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Even if theres no agreement, looking eye to eye with your counterpart and making it very clear what your views are does have some value and theres something you take away from watching his reaction. >> the president, president trump and president putin for that matter, theyre scheduled to meet alone first, only with their interpreters present. then others. theyll have a second round with other senior aides participating. how does putin approach that time one on one? what does president trump nee...

The american people after a couple of meetings with the president of rush sharks and people back home are going to wonder if he going to tell putin to stay out of the election a, d that is what i asked him at the press conference and he said, yes, that is what he is going to do, but we have to follow up to see if he indeed did that. >> yes, and susan, at one point, the two men presumably we are told, and it could change will meet one-on-one with the int interpreters present, and senator mark war...

And china and other countries. >> well, lets talk about it. with us tonight nelson cunningham former federal prosecutor who was also a special advisor to president clinton and josh gerstein. nelson, id like to begin with you. is robert mueller the american who is most interested in what goes on at this meeting in helsinki, finland, with trump, putin and just the interpreters? and part two of my question, a serious question, can justice be obstructed inside that room at that summit? >> thats a gr...

Something comes of it. >> the private one-on-one meeting without anyone else present. here is what was said on the russian channel rt. >> president putin understands english. he prefers to use the interpreters. >> no other aides in the room? you will not be in the room? >> thats the way it stands now thats what the american side proposed. we agreed. >> lets go to bill who is in helsinki and, again, the organizers are expecting thousands to rally against the presidents visit. bill, it looks like ...

>> the way things stand, no. thats what the united states proposed and we are polite people, so we agreed. >> why this one-on-one hour aside from interpreters? no cabinet members or advisers. why? >> well, i used to work with foreign minister lavrov and noted it was the american initiative to do that. he is making sure we all understand that. i think its a mistake. listen, president putin has been in for almost 20 years. hes met with four presidents. me knows it. president trump has only been at...

President bush met with the pope by himself but thats a little different. >> indeed. but yes its not typical for diplomacy behavior to not have note takers. they will have interpreters the there. is there anything that causes alarm for you. something youre worried that could happen? a topic that could be addressed that president trump may not be able to dance toe to toe with putin on this? >> theyre very powerful and aggressive individuals i would want to make sure that putin couldnt manipulate ...

Putin without americans and without american interpreters with him. hes done that a couple of times already. we dont know whether well ever know exactly what is said in that room. but if the president believes that russia could in fact in some fashion shape or influence the investigation against him, i dont know that he wouldnt raise it with putin. >> josh, do you know of another president in our country in the modern era who would go through with such a meeting? or let me take jeremy bashs exam...

Excuse it, like meddling. the russian military does not have a direct i cant teiate fo >> ambassador, are you surprised -- i want to get the precedent on a president meeting one-on-one with a foreign leader like vladimir putin with nobody involved in the process, with only interpreters involved in the process. is there a precedent for that? how many leaders in the past have done something like this, and what are the risks involved? >> well, we know that reagan has done it. i know that president ...

Mistake. >> thats the question here, what exactly the president is going to say and what hes going to confront vladimir putin with. and the question is, will we really even ever know? because were going to have this joint news conference following their meeting, but we dont actually know whats going to be said besides what the interpreters are taking notes with. and i dont think were going to have access to any of those notes that the interpreters are taking. >> ever is a long time. so i dont th...

>> lets talk about what virginia senator mark warner said, michael. he laid out his concerns today over the one-on-one meeting between trump and putin. lets watch and then well talk. >> im very concerned about a one-on-one meeting between vladimir putin and donald trump. we know that trump doesnt do a lot of prep work for these meetings. he kind of goes in and wings it. in putin, youve got a trained kgb agent who does his homework. my fear is putin could come in with maps of ukraine or maps of s...