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Pun is, quote,rurated by this war, and, quote, surprised, that was the word he used, by ukraines resistance. >> reporter: yeah, its interesting. burns was also asked about pew tons mental state. he said that he thinks putins insulated from other points of view and anyone who might challenge or question his opinions. andor people have suggested that, too. burns also adding that in his opinion, that doesnt make putin crazy, but it does make him extremely difficult to deal with. david? >> lshgtall ...

>> i dont like what pew tons saying. >> i dont care about putins confidence. >> okay. all right. well, ive seen the message change, if you want to -- as i watch it. they initially led with, we want a stable and predictable relationship. thats still their taking point. they still say it, but it has a more edge today than it did just a week and a half ago. honestly dont believe you can have a stable and predictable relationship with vladimir putin. how can you have a stable and predictable relatio...

In court or not -- well, theyre presumed innocent until theres some adjudication. but what mueller is doing here is, saying, well, we found him not presumed innocent, we dont think hes innocent, but were not going to charge him and were going to sort of leave it out there for the people to decide what to do with it. i found that to be giving the russians the bigger benefit of the doubt than the president. >> paul begala, is that how you see it? i mean, because, again, it just -- logically, it do...

What, rachel? yes, try to elect a president which apparently they succeeded at, but it was more than that. i think they play a long game. you know, i dont know whether trump is a witting or unwitting tool of pew ton,utin, i dont k that. but its clear hes playing checkers and putin is playing three-dimensional chess. putin has a very clear vision of what we wants to accomplish, and high on his bucket list is undermining democracies. and he uses money, he uses blackmail, he uses all kinds of induc...