was ready to topple over, and they settled on putin because they knew that yeltsin could retire and >> boris yeltsin was notoriously corrupt, but kremlin power brokers wanted to protect him. >> so the deal was made, the deal was made. >> december 31st, 1999. >> the surprise announcement from boris yeltsin that he is resigning as president and turning over power to his prime minister vladimir putin. >> in the very first moments of the 21st century, vladimir putin became president of russia. his first words, we live in a competitive world and are not among its leaders. and right away putin began to change his country. he joined soldiers on the front lines of the war in chechnya. he reassured russians that better times were ahead. >> translator: i think we'll get paid, and we'll have work. >> the country quickly fell in love with vladimir putin. ♪ >> the number one song in russia was called "a man like putin." ♪ >> he's just very -- he's a beautiful man that you'll see. >> but the biggest surprise, america also loved vladimir putin. president george w. bush thought that he'd found a ki

. >> around 50,000 supporters of boris yeltsin gathered to chant their support for the man who is nowe battered banner of liberal reform. >> boris yeltsin had been popularly elected as president of the russian federation. he was emerging as an alternative power to the communist party leaders. >> let me put on my glasses here for a moment and read you a piece of wire copy that has just come across on reuters. >> russian president boris yeltsin ordered all units involved in the overthrow of gorbachev to stand down and said he was assuming control on the territory of russia. clearly, there is a major confrontation shaping up in the russian republic. >> the presidents' day began with a succession of meetings and phone calls. among his conversations were one with boris yeltsin whose status in the white house has risen suddenly to that of the potential savior of soviet democracy. >> when the tanks came in, the commander called him and said i'm supposed to attack you, but i will not. i will protect you. and that's when he stood up on the tank and indicated to the coup leaders, these guys are

flooded moscow with american advisors and millions of dollars to make sure their candidate or as yeltsin won otherwise the communist party in russia would have actually been the winner but it's not just interference if the us doesn't like the results of elections after they've tried to influence them then they overthrow the government this is what happened with the democratically elected government of mohammad most day in iran it dared to nationalize the anglo iranian oil company now known as b.p. so of course the u.s. overthrew it and imposed on iran the shah the monarch you can't get more or less democratic government there's a long history of this the united states the media presentation here is so incredible you had donald trump going to europe meeting with the nato countries demanding that they spend one hundred thirty two billion dollars more get for really a confrontational position against russia and then he gets to russia i mean to helsinki and meets with putin and the american media says this is the surrender some end or some and acting as if you know here's a united states spe

you don't believe me, yeltsin said it on the record many times. in between choosing him and the next presidential race, there's this financial collapse all over the world, right? august 1998. comes to russia. so upon nist shock in the language of political science. wasn't predicted. the government has to resign. and in the wake of that, he chooses this obscure guy that was working, you know, in the kremlin. at the time he was made prime minister in august, he had a 6 president or 7% -- 6% or 7% recognition be rate. most russians could not even recognize the guy, let alone plus or minus. they didn't know who he was. chosen, i think, mostly to protect property rights of yeltsin and his family, not because he was going to be some reformer. so there wasn't some societal demand for him. so back then, to your point, he was not anti-western as much. you know, i think his analytic framework was put in place, you know, in kgb school, right? if you're a young man like him joining the kgb when he did, that means you have a certain political orientation, and

in stirring up and continuing tension with russia and also russia under putin as opposed to under yeltsin is standing in the way of american designs in the region they want to have the same kind of influence if not control over russian affairs that they did with yeltsin as a puppet of the united states who the united states helped get elected reelected so putin is standing up for his country and protecting his interest as any leader would and restored economic and political sovereignty to russia and that it cannot be tolerated by those powerful interests on wall street and going all the way down to the cia and the other agencies that putin is a man has to be opposed and we do not want to president who is speaking so nicely about him and who they are claiming in indictments that i'm never going to go to court so we'll never see evidence that the only reason he was elected is because of the interference of russia that russia is somehow disturbing and are stirring up divisions in a country that's already wrought by divisions including the rich and poor that have wider than ever before racial

elections including rushes in one thousand nine hundred six there's that famous time a grain of boris yeltsin with the american flag and it says yanks to the rescue because america flooded moscow with american advisors and millions of dollars to make sure their candidate or us yeltsin won otherwise the communist party in russia would have actually been the winner but it's not just interference if the us doesn't like the results of elections only after they've tried to influence them then they overthrow the government this is what happened with the democratically elected government of mohammad most that day in iran it dared to nationalize the anglo iranian oil company now known as b.p. so of course the us overthrew it and imposed on iran the shah the monarch you can't get more or less democratic government there's a long history of this the united states the media presentation here is so incredible you had donald trump going to europe meeting with the nato countries demanding that they spend one hundred thirty two billion dollars more a group get for really a confrontational position against r

flooded moscow with american advisors and millions of dollars to make sure their candidate were as yeltsin won otherwise the communist party in russia would have actually been the winner but it's not just interference if the us doesn't like the results of elections after they've tried to influence them then they overthrow the government this is what happened with the democratically elected government of mohammad most that day in iran it dared to nationalize the anglo iranian oil company now known as b.p. so of course the us overthrew it and imposed on iran the shah the monarch you can't get more or less democratic government there's a long history of this the united states the media presentation here is so incredible you had donald trump going to europe meeting with the new.

flooded moscow with american advisors and millions of dollars to make sure their candidate or us yeltsin won otherwise the communist party in russia would have actually been the winner but it's not just interference if the us doesn't like the results of election you know yeah after they've tried to influence them then they overthrow the government this is what happened with the democratically elected government of ma. in iran it dared to nationalize the anglo iranian oil company now known as b.p. so of course the us overthrew it and imposed on iran the shah a monarch you can't get a more or less democratic government there's a long history of this the united states the media presentation here is so incredible you had donald trump going to europe meeting with the nato countries demanding that they spend one hundred thirty two billion dollars more. for really a confrontational position against russia and then he gets to russia i mean to helsinki and meets with putin and the american media says this is the surrender some vendor some and acting as if you know here's a united states spends se

we were scratching our heads, we think it must go back to yeltsin 01’ we think it must go back to yeltsinses to surprise, or gorbachev. as you say, trump never ceases to surprise, does he? he tends to go in with both barrels and then retreat and be very nice to people. that is his negotiation strategy, the art of the deal and all that. let's see how it plays out, but the communication and dialogue is always the way forward. but if you think about it, looking back overjust how long president putin has been in power, and the accusations made against him at the moment at least, over what happened in salisbury, and the ukraine, and if he wasn't invited before all of those things, why is he being invited now? we have a very testy relationship with putin after salisbury, and america expelled the most of the mats after salisbury. salisbury, and america expelled the most of the mats after salisburym looks like a reward. i can see your point. i think it is good to talk more, but i can see the problem. good to talk more, but as you said, we don't actually know what they talked about. it undermines

yeltsin named him first deputy prime minister and he was the heir apparent.and yeltsin said it many times inch between choosing him and the next -- the presidential race, there's this financial collapse, all over the world, august 1998. comes to russia so shock in the language of political science, wasn't predicted, the government has to resign and in the wake of that, he chooses this obscure guy that was working in his -- in the kremlin at the time he was made prime minister in august, he had a 6% or 7% recognition rate. most russians could not even recognize the guy. let alone plus or minus. chosen, i think, mostly to protect the property rights of yeltsin and his family, not because he was going to be some reformer. so there wasn't some societal demand for him. so back then to your point, he was not anti-western as much. i think his analytic frame pushing was put in place in the kgb school. if you're a young man like him, joining the kgb when he did, that means you've have a certain political orientation and he didn't take poly sci but it was more complex

when bill clinton met with boris yelts yeltsin, i don't remember people complaining about it then.that's why i'm asking. are we being fair? a lot of your colleagues are saying not only that, we want the interpreter that was in the room and question her. that is a very slippery slope, even in interpreters of the past are saying that is nuts. >> you know, neil, let's talk about the basics here. the. of the united states for the first time has a meeting with putin of russia. russia is not our friend. they do everything they can to undermine our security in this country. if they have that kind of meeting, i think the president owes it to the american people to talk about what was discussed at that meeting, period. i don't think it's too much to ask that that happened. president clinton presented to the american people what was being discussed with individuals. besides that, he had people in the room. he had note takers that were there that could summarize what they talked about. hear we don't know what went on. we're entitled to know. if this was a good meeting, why wouldn't the presid

. >> boris yeltsin and bill clinton met twice and developed a genuine rapport. clinton later revealed that yeltsin got so drunk he was found outside the white house in his underwear trying to hail a cab. during his first term as russian president, vladimir putin met with george w. bush in 2001. watch. >> i found them to be very straightforward and trustworthy. we had a very good dialogue. i was able to get a sense of his soul. >> president obama met with both dmitry medvedev and m putin, though the putin exchange was had to be "frosty." >> shannon: trace gallagher, thank you very much. our the top story, for taylor lisa page is defying a congressional subpoena by refusing to appear for a capitol hill interview. her lawyer is accusing g.o.p. house lawmakers of being bullie bullies. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is following the new developments tonight. good evening, catherine. >> shannon, the house judiciary and oversight committee sent this letter that lays out three options. if a lawyer lisa page can show up tomorrow at a public hearing w

this boris yeltsin is exaggerating and pushing to the forums. here is a bird. senator bird from west virginia. jerry brown. it is always fascinating when you also work with people -- shiems i'll talk to art students and do workshops with caricature and it is amazing how you don't always have to be so rendered in detail. presidential caricature in particular but it is true of probably all political figures can become a simple iconic thing. george bush or barack obama, coy draw six lines and people would go, well that is george bush or there is barack obama and you just -- once you've done the outline of the face and the ears with obama, even before you completed it, people could tell what you are drawing. so it is a mystical thing. it is -- our facial recognition software in our brains is very acute and it is one of the things that caricatures could use to their advantages. it takes a little effort to be nonpartisan when you are doing things for the coasters. my instinct and what i'm paid for at politico is to have a political opinion and express it strongly and

orbotech than bush senior and clinton and yeltsin.it, theom where you russian elite and political elite in moscow -- the question of the morning is is it a summit, a get together, or a meeting? henry: it is a summit. that is what it is. the first real summit between the pwm and. iny have had two meetings the past on the sidelines of the g20 summit and the asia-pacific summit but they do not count. this is really the first real get together for the men and it is highly symbolic. russia taken has the indictments of the 12 officials on friday? are they talking about extradition? what happens next? , you: under russian law cannot extradite your own citizens. russian citizens cannot face trial in another country. that is off the cards. in any case, the russians totally denied the accusations. they understand that this has a whole different level of seriousness to the accusations against them. they also understand that this job thatsident trump's much harder. he is coming under attack not only from the democratic party that also from his ow

like their predecessors, yeltsin and clinton failed to cement a permanent partnership. helsin may be summit central. but once the talk is over, yss.-russia relations al seem to come off the rails. for that has less to do with personalities and much itmore to do deep-seated differences between russia and america -- differences in values, and their worldviews, differences which traditionally fueled suspicion and rivalry, and have ended up pushing these two great powers apart. but this is new -- a u.s. president siding with the kremlin against the fbi. an american leader more suspicious of america's allies than of russia's president. in helsinki, donald trump was full of praise for vladimir putin. it is his way of mending ties with moscow. but backing the kremlin making him increasingly at home. >> i think the political elite is remarkably united. youtr have seeng bipartisan legislation to enforce the sanctions, to tighten those sanctions. the question is whether president trump is going to listen to the strong views coming from republicans and democrats that he needs to s

and your guitar and book the city is russia's fourth largest it's also near the birthplace of boris yeltsin. the passengers on the sars full train celebrate their arrival in europe take a tour and board lies right on the border between europe and asia. they've already traveled eight thousand kilometers from beijing feel the mongolian manchurian grassland passed along bought or like by call your coats and novosibirsk over ten days and nights until they arrive here and your guitar and board. the train is plush decorated in accordance with the tastes of the soviet era when only high ranking party officials were allowed to travel on. pot from hamburg have already seen a lot on their journey and they don't mind the modest accommodations. but the path to god i get used to the small bed even though i'm one meter ninety told and can only sleep in one position i don't mind. the train doesn't offer for a five star luxury top but it's comfortable enough you shouldn't expect anything if you embark on a journey like this. if i type stuff i'm after two days you're used to it and you sleep well you joke a

gorbachev did before he went out to sign the paper that would collapse the soviet union and allow borris yeltsino become president of the russian federation, he called george h.w. bush and said, we did good things, didn't we? history will judge us well. i said to president bush, do you realize how extraordinary this is? he said, i never thought about it. i said the president in his last act before the collapse of the soviet union called the american president essentially to seek his affirmation. that was a big deal. that is the way he was. david: another member of the family decides to run for president, george w. bush. you become the national security advisor, the first woman. you are there and then 9/11 happens. where were you on 9/11? condoleezza: i was at my desk. you will remember that president bush was at that event in florida. just to show you our pre-9/11 thinking, i did not go with him that day. my assistant came in and said a plane hit the world trade center. first we thought it was an accident. i called president bush. a few minutes later, we learned the second plane hit the world tr

labor president obama offered a view there's no question that president clinton voted for yeltsin over the communists so there's a history of that but i would say in this case it was unnecessary and i found it surprising that putin took that much liberty in this situation i don't think there was any doubt that he even like hillary. even though initially he and hillary have had a very you know good relationship but either i don't know why he took it upon himself to say that and i don't think it helped him well i don't think it's i don't think it's a huge issue i just think it's a negative well you don't think it's a huge issue but some believe that there are potential risks there is a concern for example that put in voicing his support for trump more vocal lee will exacerbate the tensions between the american president and his intelligence community which would make this kind of coverage tug of war between the two even more pronounced and which can spill over into a potential war theatres for example in ukraine or in syria is that do you exaggerate it. especially because this because th

president gorbachev i met with president yeltsin so i was always eager to meet with the soviets then the russians because there are a powerful country they have one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world and so it's important that we meet with them and talk with them my objection to the meeting in helsinki was that there was no agenda. that we had a private two hour meeting with no one taking notes and we don't know what they discussed or what commitments may have been made either by the russian president or by president trump that's something that's really quite exceptional our history and i think it's open to. different interpretations of what was said what was meant what was heard and how it was taken by the other person so it's i think it's always really important when you have the head of the you know of the united states and the head of russia having a record so we know exactly what was said we can go back and say wait a minute this is what you said you agreed to but now you're backtracking etc so that was my my bigger objection to it and i didn't think that

mock that geriatric leaders of the soviet union brezhnev and drop out for having to be propped up yeltsin. minutes up in this block and i want to ask you is. is the western north atlantic alliance it's changing is it forever changed mark i mean there's no going back to the status quo absolutely there in. europe just intends to wait trumped up whether it's two years or four years or it might look at all you know we can break up you know. no matter so now it's a stag near me that you're going to win if they can just we will be back i think it's changing. it's clear that statement. no independent policy of defense we don't need to so it can do time can say what you want it will win on so he thinks he can pull out for us. all by himself and i don't know maybe you can. mental story here which is that we're living in a period of accelerated transition we had a single empire which was highly successful which in one thousand nine hundred forty five controlled almost fifty percent of the global g.d.p. currently controls about eighteen percent is now the world's second largest economy let that sink

president gorbachev i met with president yeltsin so i was always eager to meet with the soviets then the russians because there are a powerful country they have one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the world and so it's important that we meet with them and talk with them my objection to the meeting in helsinki was that there was no agenda. that they had a private two hour meeting with no one taking notes and we don't know what they discussed or what commitments may have been made either by the russian president or by president trump that's something it's really quite exceptional in our history and i think it's open to. different interpretations of what was said what was meant what was heard and how it was taken by the other person so it's i think it's always really important when you have the head of the you know of the united states and the head of russia having a record so we know exactly what was said so we can go back and say wait a minute this is what you said you agreed to but now you're backtracking etc so that was my my bigger objection to it and i didn't think

and failing extremely embarrassed by the leadership of my country i was coming of age during the yeltsin time when you know he was drunk all the time you know conducting the orchestra you may remember those videos of him standing next to clinton including having a lot of this very drunken president and you know that was embarrassing i can relate to that but i can relate to the fact that trump looks very unorthodox to the average american voter he the way he carries himself the way he speaks it is sometimes you know that makes me uneasy too but. blaming that all on russia seems like a very unfair and a very easy way out at the end of the day regardless of whether you believe russians interfered in hacking the. democratic party or not there are millions and millions of americans who voted for trump and there is a certain sentiment that was behind that vote and rather than. running and recycling the story of russia's interference i think it would be in the best interest of all to actually look at these changes that are happening within the heartland of the united states and to try to unders

>> they also met twice but that yeltsin got so drunk he was found outside the white house in his underwear trying to hail a cab. vladimir putin met with george w. bush 2001. >> i could get a sense of his h soul. >> even though the putin exchange was said to be frosty. shannon: thank you very much. our other top stories former fbi lawyer is refusing to appear for a capitol hill interview. her lawyers are accusing gop lawmakers to be bullies. we are following the new developments tonight. >> tonight the house judiciary oversight committees went out this letter says fbi lawyer lisa page to show up tomorrow with her former lover and colleague more face more legal trouble. >> it does appear. >> to be in complete defiance of cooperation with the reform committee over seven months and now before she is held in contempt which could happen is is friday. >> they were to give a close and failing to pay but we have nothing to hide and i am willing to testify. thense another panel page and her team were doing kills but he had to go back three times before they could reach>> her. >> the house speaker sa

gorbachev and also when president clinton met president yeltsin so a lot of us are sort of mr eldrick about the way the summits happened in the old days and in fact i was just outside being blocked on the street for almost an hour because we could we weren't even allowed to cross the street and there were people remarking that when president bush and gorbachev came people lined the streets by choice to wave at the leaders they actually drove by with their windows open so that just gives you a sense of how security has changed down on the market square across from the presidential palace that used to remain completely open one seller told me yesterday that she had sold earrings to betty ford in one thousand nine hundred seventy five meeting so things are very much on lockdown here in the finnish capital and we're all just waiting for this press conference where people are hoping to be enlightened about just what has happened inside the palace all right good of you teri schultz are keeping track of the very latest developments there for us in helsinki thank you terry let's get the view

but like their predecessors, yeltsin and clinton failed to cement a permanent partnership.mit central, but once the talking's over, us—russian relations always seem to come off the rails. and the reason for that has less to do with personalities and much more to do with deep—seated differences between russia and america. differences in values, in their worldviews, differences which traditionally have fuelled suspicion and rivalry and have ended up pushing these two great powers apart. but this is new, the us president siding with the kremlin against the fbi. an american leader more suspicious of america's allies than of russia's president. in helsinki, donald trump was full of praise for vladimir putin. it's his way of mending ties with moscow. but backing the kremlin is making him increasingly isolated at home. well, i think the political elite is remarkably united. you've seen strong bipartisan legislation to enforce the sanctions, to tighten those sanctions. so the question is whether president trump is going to listen to the strong views coming from republicans and demo

bush and mikhail gorbachev in 1990 and bill clinton and boris yeltsin in 1997. cbs this morning co-host norah o'donnell is leading our coverage of this historic summit and joins us now. norah? >> reporter: and good evening to you, demarco. president trump arrived here ahead of his russian counterpart who attended the final match of the world cup soccer tournament in moscow. well, now comes the superpower summit the world will be watching. president trump has no public appearances planed until tomorrow when he will have breakfast with the president of finland at the presidential residence here in helsinki. later in the day mr. trump will meet with putin at the presidential palace. now, before heading here from scotland this weekend president trump in an interview with cbs news tried to downplay expectations of any breakthroughs with putin president trump touched down in finland sunday just hours ahead of a high-stakes sit down with russian president vladimir putin. a top advisor tells cbs news the two leaders are expected to spend about 30 minute alone with just

accord where they promised to get military forces , the agreements signed with the gorbachev and yeltsin, the open skies treaty, the vienna document. as we learned a couple weeks ago, the chemical weapons .onvention we can't continue to do arms control negotiation with a country that violates its commitments. to somehow come back into compliance with these treaties, where we somehow able to get strict verification on the lines of the original stark treaty, arms inf control may be something we could talk about again, but right now, to consider plunging headlong into a new agreement given eight existing treaties which are being violated suggests that you do not care about the violations. mistake ande a huge exactly the wrong signal to send to vladimir. >> i think that that is fair much the case. it needs to be comedic aided and elevated to the public through the media which is difficult because they do not want to carry this type of negative message. potentially the call for some senators in order to placate a new committee, potentially a committee that has some congressional mandate on ar

yeltsin, completely against the conflict. examples abound, or take the application of us legislation beyond its borders. they made this step. you asked about crimea and ukraine, a military coup, completely ignored the constitution, not us. it is not a way to deal with such issues, and executive by our border, nothing happened to me. what happens to you, that is what i want to do. >> you say nothing happened to you but i want to ask you, not internationally, domestically, inside russia, why is it so many people that opposed vladimir putin end up dead or close to it, former russian spy and double agent, the victim of a nerve agent attack in england, guns down near the kremlin, investigative reporter murdered in an apartment building. why so many people who are political enemies of vladimir putin are attacked? >> translator: plenty of political rivals. >> they don't end up dead. >> translator: haven't presidents been killed in the united states? has kennedy been killed in russia or the united states? what happened to the clash b

and the foreign minister under boris yeltsin, and katrina reina was the editor and publisher of the left wing magazine and she was ambassador at large for the former soviet union. you they we're all overreacting to the helsinki summit. explain. >> i think we need more reason and less talk of treason, i think the memo released on the eve of the helsinki summit is that the -- we must do everything we can to secure and protect our election infrastructure, and that means also protection against dark money, voter suppression, partisan gerrymandering and most important we must engage with russia to reduce conflict, the takes are high, these are the two countries which control 90% of the world's nuclear superweapons. and so i think it's vital. and our letter was signed by ambassador matlock, reagan ambassador to the soviet union, by gloria steinham, by noam chomsky. people who understand that cold war is lousy, for citizens, for women, for children, for progressives, deplete resources and fatten defense budgets. i thank you for inviting me on, but there's a lockdown on much of the media establi

during the 90s when our relationship was good with president boris yeltsin, they were recruiting by biaia. we have to defend ourselves from russia's behavior while finding areas we can work with them. as far as working together, certainly we need to talk about syria. a strategic partnership is out of the question and how russia violated the vienna accords.but we do need to talk about collaborating against isis, the conflicting . just a month ago in helsinki, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff met with his russian counterpart from russia, to talk about the confliction in syria. that's really important. so is making sure syria doesn't turn into a battleground between iran and israel . >> abby: when it comes to crimea crimea, it's highly unlikely the president will recognize the annexation of crimea. >> i sincerely hope he doesn't. russia violated their territorial integrity. the most recent communiquc callsout russia for doing . that would not in my view the good thing for ukraine but also by vociferously protesting russia's violation of ukraine territorial integrity we are support

bill clinton sat down with boris yeltsin. i'm joined by stephen yates and noah rothman from commentary magazine. noah, going into the summit, it was unclear what the outcome was supposed to be. the russians apparently said, well, the meeting is the deliverable. how do you think it went? >> i don't know how the meeting went. all we know is the press conference. the press conference was a mess. as far as the substance of this summit, difficult to gauge because we don't have an agenda. the public reporting suggests that the president is seeking some sort of assurances from russia in order to facilitate american withdrawal from syria. parts of syria, east of the euphrates. nobody will talk about that publicly because it's probably tactically un-wise in my view. so what we're hearing is a lot of rhetoric. but i'm not sure what we were supposed to achieve, which makes it difficult for americans to engage. how do we know this is successful when we don't know what success looks like. >> dana: based on what noah just said, if we can g

bush and mikhail gorbachev in 1990 and bill clinton and boris yeltsin in 1997. norah o'donnell is leading our coverage of this historic summit. she joins us now from the finnish capital. nor norah? >> and good evening to you, demarco. president trump arrived here ahead of his russian counterpart who attended the final match of the world soccer tournament in moscow. well, now comes the superpower summit the world will be watching. president trump will have breakfast with the president of finland at the presidential residence here in helsinki. later in the day, mr. trump will meet with putin at the presidential palace. now, before heading here from scotland this weekend, president trump in an interview with cbs news tried to downplay expectations of any breakthroughs with putin. president trump touched down in finland sunday just hours ahead of a high stakes sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. a top adviser tells cbs news the two leaders are expected to spend about 30 minutes alone with just translators before an expanded meeting with staff. mr. trump

remembering that look, after the fall of the soviet union, there were pretty good relations under yeltsin with the united states. really good relations actually. it was only when vladimir putin came in that the whole thing started to head down. >> let's not forget vladimir putin considers the biggest cam mit of the 20th century to be the fall of the soviet empire. i think you're on to something there. both trump and putin have a sense of grievance. both trump and putin have risenton power on waves of nationalism. and i also think that there's something in president trump very clearly that admires strong men. you see him praising people like the leader of the philippines duterte and the leaders of turkey and egypt. he praised the chinese for how they put down the massacre, how they massacred at tiananmen square. he admires that. >> and that's just an extraordinary departure for an american president, right? breaking every single norm we've become familiar with since forever. i mean, i agree with you about the sort of similarities to some degree. you could say that vladimir putin's slogan f

with an american preponderate, president clinton, and how you can get along, he got along with boris yeltsin but pretty tough when it came to having tell it like it is and because we have no idea what went on in your almost two hour meeting, that's what i'm worried about. what is the readout? and the fact that people have to say we're still thinking about what's coming out of it and meanwhile, president putin, at least what i've heard on the news, is talking about how to, quote, implement what they decided in that meeting and we have no idea. >> former secretary of state madeleine albright, thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> as we've been discussing all week, the president cannot get his story straight or feelings straight on russia. so what is congress's next move? what are democrats going to do? adam schiff is here. let someone else do the heavy lifting. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites to find the right hotel for you at the lowest price. so you barely have to lift a finger. or a wing. tripadvisor. you finished preparin

but boris yeltsin i do think would make a great prime minister. i also said that this incredible woman right here is doing a fantastic job, a great job. and i mean that. i must say i have gotten to know theresa may much better over the last two days than i knew her over the last year. yesterday i had breakfast, lunch, and dinner with her. i said, what are we doing tomorrow. they said, lunch with theresa see her againl later today. i think she's a terrific woman doing a terrific job. situationt is a tough between the borders and the entries into the country and everything. so she's going to do the best. the only thing i ask is that she works it out so we have even trade. because it is not even right now. to change.ng if it does not change, they will have to pay a big rice and they know what that prices. so they are coming over on july 25 to see me and hopefully we can work something out. but they have barriers beyond belief. they won't take many of our things. last year, teresa, you lost with the european union. we can't have that. we won't have th