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Communicating our expectations with regard to the federalized terrorist organization which we have notified our friends of their involvement in the failed coup on july the 15th in turkey. and we have taken into concentration the joint steps that we can take forward in syria and iraq. of course president trump's recent election victory has led to the awakening of a new set of aspirations and expectations and hopes in our region. and we know that by the help of the new u.s. administration these hopes will not be lost in vain.

Is no excuse for violence. ed henry live at the white house, what is the president saying about his role in all of this ed? >> reporter: shep he really seems to be trying to push this off on local and state officials saying that they are dealing with the crisis on the ground and walk this very fine line of saying look, he cares about the police officers who were injured in baltimore. he wants to make sure they can get back on the job quickly but also chastised other police officers for allegedly mishandling a lot of these cases. not just the one in baltimore. the president at one point saying ...

The principles of this agreement this weekend, then we will have no choice but to impose further costs on russia. >> reporter: the russian foreign minister made it clear moscow still demands constitutional reform in ukraine. it would set the stage for a federalized ukrainian state giving autonomy to eastern provinces dominated by ethnic russians. >> translator: in a statement that was passed there are also points about the needs to immediately have dialogue within the context of constitutional reforms. >> reporter: perhaps one of his most intriguing statements john kerry said authorities in ki...

West, says that's a sham. putin wants an excuse just to seize additional parts of ukraine, to seize parts of eastern ukraine. let's go to the white house, to our correspondent there, michelle kosinski. what's the white house line on vladimir putin? >> reporter: so far they have not made any additional statements. we did get a lot of information on what the administration views as putin's mindset throughout in at a background briefing yesterday. the senior administration officials described what they think is strategy -- his strategy is. ultimately to even if it is through a sort of decentraliz...

Now, he repeated the points that he's made over and over again, this narrative that authorities in kiev are illegitimate, that, in fact, the presidential elections due to be held on may 25th are unconstitutional and that a constitution must be drawn up before that point, presumably a constitution which russia has said in the past should be for a more federalized ukrainian state. let's just take a listen to what he said. >> translator: the presidential race is taking place in unacceptable conditions. we cannot recognize what is going to take place following the 25th of may. we cannot call it le...