questions on that front. is it your sense walking into this meeting that americans back home shouldn't expect much in terms of an outcome? could you provide specifics on what a successful meeting would look like to you? are there specific concessions that you want putin to make? i'll give you my follow up now. you met vladimir putin before. what have you learned about him that approaches this sit down with him and how about walking into a meeting with a former kgb agent who you said has no soul. >> i'll tell you that when it's over. i've been doing this a long time. the last thing any one would do is negotiate in front of the world press how he's going to approach a critical meeting with another adversary and someone that could be an adversary. it's the last thing i'm go doing.