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He says one thing and a different way if he says another. we didnt do things in an ad hoc way. i want to br b clear, i think at g20 meetings and nato summits, there are chats between heads of state. that is normal. i would encourage it because you want as much face time as you can between leaders but you want them to be prepared and ready to discuss certain topics. of course, my concern with president trump would be did he prepare for that? did he think about the talking points? and in particula...

Russia disagreeing sharply on syria, on hacking of the u.s. election, on just about everything. so now theyre going out to sit down again and this is with president trump so there are lots of variables there, how the personalities match or dont is going to be a big part of it. how they lay the foundation is what the world will be watching for as well as that question, does trump even broach the subject of russian meddling in the election. the white house is not expecting him to bring it up, but ...

Talking about white house aides being most worried about this meeting because they cannot predict what president trump will do. the optics will be crucial, how will a handshake go, will we get to see it? a lot of this, we just simply dont know. a official i have spoken to says the details are still being figured out. i asked how long will the meeting be. he said, i dont know that either, but the two presidents, he said, will meet for as long as they need to, and just think about that statement, ...

Raise the mistakes by agreeing to make this a full bilateral meeting instead of a pull-aside? seems like the expectations just got a whole lot higher. >> the message is what does president trump have to gain and what does vladimir putin have to gain. putin has more to gain. the economy is not in great shape, the russian ruble has struggled with low oil prices, he wants sanctions lifted, wants his wealthy russian buddies to be able to move money around the world again. and putin is a political sh...

Just two more days before president trump and russian president vladimir putin sit down for official talks on the sidelines of the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany. this will be the first such meeting between the u.s. and russian president in nearly two years. this morning the kremlin said the goal of this meeting will to establish a working dialogue. the conflict in syria and conflict in ukraine will possibly be of discussion. so, jill, that this is an official bilateral meeting, not an informal...

The electric grid, the financial markets. there is a big threat from russia to the u.s. that, you know, sl the opportunity to sort of nip it in the bud right off the start of this administration. >> ron brownstein, help us understand why it is beneficial to the trump administration not to press on russia hacking. of course he has to focus on ukraine and syria, but this is not just a pull-aside. they can talk about more than just those two key issues. namely, wont it hurt him here at home, wont h...

Incredibly closely watched to whatever readout comes out of the meeting to whatever they discuss. but the issue for president trump is multi fold. and one is that he responds to strength. thats something he appreciates in other leaders, which can sometimes make him a little more sympathetic to someone like president putin. another issue is that he often in these one-on-one situations, hes trying to win over the person in the room and so that can lead to him being sort of chummy and friendly and ...

Not just a pull-aside, but how straight of a story do you think voters will actually get? >> i think thats -- im very fascinated to see what they say comes out of this meeting and what the russians say. its not unusual for the foreign country to come out with their read-out and rundown of a meeting before the u.s. sort of giving other countries an upper hand saying this is what happened, this is what we discussed about before the white house as they were able to get their side of the story out. ...

Make statements to that effect when he gets to poland. how important the nato alliance is for eastern europe. so, you know, you can make jokes about things that are going on here in the american media, but i dont think hes going to make jokes about the seriousness of which donald trump brings to the equation of supporting eastern europe and poland in particular. >> sure. the level of office being the president of the united states, i mean, at least we know, ron, its not, you know, an informal pu...

Frank dialogue. i wouldnt have invited him to my ranch if i didnt trust him. >> the first meeting at that point was when putin had switched jobs and was prime minister. as president trump prepares for this weeks first putin bilateral. tony, appreciate you being here to help us with this. before we get into some of the substance of how this works, take us behind the curtain, it might seem trivial to people, first it was a pull aside, now its a bilateral. how many staff members get to be in the ro...