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In moscow because we teamed up with an oligarch -- he was called putins builder because he was so close to putin. trump was there in moscow with two missions in mind, other than picking finalists in the beauty contest. it was to meet putin and forge a bond and cut a deal with agalarov for a big building. its important to have made that connection because thats how during the company the russian government reached out to the the campaign. it was agalarov and his son and his business partner they ...

With an oligarch -- he was called putins builder because he was so close to putin. trump was there in moscow with two missions in mind, other than picking finalists in the beauty contest. it was to meet putin and forge a bond and cut a deal with agalarov for a big building. its important to have made that connection because thats how during the company the russian government reached out to the the campaign. it was agalarov and his son and his business partner they said russian wants to help. tha...

Campaign association with kremlin cut outs. >> michael, what would you say in your view is the most significant revelation youve unearthed for the book? >> actually quite a few. i think just picking up on what david is saying, the relationships with the agilarovs, known, by the way, as putins builder, his son and that publicist. go back to whats the most significant -- one of the most significant, certainly, developments in the russia investigation, the trump tower meeting. right? the notorious ...

Of strong men. you know what i mean. >> autocrats. >> he was on the campaign teenage. >> one at toe crat to another. >> he was praising kim jong-un. the guys tough, killing his brother, killing that. he has a personal disposition and affection. one is that this is part of some quid pro quo. you guys report about the history the two of them have and the admiration. >> how this evolved. yes, there is affection for a fellow autocrat or somebody who acts like an autocrat. but there was something mor...

Partner air ras aglayer rove, the billionaire russian oligarch known as putins builder who had partnered with him on miss universe and can partner with him on a trump tower moscow. and whats so attractive about aclayer rove, hes close to putin. what is trump obsessed during that trip? to meet with putin. he asks everybody around him, is putin coming, have we heard from putin yet. >> he tweets will he be my best friend. >> this was all in trumps mind as best we can tell. it all fits together. he ...

Walls. some of them, they can. those of the wells we are not using. >> sean: most of the ones we are not using. the president also stressed the need for much tighter border security during a speech at a naval base in san diego. take a look at this. >> dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations relentlessly seek to exploit our immigration system. ive just come from a trip to the border, where i met with our wonderful border agents, border patrol and the i.c.e., unbelievable people. and review...

We needed for lots of reasons. we have to have it. it will be 99.5% successful. people want people to come over it. the drugs will stop by a lot, although we have to get a lot tougher with drug dealers. have to. but that wall will stops so much. we looked at the different prototypes, and it was fascinating. and we have two or three that really work. we had people trying to scale. we have done them everywhere. you know, im a builder. what i do best is billed. okay? you know, other people to build...

On china. were going way past tariffs steel and aluminum. talking about unfair trade particularly the theft of intellectual property. looks like this administration is prepared to play hard ball. >> well, i think they are, too. by the way, i was, in on all that china stuff and the south china sea just two weeks ago. and that is a new threat that the president is very much aware of. its going to have to be handled differently than it has been in the past because we have not seen an aggressive chi...

Manafort to be the campaign ceo and chairman, she thought quote, manafort, hes been a russian studge for 15 years. manafort, page, papadopoulos have very unusual russia ties end up in the trump campaign. do you have an understanding how these people came to be on the trump campaign? >> trump staked out ground. you go back to the miss universe pageant where he goes to moscow. hes obsessed with meeting vladimir putin. he cant wait. is putin coming? have we got a phone call from him? have we heard?...

Manafort, hes been a russian stooge for 15 years. manafort, page, papadopoulos have very unusual russia ties end up in the trump campaign. did you end up with a more ho k holistic understanding about how these people came to be on the trump campaign? >> trump staked out ground. you go back to the miss universe pageant where he goes to moscow. hes obsessed with meeting vladimir putin. he cant wait. is putin coming? have we got a phone call from him? have we heard? that seems to be his primary foc...