president putin has been urging tighter control over. the actions of russia's law enforcement said that there is no need for liberal drug reform a quarter of those in russian prisons right now are serving drug related sentences it follows the controversial case of a russian investigative journalist who had drugs allegedly planted on him and geo old he was later released due to insufficient evidence now there's a new all public una which is currently going as we say 3 hours and counting president putin also spoke on social issues salaries and sanctions a lot of questions on that let's get an update let's cross to a correspondent or at least that wrinkle is following developments for us lot of subjects ranging from seeing their prison reform pensions to that controversial issue with eve on goal and off the journalist. what's been the mian aspects here ilia. hi again well if you're actually watching the q. and a session the thing that astonish astonishes you the most is the scale the number of formats that are used to submit questions to th

> why do i have to get involved about putin for. i have nothing to do with putin. >> i will tell you this, russia, if your listening. >> hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily bu -- by our press. >> reporter: and mr. trump took aim at the media. >> you don't have that problem in russia. we have it. you don't have it. >> reporter: but in putin's russia the press is hardly free as journalists have been murdered for the coverage of the kremlin. and the president took a jab on the same day he greeted mohammed bin salman seen for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. and the president will meet with bin salman and we'll see whether he raised with the crown prince the case of jamal khashoggi and the financial markets are bracing for the outcome of the president's meeting with china xi jinping here at the g-20 and there are hopes of some kind of ceasefire between the two leaders in their trade war, something we expect the president to discuss further at his news confe

putin.elcome, over there please. hello mister putin. [applause] >> a million and a half questions is how many we have had this morning we reach that mark. the most popular way of contacting us here is a phone call. byry phone call is recorded an operator. .lmost 400,000 texts this year, russians are using a very special app to ask their questions. you can even record a video call, send a text message, it is very simple. press record. , you only haveis one limit, and then you press send. your message will be processed here. we will receive it, certainly. of course, there is an advantage to a video call. you can actually show what kind of problem you have, like a road or a landfill or maybe a leaking roof. the most topical and interesting answeringwill be today, another way to contact us is to use our live platform. you might even go live. every call, every message, is not left unattended. we process everything and we record data. after we finish, we will continue working with these messages.

and a with the public and president putin is always just about every conceivable subject being touched upon so far it's still ongoing by the way he said there will be for one tighter control over the actions of russia's law enforced. that follows the controversial case of a russian investigative journalist which caught the attention of media run the world after he allegedly had drugs planted on him and was jailed he was later released due to insufficient evidence social issues salaries sanctions also coming to the for it today let's get an update on where we are right now from our correspondent. it really is a fascinating for in this it gets to gauge doesn't it that the pulse of the russian public just what's on the minds of people in russia what's affecting them what's affecting their everyday life what did you glean from today what's the big subject being talked about. unit hi again i'm looking at my watch right now and yes. a session has been underway for more than 4 hours and putin is still there and that room he's picking questions up from the text messages that are peer on the sc

of the deepening bond between she and putin comes in the face of u.s. pressure on both countries russia from ongoing sanctions and china from a deepening trade conflict our moscow correspondent mia drugstore takes a look at the relationship. friendships must be cultivated to that end china bestowed an honorary doctorate on russia's president last month at a press conference for the event vladimir putin praised the 2 countries relationship given a strategic. china is by any measure a strategic partner so we biggest trade turnover is with china skipped it last year trade between the 2 countries rose 27 percent to $107000000000.00 russia sells china raw materials while china sends back machinery transport and consumer goods to increase trade the 2 are investing in new transport links like this cross border bridge over the abu or river it's set to open for traffic next year but. in france we've long said that we need to build more infrastructure. right now 2 friendly countries with a long shared border can't trade normally because they lack the proper infra

with autocrats and putin, putin especially, president trump wants to be a pleaser.e american disease of wanting everybody to like him. but when it comes to the friends and allies, different attitude. >> dan rather, always good to have you on. >> thank you, anderson. >>> up next, strong words what former president carter said about president trump and the legitimacy of the 2016 victory. after walking six miles at an amusement park... bill's back needed a vacation from his vacation. so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so you can move more. dr. scholl's. born to move. you ever wish you weren't a motaur? sure. sometimes i wish i had legs like you. yeah, like a regular person. no. still half bike/half man, just the opposite. oh, so the legs on the bottom and motorcycle on the top? yeah. yeah, i could see that. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. do you battery sound. that. want a charge? yeah battery charging. ♪ ♪ thank you so much. battery charging. ♪ >>> it's ra

i have nothing to do with putin. i will tell you this, russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. i think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. let's see if that happens. >> reporter: the president and put continue shared one other lighthearted moment when mr. trump took aim at the media. >> we have -- you don't have -- >> hold on. but in putin's russia, the press is hardly free. the president took a jab at the press on the same day he greeted saudi arabia's crown prince, muhammad bin salman. and the global financial markets are bracing for the outcome of the president's meeting with chinese president xi jinping. there are some hopes of some kind of cease-fire between the two leaders in their trade war, something we expect the president to discuss at his news conference later today. next up, a meeting with the saudi crown prince, muhammad bin salman. we'll be watching to see if he brings up the case of jamal khashoggi. >> thank you. joinings now, democra

back injapan it was eu most crtitcal of putin.obsolete, is totalitarian and oligarchs. but vladimir putin has admirers — these two leaders seem easy in each other‘s company, neither has any time for liberalism. president putin denies that russia interfered to help donald trump win the white house in 2016 and when a reporter asks mr trump if he will tell the russian leader not to meddle in the next election, he says... and was the saudi prince made to look worried about pressures at the un for him to face the trial for the murder of jamal khashoggi? he denies any involvement and was placed in the front row for the family photo. ahead of the crucial encounter tomorrow with donald trump, the chinese leader was accusing the president of bullying tactics. translation: developed countries are frequently taking protectionist measures, triggering trade friction and a technology blockade and destroying the global order. this also impacts on the common interests of our countries and overshadows peace and stability worldwide. it's been about

putin has removed the term limits.e that, so he is very much following in prison‘s footsteps. i think it is the feeling of not being isolated. certainly the economic side of things is much more important for russia than it is for china. when all is said and done, rachel, the united states is still the largest economy in the world, and russia is just the largest economy in the world, and russia isjust the 12th biggest. china has to eventually get a trade deal done with the americans. china has to eventually get a trade deal done with the americanslj deal done with the americans.” think that a trade deal with the americans, we may well see something before the election. but let's not get too excited about that. the bottom line is that the entire us establishment, from democrats to the republicans to the pentagon is now very much anti— china. so i think we can expect this friendship between china and russia to endure, because regardless of whether trump stays in the white house or not, we are not going to see a pro—china

putin as a plus.s face it. vladimir putin regards his mission internationally to return russia to the status of a great power as requiring to the extent possible a reduction in america's influence and respect and activities. so they've been undermining the united states in the middle east, in venezuela. vladimir putin met with the chinese president, as a way of signaling to the united states that there could be a cooperative chinese russian alliance against us. so vladimir putin wants to be treated like a super power. he likes to have donald trump meeting with him and the pictures taken because that fulfills their sense that russia still is a great power and still does have international influence. and i suspect, as you said, having donald trump not go through what you would expect as a series of talking points to lay out what we know and what we found out and why it would be a great mistake for russia to do it again, he regards that as a successful event. >> the british prime minister theresa may did

i that went off to president putin have to say. hi again call him while while right now of the wealthiest russian businessmen and some of the wealthiest movers and shakers in international business are getting together here at the location of the venue somewhere else lot of our pollutants st petersburg resident's he was welcoming officials and also the heads of the most important international news agencies and what you just mentioned was only said during a meeting with them and the russian president had quite a few very critical things to say about america raising the signatures on some of the landmark treaties that have to do with the control of the missiles and missile defense and so on here's what mr putin said in particular you know that we. it seems like the global threat issue's been ignored that raise concerns our american partners have withdrawn from the anti-ballistic missile treaty so what ladies and gentlemen i would like to ask you did any one of you protest or takes to the streets with. no silence but it was ok but th

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so shortly after this meeting with putin i described. so then-senator obama came with dick luger, you know the revered senator from indiana who who recently passed away, and lugar was clearly grooming barack obama to be his new sam nunn, you know, his new partner on a lot of arms control issues. and you know, i remember being struck first by senator obama's attentiveness to my daughters, you know, who were very young then, they were in middle school and his daughters were a little , younger than that, but he knew very much the experience of taking young kids-- himself moving to new places around the world and he was totally , and he was totally unpretentious at that time. and i don't know if he thought of running for president at that time. mary: were you struck by his knowledge or questions about russia? mr. burns: no, we talked of other things, we -- moscow traffic was quite bad. he was interested in the george h.w. bush foreign policy and and baker and schoolcraft others, and where we went wrong where we were with iraq, two years afte

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and said to vladimir putin, you don't have this problem in russia, and vladimir putin, said we haveas well. but they don't really have a free press in russia because of the repressive nature of that regime. anderson? >> 25 journalists have died in the time that he's been in office. jim acosta, appreciate it. >>> presidnt trump's first encounter with vladimir putin since the mueller report ended like so many others with controversy, this time rather than as jim was saying confront putin about election interference, he joked about it. >> president, will you tell russia not to meddle in the election? >> don't meddle in the election. >> that was it. the president also shared another joke with putin about the trouble fake news organizations cause him. >> fake news. you don't the problem in russia. >> yes, yes. >> a good laugh was had by all. even the president doesn't know or care, 25 journalists have been killed in russia since 2000. we should also point out that one year ago today, a mass shooter killed five employees of the "capital gazette." let's talk about this with james clapper.

have told putin.inister may told him to stop russia's irresponsible and destabilizing activity that threatening the uk and allies, including hostile interventions in other countries and disinformation and cyber attacks and told putin his country's use of the deadly nerve agent on british soil was a truly despicable act. today in an interview with john meachem said it makes donald trump an illegitimate president. >> no doubt the russians interfere and though not yet quantified, it showed that trump didn't win the election in 2016. he lost the election and he was put into office because the russians interfered. on his behalf. >> do you believe president trump is an illegitimate president? >> based on what i said, which i can't retract -- >> former under secretary of state wendy sherman has analysis of donald trump's admiration for murderous dictators. s admiratior murderous dictators. for people 50 and older colat average risk.ing honey have you seen my glasses? i've always had a knack for finding thing

we heard him calling mr putin a great guy mr putin is much more careful with words but obviously most of the questions during that press conference were about his formal talks with the american president and here's the words that mr putin used to describe this discussion. of this meeting was a good. they're going to be just like when we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a good discussion the president for that was really a tremendous discussion now one of the journalists followed up on that he reminded mr putin that in the previous years these talks were also referred to as good productive businesslike but added that shortly afterwards u.s. anti russian sanctions followed so the question was did the russian president address that during the talks or maybe did he ask mr trump whether this story would repeat itself so here is what mr putin responded to that. by doing the. motions are going to do i have no clue certainly we're not going to ask for anything. there were also. a few questions about the talks with the u.k. with the u.k.'s outgoing prime minister to resign me we

scene that you've just seen that we've just shown you shortly after they get together of lattimer putin and donald trump we heard from the adviser of the russian president this is potentially a very big story he said that donald trump's reaction to an invitation to attend the celebrations of world war 2 victory in moscow next year donald trump's reaction to that according to the adviser was a very positive for now we don't understand what exactly that means and for now we don't have the confirmation from the u.s. side but this could be one of the biggest stories when it comes to the outcomes of this g. 20 what if donald trump agrees to go to russia what if that's going to be fully fledged state visit next year we don't know a little earlier we heard from the white house they shared some of the details of what was discussed and what was said and that room we understand that iran venezuela ukraine and syria were brought up and also the issues of disarmament the 2 sides are ready to continue their discussions on forming some kind of new global framework when it comes to arms control and do

one of the most important events those talks between vladimir putin and donald trump it was the 1st time the leaders had met since the publication of the report on interference in the 26th the us presidential election. the big fat serious agenda of the talks between donald trump and vladimir putin didn't stop the 2 leaders from enjoying a few light hearted moments despite the delight but they did state of relationships between washington and moscow donald trump as it seemed tried to do his best to lighten up the mood he was seeing tapping vladimir putin on the shoulder while they were walking towards the podium for the traditional g. 20 family photo ceremony but when the ended up in the room for the formal talks the jokes from donald trump just didn't stop flowing. into the. 3. and a once again this time when this formal protocol part to say of the bilat was over the american the wings so to save the journalist started screaming what about the meddling mother what about the meddling and donald trump simply said he point out the russian side and said don't matter. here's what that looked

he was in putin's presence. that from ambassador michael mcfall. the white house says the two leaders went to meet behind closed doors for nearly an hour. prior to departing trump said their discussions were none of our business. indeed, the white house says election interference did not come up in today's discussion. trump's past meetings have been notable for remarks seeming to an solve the kremlin in meddling even though 16 intelligence agencies said that russia was indeed responsible. >> i believe that president putin really feels and he feels strongly that he did not mettle in our election. what he believes is what he believes. >> i addressed the issue of russian interference in our elections with president putin. i felt this was a message best delivered in person. spent a great deal of time talking about it. my people came to me and said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> those comments you'll recall in i

with their fears over falling incomes and the country's ailing health care system putin acknowledged the concerns of belt declining incomes but he insisted the worst economic challenges are behind the continent and. were w.'s moscow correspondent. sure when watched. with a careful. putin's annual call in show is like a safety valve it's an opportunity to ask critical questions in a controlled state t.v. and environment this year the focus was very much on domestic issues after all there's a lot to discuss there there are the unpopular pensions reforms there's the v.a. t. hike that happened at the beginning of the year there are falling real wages and rising prices usually russians tend to blame the government rather than flooding there putin for their problems but surveys show that trust in blood in there putin is that a long term low and in a surprising move in the show bloody near putin took responsibility for the failings of his government still the show is always an opportunity for putin to kind of wave his wand at the problems of ordinary russians and to make problems from dirty

with him, and he said this. >> i have president putin.not russia. i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be. i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> and then today he jokingly wags his finger. why is the president unable to or unwilling to talk to president putin? >> i think there are two things that go on here. i think one is simple stubbornness. the president knows everyone is waiting for him to say the right thing, a lot of people in his own party as well. he just doesn't want to play along and do what's expected of him. but i do think to her point, there is a real frustration with this president there's this shadow over his victory in 2016 you saw and i think we might talk about this president jimmy carter who basically said, hey, the russians got this guy re-elected. but i think it's important we have this conversation to remember this is not just about the president's rhetoric. there's almost certainly going to be a point in the 2020 election where his national secu

but he's been having talks with the russian president vladimir putin. at the kremlin and a visit affirming the increasingly close relationship between the 2 former cold war communist rivals. she who arrived in moscow earlier today will attend a ceremony marking the launch of a chinese car factory and also as we mentioned earlier stop by moscow's zoo. she will also be one of the key speakers at russia's major investment conference and st petersburg on friday. hooten and she are meeting in russia as world leaders gathered on the east coast of england to mark the 75th anniversary of the detail landings hootin who attended the 70th anniversary commemorations in france 5 years ago that has not been invited russia was not involved in d.-day but the soviet effort was crucial of course in defeating the nazis on the eastern front with china and russia in recent years has aligned their foreign policy positions at the united nations and in regard to major international crises such as syria and iran nuclear program putin and televised remarks at the start of the ta

putin isn't the only strong man on trump's schedule.d he'll have breakfast with the saudi crown prince in a few hours. who the cia concluded personally ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> i don't know if anyone can conclude that the proun prince did it. >> and then he sited down with president erdogan who they are threatening to tangs for the purchase of a russian missile system. >> during the meeting, a kremlin official said putin invited president trump to come to russia next year to celebrate victory day, something he has not rsvp-ed to yet. >> thank you for that report. >>> and joining me now is former fbi and cia analyst phil mudd. and as you listen to the president's comments there about journalists but especially about election security with president putin looking on, what is the real -- what is the real effect of him making light of meddling. >> i think we misinterpret and i've been trying to understand what the president is doing -- our misinterpretation is saying maybe the president is embarrassed by this bec

our top story president vladimir putin held a closed door meeting on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit on friday it was the 1st time the 2 leaders had met since the publication of the more report on interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election speaking to journalists beforehand give a wry response when asked if he would tell his russian counterpart not to meddle in next. saying simply don't do that. the. into the small hours know where you are how did a woman fold. oh yeah you did or good evening actually it's 1 in the morning where i am while i can tell you that the full big fat agenda of the who get together didn't stop the 2 leaders from having a few light hearted moments and despite the dilapidated state of relations between russia and america donald trump tried to lighten up the mode as best as he could when both leaders were walkin down the hall where the g 20 family photo ceremony was taking place he smiled and he tapped vladimir putin on the shoulder and they also had quite a funny exchange where when they were already in the room 4 of the proper formal negotiations. it

by comparison mr putin's meeting with theresa may was icy cold.e bbc she intended to confront the russian president about the poisoning of sergei skripal in salisbury last year. we set out the evidence. charges have been laid against two russian individuals. i want to see those individuals brought to justice. russia needs to recognise its acts and stop acting in this way, and stop its other destabilising activities around the world. donald trump has repeatedly refused to take action against vladimir putin for russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 us election. today, he was asked if he would do so today, he was asked if he would do so again. this meeting came a day after a newspaper interview in which president putin had launched an all—out attack on western liberal values on immigration... and on multiculturalism. translation: it's no longer tenable. but it's a meeting that has not taken place that is dominating this summit, that between donald trump and chinese president xijinping. the two countries are locked in a damaging trade war, president t

maybe president putin would say hey that's a pretty good idea let me see what i can do for you. another meeting that took center stage was and they had a fairly chordal meeting in a sock a very unlike the meeting with the reason my brits and do you think we could see an improvement in relations with moscow or is it just to suit and also how is that going to affect relations between. trump. well it's hard hard to say what will happen happen with trump. you know i think it could be it could be much better i thought we were doing well after 989 and trump especially before he became a candidate i think he had a lot of interest in getting along with. the leaders in russia but then politics. this is why libertarians don't like politics too much we don't like too much power in politics because all of a sudden there's too many forces and one thing that they drift into is a little bit of this conflict some people make money off that you know who have a threat or a conflict here and like what's going on in iran that is motivated and backed by people who make money and unfortunately our mi

with the vladimir putin you met? you knew him before he was president. mr. burns: yeah, no, i met him when he was the deputy mayor of st. petersburg, i think 1994, and he was a very great figure, i was a great figure as the political change at the u.s. embassy. i certainly never thought he was going to be president of the russia, and he probably never thought that i was going to be the u.s. ambassador. atin, in my experience, is combustible combination of grievance and ambition and insecurity wrapped together. he prides himself on being able to play a weak hand skillfully, and he's a realist, if not a cynic. he understands that russia has a much weaker hand than the united states. i remember him saying publicly a year ago it's not my fault if i play aweekend while -- weak hand while those with stronger hands play them poorly. he has a deep mistrust of his political elite and foreign leaders, and i think he's convinced himself the best way to carve out power for himself is to chip away at an american-led order, and he

the united states so we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a great discussion president putin myself and i thought it was really a tremendous discussion. make several concessions to china take the ongoing trade war as both countries agree to restart negotiation. parliament concludes that more than $20000.00 public sector workers are ad risk of islamic radicalization. over a video showing children being taught how muslims pray our guests the big story. is important for kids to know the jewish faith the christian faith and faith yes i'm. teaching about what goes on. a. violation of the european. broadcasting. international i'm certainly glad it's. donald trump have agreed to hold new arms control talks and are seeking to improve trade relations they met at the g 20 summit which wrapped up on saturday in japan. what a coincidence on the last day of the g. 20 summit and also the president of russia vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump having a press conference almost simultaneously different styles different choices of language we know that donald trump loves simple word

hi again well want to a coincidence almost simultaneous press conferences by president vladimir putin and president donald trump here in osaka well they have different styles different toys of languages mr trump loves simple words so we even heard him say. as a grade mr putin is much california with what he's saying but the bottom line is still that both heads of state are very glad about how they talked here in japan. that meeting was a good. very businesslike and we had a discussion we had a great actually we had a good discussion president so some of that was really a tremendous discussion. if it was so good does that mean that after osaka moscow and washington will stop behaving like geopolitical foe while history shows that this is a very very unlikely but the kremlin and the white house did agree to take a few steps together in the future for example the leaders tasked their foreign ministers with working on sorting out all busy of the differences and difficulties when it comes to arms control so this could be the 1st step to potentially a new agreement to the to replace the pre

so putin kind of is trump. >> exactly. i mean, when i saw that quote and it's remarkable because, you know, this is something that in the past putin's people have said. he has never quite come out and said this in so many words. right? so there is actually a process we're observing, which is trump is emboldening putin and putin is emboldening trump. this idea that again, putin's people have been running around with for years, which is that there is multicultural is a terrible thing and forced down our throats and this is an important quote from a thinker. there is nothing universal about universal human rights. we're seeing for example the united states state department form a special working group on revisiting the idea of human rights. i don't think it's because trump is putin's puppet but there is natural conversions of thinking. >> and let me play really quickly donald trump talking about another dictator, saudi crowned prince mohammed bin salman and calling him his friend. take a listen. >> the crowned prince of saudi

at the venue but those who get an invitation on the 1st day of the floor actually head to vladimir putin st petersburg residence at some point during the day to take part in the events chaired by the russian leader and one of these events was a get together with the heads of the most important international news agencies and during that panel vladimir putin had quite a few quid of cool things to say about washington or raising signatures on some of the most important treaties that control the use of missiles missile defense and so on we can remember how george w. bush decided to ditch the anti-ballistic missile treaty almost 20 years ago we can also remember what donald trump did to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty last year so here's what mr putin said in particular you know that we've. got it seems like the global threat issues being ignored that concerns our american partners have withdrawn from the anti-ballistic missile treaty so what ladies and gentlemen i would like to ask you did anyone of you protest or takes to the streets with play cards no silence but it was ok bu

president putin sat down with turkish leader the one on a saturday morning and military cooperation was at the top of the agenda. my dear friend mr president we have given a new boost to relations between turkey and russia we continue to oversee the deliveries of the s 400 missile system this is important in our country's relations and joint production of missiles. meanwhile the leaders of china and the united states have been trying to find a way out of their ongoing trade war after months of it tit for tat tariffs. both stressed the need for compromise. one basic fact remains china and the united states both benefit from corporation and when there is confrontation cooperation in dialogue better than friction and confrontation it slipped a little bit and now we're getting a little bit closer who would be historic if we could do a trade deal day one of the summit got off to a positive start in our stock as world leaders exchange their greetings and there was no lack of emotion either. one of the most awaited events on friday was the meeting between vida report and donald trump it was th

the big fat full serious agenda of the talks between donald trump and vladimir putin didn't stop the 2 leaders from enjoying a few light hearted moments despite the delight but they did state of relationships between washington and moscow donald trump as it seemed tried to do his best to lighten up the mood he was seeing happening. on the shoulder a while they were walking towards the podium for the traditional g 20 family photos ceremony but when the ended up in the room for the formal talks the jokes from donald trump just didn't stop flowing. and a once again this time when this formal part so to say of the bilat or the american so there's a big girl started screaming what about the middle of the moment what about the meddling and donald trump simply said he point out the russian side and said don't meddle here's what that looked like. really really really really. really really really really goes. to. the white house and the kremlin remain rather tight lipped about what was said in that room the only spilled the beans on a few things the president putin spokesperson dmitri pascal

the big fat full serious agenda of the talks between donald trump and vladimir putin didn't stop the 2 leaders from enjoying a few light hearted moments despite the delight but they did state of relationships between washington and moscow donald trump as it seemed tried to do his best to lighten up the mood he was seeing tapping vladimir putin on the shoulder while they were walking towards the podium for the traditional g. 20 family photo ceremony but when they ended up in the room for the formal talks the jokes from donald trump just didn't stop flowing. and a once again this time when this formal protocol part so to say of the bilat was over the american the wing so to save the journalist started screaming what about the meddling moment what about the meddling and donald trump simply said he point out the russian side and said don't meddle here's what that looked like. really really really really really really really really really really really really really. believe that. the white house and the kremlin remain rather tight lipped about what was said in that room the only spilled

a white house readout of trump's meeting with putin notes the perilous cust arms control venezuela syria and iran but there's no mention of the lection interference trumps half hearted word of caution to putin well someone expected is once again in biting criticism for trump's failure to forcefully confront russia's leader can really help get al-jazeera. thomas joins us now from osaka and really i think as kimberly really so eloquently said it was so nice of bilateral issues and rivalries could this be one of the i don't know what he wants a divisive andrew but one of the most co-operative g. 20 is that we've really ever witnessed. it's very hard to say at the moment because we're so far away from the conclusion of this we've had the 1st day but really a less significant day in the sense that what we know really is what we've seen in those very brief moments before those bilateral meetings that will be it's expected a communique by all 20 leaders that will get released sometime late on saturday and that will deal with the official issues of this summit but really as you said and as kimbe

putin that's the case. the president thinks his persona, his own needs and interests first. with kim i think it's very clear. i think errol's right, it's a clear victory for kim jong-un who has made very little compromise on the nuclear issues or on human rights. but for the president, i think it's even more important because he really believes that kim, not the iran agreement, certainly not vladimir putin, is his ticket into the history books. he changed -- fundamentally changed the conversation with respect to north korea. and i think he deserves credit for that. but i think he really does believe by keeping kim on the string, by flattering hit, by stepping into north korea, that in fact he preserves the option of a credible agreement at some point during the course of his presidency that would clearly by any standard win him, win him the nobel. it would be quite interesting, as well, if president trump grabbed president moon and the three leaders had a trilateral. frankly, that would be an american interest because it really is in our interests to foster a much better rel

i've seen interviews you've done with vladimir putin over the years.spond -- does he respond more to people who were tough with him, frank with him or does he respond to this type of activity? >> well, i mean i think what's interesting is that last meeting they had face to face in finland, helsinki. i was in that press conference, and, you know, president trump was like, you know, i believe -- i'm basically paraphrasing -- i believe president putin. he believed him over his own intelligence services. putin actually intervened in the press conference at that point and said hang on a minute actually behind closed doors president trump did criticize our action in crimea. he said he disagreed with it. and you got a bizarre situation where the russian president was saying, look, i was criticized in private behind closed doors by president trump. and, you know, i think that's very telling of how concerned the russians are and how concerned the kremlin is that this sort of relationship they've got with president trump could be counter productive and could act

would react to that comparison and indeed the trump illustration seeing putin statement that one why do the fact the opposition leader is a good person but creates chaos he said with his political actions. yes well i think that this concept of backyard is problematic in today's environment and i think that pointing to u.s. double standards here is is is quite understandable but again you know i would say that we need to agree on principles here are are we in agreement that people should have their own self-determination because if so then then we should be allowing the venezuelans to decide for themselves rather than funding opposition movements or or indeed supporting the existing government if they're operating in. in ways that squash legitimate opposition i think i think in venezuela both the people that support both sides have serious questions to answer and of course you know the americans are not the only ones that talk about backyards and spheres of influence i think we do need to be having a serious grown up conversation about the principles upon which we operate in the inter