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Vladimir putin hates the magnitsky act. it was putins retaliation to the magnitsky act to ban american families from adopting russian children. >> how surprised were you to hear donald trump openly admit what he was talking to vladimir putin about was adoptions, which means magnitsky act? >> first and probably the most disturbing part is the gesture, i dont know where that came from or what that means. the second thing is youre absolutely right. the act goes back to what i believe was a dangle t...

Certain government officials and business men who committed human rights violations. its the worst sanctions because its against wealthy businessmen who are beholden to vladimir putin. vladimir putin hates the magnitsky act. it was putins retaliation to the magnitsky act to ban american families from adopting russian children. >> how surprised were you to hear donald trump openly admit what he was talking to vladimir putin about was adoptions, which means magnitsky act? >> first and probably the...

Seemed to -- i thought this was a really interesting point -- to bring up the adoptions issue and confirm that he had discussed adoptions with putin, which is essentially bringing up the magnitski act. seemingly, acknowledging that those officials who met with don jr. were, in fact, acting on the interests of vladimir putin and bringing up the act. each time he does one of these interviews, theres nobody, whether its anthony scaramucci or anyone else capable of stopping him. >> my sense on the r...

About adoptions, something that president trump referenced as well. the adoptions issue is tied to an act that is a set of sanctions on russian human rights abusers. folks who were involved in murdering a man back in 2009. this is something senators have really championed as part of our long history of standing up to russian abuses of human rights. >> all right. senator, thank you so much for spending time with us. still ahead on "morning joe" -- >> did russia intervene in our election? >> of co...

Junior so clearly its a narrative they want to push. the russians reciprocated when he signed this law into effect by suspending adoptions. but again joy at the end of the day why are we discussing offering anything to russia, whether its the compound, easing of sanctions or adoptions? the russians clearly had an involvement in the election and our president should be taking a strong line not strolling into having pleasant tris for 15 minutes and then not disclosing it. >> from the russian point...

Day why are we discussing offering anything to russia, whether its the compound, easing of sanctions or adoptions? the russians clearly had an involvement in the election and our president should be taking a strong line not strolling into having pleasant tris for 15 minutes and then not disclosing it. >> from the russian point of view, the american president coming over and striking up a casual conversation about adoption, what does that get vladimir putin? >> look, even if it was at president t...

Financing is related. it may be that there was nothing illegal done at all, that the president is in the clear as he says, but i also think that its probably fair to investigate those things. >> you -- i know probably have strong opinions about the presidents previously undisclosed meeting with vladimir putin at a dinner at the g20d and you were on the foreign affairs committee. so the president tells the times that he and president putin only discussed adoptions, but adoptions, of course, are v...

Interesting because that was part of a conversation that don had in that meeting. >> did you know the time that they had the meeting? >> i didnt know anything about the meeting. >> so meg, interesting. hes saying he talked about adoption there almost coincidentally and brings it up that his sons meeting was about that also. what was the suggestion there, that this was a topic that was important to the russians? what was your read on it? >> that was my read on it. not that the u.s. president rais...

The great deal maker at work here if were in fact unilaterally ceasing something that was very much in our interest and part of our way of dealing with the syrian problem, was to support the opposition to assad who we would like to see gone. so those are important pieces to look at. and i think we dont know. well perhaps find out, we perhaps wont find out if theres no u.s. record. >> its interesting in that president trump telling "the new york times" telling maggie haberman that the issue of ad...

People who were there that it was about an hour. >> yeah. i mean, look, he wassed a ma ea with that time frame. he was clearly not defining it in his mind as an actual meeting. he told a very long and elaborate story about sitting next to prime minister abes wife of japan. she didnt speak english, she got up and they started talking. he said the topic of russian adoption came up when he was talking to putin as this newer me meeting. the topic of russian adoptions was the -- supposedly the subjec...