director of national intelligence dan coats. he learned the news from nbc's andrea mitchell during a live interview at the aspen security forum. >> we have some breaking news. the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> vladimir putin coming -- >> did i hear you? >> yes, yes. >> okay. >> yes. >> that's going to be special. >> that's going to be special. it is a noupsment comes after president trump faced massive bipartisan -- i'm going to say that one more time -- bipartisan backlash for his commons with putin in finland. can you believe that was on monday? feels like a lifetime ago. namely for not backing trump's