Validating Putin News Today

they shot at everyone. >> you can see the trees -- >> yeah, in the trees, its everywhere. on april, two, i came here as well, already in bucha self. and the first place, i was here on this square. and here i can show you photos, i have photos of my library. you was one car with a killed man inside. that was a man who worked in bucha for, like, park maintenance, and humor was trying to take wounded people to the hospital. and he transported several, then he again came back. he was kille...

The giant exception. when it comes to putin and russia policy, trump wont fight. he looks like hes afraid putin will fire him. he spent four consecutive days backing down and explaining himself. and this quite blatant departure from trumps normal brand has many serious people asking questions this week. "the new york times," front page, with an article questioning what happens when treason may hit the oval office. if russia is the one topic that terms trump from a relentless tom petty fighter to...

Donald trumps putin summit has obviously yielded one of the most criticized weeks of his presidency. thats sure to bother a media obsessed leader. but there are reports trump thought he did well initially on monday and then his advisers and this ensuing media coverage moved him to walk back some of the statements. a lot of that we know. this week also marks something else though, the most high profile trump diplomacy, this big mission, since he has added someone to his team, former fox news pres...

Vladimir putin to come to the white house. before that there was the white house basically leaving up in the air that maybe they would let the kremlin depose people like yourself whove been ambassadors before to russia, take a listen to some of the response to that insanity. >> that the administration to even entertain this shows to me how naive they are. >> the president would work with vladimir putin to put in danger our ambassador strikes me as almost providing aid and comfort to the enemy. >...

With russia? >> never, never have i ever, in all my years, going back to the days that i worked for senator kennedy on the hill, never have i seen any obsequiousness, the idea that trump could call this an incredible offer and put in jeopardy, first of all, my good friend michael mcfaul, former ambassador of russia, during his tour of duty in russia was subjected to the worst type of harassment by putin and his thugs, his family, himself undermining the integrity, anything that represented the p...

Impressed by that at all. but i think thats somewhat problematic. and youve got to think about our allies. i just think theyre going to be freaking out a little bit. >> do you want to close us out on a final depressing note of any kind? >> i think its a really important time for congress to step up and to keep the pressure on donald trump. what tends to happen is that he gets a news cycle where hes gone too far, crossed a line, and then everything goes back to normal. this is not normal. >> righ...

Ambassador, mark ginsburg, who called mondays meeting a shame and sure reddrender summit. and sam seeder. ambassador, i begin with you, why is this happening? >> well, its happening largely because of the duress that trump has received from some supporters, particularly newt gingrich and a couple others on fox news. that got under his skin. its not because of the substance. he actually is convinced that what he did in helsinki was not the equivalent of a chamberlain surrender, or an appeasement,...

That putin inflicted on the united states and the international community. in my humble belief, the efforts trump has done to engage putin separately and away from any prying ear of any aide, its because mr. trump is fearful that mr. putin has something on him. >> thats been one of the questions thats getting mainlined. because putin himself was asked about it, both at the summit, senator, as well as in the fox interview he did, which well touch on later in the hour. when you look at all this, i...

Chief dan coats is speaking for the first time since trump has here famously sided with putin on the election hacking over, well, him. coats responding to the news that trump is also inviting putin to the white house. and this, like so many things, is pretty unusual. what youre about to watch is apparently the intelligence chief finding out about this putin invite today for the first time. >> i do want to say we have some breaking news, the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir puti...

He knew about this, of course hes the person who would be directly involved in that kind of decision. but apparently he didnt know it was happening. >> the white house announcement that andrea referenced earlier said putin was invited to washington this fall. were you aware of that, just want to clarify, you didnt seem to be? >> based on my reaction, i wasnt aware of that. >> and coats also gets into something else. trumps validating putins word over the intelligence agencies, and why he had to,...