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Today when he was shaking hands and doing his formal greeting. he said what he wants is an extraordinary relationship at some point with vladimir putin. lets watch. >> we have not been getting along very well for the last number of years. ive been here not too long. but its getting close to two years. i think we will end up having an extraordinary relationship. i hope so. ive been saying and im sure you have heard over the years and as i campaigned that getting along with russia is a good thing,...

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Garden, the president took no questions there either. cnn reporting. while there, she was informed that she would be barred from attending a press availability at the rose garden. betsy woodrow. >> lets talk about this. so we hear the president of the united states talk about making a pay off to this company. the pruurpose of the pay off. get her to give up her story. give up rights and giving it to

It a lot easier for both of us. >> one of the things we learned is that after the meeting, there will be a press availability. not quite maybe a news conference. and im wondering, jill, youve covered things like this before. is putin going to take questions from the american press and will we see dramatic answers or how are these handled? >> technically it will depend on how the white house and the kremlin work it out. how many questions will they take. you know, it could be maybe two questions ...

Garamendi told me earlier. >> the problem is weve got two men notorious liars, both putin and trump. trump cant tell the truth and putin is smart enough not to tell the truth. >> its time for him to stop hugging the russian bear. the russian bear is a very dangerous bear. its time for him to stand back and, frankly, punch the bear in the nose. >> meanwhile, theres new details about that bilateral news conference happening on monday between the president and vladimir putin during the summit in en...

I dont think anyone will remember a time they blocked from a major news organization in the united states from attending an open event in the rose garden. whats been the reaction since then? >> wolf, we havent heard anything else from the white house. we did send photographers and other reporters to that briefing. they said that open press availability. they said i could not go into that press conference. we have not had any other press availabilities here at the white house today. there was no ...

Come back. he might come back, right? well be here. >> absolutely. >> well be here another seven years, hopefully. thats a long time, but i have a feeling youll be back. >> lets go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, there is no white house press briefing today so we wont hear directly from sarah sanders at least from the podium there, but what more are you learning about how the president has been reacting to her comments on the stormy daniels scandal? >> reporter: well, the...

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He says it may not work well, butt hes keeping the door open for diplomacy. >> sure, always consider negotiations. but they have been negotiating for 25 years. look at clinton. he folded on the negotiations. he was weak and i believe effective. look what happened with bush and obama. obama didnt even want to talk about it. i talk. its about time. somebody has to do it. >> were hearing the presidents security briefing may now be over and there may be another press availability. were not sure if t...