might take to be wikileaks. it s not named in the indictment but probably is wikileaks. that is more of a cut-out, where they work with the intelligence service providing the information. these individuals were really false identities who were intelligence officers or intelligence assets themselves. susan, you re our newest contributor. welcome to cnn. you spent a lot of time in russia. how do you think this indictment will impact the monday summit? well, it s very interesting, isn t it, to see the democrats very quickly coming out presenting a united front and suggesting that president trump should not go. remember, this is a summit that president trump himself set up. he invited vladimir putin even to the white house in that famous do not congratulate phone call back in march. trump has his heart set on this. what i find extraordinary amid the revelations contained in this indictment today are that the president was briefed on this before he went to europe, and yet has persisted
not measuring up. and then go in public and say we had a good conversation. that is the way you conduct diplomacy. if he would do that with putin, it wouldn t go over well, and i know he wouldn t do it. tom donlin what s your reaction? i would not have the summit. in terms of the one on one meeting if you were advising this president, you would tell him cancel it? i wouldn t have prepared it in the first place, there was no goals, it wasn t done with the allies. and he s never come to grips with the entire list of active hostility against the united states by the russian fr federation, directed by president putin. what s extraordinary about the indictment here today is it s part of a multi-dimensional, comp men sieve effort to
indictments of russian officials and so he certainly cannot be happy about this one. president trump gave us a glimpse into what he is going to talk about in that monday summit, he said he would talk about syria, crimea, and russia s meddling in the 2016 election, with the president now firmly seems to acknowledge. listen here. it will be a tremendous achievement, we will be talking about other things. i know you will be asking, what would be talking about meddling, i will absolutely bring that up. i don t think you ll have any i did it, i did it, you got me but you never know what happens. i will absolutely, firmly asked the question. hopefully we will have a very good relationship with russia. in that bilateral meeting and the ensuing press conference, the president looking for a little bit of a reset after comments he made in an interview with the u.k. at sun newspaper.
make sure that we re supporting families and reducing their stress. that s what s this monday summit s all about. so kate, what are the chances that the president will find that kind of bipartisan support in congress for any major change on then important issue? you ve got a couple things. everyone has a family and wants them to be able to balance their life and work. but you also know the environment on capitol hill. there have been some proposals floating around, some support for paid family leave. three states alone have been taking it on themselves to see if it will work. some support for a tax break for child care. some push for tax breaks for home offices. but it comes down to an ideological divide at the end of the day. the question is, how much should the federal government be intervening in these matters and how much should the private sector should businesses have, how much say should businesses have in what flexibility, would for their employees and their business. that,
wife who i remember being reduced to tears sometimes because she couldn t figure out how to juggle everything that she was doing. i ve got two daughters that i care about more than anything in the world. this is personal for me, and i think it s personal for a lot of people. this is not just a women s issue, this is a middle class issue, an american issue. i d welcome a buy partisan effort with ideas coming from the private sector and from republicans and from democrats and from non-profits and faith community about how we make sure that we re supporting families in reducing their stress. that s what this monday summit is all about. mr. president, we need to wrap up. since she has been kicking throughout our entire interview, the little miss would want to know if you have any advice for first-time parents, this one included? you re going to do great.