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The press corp. will be in the room for those remarks. i'll be part of that. then we're off. and it will be four to five hours or more behind closed doors with these leaders. eventually more aides will join the discussion and then we will have each leader, putin first, then president biden delivering news conferences this evening. timing is very much to be determined. there's a sense from the american side this summit could run quite late. >> so jonathan, what is the posture of the white house with this meeting? we have been talking so much about vladimir putin's side of it, what he thinks he ...

Million people for almost two decades. but even vladimir putin is sensitive to poll numbers. amid 2018 after announcing plans to raise the pension eligibility age, he suffered a 20% drop in his approval rating. so the intimidating president appealed to his fellow russians in a very modern way. starring in a reality show. >> featuring the man with an arsenal of approximately 7,000 nuclear weapons at his disposal. kicking back with nature. >> he's not the first tv star president. >> you're fired, get out of here. >> except unlike president trump, putin first proved his mettle as an intelligence ...

Putin delivered his annual state of the nation address to both chambers of russia's parliament earlier today. he touted husbais nuclear arsen including a new hyper sonic targeting center and nuclear icbms he claims are impervious to defense systems. he accused the west of quote ignoring us, well, listen to us now. it comes less than three weeks before russia's presidential election in which putin is overwhelmingly expected to win his fourth term. joining us now, the author of the book "a world in disarray" richard haass. putin first. what's going on there? >> look, vladimir putin loves nuclear...

They can't compete. china is so much bigger and it will be more of a race to the bottom, trade agreements on china's terms it seems to me a big mistake. >> moral authority. the president met with two essential autocrat schs, putin duterte. putin first. he doesn't talk to him in any big or direct way about what they did in the united states election. he does say enough with the sanctions. they've been sanctioned so much already. we need to move forward and do better. it's good to be friends with russia versus enemies. what do you make of that posturing? >> it's not good to be friends with russi...