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>> will president trump be prepared, you know -- president putin is kgb and this and that. you know what, putin is fine. hes fine. were all fine. were people. will i be prepared? totally prepared. ive been preparing for this stuff my whole life. >> so the president praises putin. he reluctantly calls out russia meddling in americas election. now hes going to have a one-on-one meeting with the president without anybody around. appropriate? >> well, many of us are concerned. i certainly am. about ...

Enough so that portions of the cave became walkable. on top of that, there were still areas that were still under water, and thats where these divers have been doing exactly what experts have been counseling for days. put the boys in full face masks, and then as they entered the submerged portions of the cave, as we understand it, what happened was one diver would go in front, carrying the air supply for that boy, pulling the boy along behind him, and the other diver would come behind. thats how...

Total incompetence of the administration being unable to reunite them. this turns them off. and then the whole question of the personal behavior of donald trump, the way he talks, his demeaning characterization of women, the way he insults everyone. this turns a lot of well-educated white women, whom he needs, if hes going to be re-elected, off. >> true. but a lot of them also voted for him, and all of those characteristics were out in full force in 2016. do you think its different now that hes ...

>> have you ever seen anything even remotely close to this challenge? >> i have not personally, no. nothing that ive been involved in. i have done a few rescues where conditions have been silted out. a cave is an unforgiving environment. when you cannot see, you lose that sense. and that means braille. the goal line becomes that much more critical. so hats off to these divers, and theyre probably best in the world. they do dive a lot of sumps and thats exactly what this cave is. >> and you know ...

In the congress, and we talk about how, you know, statements are made. sometimes theyre walked back. but for the president to say that nato is as bad as nafta, in many ways is -- its okay, because we think nafta is good as well. but when our nato allies hear something like that, you can imagine how they feel. particularly those who are right on the front lines. you have countries, as well -- we visited finland as well as sweden. theyre not members of nato, but they are enhanced partners, and so ...

Toughness with china. in fact, they believe that we need to. we were in finland, as i mentioned. nokia is completely gone, largely because of theft of intellectual property. they know full well that china is the real threat. >> so isnt the presidents -- approach the right thing, given what youre just saying? >> no. just the opposite. in fact, we need to stick with our -- im sorry, our european allies, those in the eu, to challenge china. we can do that through the wto. when we take cases to the ...

Welcome back to "state of the union." the president famous for saying "youre fired" is building drama for a youre hired moment. but with just a single vote to spare in the u.s. senate, the real drama may be whether he has the votes. its an especially tough spot for democratic senators in states trump won, now caught between their constituents and their democratic base. among them, democratic senator representing alabama, a state trump won by 28 points. joining me now is democratic senator, doug ...

About what might be promised. there was a promise made with regard to exercises in -- with south korea that may not have been fully vetted or noticed with south korea. i know that countries in europe are concerned about promises that might be made by the administration without consultation with our nato allies. >> for example? whats the biggest concern? >> well, that -- suspension of exercises, for example. or a commitment to remove troops from certain countries. those kind of things would conce...

Be accepted. and the sanctions will continue until the behavior stops. and that we know that russia, despite putins saying otherwise, russia interfered with our elections. so those things, to start with, to say, hey, lets stipulate these items, and then go forward. i think thats what the president ought to do. >> and the other thing that you were talking to allies about was -- was and is the trade war, which is in full effect, as of 12:01:00 a.m. friday morning, the chinese responded with tariff...

To. im glad that the president is raising this issue with the nato countries. many of them are not pulling their full weight. but the president makes it sound as if theyre supposed to contribute 2% to us somehow for their defense. what the commitment is, is to spend 2% of their gdp on defense, which will make them a more valuable part of nato. and about 8 of the 29 are doing it. some of the countries are coming closer. many are making great strides. but they are concerned about the rhetoric. >> ...