Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170512:07:51:00
Spoke with putin he asked me whether or not i would see lavrov. now, should i say no, i'm not going to see him? i said, i will see him. >> so this whole russia thing is going on. the comey thing is going on. the michael flynn thing is going on, you know, carter page, on and on and on. he's the president of the united states. he can do what he wants. does he have to act on putin's request? >> he can do what he wants and he acted apparently on putin's request and did meet with lavrov but what's interesting is what happened when he had met with lavrov. we saw the photos there that we only saw, th...