russian president vladimir putin just spoke about the impeachment of president trump. let's get to fred pleitgen live in moscow. >> reporter: hi, dave. i would call what president putin said is unconditional support for president trump. he said he does not believe that president trump will be removed from office. he said he believes this impeachment is happening for what he call eed made-up reason. he was mirroring talking points from the republicans. he said, for years, they've been looking for reasons to impeach president trump. he called it a continuation of a battle in washington, d.c. saying russian collusion did not work so they're coming up with pressure on ukraine. where was that pressure going to be? that is up to the congress to find out. essentially, what we're hearing from vladimir putin is unconditional support for president trump. and mirroring some of the talk points that we heard from republicans in the debate about