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>> this is like a guy who robbed your house proposing working the burglary. >> you cant go into business with him. its truly like working with the japanese after pearl harbor to defend hawaii. >> i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since hes doing the hacking. >> after members of mr. trumps cabinet took to tv yesterday to defend this idea of a joint u.s. russian cyber security unit, president trump perhaps hearing some of the backlash tweeting, the fact t...

Specifics of his health care measure, and how it will help you get bet ere insurance for your family and how the insurance will be cheaper, and how they will make your life better, and that is what people are not hearing from this president when he continues to tweet and talk about these things. and so its all part of a package. >> and something else he was tweeting about was this notion of creating a cyber security unit with russia, initially he tweeted this was something that they discussed an...

The more you do this, the more people are suspicious about you and russia. >> joining us now, mark preston, selena zito. it was 12 hours after the first statement from the president on this chigs that he wrote in the morning that he then wrote this. the fact that president putin and i discussed cyber security unit doesnt mean i think it can happen. it cant. but a cease fire can and it did. this was a remarkable aboutface in the course of just one day here from the president of the united states....

Especially given we know donald trump had just won the republican nomination. he was theoretically going to become the president of the united states in a 50/50 chance. the fact that youre meeting with individuals with a shady background is difficult to swallow. >> all right. stick around. a lot more to discuss. senator lindsey graham calls it one of the dumbest ideas hes ever heard, and now president trump already backing off his plan to partner with vladimir putin on a cyber security unit. plu...

States would tweet it is inexplicably bizarre. do you think this reaction is what changed the presidents mind? >> i dont know, there were probably others within the administration with something similar to say, particularly the national security adviser from the fbi, the cia. it really was unthinkable. we are getting lot of shots out of washington, that was a real shock. the fact that he sort of put it out there himself, you know, this closed meeting, they only had four people. no transcript or ...

Largest refugee camp for syrian refugees is that one, the zaatari camp on the jordan border with syria. a lot of other reasons for this. weve been covering this actually since it happened at the meeting and putting that map up on tv since friday to show people thats a teeny, weenie weenie part where not much fight is going on where apparently this great cease-fire is taking place. >> lets hope its a sign of progress. well take a break. president trump makes a pitch for joint cyber security unit ...

>> it is possible, certainly. but again, theyre kind of boxed in between the moderates and the conservatives who all want different things. i have to say, just going out and talking to voters in places like colorado over the last couple of weeks, the health care bill is one of the first things you hear about, people being concerned about it, not knowing whats in it. thats a lot whof what senators were hearing when they were home in their districts over the break. so theres so much pressure on th...

Offer you anything. >> can you tell us what was or what is or what was going to be a cyber security unit and how this was going to work? >> im not sure there were specific details discussed. it was just a discussion on super security threats and potential options. not necessarily a formal structure in place. >> after this 2 1/2 hour meeting with the president in germany, how would you describe the state of u.s. relations with russia? do you view russia as a partner, an ally, do you view them as ...

Very big issue. >> i dont think their necessarily ready to start subpoenaing donald trump jr. but inviting him, a volunteer way, to come in and answer questions about this. i think thats what they would like to do. let me move on to this other sensitive issue. youve been involved in national security as well. president trump seems to be backing way from his original support for some sort of are joint cyber security unit with the russians. should that have been part of the dialogue in the first p...

This morning saying putin and i discussed forming an important cyber security unit. >> im sure vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance since hes the one doing the hacking. >> its not the dumbest idea i ever heard but its pretty close. he gave a very good speech in poland, president trump did, and had what i think is a disastrous meeting with president putin. tillerson and trump are ready to forgive and forget when it comes to cyber attacks on the american election of 2016. nobody is sayin...