vladimir putin does. making any concessions of russian election meddling is not on that agenda. for russia there's the hope of getting a clean slate when it comes to the annexation of crimea and its continued involved in ukraine. there will also be an attempt by putin to widen the gulf between trump and the nato allies, possibly getting him to cancel joint military exercises. there's the issue of syria and whether the u.s. would consider leaving the country's fate to russia and its support of the syrian regime. to get started let's bring in nbc news nightly anchor, lester holt, who joins us from helsinki. lester, thank you for joining us this afternoon. very much appreciate it. we know president trump has been met with protests everywhere that he has gone on this european trip. what's the atmosphere that you've seen so far in finland? >> well, there were protests here as well, but i have to tell you if i didn't know there was a summit between these two leaders, i don't know that i would have sensed it walking the