putin arrives in helsinki. to the unitedgo kingdom and an important heiress they show which of course means guy johnson. aerospaceimportant show which of course means guy johnson. faury is the guy at airbus that makes things happen. he is the coo. he has a pretty complex job out there. good morning. it used to be that when they came to airbus come all of the complexity was in the engineering. the operating environment was pretty straightforward. things were ticking along quite nicely. is the complexity with airbus now dealing with a more complex operating environment? engineerg to ask the this. guillaume: it is a fast-changing environment. many thingscase for including technology, the market, and the environment. of ramping things up has become challenging. see this as advantageous to airbus at the moment? president trump picking a trade war with beijing? it is important that we keep going in and open market. a free market is essential for aviation. we think there will be no winner if there are trade wars aroun

landing here in helsinki that meeting with donald trump is already donald trump has already met with finland's president in fact the two had breakfast together along with trump who was accompanying her husband on his europe trip although the summit with putin hasn't begun yet some sectors of the media are already in full panic mode just as they were when trump and putin first met. there is unlikely that the president will confront is going to convey to putin that he's weak. from what is now our american perspective was he earned a face to face by the scale bilateral meeting with the u.s. president. the president's trip abroad will also include a meeting with russian president vladimir putin were it leaders of these two countries in the going to hear someone say this is a bad idea when he goes into this nato conference who will he represent we represent the united states when we represent moscow the former k.g.b. colonel in the kremlin could be doing some important intelligence gathering on his american counterpart people are are are terrified the best case scenario is a scenario wher

lyse doucet is in helsinki for us. welcome to this capital that's just been described as a capital student in history. the big question this hour is, will history be made again in helsinki? it's long been a venue of choice for american, formerly soviet leaders, and now a russian president. we have live picked us, vladimir putin is at the airfield just outside the finnish capital helsinki. the russian leader is basking in the glory of having hosted the world cup. the world's premier sporting event. an event, of course, where one side wins the others all lose. will this be a summit between him and the american president, donald trump? —— will just be a win — win. the two presidents have met twice before, on the margins of other gatherings. american officials are saying, don't call it a summit, it's just a meeting. we know from president trump's comments, we —— he loves having a meeting. in the president trump administration, we can listen, we can hear about what he's thinking, what he wants to achieve, by readi

here is a live look in helsinki at the airport where putin has just landed. the high stakes summit is less than an hour away. steve: president trump will arrive at the presidential palace for a sitdown one-on-one with president putin within the hour. brian: all right, eventually they is going to get a chance to leave that plane. all eyes on the two leaders as they tackle several crucial issues. election medaling on top of the list. talking about ukraine and what's going on in syria

helsinki may be summit central. but once the talk is over, u.s.-russia relations always seem to come off the rails. the reason for that has less to do with personalities and ch more to do with deep-seated differences between russia and america -- differe, es in valud their worldviews, differences which traditionally fueled suspicion and rivalry, and have ended up pushing these two great powers apart. but this is new -- a u.s.es prent siding with the kremlin against the fbi. an american leader moreer suspicious of a's allies than of russia's president. in helsinki, donald trump was full of praise for vladimir putin. it is his way of mending ties with moscow. but backing the kremlin is making him increasingly isolated at home. >> i think the political elite is remarkably united. you have seen strong bipartisan legislation to enforce the sanctions, to tighten those sanctions. the question is whethep president tr going to listen to the strong views coming from republicans and s,mocrats that he needs to stick to certain principot make utone-sided conce

president arrives in helsinki. and you know when trump is in town he's here to meet vladimir putin russia's president in a high profile a much anticipated summit it's the last stop on trump's european tour and like elsewhere he's been met with protests around two thousand finns turned out in helsinki to oppose the president's views. and the protesters are all too happy with putin's track record either what will the leaders discuss well it isn't that clear trump's administration has said they are looking for anything concrete i don't expect anything i frankly don't expect very low expectations i think. the rush is a good thing that it's possible. the summit in helsinki is being billed more as an opportunity for the leaders to improve their report then as a chance to hammer out a new relationship but it hasn't all been plain sailing in a television interview the day before he left for helsinki trump once again rattled his european allies. asked who he thought his number one foe was trump said not russia but the e.u.

last we saw in helsinki. accident, quirk of history or not? >> i'm not in a position especially at this distance to know. i don't have the sourcing to know exactly what was going through your minds? there's a lot of lack of communication in that shop or has been. so i don't really know that, but i do know that a senior intelligence official tonight is there's a lot of lack of communication in that shop or has been. so i don't really know that, but i do know that a senior intelligence official tonight is pushing back very strongly against "the washington post" reporting. perhaps robert costa can shed some light on this. they're saying that dan coats went rogue in this interview, and the senior intelligence official telling me they just do not understand the role of intelligence and they don't realize it is not supposed to be political. and it's also to be noted that dan coats came from the senate. twice he was elected from indiana to the senate and that he has a lot of support and allies in the senate. so he's not going to resign. if he's fired

. >> hello from helsinki, finland. our position is directly across from the presidential palace where president trump and vladimir putin meet about 15 hours from now.this is usually a recreational area during the heat of an unusually warm helsinki summer. what this will be our location for the next two days across from the presidential palace. beautiful reception on behalf of the finnish people. the highly anticipated summit takes place at the palace with the two leaders. they've got a lot to talk about. on the agendas, ukraine, and election meddling. the president trying to manage expectations before he heads into that meeting. >> i don't expect anything. i go in with very low expectations. i think getting along with russia is a good thing but it's possible we won't. i think were greatly hampered by the whole witchhunt going on in the united states. >> that interview done over the weekend from his turnberry golf course in scotland. now he's here in helsinki with job roberts. good to see you. you just arrived with the

the president has left helsinki and is on his way ba. to washingt if he had hoped this summit would allow him to move on from quesinons of russian rference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in d.c. christian:on sopel reporting there. maybe it was that moment in the press conference when he was ked about the indictments of 12 russian military officials, ducking the que that did bringsp howls of r not only from democrats but republicans back at home. incapable, th president, to separate collusion from the russia investigation and the findings of histe own igence agencies. when he was asked pointedly about the russian investigation, offnso a off --eered ramblingr about hillary clinton's e-mail servers. he sees the investigation as a deep state plot against him to undermine his election victory and re-freezes point blank to criticize vladimir putin. a lot of people compare that with how other american presidents have behaved alongse russian leaders in the past. think back to ronald reagan, who in the 1980'salled russia the ev

right now we are behind the scenes, though, in helsinki, finland. >>> summertime here in helsinki and the cruise ship are leaving the harbor. what a remarkable time this time of the year. it is daylight literally 20, 21 hours a day as it is right now late in the day. this is our fox news set-up. you saw chris wallace on fox news sunday. this is where we are broadcasting live today and again tomorrow, right across the street from where presidents putin and trump will meet tomorrow. and "special report" will continue right after this. managing blood sugar is not a marathon. it's a series of smart choices. and when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. glucerna. everyday progress. are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi.? a more powerful way to stay connected. it gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it's the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. bill

more live team coverage from helsinki coming up. ♪ jillian: all eyes on helsinki, finland where the countdown is on. donald trump and vladimir putin coming face-to-face. rob: kevin cork traveling with the president joining us from helsinki. what is the mood? they are getting a lot of attention in finland. >> reporter: a great deal of attention. the mood is one of cautious optimism because from the expulsion of russian diplomats, the airstrikes in syria, the incredible pressure on the sanctions regime, the president's willingness to sell heavy armaments to ukraine, he has been tough on ukraine -- despite the harangue from the left that he should do more, something they didn't complain about as much when it came to president obama or that is what the white house will tell you and against that backdrop they argue the president will meet his russian counterpart later today and while let me give you a topic, the times could slide a bit but this will help you what we understand or expect later this morning, at 6:20 eastern time they sit down. anyone in the room except interpreters, very interesting

2 based on what we know about or don't know about helsinki 1. >> exactly. well, for one thing we had three officials today, rod rosenstein here, chris wray here last night, and of course dan coats today saying that cyber is the new terrorism. cyberattacks from overseas, primarily from russia, also from north korea, iran, and china of course. but mostly most aggressively from russia are the biggest threat to the u.s. and could be the equivalent of what happened in 9/11. they are looking forward at what are the biggest dangers we face, and they say and you were reporting earlier that there is reporting from microsoft that there are current threats from -- we don't know if those are foreign actors or those are criminal syndicates, but there are current cyberattacks that are potentially meddling with election boards in various states. and that is the real threat to this election. and what coats said to me today is that the biggest threat we have now to this upcoming election is coming from russia and that we have to protect american democracy from vladimir puti

. >> shep, good evening to you from helsinki. the early indications are, this will cost the president dearly, this summit. he's taking it on the chin. not just from democrats, but from republicans as well. from literally every state across the nation. the president promised twice last week that he was going to have very direct with vladimir putin in asking him about meddling in the election and he told us as he left the press conference at checkers with theresa may that he was going to be very direct in telling vladimir putin that he had better not do it again. so this ambiguous, probably the lightest word you could use, this ambiguous answer about whether he believes american intelligence or vladimir putin about meddling in the election drew a very sharp response from the director of national intelligence, dan coats who in a statement said "the role of the intelligence community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessment for the president and policy makers. we have been clear of the russian meddling and their e

in helsinki. above-average temperature day. a lot of folks are talking about the heat on this day while this meeting continues. today's historic talks kicking off with brief remarks. president trump listing some of the issues he wants to discuss. >> president trump: we have a lot of good things to talk about and things to talk about. we have discussions on everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear, to china, to -- we'll be talking a little bit about china. our mutual friend, president xi. >> sandra: let's turn it over to john roberts live in helsinki with more on what we can expect today, john, good morning. >> sandra, good afternoon to you here from helsinki where we were expecting the press conference to start in about a half hour's time but we're way, way, way behind schedule. that 90 minute one-on-one meeting is still going on and expanded bilateral meeting after that. the reason for the tardiness is vladimir putin true to fashion was fashionably late, arriving here in helsinki and though he got to the presid

the ambassador to russia who is there in helsinki. does he talk to members of the >> there is at least some agreement about what will come out of the meeting. president trump is sort of throwing that playbook

we are live in helsinki. i had president trump summit russian president vladimir putin. ♪ >> he is representing russia. i'm representing the united states. so in a sense we are competitors. not refreshed don't my question a friend or enemies. >> chris: but will the meeting be overshadowed by the indictment of a dozen russian intelligence officers for interfering in the 2016 electio election? >> it's important for the president to know whatvery important decisions for the >> chris: this hour we will discuss all the issues at the summit. election meddling, syria,raine,h the u.s. ambassador to russia, jon huntsman, and with democratic who says president trump should demand russian intelligence stopped their cyber attacks. then, we will review president trump's tense meeting with nato leaders. is he treating adversaries better than longtime u.s. allies? >> if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia. they are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. >> chris: end. >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable

in helsinki thank you it's got the word from the united states that w.'s north america bureau chief is sonic's hundred of knowledge she joins us from washington welcome example so there's already plenty of reaction to today's meeting let's listen to senator chuck schumer rather than taking the opportunity to confront putin and stand up in defense of the united states rather than demanding that putin hand over the russian intelligence agents and i did last week the president took the word of the k.g.b. over the brave hard working men and women of the cia to mazen whenever has a president done something like that. how widely how is this sitting in the scathing opinions on. well i think that pretty much the mood when we talk about the lawmakers in the house and in the senate on both sides of the aisle they have been very critical of president trump's remarks in helsinki specifically on this topic and it's the mood when we talk about russia experts security experts members of the u.s. intelligence community community they have once again said that there is no

president trump is hours away from the summit in helsinki with vladimir putin. his objective is still unclear. >> this is the time for the president to stand-up for america. >> what does putin want from the u.s. president? plus, the big question as robert mueller tries to wrap up the investigation. the new report out, were any americans involved? >>> we begin with a protest in helsinki, finland where president trump and putin will meet for their summit. that will be under way in 24 hours from now, precisely. there's more from the president on the significance of this meeting, however stopping short of what he expected from it. here is a clip from the interview this morning. >> what is your goal from the putin meeting? >> i'll let you know after the meeting. i have absolutely agreed to have a meeting. it's a good thing to meet. i believe in meeting. nothing bad is going to come out of it. maybe some good will come out. i'm going in with low expectations. i can't tell you what's going to happen. i can tell you what i would be asking for and we'll see if something

the ambassador to russia who is there in helsinki. does he talk to members of the >> there is at least some agreement about what will come out of the meeting. president trump is sort of throwing that playbook out of the window but are there any deliverables we can expect? >> remember going into the north korean meeting, the president was playing the game of lowering expectations and then they came out with that communiquc that surprised a lot of people but the critic said it didn't really say anything and that there were a lot of giveaways by the united states in exchange for nothing. there's a lot of caution being aimed at the presidents way to say don't be giving anything away to latimer putin. don't let him stay in crimea and other things he's been doing. in terms of deliverables, you maybe get something on syria. the president is trying to come alongwith russia, craft a plan . for there to be an orderly transition of power in syria. russia is a big patron of assa . i don't know how much he's willing to do on that front. there's al

let's go live to helsinki ahead of that meeting. what's at stake for the united states and what's at stake for russia >> good morning, contessa. enormous stakes for both sides as it meeting is about to begin in a couple of hours' time the events have started here the president this morning meeting with the president of finland for a breakfast session here the president of the united states talking about his meeting with nato calling it a great success last week even the president suggested that the nato leaders agreed to up their spending the nato leaders disputing that. the president coming off controversy there. this morning, the president has been tweeting and said our relationship with russia has never been worse thanks to many years of u.s. foolishness and stupidity. now the rigged witch hunt. that's a reference to the mueller investigation where we saw late friday night the deputy attorney general of the united states dropped indictments for 12 russians for their involvement in a scheme to interfere with the u.s. presidential

helsinki. >> i'm joining you live near the presidential palace in helsinki. president trump, by the way, arrived at his hotel here in helsinki just earlier this evening. the president, president putin is still in moscow. he'll be here first thing tomorrow. and though the two men have yet to come face to face, president trump is already setting a low bar for success. >> nothing bad's going to come out of it. and maybe some good will come out. but i go in with low expectations. i'm not going in with high expectations. i don't -- i don't really -- i can't tell you what's going to happen. but i can tell you what i'll be asking for. and we'll see if something comes of it. >> president trump is mum on what exactly he hopes to accomplish. listen. >> what's your goal from the t putin meeting? >> i'll let you know after the meeting. i have absolutely -- it was mutually agreed let's have a meeting. i think it's a good thing to meet. i do believe in meetings. >> let's go live to our chief white house corr

it's a bridge building city that's how the people of helsinki that's how the president of helsinki that's how everybody here views their role and we're going to see whether they come up with any magic this time around although i doubt it because everybody's playing the expectations down at this point in time let's see if we can pull in our correspondent emily sherrilyn who is in moscow they are emily i just listening to peter there you know we've been talking about how this all looks from the kremlin perspective how is the summit being covered there in russia being seen by russians. well the russian media have been really referring to this summit as historic but on the other hand we've also seen various politicians kind of playing down expectations so it's it's definitely a bit of a mix of things but i think that the russians russians here on the streets as it were would certainly be happy to see you know an improvement in relations between russia and the u.s. people here you know have have been recent months and you know even last year as well continuously kind of concerned about the fac

good night for now from helsinki. have a great evening. bye-bye. chris: then we will review president trump's tense meeting with nato leaders. is he treating adversaries better than long time u.s. allies? >> if you look at it, germany is captive of russia. they are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. chris: and -- >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications and a proven commitment to equal justice under the law. chris: president trump's supreme court nominee heads to capitol hill as the confirmation battle starts. we will ask our sunday panel about democratic efforts to block judge brett kavanaugh. all right now on "fox news sunday". you are looking live at the presidential palace in helsinki, where president trump will meet tomorrow with russian president vladimir putin. the 19th century palace overlooking the waterfront market square and the baltic sea is the same place where george h. w. bush met with soviet leader gorbachev 28 years ago. and hello again from fox news in finland. monday's summit will be

because obviously what you saw in helsinki was that was the real donald trump. that was not a gaffe. that was what donald trump thinks. that is his attitude towards vladimir putin. that is his relationship with vladimir putin. in fact, you know, whether you want to use, you know, the word treason, which i think goes a little too far, it was a betrayal of his own country, it was a betrayal of the presidency, and what you actually saw was collusion in action, which, of course, was ironic. and i think that what a lot of the folks even at fox were seeing is, look, this is a man who was supposed to be strong, never apologize. instead you saw this own seek wuss craven sycophancy in the presence of one of the most thuggish dictators in the world. it was a terrible moment for donald trump, but what a pathetic attempt at a walk-back. >> ashley, where are we on the trump cycle? here's what i mean, those who like you watch him so closely have seen the rare times he's been forced to do a walk-back, a corrective statement. often it's somewhere around 24 hours before he finds

now reporting from helsinki, george stephanopoulos. >> and we are back now live from helsinki where president trump's about to meet vladimir putin. that's the door. we see sarah sanders there, the white house press secretary, john bolton, the president's national security adviser waiting for that first handshake between vladimir putin and donald trump. their first summit meeting of the two presidents, of course, the white house now trying to say this is thought a summit. trying to downgrade it to just a meeting concerned about expectations here. the president has been trying to lower expectations as well. but, jon karl, as i was just saying to you the president congratulated him over the weekend. no word on those indictments of russian intelligence, congratulated him on the world cup. >> no word on that directly from the president and, george, the striking dichotomy her is from the president's national security team, you see -- you hear very strong words about russia, i interviewed his national security adviser john bolton, who you see there just yesterday, he said these indictments strengthe

john bolton was really unhappy with his comments in helsinki. i should point out that i also reported that john bolton didn't think the president should walk the comments back because it would fuel the narrative that he is bending to american criticism which makes him look weak. but there is really no one that i can tell inside the white house who thinks the president is really pursuing the right policy on russia, and we should also point out that defense secretary james mattis has been traveling europe, really trying to almost do his own shadow diplomacy to shore up our relations with our historical native allies. >> what about departures? based on your reporting, gabe, do you think we'll see departures from the white house soon? >> i think probably john kelly is at the top of the list of people who are speculated to be leaving fire loor a long time n. everything i've heard from inside the white house is he is going to be leaving sometime this summer. he's coming up on the one-year mark as his time as special counsel in august. >>> in the next

the helsinki summit is no ordinary meeting it's a vast conspiracy against america and the entire free world at least that's what you think by watching some of the channels we're getting played by our president and certainly we get him played by putin you're saying that russia is handling it was an asset that's that seems to be the that's the appearance to me the worst case scenario for compression collusion but don't trump as many russian intelligence asset some thank you he said so the president of the united states is actually an agent of the russian government that's quite a dramatic claim to make and it's all over us airwaves here's the lady who made it popular putin rather have a puppet as president in a day no it looks like the american people didn't exactly buy this claim at the voting booth however long after trump took the oath the allegations are still with us the talks are connecting russia assault the criminal clan polluted with a foreign government this could really leave a stain on his legacy we are already on the precipice of losing book breed him and independence but t

the crosstalk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle some call donald trump a traitor and the helsinki summit treasonous as the media continue their meltdown a second summit is in the works to be held in washington what was accomplished in helsinki and what is the point of a sequel some. talking summits i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and in cyprus we cross to alex kristof or he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alex let me go to you first in cyprus i want to in this program on to talk about what was and what could happen so let's talk it's one packed helsinki. i don't necessarily think that it was a failure for donald trump as it was a failure for the media and their continued meltdown go ahead. yeah i think it was we don't really know many details as to actual policy that was discussed between

so let's just break in sport and go back to helsinki where we can now see the u.s. president donald trump's motorcade arriving at the presidential palace of course strains our diplomatic editor told us a few minutes ago this is the working palace the where the president actually works on a day to day basis and of course this is where the two presidents will be welcomed certainly by the host to then meet each other for that meeting that's been churchill's of course for monday let's join our diplomatic had to change base in james we are seeing these pictures now of the american presence motorcade arriving slowly at the presidential palace what can we expect in terms of a timeline of events. well the timeline is certainly delay. we had expected this meeting to take place nearly an hour ago and that's because of a late arrival of president putin president trump coming into the presidential palace just after president putin he was here about fifteen minutes ago and this is where the meeting will take place it's not just one meeting there are two phases of the meeting we

rob: the stage is set for the high-stakes helsinki summit. jillian: we are 3 hours from the face-to-face it down with vladimir putin. rob: the world is watching closely to see how donald trump handles several critical agenda items with election meddling at the top of the list. jillian: it is a busy monday morning. rob: we have a fox news team coverage live in helsinki, and henry and allison barber. jillian: kevin, what can you tell

by the president's comments in helsinki. here is the late night reaction. >> where are the servers? i want to know where is the server and what is the server saying? where is the server? >> we know where the server is. he is standing right next to the master. >> putin did say the meeting went very well. in fact it went well that putin said he might make trump president for another four years. >> if you wonder if there is video? we know he does. >> president trump and vladimir putin had a one-on-one meeting today that lasted over two hours. ugh. poor trump. that is a long time to hang out with your boss. >> you just can't help but wonder. why hold the summit? knowing you will question u.s. intelligence and knowing the indictment was coming down of 12 russian officers. still going there in front of the world. >> the american president siding with the russians against his own national interests. the american national interests and american law enforcement. remarkable. >>> when it cannot get more bizarre. charged with conspirein

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helsinki is being called the surrender summit. why? the president had an epic fail in front of the world. he chose vladimir putin's lies over his own country's truth. now, today the president says he misspoke. >> i realize that there is a need for some clarification. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would "instead of "wouldn't." it should have been, i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. sort of a double negative. >> all right. it isn't a double negative, but let's make the case, okay? here is what the president said yesterday about dan coats, okay? here's the main line where the president says the truth will be found. i don't see any reason why it would be russia. that's what made everybody so upset. he says he meant to say wouldn't. and as long as you take it that way, he agrees with the intelligence community, and it's all good. so what's the truth? the truth is found in what follows, okay? let's go back to this a little bit more clean. what follows? this is the best piece of proof for the president that

i see you there in helsinki. i was there a week and a half ago with several other senators talking to folks who are right there on the russian border who are very concerned about the president's seeming acceptance of russia's annexation of crimea. that's something i hope that the president raises and raises forcefully, that that annexation is illegal, and the presence in eastern ukraine is also very detrimental as is the russian presence in syria. >> president trump was asked this weekend about his goals for this summit with putin. listen to this exchange he had. >> what's your goal from the putin meeting? >> i'll let you know after the meeting. i have absolutely -- it was mutually agreed, let's have a meeting. i think it's a good thing to meet. i do believe in meetings. >> are you concerned, senator, the president at least so far he hasn't expressed any clear goal going into the summit? >> well, i am concerned. the president's rhetoric in the past has suggested that vladimir putin is not an adversary. downplayin

many people in helsinki also. took a political stand though we are being told that lots of political advertisements around health and address both to president trump an english and to president putin in russian so it's an interesting political event that everybody is trying to capitalize on the media attention that he's being paid to yes of course is a huge of many people are saying this is really the meeting of the year we don't know exactly what's going to come out of it but all eyes have been on it because everyone wants to know exactly what the to discuss and hopefully will be hearing about that soon now as you're mentioning this is something that everybody has their eyes on including the media that's really given at least the western media has really given a very negative spin as to what might come out of this well i would say liberal and progressive western media because i would assume. that we do have the. now coming out both president trump and let's listen in to their press conference. much of that over t

good afternoon and good evening from helsinki. really appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> on this sunday.take us inside the phone conversation with president trump and benjamin netanyahu. what sort of cooperation do you think they can work when you consider that benjamin netanyahu was in moscow last week with vladimir putin. >> absolute. both events are linked to the prime minister went to moscow to ensure from president putin that israel's redline are respected. and that would be that not assets missiles or soldiers would be close to israel. it would trigger a clash between the two forces. at the same time, he obviously would like to know from president trump what he will be discussing with president putin with regards to syria. abby said, they know the u.s. will make sure that the south of syria should be evacuated by the iranians so to stop any possibility of an escalation with the israelis. it is a triangular question. >> it up-- it is a pretty amazi thing that there has not been a serious incident. but you have the case wh

it became clear, walking back his helsinki remarks via twitter would not be powerful enough. so, he invited cameras into the cabinet room to record him backing the intel community, but even that came with a caveat. >> let me be totally clear in saying that, and i've said this many times, i accept our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. there's a lot of people out there. there was no collusion. >> just in case he forgot to say no collusion, he wrote it right there onto his script in black sharpie complete with one "l." as to why it took so long to launch into damage control, one official told us the president is surrounded by aides who don't disagree with him or are simply too afraid to. so, as the white house scrambled to respond to the overwhelming criticism, president trump decided to say he had misspoken, even though he had backed up his original statement by saying putin was "extremely strong and powerful in his denial." we get more now from jeff zeleny at the white house. >> christine and

the summit in helsinki between the two presidents was always going to raise eyebrows but it was donald trump's refusal to blame his russian counterpart vladimir putin for meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. elections that sparked outrage for only last friday u.s. prosecutors indicted twelve russian spies for hacking cheering that election. will menace president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today there was no collusion at all everybody knows it but that contradicts mounting evidence against russia the intelligence community that has confirmed russian intervention you've got the social media companies facebook twitter you tube confirming russian interference you have all of our partner countries for around europe confirming russian intervention. in an interview off to his meeting with trump putin said u.s. politics was to blame it's absolutely an interest i'm not interested in this issue that it will end this single bid it's the internal political games of the united states you know you didn't mention you were talking of games and it was to football that the russ

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he was thrilled by that meeting in helsinki. the questions are why not didn't people inside the administration know about this? dan coats, of course, the head of the national intelligence, i've asked white house officials why he was taken off guard by this, why he was surprised by this. they don't have an answer. he was traveling, of course. but certainly you could see the look on his face when he was asked the question, did not know about it. the only question remaining now, if it's before or after the election. one thing is clear. this will be a central election issue going forward. >> he might not have known about the second meeting now in the works, but he says three days after the first summit he doesn't know what happened in that first meeting with the president and putin either. all very, very shocking indeed. >>> president trump is finally dismissing putin's so-called incredible offer after top members of his own administration insisted it wasn't going to happen. elise, the president had lunch with mike pompeo, the secre

we don't really know many details as to actual policy that was discussed between the two leaders in helsinki and one of the reasons we don't know that much about the meeting which we should be discussing policy because after all that's that's why they met and that's the important part of this summit all we're hearing about from the media is is the meltdown over how trump is a traitor how quittin is a how trump sold out the united states of america and this mass hysteria is clouding and it's fucking up any discussion as to what the policy that these men discussed was what do they talk about regarding syria regarding ukraine regarding nuclear proliferation no no one's really discussing any of the details and the important stuff and all we're hearing is this complete hysteria about russia about trouble about how he's a puppet of the kremlin and it's reached the point where it's madness i mean you have to be beyond stupid to believe that trump is some sort of kremlin spy some sort of kremlin puppet it's beyond dumb but that's the narrative that they're pushing peter twenty four seven yeah i know

in helsinki, finland. we take over now. a little bit of a waiting game before we see both leaders emerge to take questions in a bilateral press event. perhaps it will be useful to show you what we've missed thus far. to show you their comments to camera earlier before they went in for their one on one session, and as we do, so much has been made of putin's profession, how he does or says nothing by accident. as you watch these clips, notice the body language of the two leaders. >> most importantly, we have a lot of good things to talk about. and things to talk about. we have discussions on everything from trade to military to missiles to nuclear to china. we'll talk a little bit about china. our mutual friend, president xi. i think we have great opportunities together as two countries that, frankly, we have not been getting along very well for the last number of years. i've been here not too long but it's getting close to two years. but i think we will end up having an extraordinary relationship. i hope so. i've been saying

major garret is here in helsinki. major, what have you learned so far? >> well, norah, as you said this is a high visibility, high coverage diplomatic event, and two questions at the front end are significant, what to call it and what to make of it? first, what to call it? for days before we got to helsinki, senior administration officials lobbied white house reporters at times badgered white house reporters, don't call this a summit. just call it a meeting. on the sunday shows that was repeated. yet yesterday with one tweet president trump himself declared it's a summit which brings us to question two, what to make of it? what is on the agenda? what american interests will president trump advance here in helsinki? the president for whatever reason has been incredibly vague about his agenda with vladimir putin. and it's been unclear how significantly he will press that issue of election meddling in 2016 and what, as you said, norah, dan coats, director of national intelligence says, is still going on in preparation for the midterm elections in 2018. ther

the leader of the free world. >> in helsinki. a place filled with history. >> the list you just read is the nightmare of the eu and nato alliance. they have said, look, of course, people should have talks. ea even in the aftermath of the indictme indictments. let's come out and say how putin should behave. they are concerned, though, that president trump must cue to the western line. the western alliance politics. not to music to putin's ears. >> to hear it from people around the administration and friends at fox who are sharing the facility here at the press pool, they believe this is one of the biggest gaps since the two nations have come together at the leadership level for any type of meeting. there are problems and opportunities to get russia to move strategically for the u.s. do you believe there is something that trump can come away with here that is disce discernible victory? >> that is an argument. there is common cause when it comes to some sort of resolution to the horrific civil war going on in syria. when it comes to

and we begin here tonight with the historic summit in helsinki. a rare sight. the american and russian presidents side by side. now leading to a bipartisan backlash over president trump's comments. when asked whether he believed america's intelligence agencies or putin when it came to russian meddling in the 2016 election, trump appeared to side with putin. tonight the controversial comments, the global response, and we go inside putin's russia. it began with a handshake. a quick photo opportunity. president trump with a grin. president putin stone-faced. and then it was down to business. >> great to be with you. >> reporter: after the cameras left the room, it was just the two men and their translators. an unprecedented two-hour off the record meeting. they emerged together, the president of the united states standing side by side with the president of russia, addressing the world and pointed questions about russia's interference in america's election. >> do you hold russia at all accountable for anything in particular? >> yes, i do. i hold both countries resp