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Id punch him every single day. >> you have called him a bad man among other things. he is in your words a bad man that you voted for. >> yes. absolutely. so i found the religion. look, you and i talked. he lost me at helsinki about a year, year and a half ago when he stood in front of the world and said, im with that guy putin and not my own people. that was it. that was ugly. that was disloyal. but really, john, whats grown on me since 2016 is this troubling truth. virtually every time he opens...

Conduct diplomacy. the united states does have important interests in the arctic, greenland figures in those interests. and the united states should have worked quietly behind the scenes with greenland as weve done in the past to buffer american opportunities there, to be sure the russians and the chinese arent encroaching, which they are elsewhere in the arctic. and we should be concerned about the overall strength of our relationships with all of our allies in europe. when we talk about threat...

Wasnt hillary. look, he lost me officially at helsinki over a year ago when he stood in front of the american people and said i stand with that guy putin instead of my own people. john, this is a -- i feel like were living in alice and wonderland. every day he lies to the american people. you cant believe a word that coming out of his mouth. john, weve never had that in a president. and again, republicans generally -- that piece i wrote in "the new york times" yesterday, most republicans agree w...

The russian oligarch. is he key to the collusion case? >> absolutely. hes essential to it. this is someone who disappeared from american politics. went over to ukraine. and got in bed with pro-russian party and eventually one of the russian oligarchs. and all of a sudden he goes missing. and owing millions of dollars. and then the guy shows up, running donald trumps presidential campaign. you dont need to be a sherlock holmes to be to look at that set of facts and say huh. this guy putin was pro...

According to oleg deripaska, millions of dollars. and then the guy shows up running donald trumps presidential campaign. you dont need to be sherlock holmes to look at that set of facts and say huh, this guy putin was pro-trump interfering in the election. i wonder if we should look into this manafort situation. so of course. and then hes back channeling to deripaska during the campaign, offering him inside data. ive never run a presidential campaign, but i imagine youre pretty busy when youre d...

This administration is free floating. president trump is directing each of these activities. >> i notice you are not responding to what i am saying. >> i think i responded to everything that you said, senator. >> no, you didnt. >> the question is why is the president taking the side of the kgb guy putin against our own intelligence people. the american public appear to have a hard to comprehending the behavior. a new quinnipiac poll. >> joining me now, heidi

Congratulate putin." only a small number of senior aides have access to the note card. note cards that are printed outside the office and then passed to the president. they are probing which person along the chain leaked the material. one white house said this is not only fireable offense but it might be illegal. the president today sharply defended his decision to congratulate putin saying despite the differences he wants a cordial relationship so russia can help with isis, north korea, iran, s...

President personally, martha, he is very aware that this guy putin has manipulated our three previous presidents quite successfully. i think our president is itching to get in the room with him and deal with him. he trusts his owning instinct and his own skills. i dont think for a minute talking to putin means appeasing the russians. we have had appeasing the russians by the presidents preg said somewhere for eight years -- predecessor for eight years. i dont believe that will be the foundation....

Regardless of whether or not they were elected with any democratic process or not. so i think the president has a right to talk to putin. and to only see if there are areas that they can agree with. >> in fact, panettas former boss president obama congratulated putin on his last election victory in 2012. there was no media storm. who can forget mr. obama caught on a hot mic in his own re-election in 2012 saying he would have more flexibility to deal with vat mir after he got -- slat mir after he...

Chaos frankly in the white house and within the federal government. it stems from the way that the president chooses to manage and to lead his team, to lead his cabinet staff. there are vacancies throughout the senior levels of the government. especially at the state department right now that have gone. unfilled in part because of an inability to recruit topnotch talent and retain them. thats been a problem for this administration. but with regards to putin, the republicans on the hill have been...