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Summit in moscow where they would toast each other and talk about the cooperation that they are going to do in places like syria or elsewhere. none of that is happening. ironically the plan that they ran in 2016 has not given them the results they hope to achieve. exactly the opposite. >> in our 30 remaining seconds you did this for the home team meaning you tried to get the u.s. message out using inexpensive methods if you could. have you ever seen a return on investment this robust? >> for put...

Are going to do in places like syria or elsewhere. none of that is happening. ironically the plan that they ran in 2016 has not given them the results they hope to achieve. exactly the opposite. >> in our 30 remaining seconds you did this for the home team meaning you tried to get the u.s. message out using inexpensive methods if you could. have you ever seen a return on investment this robust? >> for putin i dont think he has seen that. what is so surprising about the bloomberg story is they sa...

Details of the wave of attacks in the summer and fall of 2016 were provided by three people with direct knowledge of the u.s. investigation into the matter. in all, the russian hackers hit systems in a total of 39 states. with us tonight to talk about this, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration mike mcfall and ring stingal is with us in new york. former managing editor of "time" magazine. we have learned from mr. comey that the president never peppered him with questio...

Were back. weve been discussing tonights reporting by "the washington post" that president trump shared classified information during his meeting with russias foreign minister, and ambassador in the oval office last week. we want to bring in our russia expert, the former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration, mike mcfall. ambassador, this was not the uk. this was not the visiting new president of france or the prime minister of canada with his cool socks and cool family. why ...

Were back. weve been discussing tonights reporting by "the washington post" that president trump shared classified information during his meeting with russias foreign minister, and ambassador in the oval office last week. we want to bring in our russia expert, the former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration, mike mcfall. ambassador, this was not the uk. this was not the visiting new president of france or the prime minister of canada with his cool socks and cool family. why ...

The agenda for cooperation is pretty small. the issues for competition are big and there is a struggle to this too that we have not talked about, but putin is now pressing a different kind of ideology of nationalism, anti-liberalism, and he thought that president trump would be his ally in that. the last couple days suggest maybe he will not be. >> andrea, whats your take? >> i agree with mike mcfall. just the sense that we have is now it is beyond ukraine, and it is syria, obviously, and the el...

Conference and i hope secretary mattis will talk about it. its a tweet about something that no other president has been able to solve. that was the verb used by the president. what is the strategy for achieving that objective? this is a complicated problem that cant be solved by tough talk and a tweet. >> the comment, nothing can be accomplished anywhere on the korean peninsula and particularly with respect to north korea without the assistance of china. they are the independent variable and wit...

The evidence is not there. >> that is fascinating because i covered mike mcfall. i covered him in the obama white house i also putting aside par sanship is he widely regarded out in california now as an expert on russia. and somebody as you say worked in the obama administration. and he is saying listen closely, there is no evidence. he is to be clear leaving the door open. we may find evidence of a problem. but as an obama partisan and expert on russia he is saying very clear people, calm down,...

Were told. >> andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, thanks. were approaching the top of the hour. as we do, we want to bring in yet another guest, someone who has joined us for coverage of similar stories in the past. joining us by telephone is former u.s. ambassador to russia, now an nbc analyst, ambassador mike mcfall, these days associated with stanford university. ambassador, what -- because you and i have talked about this new kind of attempt to normalize all things russian an...

Ukraine didnt come up. that was also a remarkable readout. maybe they did discuss those things but thats not what we were told. >> andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, thanks. were approaching the top of the hour. as we do, we want to bring in yet another guest, someone who has joined us for coverage of similar stories in the past. joining us by telephone is former u.s. ambassador to russia, now an nbc analyst, ambassador mike mcfall, these days associated with stanford university...