middle east. there's also the question of north korea, can the russians help with the chinese, can they help with the north koreans. i doubt the president will get much from this. the big, big issue is whether the president comes out holding his own or whether putin will manage to shove him around, and whether donald trump holds himself in check, sticks with the talk points, keeps pressing ahead, makes some small progress, but not big headlines. >> jim, on the issue of election meddling, which david just brought up there, aside from whatever domestic political concerns he might have or personal issues he might have with the russian meddling story, is there any geopolitical strategic reason not to bring it up? from everyone i've spoken to, the one thing president putin responds to is strength. >> right. listen, you hear from democrats and republicans, bipartisan concern not just about russian meddling in the 2016 election but by current probing attacks