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Democracy is on the decline. is this something you think weve seen in the united states or could see in the united states? >> i absolutely think so. i think were seeing a president who is breaking democratic norms which are the soft guardrails of democracy and poisoning the well of public discourse, which is deeply damaging, and i think we have a crisis of civic culture. we had 36.4% turnout in the last midterms. tunisia had local elections that had 35% and people are saying they were undemocrat...

Have commeuff comment in the ov office. >> had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not too distant future. >> according to the "washington post" the presidents national security advisers warned him not to congratulate putdein even including a briefing material, in cap letters, do not congratulate. john mccain was quick to explain why. he said an american president ...

Election victory. briefing teerl ining tears even teerlts even said "do not congratulate," in all cabs. a white house official not disputing the language but saying the president did not read or see the notecard. >> the congratulatory message drawing harsh criticism including this from john mccain, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators by winning sham elections. in days after waffling whether russia is a friend or foe, the white house press secretary gav...

We didnt get the media outcry. he said he will work with leaders around the world where there are interests of the united states and there are interests when it comes to ridding isis in syria and continuing the economic sanctions on north korea and bringing kim jong-un to a position to denuclearize. and a message from our president from someone we need to work with is acceptable. >> sandra: and mitch mcconnell he said calling vladamir putin would not be high on my list. john mccain saying an ame...

Tizzy. >> president trump never mentioned the poisoning of this ex-russian spy in england and his daughter or some of the other sensitive issues. >> here he is on the phone with vladimir putin. he offers words of congratulations for an election that is not free and is not fair. >> he is talking as though he is a leader of a democracy somewhere else, not giving the context of russia. >> >> by congratulating saddam hussein when he got 98% of the vote in the iraq he election. >> laura: helping them...

Tizzy. >> president trump never mentioned the poisoning of this ex-russian spy in england and his daughter or some of the other sensitive issues. >> here he is on the phone with vladimir putin. he offers words of congratulations for an election that is not free and is not fair. >> he is talking as though he is a leader of a democracy somewhere else, not giving the context of russia. >> >> by congratulating saddam hussein when he got 98% of the vote in the iraq he election. >> laura: helping them...

Cameras caught instances of people literally stuffing ballot boxes. senator john mccain released an angry statement in response to trumps congratulatory call which read an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. trumps call came just days after the u.s. placed new sanctions on russia for interfering in our election and he made it despite an apparent russian-orchestrated assassination attempt on a former spy that involved the deployme...

Anything to our allies? >> well, theyre asking themselves questions about does this mean that the united states has changed from its fundamental position of being a leader of the free world? and can we trust anything that comes out of the mouth of the incumbent in the oval office? because he has demonstrated he changes his views, changes his position, changes his words. so i think theres a real sense of unsettlement around the globe among our partners and allies. i think it is playing into mr. p...

And we quote, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. and by doing so with vladimir putin, president trump insulted every russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election to determine their countrys future, including the countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist pu putins regime." heres how the white house tried to handle repeated questions about the phone call in todays ...