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And i also agree with julia, you know, this is a vintage putin move. he did it with george w. bush and really did butter up george w. bush, at that time, that was right before george w. bush met with putin and said, i looked in his eyes and saw his soul. and of course, later, john mccain said, theres no soul. hes a kgb agent and he knows his audience. but donald trump also, again, in that interview with thomas, hes showing how sensitive he is to what putin thinks of him. which, again, is sort of...

That youre going to hear about in the next few days. >> james comey confirms he was investigating. and a check in on the presidents work day. >> golf, golf, golf, golf, more, more. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. vladimir putin was the first world leader to call donald trump after he was sworn in as it will 45th president of the united states. and the president was incensed that staff did not tell him right away, forcing him to delay returning p...

>> there is no evidence here on any obstruction of justice. >> he told the president i dont leak. what did he tell george stephanopolous? >> good question. >> he leaked. >> this tells us four things. one, whatever you take of comeys judgment, he has a good memory. two, whatever you think of trumps politics hes inconsistent and not reliable, according to comey because the memos show contradictions and misleading statements by trump. three, what everyone thinks of the dossier, trump was obsessed w...

The most salacious claim in the steele dossier, you know the one im talking about. according to comey recalling his private dinner with the president on january 20th, 2017, the president said flynn had just informed him about the call from putin while british prime minister theresa may was visiting earlier that same day. now, putins name is redacted in the memo, but multiple reports have confirmed he was the leader in question. quote, it was then the president learned of blanks call and he confr...

Through line here. we also have this reporting, julia, from reuters, that says, the russians are saying that the president invited putin to the white house multiple times during that famous do not congratulate call. u.s. president invited vladimir putin to the white house during the call. the news agency quoted foreign minister sergey lavrov saying trump returned to the subject of an invitation during the call last month and russia was now expecting trump to formalize the invitation. what do you...

That a foreign leader, whos name is redacted, had called to congratulate him on his inauguration. >> lets get to jon karl from west palm beach. jon, you reported the name of the foreign leader who called to congratulate president trump was redacted. tonight youve learned who it was. >> im told it was vladimir putin. because of the delay he didnt get a call back from president trump for six days. according to comey the president told him if he had to wait six days for a return call, he would be v...

And the president was incensed that staff did not tell him right away, forcing him to delay returning putins call. that is just one of the revelations in the comey memos, the former fbi directors contemporaneous accounts of his conversations with the president, which have now been made public, thanks to republican efforts to shake them out of the justice department. now, presumably, it was an effort, they hoped, would vindicate the president and discredit comey. >> there is absolutely no evidenc...

And of course, later, john mccain said, theres no soul. hes a kgb agent and he knows his audience. but donald trump also, again, in that interview with thomas, hes showing how sensitive he is to what putin thinks of him. which, again, is sort of odd. >> yeah, that is the sort of through line here. we also have this reporting, julia, from reuters, that says, the russians are saying that the president invited putin to the white house multiple times during that famous do not congratulate call. u.s....

President has been remarkably consistent. the demand for loyalty, the urging to let michael flynn go, the pressure on comey to publicly clear the president in the russia probe. the memos also provide a new window on the presidents bizarre and perplexing relationship to vladimir putin. and on his utter fixation with the most salacious claim in the steele dossier, you know the one im talking about. according to comey recalling his private dinner with the president on january 20th, 2017, the presid...

Misleading statements by trump. three, what everyone thinks of the dossier, trump was obsessed with parts of it and four, trump wanted to keep putin happen. he writes, discovered during his toast to trm that redacted had called four days ago. flynn said the return call was sked yuled for saturday, which prompted a heated reply from the president that six days was too much. reportedly all references to russia and putin. what does it all mean? an marie coly and david cox join us next.