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Interacted with has found trouble as a result. he lumbered into washington's porsche saint region us hotel for a party given in his honor. only stayed an hour and a half then left. sergey kislyak, the burly back slapping russian is returning to moscow, leaving a string of controversies in his wake. >> it is clear he has played a substantial role in this investigation that is now consuming the trump administration. >> reporter: for years kislyak who was already a seasoned diplomat before arriving in the u.s. has been known as an operator in washington, affable and social. >> you can hardly im...

Drunk for hours inside the fraternity house for hours in fbi. it took nearly 12 hours for someone to call 911. >> that is what made the difference. >> yes. >> they killed him. >> reporter: now his parents furious at what they called the inappropriate behavior of the defendants in court in june likening it to a fraternity get together. >> slapping each other's back, laughing, kidding and joking. that was distressing to the piazzas. >> reporter: the charges range from manslaughter. reckless endangerment. >> participate in some sort of jovial back slapping. quite the contrary. >> reporter: accuse...

If that's what they think it is. this is a corridor around donald trump are afraid to say the emperor has no clothes. it is ridiculous to go to countries like saudi arabia, get a gold medal put around his neck, call that the sort of an incredible pivot or a boost for this administration. and, you know, do back slapping with sergey lavrov and ambassador of russia in his office and kick our allies in the teeth. this is crazy. and there is no logic to this. nato is about as much more than just the spending. it's not just him calling for these nations to contribute 2% of their gdp which barack oba...

And make these countries pull the line. >> bill: shannon, we'll hang here for a moment and see if there is a live microphone in the hallway. it doesn't appear to be for now. >> shannon: we don't want to miss anything. what do you make of the fact that former president obama a short time ago was with german chancellor angela merkel. a lot of people say he was in italy, germany now. the white house is hoping this is a reset that for president trump introduces him to the world in a different way. yet the specter of the last president who was so popular in many places showing up in europe as well....

On may 2nd where putin said would you be willing to see lavrov when he comes to the united states? and trump said, of course, yes. and we know what happened now. >> phil, your piece also talks about press coverage or the lack thereof, the news agency tas photographer. they were the first to beam the pictures out to the world. kind of a p.r. advantage because their first round of photos show a jovial group, a smiling and laughing american president. why was that important? >> it matters because it sends a signal to the world, frankly, about the state of u.s./russia relations. if you look at the...