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Likes to make mischief. as you saw at helsinki and other settings as well. >> you mention ed helsinki. you were there for the meeting when trump sided with russia. it was humiliating for the united states. how do you think putin is looking at biden compared to trump? he said trump is very talented but he hasnt said the same thing about the current president of the united states. >> hes been much more about that. they have both been around for a long time. they are trying to make the measure of t...

Right here in geneva on the shore of lake geneva that is where russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president joe biden are going to meet very soon for several hours of talks. one of the experts who helped prepare president biden for that meeting says the decision to keep that meeting behind closed doors was intentional. >> putin is always very well prepared. every meeting that i have seen him hes thought ahead, thought one step, two steps, three steps ahead, often meetings prepared with no...

His buy was different then trumps said vladimir putin which was also an interesting moment. >> john: he also went back to his meeting with president bush. he said he didnt have an internal friendship or love or anything like that and we both represent our countries and the relationship is pragmatic. former security advisor joins us now, great to see you and thank you for taking the time. what did you make of what you saw there from the russian president? >> the first thing i want to say as it wa...

Table and sense weakness in an adversary and i think it would be impossible for him not to sense weakness in joe biden. he already caved on the nord stream pipeline going into europe which gives putin ready y access to energy. todd: lets take a trip to negative town. you study this stuff. you know the details. how could joe biden mess this up on wednesday? >> i think the odds of him making an actual oh, im going to cave and say sure, go ahead and invade ukraine are kindf slim. but what hes going...

Sources close to vindman that they dont believe those claims have any merit. of course, vindman is not considered about any information that the president says has privately that may be coming out soon. one of the questions is whether or not he will be one of the officials who testifies publicly. democrats have already signaled theyre going to start calling people. he is one they saw as key to make their case, and were told, of course, the president has tried to imply he has political motivation...

Finish in 2008 with less than 1% of the vote forced him to drop out that night. matt finn is in des moines where the action is. hi, matt. >> tonight, liberty and justice celebration is considered one of the most important events up until this point of the presidential election cycle, this rowdy fund raiser is credited with super charging the campaigns for candidates like president barack obama. all of the frontrunners will be here given ten minutes to speak with no note cards. with 93 days until...

Was short and fat. how drastically has the dynamic changed? secretary of state after returning recently from a meeting can kim talked about how impressed he was with kims command of the issue. >> he is very knowledgeable. in the sense he knows the files. hes capable of engaging in complex discussions. when i ask him a question about something thats off he answers it. no note cards. >> reporter: in a grand charm offensive. when had opened the door for diplomacy. his sister played a critical role ...

With president bush. note cards were given to the the president before that call with putin saying, "do not congratulate" in capital letters. he either didnt read it or didnt take their advice. he apparently freelanced this invitation to come to the white house because they did not at all brief on it afterwards. though they must know because these calls are recorded and listened in to. take us behind the scenes. >> sure. i think as your question suggests, it would be very unusual for a president...

Rabbles. so things that can be announced, can be marked out as achievements in the bilateral or multi-lateral leelrelationshipsh these summits happen. so i dont know what those note cards said but i think if someone was advising president trump not to congratulate him, they were taking for granted that he wasnt going to extend a summit invitation to president putin. so again, these types of things -- it is not that the phone call is scripted word for word, but something of that nature would be c...

Trope to be with the uncht k. in the wake of weapons against private season sense on the need to take action to hold russianability. >> so he talked to russia yesterday, didnt say anything about the poisoning. but then today he talked to fran and he say, hey france. >> hey, tough guy. the other thing that has happened today after this remarkable do not congratulate reporting is a roar i did about the presidents baefing materials, about what the president was told to say in that conversation with...