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And i also agree with julia, you know, this is a vintage putin move. he did it with george w. bush and really did butter up george w. bush, at that time, that was right before george w. bush met with putin and said, i looked in his eyes and saw his soul. and of course, later, john mccain said, there's no soul. he's a kgb agent and he knows his audience. but donald trump also, again, in that interview with thomas, he's showing how sensitive he is to what putin thinks of him. which, again, is sort of odd. >> yeah, that is the sort of through line here. we also have this reporting, julia, from re...

That you're going to hear about in the next few days. >> james comey confirms he was investigating. and a check in on the president's work day. >> golf, golf, golf, golf, more, more. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. vladimir putin was the first world leader to call donald trump after he was sworn in as it will 45th president of the united states. and the president was incensed that staff did not tell him right away, forcing him to delay returning putin's call. that is just one of the revelations in the comey memos, the former fbi director's co...

>> there is no evidence here on any obstruction of justice. >> he told the president i don't leak. what did he tell george stephanopolous? >> good question. >> he leaked. >> this tells us four things. one, whatever you take of comey's judgment, he has a good memory. two, whatever you think of trump's politics he's inconsistent and not reliable, according to comey because the memos show contradictions and misleading statements by trump. three, what everyone thinks of the dossier, trump was obsessed with parts of it and four, trump wanted to keep putin happen. he writes, discovered during his to...

The most salacious claim in the steele dossier, you know the one i'm talking about. according to comey recalling his private dinner with the president on january 20th, 2017, the president said flynn had just informed him about the call from putin while british prime minister theresa may was visiting earlier that same day. now, putin's name is redacted in the memo, but multiple reports have confirmed he was the leader in question. quote, it was then the president learned of blank's call and he confronted flynn about it. flynn said the return call was scheduled for saturday, which prompted a hea...

Through line here. we also have this reporting, julia, from reuters, that says, the russians are saying that the president invited putin to the white house multiple times during that famous do not congratulate call. u.s. president invited vladimir putin to the white house during the call. the news agency quoted foreign minister sergey lavrov saying trump returned to the subject of an invitation during the call last month and russia was now expecting trump to formalize the invitation. what do you make of that? >> this is a classic russian move, these details come not from the american press, no...