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Not only made a fool of himself, hurt the united states terribly. >> going back to putin for a second. this meeting of all meetings, given the stakes, given the political backdrop, you really need a careful record for followup. you need to document what putin said. you would want to document what the president said. the consequences here of the united states and russia whether its over ukraine, syria, we could talk about the specific issues of the two having the same kind of reaction of the unit...

Which you could get really anywhere in the world and singapore has certainly embraced this as the host country, that this is an important event and they are happy to be a part of it. so youll have this chance for the sort of stage craft of seeing the two men approach each other. theyll have time to speak alone. that is so notable because typically in high-stakes diplomatic encounters there is a note taker, a series of -- if nothing more, witnesses. and certainly serious high-level associates of ...

>> if youre in saudi arabia, you never see a senior official without the u.s. ambassador present. you always want note taker there. this secretive one-on-one. the son-in-law, it sounds like some third world country. we just saw the same thing, to be blunt, with ivanka trump in mexico where she went to see pena nieto minus the u.s. ambassador who has been doing this for 20 something odd years. this is the personalization of a family business dealing with u.s. policy. >> i want to talk about your ...

Kristen welker joins me now and will be with us throughout the hour as senators are boarding buses to head over your way at the white house for that luncheon to talk about whether to proceed or how to proceed from now on. youre seeing live pictures of them getting ready to come to the us who. so much going on there, but the meeting, the context. here is the president with the russian hacking issue, a big story. a briefing that was not held, didnt have his own news conference after the g-20. ther...

Conversation. >> were joined now by michael, former u.s. ambassador to russia and msnbc contributor. also joining us for secretary of defense for russia, ukraine, eurasia. also david frum, senior editor for the atlantic. ambassador mcfaul, what could possibly go wrong with that hour with vladimir putin, donald trump and putins translator. >> lets be clear, i was deeply disturbed by the official meeting when they only had secretary tillerson there. no note taker to the best of my knowledge. i don...

Limited. there was no note taker from the security council where this happened, so stuck in this he said/he said situation. not holding a press conference also creates more questions about what happened. im not sure it helps president trump in the long term. >> is there any reason not to refute the claims that putin is making? >> i think they will eventually, but mnuchins in a difficult position. he wasnt in the meeting. this gets back to why have such a small meeting, why have no, you know, not...

Listen, theres a reason why you have others present in principals meetings like this so you as a government have your own independent record, notes of this. you might do this in a business, you certainly do this in the u.s. government. you will often have note taker who are career diplomats or at least translate areas. here you have a conversation that we as the american people have no record of what was said in that conversation other than what the president will reveal if he reveals anything a...

Defense for russia, ukraine, eurasia. also david frum, senior editor for the atlantic. ambassador mcfaul, what could possibly go wrong with that hour with vladimir putin, donald trump and putins translator. >> lets be clear, i was deeply disturbed by the official meeting when they only had secretary tillerson there. no note taker to the best of my knowledge. i dont think tillerson was taking notes. and youre playing defense. youre sitting with man whos been in that job for 17 years. he knows all...

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Interview. the expectation according to senator john mccain is that comey will publicly testify in the near future. meantime a law enforcement source confirms to fox news the former f.b.i. director documented at least one meeting with president trump that made him uneasy. it is not clear from our reporting this morning whether it was the mid february meeting cited by "the new york times" where the president asked comey to let go of the investigation into the former national security advisor mick...