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Is the white house explaining the president as playing nice with vladimir putin? why when he's so rough on so many other people? do they have an explanation? >> well, the white house is saying, anderson, that it believes that having a good relationship with russia is a good thing essentially. the president believes that he can change the course with russia, unlike his predecessors by this direct personal relationship with its leader. even if that leader is an adversary like vladimir putin. now, the white house argues, anderson, it has been tough on russia, closing the consulate in san francisc...

>> protests at the g-20 not unusual. we saw sights yesterday of the water cannon being used against people. they were trying to use umbrellas to deter those efforts so they could stay in place. we'll keep tracking what's going on with the demonstrations. with president trump ready to mute with putin in a few hours, cnn has new reporting about concerns in the u.s. intelligence community every about stepped up russian spy efforts hear in america. we have shimon prokupecz. what did you learn? >> russian spies are ramping up their intelligence gathering efforts in the u.s., according to current an...

President trump's first formal meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit. it takes place with protesters marching, allies seeking reassurance, north korea testing missiles, china looking to fill the vacuum and so much more including now the breaking news. cnn has learned that even with all the attention, the reporting, the hearings, the fbi probe, intelligence officials are concerned that russian has accelerated its spying given the intelligence community which the president slighted today even more to do. more on putin, the summit, the president's resistance, all of it tonight. first, th...

>> reporter: comey says trump did suggest it, saying that he hoped comey could let the flynn investigation go. >> i took it as a direction. i mean, this is the president of the united states. >> reporter: the president denies it. >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. i mean, i will tell you, i didn't say that. >> reporter: the president also reportedly bragged to russian officials, "i just fired the head of the fbi. i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off," according to "the new york times." as early as this week, investigators will inte...