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Image building machine. now part of a weekly show on russian state tv titled moskow, cellle cellle kremlin, putin. a show devoted to depicting putin as russia's government, talking to school children, or engaging with a noted pianist. >> classic kremlin project to elevate vladimir putin and to humanize him at a time when he's under increasing fire from his own public. it's not an accident that this is occur, it seems to me right at a time when he's embroiled in a real political controversy. >> reporter: that controversy has brought thousands of russians into the streets this summer. protesting...

Part of a weekly show on russian state tv titled "moscow, putin, kremlin." depicting putin as russia's renaissance president, able to tend to the government's most crucial functioning while visiting a mine, engaging with children or listening to music. >> classic propaganda to elevate vladimir putin and humanize him at a time when he's under increasing fire from his own public. it's not an accident this is occurring it seems to me right at a time when he is really embroiled in a political controversy. >> reporter: that controversy has brought thousands of russians into the streets this summer,...

And their children and staffs. if that's what people still want to do. wh that train stops in charlottesville. >> you describe this as a working vacation. what's on the agenda as far as we know it? >> sure, the working agenda is a number of seminars, breakout sessions like you might see at any kind of corporate conference. they are talking about infrastructure with the transportation secretary. there's going to be a session with polling group to talk about how republicans can best go sell the tax reform plan that they passed last year. when they go pack out to the midterms. a will the of this ...

Focused on how we can better help the american people, i think oftentimes the media is focused on other things, certainly not talking about the growingchy, certainly not talking about the crush s of isis, not talking about the creation of jobs. and if people were focused a lot on those things in the media i think his numbers would be a lot higher. >> as someone who covers the white house every day, how do you respond to the charge this is the media's fault? it's always the media's fault. >> it is. you have to remember polls are taken by the american public who feels or sees the tweets, who wat...

You know, you have to remember a poll is a straw hold view of that moment in time. for the last couple of weeks, it's been between 32% and 35%, depending on the polling group. at the same time, if we look at the poll numbers at this time for other presidents, this president is at the lowest mark of any other president. and it's not the media. we are reporting what he is doing. you have to remember, fact versus opinion. you have a lot of people speaking opinion. but when there's fact, there is fact that this president is in the midst of possibly going to war with north korea. you have to think ...