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Mention during their call the recent nerve agent attack or the meddles in u.s. elections and any sanctions. lets bring back chris cillizza and karoun demirjian. good to have you both. the president doesnt have is to do anything he doesnt want to do. this is all advice. but there is a reason his national security adviser said dont congratulate putin. what is that reason? >> well, first and foremost, because this is not a capital -- lower case d or capital d democratic election in a meaningful way...

What is the one big thing for this morning? >> well, president trump and some of his senior aides are stunned and in some cases generally rattled by that washington post story yesterday which was an incredible leak from what is really a small group of officials who see trumps briefing materials. his national security advisors told him not to congratulate vladimir putin on his electoral success. they also advised him to raise the issue of the nerve agent attack and russias nefarious activity. he ...

Moment to figure out how to make sense and explain this call between the president and vladimir putin today. we had not known in advance this call would happen. the kremlin was first to announce it and were told that the president ignored his national security aids direct advice not to congratulate putin. he went ahead and did it and make sure to condemn the russian nerve attack, nerve agent attack in the u.k. remarkable reporting, remarkable story. coming up next, well go live to austin, texa...

Reportedly told him in all capital letters do not congratulate vladimir putin. he congratulated vladimir putin on his election this weekend. he also reportedly ignored their direct advice that he should condemn putin for the nerve agent attack in the uk. first of all, i just wanted to ask your reaction to that news, and your reaction to the presidents congratulatory call to president putin today. >> well, rachel, i think john mccain put out a statement today, and his words were better than mine....

Security aids and these were on the putin call in particular that this warning not to congratulate putin and the warning that he should make sure to condemn the nerve agent attack in the u.k. do we know? >> thats all that we know other than the president and sarah sanders and some sources did they were topics that came up in the meeting, for example, syria and north korea. these were the two places where we know things went off of the script. the reason that it is concerning is not because the p...

North korea and iran with the russians and, you know, she was pretty open about the fact that shes not going to take the bait on him call iing out vladimir putin on russian election meddling, nerve agent attack or anything else. >> chris, again, reminding everyone, it is trumps own intel chiefs who maintain that russia, not only did attack the u.s. election but is attacking the u.s. right now. >> its bad enough that donald trump already essentially has unilaterally disarm ed russia. thats bad en...

Noble outfront lich at the white house to begin our coverage. ryan, white house is on the defense over this call after russian released details of the conversation first before the president even talked about it. >> yeah, thats right, erin, in fact the white house didnt officially acknowledge that the call took place until the president was asked about it during the oval office with the crown prince of saudi arabia. and as you very smartly point out today, so much in this call that was not apart...

Accountable. whether it is on hiring his family, making money on the office, any work he did with the russians during campaign. i think we should be more faithful with the facts than he is. >> today, a very stern warning about the upcoming mid-term elections. president trump was congratulating vladimir putin on his own election. he didnt press putin on the nerve agent attack in the u.k. or the ongoing election meddling by russia what does that tell you? >> that tells me that he identifies more c...

Criminal record which he says is politically motivated. also the kremlin controls the russian media. apart from that, apart from most things, yes, the turnout of 67.4% and the vote for vladimir putin of 76.6%, the latest numbers the election commission are broadly accepted. it underlines the fact that vladimir putin despite the reputation overseas is something of a spoiler. somebody who is engaged in the controversy of the u.s. meddling and an accused of the nerve agent attack in britain. he is ...

Recent nerve agent attack in great britain, we also learned this week that russia has targeted american power grids. white house press secretary sarah sanders on thursday, did not take a stand when asked at a briefing whether vladimir putin was a friend or a foe. is vladimir putin putin a friend or foe? >> oh, hes an enemy of democracy. this is why i want pompeo to be secretary of state. mike understands russia isnts an enemy of democracy. mike understands that the north korean nuclear program c...