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Barbara starrs reporting suggests this, will be looking toward moscow, toward putin, whos the only actor in this very sad and horrific drama, that frankly maintains leverage and relationship with all of the key parties. and i think thats where this is going. >> thats huge. and what has this done to the u.s. standing, trust amongst allies, particularly because of what is unfolding here? >> you know, its interesting. i have a slightly different take on this. i think that when american allies look ...

Interview in thes a member security summit that not only did russia do this it continues to do this and it is the main aggressor. you have him doubling down, you have coats saying it but the president wont call putin a liar. >> ive talked a lot about why this is so difficult for the intelligence community. they have known for a long time, going back to the beginning of the presidents term in office that the president not only knew exactly what the russians did to interfere in our elections but h...

Military front. ryan, the russian ambassador says they have these important verbal agreements but according to your reporting u.s. military leadership has no idea what the agreements were. >> thats right. the u.s. military is not clear what came out of helsinki. we heard from the top u.s. general in the middle east who overseas u.s. forces in the region. he says hes received no specific direction following the helsinki summit between putin and trump. one of the topics that was discussed between ...

New this morning, most americans disapprove of how president trump handled the summit with vladimir putin. 55% of americans say he mishandled it. when you look at republicans, look at this number, just 21% of republicans disapprove of how the president handled it. 68% approve. with me now, a.b. stoddard, columnist for real clear politics, rachel bade and sean turner. nice to have you here. rachel, that number is stunning because of the outcry we heard from every republican lawmaker. how do you s...

Or reason not to support the president. thats why on capitol hill this week i think well see republicans take a cautious approach when it comes to this. republicans on the hill are very concerned about the presidents tone toward russia and they want to do something about it and from talking to them they feel like theyre separate from him and if the president isnt going to push back they need to do something, whether its passing resolutions supporting the intel community or a resolution that woul...

Coming off a nato summit in in the g7 where the president was so critical of them in their leadership. but heres what one senior white house official told our elise labott. "there isnt a lot of cleanup because there doesnt seem to be a lot of spillage. the feedback were getting from the europeans is that theyre relieved. they were worried he was going to give away the store and he didnt. they arent thrilled with the optics but they are fine." what do you make of that? >> sounds like a hefty dose...

Putins face. that speaks to the beltway and lawmakers but to rachels point, the white house has to be looking at numbers and smiling. absolutely. they have indicated in recent days across several reports that they didnt frantically head to capitol hill to assuage everybody that is panicking because this happens a lot and they dont believe republican senators and congressmen will push back in a meaningful way that poses a challenge to trump who will attempt to sweep this under the rug and move on...

But now there is so much concern about what went on there and so much distrust of both the president and putin about telling the truth about what went on, theres the possibility of asking the translator to testify. it seems to me in a republican congress you are not going to get a congressional committee to vote a subpoena. it would take a subpoena. theres no question the franz lator isnt coming in voluntarily. would the senate foreign relations, the house foreign affairs committee vote a subpoe...

Idea. he didnt commit to anything. he wants to determine if there is validity that would be helpful to the process, weve committed to nothing. it was an idea that they threw out. >> what i can tell you is that the overall assertions that have come out of the russian government are absolutely abs d absurd. the assertions the russian government is making about american citizens, we dont stand by those assertions that the russian government makes. >> to give you a sense of how extraordinary it is t...

Dont know what to do. they want to act but they dont want to turn off the base. they have this tough election coming up thisfall -- fall and they know they need the president. they have to tread carefully not to alienate their base but find a way to stick up for their principle principles. >> the fact that the white house is considering putins request to have former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul be interrogated by them and american-born bill browder, the investor, both of whom moscow ...