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Bills it wants. it's very hard for them to force the president of the united states to do anything. if president trump is determined to make huge concessions to vladimir putin or not make meddling serious, there are some things congress can do but they can't overcome that obstacle. congress is making its voice known. it's better than nothing. i think if you sighee a terribl summit where the president continues to deny and play down what now his own justice department calls a very severe attack, i think that will reinvigorate congress to do more. they can't change trump's mind. as long as the p...

So when you take that along with the fact that president trump leaves nato with a real division from u.s. allies, he isn't really going into the meeting with president putin having the upper hand, which if he had handled these issues differently, could go into the meeting in a much stronger position to get what he wants from president putin, marty. >> let me ask you this, you were on the plane with secretary of state pompeo yesterday as he flew back from mexico. so what was his reaction after the indictment s were handed down? did he think maybe they should change the dynamic? >> not at all. i...

Does he get out of this? >> well, putin has everything to win and nothing to lose in the summit. the optics, the russian president sitting across the table from the american president is a huge win from the russian point of view. two great men, deciding about the fate of the world. he also has a lot of potential concussion concessions he will try to get. putin has been a savvy reader of characters, a very savvy reader of previous american presidents. he will certainly try to use president's trump's affinity towards him to try to get some concessions. whether they be nato military commitments o...

The threat from russia is not over, but in an administration that appears to be, well, in denial over election meddling, will anyone heed dan coats' warning? >> there has been some efforts on the state level. started getting security clearance to coordinate a little bit with the department of homeland security officials. some states are actually considering going back to paper ballots. either as a sort of catch all for prohibiting any electronic tampering. and have that ready. so there is some action being taken place. but when the head of the government, president trump, is still denying some...

This summit in helsinki with putin. they're going to have some kind of news conference but it's not clear if president trump is going to take questions with vladimir putin or not. but either way, lookers both in the united states and elsewhere are looking to see how forcefully president trump is willing to address this issue. but it seems martin based on his comments on twitter today that he is not willing to frame this in the way that a lot of folks would like it to be, as something that needs to be confronted directly with putin in a face-to-face meeting, martin. >> all right, abby phillip t...