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Which mike memoli is reporting there, the white house has been watching very carefully as they try to figure out how to set the president up as best they can for his meeting with putin starting on wednesday. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. i think what you are seeing in this interview in one sense is kind of what its going to be like for president biden in this meeting with president putin, because the issues that we raised are the issues that president biden will raise. what president putin doe...

Unpick exactly his messaging and what hes trying to achieve. well, you know, i think we can clearly say, there is nothing bewildering about president putin. what he does, his playbook, is actually pretty predictable. and for quite some days before the interview, i and my team went through his previous comments and interviewed and looked exactly how he addressed each issue and heres what he does. he goes back to resentments in the past. he talked about what aboutism, if you ask him a question abo...

That, i think, is the biggest danger for president biden. on cyber, for instance, president putin said, if we have cyber criminals, well hand them over to you, as long as you hand over your cyber criminals to us. but we dont have cyber criminals. were not attacking russian companies. having ransomware. and i think when you go down that road, that what about aboutism, thats very dangerous. i hope president biden will not engage in that. >> and ambassador mcfaul, if you could also pick up on somet...

Towered over the russian leader, looking down on him and pointing at him as he spoke. dont touch the voting machines. dont touch the data. stay out of the systems. the cia could see they were trying to get in. the book is called "battle for the soul." inside the book who wrote is, tell us more about what we didnt hear about that last meeting? >> thanks for having me, alicia. what was going on, that was a g7 meeting in china, and it wasnt a formal summit. obama took him to task and they were stan...

Has had a hunger strike, hes at risk of dyeing of kidney and heart ailments. this is a guy who jailed alexi navalny, his main opponent, and turns around saying the u.s. does it. >> theres always an element of what aboutism from putin. and i talked to alexei navalny last summer. he was very clear about the risks he was facing. he knew what they were. but he was exposing putins corruption and thats putins vulnerability. to connect to your last segment, joy, what putin is up to is depressing dis-si...

Aboutism. the soviet will say you cant ask us about human rights. who are you to teach us. now theyre saying you cant talk to us about human rights because youre persecuting these protesters. of course, this is coming amid a crackdown on civil society and politicians and journalists in russia. people are going to jail and the like for posting poetry online. and lavrov is basically saying we dont expect anything from the summit on our side. >> so that is what he is expecting. whats the objective ...

Expanding at the ready to attack a government that they disagree with their decision-making, that is a massive national security threat. that is a massive just safety threat to the american people and it is the job of the american government to investigate that. and that republicans want to protect that and keep that hidden for political gain, is really -- is really shocking. i mean the republicans want to investigate black lives matter or other groups to make it -- what about-ism and what they ...

You dont require a mind reader. in every criminal case and i would assume in every impeachment case, yes, you have to show that the president was operating from a corrupt motive, and we have, but he also makes an argument that all quid pro quos are the same and all are perfectly copacetic. some of you said earlier if they could prove a quid pro quo over the military, that would be something. well, we have, so now the argument shifts to all quid pro quos are just fine. theyre all the same. im goi...

Possible republican 2020 opponent. could they honestly say that they would similarly be opposed to impeachment? and think the investigation in this whole matter would be outrageous. by the way, im not asking them to explain themselves to me. im generally curious how they explain it to themselves. couple answers i got. a lot of it is what aboutism. theyll quickly change the subject to, what about hilary clintons use of -- >> libya. theyll talk about other things. >> then there are some people who...

Just that. and all of those emails were dumped on the internet right after the mueller hearing, the next morning he picks up the phone, talks to another foreign leader and is trying to get that foreign leader in ukraine to interfere in the 2020 elections. so, he has abused his office. he has abused his power and he should be impeached. >> on that point, congressman curbelo, your fellow republican party members have largely avoided defending most of that. they seem to vacillate between arguing th...