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The electric grid, the financial markets. there is a big threat from russia to the u.s. that, you know, sl the opportunity to sort of nip it in the bud right off the start of this administration. >> ron brownstein, help us understand why it is beneficial to the trump administration not to press on russia hacking. of course he has to focus on ukraine and syria, but this is not just a pull-aside. they can talk about more than just those two key issues. namely, won't it hurt him here at home, won't he be lambasted if he doesn't focus on russia's hacking of the u.s. election? and putin from all we...

Incredibly closely watched to whatever readout comes out of the meeting to whatever they discuss. but the issue for president trump is multi fold. and one is that he responds to strength. that's something he appreciates in other leaders, which can sometimes make him a little more sympathetic to someone like president putin. another issue is that he often in these one-on-one situations, he's trying to win over the person in the room and so that can lead to him being sort of chummy and friendly and charming, and that's not necessarily the images they want to project with russia. >> and the optic...

Not just a pull-aside, but how straight of a story do you think voters will actually get? >> i think that's -- i'm very fascinated to see what they say comes out of this meeting and what the russians say. it's not unusual for the foreign country to come out with their read-out and rundown of a meeting before the u.s. sort of giving other countries an upper hand saying this is what happened, this is what we discussed about before the white house as they were able to get their side of the story out. i know the white house is going to want to portray image of strength, to portray an image of a pr...

Make statements to that effect when he gets to poland. how important the nato alliance is for eastern europe. so, you know, you can make jokes about things that are going on here in the american media, but i don't think he's going to make jokes about the seriousness of which donald trump brings to the equation of supporting eastern europe and poland in particular. >> sure. the level of office being the president of the united states, i mean, at least we know, ron, it's not, you know, an informal pull-aside. this is a full-fledged bilateral meeting. again, hearing from administration sources th...

Frank dialogue. i wouldn't have invited him to my ranch if i didn't trust him. >> the first meeting at that point was when putin had switched jobs and was prime minister. as president trump prepares for this week's first putin bilateral. tony, appreciate you being here to help us with this. before we get into some of the substance of how this works, take us behind the curtain, it might seem trivial to people, first it was a pull aside, now it's a bilateral. how many staff members get to be in the room, how many reporters get to be in the room. >> everything usually to the last detail is negoti...