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President trump. >> it was extraordinary to see during the nato summit, there were reports coming out of rush yao that russian guests on russian state television were saying, i never thought in my lifetime i would see an american president doing what the russians have tried to do since 1949. >> they're thankful. >> which is collapse nato and the western alliance. president trump the leader of the western world standing up for western values and the western alliance. meantime, of course, and this whole meeting has been given this terminology summit which raises it perhaps beyond in fact what it...

Believed he is what he appears to be. and so there are going to be people who just, you know, probably should leave. >> would you tell your -- you wrote that -- let me put up a piece from your piece in the atlantic, why american spies worry when trump meets with putin. for the intelligence collector, the worry is the more trump denigrates western values and displays a sense of personal dishonesty the less the u.s. looks like a better option. why risk your life to provide information to the u.s. president who doesn't understand the stakes and the work of his security profession. can you draw th...

Government embraced western values and democracy was never. dealing with putin is like hand feeding a shark. you can do it but you have to do it very, very carefully. >> reporter: as for the pick, there will be confirmation with just too many conservative or competitive races i should say in red states where democrats could be in trouble. and with the campaign season fast approaching for the midterms, the white house invited we should note some of those endangered democrats for tonight's event and at this point they appear to be saying, no thanks. wolf? >> at least right now. thank you very mu...

>> what did he say to you? i assume the reaction was, we didn't do it, because that's when we've heard publicly. but what did they say to you? >> well, it got testy at times. they, of course, deny everything. but -- and i expected them to. look, the last time that the russian government embraced western values and democracy was never. we're not going to convert their political leadership. we're going to have to contain them. and the only way to contain them, you don't have to be ugly about it, but you've got to be very, very firm. dealing with putin is like hand-feeding a shark. you can do it,...

Sent calling for brunson's release. tell me about the sanctions package you are putting together. >> putting pressure directly on those individuals. they are actually doing the hostagetaking and facilitating him being held. this is turkey, and ally with the united states for a long time. a great partnership fighting terrorism. and a dramatic shift from who they have been than partnership and shifting away from western values and ideas and rule of law and all those things that bound us together, something we don't recognize. we want to restore this relationship, we didn't move, they have moved....