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Back and give some perspective of president trumps predecessors and their handling of russia and its leaders and you look back at that moment. president barack obama sitting down with-out going russian president and what he told him he would be able to do post election. here is that moment. bring this into the conversation. >> after my election i have more flexibility. >> sandra: of course, that was the president saying this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. >> i re...

And he joins us tonight for soms conversation. you have followed this country for 50 years and know many of the leaders personally. give us a sense of what is at stake in this conversation about russia for the united states. >> for 75 years the president of the united states has met the leader of the kremlin, beginning with eisenhower in the atomic age the main purpose was to avoid war with russia. right now, we are in a new cold war and a hot war from ukraine to the baltic region to syria. pres...

I think in recent years russia has been not having to do much as the united states has done more to eliminate nuclear weapons and weve seen this repeatedly in the russian violation of their obligation with certainly the interimmediate nuclear weapons, those that can hit europe. >> sandra: a lot of people today are looking back at president trumps predecessors and their treatment of russia. reminded of the hillary clinton moment. watch. okay, this was the famous reset button the moment hillary cl...

This attack, he is still siding with vladimir putin on this over his own intelligence community. question of course is why. that is the million dollar question. we dont know if its because hes just trying to prove his critics wrong and thinks his own charm and ability to kind of flatter foreign dictators is able to in a way that his predecessors have not been able to is his goal here, or if its because hes compromised. that is the biggest question, one actually that putin dodged yesterday at the...

Media and politics are saying what a damaging day it was for the american people. how is that? because most americans dont even know what happened. >> yeah. of the i think this is damaging not only because it damages u.s. credibility but it damages inst. thats what putin has been trying to cleave and his predecessors has been trying to achieve. for 70 years, they have tried to divide nato and undermine the credibility of the united states as a force for positive change in europe and and the worl...

Not the first u.s. president to meet with a leader of this country whether its russia or the soviet union. well look at how other american presidents tried to put on the charm with lis predecessors and with putin himself. stay with us. hlis predecessors d with putin himself. stay with us. is predecessors an with putin himself. stay with us.

Then they did their thing by invading crimea and eastern ukraine. not only that, backing an invasion of iran by syria. they have done a lot. not to mention intervening in your elections and european elections. >> all right, so, setting it up, a win for putin, he has been given legitimacy and the world is waiting on him to get here. it could be an easy win for trump as well. >> let me not mince words here, the president characterized his predecessors accis idiotic. the president walked away from ...

Vladimir putin wont push him around, even to george w. bush. it wont happen to trump. youve gott the administration that has taken a tough line on sanctions and issue of being with nato against the crimea invasion, in terms of sanctions and then the president seems to under cut it by all he says. i think the president wants this meeting to be warm, that we have a good relationship and working on tough issues but ultimately, were going to work together better than my predecessors have because hes...

You made history. that doesnt give you the right to change history. i know they say you have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer but that doesnt mean criticize your friends and give your enemies cover or demeaning your office by taking cheap shots at predecessors that held that office. its not about decorum. its about dignity. its not about endearing yourself to americans institutions. that doesnt mean you need to constantly praise but on foreign soil, consider praising our enemie...

Predecessors have wanted the same thing, too. and the last time that we had an extraordinary friendship with a russian leader it was boris yeltsin. he got drunk and fell down the stairs. the russian people were humiliated by their friendship with us. the russian people dont particularly want to be friends with the united states. they want russia to be a global power. however the populous of russia feels about the demise of communism they did not like the demise of the concept of a super power so...