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Including former ambassador to russia. does president trump support that idea? is he open to that? >> the presidents going to meet with his team and well let you know when we have an anoumtd on that. >> is that a topic that came up during your conversation? did putin raise this with president trump? >> there wasnt a commitment made. the president will work with his team and well let you know if there was an announcement on that front. >> the question by the new york times. that was notably not a...

>> norman that. hes a person of interest. when youre a person of interest when putin was head of the k gb, i dont know if they got something on him. far more important is this demonstrates his failure of america first. youre going to run into trouble because you create these equivalencies. i can create a deal. i can create a shopping center. god knows what hes got in mind. its not making a deal with somebody like vladimir putin. vladimir putin is going to play you and he unquestionably did play ...

Plane sight, joining the nra, unaway that the fbi was watching her. >> the russians for decades have been trying to pen trade washington circles. this is very reminiscent of the ten russian illegals, the sleeper agents who were arrested several years ago, but this was a speed version of that. >> at a twit trump event in las vegas she asked the candidate a question. >> if you will be elected as the president what will be your foreign politic especially in the relationships with my country. >> cou...

Op and pompeo and mike bolton to be in that meeting? snaers something puzzling about this. i am concerned because i know how manipulative the russians are and mr. putin is. >> again and for the record for good measure, in his cbs news interview today, the president called former cia director brennan a low life. lets bring in our panel for went niece. phillip rucker, white house bureau chief. krint watts, former fbi special agent, his latest book "messing with the enemy," its atimely work. and an...

Vague terms about what was discussed and agreed to on on that one-on-one. anita, there is a term of art in our business called the pool spray. it has nothing to do with backyard recreation in the summer months. it has everything to do with the press pool that covers the white house and the facts that cameras are allowed in to often very quick events and we have to spray the room to show all the participants. they are the coin of your realm on a daily basis. you know one when you see one. youve l...

My colleagues and i have tried on various occasions before but seemed like this setting was pfeiffer. i did not know that i was going to be called. we get a heads-up but i didnt know until sarah sanders called my name that id be the one to get to ask a question. with president trump standing mere feet away from vladimir putin, with him repeatedly declining to fully back the u.s. intelligence services and their findings, seems like that was the moment he needed to be put on the record in front of...

Settled view of all the intelligence professionals in his administration. few hours later, the white house moved into clean-up mode and gave its accounts of where the president really meant there. >> a chance to speak with the president after the comments. the president was -- said thank you very much, was saying no to answering questions. >> so despite the video that shows the president looking at cecilia and answering no to this question about whether russia is still targeting the united state...

Ready for the question today about what has the united states done under the trump administration to, you know, against russia. she was ready for that. or what have we done on elections to shore up the lexes for this november. she was either not ready or didnt have an answer, couldnt think of anything. she just said that president trump has come out and said things about president p putin, but she had been asked several times for an example and really couldnt come up with one. so finally, she sa...

U.s., mr. president? >> thank you very much. >> next question -- >> lets go. were anyonished here. >> saw you were walking back -- >> thank you very much. everybody. >> on the way out. >> were doing very well. we are doing very well. were doing very well, probably as well as knish has ever done with russia. and theres been no president ever as tough as i have been on russia. >> well, there was more on the subject as the president was asked about russian interference during an interview with cbs ...

Genuinely enthused about this idea that there could be this investigator swap. im sure his consideration was not at all the ambassador or the other ten americans who would potentially be subjected to this but rather his own hide. and have this affect the mueller probe, and could -- it would potentially serve to just further muddy to waters. it would slow things down, if ever this would have happened. he probably saw it as another way of damaging a credibility of an investigation that seems to be...