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Thank you for being with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> do you think it is important in the larger scope of u.s./russian relations for president obama to have cancelled this meeting with the russian president and not made any bones about it? >> well, i think it's an important step certainly, but i think for most of the people who were involved in making that decision, this was seen as the appropriate and prudent step to take. that is he's not cancelling his trip to russia, he's certainly going to go to the g-20 summit. he'll probably meet putin around that summit itself, he'll be in t...

Appropriate and prudent step to take. that is he's not cancelling his trip to russia, he's certainly going to go to the g-20 summit. he'll probably meet puten around that summit itself, he'll be in the photograph with him. he'll be seen at the meetings with him. at the same time. it's very important not to have a high level summit at a time when relations are particularly bad between russia and the united states. and i think if you look at what's going on at lower levels within the u.s. government, those talks are continuing with the defense officials, with foreign ministry officials in russia...

Take. that is he's not cancelling his trip to russia, he's certainly going to go to the g-20 summit. he'll probably meet putin around that summit itself, he'll be in the photograph with him. he'll be seen at the meetings with him. at the same time. it's very important not to have a high level summit at a time when relations are particularly bad between russia and the united states. and i think if you look at what's going on at lower levels within the u.s. government, those talks are continuing with the defense officials, with foreign ministry officials in russia. at all different kinds of leve...

's we begin this morning with exit strategy. president obama is meeting for a second day with nato leaders and afghanistan's president karzai in chicago as they develop a road map to wind down the war by 2014. meantime, thousands of activists marched resulting in dozens of arrests. nick bogart reports from chicago. >> reporter: blocks from the nato summit, police and protesters clash. police using batons and pepper spray. some anti-nato demonstrators throwing paint and other objects at officers. some grabbing the batons and turning them back on the police. at least two dozen were led away. som...

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