intelligence, the democratic party. the most striking take away is the national security story. on the eve of the president of the united states meeting with vladimir putin, in a bilateral meeting, he is wholly unprepared. he could not articulate the importance of western troops in europe, which is a consequence of russian aggression. he could not articulate a strong syria policy, what he might discuss with the president. he could not articulate a strategy on denuclearization. he could not articulate a strategy about crimea. fra frankly, when asked about the investigation that we saw yesterday, he questioned the intelligence community and shrugged off the fact that, perhaps, he'd ask vladimir putin about it. this president is historically unprepared to what he is about to walk into with vladimir putin. >> is this a situation where you have vladimir putin looking at this, and as ambassador chris hill says, sees a man who is behaviorally pliable, and goes in knowing what he wants and how