vladimir putin was not a fan of hillary clinton. of course, vladimir putin wanted hillary clinton to lose. he hat hillary clinton. >> the tensions between leaders had been brewing for years. in 2001, another american leader george w. bush vouched to putin. i was able to get a sense of his soul. >> thank you, thank you. >> on the campaign trail in 2008, hillary clinton had a different take. >> i could have told him he's a kgb agent, by definition, he did not have a soul. this is a waste of time. >> originally mrs. clinton said you do not have any soul. >> putin's reply. statements should not be guided by their hearts, they should use their heads. put clinton had a lot of tough words for putin over the years. >> we have to stand up to his bullying. he's somebody who'll take as much as he possibly can. but, it was what happened in 2011 that marked a point of no return. it began with the arabs spring protest early this year. the kind of popular up rise that putin dreaded. he begins to see himself through the eyes of closing the mark. >>

again, vladimir putin is -- that guy plays ten-dimensional chess. you heard it previously in your broadcast. you had a statement, why did you say you have a nice relationship with him? because he says nice things about me. unless the president can speak with great specificity and great authority that we know that it happened and must not happen again, guess what, it's going to happen again. >> he did speak out today, clearly the president did, about what he called the destabilizing activities of russia. that's further than he's gone before. is he on the right track? >> credit is where credit is due. he very specifically articulated our support for article 5 of the nato treaty, something that he did not do in the last trip to europe. so the man can learn and i give him credit for saying some things that will kind of allow the germans and rest of europe to think that we remain on their side and perhaps give vladimir putin some pause. again, on this particular issue, how you go into a discussion, you know, muddying the water about whether the attack oc

meet vladimir putin.s there he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader. >> he was a kgb agent. >> he's a thug, and a murderer and a killer. >> he's the richest man in the world. hundreds of billions of dollars. >> what does he want from donald trump? >> putin is going to eat him like a sandwich. >> he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> just how powerful is he? >> putin has an untrammeled authority. i don't see checks on his power. >> so powerful he rigged the american election? >> of course he wanted hillary clinton to lose. he despies hillary clinton. >> who would you like better? >> of the world. >> while russia celebrates. americans ask what does he want? and is he really the most powerful man in the world? >> december fifth, 1989, it was a cold night in drezden, east germany and it would change the course of vladimir putin's life. the berlin wall had just fallen. all over east germany angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dr

what about vladimir putin's side? i was struck that he almost tried to diminish the significance of the meetings saying one conversation is never enough. >> reporter: you know, the kremlin sort of really, that would be coming. there wouldn't be enough time to get into a full discussion about ukraine but for president trump to understand what it is russia believes is the real situation in ukraine and the real necessity of their involvement there. so, you know, that was framed fwi kremlin. i think there was a line there from president trump that would be valued by the kremlin when he said it's an honor to be there to meet president putin. this is what president putin wants. he does want to be valued on the international stage by someone who in global affairs plays a significant role. one of the things that they are expected to discuss is syria. russia has been making overtures toward the united states to work together to counterterrorism inside syria. this is a narrative, of course, that is important to president trump.

because you both seem to agree on what vladimir putin wants.ofessor do, you think president trump understands what vladimir putin wants? have you seen any evidence of that? >> one of the things that concerns me and i don't mean to denigrate anybody. and fareed probably knows better than i do. i'm not confident that there are people around trump knowledgeable enough and willing enough to give him good advice on how to, quote, cooperate with russia. reagan wasn't sure either when he decided to cooperate with gorbachev but knew who to put around him. and he put good people around him. >> do you think he's capable of making a better relationship? >> yes. why not? he is not a stupid man. his instinct toward cooperation seems to be there. in russia, though, and we don't have time, putin has his own politics. there is deep suspicion in moscow at the highest levels of any arrangement that putin makes with the americans because in moscow's eyes, we have broken our promise to one russian -- one american president after another since clinton have broken t

against vladimir putin. would you regard that as a problem7m against vladimir putin.out of the room. because they do have expertise. they will have neuronss to follow up. having a two person meeting probably lead to a much more frank discussion that we wouldn't have had otherwise. itjust depends on how it went. so, we will see. that bothers me less than the president's constant undermining of american values in public diplomacy, infailure to american values in public diplomacy, in failure to stand up to russian meddling in our elections, and i hope this meeting was a pivot to some of those tougher stanzas, and if that was the purpose of having the smaller meeting, that is absolutely fine —— tougher stances. we'll have to see how it went. this president needs to stand up to vladimir putin, and we will find out very shortly were they did. —— whether he did. thank you very much, nancy soderberg in florida, who was

they have been implicated in those years under vladimir putin or caught together with vladimir putin. i would argue that i highly recommend this study and it's emblematic that the military raises this question that there's russian style corruption is the style of big businesses in russia. it became a common feature and they don't want to implement any measures to protect businesses. previously last year, in the report for free russia foundation i also argue that the term oligarch is no longer meaningful. in fact, it's commonly widespread that it's some sort of private businessmen exist in russia. they don't. they been hijacked by criminal groups. business in russia really means state favors, tax breaks, sponsors from kremlin and the oligarchs are really cash handlers of cash flows allowed by vladimir putin and kremlin has special compromising material or other leverage. even these previously considered oligarchs live in the west and appeared to be a western businessmen and have lifestyle like western businessman but they are vladimir putin handlers because their bases in russia but th

trump and vladimir putin about to sit down for their first official meeting. at stake, armed conflicts in syria, ukraine, trade in europe and asia, domestic politics and questions about past, present and future espionage. all that in a simple question of whether the two men will get along. they already shared a brief handshake. an arm grab right there. a simple pat on the back. a brief grin. that's on the sidelines of the g20 summit in germany. a short time ago they assembled for this, their class photo. president trump there on the bottom left. angela merkel, the moshost, rig in the center wearing red. while we wait to see what happens between trump and putin, outside, this is what it looks like. protesters clashing with police. so far, more than 150 law enforcement officials have been injured. plus, we have new cnn reporting. u.s. intelligence officials say russia has stepped up spying efforts in the u.s. we're covering all of this with our team of reporters. yes, i want to begin with white house correspondent sara murray. live at the g20 in germany. anticip

he's got a little bit of a height advantage over vladimir putin. and in that moment we begin the assessment of the body language. when the meeting happens it will be different than some of the others that occur. and by that i mean a very limited list of officials who will be taking part. the two presidents, putin and trump, the two secretaries of state for the russians it's the moern minister sergey lavrov, for the united states it's rex tillerson. and interpreters. that's it. in many other meetings you will find that there will be an inclusion of other officials who are here. the secretaries of treasury and commerce, the counselor to the president or top advisers. the national security adviser. that would be typical for many of these meetings. but, stephanie, not so with the meeting with putin. it does a couple things. it reduces the number of people in the room so they can really have a connection. it also reduces the numb per of people in the room who can actually speak to what occurred. we expect that we will hear some kind of briefing from the

beyond that, what does vladimir putin want? >> he wants to see if he may be able to work with him down the road. i don't expect sanctions to be lifted now. when you look at that body language in there. these are two of the most fascinating people to watch because body language says it all. you saw smiles from president trump and hand shake. the nonhand shake between trump and merkel. you know -- >> i am going to interrupt you for a second because i'm told activity on the ground at those protests. keir simmons has his helmet back on. what is going on? >> we are now just at the front line of a clash between protesters and the police. we can see guys with bricks who are breaking them up and throwing them at the police. we get miguel to point the camera in that direction and you can see, once again, it appears the police are using smoke bombs, tear gas, more reinforcements arriving and towards the left there, you can see protesters fleeing from the increased police. more police coming this way. let's just, as you can see, even as t

browder: vladimir putin is a former kgb agent. as i said, there is no such thing as a former kgb agent, there are only present kgb agents. in the kgb, they recruit people with no empathy or morals. they trained them to go out and influence people using one of two ways, with bribery or blackmail and extortion. they figure out what you can bribe somebody with, and what people are scared of, to blackmail them. that is their modus operandi. it is entirely plausible they would've looked at all people who potentially influenced leaders in america and try to figure out if they are probable -- they are bribeable or extortable. sen. hirono: that is why the firing of sally yates, and the raising of concerns over trump's campaign operatives in their dealings with russia. as you described, this is a modus operandi for the russians to collect incriminating evidence on their target, so they can gain leverage or control over them. mr. browder: this is exactly what they do. ,here is a russian word for it which means to collect compromising inform

sounded good to vladimir putin. the natural gas thing, troops on the border thing, the president say russia meddled in the election, to make this meeting more awkward. >> the great irony of this administration is donald trump has been more hawkish on russia then any of the previous presidents, obama, george w. bush, clinton, hw bush during the cold war. this has been extremely hawkish administration as katie hendrix pointed out, syrians in syria backed by russia, that might make this awkward. heather: the last question cut off and russian meddling in the election, will this force donald trump's hand now and force him to bring that up in the meeting regardless whether he was going to or not? >> reporter: that is the meme that will dominate the next couple days, the only thing anyone talks about. the polish president and donald trump both bonding, really hate the media, poland like the united states has been run by a red center government, and they really dislike. >> the press in europe and stuff. they do media really

so vladimir putin lied to donald trump.ald trump is allowing that lie to go on and allowing -- and at the same time he himself is demeaning u.s. intelligence establishment. what we saw in that meeting was appeasement of outrageous russian behavior in our last election. >> just so everybody at home is following the bouncing ball. you're saying that you, from sources understand, that u.s. intelligence collective findings demonstrate proof that putin was involved. these u.s. intelligence officials have demonstrated that proof to the president. he is informed on their findings. >> that's right. >> christopher we've got this article in the "daily beast" and it quotes foreign policy expert saying it's no coincidence they would come to an agreement, bury the hatchet and move on. they each got what they wanted. basically trump getting elected and putin getting that for trump. again, this is from what clint watts is saying. >> actually. clinton watts. actually what he said was ore actually what he said was, yes, they both got what t

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richard, you're following the vladimir putin angle. you've covered this man quite a bit over your time. and this is jared novanca, as well. we saw the first lady and president trump arrive a moment ago. in the meantime, richard, let's talk a little bit more about this highly anticipated putin meeting. putin is known to come to these sorts of things with basically a list of grievances, and to roll over the meeting and talk while he's -- talk over everything else, dominate the meeting. is that what we should expect for this one between him and president trump? >> reporter: i would be very surprised if this meeting was like that. we're going to get a readout quite soon, or at least going to hear an official's version of what really happened in the room. we're going to hear from an american official who is going to say -- his spin or his take on what happened behind the closed doors. maybe we'll never know exactly what was said. but i think before we even hear the official explanation, it is significant to know that it was supposed to be 3

i think vladimir putin said barack obama can be pushed around.on't think we want our president pushed around by this guy. i think that's the big thing. that's what we need to do. that's what donald trump needs to have come out of this. >> so he's got to prove that to vladimir putin. he may need to prove that to the other g20 leaders, certainly the nato leaders. >> it's about machismo. >> so handshaking, smiles, frowns and the like. there's an audience there, a national audience but also a domestic audience for president trump here. what do you think he needs to do for the domestic audience? >> he needs to appear strong and in kmocommand of foreign policy. the challenge is it reminds me of this line roger ailes had, you are the message. for trump, he is the message, he is the policy. it is all about his ego. it's important to keep in mind that vladimir putin has bested two previous american presidents, one that i worked for and president obama. he is a high -- he is excellent in the spy craft of sizing up his opponents and then figuring out how to

the president impressed vladimir putin on more than one occasion about russia involvement and vladimir putin denied such involvement as he had in the past. he pressed him, let's talk about how to go forward. that is the right place to spend our time, rather than spending time for disagreement. >> we didn't want to deliver that point. a cease-fire in syria will take effect tomorrow. and hope there will eventually be a political solution in syria. the bilateral meeting with the president and president xi jinping, that is the last we will hear of donald trump at the g 20. it would be great to hear more from him but that is what they decide. david: terrific reporting this whole week. to kirk liphold, former commander in the u.s. navy and former commander of the uss cole. let's talk about what the president has done. it is extraordinary that his two trips abroad, all the media, mainstream media was worried whether he would be the trump from his tweets or a man of state. he has done this country well, whether he comported himself but what he is bringing home, jobs, various trade deals etc..

how do you think vladimir putin is going to take that? >> i think they are going to exchange pleasantries and make tougher points not designed to have a kitchen cabinet debate like president nixon gorboshah and they will say something that's considered tough and not what the other side wants to hear but i don't expect a lot of drama out of it because it is their first meeting. the president made a tough speech. lauren: paul, if you look at the optics of all this, putin is a former spy and dealt with past u.s. presidents, president trump is relatively new to this game, how do you think the psychology element will play out? has donald trump been prepped? what do you know? >> yeah, i think definitely been prepped but donald trump has been around, maybe not kgb spy but done real estate in new york city, that's not child's play. he's using to size up people and use today trying to get his way in a deal. that's what business negotiators do, so i'm not expecting either man is intimidated by the other person and i don't think they expect to go ov

vladimir putin, got the better of vladimir putin in that deal.ere, especially since we've we heard one report after another that he started flexing his muscles and telling young staffers to basically get the [ bleep ] out of his way. >> well, secretary tillerson does know russia. just because he did a big deal running exxonmobile doesn't mean he doesn't understand putin and his complexity. that's the good thing t. bad thing -- here's my biggest worry. putin will come into this meeting and say, you know whatter, first of all, a 30 -- a short meeting, ten minutes about how awful barack obama was. president trump will nod along. they will agree on that. then he will say, right at the end, president obama illegally seized our properties in maryland and new york. that's the word he will use. he will have a legalistic explanation and turn to trump and say, you, in order for us to have a good meeting here, you need to return those. trump needs to have a response, i don't know what it is. >> unfortunately, i think he will agree with that, too. fi philip

well, of course it's vladimir putin who controls at all. there's a third circle that is the cronies. four of them have been sanctioned by the u.s. government. [inaudible] this is the real vladimir putin circle. these are not kgb people. they don't work in state companies. they are his real friends whom the u.s. government assumes is a part of newton's wealth. analyzing this, you wonder how do they make the money. essentially in two ways. asset stealing, that is they buy assets, financial control companies and television companies cheaply and they get big state procurement orders that are massively inflated. and there's no competition because these are vladimir putin's friends and everyone knows they've been given it. looking at the numbers, i come to the assessment that 10 - $20 billion. year has been taken out by this group of essentially half a dozen people. if you added up, this is 100 - $200 billion that has been taken out by this small group of people. of course a consequence of this is there's not much corrupt avenues left for the oth

this not vladimir putin's first rodeo on something like this. i think as much as what they say, how they look, the body language, we know this is a thing with donald trump with the politics of the handshake onward, i think all of that stuff will be scrutinized and rightly scrutinized because vladimir putin gets it. he gets this is theater at some level, and he will be ready not just for questions about what was discussed, but for how it looked. and so i think donald trump -- look, he has a real challenge on his hands, not just with putin but with the broader meetings. in his last trip to europe, he didn't exactly -- i know this will make his supporters happy, but he didn't exactly wow european leaders, so i think there's real questions meaning the broader g-20 summit with trade, migration, with it being in germany and angela merkel hosting it. that's a lot of political policy peril there that gets beyond just the vladimir putin meeting. >> when you talk about people watching the interactions, i can't stop thinking about the handshake with the fr

putin or being played by vladimir putin?> he is playing into putin's hands. whether he pushes a pawn or playing a card. >> he's also a vocal critic of putin's regime, after years of protests, a failed run for president and multiple threats on his life he left russia and went into exile. we met him in paris where he told us that any meeting between presidents trump and putin is a victory for putin. >> in trump believes in handshake, putin believes a handshake is way to fool his counter part. >> do you think putin tried to get trump elected? >> absolutely. we have evidence he wanted trump to win. >> why would he want trump to win? >> many many many reasons. the simple one is trump psychologically, with his massive ego, rejection of the rules would be the ideal counter part. putin beliefs he's calling the shots all over the place. we know it's from history that the power corrupts and absolute power krup eer corrupts. >> you believe he's absolutely corrupted? >> it's the greatest danger being faced by the free world because the

in other words, vladimir putin understands us very well. the question is, do we, does donald trump, really understand him? >>> good evening, john burman here in for anderson. breaking news tonight on perhaps the only growth industry in the united states, the president will not be touting any time soon, russian spying. here at home, on the rise. a new twist as president trump gets ready to meet his russian counterpart who happens to be russia's former top spy and someone who may have ordered intelligence operations aimed at getting him elected. today, president trump issued his strongest statement yet about russian mischief around the world but abundantly unwilling to decisively include russian meddling in the u.s. election as part of it. that's the reality tonight in hamburg, germany, on the eve of president trump's first formal meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. it takes place with protesters marching, allies seeking reassurance, north korea testing missiles, china looking to fill the vacuum and so much more including now the

you've followed vladimir putin for years. i watched on youtube an interview you did with him years ago. to you, how did it seem they got along? >> reporter: well, no surprise, they got along really well. i think for a couple of reasons. first of all, in the instance of donald trump, he's already obviously predisposed toward liking president putin. i mean, he made a big thing out of this during his campaign. he's been criticized for it extensively in the united states, as you know. and, yeah, guess what, when they met, they got on. he kind of liked him. but i think it is also fair to say that vladimir putin has a strong track record, should we say, in charming american presidents. who can forget in 2001, when george w. bush looks into his eyes and caught a glimpse of his soul, got a sense of his soul, i think he said. president obama when he first met putin, as well, was equally kind of bulled over. so putin does this. he is really good at getting american presidents, at least initially, to like him and to see a future in the

election which vladimir putin denies.ussian officials claim the president accepted the denial and u.s. officials said otherwise. they te

vladimir putin has the ultimate poker face and other u.s.ts in the past have thought they had a read on vladimir putin and turned out to be very wrong. you remember that famous quote from president bush, looked him in the eyes and thought he saw into his soul, and i think president bush later lived to regret that comment. >> exactly. well, thank you so much, richard. be sure to watch the first installment, the premiere of richard's special series on assignment with richard eng engel, reporting live from hamburg, germany. >>> coming up, the president's mixed messages on the world stage, on free speech and so-called fake news. the inside scoop. we'll be right back. ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. great-granddaughter of benjamin rush.h he was actually the only medical doctor that signed the declarat

vladimir putin first started meeting western leaders in the 1990s.e met ronald reagan who was in his retirement. he met margaret thatcher. he's met three generations of western leaders. he's met jimmy carter. he's met both clintons, obama, of course and you compare this to trump. now, let's look at how mr. lavrov matches up against mr. tillerson. mr. tillerson has very, very narrow experience. he's been minister since 2004. hopelessly unmatched levels there. also, the operations. the kremlin team, for all its flaws, for all its corruption, is a team that's been working more or less successfully now for a considerable amount of time whereas the white house operation is, shall we say, clearly got teething problems, still. >> new to the game, i think we could say that. ben, every u.s. president or everyone in modern history has tried to reset relations with russia. we saw it with george w. bush trying to look into the eyes and soul of vladimir putin at the beginning of his administration to find he was brutish later on. obama tried to reset relations wi

meetings with theresa may it was a tremendous meeting he had with vladimir putin. he also spoke at the end of his visit with president xi jinping of china and with the concerns about what is taking place in north korea right now. how is here the president addressed it during that visit. >> i appreciate the things they have done [ inaudible ] very substantial problem that we all face in our career, the problem is that something has to be done and [ inaudible ] success may take longer than i'd like and take longer than would you like but there will be success in the end. >> a little bit of new color about that meeting with president xi of china. we're told it lasted about 90 minutes. with translators in the room so you could split that number in half. but nonetheless another long meeting the president had here and we're told by senior administration officials that the president in their words basically was very direct in his talks specifically on that issue of north korea, richard. >> peter, you covered many a gathering of such leefaders fro around the world and as w

donald trump en vladimir putin -- y vladimir putin se reunieron cara a cara por primera vez.a un honor conocer a vladimir putin. vladimir putin reconociÓ que habÍan hablado en varias oportunidades por telÉfono, pero dijeron que esto no era suficiente para profundizar y mejorar la relaciÓn bilateral. ambos coincidieron en calificar el encuentro como muy positivo. no se dieron detalles a quÉ se referÍan. dijeron que la expectativa estaba centrada porque hace muy pocas horas donald trump acusÓ a vladimir putin de movilizar el medio viviente -- oriente. nada de esto ha trascendido. a puertas cerradas no sabemos de quiÉn hablado. javier: cuÉntanos de la otra reuniÓn que genero mucha expectativa. el encuentro de donald trump con enrique peÑa nieto. hablaron del muro? pablo: efectivamente. enorme interÉs en saber que paÓo puertas adentro. ellos habÍan cancelado el encuentro pocos dÍas que donald trump asumir en enero de este aÑo por diferencias sobre el muro. el canciller mexicano dijo que no se iba a tocar este tema del muro. sin embargo, donald trump no pudo con su genio. cuando l

the question is whether or not he brings all of this up with vladimir putin. they have less than an hour scheduled for the meeting between the president and vladimir putin. >> jim acosta in hamburg for us, thank you so much. drilling down now more on the hacking question, and whether as jim just mentioned, if even an open question at all for u.s. intelligence. jim sciutto sat down with a top official who watched the election tampering unfold. jim sciutto joins us now. the hacking question, is it an open question with the u.s. intelligence community at all? >> in a word, no. it's difficult to imagine a more definitive dismissal of the president's comments today than what we heard from the former director of national intelligence james clapper. the senior most american spy with more than 40 years experience, serving presidents of both parties i might add. he said, one, zero question or doubt within the intelligence community, russia behind the attacks. two, no evidence whatsoever that he has seen, and of course he sees all the intelligence on this, that there we

>> this is vladimir putin yesterday in poland, pam.ia but i think it was probably also other people and countries about election interference. >> which is something james clap t per said yesterday he had seen evidence of dni. >> on the one hand, some people say russia was involved, and on the other, some people say it wasn't. this one basically everyone says they were. giving that, and to brian's point, everything he's said up now, this is the moment unwilling with the republican party, it's odd to me a little bit that he decided to lead off with this and represent a change of heart, frankly, from just yesterday when he was unwilling to even say, yes, primarily was. rex tillerson was in the room. we're unlike toly to hear from trump. who knows, he does have his twitter feed. again, though, it seems to me, and i know we won't get an answer on this, but it seems to me that we should get an answer on did donald trump change -- did he -- was he presented with something between poland on thursday and germany on friday that led him to say, i

how can he go in and confront vladimir putin and say, stop it in a serious manner without vladimir putinaying, what are you talking about? of course i didn't do it, but listen to what you have been saying. you don't even believe your own intelligence communities. there are many similarities, but many differences and one is that vladimir putin will never publicly question or disparage his own intelligence agencies. so from that perspective the president couldn't offer anything other than raising the subject and moving on to something else. >> do you think donald trump thinks that today went well? >> i think he largely does. i mean, vladimir putin has had an outsized place in president trump's mind since 2013 when he was a celebrity developer and reality star. >> when in 2013 he said, i think we could be best friends. >> and retweeting about a beauty pammant in moscow. he is someone that he said was a stronger leader than president obama and of course he has discounted time and time again the findings of the intelligence community that russia was behind the hacking. he raised doubt over an

and vladimir putin personally directed this action. it shouldn't be a surprise by nature of fact he is a strong hand and not just the patriotism of some russians as he indicated in an interview with megyn kelly, but he directs this. that is part of what motivated hall lee jackson to get once and for all a comment from the president about the status of russia's interference, she did so by questioning the president earlier today in war saw. >> will you once and for all yes or no, definitively say that russia interfered in the 2016 election? >> i think it was russia and i think it could have been other people and other countries. i won't be specific but i think a lot of people interfered. >> mistakes have been made. i agree i think it was russia but i think it was probably other people and/or countries and i see nothing wrong with that statement. nobody really knows. nobody really knows for sure. nobody really knows for sure is the kind of thing in stark contrast to the testimony under oath by intelligence chiefs who do believe it was rus

just ahead president trump preparing for his upcoming meeting with vladimir putin.ll have the upper hand in that meeting? >>> president trump has now arrived in europe ahead of his meeting on friday with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit in germany. i'm back with my panel now. phil mudd joining us as well. we played earlier some sound of what trump has said on putin. i want to play now what putin has said about trump. have a listen. >> translator: he is a brilliant and talented person without a doubt. isn't he bright? he is. >> translator: i did not say anything else about him, but there's one thing that i paid attention to, and that i definitely welcome, is that mr. trump said he's ready to restore full-fledged russian/american relations. what can there be bad about it, don't you welcome it? we all welcome it. where do we get some relationship from? we didn't have any relationship at all. there was a time when he used to come to moscow, but, you know, i never met with him. >> phil mudd, is that calculated praise by the former kgb agent? >> look, we

all of that is precisely what vladimir putin would want out of that meeting.e went so far as to say that, you know, on our larger goals are very similar to russia's and that on some issues they might have a better solution than we do. it continues the very consistent pattern of the administration, candidate trump and then president trump and his administration accommodating russia consistently. it is very difficult to view that set of facts as distinct from the reality as our intelligence agencies have said that russia helped donald trump get elected. >> yep, 17 of them. heidi, i saw you tweeted there about the president attacking john podesta on twitter just hours before that meeting with vladimir putin. so besides the errors in the president's tweet, was this some sort of a strategy for dealing with putin? >> it's hard to know. if you want to believe that it was a strategy, then this is my theory on what was going on. if you couple this with the fact that he was also denigrating our intelligence agencies, think about who john podesta is. he is the primary vi

reaction in washington to the president's meeting with vladimir putin. the president called it tremendous, but did his demand for answers in the election hacking go far enough? >>> show of force, u.s. bombers carry out an exercise in south korea to send a message to the north. >>> we begin with politics and new questions surrounding what happened when president trump confronted vladimir putin about russia meddling in the u.s. election. during a bilateral meeting with uk prime minister theresa may this morning, president trump did not answer a reporter's question on russian foreign minister sergey lavrov's account that trump accepted putin's denial. >> prime minister may and i have developed a very good relationship, and i think trade will be a very big factor between our two countries, so i want to thank you very much. >> mr. president, did the russians lie about your meeting yesterday? >> we're also getting a taste of the blowback in congress awaiting president trump when he returns to washington. here's what congress members gregory meeks and maxine wa

face to face meeting with russia's vladimir putin. the president sat down with the g20 host angela merck who will differs with him sharply on climate change, trade, and more. at this meeting, they did manage a public handshake. president met with leaders of south korea and japan as well after he delivered vague threats to north korea in response to kim jong-un's firing of a brand new long range missile. the president called that very, very dangerous. saying he's considering, quote, some pretty severe things, but he added, that doesn't mean we're going to do them. the president began the day in poland, reaffirming the u.s. commitment to nato when which he failed to do on his previous european visit. he criticized russia for destabilizing activities in ukraine, but refused to blame russia for meddling, saying no one really knows for sure. >>> and while standing on foreign soil, the president slammed u.s. intelligence, the media, as well as former president obama. i'll talk with mike quigley of the intelligence committee as well as our c

election which vladimir putin denies.ussian officials claim the president accepted the denial and u.s. officials said otherwise. they tackle a host of other matters from russian actions in ukraine to north korea's missile testing, to syria, including news of a newly negotiated cease-fire and the southwest region of that country. we asked you are about your thoughts on the first ever meeting between president trump and vladimir putin. democrats call 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents call 202-748-8002. regis on social media. on twitter @cspanwj. videoyour thoughts or a of a minute or less and reach us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. let's look at what president trump said before the much-anticipated meeting with president clinton. .- president putin >> we have had very good talks and we will have a talk now and that will continue. we look forward to a lot of great positive things happening for russia and for the united states and for everybody. it is an honor to be with you. times has itsyork report

demonstrators resent both vladimir putin and donald trump being him.etty slim against police was water cannons. in some overnight battles, a minority of protestors throw missiles and used sling shots, summit leaders hope it can be contained, they are nervous enough about the crises in the wider world that already divide them. so, no surprise, all eyes on donald trump, less than six months in office, and bringing to the summit his unsettling style and america first policies. his host, angela merkel, has clashed with him repeatedly in recent weeks but it is donald trump's first face—to—face trial of strength with russia's leader that will electrify the gathering. today he tweeted... vladimir putin may stand seven inches shorter than his american rival but he too is a natural fighter, with 17 years at the top in russia to his advantage. yesterday, donald trump landed early blows, accusing russia of destabilising tactics in syria and the ukraine, something that the kremlin strongly denies. the two presidents have shaken hands for the first time, a scene ca

putin, getting bad deals from vladimir putin.anything that indicates the russians feel as though they need to fear a tough and equal donald trump? >> that is exactly the point. when jack kennedy went into summit with the russian leader nikita khrushchev in vienna, very wild french guy said need to impress on him is being willing to fight if necessary. kennedy didn't because khrushchev put nuclear missiles in cuba next year. has trump done that? that to me would indicate if the summit was successful or not. >> steve wrote about important implications on the wind that the administration is talking about. embarrassment wasn't limited to interference in the us election. where rex tillerson claimed american and russian objectives were the same as we have seen discussion of this cease-fire that is supposed to go into effect in 24 hours but they don't know anything about it and as we discussed the russian cease-fires are not worth a couple of rubles. >> do you know who will enforce the cease-fire? russian military police. we have nothin

she was vladimir putin's point person in trying to repeal the magnitsky act. his prime foreign policy interest, correct? >> that's how i see it. >> thank you. >> senator durbin? >> thank you, mr. browder. are you familiar with mchale fridman of alpha bank? >> i am. >> what do you know about him? >> he's one of the original 22 oligarchs who became rich in russia from banking oil, telecommunications and other businesses. >> you say that in the year 2003 when vladimir putin decided to make a -- or have a show trial with mr. core acoversky it was a thinly veiled message to the oligarchs, either play ball with me or you'll sit in a cage like he did? >> yes. >> and then vladimir putin is reported to have flown to london to either celebrate or note the merger of mchale fridman's oil company with british petroleum. are you familiar with that? >> very much so, yeah. >> and mr. fridman now is involved in so many different business dealings. i tried to do some research on him and it's voluminous, and the different places, many in russia, others outside of russia. what wo

however, vladimir putin is a person who looks at details. i think vladimir putin is probably looking at two different things right now. number one is that speech, which was obviously written and carefully vetted by his, mr. trump's advisers and probably the state department and others. it's a clear exposition of the united states view. it's a clear endorsement of article v. then you have the other statement that president trump made, which is nobody really knows, it's unclear who did or who carried out any type of interference in the american election. that is something that donald trump said. at that point, he was at a news conference. this was not scripted. he said what he said before. i think vladimir putin looks at that and says, yes, the first statement is an official statement. that's fine. the second one is what he really thinks. i think, you know, mr. putin, president putin is very adept at driving a wedge into an argument. he is, by training, a lawyer, yes. soviet law, but still, he will drive these in. he wants to know what donald