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Continue. >> no doubt the economy has taken a massive hit over the past few months, kylie atwood, thank you. of course there was the closing here in kyiv of the u.s. embassy in the last 24 hours. joining us to discuss all the developments, david gergen, former presidential adviser to nixon, ford, reagan and clinton and retired major general james sp spider marks. good to have you both on. general marks, i wonder if i could begin with you, you've been a russia watcher for some time, we have seen russia play this game before, ratchet up the forces, ratchet down, perhaps only to see them ratche...

High for this meeting. the chatter about nobel prizes and the historic nature of the meeting. i think some of what you were seeing today with the meeting back on is really an effort by the president to manage expectations. you know, he is saying it's not going to get fixed in one meeting. there may have to be more sessions, you know, that this is is a get to know you plus, i think he said today. so i think they are trying to set a tone, you know, to try and sort of ratchet down what can be done. >> brian, in the moments it took me to walk into the studio, one of our producers caught you on the...

They walk out of the summit in singapore in over a week and a half? as the president likes to say, we will have to wait and see. >> a lot of big, important questions loom over the summit. will ripley, thank you so much. i want to talk more about this with our panel, cnn political commentator and assistant editor of "the washington post." also joining us lynn sweet, washington bureau chief for "the chicago sun times" and sean turner, cnn national security analyst and former communications director for u.s. national intelligence. david, i want to start with you. if you listened closely to what...

Much, and this is a slippery slope into singapore? >> i think the thing that we heard some going into the last sort of roller coaster negotiations is there was concern with a lot of the people around the president that expectations have been set very high for this meeting. the chatter about nobel prizes and the historic nature of the meeting. i think some of what you were seeing today with the meeting back on is really an effort by the president to manage expectations. you know, he is saying it's not going to get fixed in one meeting. there may have to be more sanctions, you know, that this is...

Expectations have been set very high for this meeting. the chatter about nobel prizes and the historic nature of the meeting. i think some of what you were seeing today with the meeting back on is really an effort by the president to manage expectations. you know, he is saying it's not going to get fixed in one meeting. there may have to be more sanctions, you know, that this is a get to know you plus, i think he said today. so i think they are trying to set a tone, you know, to try and sort of ratchet down what can be done. >> brian, in the moments it took me to walk into the studio, one of o...