be provocations by ukrein during the world cup. if this happens, it will negatively effect ukrainian statehood. >> he's threatening ukraine, an extraordinary thing to do. on the other hand, he's already instigated war in ukraine. the fact that he's threatening their statehood, sovereignty, is deeply problematic. >> reporter: for his part, vladimir putin recently denied trying to divide the european union saying the eu is his biggest trading partner. analysts say it's a contradiction of what he wants to do, to divide the u.s. and them from each other. >> what experts say is a clear defiance of not getting a seat at the g7 table, vladimir putin is on a state visit to china, holding his own huddle with xi jinping xi and spending downtime together at a hoc

putin blocked him from running. they drummed up fake corruption charges against him which technically disqualified him from appearing on the ballot. he promised to keep campaigning. so russian courts soon ordered the campaign foundation to shut down as well. they wouldn't allow the real opposition guy to run against him, but putin still does want to look like an elected leader. so what he does is whenever he's up for election he handpicks people he's more comfortable running against. this year famously he picked a woman who is seen as the paris hilton of russia. she's a former reality star, a famous russian socialite and the daughter of one of putin's oldest political colleagues. he picked her to run against him and this guy. boris, a russian business advocate, whatever that means. boris tetov. this is what democratic elections look like in russia now. putin decides who gets to run and who doesn't. that's how he decides who wins and, surprise, putin always wins. do not congratulate. agreeing the run as one of putin'

trump ago one president met with president putin in germany, president putin denied russia interfered in the u.s. election. later, you wrote an article calling election interference a true act of war. you said this episode in germany lying instance of putin to trump and that it showed the perils of negotiating with russia. your counterpart told us election interference did, and that the russian side denied ever having interfered in u.s. domestic politics. . i am wondering how you reacted to that, whether you would say as you did this was an instance of lying and whether this shows the perils of negotiating with russia. [speaking russian] >> i appreciate this research into my prior writing. as i have said many times in washington and i am happy to say for the first time in moscow, i don't address what i have said in the past. it is all out there. right now i am an advisor to president trump. it is his agenda we are pursuing. that is the agenda i intend to advance. we did talk about russian interference and i expect it will be a subject of conversation between the two presidents. russia

out, andrea, longtime putin goal.ere's the reporting from "the listen to this. during a private meeting at the white house in late april, trump was discussing trade with french president emmanuel macron. at one point he asked macron, why don't you leave the eu and said that if france exited the union, trump would offer it a bilateral trade deal with better terms than the eu as a whole gets from the u.s. according to two european officials. so there's some "there" there, andrea. >> first of all, describing the eu as trying to rob our piggy bank, they are our market. he doesn't understand international markets. he doesn't understand that when he imposes tariffs, that is a tax on american farmers and producers. and he doesn't know that macron is -- was setting himself up as the leader of the eu to replace merkel. that was the whole macron policy as he came to the big state visit to the u.s. it just shows that he's not reading -- well, he doesn't follow the briefings, and it's really disconcerting. we've come ironically f

putin. here's trump wanting to cozy up to mr. putin. they've just seen and indeed been part of what they considered a disastrous g7 summit in which president trump took every opportunity to trash them. this summit with mr. putin will come exactly after the nato summit. that could be a very, very divisive affair. as nick burns, the former u.s. ambassador to nato said, we just don't know which mr. trump will turn up to that nato summit. but it could be divisive. he may attack the european allies again on their spending. that will delight moscow. it will further vladimir putin's aim to drive a wedge between the u.s. and its allies. so, you know, the timing of this summit, as well, is of real concern. >> bill neely there in moscow, bill, excellent points. thank you for that analysis. i want to bring in now john brennan who served as cia director under president obama and was the director of the national counterterrorism center under president bush. now a security and intelligence analyst. it is

host: on twitter, "putin owns trump. what does putin have on him?" on twitter,rom pat if russia wants back in may should be telling the u.s. here is a brief piece of the sit-down justin trudeau had with president trump. they spoke with reporters briefly. [video clip] >> what a pleasure it is to welcome president trump. an opportunity for us to talk about a range of issues. obviously trade has been a topic of discussion and will continue to be. our engagement towards the world, how we are working to create good jobs for folks on both sides of the border. we both got elected on a commitment to grow the middle-class and help those working hard to join it. those are the things we will stay focused on. pleasure to have you here, donald. justin, it has been great. justin has agreed to cut all tariffs and all trade barriers between canada and the united states. i'm very happy. i think nafta is in good shape. trudeau: we are actually working on it. pres. trump: we are working to make things fair for both countries. we have made a lot of progress. it could be

he wants to have an approach with putin. we're just weeks away from seeing what he does with that. >> thank you very much. >>> let's discuss all of this with our david roed. this meeting between president trump and putin is about syria and if anything can be done to help the people caught in the midst of a civil war in syria. that is not the message the president is sending this morning from the white house. the message he's sending this morning from the white house is about u.s. election meddling that russia led and our intelligence agencies have laid that out as clearly as possible and the president now in this tweet bringing that to question. he's not writing about syria. >> if the president's goal is to put the russian investigation behind him, the worst thing he can possibly do is have a face-to-face summit with vladimir putin. this is politically reckless, its air ganlt. i don't understanding the timing. russia and assad have won in syria, you know -- >> does the u.s. have any leverage over russia in syria? can the u.s

mr putin. how would you assess the ceo's ability to see and its potential to operate now that it's expanded and i would say as an all members and maybe some prospects of further expansion well speaking of the c.e.o. and its current format it's very effective that's. something i have no doubts about i understand what you mean by this africa c was this ability to operate. there are sometimes issues between countries neighboring countries that require it of communication between the leaders of these countries this is very basic and expected and this is why the as c.e.o. exists it's a platform to solve issues like that and just like i've said on many occasions the as c.e.o. was first created to solve some minor or big. border issues between china and third. and its neighbors. and all of these issues have been resolved that we have signed an agreement on. on the borders with china and there have been negotiations for shawty years before we finally signed this agreement and the c.e.o. was instrumenta

interest in european security to which president putin responded by saying that don't worry or russia can provide that security for europe and maybe take that as their joke as a kind of chutzpah but i think mr putin has actually meant it do you think there is still any chance of europe recognizing russia not only as a major security threat by as a major security partner good russia is a major part of for peace and security in the other budget and on the almost the always who i think you're russia if you want to live p.c. in the middle east and you need russia. to speak to a partner in the constructive part of the world pms see russia that way because we have a problem with ukraine specially with these some parts of ukraine the premier case this is this is a burning issue and i think it's full is we souls of these problems gradually and step by step we could really come back to the old ideas of an old europe. yes i know that you view the vans in ukraine as these turning point in the relationship between russia and. the european union and you referred to it as a major challenge to europ

and see in report whenever you see putin he's acting out how in strength from stacker. always with his poker face we should never forget his k.g.b. past it taught him right from the start to exercise self-control and how to manipulate it that's also a part of it that's. his facial expression which hardly ever changes is a deliberate message. as to whether joy grief or euphoria is involved with putin it's all roughly like this an impassive expression was important in evolution if there was danger say in the form of a wild animal and the outside leader looked frightened people might have the words like a xian thinking we want an alpha leader whose facial expression remains totally stable even in an emergency. unlike trump putin does listen to selected advisors and apparently trusts their expertise. you know it's as. he has been trying to mute his body language to show less and appear inscrutable. yeah that's a yes and it's said that he was coached by alan pease an australian expert in this field of course topples it seems that he helped to stop using the aggressive gestur

putin has a strategic aim.ook i had russian roulette" we talked about he had a plan for years how to break up western liberal democracies, the alliances undermine their elections. the united states was one of a piece of that. he has a strategic aim. trump, there's no strategic aim here. what does he want from putin? he wants a bear hug to, go horse riding. that's what it's about. >> without shirts on. >> he can't sit down with our allies and have a civil conversation about policy issues. >> no tangible results, cocome back from russia or helsinki with nothing? >> that has been one of the questions is what is in this for trump. same for north korea. what is in it for the u.s. trump said he wants help with syria. >> what help are you going to get. >> what is in our national interests bigger than syria? telling russia to knock it off, do not attempt to invade our allies like the ukraine. >> is there any chance he would give us some help with syria? i thought there needed to be something to break up the deadlock in

that's great with putin. he's propping up iran. you want to give putin, syria, he'll do that too. he'll sign that away. so everything that he is doing really does enure to russia's benefit in the middle east. it's extraordinary. >> ned, give us the larger picture. what does it mean if we don't have these strong relationships any longer? what does it mean if our allies don't look to us as a great friend or somebody they can rely on? what does that mean for our future. >> i think what donald trump doesn't appear to understand in any of this is not just that this is the rules based international order that we built, but this is the rules based international order that we actually wrote. it works in our favor. that works in the favor of liberal democracies around the globe. it allows for free trade, it allows for partnership across the board. this is what the american -- this is what our american system of international relations has been predicated upon since the end of world war ii what vladimir putin wants to replace it with is something that does not at all resemble what has allow

have fueled putin's swagger.mple in interviews this week putin says he has no intention of handing crimea back to ukraine. and listen to this. a threat which there seems to be no public evidence of. >> translator: i hope there will not be provocations by ukraine during the world cup. if this happens, it will negatively affect ukrainian state hood. >> he is threatening ukraine, which is an extraordinary thing to do. on the other hand, he's already ininstigated war in ukraine. he's threatening their state hood, sovereignty is deeply problematic. >> reporter: he said the eu is his biggest trading partner. analysts say that's a disingenuous comment by putin and a deflection of what he really wants to do, divide the eu, divide the u.s. and divide them from each other. >> we'll continue to follow that for you this morning. >>> this, the duchess of sussex appearing on the balcony of buckingham palace for the first time as a member of the royal family. there she is. we're taking you to london live. sometimes, bipolar i d

guest: vladimir putin and his organizations at the kremlin. putin is an interesting character. he's the next kgb officer -- an ex-kgb officer. raise a communist. when he was 13 he went to a kgb open house and asked how to become part of your organization. it is significantly talk about his history as an officer in russian intelligence. that theyvil villains were portray during the entire time of the soviet union. but when russia collapsed, their strategic objectives never collapsed. they just became rich, a consumer-oriented country and their objectives to place themselves at the center of the political universe arise from the number three superpower position because russia is a poor country. they have nuclear weapons. that and trying to find a cultural identity is what vladimir putin latched onto and pushed. russia is a traditionally conservative nation and they are becoming by their own reckoning the center of christian conservatives and in the world -- conservativism in the world. opposed tolways been that. mission is to realize the global access of washington in european ca

he wants to try the same approach with vladimir putin.ows there's a fundamental disagreement but there is common ground they can find. shannon: they are open to communication and he wants to establish that it feels russia handed everything from north korea to syria all over the place so might as well know your enemy but to your point about vladimir putin being a pariah. heather connolly says russia and the united states will be seen as equals if there's a summit and that is what vladimir putin desires. at a time we are challenging our allies forcefully we are meeting adversaries and offering concessions as if he is following vladimir putin's playbook. >> it was over done with kim jong un. he represents a rogue state, you want to make progress you got to deal with the leader. vladimir putin clearly wants to be back on the world stage seen as a consequential leader in the eyes of his own people as opposed to being isolated the way he is. but the flipside is we have serious problems and i don't think that in and of itself should prevent us b

putin smirks.on a brave face. >> she did not blink because she understands the russian mindset. she knows russians and in this case vice-presideladimir putin play russian chess with her. the person who blinks the first lost. >> reporter: a key question, is there a trump weakness that putin might look to exploit? >> he might actually play to the fear that trump may have of looking stupid or if not being powerful and kind of -- if we don't come out with an agreem t agreement, we are going to look weaker. >> reporter: given what happened at the g7 summit where president trump broke away from his allies to go and meet with kim jong-un, european officials are reportedly concerned that president trump might do the same thing at the nato summit. he will be more interested in a meeting with vladimir putin than he will be with them. analysts say putin could exploit that to drive a deeper wedge between the u.s. and its european allies. >> there was an ominous remark from the nato secretary-general indicating

does vladimir putin care about peace?lf, because the idea peace is great thing and all that stuff is something that's a sovereignly western idea. if you really want to have peace visa vi russia, you need to start to talk about containing russia. it's not the time to talk about engaging russia, which is what apparently the president is interested in doing. what we need to be doing and what the president i think should be spending a lot more time on, rather than i think giving putin christmas presents in july, he needs to be talking to our other allies and nato allies saying, look, we all need to be on the same sheet on this. we all need to push back on the annexation of foreign countries, for example. all these things russia is doing completely onacceptable on the international realm and i would see the president talking to our allies and saying how are we going to control this and maintain peace on our terms, not on russia's term? >> again, the language the president used today it is notable, it is specific and it's exact

president putin: he is a provocateur.inly, we cannot be satisfied with the current level and the nature of the american-russian relations and we are willing to engage in this dialogue. mr. trump has suggested a separate meeting should be held. so far, we didn't manage to work it out yet because many issues are popping up. but we are willing to have this conversation, a substantial one, i think. it is high time we engaged in a multilateral approach like that on many domains. donald trump has expressed concerns about a new arms race and i concur with him fully. the measures we are talking about with north korea, iran, they are not bringing us together. but that is another reason to talk about these matters. emmanuel has said that europe and the u.s. have mutual obligations, europe is dependent on the u.s. in terms of security, but one should not be alarmed. we will help. we will help ensure that security. and in any case, we are doing everything in our power as to avoid anthreats. i think this is the avenue we should be pur

the second time he met vladimir putin in vietnam. just a few months ago he said to reporters on air force i, he said, he said he didn't meddle and i really believe when he tells me that, he means it. nobody else believes that. the president repeatedly cast doubt on the conclusion of the u.s. intelligence community that russia did, in fact, meddle in the 2016 election and that they also plan to meddle again. the president making these comments just as the summit with him and putin is being confirmed by the white house really leads you to wonder whether or not this is something that he is willing to bring up despite what his aides have said, john bolton who was just in moscow a day ago said that the president would bring it up. mike pompeo, the secretary of state, has also said it would be a big topic of conversation. but president trump, every time he's given the opportunity, doesn't want to say definitively, and in many cases, repeets tats the kremlin line w says president putin had nothing to do with this. the president tweets about

on the other hand what you think putin wants. i think mr trump is focused on the big picture and that is american national interest that's one of the reasons why he met with president xi of china early on despite some very serious differences we have a china over trade in particular he realizes that russia is the key player not only places like ukraine and syria and also a significant influence within the korean situation but that we need to find some kind of a broader understanding with the other major power on this planet i think that's the first thing the mere fact he now feels free enough to go forward that meeting i think is quite significant as far as mr putin i think he would like to take some steps toward just normalizing our relations maybe starting to repair some of the tit for tat on the diplomatic front but i don't expect to see anything major particularly on the question of saying sions which is what everybody here in washington always raises is soon as you talk about russia so nothing happens in a vacuum of course i

that is exactly what vladimir putin wants.uld love those troops gone. >> an amazing christmas in july for putin. u.s. allies have good cause to be worried about that. donald trump made a huge concession to kim jong-un without getting anything in return. >> steve, president trump did say one of the things he does want to talk to vladimir putin about is about peace. now you were stationed in russia for a long time, does vladimir putin care about peace? >> not in and of itself, no. because the idea that peace is a great thing and all of that stuff is a solidly western idea. i couldn't agree with max more on bringing up the allies thing. if you want to have peace, vis-a-vis russia, you need to talk about containing russia. not the time to talk about engaging russia which is what apparently the president is interested in doing. what we need to be doing and what the president will be spending more time on instead of giving putin christmas in july, saying we need to be on the same page on this. all of the things that russia is doing

he wants to have a meeting with putin.mp took aim at his predecessor today. >> president obama lost crimea because president putin didn't respect president obama, didn't respect our country or ukraine. when it's my fault i'll tell you but president obama gave away -- by not going across the red line in the sand that he drew i went across it with the 59 missile hits. but president obama, when he didn't go across the red line, what hee away nobody even knows. one more time, president obama gave away crimea. it should have never happened. >> ken thomas, general, the red line that president trump is referring to there is 2013 serial chemical weapons saying that president obama at the time not following through on that red line sent a signal of weakness, lead putin to invade crimea. is that a credible claim? >> no. of course not. putin is running. the soviet union came apart. the only thing we care about is oil and natural gas and cyber warfare. the committee is less than that of italy. the life is falling because of aids and h

that's why analysts say trump's public battles with his allies play right into putin's hands. >> putin's in the west whether it's in formal organizations. the fact that trump is playing along for mr. putin leaves the united states in a bad place. >> reporter: tonight some members of trump's own party appear to agree with the assessment. senator ben sass saying in statement this is weak. putin is not our friend and not the president's buddy. she a thug using soviet style aggression. from john mccain. the president has shown our adversaries the deference and a esteem for our closest allies. putin allows his war planes to buzz board ships and threatening adversaries even on foreign soil. the president claims he's been tough on putin. >> i have been russia's worst nightmare. if hillary got in, i think putin was going man, i wish hillary won. >> reporter: many analysts disagree say it's only fueled putin's swagger. in interviews this week putin has says he no intention of handing crimea back to ukraine. >> i hope there will not be provocations by ukraine during the world cup. if this happens,

putin is the number one guy. but with the chinese president, with the north korean dictator -- >> he likes bullies. >> he seems to want to make friends with these people more than maintain the existing relationships. even if we have trade disputes and policies, we share values. there's liberal western democracies, and japan, we share a set of values in a world that's increasingly polarized and where these values are under attack. he has no regard for that and feels drawn to the people who would attack these values whether it's putin or china or a dictator like kim jong-un. and that also is inexplicable. >> it is explicable by one standard. he likes bullies. he wants to be run by one. let me go to charlie on this. your thoughts. >> well, i agree with everything that's been said here. but, you know, part of this is how dangerous this is not just for, you know, the economy and the country and the alliance, but also for trump himself. you know, when you think about all the things that can go wrong if, in fact, you br

and how does putin respond? he starts e-mailing with his trusted deputy there -- >> [inaudible] >> how manafort responds, saying maybe we can offer derepasks private briefings on the campaign. >> he tried to leverage his position -- >> also his position with the trump campaign. >> think about what he's offering. he's not just offering information to derepaska, he's offering information to putin. if you give this information, you have to expect or assume it's going to go elsewhere. and if, you know, and if -- and starting june 14, 2016, is the day that "the washington post" reveals that the dnc has been hacked. and right away, you know, the news reporting is that the russians are behind it. so at that point in time, any point from that point on, if you're talking about giving information to the russians, if you're meeting with the russians, if you're reaching out to the russians the way george papadopoulos was. you are working with or agreeing to help people who there's at least strong evidence if it's not conclu

asked mr putin to which. attention to football never stop doing that i'd like to wish you good health again. god help you. every. day and every state will be helping you on the way thank you. mr burton did not know. what i understand we're talking about the legacy. of two thousand and eighteen with world cup legacy what we're going to do with. the big infrastructure of following the world cup. we've managed to resolve. one of the biggest challenges that other countries have not. been able to do the countries that hosted the olympic games. the infrastructure in sochi. the maritime and the months in a cluster the coastline the maritime cluster have been busy with different even so the infrastructure is being is operational and is being used now back to you are three football infrastructure we spent a lot of money on it and i absolutely agree with you it needs. to work. but you must that was in the benefit of sports. should be. youth leagues youth teams we need to stone age events and. these then use. it on a ba

putin and vladimir putin is inevitable this summer. your sense around this white house? >> absolutely. it is a very strong possibility. the president will be going to the meeting in brussels. this is certainly a possibility. and his rhetoric on crimea i think is raising the possibility that, you know, that would be on the table in a meeting with putin. is he signaling perhaps a willingness for the u.s. to recognize crimea as part of russia. that is something we have not been willing to do or is he looking at perhaps lifting some of the sanctions. both of those would be very controversial. but this message he's been driving since the g-7 in quebec seems to be creating some type of opening for this meeting with putin, which we do think will happen. >> ken is outlining things that putin could stand to gain in a meeting like that. is there anything the united states could gain through a meeting like that? >> no, i doubt it. obviously, continued dialogue of the russians is important. they are a national security threat for sure to the easte

he wants to have a meeting with putin, so he's going to have a meeting with putin.dent trump also took aim at his predecessor today, blaming president obama for russia's invasion and annexation of crimea. >> president obama lost crimea because president putin didn't respect president obama, didn't respect our country, and didn't respect ukraine. president obama, not trump. when it's my fault, i'll tell you. but president obama gave away that -- now, president obama by not going across the red line in the sand that he drew -- i went across it with the 59 missile hits. but president obama, when he didn't go across the red line, with what he gave away, nobody even knows. but just to put it one more time. president obama gave away crimea. that should have never happened. >> still with us, ken thomas and general barry mccaffrey. general, the red line that president trump is referring to there was 2013, syria, bashar al assad. chemical weapons saying that president obama at the time not following through on that red line sent a signal of weakness, led putin to invade crim

putin as he's known here let's take a look. but we're wondering where the root lead even of leggins whether it would be bloody mean of blood to me or if it's you have gained enormous authority around the world you put off foreign policy in order. but when will you put the country in order and you know what my question is we are helping other countries restoring schools there but who is going to help us. which of course i want to know when there will finally be social justice in this country. we did leak of that when will that be free education and will public health care in pre if the. pressure was i don't i want you to consider. when will russian pensioners be paid enough to have a dignified retirement good day at the union you can go i don't have any questions because putin isn't a professional he hasn't ever done a real day's work. so in your time satisfied you don't have any questions. only the format of this event has changed this year on no journalists and no studio audiences are seen it seems even more staged managed tha

in helsinki, meeting with vladimir putin. does the man, his agenda, 60% have been satisfied. >> the economic story in america, his success ensuring we have a strong economy. in the next quarter, economists expect 4% gdp growth, that is impressive and the president focuses on the interests of national security and having a strong relationship with allies, and of course, he is able to move forward in terms of denuclearize think the region which is important for world peace. >> as the thrump agenda succeeds the left is unraveling. now many are harassing trump allies all over the country. the left claims to have a monopoly of compassion for women. but take a look at how they treat women in positions of power within the trump administration. >> i was asked to leave a restaurant this weekend where i attempted to have dinner with my family. my husband and i politely left and went home. i was asked to leave because i work for president trump. we are allowed to disagree but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. t