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Be a one-on-one without note takers? >> if i were asked that question, i would look for a different way to do it. >> it was incredible to witness, apparently. some more of andrea mitchell's interview with the dni, dan coats of indiana today at the national security forum. as we mentioned coats said he didn't know that vladimir putin was invited to washington. he also said that he like the rest of us still doesn't know what trump and putin talked about during their two-hour plus private time together in helsinki. want to talk about all of it with a man with experience in the field. also from as...

Whoever it might be. if it's a one-on-one and there are no note takers or anyone else in there, it is up to the interpreter to prepare some memorandum of conversation. we call it mem con. this memorandum is written on the basis of interpreting notes that have nothing to do with verbatim narrative and the memory of the interpreters. the interpreters have well trained memories. so when this document goes to the secretary of state and goes to the national archives at the bottom of it it will say this was prepared from interpreting notes and memory and is not a verbatim transcript of everything th...

That's not his agenda coming up for this putin summit. and there weren't any note takers. he acknowledged they don't know whether or not putin recorded it. they certainly swept the room to make sure there were no bugs there in the room, but we don't know what was on putin's person. and i even asked whether the soccer ball could be wired. and he laughed and he said we do have ways of dealing with that. >> jeremy bash, the gravity of what you said in your last answer is something not lost on me. this line of work has been your life's work and having said that, i have to ask you about the man you...

Was an interpreter for seven consecutive united states presidents beginning with linden johnson all the way to bill clinton and ron is also back with us. harry oaks, you were interpreting german with meetings of the president. so tell us what the process is both during and immediately after those sessions. >> during the session you usually have two professional interpreters. one from our side and one from the other side, the prime minister, the chancellor, whoever it might be. if it's a one-on-one and there are no note takers or anyone else in there, it is up to the interpreter to prepare some...

Aware of that. >> would you recommend there would be a one-on-one without note takers? >> if i were asked that question, i would look for a different way of doing it. >> congressman adam schiff and eric tried to find out what dan coats and no one else in the trump administration seems to know which is what donald trump and vladimir putin talked about when they were alone. carson will join us in a moment to describe their attempt to subpoena the notes of the state department interpreter who was in the room with donald trump and vladimir putin. the senate showed how quickly it can actually do so...