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Was probably an attempt to clean it up, but it probably speaks volumes about his concerns. he thinks he would like to do this, but has attacked as brackets or so, what has really been achieved? and that is the problem, because even his own is expectations are pretty low. this was all about face—to—face meeting. he said he went in, got what he went in to get, which was, we know partly what it was, but the problem he has is that there is very little to measure any success by at this point. wha...

Biden/putin relationship would be. it would be straightforward, as practical as it could be, as ernest as it could be in terms of where he is coming from. thats really the best that they could hope for here. i did think it was quite noteworthy that president biden likely having seen some of his predecessors do, notwithstanding former president trump, tried to play to president bputins desires and goals. if you want to be a real player on the international stage, then you have to be in -- you hav...

>> we established a clear basis on how we intend to deal with russia and the u.s.-russia relationship. >> and biden leaning on a view that the u.s. sits in a stronger position than its counterpart and that a unified west can force a changed calculation. >> understand when you run a country that does not abide by international norms and yet you need those international norms to be somehow managed so that you can participate and the benefits will flow from that, it hurts you. >> its a bet that man...

International norms and you need those to be somehow managed so that you can participate in the benefits that flow from them, it hurts you. >> reporter: its a bed many of bidens predecessors have made before with limited success, underscoring a clear reality that the ultimate outcome of the summit wont likely be known for months. >> lets see what happens. that old expression goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. were going to know shortly. >> reporter: wolf, there was one takeaway fro...

Update our viewers. >> reporter: it grew tense there at the end, as president biden was leaving. he it taken several questions, but one thing he repeatedly turned to, saying he same here and did what he needed to do, felt like they had a constructive dialogue. president putin described it as constructive. president biden said he felt they had raised several issues, to come and talk about, but he repeatedly kept saying in about three to six months theyll have a test of essential whether the talks...

0 come into this? putin is a bad actor and everybody knows this. the president has been clear, he does not expect breakthroughs but what wants a professional relationship where adults can talk about important things. whether its on cyber or political rights or on ukraine, and perhaps he will be more muted at the press conference, and president biden has to make his case here of why he believes even though you dont expect any change in putins behavior that it was important to sit down eyeball to ...

Impossible for the department to spy on the congress or the news media. we should make it hard for prosecutors to hide behind secret gag orders for years at a time. we cannot rely on the department alone to make those changes. it is also possible that these cases are merely our first glimpse into a coordinated effort by the trump administration to target president trumps political opposition. if so, we must learn the full extent of this gross abuse of power, root out the individuals responsible,...

Pretext to spy on president trumps perceived political enemies. congress must make it extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, for the department to spy on the congress or the news media. we should make it hard for prosecutors to hide behind secret gag orders for years and its time. we cannot rely on the department alone to make those changes. it is also possible that these cases are merely our first glimpse into a coordinated effort by the trump administration to target president trumps po...

Travel and passenger numbers starting to approach prepandemic levels. dan simon, cnn san francisco. thank you for joining us. you can watch "outfront" any time at cnn go. "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. there is breaking news from president joe biden overseas about what he thinks are the consequences of his predecessors hold on the republican parathe i a -- party and fascinating m discussions with vladimir putin before they meet in two days and talked about threats to democracies ar...

Agreed to in advance. here we have president biden, in somewhat of a similar situation with putin. nothing agreed to in advance saying this is a chance to deliver a maessage. how is it giving him a platform without any guarantees of something in return? >> its a great question. this is causing a lot of anxiety even within bidens own administration. last week, or the week before last week, the u.s. -- sitting u.s. ambassador to russia gave a briefing to senators warning them that the biden admini...