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Say what we need to expect from trump. i think that looking back at how putin has behaved on the world stage and whats important for putin in terms of projecting his strength and why thats such a priority for him, putin needs to be seen -- and this is played out in his relations with past leaders -- as a world leader who in this case, unlike trump, has just simply a lot more experience on the world stage and in being a world leader. and by virtue of the fact that trump has basically made all of ...

Withdraw immediately. then he walked that back. we know that last month in his meetings with kim abdullah of jordan that he discussed the potential withdraw deal. give us your best-case/worst-case plausible outcome as it relates to syria from this meeting. >> i dont think youre going to see anything from a best-case perspective, victor. you know, the president has talked with mr. putin about these things before or has made comment about them, in terms of asking russia to withdraw, russia has pro...

Promised before and they have basically reneged on every single one of their promises multiple times. they have a strategic objective in syria. they have a strategic objective in ukraine. and they will continue to push toward that strategic objective. >> and do you think theres some ground that can be gained from the u.s. perspective, ana, as is relates to syria on monday? >> well, thats going to be tricky, given that i think putin understands that whatever the u.s. is going to be offering russi...

Joining me now is bill richardson, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. governor, welcome to you, always good to see you. is there any reason donald trump could say he believes putin, and should the statement from the cia director give the president pause? >> well, it should give him pause because this is his own cabinet member, the head of the cia, disputing the presidents assertion. what is also disturbing is the president claiming that former director clapper and brennan and comey ar...

Relationships between leaders. you know, weve got president putin and trump. we got a lot of differents. but its important that the relationship improve. its in very bad shape. russian can help us on north korea. they have some leverage through trade and other relationships. also on syria. maybe we can make some progress on syria now that isis seems -- theres been progress there. but i think in the region with a whole area, vietnam, other countries were nemeeting with, theres a fear about chines...

To have a meeting like that with putin and have a basic disagreement over who said what to whom about key issues like this is extraordinary not to have a note taker or any kind of record. >> well, you have the secretary of state, the president of the united states, and the secretary of state was undercut by the president. >> there is, of course, a -- a translator or who can reconstruct in some sense what was said from their notes. i think it was a constructive meeting. they made progress on syri...

Obama and russian president putin met. it was a very brief meeting. lets watch. >> have you made progress on syria? >> yes, we waited all day for that. today at the united nations, president obama called syrias leader a tyrant and reiterated that bashir assad has to go. >> his allies cant simply pacify the security of a broad nation that have been brutalized by chemical weapons and indiscriminate bombing. yes, the real issue dictates a compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimate...

Be irans domestic politics, where hardliners -- president rowhani may have been playindicating those hardliners when he singled out israels nuclear weapons. >> translator: israel, the only nonparty to the nonproliferation treaty should join there, too, without any further delay. >> reporter: four years ago the u.s. and iran were discussing a deal with many of the same elements, including shipping irans enriched uranium to be converted into a form usable only for research and not for a nuclear we...

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President obama continues lobbying in russia and here at home for a military response in syria. >> russia, china and european union remain unpersuaded. they say it is too soon for an attack. the president faces a tough challenge in congress. abcs karen travers joins us now with more. karen. >> reporter: good morning, john. good morning, diana. the g-20 summit in russia focuses on the economy but it was inevitable that syria would creep into the agenda. president obama is facing significant skept...