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What do you think? >> right. now they've retweeted saying we agree. i mean, could not be more explicit. and putin also keeping president trump waiting here. president trump in helsinki and putin now has arrived. he was quite a bit late. i think -- 30 minutes late. that is not as long as putin has kept other leaders waiting. putin is now here in helsinki as well. we're expecting very shortly we're going to see movements where the two leaders will be moving to their joint meeting. what's so significant, of course, is that it's one o one. no note takers that we know of. unless there is a change, ...

Russia in a different way. you're not caught like your predecessor, barack obama was. let's walk into the future together, try to cooperate on arms control and other issues. so i think that's probably the tone we're going to see. >> we're looking at pictures of meeting earlier in helsinki, finland, of vladimir putin and donald trump, and when they first met, gave brief opening statements. phil neely of nbc news noted that vladimir putin came prepared with a note pad and pen. donald trump not so for their one-on-one meeting will there be no note takers other than it appears vladimir putin. let'...

President bush met with the pope by himself but that's a little different. >> indeed. but yes it's not typical for diplomacy behavior to not have note takers. they will have interpreters the there. is there anything that causes alarm for you. something you're worried that could happen? a topic that could be addressed that president trump may not be able to dance toe to toe with putin on this? >> they're very powerful and aggressive individuals i would want to make sure that putin couldn't manipulate whatever they talk about. >> i want to play for you what the president said earlier. take a lis...

Very bad thing and, actually, donald trump would rub his shoulder and move on once vladimir putin says no, no, i have nothing to do, officially, with the hacking of the american democratic process. that's one of many, many worries. the summit will begin when the two of them sit down without note takers or advisers and just translaters there. donald trump said this would be the easiest part of his european tour after that meeting with nato allies after a meeting with britain's prime minister, theresa may. i don't think this will be the easiest part. this is a president who has been up against t...

As they say or do they not like each other. i would like to offer a different view on whether donald trump is -- i think he was really embarrassed by this double screen. he's been saying he doesn't trust american intelligence officers, he doesn't trust the doj, he doesn't trust robert mueller, so for him it is absolutely a possibility that this kind of indictment would only take him closer into the arms of vladimir putin. >> what is at risk if he goes down and sits down with vladimir putin and there's only translators there, there's no note takers. >> and i think there are going to say look at...