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Meeting. it looks like that is not going to happen. mr. putin is a trained kgb agent. it absolutely suits him. there must be other americans in the room. think about what could possibly go wrong in a one-on-one hour there? >> first, i want to underscore how unusual it is. i attended six meetings with putin when i was in the government with president obama and other officials. there was always another official in the room, it was me. you at least want a note taker. if you dont have a record of it...

About russia. now hes walking into a room by himself with a guy who has years of experience at manipulation and hes unprepared. >> why is he doing that? >> he thinks hes smarter than everybody else. what does he not want a translator, note taker or his own national security adviser to hear? hes thinking, okay, i can do this by myself. i know arms control, i know syria. >> i may have born yesterday but i still went shopping. come on. steve, heres this one on one, watch this. >> i have been concer...

But democrats as well. >> i think he should cancel it but not because of these indictments. he was ill prepared before the indictments came out today. that doesnt change the fact that trump has no preparation before he went to europe to get ready to talk about syria or arms control or any of the other issues on the table. he went to nato, barely talked about russia. went to the u.k., barley talked about russia. now hes walking into a room by himself with a guy who has years of experience at mani...

Witting victim, donald trump. >> were getting word a letter was sent to the president just this morning by senior senate democrats, signed by minority leader chuck shchumer, and theyre asking him not to go to the meeting alone, want somebody with him. your thoughts. who would he take, first of all? >> typically he would take the national security adviser, i stopped president obama on a lot of meetings with vladimir putin, theres typically a note taker, and one other person because you want one o...

Summit there last fall. neither times did he press him on it. in fact, i was there in hanoi when he told us putin said he didnt do it. he insisted he didnt do it. trump said, and he believes himself he didnt do it. only to later suggest, wait, no, he would side with his own intelligence agencies over the russian president, but there is going to be, as the weekend goes on, just further calls for this summit not to happen. >> yeah. >> but the white house wants it to. >> you know, that statement fr...

He helsinki, is there going to be a note taker, is there just going to be an interpreter, is there any plans for how that meeting is supposed to go, phil? >> its not clear exactly how its going to go. there are conflicting reporting out of the white house, including that trump would like there to be a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders, no note takers. when trump met with vladimir putin, both were joined by their secretaries of state, they were in the room, but there was no formal note t...

Do you think president trump wants to be alone with him? >> and let me add trade. republicans in congress are getting sufficiently worked up that you can imagine an attempt to move legislation that would take on the presidents tariffs so there are big issues facing the president personally, the trump administration and republicans and everyone else on the hill. i worked for vice president quayle and there were times when you would have a one on one meeting before the larger group came in. it was...

Alone theres no telling what really will be discussed. theres no plan to have a note taker. anyone else in that room and this week a delegation of republican senator, seen here, ñ traveled to moscow to meet with foreign minister and his staff. "the washington post" reports the republican sounded a "newly conciliatory tone with the meeting with the russians." the paper quotes russian officials as saying the meeting was one of the easiest ones in my life. heres how one of the republican senators ...

Really will be discussed. theres no plan to have a note taker. anyone else in that room and this week a delegation of republican senator, seen here, traveled to moskow to meet with foreign minister and his staff. "the washington post" reports the delegation -- the paper quotes one russian official as saying the meeting was one of the easiest ones in my life. heres how one of the republican senators who was in that delegation described the talks. >> it was a productive visit. we sent a very stron...

To hold russia accountable for its maligned activity. the official says that could include russia interference as well as activity in ukraine. but once the twenty-two men are alone theres no telling what really will be discussed. theres no plan to have a note taker. anyone else in that room and this week a delegation of republican senator, seen here, traveled to moskow to meet with foreign minister and his staff. "the washington post" reports the delegation -- the paper quotes one russian offici...