between president trump and putin last november were far more substantive. according to the "the new york times," president sat down with no translator. instead, the president was accompanied by his wife melania, putin was accompanied by his translator. >> white house had characterized it as a formal discussion. but the two leaders discussed a number of foreign policy issues including the conflict in syria. russia's november attack on three ukrainian naval ships. "the washington post" recently reported that president trump tried to hide the details, including the one he had in the g20 summit in hamburg in 2017. >> another private meeting there and we don't know what the substance was. the president's intelligence clearly don't agree.