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Position. the kremlin denies that it meddled in our election even after robert mueller brought charges against 13 russians including a wealthy restaurant owner nicknamed putins chef. the indictment laid out how russian operatives visited the united states, used social media to influence voters and helped to politicize rallies in this country. a spokesman for vladimir putin said that theres no indications the russian state could be involved in this. we insist accusations are groundless. russian d...

The g20 summit to take place with protesters marching, allies seeking reaffirming. cnn has learned even with all the attention, the reporting, the hearings, the fbi probe, intelligence officials are concerned that russian has accelerated its spying given the intelligence community which the president slighted today even more to do. more on putin, the summit, the presidents resistance, all of it tonight. first, pamela brown on the stepped-up spying. pamela, what have you learned? >> weve learned ...

Smaller groups. >> nic robertson in hamburg. keep an eye on the streets and those protests. president trump ready to meet with russias leader vladimir putin in just a few minutes, later this hour, cnn has new reporting about concern within the u.s. intelligence community about stepped up efforts of russian spying here in the united states. shimon reported this story along with evan perez. what have you learned? >> russian spies are ramping up their intelligence gathering efforts in the u.s. ac...

Meddled in the election, and today who secretary tillerson says he forcefully delivered the message, no more meddling in our elections? >> well, i hope that he actually has had a change of heart here. i hope that the staff was able to convince him that what the intelligence agencies all know and have said publicly, look, im just glad that he did it. i commend him for bringing it up. i commend him for doing it at the beginning of the meeting. if secretary tillersons account is accurate, i have no...

Of national intelligence jim clapper responded directly to trump. >> well, thats news to me. we saw no evidence whatsoever that was anyone involved in this other than the russians. >> couldnt be more clear. the question is whether the president of the united states will turn a blind eye to the newest charges of russian espionage in the united states. evan perez along with pamela brown broke this story of more russian spies and an embolden russia after the election and, evan, what are you learnin...

Is the white house explaining the president as playing nice with vladimir putin? why when hes so rough on so many other people? do they have an explanation? >> well, the white house is saying, anderson, that it believes that having a good relationship with russia is a good thing essentially. the president believes that he can change the course with russia, unlike his predecessors by this direct personal relationship with its leader. even if that leader is an adversary like vladimir putin. now, t...

>> protests at the g-20 not unusual. we saw sights yesterday of the water cannon being used against people. they were trying to use umbrellas to deter those efforts so they could stay in place. well keep tracking whats going on with the demonstrations. with president trump ready to mute with putin in a few hours, cnn has new reporting about concerns in the u.s. intelligence community every about stepped up russian spy efforts hear in america. we have shimon prokupecz. what did you learn? >> russ...

President trumps first formal meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. it takes place with protesters marching, allies seeking reassurance, north korea testing missiles, china looking to fill the vacuum and so much more including now the breaking news. cnn has learned that even with all the attention, the reporting, the hearings, the fbi probe, intelligence officials are concerned that russian has accelerated its spying given the intelligence community which the president slighted today e...

>> reporter: comey says trump did suggest it, saying that he hoped comey could let the flynn investigation go. >> i took it as a direction. i mean, this is the president of the united states. >> reporter: the president denies it. >> i didnt say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didnt say that. i mean, i will tell you, i didnt say that. >> reporter: the president also reportedly bragged to russian officials, "i just fired the head of the fbi. i faced great pressure because of russia. tha...