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Tooth comb. >> we don't know one but or another if intelligence or information was relayed in that meeting, we know they denied it so far. richard, you wrote a book called putin. tell me why does it raise any red flags for you? >> two. one is i like to quote president putin himself on the subject. there is no such thing at ex-kgb. he may no longer be working there or afailuated, but there is no such thing as ex. that means the mentality is formed. the other thing to know is that the secret service business and

Are all the cubans that i know who are recently arrived or who are still in the island and are able to communicate with me. >> okay, more now on russian president vladimir putin's upcoming news conference. the co-author of the book called putin. thanks for being with us. do you think there will be any apologies coming from president putin to the russian people after he tanked the economy? why would putin have to apologize? >> because he's the guy who invaded crimea, he brought on the western sanctions that brought on economic misery. he probably didn't factor on the possibility that oil head...

Quote, integral part of russia. if the sanctions put forth by president obama the day before made any impact, you couldn't see it. it didn't show in the attitude of the russian leader. meanwhile, in a show of solidarity with allies of the region, vice president joe biden made a whirlwind tour through eastern europe, visiting leaders of astonia, latvia and poland. the vice president called putin's move in crimea a land grab, and when the president of poland mentioned russia's recent increase in military budget, biden offered this assurance. >> well, others may not have stood to their responsibi...

As senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina, is joining us now. senator graham, thanks very much for coming in. lots to discuss today. said this is a stein of vladimir putin's clear lack of respect for president obama. what should the president have done? >> well, i think the president called putin and said, i'm requesting you to return this man to our legal system, the attorney general wrote a letter. making consequences of this decision more real to putin might have helped. but, you know, at the end of the day, i'm disappointed but not surprised. i'm not surprised that putin did ...

>> the president is supposed to start of the g-20 summit in st. petersburg in september. what do you think? should the president still go, have his one-on-one meeting with putin in moscow? >> i would suggest not because there's no meeting in the world like meeting the president of the united states. we're an exceptional country, and when the president sits down with another world leader, you elevate that leader just by default, if for no other reason. i would hope the president would consider canceling this bilateral meeting with putin because i think it sends the wrong signal about how seriou...