no other aides. no other members of the cabinet there. here is what russian foreign minister sergey lavrov told the kremlin-backed network rt about the thinking behind that decision. >> there will be no other aids in the room. you will not be in the room? >> well, as things stand now, that is what the american side proposed and we are polite people so we agreed. >> because they are polite. they agree. why do you think the president requested time alone with vladimir putin? david? or andrew, pad on me. >> no worries. biggest risk is the fact that has seemed prone in the past to adopt the rhetoric of people he meets with. you saw the last time he met with vladimir putin. he said, well, the president of russia said he didn't do it so