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Mr. putin the opportunity to point to the failures of u.s. intelligence. to me i think he ceded that ground. also right before he met with mr. putin and talked with him at some length -- which im glad he did -- he said its an honor to meet mr. putin. an honor to meet the individual who carried out the assault against our election? to me, it was a dishonorable thing to say. >> president trump appears to be backing away from the idea of forming a cybersecurity unit with the kremlin. sunday he twee...

It, it seems like theyre all trying to one up each other with comparisons to see how upset they are by this idea. adam schiff said it would be akin to inviting the north koreans to participate in a commission on nonproliferation. senator marco rubio used partnering with putin on a cybersecurity unit is akin to partnering with assad on chemical weapons. amy klobuchar got a little more folksy, saying it was like the fox guarding the henhouse, or the bear guarding the honey. she wasnt the only one....

Meetings, tillerson and trump are ready to forgive and forget when it comes to cyber attacks on the american election of 2016. arthel: and and that is senator lindsey graham blasting president trumps suggestion of forming a cybersecurity unit with russia. the president saying today he discussed the idea with vladimir putin during their historic meeting on the sidelines of the g20 summit in hamburg, germany. meanwhile, russias meddling in the u.s. election could be on the agenda when congress ret...

Great to have all of you with me, david fred, ambassador sodderberg, thank you so much, joan, ill ask you to stick around. youre in detention for a little while longer here on msnbc. up next, were talking about the republican backlash against trumps voter fraud commission, and this is a big deal because secretaries of state are convening in indianapolis at this hour, and im going to be joined by kentucky secretary of state allison lundergan grimes how those officials plan to protect voters right...

Democrats. pete: but you know the democrats will spin this fairway and say youre not been strong enough if youre working together. if that were major world powers do if they want peace in the world? they work together? hes promoting the substance then we will create a cybersecurity unit, just like the previous two treat with came up 20 minutes ago. they strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling. bye birdie give in my opinion. we negotiated the cease-fire parts of syria which ...

Not see that coming out of this meeting. >> he says he did confront him asking him did he do it in connection to meddling in the election. the denials came from president trump seems will top move on and even suggesting in tweets that he wants to work with russia on a cybersecurity unit. >> which would be great. >> want you to stick around. ambassador, ill give you the first word as soon as we come back after this quick break. stay with us. (vo) gentlemen,

Its possible that mitch said that to try to get the conservatives off balance a little bit. because the conservatives and his party are giving them fits. i think hes trying to loosen them up a little bit with that statement. >> lets take a look at what came its of the g-20 with russia and all that. the questions surrounding the presidents plan to create a cybersecurity unit. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley defended the move this morning, saying we have to talk cybersecurity not just with...

Republican senator lindsey graham and his reaction. >> its not the dumbest idea ive ever heard, but its pretty close. he gave a really good speech in poland, president trump did, and he had what i think is a disastrous meeting with president putin. nobodys saying, mr. president, the russians changed the outcome, you won fair and square, but they did try to attack our election system. they were successful in many ways, and the more you do this, the more people are suspicious about you and russia....

>> as far as a specific penalty for what they did, there has been no penalties. yes, its time to move forward, but there has to be a price to pay. >> and senator marco rubio tweeting partners with putin on a cybersecurity unit is akin to partners with assad on a chemical weapons unit. adam schiff. >> i dont think we can expect the russians to be any kind of a credible partner in any cybersecurity unit. i think that would be dangerously naive for this country. if that is our best election defense...

>> terms are odd couple, odd man out in terms of this relationship. amy, weve heard the commentary today about this cybersecurity unit, youve heard the white house saying this works out well, if you remember the nuclear war, they had the hotline, they had this tight knit group in case of such situations. is that -- either of these parallels understandable or workable? >> i dont know. both people ive spoken to over the weekend and today specifically are saying they are scratching their heads and ...