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That has tremendous potential. >> she has never met the north korean dictator, ever. a spokesperson says because the president confides in the first lady so much, he feels she has come to know kim, too. as for other dictators that the first lady has met, took the deck tater si dictator side of things. here is what he said about vladimir putin. listen to how he explains what russia did as he argues the case to invite putin back. >> so he should be in. they were really it was president obama -- i ...

I think putin should be included because were battling world peace. >> give me your view on what the president said. >> i also worked at the white house for three years with president obama. putin did not outsmart president obama. putin invaded ukraine. he annexed crimea, he went into the g7 and they kicked him out because of those greej egregiou deliberate actions because they violated some of the things he was talking about. we fought world war ii, afr all, because of annexation. its just a de...

On the very thing hes being most criticized for it, hes going to double down. but if hes inviting putin back, putin hasnt said yes to this yet, theres no agenda. even with a russian president there would be an agenda and hes throwing out the rule book, and he knows his supporters love that, so why not? >> and announced, revealed it on twitter. thats certainly a statement of the era were leaving in. youre watching "hardball." ♪ ooh, heaven is a place on earth ♪

It only feels like its gotten worse. griff: what that poll doesnt get to, lets give president trump a chance. lets wait and see if his tactics, his strategy will play -- his helsinki summit viewed by some as a failure and double down in a rougher week because now is he inviting putin back. the people i talk to and the people in this poll lets see what happens with north korea and russia. maybe it will benefit in ways we cant even imagine. we will find out. pete: yeah. president biden -- presiden...

Grudging statement, but then he likes to lean in and go for it on the very thing he is being most criticized for. he likes to double down. if he is inviting putin back, putin hasnt said yes to this yet. there is no agenda. even in a normal presidency, with an american president and russian president, there would be an agenda. before it got up to the upper level. he is throwing out the rule book. and his supporters love that. why not. >> the moment we are living in. these three will tell me somet...

Middle of her work in ukraine. when she and the u.s. government were trying to push putin back and shore up western alliances. russia, of course, still is on the other side of all that, still working as best they can to break up all western alliances. confrontation over that was fraught back then when victoria nuland stepped into the middle of the square. its in a different way right now. but this former diplomat this former top diplomat in europe for the united states, former u.s. ambassador to...

A couple years later in the 2016 elections. then it was russia again. but what happened to victoria nuland, not just hacking into systems and stealing information from u.s. government officials. it was with thatizing information and putting it back out through social media. what happened to the democratic party and the clinton campaign with their servers in 2016 happened to victoria in 2014 in the middle of her work in ukraine when she and the u.s. government were trying to push putin back and s...

Trying to convince him to do an interview with us until suddenly he got a call. a voice said "you talk too much." he backed out. >> coming up, congressman jim himes with some thoughts on how to push putin back. >> we need to make it very, very clear to the kremlin that there are red lines that if he crosses with his military or with proxies there will be a very vigorous response reminiscent of the response of u.s. special forces against the wagner group in syria. ♪ you dont like my lasagna? no...

In a war against western democracies using hidden means. whether its cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns or proxies on the ground in place like syria and ukraine its all methods that are used that hide in the shadows. >> you may have noticed we didnt interview anyone from wagner in the story. we were on to one man who claimed he was in syria and in that battle with the americans. through an intermediary we were trying to convince him to do an interview with us until suddenly he got a call. a ...

That we have right now in the standoff with vladimir putin. are you hearing anything on the ground about merkel and germanys -- how resolute theyre going to be against putin and how far they will go with the united states to stand shoulder to shoulder against him? >> well, theyll stand shoulder to shoulder if putin makes another move. thats sort of a -- if you want to call it a stalemate of sorts, thats where were at. there isnt -- there doesnt seem to be -- there seems to be european resolution...