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But we learned from the white house today that the president did not bring up russian election meddling from 2016 or looking ahead to the u.s. election in 2018. and he didn't bring up the poisoning in uk either, raising the question of whether the president will confront putin about these issues when they meet in person, as he says they will. here is more of what he said today. >> i had a call with president putin. and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. the call had to do also with the fact that we will probably get together in the not too distant future so that we can di...

Senate arms service committee, issued this statement. listen to this. an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. and by doing so with vladimir putin, president trump insulted every russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in the free and fair election to determine their country's future, including the countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist putin's regime. very, very strong words from senator john mccain. jeff zeleny, our senior white house correspondent, is with us joining the panel as well...

Changed. five days after the election -- >> i had a call with president putin. i congratulated him on the victory. >> reporter: mr. putin predictedbly scored a land slide victory. his win comes as congressional leaders announced suggestions with the 2018 election and specifically called out russia's role in meddling in 2016. >> russia was trying to undermine the confidence of our election system. >> reporter: yet election meddling didn't even come up in the qual putin according to sarah sanders. and john mccain leveled heavy criticism of mr. trump for congratulating putin on his win. an americ...

So i'm not sure of the campaign they were getting 50 million users. but that's something that will come out. >> a lot of people the want mark zuckerberg to personally go there and answer questions. would you support that? >> i would. >> i got the briefing in october. gang of eight in the the 2016 elections. it was clear that russia was meddling in the elections. very consistent west should call them out for what they're doing and have the sanctions. >> and they're doing it now. they're getting ready for the mid material elections. >> the president today congratulated the vladimir putin. let me...

Contrast where this white house was itself last week in announcing sanctions in response to the indictments that came down from mueller, looking like they were -- and touting and beating their chest about we can be tough on russia. and then get on the phone, make a congratulatory phone call. sarah sanders the press secretary said it's not or place to dictate how other countries run their elections. >> that may be true. we don't have to dictate it. but we certainly don't have to endorse sham elections around the world. the united states does indeed have a pretty big voice to call out a sham ele...