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Senator ben sass called it bizarre. some weighed in on the morning shows. >> hes the only person i know of who has any doubt about where russia attacked our election in 2016. >> but even though they defended the idea of a cybersecurity unit, sunday night saw a complete trump about-face. now tweeting the fact that we discussed a cybersecurity unit doesnt mean i think it could happen. it cant. and today the white house again down playing the idea. >> we recognize that russia is a cyberthreat but w...

Including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. president trumps son donald trump jr. admitting meet with a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin in an effort to help the trump administration. this startling admission raising a big question. is this evidence of collusion? >> and the president now appearing to walk back his agreement with russia to create a cybersecurity unit. well tell you whats behind this sudden aboutface. welcome back to...

On a cybersecurity unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit." republican senator lindsey graham saying, "its not the dumbest idea ive ever heard, but its pretty close." this from former defense secretary ash carter -- >> the russians pulled out the old playbook. ive seen all this going back to russia in soviet days. when confronted with something theyve done wrong, ask for u.s. intelligence old trick. propose a working group. in this case on cyber. but this is like the gu...

Will be guarded a cybersecurity unit accused of meddling in the elections." last night, "the fact that putin and i discussed a cybersecurity unit doesnt mean i think it can happen. it cant. but a cease-fire can and did." president trump is referring to a cease-fire in southwest syria he negotiated with putin, a cease-fire that appears to be holding. >> that news didnt help him escape the criticism for floating the idea of a joint cybersecurity arrangement with the russians. republican senator ma...

-- agencies say he should. >> the ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, said we should tell russia this is not allowed. she defended the idea of some sort of a cybersecurity unit just so the u.s. could get its perspective across. >> sure. >> to the russians. lets talk about the other story. the story about don jr. and other top members of the trump team meeting with a russian attorney during the election. they have been promised -- theyve been promised dirt i guess on the clinton campaign. how da...

What the president did is he immediately came into the meeting, talked about russian meddling in the u.s. election, went after the issue at least two times. this was not just a five-minute piece of the conversation. this was an extensive portion of the meeting. >> reporter: priebus comments came a day after after several administration officials given multiple opportunities to correct the record, refute putins claim, declined to do so. back to you. >> okay. president trump appears to be backin...

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The white house from lifting those sanctions. thats a bill, though, that the white house opposes. later, trump tweeted that he didnt discuss sanctions with putin although today the white house spokesperson said there was some discussion. so what we know is that this administration has emphasized that the sanctions that are already on russia for its taking over part of ukraine will stay in place unless russia changes its behavior but we dont know how if in any way this administration will punish ...

>> kat: in the wake of the g20 sit down with vladimir putin, president trump is looking to jump-start ties with russia. "i strongly pressed putin twice. he vehemently denied it. now its time to move forward and work constructively with russia." president trump proposed a cybersecurity unit but after getting criticism he is followed up by tweeting: "the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesnt mean i think it can happen. it cant. but a ceasefire can and did!" okay, o...

Appears to be holding there. >> that good news didnt help him escape the criticism for floating the idea of a joint cybersecurity arrangement with the russians. marco rubio tweeted, "partnering with putin on a cybersecurity unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit." republican senator lindsey graham weighing in say, "its not the dumbest idea ive ever heard, but its close." and this from form erm defense secretary ash -- former defense secretary ash carter. >> the republic...