vladimir putin. and a lot of controversy and speculation ahead of this, we will separate fact from fiction. i was live in finland, 22 hours of sunlight this time of year. a beautiful spectacular morning for the summit. four hours from now, the president -- the pres. and first lady will arrive in the wonderful yellow building behind me the site of today's meeting, donald trump and his russian counterpart will touch a range of subjects from nuclear arms control to syria, we are breaking that down early this morning. he is also trying to downplay expectation. >> let's have a meeting, i do believe in meetings, having a meeting with chairman kim was a good thing. having meetings with the president of china was a very good thing. so having meetings with russia, china, north korea, i believe in it, nothing bad will come out of it and some good will come out of it. >> reporter: you will have to stick with us, live pictures of the president for the first time. taking over this trip the election meddling issue

meets with vladimir putin. before telling you what we can expect on the schedule today the president had an opportunity to meet with finland's president and talk about the relationship we have with their country and the last opportunity for the two leaders to meet over the nato summit. listen to what the president said not long ago. >> highly respect your country and our personal relationship is very good and i enjoyed being with you a couple days ago. nato has never been stronger and clearly was a little bit tough in the beginning and turned out to be love. really was great and everybody together and very worthwhile but appreciate your support and help and you treated us beautifully, thank you very much. >> the president pleased with the way he feels this country has been treated and earlier this morning we saw the pres. and first lady meeting their finish counterparts at the residence, a chance to soak it all up, an opportunity not just for the president to meet with b meant to solidify our relationship with

everybody has basically come to see vladimir putin and so now donald trump has come to meet s vladimird now donald trump has come to meet with him. after all, it was a suggestion by putin such a meeting take place in their march telephone kfrgt conversation. we have participated in putting vladimir putin at the center of the world stage, as a power to be reckoned with. he is very good in meetings. he is very well-briefed. he is very well h-prepared. he too believes he is the one who knows everything. he has been at this for years. he knows what is going on in the world and understands the nuances. president trump, not so much. >> juan, given what wendy just pointed out, the reality of it, vladimir putin will be incredibly well-prepared for this meeting. >> right. >> and given what wendy had said earlier, that the principle mission of -- one of the principle missions of donald trump is to remember what team he's on, and we know everything about putin that we know. can you or do you know of anyone else who could tell us today what is donald trump's plan for this meeting? >> i don't know

americans do not stand with vladimir putin. americans stand with the russian champions of liberty and of free speech and freedom of religion and freedom of press and freedom of assembly and the right of protest against tyrants like vladimir putin. we believe in peace through strength and we believe in basic moral clarity. and that's why in the face of the world's two most destructive wars, americans went and created the international order. it is an american-led international order. the international order embodies america's fundamental values and we push back against the drift to old world authoritarianism in all its forms, the very things that vladimir putin lusts after. this world isn't made for the elites. but it is made for american interests to be articulated because we are the de facto leader of the free world, and that's why we've always negotiated from a position of strength. sadly today we negotiated from a position of weakness. in previous years, many americans, myself included, have spoken out against the crazy idea

he can actually confront vladimir putin. he can stand up to vladimir putin. he has no problem standing up to angela merkel. he has no problem standing up to theresa may, not face to face of course but in the pages of the tabloid "sun," a rupert murdoch publication. when he's face to face with people, he does have seem to have a problem to stand up to somebody, particularly to vladimir putin. but he doesn't even stand up to vladimir putin when he's giving interviews or behind putin's back as he does with most world leaders. john, i'm wondering what you thought of this press conference. >> i'm shaking my head like everyone else you've spoken to in the last 30 minutes or so. i've been here for 30 years. i came to washington in the final months of the reagan administration and i have never seen an american president simply surrender to the leader of russia. you should call this the surrender summit. to that point he could have said we're not going to resolve what happened in 2016. president putin says he didn't do it. but i'm here to say if this happens on my wat

named today was vladimir putin. instead our president decided to advance a fake moral equivalency that plays right into the hands of vladimir putin's bloody hands. everyone in this body should be disgusted by what happened in helsinki today. helsinki today. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the only thing that cuts through his information of value.

americans do not stand with vladimir putin. stand with the russian champions of liberty, free speech, freedom of the press, the right of protest against tyrants like vladimir putin. we believe in peace through strength and we believe in basic moral clarity. that is why, in the face of destructive war, americans went and created an international order. the international order embodies america's fundamental values and we push back against the drift of old world of authoritarianism , the veryits forms things that vladimir putin lusts after. this world is not made for the elite. it is made for american interests to be articulated. we have always negotiated from a position of strength. today, we negotiated from a position of weakness. in previous years, many americans, myself included, have spoken out against the crazy idea that america could somehow lead from behind. today, america decided to simply give in. as i came to the floor tonight, the president tweeted that "in order to build a brighter future, we cannot remain explicitly

>> vladimir putin is not a friend to kmoksy, it is a crook. >> after the strange summit between vladimirutin and donald trump at helsinki, americans are asking, what did putin get and what more does he want. is he really the most powerful man in the world? december 5th, 1989. it was a cold night in east germany. it would change the course of vladimir putin's life. the berlin wall had just fallen. [crowd chanting] . >> all over east germany, angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dresden they found the target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside, peering through the curtains, was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a general officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. >> he called for instruction. >> desperate temporary help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt li

vladimir putin is not a friend to democracy.is a crook. >> actual the strange summit between donald trump and vladimir putin in helsinki, americans are asking, what did putin get? and what more does he want? and is he really the most powerful man in the world? december 5th, 1989. it was a cold night in dresden, 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 dresden they found a target. the local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. >> he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. >> putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. >> the berlin wall had come down. police weren't going to help and he called for instructions. >> desperate for help putin dialed kgb headquarters in mo

kevin: it was classic vladimir putin. during the answer, president trump tried to get the answer of president bruton with the throw away -- the answer of president putin with a throwaway line involving the world cup. president clinton -- president putin offering a delayed response back. the laughter was muffled. it was not a thing that dominated the room. there was a key moment in which the reporter asked president he wanted candidate donald trump to win the election and putin saying directly, yes i did and then changing to another question. vladimirof policy, putin saying president trump reiterated the u.s. position that the u.s. does not recognize the annexation of crimea to russia. beyond that, in terms of cybersecurity, president bruton suggestingt putin they would be open to an international framework between the united states and russia. the fallout here will be dominated by president trump's comments regarding his previous democratic challenger hillary clinton regarding the intelligence community. and donaldutin, t

vladimir putin, we know that you were in charge.e. >> no, i agree. joe, what you said about vladimir putin. let's call it like it is. he is a liar about this. he's lied many times. what they put out on friday. remember, i worked in the government for five years at the national security council in moscow, this level of detail is really hard to get declassified. we used to have these arguments all the time for declassifying things for national intelligence community. this suggests it's serious and they wanted to send a message. b, let's applaud our intelligence community. think about the level of detail that they have. and i think it's just the tip of the iceberg of what they know. >> i think so, too. and there is that debate. we're going to continue having it. i was actually listening on friday to law fair's emergency podcast had brilliant insight and talked about actually the debate that had to be going on at ft. meade on whether they released the meticulous detail to show their hands, we know exactly after it happened what the russ

>> and vladimir putin gave an answer that was 220 words long and nowhere in that answer did vladimirutin say no. he never said no, we do not have any compromising material on president trump or his family. instead, vladimir putin told a lie, that he did not know who donald trump was when donald trump visited moscow with his beauty pageant. and president trump desperately wanted the last word on this. >> well, please, just disregard those issues and don't think about it. >> i have to say, if they had it, it would have been out long ago. >> as you will hear later in this program, intelligence officials disagree with that. if vladimir putin had compromising information on donald trump or his family of course he would keep it as his little secret with donald trump so that he could control donald trump, especially in one-on-one meetings with donald trump. and then president trump threw in a last line today to end the press conference with a trumpian dash of incoherence. >> and if anybody watched peter strzok testify over the last couple of days -- and i was in brussels watching it -- it w

. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin -- >> did i hear you right? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. that's going to be special. >> he already told andrea he has no idea what donald trump and vladimir putin discussed on monday. they have no idea why president trump is rewarding vladimir putin with an invitation to the white house. nbc news said this. >> the white house announcement that andrea referenced earlier said putin was invited to washington this fall. were you aware of that? i just want to clarify? >> based on my reaction i wasn't aware of that. >> would you recommend there would be a one-on-one without note takers? >> if i were asked that question, i would look for a different way of doing it. >> congressman adam schiff and eric tried to find out what dan coats and no one else in the trump administration seems to know which is what donald trump and vladimir putin talked about when they were alone. carson will join us in a moment to describe their attempt to subpoena the notes of the state department interpreter who was in the room with donald trump an

vladimir putin pulls out a soccer ball. of course, a high on the victory of moscow hosting the world cup and the congratulations from president trump that opened both his bilateral meeting and the conference for how successful that was for russia on the world stage and putin then presents a soccer ball. well, right now lindsey graham has tweeted, finally, if it were for me, i'd check the soccer ball for listening devices and never allow it into the white house. >> joining me now is chris dickey, veteran journalist for the daily beast here with me in helsinki. chris, your response? >> well, i think in front of the whole world right now, we witnessed the collusion of donald trump and vladimir putin. that's really what we were looking at. however you want to interpret it. was trump taking direction from putin? absolutely. had he met for two hours and ten minutes with putin and is there evidence he didn't really understand what was being discussed, that he department really have any background on the issues being talked about?

vladimir putin summit went. i want to read your tweets, even the nasty ones, let it vent. that is all the time we have tonight. shannon bream and the fox news at night team, next an encore presentation of the exclusive sitdown with vladimir putin. >> always so quiet around here. thank you so much. we begin with the fox news alert, donald trump pushing back on critics from across the political spectrum and the world in a fiery post summit interview with sean hannity he is doubling down claiming the special counsel is the biggest wedge driving the us and russia apart. john barrasso is fourth ranking member of the senate republican leadership who joins us live shortly and the exclusive history making interview with vladimir putin, we will air this in its entirety. exclusive interview with two pres.s at the center of a global firestorm of controversy. let's get started with the latest on helsinki from john roberts. good morning to you, john. >> reporter: good morning from helsinki where it is 6:00 in the morning and another beautiful day, donald trump back in the united states

vladimir putin has navigated hard times well.g, implemented an austerity program and and allowed the ruble to al fall, and the central bank has kept inflation in check. putin is a fiscal conservative. >> the outward seemings seeming of wealth is similar to dubai. >> and then add to it his secret sauce, nationalism. and it surged in 2014 after an invasion that shocked the world. >> the bigger nations must not be allowed the bully the small. >> vladimir putin grab ad pie p of ukraine for russia. the west was horrified. >> it is something that adoff hit ler did in the 1930s. >> but it was different in the russian eyes. >> i have never met a russian who believes that ukraine is a separate state. >> of course, many of the ukrainians deeply resented the invasi invasion, but not the russians, because they see it as a revival of the deep sense of power and destiny. >> putin has given them pride back. and russia is once again a great power. pewti putinism is national vichl a-- nationalism and above all he has made russian great again. sou

>> absolutely vladimir putin. putin is the real beneficiary of this just by the fact that it is taking place, especially three days after the mueller indictment of 12 russian military intelligence operatives who work for the gru, the powerful military spy operation run out of the kremlin. ned price, you are as familiar as anyone with all of this. what is really interesting is the pr value for vladimir putin. the russian ministry of foreign affairs, lavrov's operation, has just liked the tweet that the president sent earlier today or late last night, depending on which time zone you're in, calling the mueller probe a witch hunt and blaming america and previous u.s. policy, previous administrations for the fact that u.s./russian relations are the worst they've been in years. how about the fact that the russian propaganda operation run out of the foreign ministry is liking trump's tweets? >> this is just another indication this is playing precisely into the russians' hands. you can call this a summit. you can call th

this is where donald trump seems to want to come from to pacify vladimir putin, to agree with vladimir putin on something so substantial as handing over americans and american-born people to be interrogated by russian officials. yet even he, even bill browder said when it comes to policies america is very tough at the moment on russia and the trump administration is actually being tougher on russia than the obama administration was. this is where the consfugs. if the trump administration will be so tough with these sanction w-the closing of consulates, with hitting people who are close to putin, some of the oligarchs close to putin why is it so hard for donald trump to then also say, as dan coats did and as chris wray, put was responsible for meddling in the u.s. election, nothing happens in russia without vladimir putin's say so and it must never happen again. russia is the aggressor here. we heard it from members of his government in the past 24 hours but yet he can't say it. almost like a personal thing with putin rather than a policy issue with russia itself. >> donnie, that's what

if the president refused to say it standing next to vladimir putin, he said he believed vladimir putin, why would russia have anything to do with this? jeffrey, what's your take? having listened to the director of the national intelligence say just that last week. >> i think it's pretty shocking. what really troubles me is that president trump consistently reduces the entirety of u.s. national security interests down to his own personal issues. i am not sure he is reading his briefings. it's clear why the russians did this. they always believed we med eld in their elections. you can't let that drive a pragmatic and serious security concerns. >> he brought up hillary clinton today. he talked about the emails again. 30,000 emails. said thing he said on july 27th. we know that intelligence officials, their ears perked certainly from that indictment. we also know that the mueller indictment, that is the day that russian intelligence officers start the looking into hillary clinton's personal server and emails for the very first time. >> yeah. i mean, he is like some sort of cave man that is

can you trust vladimir putin?, very well, former kgb guy and someone who has poisoned people as john roberts was reporting. puts journalists in jail. he is a bad guy and hard to know if you can trust this man. >> bill: how much of this, dan, is about trust today? >> i think both sides will trust a process where they can express their views openly with each other. what i think with russia and putin in particular we're in a mistrust by verify part of our relationship. one of the interesting things i will speak from my own background in the intelligence community. after this meeting the intelligence community will look for reflections in russia how the russians perceived this meeting. vladimir putin will talk about it. his associates with discuss it and it will be on the intelligence community to inform the president how russia really will react to whatever agreements were made. >> bill: there is a spokesperson for vladimir putin speaking in moscow earlier today before vladimir putin flew to helsinki talking about a

putin everything vladimir putin has wanted. he has undermined america's closest alliances. he called, when asked who america's greatest foe was, he said the european union first. >> yep. >> he went to britain. he attacked theresa may. he constantly attacks angela merkel. this is a guy who, again, it's been a two-stop process. it's not just been kowtowing and being a blubbering idiot in front of vladimir putin on the world stage. he completely undermined america's democratic allies, who we have been working with for the past 50 years, to keep russia in russia. >> and by the way, has been since he became president going after our allies in way he never goes after vladimir putin. i want to go back to heidi przybilla. he smik womike is working, talk about republican reaction. almost to a man and woman republicans on capitol hill came out against the president's performance yesterday and in almost every corner fox news i point out, with notable sections we'll point out including an interview with the president and sean hannity. what

we don't know about what vladimir putin has planned.e have seen over the years, matthew chance, senior international correspondent is here, he asked vladimir putin questions at news conferences. we know the russian president is not afraid to take questions. we hope both leaders will do that in a few moments. >> jim, i will let you take your seat as we are just moments away from these two world leaders coming out. christi christiane -- >> a couple of observations. the helsinki press put up huge signs saying welcome to helsinki, the land of the free press. there's a pushback on his dealings with the free press. i think on a big international level, of course, the u.s. story is huge. the interfering, violating the u.s. sovereignty. there are equally huge, huge, huge issues for the survival of the western democratic liberal order. will president trump defend that robustly either in the meetings or outside? european leaders do not want him to allow vladimir putin to drive a wedge between the nato alliance, between the eu. you heard the eu pr

i think that vladimir putin got a lot. donald trump will get as much out of it as we gain from it in the future weeks to come. are we going to start working with each other or continuing to work against each other? >> you talk about turning the page, i am going to turn the page and start the show. are you ready? >> let's do it. >> resident trump how this first official summit with blood where prudent in helsinki. the men said they talk about a host of some including russian meddling. something he promised he would address during a discussion. watch it. >> during today's meeting i addressed directly with president prudent the issue of russian interference in our elections. i felt this was a message best delivered in person. we spent a great deal of time talking about it. and president putin may very well want to address it. and very strongly, because he feels very strongly about it and has an interesting idea. >> chief white house correspondent is live in helsinki in the room. now we can go back and forth on what that was l

the president can show the evidence to vladimir putin. the president can demand that vladimir putin never do this again. the president can demand that vladimir putin extradite intelligence officials, something he is unlikely to do there is a whole host of things that the president of the united states could have done today that he chose not to do. now keeping him honest, the president may not be able to see a reason why russia would attack the united states in this way, but the man he chose to be director of national intelligence certainly does. dan coats putting out this statement shortly after that remarkable summit ended. quote, we have been clear in our assessments of russian meddling in the 2016 election and their ongoing pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy, and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security. and this should not have been news to the president of the united states. here is director coats on friday. >> in regards to state actions, russia has been the mos

vladimir putin is a menace to the world.d ukraine, he's shot down passenger planes with innocent people on them, he's killed innocent women and children in syria, he's meddled with elections, spreading chemical weapons around the center of england. this guy is a global menace. to invite him to washington after sitting on a stage as equals in helsinki is the enormous gift to vladimir putin that vladimir putin absolutely doesn't deserve. >> does it make you personal low nervous that he's inviting him? after all, the white house said yesterday that they were considering allowing putin and russians to question you and some other american citizens. >> well, it doesn't make me particularly nervous, although my accent betrays it. 29 years ago i immigrated to london. i'm a british citizen. and so it's not as if he has jurisdiction over me. and furthermore, to the extent that when i am in america, the united states is a rule of law country. the courts are -- the courts have power over the government and i don't think that anything un

the photographer insists it is vladimir putin.as kgb growing up and he was 35 then, he's 65 now. some things don't change. how do you handle that? >> it doesn't only embody the spirit of the kgb, he is the kgb. he thinks of the world the same way. the tactics might have changed, the strategy is basically the same. >> when you were as we look at this picture of red square point when you reflect on your time and moscow and her time in helsinki, what sort of memories you come back to when you think of the cold war and that period of time where we were in the interests of mutual destruction of one another? >> i think it's poignant to reflect on history. this was a history that fought for their independence during the second world war. viewers may remember since on cross country skis fighting for the army. everything the soviet union would have wanted to deny finland. it's important to remember finland prevented the aggressor, the soviet union from conquering their stay. i think those lessons apply today where nato is providing the det

no specifics about what the president talked about with vladimir putin. we are still hearing calls on capitol hill to subpoena the interpreter to have her come in and talk about what the president said. most people believe that is unlikely. saying it will set a bad precedent for leaders. still on damage control. not the summit the president hoped. >> thank you, jeff. the white house confirms it is entertaining a proposal from vladimir putin for russia to interrogate americans. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and bill brouder. in exchange, the kremlin would provide assistance in the probe of russia yaes electi's electio interferen interference. >> vladimir putin raised that offer. brouder and mcfaul responded last night. >> the whole thing is as corrupt as you could be. the fact that the people who passed the act and people investigating money laundering are targeting to be interviewed. >> vladimir putin has been after me for a long time. harassing me in ways no other has experienced. i'm an american citizen. i worked for the government for

what's it to vladimir putin? >> what he's upset about is that vladimir putin is a kleptocrat. he's stealing money from the russian people but he doesn't keep that money in russia, he keeps that money in the west. so what i have effectively done is put his whole business operation at risk, his whole wealth at risk, which is a lot of money. and so it's kind of a -- the achilles heel of vladimir putin that we found through this magnitsky act. that's why he's so obsessed by me and by the magnitsky act. that's why he keeps on bringing it up with trump and people close to him. he brought it up with his emissaries in june of 2016. in july of 2017 at the g-20 meeting, putin had a meeting with trump and they talked about, quote, adoptions, which means bill browder and the magnitsky act. and now putin is bringing it up again in july of 2018. putin has got a real problem here because i put his money at risk and that's why he's so angry. >> bill, i've got to ask you, don't you get scared of this stuff when vladimir putin is naming you in a press conference that much of the world is watchi

it only mattered to vladimir putin when you are standing beside him. this last couple of days, what is the damage done here? big picture? >> we don't know politically. a lot of damage to the elections. this is a serious problem. every time the president pulls back from doing something about it and from being forthcoming, it threatens our elections next time around. politically we don't know. republicans still are basically verbally attacking him. we don't know if they will do anything more. they may still stand by him. >> the president laid out or sarah sanders laid out things they have done to protect our elections yesterday in the pressor. the president has some pretty decent resume in the administration and what it has done with sanctions and holding russia accountable. how much does that matter versus the rhetoric of the leader of the free world? >> the rhetoric matters if he continues to say it may have happened or didn't happen. that matters a lot. the weight of the presidential rhetoric matters when it comes to dealing with problems. there are a

to sway the election. >> yeah. >> for the winner of the vladimir putin showing the vladimir putin had personally ordered the attack on our election process in order to sway the election. >> yeah. >> for the winner of the electoral college, donald trump. donald trump has known this far beyond a reasonable doubt since weeks before he was inaugurated. >> right. and, so, let's be clear. what we are seeing and what we have been seeing is collusion in real-time. >> yes. >> the word collusion is what springs to mind. this was a criminal act and an aggressive act by russia. the president knew about it. the president has colluded in covering it up at the very least. and i hope robert mueller also lets us know whether in fact there was collusion before the fact. but after the fact there definitely has been. it's been going on for a year and a half now. and will continue, by the way. >> yes. >> because, as you said, he has to keep that witch hunt line alive in order to try to discredit the investigation. therefore, he can never simply back down. >> the juggling act just became much more difficul

he invites vladimir putin to come to washington for a second summit. what, because the first one went so well. and the director of national intelligence, dan coats, his reaction is all of us. >> the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again? [ laughter ] >> you -- vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did i hear you? >> yeah. yeah. >> okay. >> yeah. >> that's going to be special. >> told you, it's all of us. did you see him? he's like, you're kidding me, right? it's kind of everybody's reaction every day. really? is this happening? wouldn't you think you would tell your top intelligence official that you're inviting the leader of an enemy nation to the white house? he was just caught off guard, flatfooted right there. maybe even ask him what he thinks of the idea. not if you're president trump. after all, dan coats admits he, like the rest of us, doesn't even know what happened in the last meeting between trump and putin. >> i don't know what happened in that meeting. if he had ask

the president stood there side by side with vladimir putin. i'm hearing all these things from our intelligence community, our men and women put their lives on the line to get this information, i don't believe it anymore than i believe this guy standing beside me who has people murdered? >> look, going into yesterday's meeting, i knew there would probably be some things that you look at, i wish that wouldn't have happened. i expected the president -- >> but is this an i wish it hadn't happened. >> let me say it. i thought it was going to be like that. to see what happened yesterday was shocking and beyond that. it was beyond surprising because i thought the president had come a long way over the last year in accepting this, even if he didn't like to admit. i think they meddled in our aelection, i don't think they elected president trump. as congress, it is incumbent for us to speak out first off when we have massive disagreements and secondly i would like to see resolution reaffirming america's support for nato, reaffirming however we want to w

a source very close to vladimir putin, that will put vladimir putin on the hunt to find out who it is. so i think that will be the first thing. second, he won't be very surprised. he knows donald trump is a liar. i think more than anything, he's going to be convinced this is the reason why trump will never, ever sit down with him. he's going to have to move on to the investigation and close it without talking to him or send him a grand jury subpoena. >> there is no answer under oath or to federal investigators of why have you been saying every day that it could have been someone else after january 6th, 2017, after you were told exactly what this was? he's got no honest answer to that. everyone, thank you very much for getting our first panel started on our first round of this. we have to squeeze in a break here. congressman adam schiff, ranking member of the house intelligence committee will join us. he will react to the news that donald trump knew who ordered the russian attack on our election. fruits and veggies are essential to your health, but it's tough to get enough of their nut

it is the president of the united states side by side with vladimir putin with kind words for vladimir putin. endorsing his view of the world and refuting the american justice department's view of the world on the fourth anniversary of that malaysia airlines that was shot down. many reasons why russia was isolated. sam, thank you so much. >>> by cozying up to vladimir putin after bashing european leaders at the nato summit, president trump is warning one ally to plot away forward without the united states. nic robertson is live in helsinki with the latest developments. good morning, nic. >> reporter: dave, what we are hearing is the stunning sound of silence. where is the applause? where is the support from president trump's nato allies that he said were so you nighted behind him -- so yunited behind him in the trip to helsinki? we imagine a different scenario saying bravo. well done for standing up to putin. it is not just meddling in your elections, but ours. in the germany elections and the brexit and the britain general election last year. the two countries and leaders and presiden

that's is what vladimir putin cares about.imir putin's care, energy issue is number 1 issue. when president trump speaks about the german pipeline, that hurts putin. we should look at what president trump says but i think we should look at what he does and we'll see in the next few months. but i didn't think he didn't give in on any of those issues. that's the positive side. >> neil: so there was something constructive that came from the talks. again, crimea, the president expressed his opposition to that. i wonder what we do. obviously we weren't in that closed-door meeting. you have vladimir putin saying look, what we did there is take back land that was deemed ours. that's that. look, i don't know even if our president was saying no, that's not that's that. what changes? what happens? >> we should see what follows. because so far we've seen some very -- >> what do you want to see follow, mr. president? >> at least continuation of the fact -- what happened till now. the united states delivered little weapons to the ukraine.

the president says vladimir putin is his competition. russia are 30th largest trading partners behind the uae in chile, a country that's been in recession in 2013 in large part because of sanctions that was put in place by the e.u. after russia and next crimea and now president trump gives putin the gift of a lifetime in the summit of helsinki. when putin gives him the soccer ball and said the ball is in your court. yes, please, and thank you sir. >> reporter: so this ace momeist that russians have been looking for years. after this country collapsed with the collapse of the soviet union, russia was looking forward for a new path. it was looking to be treated as an equal again. it wanted to have the ability to project power around the world, it wanted to recreate its influence and it was struggling to do that. it is something that putin have promised the country to do and promised himself he would do. putin was a child of the collapse of the soviet union. he as a kgb officer watched the soviet union his mother land collapsed in realtime

jillian: reaction to the sitdown with vladimir putin.lian: carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with how donald trump is firing back. >> he is receiving a major tongue lashing even from his closest republican allies, south carolina sen. lindsey graham calling it a missed opportunity to hold russia accountable for the 2016 election hacking and also this from arizona sen. john mccain who called one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. the president taking the to twitter to defend himself, saying as i said stand many times before i have great confidence in my intelligence people, i also recognize in order to build a brighter future we cannot exclusively focus on the past. is the world's two largest nuclear powers we must get along. supporters are trying to find the silver lining. pam says yes, why not? at least try to get to know each other. find common ground and builds. sherry says so glad donald trump distinguished that he trusts his intelligence people, not the previous administration. kim is critic

vladimir putin has done so many of these before. that was the first time that kim jong un was on the stage. one thing we also don't know about is sanctions, the administration officials can treat him for sanctions at this point. also, edward snowden, will there be any talk about extraditing him. >> david gergen, set the table for us here, on the list of 27 presidents you worked for, is there any other president that you have worked with heading into a russirussia-u.s. situati and the reason that relations are strained is because of the united states? >> no, you carry that proudly and you stand up for your country when you go in into go in and trash your own country in advance is like making a concession to putin in advance. we're not blaming you, we're blaming ourselves. putin can pick up on that and have a lot of leverage in the conversation, and it is just crude and unpatriotic. we made a lot of mistakes i'm sure, but so say that we're not going to hold you accountable. we're not going to blame you for crimea, for trying to disman

vladimir putin is a trained kgb agent. he may come in with maps of syria, maps of ukraine and frankly, i think he'll take advantage of this president who we know doesn't do much prep work before these meetings. we need other individuals from his administration in the room so we know that at least someone will press the russians on making sure they don't interfere in future u.s. elections. as a matter of fact, this is not just happening with us. i'm meeting tomorrow with parliamentarians from across nato countries who have also been the victim of russian interest ter ven intervention. i wish we would have that same kind of attention from the president. >> well, with all due respect, you didn't answer my question, which is president obama did not do enough to stop this while it was going on in 2016. i think that seems obvious to anybody reading the indictments or reading the newspaper for the last two years. do you disagree? >> i think the fbi could have done more. as a matter of fact when the october 7th letter came out wit

should president trump cancel the summit with vladimir putin?o late to cancel the summit. but president trump needs to make it clear he knows who he's meeting with. he's not meeting with a competitor, not a potential friend, he's meeting with an adversary. president trump's own director of national intelligence, dan coats, just said on friday that russia continues to be our most aggressive foreign adversary in an ongoing threat to our upcoming election. >>chris: i want to pick up on the president's reaction and response because deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in announcing the indictments said he had briefed president trump before he left for europe. this is how president trump has addressed the whole issue here in the days before the summit in europe. this is how he talked first of all about the mueller investigation and how he intends to bring up the issue with vladimir putin. take a look. >> i called the rigged witchhunt. i think it really hurts our country and hurts our relationship with russia. i will absolutely bring that up. i don'

[laughter] >> vladimir putin -- yes, yes. >> okay. that is going to be special. >> reporter: is going to be extra special since rod rosenstein described in great detail how much the russians are continuing to metal regardless whether it is election time or not. he made a major announcement. from now on the justice department will alert the public to any foreign operations targeting us democracy such as what russia did in the 2016 election. >> exposing schemes to the public is an important way to neutralize it. the american people have a right to know if for and governments are targeting them with propaganda. >> reporter: in microsoft executive speaking at the same aspen forum said his team has uncovered evidence that russian military intelligence has already targeted at least three candidates running for election this year. >> thank you very much. the timing of the indictments of 12 russian intelligence officers for their alleged roles in computer hacking game that election interference. >> i think it was a terrible mistake for the ap

>> in the past the president said that he has asked vladimir putin if he has done it and vladimir putin said no. now it's not a question to be asked, it's a statement to be made. we know that you interfered in our elections. yes, i do think that he ought to demand that those involved be extradited. i'm not holding my breath that it will happen, but certainly the demand ought to be made. >> give me your quick reaction. you just heard "the new york times" report that maybe the same russian military intelligence agency that was involved in the hacking in the presidential election in the united states may also have been responsible for the poisoning of the former russian spy in the uk and his daughter, maybe another british couple in the uk. how do you think the president, president trump, should handle all of this when he meets with putin later today here in helsinki? >> when you have a system of government like russia has, it's no surprise that the military, in this case military intelligence, would be involved in something like election interference and also with things like the poisonin

vladimir putin is a menace to the world. he changed the borders in europe for the first time since the second world war. he's bombing innocent women and children in syria. he promised to take await chemical weapons that weren't taken away. he cheated in the olympics. this man is a global menace. for us, treat world, to put him on the stage with the most of important person in the freed world on an equal footing. then have him come an hour late to the meeting is totally and absolutely inappropriate. there was no great consequence to the summit other than putin making all these idiotic statements he made about me. charles: they are a nuclear powerhouse which is why they have been included in a lot of important summits around the world. and they are someone we have to contend with. when it was all said and done, a lot of criticism, everyone including myself, thought donald trump would and lot tougher. i thought he would go for a couple knockout punches while he had putin in front of the whole world. now that the criticism is fl

everybody says is trump under the influence of vladimir putin, if he gives in and allows vladimir putin come to the united states and interrogate a bunch of senior government officials in the united states something is seriously wrong. this is the key moment that will tell us everything. >> the state department spokeswoman called it absolutely absurd, we heard that for many other folks across the spectrum stay in touch. other top story tonight fbi director christopher ray speaking at the aspen security forum breaking from the president's rhetoric on robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i get asked this a lot. is on a witch hunt, it is a professional investigation conducted by a man i have known to be a straight shooter. and all my interactions with him in my past life in government and certainly since then so i don't think it is a witch hunt. and doj are ridding against republicans. >> would love to see republicans lose. i hate to say that but have to believe the department of leadership are banking on a loss by the republicans in the fall. >> we talk about with congressman jason c

i guarantee you vladimir putin was prepared for that meeting. i'll guarantee you he knew the issues of which he was going to address, the kind of buttons he was going to push. they did a profile on the president. they're going to try to figure out what the strengths and weaknesses there and why in these meetings especially with someone as savvy as the old kgb officer vladimir putin you want people with you and want to have really extreme preparation and you must have an agenda. what do you want out of the meeting, mr. president? let's start there. to go just to be friends and have a group hug and a selfie is dangerous policy talking about someone who is actively working against the interests of the united states. i mean, this is the guy that invaded crimea. he is occupies 20% of our ally the country of georgia. he is just killed somebody in great britain because they were -- had the courage to stand up and say the system that he runs is wrong. there's a list of reporters that he has had killed in russia within the last couple of years. you want