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Russians have done a better job spinning their side of it in part because putin has given a press conference and has talked about it so far, as has lavrov, whereas weve only heard tillerson talk about it. i think in general this meeting was probably a win for putin in part because it lasted so long. you know melania trump tried to get president trump out of the meeting at some point so he could keep his other engagements and instead it went on for more than two hours. so i think in the end its a...

No mention of the united states. then theres a meeting between trump and putin. tillerson comes out and says that the president raised the issue. the word "confront" has a very different definition than the president asked putin about intervention. its then reported that putin said whats the evidence. at the end of the day, we need to see whether the president does anything. right at the moment the president has pretty much caved in and decided in statements by official spokes people, including ...

First face-to-face sitdown with vladimir putin. president trump calling it a tremendous meeting today and ignoring a shouted question about russias version of the story as vladimir putin pushed a narrative that trump accepted his denials meddling in the election. joining me now republican congressman french hill of arkansas. representative hill, thank you for joining us, sir. i appreciate it. >> you bet, alex. thanks for having me. >> i would love to get your take on how you think the president ...

Rely on bonding over his common enemies. >> putin is not known to be a warm and cuddly guy so i dont think that bonding is necessarily his usual state of play, but he knows that donald trump is somebody who has a big ego, and he wants to have that ego stroked and so i think thats what vladimir putin would be going into this meeting knowing about the person that hes sitting down with is the type of personality and character that hes dealing with. as for donald trump and the election news, you kno...

And other things moving forward, importing to be the administration. lets bring in the panel from washington. jonah goldberg, senior editor at national review. julie pace, and michael needham. lets start with you. your sense of this meeting, the readout from taylor tillerson e secretary of treasury, what you are gaining from the white house about this? >> i think the white house feels good about this meeting. i think the president absolutely had to "push putin," or press putin on the involvement...

Happened today, the president accepted putins denial of any involvement in the election. giving equal credence to the u.s. intel xhublts findings is a grave dereliction. the two -- >> first your response to this idea of a working group between the united states and russia to explore election interference or cyber security. >> well, you know, i hope that the american people wont fall for that kind of putting together of some kind of commission to deal with hacking and thats what theyre describing...

Meeting like this. >> well, you know, my knowledge only extends to that of which ive heard from a lot of people who have worked within the russian government, people in diplomatic circles who have had meetings with vladimir putin, with sergey lavrov, and with other russian officials, and thats that he is somebody who prepares very well. and he is a tactician. and he goes in with a strong agenda, and you had some guests talking earlier about the fact that the united states didnt really have one i...

Community blames squarely on russia. they say vladimir putin ordered it, motivated by animosity toward hillary clinton. secretary tillerson saying today the issue may remain unresolved. and the senates top democrat today called that disgraceful. the marathon meeting went on so long, at one point, first lady melania trump entered the room trying to get them to wrap it up. they went on for another hour after that. but the two men, not the only ones who seemed to hit it off. just hours later, camer...

The 2016 election, according to the russian version he with what happened today, the president accepted putins denial of any involvement in the election. giving equal credence to the u.s. intel xhublts findings is a grave dereliction. the two countri-- >> first your response to this idea of a working group between the united states and russia to explore election interference or cyber security. >> well, you know, i hope that the american people wont fall for that kind of putting together of some ...

Primary takeaway from the trump-putin meeting? >> i think for president trump it was very important for him to say that he brought this up with president putin. you know, rex tillerson, our secretary of state, when he came out and spoke about the meeting, he did say that he brought it up right at the beginning of the meeting. that he asked many questions about it. but there was a difference of what the conclusion was with both the russian foreign minister as well as president putin saying presid...