office, people assumed i would be at war very quickly. and people did have that fear, but by getting into the room with the bad guys and trying to avoid war, it is better to not be judged by results if he can be a control valve on putin, this will be a very good thing for putin and the world. >> it will be hard to know because there will be no record of it. and maybe we have been told an interpreter. we don't know if that is from the state department, or a russian interpreter. we don't know what the president will come away with. he has not called putin a bad guy. he doesn't necessarily think he is. here is where his mind-set was