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Interacted with has found trouble as a result. he lumbered into washingtons porsche saint region us hotel for a party given in his honor. only stayed an hour and a half then left. sergey kislyak, the burly back slapping russian is returning to moscow, leaving a string of controversies in his wake. >> it is clear he has played a substantial role in this investigation that is now consuming the trump administration. >> reporter: for years kislyak who was already a seasoned diplomat before arrivin...

Drunk for hours inside the fraternity house for hours in fbi. it took nearly 12 hours for someone to call 911. >> that is what made the difference. >> yes. >> they killed him. >> reporter: now his parents furious at what they called the inappropriate behavior of the defendants in court in june likening it to a fraternity get together. >> slapping each others back, laughing, kidding and joking. that was distressing to the piazzas. >> reporter: the charges range from manslaughter. reckless endange...

If thats what they think it is. this is a corridor around donald trump are afraid to say the emperor has no clothes. it is ridiculous to go to countries like saudi arabia, get a gold medal put around his neck, call that the sort of an incredible pivot or a boost for this administration. and, you know, do back slapping with sergey lavrov and ambassador of russia in his office and kick our allies in the teeth. this is crazy. and there is no logic to this. nato is about as much more than just the s...

And make these countries pull the line. >> bill: shannon, well hang here for a moment and see if there is a live microphone in the hallway. it doesnt appear to be for now. >> shannon: we dont want to miss anything. what do you make of the fact that former president obama a short time ago was with german chancellor angela merkel. a lot of people say he was in italy, germany now. the white house is hoping this is a reset that for president trump introduces him to the world in a different way. yet ...

On may 2nd where putin said would you be willing to see lavrov when he comes to the united states? and trump said, of course, yes. and we know what happened now. >> phil, your piece also talks about press coverage or the lack thereof, the news agency tas photographer. they were the first to beam the pictures out to the world. kind of a p.r. advantage because their first round of photos show a jovial group, a smiling and laughing american president. why was that important? >> it matters because i...

And here he is with the legislative sort of appealing to be subordinate to him. ill go back to greta on that. i think theres a picture here that you may not want to explain in your civics book. >> yeah, and without a doubt, but they actually did need the president to get them all on board, you know, this was not going to happen without the president. the president was actually a little bit, chris, like, you know, almost like lbj, you know, pounding people on the back, bringing them to the white ...

Need. >> thats all i need for any community. our parents were always very giving, even when we didnt have much growing up. >> he helped a family forced out of their home because of a fire. he gave them all sorts of stuff for free to furnish their temporary mobile home. >> is there a bro-mans between president trump and chris cristie. more on the foes turned friends. history of handholding. >> it was a back slapping arm slapping arm patting buddy routine featuring the president and new jersey gov...

Offending them here. but grime didnt win. is it because this is a music industry event. they didnt create grime. grime emerged in the streets of london, but it didnt transpire. a lot of news commentators feel this is getting a bit boring now. theyre not recognizing grime properly. >> and its not just grime. also i was reading that this awards was pretty boring opinion what was your take on that? >> well, it was definitely an improvement on last yearly, after the brit so white foray. i feel that ...

There seemed to be a lot of journalistic back slapping, comparing it to watergate. is there a danger the media are applying. >> tougher, different standard to donald trump? >> they are being tougher on donald trump. i dont know that they are applying a different standard. donald trump is creating a situation for himself and his administration that is much tougher than it needs to be. if it was just about -- lets talk about kneel gorsuch, a conservative supreme court justice that one can expect f...

There seemed to be a lot of journalistic back slapping, comparing it to watergate. is there a danger the media are applying. >> tougher, different standard to donald trump? >> they are being tougher on donald trump. i dont know that they are applying a different standard. donald trump is creating a situation for himself and his administration that is much tougher than it needs to be. if it was just about -- lets talk about kneel gorsuch, a conservative supreme court justice that one can expect f...