u.s. intelligence agencies, is putin lying to you? >> i don't want to get into whether or not he's lying. i can only say that i do have confidence in our intelligence agencies as currently constituted. i think that dan coats is excellent. i think that gina is excellent. i think we have excellent people in the agencies. and when they tell me something, it means a lot. >> glor: coats says the threat is ongoing. do you agree with that? >> well, i'd accept that. he's an expert. this is what he does. he's been doing a very good job. i have tremendous faith in dan coats. and if he says it, i would accept that. i tell you, though, it better not be. e better not be. >> glor: have you talked to coats since you got back? >> yeah i have, sure. >> glor: what did he say? >> i just talked, generally speaking. he agrees with the statement you made. and i go along with him. he's a very... he's a great guy. he's a great patriot. he loves his country. and he's only going to say what he truly believes. and the information that's given to him is that. >>

u.s. intelligence community with whatever vladimir putin says. secondly, in dealing with our allies and boy do we count on our allies -- when we go to our allies now as u.s. intelligence services and say, give us our sensitive intel on russia, china, north korea, and they look at us and say, where is this going in what's going to happen with in? has your president told you he's not going share this beyond just us? >> unbelievable turn of events. jeremy it was your former boss leon panetta i was quoting at the top of the broadcast when he said this may be the worst day in the history of the american presidency. do you expect resignation for starters and interest -- for instance, dni cotes? >> i got give credit to dni coates because he did stand up ft. for the u.s. intelligence community, the men and women who are working in very austere locations, risks their own lives, risks lives of the amts they are trying to recruit and protect and doing the hardest job we ask of american professionals. if the dni was not going stand up for them today, he woul

u.s. intelligence community concluded it was russia that attacked the u.s. and the presidential election. and they don't say it could have been other people as the president said could be other people, a lot of people out there so there's a clear, clear distinction between the president still saying about other people as opposed to what the u.s. intelligence community concluded. jeff zeleny at the white house, thank you. >>> there's more breaking news. cnn is learning a day after the helsinki summit russian intelligence is planning to step up the targeting of western nations. let's go to the crime and justice reporter shimon. what are you learning? >> reporter: there's increasing intelligence and concern certainly among intelligence officials that the russians are planning to step up some of the aggression, some of their activity towards the west. you know, this, of course, including the u.s. and the uk. now, this is coming at a time after the world cup. of course, it was russia hosting the world cup and there was increased intelligence to indicate that the

u.s. intelligence assessment that russia did meddle in the twenty sixteen election and that it continues to try to undermine u.s. democracy. moving on the european union and japan are due to sign a free trade deal of a summit currently underway in tokyo the landmark agreement will cover a third of the global economy and deepen economic ties between the two blocs but said it is a fairly balanced relationship already last year the e.u. exporter of goods and service is worth just over seventy eight billion euros to japan looking in the other direction japan's exports to the e.u. are worth a little over seventy seven billion euros these volumes could increase sharply under the new trade pact. a deal removed by the way in one thousand nine percent of tariffs on all japanese imports to the e.u. and ninety four percent of the tariffs on european imports to japan. ok we're going to focus now on some of the other stories making news around the world the former u.s. president barack obama has wrapped up a brief trip to kenya he paid a visit there to his father's home village where he showed off his b

u.s. intelligence community. when point blank asked, who does he believe, vladimir putin or his own u.s. intelligence community, which is his intelligence community now, he didn't say -- in fact he went on to talk about hillary clinton's server. let's listen. >> we have two thoughts. you have groups that are wondering why the fbi never took the server, why haven't they taken the server? why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic national committee? i've been wondering that. i've been asking that for months and months and i've been tweeting it out and calling it out on social media. where is the server? i want to know where is the server and what is the server saying? with that being said, all i can do is ask the question. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be, but i really do want to see the server. but i have -- i have confidence in both parties. >> all he can do is ask the question. john king is joining us f

u.s. intelligence leaders, u.s. intelligence agencies moving forward? here to discuss now, cnn law enforcement analyst josh campbell. he was a special assistant to the former fbi director james comey. and cnn contributor garrett graft. he's director of -- sorry. i know what you do. you write books and you're a smart guy. let's talk about what happened yesterday. for dan coats, the sitting director of national intelligence, the senior most intelligence official in the u.s., a former gop senator appointed by this republican president, for him to contradict president trump very soon after those comments connect to putin, josh campbell, you advised a former senior u.s. intelligence official in james comey. how rare is that? and how consequential is that? >> so it's rare. we haven't seen a lot of our national leaders actually stand up to this president. all they can do is speak for themselves. each leader at every juncture has to determine, am i representing my agency to the best of my ability? am i really backing the men and women that go to work every day

u.s. intelligence agencies. here are the president's remarks. >> i have full faith and support for america's great intelligence agencies. always. and -- always have. and i have felt very strongly that russia's impact had no impact tul on the outcome o. election, let me be totally clear in saying that -- and i'm said this many times, i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. there is a need for some clarification. it should have been obvious, i thought it would be obvious. i would like to clarify in case it wasn't. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of would not. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. just to repeat it, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been i thought i would be a little bit unclear on the transcript or unclear on the actual video. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negativ

u.s. intelligence community, their assessment, then he added something that the u.s. lligence community does not believe. listen to this. >> let me be totally clear in saying that, and i've said this many times, i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place, could be other people also. there's a lot of people out there. there was no collusion. >> you know, the u.s. intelligence community does not believe it was other people, a lot of other people out there, it believes russia did it. what does that tell you? >> you read the indictment which i have done, it is unequivocal it was the russians. there's no question about it. and let me also clarify something else the president said, wolf. he said in that clip that he's always adopted the findings of the intelligence community. nothing could be further from the truth. from the very beginning he has said it is a witch hunt. he has thrown questions out about the credibility of every single intelligence agency in our government, so that's a ridiculous claim as well. you

intelligence. is ok. it was. at the summits letterman put an offer to u.s. investigators the opportunity to question twelve russian intelligence officers implicated for allegedly hacking democratic party servers however he said moscow will only do so if the u.s. grants russian prosecutors similar access to accused u.s. nationals and particularly he mentioned businessman bill browder whose colleagues were accused by putin funneling four hundred million dollars illegally earned russia to hillary clinton's presidential campaign on tuesday the russian prosecutor's office published a list of people it would like to question the biggest surprise was perhaps a michael mcfaul former u.s. ambassador to moscow well there are also several other state department officials as well as u.s. intelligence officers on that list former british am i six agent christopher steel who is behind the infamous trump file is also wanted for questioning by russia. we needed to do it years afterward nicky and us that we're talking about foreign intelligence officers in particular from the

u.s. intelligence asserts ordered the election meddling, nevertheless admitted he wanted mr. p to win. the president said u.s.-russia relations were at an all-time low and in-part blamed the special counsel investigation. >> i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. i think it's kept us apart. it's kept us separated. >> reporter: and major joins me now. and major, with the president flying home on air force one, is there an effort by his administration to try to clean up or backtrack these comments? >> reporter: there is a concerted effort to get the president, in the words of one senior official i talked to, to fix this and fix it quickly by doing two things. one: in some time of short order, say the president believes u.s. intelligence over vladimir putin. and also, quash as fast as possible, any sense that the united states would cooperate with russian intelligence services on the mueller probe or anything else. those two things are hanging out there, they have compromised the president's ability, these officials believe, to communicate what america stands for a

u.s. intelligence agencies. but he missed an opportunity to tell vladimir putin and russia to never do this again. he chose not to. he did not stand up to do that. >> also i note he noted the incredible offer that putin made to help investigate these intelligence professionals in the indictment. >> he did, yes. that was something that was obviously discussed today. they had a lengthy, more than two-hour solo meeting and again another one a little later, a little long eer -- sorry, a lite shorter. this was an effort by vladimir putin to seize control of the narrative of this investigation. saw this, of course, on friday, a dozen russian military intelligence agencies were indicted by the u.s. justice department and putin, of course, did not suggest that he would necessarily extradite them but it came with a catch. he suggested that he would want the same in return and have russian law enforcement be able to interview americans who he say have committed various crimes here on russia's soil. and the president trump

u.s. intelligence community can no longer trust the president's judgment. do you agree? if that's the case, should his intelligence chiefs resign? >> bianna, there's been a very rocky relationship between president trump and his intelligence community. you'll remember in the early days the relationship was bad. the morale was bad. the president called his intelligence community nazis. people were considering resigning. but over time, that relationship got better, in large parent because the intelligence community got access to the oval office on almost a daily basis. but yesterday was a blow to that morale. it was a blow to that relationship. i do think that senior officials in the intelligence community need to ask themselves whether they can continue to serve this president and represent the men and women in the intelligence community in a way that is positive. deeply concerned about that. >> would you advise them to step down if they reached out to you for advice? >> i would advise them to consider stepping down, yes. >> so imagine this. they have intelligence. they wo

u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the russia investigation. the president described vladimir putin's denial, on the other hand, that russia interfered in the 2016 u.s. presidential election as in, president trump's words, extremely strong and powerful. here's how the president responded to reporters' questions. >> just now president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. every u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. what -- who -- my first question for you, sir, is who do you believe? my second question is, would you now with the whole world watching tell president putin, would you denounce what happened in 2016 and would you warn him to never do it again? >> so let me just say that we have two thoughts. you have groups that are wondering why the fbi never took the server. why haven't they taken the server? why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic national committee? i've been wondering that. i've been asking that for months and months, and i've been tweeting it out and calli

u.s. because her public is everyone who goes in and reap their intelligence briefing notes. it is why putin is planning to the u.s. 2020 election already. that is why the men and women of the u.s. intelligence community unanimously and without any regard to party understand the putin wages information operation against the united states in 2016 and that is why dan coats, an esteemed former member of this body were to the press today, not six months ago, went to the press today and reaffirmed, quote, our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election is ongoing pervasive effort to undermine our democracy, close quote, will remain the opinion of the u.s. intelligence community. this is that republican versus democrat. this is future decembers is deciding you want to be in america. vladimir putin is and propped up by a band of oligarchs every bit as corrupt as he is. couldn't fix democracy while preventing free and fair elections. putin follows massive amounts of russian well upon his people to himself and to his cronies and he keeps an iron grip on the press. these are not

u.s. intelligence community so thoroughly that he suggested it would be great if the u.s. and russia could really work together on cyber security. he suggested that it would be an incredible idea, he said, if russian law enforcement and intelligence interview people indicted in the u.s. he sold them out so thoroughly that he said it would actually be better if things happened in russia because their justice system would have handled it differently. >> one of the other thing that was surprising is when i think it was reuter's reporter jeff mason. the american reporters, john la meyer from ap and jason from reuter's did a great job and demonstrate why tough questions of president trump are necessary and the weak subjects we often see are a disservice to the united states. one of the things that jason said, phil, was you put out that tweet saying the made to is responsible for the bad state of relations. is there nothing you would hold russia accountable for? and president trump didn't list anything. he didn't list one thing, not ukraine, not crimea, not the poisoning in the u

u.s. intelligence agencies. his remarkable and shocking remarks brought swift and generally sweeping condemnation. members of his own party used words like bizarre, shameful, and disgraceful. a former cia director called the comments treasonous. laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. one of the strongest reactions came from republican senator john mccain of arizona, who called trump's statements one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. today in washington, meeting with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the president will likely be in defense mode. president trump questioned his own intelligence community after meeting privately with russian president vladimir putin in helsinki on monday. >> they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> reporter: the president said putin was powerful in his denial that russia interfered in the 2

u.s. and against our public at present as everyone who goes into the skiff and reads their intelligence briefing knows. it's why putin is planning to attack the u.s. 2020 election already. and that's why the men and women of the u.s. intelligence community unanimously and without any regard to party understand that putin waged an information operation against the united states in 2016. and that's why dan coats, an esteemed former member of this body, went to the press today -- not six months ago -- went to the press today and reaffirmed with, quote, our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, close quote, remain the opinion of the u.s. intelligence community. this isn't a question of republican versus democrats. this is a question of patriotism versus deciding that you want to be on the side of sowing discord and doubt in america. we shouldn't sugar coat this. vladimir putin is a despot and he's propped up by a band of oligarchs every bit as corrupt as he is. putin fakes democracy while preventing free and fair elections

u.s. intelligence of a propaganda campaign to sway the u.s. election, its editor in chief saying russia and the u.s. now meet as equals. >> every president has to have a chance to consider himself a winner. let's give president trump that chance and let's give president putin the same chance. >> reporter: president trump gave him that chance, despite the new indictments for election meddling, indictments so specific they listed names, even addresses. we travelled to one of them in moscow. this imposing building is officially a military university. the indictment says inside of it was the headquarters of unit 26165, the russian military intelligence unit charged with having the primary responsibility for the hacks on the democratic party. it is located in a high security area, mainly of military buildings. the army's general command is a few blocks away.ls dismiss the american evidence. >> maybe they did it, maybe not. maybe think exist and maybe not. i don't know. but i cannot trust your organizations like fbi, cia and so on and so forth. >> r

u.s. intelligence communities fabct that russia meddled in the u.s. election. senator john cornyn told and seen the then he's considering a measure that lawmakers are talking about a way to reaffirm their support of the intelligence community's findings on the issue of russian meddli meddling. and a lot of republican lawmakers deeply frustrated. you can hear in the their voices. here's senator bob corker of tennessee and lawmaker will hurd of texas talking about their frustration with the president yesterday on capitol hill, poppy. >> the president's comments made us look as a nation more like a pushover. >> vladimir putin spouted many of his usual lines that were just completely wrong and he did it standing next to the leader of the free world and there was no rebuttal. having the u.s. president side with putin over u.s. intelligence is just unacceptable. >> i think one of the issues here for lawmakers is that they viewed this meeting as already problematic. yesterday trump's performance, of course, seems like a worst-case scenario for many republican lawmakers

u.s. intelligence community under the bus and putin drove right over it. vladimir putin could not have scripted the moment better himself, as the president tossed aside the u.s. government's conclusion that moscow interfered in the 2016 election and cozied up to the russian leader. in a statement, president trump blamed america too. >> i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think the united states has been foolish, i think we have all been foolish, we should have had this dialogue a long time ago, a long time frankly before i got into office, and i think we all are to blame. >> translator: could you name a single fact that would definitivity improve the collusion allegations are nonsense, just like the president e president's recent -- >> reporter: accusing 12 russian agents of hacking into u.s. emails. >> i don't know the full extent of the situation, but president trump mentioned this issue and i will look into it. >> the russian president did admit one thing, he wanted president trump to win in 2016. >> yes, i did, because he talked about bringing th

u.s. intelligence community. press conference added another complication, especially for republicans on the house intelligence committee which previously disputed the intelligence community's finding that putin wanted trump to win in 2016. a fact putin himself confirmed when asked if he wanted trump to become president. >> translator: yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s./russia relationship back to normal. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan strongly criticized russia and would not walk back the house gop's controversial finding. >> did the republicans make a mistake in the report? >> i'll refer you to the community. that was concerned about the trade craft. just so everybody knows, russia did meddle with our elections. >> reporter: and several republicans, jake, on the house intelligence committee continued to stand by that assertion questioning whether or not putin, in fact, wanted trump to win. but also, jake, behind closed doors, the house republican conference and the senate republicans meeting s

u.s. intelligence agencies? >> well, usually president of the united states try to steer clear of kgb agents and not talk to them at all but as president of the united states, no, this is unprecedented and i think the stupefy case that you're finding around this country and also around the world is scary to people here in europe. to hear this. and they're going to be relying more on their own themselves again or a while back when he started this insult tour. but i think this put him -- he was so much on a world stage. everybody was watching. a big moment in the presidency and he fell on his face in terms of his argument and made it very clear that for psychological reasons, because he has something to hide, who knows why? he sides with the russians over americans starting with intelligence. >> so, kaitlan collins, president trump's pitch to voters is to make america great again, put america first. how are white house officials attempting to explain how siding with russia over american intelligence officials, his

u.s. intelligence agencies. republican senator john mccain called it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. former vice president joe biden, a potential democrat candidate in 2020, said the news conference was beneath the dignity of the office of the president. republican house speaker paul ryan wrote, the united states must be focused on holding russia accountable and putting an end to its vile attacks on democracy. nancy cordes is on capitol hill, talking to other lawmakers, nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. brutal criticism. and that's because most republicans were already at odds with the president when it comes to russia, but now there is a real sense of defeat, a sense they will never be able to get through to him on this issue. though that didn't stop some of them from trying. >> putin is no friend to america. >> reporter: gop leaders tried to be gentle. other republicans were more blunt. >> the president's comments made us look as a nation more like a p

u.s. intelligence agencies. republican senator john mccain calls it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. newt gingrich, a huge trump supporter, says it is the most serious mistake of his presidency and must be corrected immediately. >> so, what will the white house do today in response? thus far not much. they did put out some talking points that were obtained by cnn and they show that white house allies will falsely claim that president trump has spent the last year and a half, quote, repeatedly believing his intelligence community. that is not the message that has come loud and clear from president trump. so we'll see if they can successfully spin their way out of this. let's begin with abby phillip live at the white house. any movement there yet, abby? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the white house is struggling this morning to explain the president's behavior at that press conference with vladimir putin. it is extraordinarily telling that while the kremlin is celeb

u.s. intelligence community's assessment? >> cast doubt on the validity of any number of these things you know that's fair. >> woodruff: dan coats, the director of national intelligence, also responded, insisting, "we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security." the concerns from the other end of pennsylvania avenue will be waiting for the president when he returns to washington late tonight. we now turn to our two reporters who were there in helsinki: white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. and special correspondent ryan chilcote. hello to both of you. yamiche, you were in the room during this news conference. do you understand what it was that led the presi to say he could not be sure of what his own intelligence communy has found about the 2016 election? >> well, president trump equated u.s. intelligence communitiesha wh said over and over again that rust meddled in u.s. elections with the denial of president putin who says russia thad nothing to do withs. this is

u.s. intelligence. touching down to a storm of criticism this was not the welcome home president trump would want but off to siding with the russian president over america's own intelligence services it was hardly a surprise and it even came from his own team. today's press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory blasted republican senator and former presidential candidate john mccain the president must appreciate that russia is not our ally rebute republican house speaker paul ryan and democrats were also swift to condemn me and hot tired history of our country americans have never seen a president of the united states support an adversary the way president trump a supportive president putin. the president of the united states to side with president putin against american law enforcement american defense officials american intelligence agents is thoughtless it's dangerous it's going to. the summit in helsinki between the two presidents was

u.s. intelligence agencies, which he sort of alluded to in the press conference, if he doesn't trust u.s. intelligence, how can we protect cyber security in the future? if he's worried about this undermining his election, that seems to be driving his policy and that's not a good thing. >> dana: the president saying earlier that there's some fault on our side. i guess he's talking about not having good passwords and not being aware that you can be hacked? >> he's saying it's the democrat's fault because they kind have great cyber security protection. if you read the indictment and i would encourage every american to read it because it's fascinating, it was not something that you can protect with just systems. everyone that does cyber security knowing everybody is vulnerable. we all have g-mail accounts, separate e-mail accounts. it's the equivalent of somebody creating a fake e-mail address that looks likes somebody that you speak to online, creating a link that looks like something and sneaking it into your inbox. >> and the gru, it's the same organization in russia that is implicated in t

u.s. intelligence agencies. even republican senators calling the president's comments disgraceful and flat out wrong. this morning the president's first interview since the summit defending his remark and overnight the interview with vladimir putin that turned ugly. >> translator: if you don't like my answer, you can give it to me straightaway and i'll just keep silent. >> what putin refused to do. >>> also breaking overnight, the manhunt for a suspected serial killer in texas. five attacks in just a matter of days including two murders at mattress stores. hear how the alleged killer escaped from authorities. >>> dramatic new images of the so-called lava bomb in hawaii crashing through the roof of a boat full of tourists. a man on board describes the terrifying moments. >>> plus, why victims of the las vegas shooting massacre are now being sued by the owner of the hotel where it happened. >> the shocking sight on this drawbridge. a biker keeps pedaling falling into a gap. >>> and the diamond discovery this morni

u.s. intelligence community. >> do you think any u.s. intelligence agencies are out to get you?certainly in the past it's been terrible. you look at brennan, you look at clapper, you look at hayden, you look at comey, you look at mccabe, you look at strzok, his lover, lisa page, you look at others in the fbi that have been fired that are no longer there. certainly i can't have any confidence in the past, but i can have a lot of confidence in the present and the future. because it's getting to be that we're putting our people in. but in the past, i have no confidence in a guy like brennan, i think he's a total low life. i have no confidence in clapper. you know clapper wrote me a beautiful letter when i went into office and all of a sudden he's went hay wooi because they got to him and got him to say things he probably doesn't even mean. i certainly have no confidence in past people. you take a look at all of the shenanigans that have gone on. >> james clapper spent 35 years in the u.s. military, it's pretty shocking to hear the president talk about these dpis like that. >> hones

u.s. intelligence agencies, is putin whether or not he's lying. can only say that i do have confidence in our intelligence agencies as currently constituted. i think that dan coats is excellent. i think that gina is excellent. i think we have excellent people in the agencies. and when they tell me something, it means a lot. >> coats says the threat is ongoing. do you agree with that? >> well, i'd accept that. he's an expert. this is what he does. he's been doing a very good job. i have tremendous faith in dan coats. and if he says that i would accept that. i will tell you, though, it better not be. it better not be. >> have you talked to coats since you got back? >> yeah, i have, sure. >> what did he say? >> just talked generally speaking. he agrees with the statement you made. and i go along with him. he's a very -- he's a great guy. he's a great patriot. he loves this country. and he's only going to say what he truly believes. and the information that's given to him is that. >> do you think any intelligence agencies, u.s. intelligence agencies,

u.s. intelligence agencies. so i have great confidence in my intelligence people but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today and what he did is that incredible offer he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the twelve people i think that's an incredible of thank you. because voluntary shoals has been covering up a summit welcome terry so the u.s. president siding with president putin over his intelligence services was not unexpected. it's hard to know what was expected between these two leaders they don't follow any script with president trump especially he seems to get off on tangents as he did at this press conference i frankly was surprised that european issues that nato issues did not play a bigger role in the press conference there really was primarily focused at least from president trump side on these issues of collusion and of course on hillary clinton's campaign against him i expected him t

u.s. and the american public. anyone who reads there intelligence briefing knows. that is why putin is planning to attack the u.s. 2020 election already. that is why the men and women of this country unanimously and without any regard to party, unanimously understand that this against the united states in 2016. that is why dan coats antennas to the press went today, not six months ago, today, and reaffirmed "our assessment of meddling in the 2016 election and ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine atop theracy" remained u.s. intelligence agency. this is selling down to and discord in america. we should not sugarcoat this. vladimir putin has propped up by a band of oligarchs every bit as fake as he is. his fake democracy will not give fair and equal elections. an eyer putin keeps regret on the press. these are not matters of dispute on one hand and the other. the russian people know who vladimir putin is. the leaders of political and opposition in that country who tried to get there to be a free and fair election. you can ask the human rights activists and internatio

u.s. intelligence agencies. the finnish capital sweltered in an uncharacteristic thirty degrees as people gathered to watch the biggest show in town the meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump putin though arrived half an hour late trump in turn kept putin waiting before he himself left his hotel yet despite the slights both leaders expressed a desire to improve relations this agreement between the two countries or president . discuss them at length today. but if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world then we are going to have to find ways to cooperated pursuit of shared interests. put in and trump spent more than two hours in one on one discussions behind closed doors with only translators present true to trump's word of a summit covered everything from trade to terrorism from nato to nuclear weapons to china but there was another question at the top of most minds was mr. brilliant would you do it as once again president trump mentioned the issue of the so-called interference in the

u.s. intelligence which has repeatedly stated that in russia meddled in the two thousand and sixteen election but trying to take on focus on the past as the two nuclear superpowers must get so long we spoke to former congressman ron paul who believes that american media are used to portray russia as an enemy but you also mentioned so far in this program about the american media and that is a big problem because for some reason they're almost unanimously endorsing the idea that we have to have an enemy and at this point especially for the last twenty years they've been working very hard to make russia the anime and i think this is this is wrong and it's not the democrats alone that do this it's the democrats then along with some disgruntled republicans who just they just don't like trump but no i was very pleased with what went on and it's a step in the right direction they i think the biggest thing that if it ever had a serious discussion i guess it would come out on how much we've been involved when we should be involved for instance in ukraine and how that occurred but if they don't have wa

u.s. intelligence community. question of republicans versus democrats, this the question of patriotism versus deciding that you want to be on the side of this going -- of sowing discord and out in america. vladimir putin is a desperate and is propped up by a band of oligarchs every bit as corrupt as he is. hates democracy and prevents free and fair elections. offunnels massive amounts russian wealth from his people to himself and his cronies. these are not matters of dispute. the russian people know who vladimir putin is. you can ask the leaders of political opposition in a country who tried to get there to be free and fair elections. you can ask the human rights activists. or the ones who show up in my office and give first-hand accounts. you can ask the journalists who try to expose corruption in the country area those are men and women who randomly, disproportionately happen to follow the fifth story windows of office buildings in moscow and st. petersburg. once you randomly happened to show up in a car accide

u.s. intelligence community again and lashes out at critics of this meeting with putin. cheers and celebrations as the first commercial flights between ethiopia and eritrea touches down and mar after twenty years that war. they survived on rain water for nine days inside the depths of a flooded cave now members of a young thai football team have spoken about their ordeal for the first time with one describing the moment they were discovered as magical the twelve teenagers and their coach appeared in good spirits as they honored questions of their first public appearance took bus and house more from china. thank the happy faces of what is now one of the world's most famous football clubs the wild horse can finally go home well no not for the performances on the pitch but for demo regular survival and rescue from the pitch black of a cave in northern thailand. or try to go into the water and dig to see if we can go through but i could feel that the bottom was all sand the top was just rocks a pulled the rope and the boys pulled me back afterwards i told one of the boys tha

u.s. intelligence community? >> well, i think part of the problem is these charges come so thick and fast, you've got to sort of be on alert to be responsive to them. i think you're going to see members of congress responding, but today as you showed in the intro to your program, there are four, five different things to respond to, everything from trade issues to supposed assistance to the democrats. all of those things being confused. >> here's the problem, a major problem. the president's attacks on mueller and the russian investigation, calling it all a hoax, a vicious hoax, a witch hunt in his words, 60% according to a brand new poll, 60% of republicans say they trust president trump more than they trust u.s. intelligence agencies. this is quinnipiac university poll. 60% to 27% among republicans. when democrats, 1% trust trump, 93% say they trust the u.s. intelligence community. >> well, and when you talk about the intelligence community, you're talking about career professionals, talking about people that ha

u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the election of 2016? donald trump: i said that before. have said that numerous times before and i would say that is true, yeah. reporter: hours earlier, sarah sanders defended donald trump's changing viewpoint, sainted president simply hadn't spoken in his press conference with vladimir putin. the remarks contradicted the once president trump may followowing his first face-to-fe meeting with the russian president on monday. in a press conference, trump said he did not have any reason to believe russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election. president trump: people came to me, dan coats came to me and said they think it is russia. i have president putin. he just said it is not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason quite a -- reason why it would be. i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. reporter: one day later, apparently caving to political pressure, donald trump back-checked of his remarks, insisting he s said he did not know why russia would be responsible for meddling

u.s. intelligence agencies the summit comes just days after the u.s. indicted twelve russian agents for hacking during the election. in the finnish capital sweltered in an uncharacteristic thirty degrees as people gathered to watch the biggest show in town the meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump putin though arrived half an hour late trump in turn kept putin waiting before he himself left his hotel yet despite the slights both leaders expressed a desire to improve relations with this agreement between our two countries are well known and president putin and i. discussed them at length today. but if we're going to solve many of the problems facing our world then we're going to have to find ways to co-operated pursuit of shared was. put in and trump spent more than two hours in one on one discussions behind closed doors with only translators present true to trump's word to the summit covered everything from trade to terrorism from nato to nuclear weapons to china but there was another question at the top of most minds in this. region was once

u.s. intelligence about russian meddling. this morning, new details about president trump's russia reversal. >> i have full faith in our intelligence agencies. whoops. they just turred off the light. that must be the intelligence agencies. there it goes. okay. >> reporter: after that interesting moment, sources shedding some light on what led the president to backtrack on his answer in helsinki about russia election meddling. >> i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> reporter: reading from prepared remarks, trump said he misspoke. >> i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been, i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. >> reporter: abc news has learned the president came up with that clarification after bipartisan condemnation as he appeared to side with vladimir putin over the u.s. intelligence community. >> the russians need to know that there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it reall

u.s. intelligence assessments that russia worked to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. redent in damage control mode after he seemed to accept putin's denial of the intrusion and not the findings of american intelligence experts. our peter alexander has late details. >> i thought about the meeting i had with president putin was really strong. >> reporter: first, the backlash, now the walkback, president trump tonight reading from prepared remarks delivering his attempt at a do-over offering this explanation what he meant to say in helsinki. >> a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would" instead of "wouldn't." the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia, sort of a double negative. so you can put that in and i think that probably clarifies things pretty good by itself. >> reporter: here is what the world heard 24 hours ago. >> they said, they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see an. >> reporter: the president accepting vladimir putin's denials of

u.s. intelligence officials, special investigation that led to indictments of russians for meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. >> it is ridiculous. it's ridiculous what is going on with the probe. >> they called of the conduct a disgrace. >> the job of the american president is to protect the american people where this president has chosen again to side with russia. >> former cia director said that the preshelsinki rises to and exceeds the threshold of high crimes and misdemeanors calling it nothing short of treasonous. more than a dozen top republicans also recoiled and were publicly rebuked trump. paul ryan said there is no question that russia interfered in our election and continues attempts to undermine democracy here and around the world. the president must appreciate that russia is not our ally. john mccain had harsh words saying today's press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american resident in memory. some republicans rallied to his defense editing him for opening a dialogue with russia and trying to put aside the cold war era. >> i think