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Hacks on the worlds largest democracies. he added, quote, they might have read a certain article and if they are in the patriotic mood then they start making their contributions the way they see it positive toward the russian image. lets bring in ambassador mike mcfaul former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration. mr. ambassador b the cuteness of the putin quote, he never wastes a word. there is kind of adriatic admiration of his role formerly as head of the kgb. is this the ...

States, it seems as though, it is not a priority, and it will -- you know, we are sort of vacating the field in a business sense as well to other countries. >> heidi on twitter we heard from elon musk. we heard from the ceo of g.e. the reaction is still coming in. these are captains of industry. in musks case the originator of his company, the founder of his company. when jeff eye multiple, representing general electric, says climate change is real, what does todays decision mean? who won? who w...

They are in the patriotic mood then they start making their contributions the way they see it positive toward the russian image. lets bring in ambassador mike mcfaul former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration. mr. ambassador b the cuteness of the putin quote, he never wastes a word. there is kind of adriatic admiration of his role formerly as head of the kgb. is this the closest we are going to come to a tacit admission what have they have been up to? >> i think so. i mean ...

Public opinion polls on how we adults view russia. these are the two most armed to the toout nuclear nations on earth. russia is headed by a more canny than usual leader. >> one thing i wanted to mention, brian, in the context of what we dealt with with russia that was tlul actually on my plate. people dont realize russia over the last three years closed every american center in the russian federation. dozens and dozens of them, including the last american center in moscow. these are libraries t...

Things russia and all things putin has been especially maddening to you as you and i have talked for months about it now, given your history. do you feel, in light of the investigations we know that are going on, that it has a finite time left? do you feel we are nearing the end? or has this moved -- has this normalized public opinion in some way? >> i actually dont know the answer to that, brian. i mean, the survey data shows that a lot of people, more people distrust the russians and putin tha...

Press." vivian salaama and rick stengel back with us here in the studio. former unseth for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department in the obama years. also the former managing editor of "time" magazine. rick ill begin with you. is this story tonight the first clear evidence that they always and really wanted to lift sanctions as that gentleman called it, cave on russia? >> well its just very, very strange, brian. and i mean it all does seem to fall into line. i mean, the sanc...

Revealing its the fact that we are talking about these diplomatic compounds that trump is going to meet with putin in july, that the statements from if white house after sergey lavrov came to the oval office for the famous meeting. talked fondly with him about russia in other words, brian, they are still pushing forward with this warming of relations despite everything. and i find that kinds of amazing. >> and vivian, at the same time we have mr. comey, the "new york times" kind of injected a qu...

The state department in the obama years. also the former managing editor of "time" magazine. rick ill begin with you. is this story tonight the first clear evidence that they always and really wanted to lift sanctions as that gentleman called it, cave on russia? >> well its just very, very strange, brian. and i mean it all does seem to fall into line. i mean, the sanctions policy against russia, because of the annexation of crimea, the quasi invasion of ukraine was something that actually was st...