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Says hes not confident that putin will change. he repeatedly said many different ways that it will take months, it will take time to see whether relations between the u.s. and russia actually improve. >> you just said it, the present made it extremely clear today he is under no illusions. >> laura: mollie, they made it clear that they were defending biden. i mean, they constantly feel the need to reframe or translate. what he really meant, what this conveyed was... and of course none of that cam...

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>> he wanted to say he would be a one-term president. i want to make mr. joe biden a one half term president. and i want to do that by making sure they no longer have house, senate, white house. >> so biden was success envelop bringing foreign leaders together this week. but this kind of obstruction from the gop, can he work that strategy back home? >> well, i noticed when he was getting on the plane to go back on air force one, leaving geneva today, he was asked about what comes back when he ge...

He was asked about mitch mcconnell. he sort of chuckled and said, well, you know, mitch always says no. and you know, i dont think biden and his team are under any illusions here. i mean, math is math. im not that good at math but a 50/50 senate was never likely to produce transformative results in terms of legislation. it is just not how the numbers add up. i do think that john is right. that biden may have come to enjoy his europe trip a lot more than his return home. he even got the leaders o...

Very, very experienced. by the same token, they look at joe biden. putin has called him a career man. he made his first trip to the soviet union as a member of the foreign relations committee with brezhnev was the leader, nearly half a century ago. theres a recognition on both sides youre dealing with experience. theres this notion theres no illusions that these guys are going to be friends. none of this pretend, hail hello, slapping each other on the back. think back to bill clinton and boris y...

Is plausible so, again, this is the white house attempt to reis brate the relationship after furr years of chaos between the two men. >> having watched these men over the years i would say both of these presidents seem to be in their respectful elements today and enjoyed what they were doing. phil, did president biden from your perspective go far enough to make it clear that russia will face serious consequences for its maligned behavior? >> you know, not to dodge the question, wolf, but time wi...

Engages in hostage taking. he also uses criminal networks routinely. so its not just for hacking of our systems and the attack on our infrastructure. its use of organized crime that works broadly to advance russias interests. >> martha: we have this image up of trevor reed in a russian courtroom. its gut wrenching to see this american marine. he was on the white house detail as a marine. he was at camp david when presidents were there. we hope he can come home. seems the two people that have bee...

Trying to convey correctly that he has no illusions about putin or russia but still has to talk to him. he still wants to, as he says, stable and predictable relations with him. >> fareed zakaria, appreciate it. marjorie taylor greene facing fallout comparing a house mask mandate to the holocaust. what shes saying now and didnt. a democratic member of congress whose records are obtained in a justice department leak investigation by the previous administration joins us to talk about the lates...

Chancellor angela merkel. hes about as prepared as you can get. we heard the first lady say a few days ago hes overprepared. of course the stakes are certainly high, but the expectations actually quite low of what tangible effects will come out of this summit. hell make his way there really surrounded by every top adviser he has, briefing books and everything else, but by tonight hell be in geneva and the big meeting tomorrow. john? >> jeff zeleny, thank you for your reporting. terrific work. ...

Guarantee alexei navalny will stay alive in prison. so whats a successful meeting? >> a success meeting looks like a president who stands up to thuggery as opposed to sucking up to putin, you know, lever losing an opportunity to kowtow to the kremlin as donald trump did. what joe biden is trying to do, the reason theyre not having a presence conference to avoid some of the mano a mano stylist commentary is focus on the substance of great power relations. biden is going to have to lay down a hard...