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But we learned from the white house today that the president did not bring up russian election meddling from 2016 or looking ahead to the u.s. election in 2018. and he didnt bring up the poisoning in uk either, raising the question of whether the president will confront putin about these issues when they meet in person, as he says they will. here is more of what he said today. >> i had a call with president putin. and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the call had to do al...

Senate arms service committee, issued this statement. listen to this. 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 the free and fair election to determine their countrys future, including the countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist putins regime. very, very strong words from senator jo...

Changed. five days after the election -- >> i had a call with president putin. i congratulated him on the victory. >> reporter: mr. putin predictedbly scored a land slide victory. his win comes as congressional leaders announced suggestions with the 2018 election and specifically called out russias role in meddling in 2016. >> russia was trying to undermine the confidence of our election system. >> reporter: yet election meddling didnt even come up in the qual putin according to sarah sanders. a...

So im not sure of the campaign they were getting 50 million users. but thats something that will come out. >> a lot of people the want mark zuckerberg to personally go there and answer questions. would you support that? >> i would. >> i got the briefing in october. gang of eight in the the 2016 elections. it was clear that russia was meddling in the elections. very consistent west should call them out for what theyre doing and have the sanctions. >> and theyre doing it now. theyre getting ready ...

Contrast where this white house was itself last week in announcing sanctions in response to the indictments that came down from mueller, looking like they were -- and touting and beating their chest about we can be tough on russia. and then get on the phone, make a congratulatory phone call. sarah sanders the press secretary said its not or place to dictate how other countries run their elections. >> that may be true. we dont have to dictate it. but we certainly dont have to endorse sham electio...

>> talk of the meeting came after president trump called putin to congratulate him on his latest election victory. a call during which the president mentioned nothing about election meddling or the nerve agent poisoning of a former russian spy in britain. >> i dont believe it came up on the specific but it is something that weve spoken extensively about. >> is the recent poisoning in the united kingdom come up in the call? >> i dont believe that was discussed. >> arizona senator john mccain chas...

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 countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest putins regime. how do you respond? >> look, the president once again has maintained that its important for us to have a dialogue with russia so we can focus on some areas of shared interests, the...

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 putins regime. here now is how the white house tried to handle repeated questions about the phone call in todays briefing. >> did the pres...

Have used an internationally banned nerve agent on a former russian spy on british soil. yet according to "the washington post," trump also chose not to heed talking points from aides instructing him to condemn the recent poisoning. well, the news of trumps call with putin elicited a sharp rebuke from senator john mccain of arizona, who said in this strj statement, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections." and senator chuck grassl...

Now. that is all this hour of shepard smith reporting. i am trace in for shepard smith. president trump congratulating president putin on winning election and then he was called out by one of the top republicans in the senate. arizonas john mccain said in a sfament, an american does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections and by doing so with vladimar putin, president trump insulted the russian citizens that were denied in a free and fair election to determi...