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Unabated. with insufficient action taken by the administration or congress to strengthen our cyber defenses, safeguard our election systems and deter further destabilizing activities. president trump must be willing to confront putin from a position of strength and demonstrate that there will be a serious price to pay for his ongoing aggression toward the u.s. and democracies around the world. if president trump is not prepared to hold putin accountable, the summit in helsinki should not move forward. joining me now from london, white house reporter jonathan lew mere and theer evan mcmullin. h...

He saw him in germany last year. he was with him in vietnam at a summit there last fall. neither time depress him on i was there in hanoi when he told us putin said he didn't do it, and trump said and he believes himself he didn't do it only to later suggest he would side with his own intelligence agencies over the russian president but there's going to be, as the weekend goes on, further calls for this summit not to happen but the white house wants it to. >> that statement from the sarah sanders came out as i was asking you. good for being on that. jonathan. evan, given that the president thi...

Almost a summit happening just to happen. that the president was so drawn to the idea of the one with kim jong-uning in singapore and he's told aides since then he loved how it dominated the news that he wants something similar here. and that while we'll take him at his word he wants to have better relations with russia, he thinks that's better for the world, its will raises a lot of questions why do it now. >> there's one report i read over the weekend or a couple days ago from phil rucker talking about how the president was brag is there were more cameras at the kim jong-un summit than there...

Things it, looks like you're piling on. when in reality you're trying to keep up. jonathan, any preparations whatsoever going to be changed over the weekend given this announcement by rosenstein? >> not that we've been told. our reporting indicates the president will do some preparing this weekend while in scotland at the golf course. katie, i know you know it well. he also plans to have time to relax. we expect him on the links, some of his family are there. the first lady is there. and that he departs under night as planned to helsinki for what will be the longest meeting he has had with vla...

That is a concern. on a day that the senate committee voted through legislation to try to protect the special counsel. the president today sort of dangles a warning like hey, if this goes too far, i might step in. that could mean firing rosenstein or trying to dismiss mueller. that is as always, he says the cloud is hanging over his head. he's dangling the cloud over that. >> thank you jonathan capehart, jen kerns and jonathan lew mere. up next, it's been a mystery for decades how did reagan get his hands on jimmy carter's debate prep book? tonight we've got answers coming up next. you're watc...