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We definitely need to find out. when i raised this in committee, the reaction of the republicans was, we cant possibly subpoena the interpreter. and of course my reaction was, why not, youve subpoenaed everyone else in the government. the one that could offer greatest insight into commitments that were made is one of the most important subpoenas we could issue. if we cant rely on the president to speak candidly about what the russians have done, how can we expect him to speak candidly to his own...

What did putin say to him, how did he communicate to him that seemed to win donald trump over so when he came out of that two-hour meeting his initial instinct, gut reaction say, yeah, this is an incredible offer. i think this is a great idea. i think as we head into the prospect, because one was not enough, why not have a second one, of that second putin meeting. youve got intelligence officials now scrambling to find out what else donald trump may have agreed to. what did he give away? what we...

They can understand it in the campaign a little bit. but reelected, when she briefed by the bhes intelligence augs in the world, by the fbi, and he simply refuses to accept it? and then under cuts allies and our cleel commitments, they cant find a general explanation for this. >> he says he is trying to blich good relations. he says it is okay to have this rip. >> it is good to talk to russia, but talking to a man like vladimir putin, you have to talk from a position of confidence and strength a...

That as you said, senator corker said that he would consider it. some others have said they dont like the idea. >> you traveled to the nato summit as well, part of a bipartisan delegation. and we all know how that went before the president heading to russia. this morning the white house says it is all good, things are fine. let me read you part of the reporting. quote, there isnt a lot of cleanup because there doesnt seem to be a lot of spillage. the feedback were getting from the europeans is t...

Everyone will defend you. it seems good for people to think through what our alliances are and our commitments and understanding other articles. article three says nations have to provide for their own defens defense. >> bret: you have to concede the white house kind of kept the story going by some of the things they did and said over the past three days. the president and others. >> the media have been absolutely ridiculous and i think there should be some accountability for how theyve kept the...

Foreign policy team knows nothing about, his national security team knows nothing about? >> absolutely. absolutely. same thing as he did with kim jong-un, which is why weve been pressing, and im glad to see the secretary of state as a result of our continuous pressure will be before the senate foreign relations committee next wednesday afternoon. weve been doing this since north korea. now with what happened in helsinki, the russian dynamic is critically important. i dont know whether he agreed ...

>> you just named three things theyre never going to get. >> but with this sort of dramatic question that maggie haberman -- thank goodness she asked that question and her follow-up question in which sarah sanders admitted it was part of the two-hour meeting with vladimir putin. republicans now have to respond to ambassador mcfaul and they have to respond. what happened in that two-hour meeting? we cant move on even after this clarification from president trump and an insert of a few letters. we...

Credibility. all our allies around the world depend on the united states for security. george osborne, the former british finance minister said to me when david cameron and i plotted foreign policy we knew america had our back. he said today every european leader is wondering where is america? do we know where it stands? and that sense of uncertainty about americas commitments, is infecting the entire realm of international relations around the world and that means you have not an optics problem...

Negative. >> days before the summit, nato did just that, formally inviting macedonia to begin membership discussions, potentially becoming the 30th nation to join the international security alliance established to counter russia. >> there was no recognition by crimea of the united states. there was no reneging of u.s. security commitments. theres also no deal on syria, which was rumored in the lead up to the summit. so we saw no deliverables, no commitments. in a very practical way, a real way, ...

United states, 90% of the nuclear weapons. and we have to do something. and he also said he wants to be very helpful with north korea. we have time. there is no rush. it has been going on for many years, but we are doing very well, as you know, we have our hostages back. there have been no nuclear explosion, which we have known about. they have been no rockets going over japan, no missiles going over japan. and it has now been nine months, and their relationship is very good. you saw the nice le...