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That he is. it was a pretty similar moment just in that afterwards administration officials had to say he was speaking from the heart but, obviously, theres a separate process in which sort of the legality of whether somebody has committed a war crime is determined. but, look, i think that we actually got some interesting insight into how president biden generally feels about the situation. would it shock any of us to know that president biden believes if he could just snap his fingers and have ...

National security tool box. summits are a tool of diplomacy. they are part of a very important part of the tool box because they are an action mechanism for both of the governments being dealt with. i think from that perspective it was a successful and important meeting. >> there is a lot of criticism from republicans in congress, some republicans, mccarthy saying that president biden gave putin a pass. we didnt hear that in the trump administration at helsinki. from the presidents account and e...

Counterpart. >> i told president putin my agenda not against russia or anyone else. its for the american people. i also told him that no president of the united states could keep faith with the american people if they did not speak out to defend our democratic values. >> russia and the u.s. did make small agreements, including agreeing to exchange ambassadors once again. no major agreements. they were not expected by either side but both leaders did describe something of a rapport, a constructiv...

Global pandemic. i am convinced, it will stay as one of its authors on the city finance committee. >> if we can change gears now, to foreign policy as president biden, has just returned from his overseas trip, and his meeting with vladimir putin. and the takeaway on that summit, from the top republican of the house, just came in. kevin mccarthy. he says that biden gave putin a, quote, pass. he put out a statement today. let me read what it said in part. president biden should have used todays su...

Be that as it may be, i want to ask you something kevin mccarthy just said moments ago. he reacted for the first time to the biden/putin summit. and he said that president biden gave vladimir putin a pass. thats what he just said. i want to remind people that kevin mccarthy was caught on tape in 2016 saying he thought that putin was paying donald trump, okay? so theres a little bit of irony in this. he says that biden gave putin a pass. your thoughts? >> you know, i mean, this is, compared to wh...

Security to regional issues like the iran nuclear deal and the drawdown from afghanistan, north koreas nuclear program, to some of president bidens fundamental concerns about human rights and democracy and rule of law, which as you heard from him yesterday in his press conference, he didnt shy away from. he took those messages to putin directly in a straight fforward and businesslike way. >> i want to get your reaction. i know you dismissed this attack by the house minority leader kevin mccarthy...

Opportunity to really lay out security risks, he, again, gave putin a pass. words matter, especially those that are unsaid. >> as he gives attention for what he didnt do, what he didnt accomplish in france this week, what did he accomplish? >> ana, i can tell you we worked a lot when i was physically in the white house and we worked even more when we were on the road because there were so many opportunities for engagement, especially at summits. theyre like speed dating for meetings because ther...

He means it. making matters worse, mr. trump even blasted former leaders of the u.s. intelligence community that concluded russia did meddle. theyre political hacks. you look at it, you have brennan, you have clapper and you have comey. comey is proven now to be a liar. pressed to say once and for all he believes russia intervened in the election, the president wavered again. >> as to whether i believe it or not, im with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with their leadership. i ...

Question here, at least among the intelligence community, since january? >> another sort of shifting issue on this trip, we heard president trump sort of suggest that russian president vladimir putin insisted he didnt meddle in the u.s. elections. trump seemed to insist he believed him and then later came out and said no, no, in fact, this is what putin believes but i am siding with the u.s. intelligence community. it was not a very impressive answer, according to some former u.s. intelligence o...

I believe in our intel agencies, ive worked with them very strongly. >> that followed earlier remarks the president made on air force one when he referred to obama era intelligence chiefs as quote political hacks. after that comment the cia released a statement reaffirm g reaffirming. >> one of the hacks was former cia director. >> i think what, by not confronting the issue directly and not acknowledging to putin that we know that youre response be for this, i think hes giving putin a pass and i...