what i find most concerning here is that he's acting like somebody who is in the pocket of vladimir putin. i mean he's acting as though putin has got something on him and that he's being blackmailed. i mean this is not just consciousness of guilt. i think it goes beyond that. i think he's either a puppet of vladimir putin, or he's just downright crazy. it's one or the other. but this has gone on for such a long period of time. all throughout the election, all throughout the first eight months of his presidency, he has yet to say one word about vladimir putin that is in any way critical. >> you've got an investigation that is essentially about, at one level, is this president in the pocket of vladimir putin. and of course as ambassador mcfaul and others have told us, this was coming. there would be these moments coming when you would be at a confrontation point with vladimir putin, and we'll see what happens. and every time we come to one these confrontation points -- and this one being the most extreme so far, the expulsion of the diplomats -- we see a behavior that is unimaginable and sp

is it something vladimir putin knows about donald trump, and donald trump knows that vladimir putin knows it? is that why donald trump is so obviously and publicly terrified of vladimir putin? so afraid that when he had the first major bill-signing of his presidency today, president trump did it in secret. no cameras allowed. no senators, no members of congress allowed. no senators handed pens from the bill-signing ceremony because the bill provided more sanctions on russia. and donald trump was afraid of letting vladimir putin see him sign that on television. this is the same president who had no problem letting the world see him sign unconstitutional executive orders trying to ban muslims from entering the united states. this is the same president who invited cameras to show him signing basically meaningless memos to his own staff that have no force of law, that mean absolutely nothing. that was worth the cameras. in the trump white house, those meaningless, so-called signing ceremonies, were worthy of being televised. the trump presidency has famously been defeated in what it intended

he thinks vladimir putin is a good friend to him and friend to the united states when vladimir putin, know interfered in our elections and shown time and time again, he's an adversary. i'm sorry he's an adversary. i don't think it's things we did. he decided to become an adversary. you have to see this with your eyes wide open and the president can't do that. >> they put out a statement saying president trump is pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war. is president trump driving this or north korea? >> i think both. you would expect better from the united states. we are not north korea, thank god. i have been there twice. we wouldn't want to be north korea, believe me. the president has to act like the president of the united states. when you hear words come out of his mouth, it seems like they could come out of the mouth of kim jong-un. that's not what we want. what we need to do is try to tamper down this crisis. we need to use diplomacy, behind the scenes, quiet, the way president kennedy did during the cuban missile crisis. >> you have been highly critical of the president's

he thanked vladimir putin. goes. >> i want to thank him, because we're trying to cut down on payroll. as far as i'm concerned, i'm very thankful he let go of a large number of people there's no real reason for them to go back, so i greatly appreciate the fact that they've been able to cut our payroll for the united states. we'll save a lot of money. >> these are 755 i believe employees at the embassy, many actually russians who have been helping the u.s. for many years. >> it's really offensive to haves a president who has a bad case of misplaced loyalty. he missed no opportunity to stand by people who support the work of the state department. that's where his loyalties should be. this is a president who fundamentally does not understand that putin is not some junior member of the budget committee. he's not an accountant. he is a very bad person who tried to hack american democracy. we've not heard a mumbling word you've this president's mouth with respect to what vladimir putin did. >> for all the tweets, he's

build a trump tower in moscow, when the project stalled it tried so hard, they wanted to get vladimir putin to help seal this deal. and putin is not known for his charity work. if he does something for you, he expects something in return. let's get right to it with carol lee, national political reporter on the russia story. richard painer, white house ethics white house for the bush 43 administration. glen covers the white house for "the new york times," of course. richard, this looks big to my investigative eyes. i'm curious, your view of the significance of the newly revealed information from the investigative perspective and ethics perspective. >> well, in and of itself, there's nothing illegal about the trump organization trying to build a trump tower in moscow. and, of course, seeking the help of the russian government, because that's how you do business over there. you've got to get the government on your side. so all that is quite predictable. what is very disturbing here is that president trump can't tell the truth about it. and candidate trump did not tell the truth about it. and t

he says negative things about everyone, and he's continued to except for vladimir putin. and i think the lay of the land is the following. donald trump has always been trying to do business in russia since the days when he had the beauty pageant there. he has tried and failed at various times. during the presidential campaign as he was engaged in debates where he was being asked questions about russia, he was still trying to get a deal done in russia, and his intermediaries were, as you've just reported, trying to get the attention of even the private secretary of vladimir putin to help facilitate this. he said, i have nothing to do with russia. he not only said, i don't have deals in russia, as in the present tense, but i have nothing to do with russia. that was a lie. and so it makes sense then that as mueller would begin to investigate collusion as to the campaign, that he would come across this information, and donald trump would feel like this is not a safe place to be. and, hence, we go down the road then of obstruction, of trying to get rid of, for example, james c

he did not condemn the move by vladimir putin. in fact, he did just the opposite. >> no, i want to thank him, because we're trying to cut down on payroll. as far as i'm concerned, i'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people, because now we have a smaller payroll. there's no real reason for them to go back. so i greatly appreciate the fact that they've been able to cut our payroll for the united states. will save a lot of money. >> we want to discuss this now with cnn politics reporter and editor at large chris alizza, john avlon and phil mudd. >> just look at their faces again on the intro. there was no attempt to maintain any type of decorum. >> he says there's no reason for them to go back. he's approaching this sort of as a ceo talking about job cuts by attrition. that's what he's saying. that's not how this works. phil mudd. >> there's a couple things you've got to think about. the president of the united states with american friends keeps talking about press prospecti reciprocity. the russians eliminate hundr

you alluded to vladimir putin earlier. or those on the dark web working for russian desires that are not in our good interest here in america? david: i always try, and i sure i slip, i try and my public commentary to say the russian state and not russians. you will often hear it said that vladimir putin is acting in russian national interests. i think the russian national interests would be to raise the male life expectancy. i would think making sure that there is access to health care and all the vast villages of russia, that the economy begins growing again, that that is a national interest. whatever vladimir putin's net worth is, whether it is 10 or 50 or $200 billion, most russians could think of better uses for that money than buying vladimir putin another apartment in paris. yes, i don't think we should speak of the russians. i tried in my opening mark to refer to this criminal gang that rules russia that is more adverse to the interest of the russian people. why is it that they want to disrupt the nato alliance? why

devices, make sure you know who vladimir putin is. he is someone who likes to humiliate, someone who likes to dominate, someone who essentially understands power. so don't go into a room with vladimir putin unless you are in a pretty powerful position and that means -- when you go to talk to vladimir putin, first, continue the policy that the obama administration began. maybe even accelerate the policy at least on aces rotating basis but possibly on a permanent basis in places like poland and the baltic states. you say to him, this far, no further. secondly, i like raising the defense budget as a signal to the russians. third, i think you have to say to the russians, we know you did it on the electoral process. time of our choosing and by means of our choosing we will deal with it but we have confidence in our electoral system so do not think that you are undermining american confidence by what you are doing. sense that heis is succeeding in undermining our confidence. the final thing, stop lying your planes so close to our ships and

was seized byer vladimir putin in 2000. he has moved the country in an increasingly authoritarian direction to the cost of ordinary people in russia, whom he has plundered. i think we are not here exactly speaking the language of nationalism anymore, nation against nation. we are talking about a criminal gang that has seized power in russia, that brutalizes those people, involves them in wars, commit murders, now committing murders on the soil of britain and the united states. they are looking opportunistically for allies around the world. because the world order we have been trying to build since the end of the cold war was based on rules, commonalities. obviously countries will always differ. it is a world that would be good for most people in russia, but very inhospitable for the criminal gang that is plundering that country. now they have turned to the united states in an act of such extraordinary audacity. one of the things i think about when i think about the danger we are in now is, imagine the meeting with vladimir

will not allow him to say that vladimir putin assassinates journalists.y that vladimir putin assassinates business associates that become rivals. will not allow him to say vladimir putin assassinates political rivals. donald trump, the president of the united states, cannot say it. i don't know what vladimir putin has on him, but it must be big. >> he'll attack just about anybody. so -- it's very strange that the president once again was unwilling to specifically call russia out as a security threat while standing next to the president of finland, a nation all too familiar with what moscow can do. meanwhile a top aid to donald trump admits he spoke to the future president three times about a push to build a trump tower in moscow. huh. it happened during the presidential campaign. we'll have that major development just ahead. also in just a few moments, we'll get a live report from texas where the president is set to visit today. evacuations continued through the night, and the rain continues to fall today. already thousands of people have taken to shelter

wants vladimir putin to like him. why not is the case, i do not know. -- that is the case, i do not know. he is many things. we can use negative adjectives about him, but one thing mr. pruden is not, is stupid -- mr. putin is not, is stupid. i think he will use mr. trump's seemingly eagerness to be liked and to be friends to russia's advantage. he is always cognizant about what russian interests are. and right now that is getting rid of sanctions. he will insist that they are not making any difference to the russian economy. one way that they are not helping is in attracting russian investment. mentioned, the best russia can do in the future is to grow by 2% each year. a have not hit that yet. the only way russia is going to grow from what has happened in is investment. with sanctions, it cannot get that investment. this is a tremendous problem in the one to three to five year. what we are seeing happen in russia is in 2018 mother will be another presidential -- 2018, there will be another presidential election. win.s

cohen, this long-time ally of donald trump's is reaching out to extremely high-ranking friend of vladimir putin'snd saying i'd like your help. we're stalled. we would like to get this deal done, nudge nudge wink wink we know how it works in russia. you need to go to putin. and says we'd like your help. so that's a pretty dramatically different thing than what the president has said which is i have zero interest in russia, i have zero deals. i've got nothing going on there. >> when felix sater connects this deal to trump's chances at becoming president, is it clear the -- why he sees those two things as connected? you just mention head said, wow, this will really make him look like a great negotiator. i'm not sure i get his argument or the credibility of his argument in terms of why he thought these things were connected. it's very provocative to see somebody saying we're doing this deal and it will result in trump becoming president. we're doing a financial deal and it will result in his winning the election. but i don't get why he was connecting the two ideas. >> it could have been incredible br

—— sowing. the work of vladimir putin inadvertently? -- sowing.utin wants. he has such pleasure from it. it is unfortunate. he was the first foreign policy she and to respond to it. —— politician. he did so respond to it. —— politician. he did so with greatjoy. you don't need proof. you said i sowed chaos in george. under my leadership at the gdp of george went up from 127th to number nine in the world, four times. we have been the number one reformer a5— in a row with our leadership. double—digit growth. —— a5 years in a row. leadership. double—digit growth. —— 45 years in a row. you can quote gdp, i accept that improvement, but you took a risk. you thought you could stand up to vladimir putin and you failed. you started a conflict you failed. you started a conflict you could not possibly win. the consequences of that are still being felt in georgia and ukraine today. that is your legacy. i have been on your show several times. sometimes your show several times. sometimes you actually say i am crazy. i think you actually say i am crazy. i think y

vladimir putin. they are both tough autocrats. both of them whether it is vladimir putin looking at ukraine or xi jinping looking at democracy in hong kong, they find a comfort in each other in terms of looking at the united states as potentially undermining the democratic subversion of their grips on power. thank you. i like that there is disagreement. >> so that we can mix it up. i want to get back to this issue of the trilateral relationship and whether we are in a uni-polar world -- in the cold war era, we were obviously -- we thought of ourselves in a bipolar world. the introduction of china into that wouldnship -- be important globally in a few decades. it is interesting to think about , when he made that decision in ,he context of a bipolar world here we are in 2017. a courseently teaching last spring and i mentioned to students at stanford that i thought we were in a uni-polar to try to trigger a reaction. the reaction was, what? half of our students are foreign students in this program. , no, werspective was are in a mult

. >> jon: president trump's shocking praise for vladimir putin. plus, heavy rains and high winds leave the flash flooding went on monsoon season storm hits arizona. and mother nature may not be finished. >> all around, perfect, perfect little gentleman. >> jon: a freak accident during football practice sends shock waves through an entire community. how could a training exercise and in the death of a 16-year-old? it's all happening now. we begin with this fox news alert on two showdowns in the works, one of them overseas involving an avowed enemy of the united states, the other one political in the nation's capital. welcome to the second hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. >> melissa: are melissa francis. president trump doubling down on north korea, warning that the u.s. is ready to act militarily if necessary. the president also keeping the pressure on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over the failure to repeal obamacare for a second straight day. >> jon: in remarks to reporters, the president was asked if he thought it was time for mcc

he has never had any word about vladimir putin.'s response was this -- >> a lot of killers. we have a americans. the u.s. laying no blame of the former kgb official. he tweeted last night, quote, and i should say clear attempt humiliating way. on facebook, maybe i'd have said this. the president is not happy about the new sanctions and he could not not sign the bill. primarily is another way to knock trump down a peg. new steps are to come, and they will ultimately aim. you know, give the kremlin credit able to exert any control the way they would like. the russians seem to have figured something out. meanwhile, revelations into the president's early interactions with u.s. allies, transcripts, published by the washington post show the president tried to pressure the mexican president overpaying for so the-called wall. apparently called new hampshire a drug infested that was one week into his presidency. a few months ago when news outlets including the washington post and cnn reported some of the details. the president called our re

he promised us by 1130 vladimir putin would be replaced by usain bolt.i am sure it is on its way. 0k. quite got there yet. i am sure it is on its way. ok. we will look out for it. i am sure usain bolt is racing to the front page. yeah. third—place. to the front page. yeah. third-place. we still have vladimir putin. very odd. spearfishing in siberia, at least with a shot on. ditching eu nuclear agency will slam bra kes ditching eu nuclear agency will slam brakes on green car revolution, that is the headline. a top nuclear physicist, martin friers, he says leaving the eu's nuclear side, it is going to play havoc with that industry. he makes the point it is very important we do have a growing nuclear power sector because we have electric cars coming down the track and we don't want to power them with fossil fuels. yeah. and we don't want to power them with fossilfuels. yeah. exactly. it says we can import vital materials to nuclear plants. you will need a lot of them to get rid of diesel cars and petrol cars by 2040. you will need another five or six. i thi

what poroshenko did was what vladimir putin wants. putin has such pleasure from it.espond to it. he did so with greatjoy. you don't need any extra proof. look, you said i sowed chaos in georgia. under my leadership, georgia's gdp went up from 127th to number nine in the world, four times. we have been the number one reformer 5—6 years in a row with my leadership. double—digit growth through my leadership. we are a role model for the entire region. you can quote gdp, i accept that improvement, but you can also point to the fact you took a risk. you thought you could stand up to vladimir putin and you failed. you started a conflict you could not possibly win. the consequences of that are still being felt in georgia and ukraine today. that's your legacy. stephen, i have been on your show several times. sometimes russians say i'm crazy, but i think you know i'm a little bit crazy. i would never be crazy to go and confront russia. it is just like blaming ukraine that russia attacked them. we are the victims. despite the russia attacks, georgia withstood it and has the fas

said about the senator majority leader, the russia investigation, and this curious comment about vladimir putin. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez in for dave briggs. tgi tgif. 4:00 a.m. in the united states, 11:00 a.m. in moscow. president trump going further, much further in north korea than any u.s. president has gone before. escalating his combative warnings to pyongyang and criticizing past administrations for not doing enough to curb north korean aggression. not only is he not backing down from his threat to unleash fire and fury, the president says maybe he didn't go far enough. >> the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. so if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. >> the president added he is concerned sanctions won't even work against the regime. this one day after north k

there's one person he's never spoken about and that's vladimir putin. objectively ask yourself only one question. why? secondly, kudos to congress for ing the right thing in a bipartisan fashion. boy has that been a long time coming particularly. but i want to ask your guest that question. you can ignore all the rest of the questions. why won't he criticize putin? host: samuel charap, what's your answer to that question why? guest: a tough question. i'm not sure i have a good answer but it is quite interesting that that is -- like there's a distinction between the way putin has talked about and the way others have talked about. one can only guess. and i wouldn't want to speculate. host: well, what's your take on their relationship? what's your take on that investigation? guest: in a way, so far, we have seen, you know, only one meeting between the two. and what has gotten lost in all f the headlines because they have these secret meetings that weren't revealed until a couple of weeks later is that they actually do something at that meeting that was rela

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these comments are not coming from vladimir putin. they are coming from a very humiliated prime minister medvedev. i think we are seeing president putin giving this president some time but clearly is feeling extra pressure and having to answer to senators at home. >> interesting. in response to the cnn reporting that all of our viewers, the president's personal attorney issued this statement. presidents outside counsel has not received requests for documentation or information about this. any inquiry beyond the mandate specified in the appointment we would object to. what do you make of that response? >> the question is what do you mean by they would object? would they actually move the president to fire robert mueller as has been the fear of many democrats and some republicans or would they be frustrated? a special prosecutor can do whatever a special prosecutor wants to do. that is one of the reasons it is a problem because mueller doesn't have to stop with his initial charge. he follows this wherever it leads. if he ends up in a sli

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but remember at this time vladimir putin is pretty angry with the u.s. he views himself on a bit of a revenge mission and he also wants to look like he has some da taunt. it appears that he thinks he can create a nonadversarial relationship with donald trump. and fe lix seder again, this russian-born broker long connected with donald trump and has introduced him since 2013 to fairly significant russian money men, this guy is saying look, this is good for putin and this is good for you, donald. he's telling this to michael cohen. you will look like you have negotiated with one of america's toughest adversaries. it happens that that would also be beneficial to lod mere putvl. it would look like he had a good relationship with the u.s. >> it is a bizarre reading of how it would have been greeted had that deal gone through. just understanding how the news workings and how people were treating trump. this is such a puzzle but the fabric here is absolutely stunning. and i have a feeling there's a lot -- this feels like the start of a lot of reporting in terms

>> no for the election and across the world, vladimir putin has a vested interested in being involvedn chaos all over the world, north korea, venezuela, syria. anything that we can do to limit his power and reach and influence is important and vladimir putin is a much bigger risk. david: bill, it does appear that russia is making moves down there business-wise. venezuela has cut oil supply to citgo here, they're owned by them and venezuela is making inroads. >> i feel sorry for vladimir putin because he's going to waste his hard-earned money propping up a basket case. david: the gdp has lost, liz, 35% in the past couple of years. >> russia could own half of citgo via loan collateral. russia style mafioso behavior is what they're worried about. and there's worry that hezbollah and mideast miscreants could be pouring into venezuela because of the vice-president of venezuela. david: right. rubber stamping passports. >> to john's point we don't want nation building. we've seen how that works out, but there's a strong opposition in venezuela. we could provide them with support similar to e

francine: in march 2014, joe kaeser met with vladimir putin at his residence outside moscow.s days after russia had annexed crimea and just as the west was launching its own showdown. president obama: together, we have condemned russia's invasion of ukraine and rejected the legitimacy of the crimean referendum. joe: the outcome was complicated, to put it positively. because first of all, i didn't know that president obama and the european leaders at the same time i was meeting the president, i had just had a press conference in brussels about sanctions, since the american president didn't bother telling us about these appointments. it was unfortunate. it was unfortunate timing. later i gave an interview in german media, and i was asked, how could you even go to see this person? >> [speaking german] joe: [speaking german] joe: i said, it is good to talk to each other and not about each other. i was committed to help these people. yeah, but it was crimea, and it was -- of course it matters. honestly, given what we have been through with the russian people in two world wars, thi

vladimir putin's objectives in ukraine are to paralyze, undermine, and ultimately destroy a ukrainianment that wants to move towards integration with the european union and with the west. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. and its nato allies are preparing to send their own signal to putin. american b-1 bombers and b-52 strat oh fortress which can carry 70,000 pounds of bombs. analysts say it is a show of force aimed at russia which is about to conduct massive military exercises of its own. in an operation, russian troops estimated to number in tens of thousands and partners from bell rose will display fire power and territory near the borders. >> they're trying for a high end fight with the west, nato and the united states. >> reporter: analysts say putin will pull out all the stops, deploying his commandos, paratroopers, and armored units fine tuning for battle. >> i expect a lot of live fire exercises, logistics drills, russian air power practicing at ranges, i expect missile range rej minimums firing at various ranges. >> reporter: experts say part of an ambitious military buildup who

praising vladimir putin in public. take a look. >> i think i would get along very well with vladimir putin. i just think so. i think in terms of leadership, he is getting an a and president is not doing so well. they did not look good together. i got to know him very well because we were both on 60 minutes. we were stable mates. he is run hning his country andt least when is a leader unlike this country. putin shredd putin is calling me leader and he may be playing me. we have to figure that out. i'm getting along with putin. putin said donald trump is brilliant and donald trump is a real leader. >> you know how business is done in russia in vladimir putin's russia. if there is a foreign businessman who wants to do a big business deal in moscow in that foreign missmbusinessman a donald trump publicly saying positive things about putin would have have a bearing on getting it done? >> i think the trump campaign people thought it would have bearing. i think ken is right, you need for something of this size to go forward i

his administration intends to follow the law or whether he will continue to enable and reward vladimir putin's aggression.

vladimir putin changed their relationship status to it's complicated. >> sources he talked to vladimir the phone right before. that was inappropriate. trump said i agree. i wanted to face time. >> basically, donald trump wants to create what he calls a merit-based system that awards points to green card applicants based on such factors as english ability. yes, immigrants have to learn procedure english like bigly. cofee fee, and bing bing bing bing bing. >>> that's funny. >> it is funny. but i'll tell you, it aalso a little scary. we would not be here if this merit based system was in place. our ancestors wouldn't have made the cut. >> absolutely. chris is filling in tonight for don on cnn tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> it is different and good. you know who's happy about anthony scaramucci having his big event? h mario can tone. he's going to be back on the show tonight to show his latest impersonation of scaramucci. >> we'll recap that tomorrow morning. meanwhile tomorrow for cnn news room with poppy harlow. >> great to see you guys, interesting programming. thanks so much. lot of breaking

i agree, michelle--vladimir putin is a slimy person. - oh, no, no. i'm not talking about putin. about megyn kelly. - wait. what did megyn kelly do? - last night on her new show, she acted like she didn't spend the last 12 years of her life as a soldier in fox news's culture war. listen to what she said about cable news-- the place she used to call home. - we've seen a lot of rude behavior in the news lately. - you can yell all you want-- - you're the one yelling at me. - i think you should take a chill pill, dan. - we're actually gonna cut your mic if you don't stop talking. - can't we all just get along? - "can't we all just get along?" oh, i'm sorry--now we're all supposed to be friends? now that you're at nbc, you're acting all peaceful like some sort of mahatma blondi? because let's not forget-- before she was nbc news's megyn kelly, for over a decade, she was fox news's megyn kelly, basically a pretty race-baiting puppet who roger ailes kept trying to put his hand up. - ooh! - oh, don't worry. she's on network now, and he's dead. they're both in better places. [applause] an

we'll save a lot of money. >> coming up, instead of criticizing vladimir putin for cutting u.s. offers up his thanks. he may have been doing it just to take a swipe at putin. if that's the case, it wasn't appreciated by a lot of top diplomats. plus donald trump is vacationing at his new jersey golf resort, but while he's golfing and tweeting, he actually takes time tweeting while he's golfing to tell mitch mcconnell to get back to work. will the president spend a third straight day publicly fighting his most important ally on capitol hill? it's still early. we shall see and "morning joe" will be coming right back. alzheimer's disease the fi is out there.survive and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. start here. at fidelity, we let you know where you stand, so when it comes to your retirement plan, you'll always be absolutely...clear. it's your retire

>> right. >> vladimir putin? using the science, the science you developed to get around the system, you abandoned the science? >> most important, yes. >> ladies and gentlemen, let me be clear that 126 sessions with the international olympic committee is open. charlie: talk to me about what you did in wanting to go through this experiment yourself. guest: i wanted to go through it for many reasons. as an athlete, and i competed as a cyclist from the time i was 13 until i was 20, and wanted to be a pro. i had this curiosity my whole life of what exactly do these drugs do? would they make me a better athlete? what i possibly have been a champion? i had that curiosity. the second part of that curiosity was what decision does an athlete competing on a world level, at the best of his sport, have to make whether they are going to use a substance or not use a substance if the system itself does not work? that was the driving force behind my desire to do what i wanted to do. charlie: did you talk to lance armstrong? guest