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Equivocating. Well, i would because he is in charge of the country. Just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happened in this country. So certainly as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. And here is then the whiplash. But he denies it, so if you believe u. S. Intelligence agencies, is putin lying to you . I dont want to get into whether or not he is lying. I can only say that i do have confidence in our intelligence agencies as currently constituted. I think that dan coats is excellent. So excellent dan coats is the director of National Intelligence who stated in no Uncertain Terms that russia is still targeting the United States. When the president was asked about that, that very question targeting the United States yesterday, he said no, the reporter who asked that question says that it was clear he was looking right at her, he was answering the question. But the white house later says that the reporter and everyone else watching it play out was misunderstood. So are you enjoying the whiplash so far . Lets get back to the white house. Abby phillip is there for us. Another point of whiplash now is that we do now know that the president was told everyone before the inauguration that it was he was shown evidence that it was Vladimir Putin who directly ordered the hack on the election. What is the white house saying . Reporter yeah, thats right. That is one of the reasons why this has become so difficult to explain why three days later the whouts is still answering questions about what the president actually believes about the Intelligence Communitys assessment. Back in january 2017 according to the New York Times in a meeting at trump tower National Security officials, the president was briefed on this, he was shown intelligence top secret intelligence i should say showing Text Messages between these Russian Military Intelligence Officers who were believed to be responsible for the attack, talking about the attack, talking about the strategy and origins of the attack. And also he was shown evidence from a top secret source, an associate close to putin who talked about putins role in directing the attack. Now, the director of National Intelligence under obama James Clapper was on new day this morning and he confirmed that that briefing happened, that the president acknowledged it and more or less accepted it, but that hasnt explained why over the last year and a half the president has gone back and forth about what exactly he believes when it comes to election meddling. And even this morning President Trump is tweeting all morning about this meeting with putin calling it a great success, blaming the Fake News Media who he has called the enemy of the people, but also saying that wants to have a second meeting with Vladimir Putin at some point in the future. Now, there are questions about what even happened in his first meeting with putin. Two hours of the two of them basically alone and the u. S. Government is still struggling to understand what exactly the president agreed to, so you can imagine a second meeting seems a little ways off. Lets first figure out what happened in the first one. Maybe, maybe not. Thank you so much. So minutes from now, we will hear from another important voice in all of this. The second of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be speaking in colorado. What will say, will she echo what Christopher Wray said last night . Listen. Russia attempted to interfere with the last election. And then it continues to engage in blind in you operations to this day. Joining me is niamalika henderson and mark preston and also bob beyer. Thanks for coming in. Bob, you had dan coats speaking out. And then you have Christopher Wray saying in no Uncertain Terms it is russia and ongoing. But depending on when you catch him, the president either agrees or disagrees. Does it bring ycomfort or what does this . Ive never seen it where the intelligence agencies and fbi director come out against the president. Almost a revolt in the ranks. Because they know he is absolutely wrong. He is saying it could be somebody else that hacked, but everybody they have a smoking gun on the gru. They caught them on tape talking about it, they have names, ranks, addresses. They have everything. I mean, you could take this to court and get a sure conviction in a day. So for the president to throw doubt on this, throw cold water on their case as everybody said, he is taking the side of the russians over american intelligence which is got a good thing. He is not defending this country. And by the way wray, they didnt attempt, they did get in and they did affect the elections. Whether they threw it or not is something else. It wasnt just an attempt. And what scarce me es me, the y doing it right now and i think Homeland Security chief will say that as well. They simply cannot deny the facts. And that a is where a lot of the question and there are not a lot of great answers. What has the u. S. Congress done, what has the administration done to try to stop it in its tracks other than, i dont know, whatever was said in that oneonone meeting. But mark, so you have coats knew what i was doing when he put out his statement. Christopher wray knew what he was doing when he made those comments last night. Is their message to the country or is their message to the president . I think it is to both. To the country, i think what they are trying to do is to kaumg acalm any concerns or fears that people might have about the Intelligence Community and the investigation. And the new poll numbers from cbs confirm the fears that in fact the Intelligence Community is not looked kind upon by republican republican. But it is being a message being sent to the president as well. Dan coats and Christopher Wray didnt come to washington with donald trump in the sense. They are pretty established figures. They dont need donald trump to make their legacies. Their legacies have already been crafted. The fact is now i think they are sending a message to donald trump saying you cant change us any more than we are right now and were standing by what our assessment is. Lets talk about some of the pollnumbers. This is the first real poll since the summit and in it, 32 overall approved of hiS Performance in helsinki, 8 democrats, 29 independents, 68 of republicans approve of the president S Performance. Is that everything you need to know on the question of is there going to be any real blow backe again against the president despite the tough words from which i will . I think that is really. And the candidate said he should shoot somebody on fifth avenue and wouldnt lose any supporters. It was obviously an exaggeration, but it did get at the fierce partisanship going on in both parties really, but obviously very apparent in the Republican Party. And what is also striking is the ways in which donald trump as the leader of the Republican Party has fundamentally altered the ways in which are not voters think. At this point the way they view putin is sort of on the rise. They view him much more favorably now than they did in the past. They dont seem to necessarily have these hawkish views in the ways that the typical Republican Voters had in the past. So you will see by and large folks on the hill line up with that, on the one hand trying to be tough on putin in their language, but not really go after trump very much and that is what weve seen overwhelmingly even those paul ryan was tough in his language about putin, he didnt really go after President Trump and not many senators did either. Is prologue on that one. Bob, were now learning that the president was shown evidence two week before the inauguration that putin personally ordered the cyberattack on the election to attempt to sway the election. Last night he still equivocates these on Holding Putin personally responsible saying because he is the leader of the country is why you would hold him responsible much like you would hold me responsible for things that happen here. You saw that and you thought what . Well, i thought as a former professional in the work, in intelligence, that this case against the 13 russians, the military officers, is great. It is great intelligence. What i dont think is that he understands it. I dont think he understands how damning this intelligence is against russia, against putin. And their Intelligence Services. He just didnt get it. And this is what happens when you elect an amateur to the presidency. You run into this thing. But he is particularly stub brorn. I suspect he has an aging mind and cant absorb new facts. And he also has financial interests really, bob, really . I do. Yeah. He also has financial interests to putin. There is no evidence of those two things, but continue. You look at the guy, for me it is enough. He cannot be convince the by his own Intelligence Services when the information is so good there is something wrong here. It is either he is speaking in behalf of putin as a business partner, and they do have Business Associations which go back to the 9090s or he simply doesnt understand it. There is no in between. Mark, play this one out for me though. Because what weve seen from the president since helsinki is instead of talking about what happened in the meeting with putin, which Everyone Wants to know, the president just blamed the media for not covering the meeting. That was like one of the more m jeff glor last night. There is no way anybody could cover it any other way because this is the way the president wanted it, he wanted to be just a oneonone meeting. Which in and of itself is very strange that you would have Vladimir Putin and donald trump sitting oneonone without senior level staff around them. But attacking the media as we all know is an easy and time trusted honor successful strategy. But talk about what happened in the meeting. Likely a lay it out. But this is an important data point about where we are politically. If you look at the approval of Donald Trump Holding the summit with putin, you have nearly 7 in 10 republicans saying that they approved of that. That is an astounding number for a Republican Party that we have come to november and understand and has championed this whole fight against the cold war, this threat of democracy, the idea of economic freedom, whatever. But the bottom line is you have a Republican Party now not here in washington but all throughout america that thinks that this is a good idea. That in itself is troubling and that is why donald trump can get away with saying anything he wants. Lets see what he says next. Guy, appreciate it. Thank you so much. Coming up, the state department calls it absurd. The white house, i dont even know. Wont rule it out . Vladimir putin asking to interrogate former u. S. Ambassador and businessman who is a major critic of the kremlin. One of those men on putins wish list joins me next. Plus what else did trump and putin discuss in their meeting or what at all did they discuss . Only on the translators know. And now a member of congress, many of them, want to subpoena the president s translator. A member of congress is joining us live with that request. Well be right back. Im a fighter. Always have been. When i found out i had agerelated macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. My doctor and i came up with a plan. It includes preservision. Only Preservision Areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula recommended by the National Eye Institute to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd. Thats why i fight. Because its my vision. Preservision. Also, in a greattasting chewable. Know what . No, what . I just switched to geico. And got more. More . Got a company i can trust. Thats a heck of a lot more. Over 75 years of great savings and service. You cant argue with more. Why would ya . 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Is this a topic that came up in their conversation, did putin raise this with President Trump . There was some conversation about it, but there wasnt a commitment made on behalf of the United States and the president will work with his team and well let you know if there is an announcement on that front. And dont forget, in helsinki, the president of the United States called putins request an incredible offer. And what he did is an incredible offer. He offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigate torts with respect to the 12 people. I think that is an incredible offer. With respect to the 12 pe. I think that is an incredible offer. Joining me now, one of the men putin asked for, bill broder. Thanks for coming in. What did you think when Vladimir Putin name checked you there . You are the one person he specifically mentions that he wants trump to basically turnover if he could as part of a negotiation. Well, i wasnt surprised overall because this is not the first time putin has mentioned my name. Over a period of years, ive really gotten under Vladimir Putins skin because im the person who initiated the magnitsky act which has been pass the now in the United States and six other country which is freezes the assets and bans visas of people i should say human rights violators around you Vladimir Putin. So he is extremely angry. He would like to get his hands on me, hed like to kill me like he killed my lawyer 8 1 2 years ago. And you facing interrogation by russian agents would mean what for you . Well, effectively what the russians have said very clearly on a number of occasions is they would like to get me back to russia, they would like to send me back to russia. And once im back in russia, they would like to kill me. And so anything that begins that process is effectively a death sentence for me. Still did it seem surprising on the level of where this came up between in a press conference between Vladimir Putin and the u. S. President . Well, ive told people for a long time that i believe that im putins number one foreign enemy. And sometimes people have scoffed at that. But i think the fact that putin brought it up pretty much validates my assertion that he is really, really mad. Putin is really mad. And he really really wants to get his hands on me. And this is not the first time that hes brought it up. Not the first time that they have tried to using International Treaties and negotiations to get me. Ive been put on the interpol list now seven times by the Russian Federation to try to get me back from russia. I was arrested in in in madrid 30. The last time you spoke, thats right. So this is happening day in, day out. I would guess that there are probably 250 people working fulltime inside the kremlin and other Law Enforcement agencies in russia trying to figure out how to get me back to russia, how to kill me, detain me, destroy me. But i want to focus on the President Trumps reaction to this. After the president called it an incredible offer, what did you think . Well, i think that that is probably one of the most insane things ive ever heard coming out of his mouth. Basically he wants to hand over me and i should points out that there are ten other people who Vladimir Putin is asking to be handed over who are all effectively government officials or former government officials in the u. S. Government who have been the foot soldiers in fighting against russian corruption helping on the magnitsky act and investigating russian organized crime in the United States. Effectively what President Trump was saying is that he wants to take a bunch of loyal patriots, people who have given up money for Government Service to serve their nation, who have been protecting that this nation against russian interference, russian organized crime, and he wants to hand them over to the russian criminals. And that has to be the most insane crazy thing ive ever heard. And then the answer from the white house days later, right, the press secretary saying that essentially well have to get back to you when asked about it. How concerned are you . Well, i cant so whatever kind of dirty deals donald trump and Vladimir Putin are doing behind closed doors, there is a rule of law in the United States. The United States is a country of laws. And the United States has very clear laws in relation to mutual Legal Assistance with russia and extradition with russia and various other things. And you have agencies that operate on those laws. And i dont think that there will be people who work in the apparatus of the Law Enforcement agencies of the United States that are going to be going along with the dirty deal with putin. I just want to make sure for those who dont know, and you and i talked about this before, to explain why putin hates you so much. Your attorney died in a russian prison while investigating a massive tax fraud scheme in russia that as you point out involved everyone putin and those around him. Putin accuses you and others as fraud. But after that, you were able to get the United States strike some of the strongest sanctions against russia that at u. S. Has imposed. With all of that in mind, if you could speak to President Trump now, what do you want him to know today about you or about Vladimir Putin . Well, i think i mean, i wrote an open letter to President Trump before the summit where i said Vladimir Putin is a bald faced liar, a criminal and killer. And he should know that. And he should also know that to hand me over to putin is basically to hand me over to my death. And ive been fighting for human rights, ive been fighting for justice for my murdered lawyer sergei magnitsky. So to hand me over to his death would be insane. And you are a british citizen, but have you heard anything from the u. S. Government . Ive heard a lot of things from the u. S. Congress. Ive had many, many communications with senators and representatives on both sides of the aisle who are fully shocked by this and on my side and ready to do whatever it takes. But i have not spoken to anyone in the official apparatus of the the Trump Administration. All right. Bill, thank you so much for coming on. Really appreciate it. It sure says something that whenever you you come on, we are very careful to not reveal your location because that is the state of things for you. I really appreciate you coming on as always. Thank you. 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She didnt say that part. There are two leaders in the room. Lets move on right now though. Well continue to listen to her and bring you updates as she continues to be interviewed by peter alexander. Two leders in t erleaders and t in the room. No one else. And facing questions about what was sxatdth exaexactly agreed t anything, there are growing calls on capitol hill to hear it straight in the translate toor mouth. But not every republican agrees. Manu raju has new reporting for us. Youve been speaking to a lot of folks on the hill. Lindsey graham had something to say. What are you picking up . Reporter thats right, despite the push by democrats to get this interpreter to testify on capitol hill, republicans are pushing back. Even republicans who have been sharply critical of the president s handling of the summit, they raise concerns about what they believe would be a bad precedent by forcing an interpreter to come before capitol hill. Lindsey graham was one of them. He has been one of the sharpest critics of the president s handling of russia, but when i asked him specifically whether or not they should ask this translator to come before capitol hill, he said this absolutely not. That will be the last time you ever have a foreign leader meet with the president of the United States privately. And i can tell you there may be times where we need to do that, so i cant imagine how that would affect future president s in terms of their ability to talk to foreign leaders. Reporter so, kate, that is not to say that Lindsey Graham has been praising the president S Performance this week. There have been other significant amount of criticism that he levied against this president and others have joined as well saying that the president that significant lily misjudged proout and he w misjudged Vladimir Putin and he was not prepared for that summit. When it comes to russia, it has been a bad week and it is imperative that he understand that he is misjudging putin. I dont think he is as prepared as well as he should have been. This is a miss the opportunity. We are being forced a narrative that is bad for us as a nation. It came across weak. Reporter and wait for some legislative action as well potentially the senate may consider at least a resolution reaffirming the support for the Intelligence Community and possibly a sanctions package. That could take weeks to play out. And i want to get back to the secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and what she said about election meddling. We all recall that you had asked her i think pretty of the same question not so long ago and she had a very different answer. And a couple months ago, i asked her directly do you believe the Intelligence Communitys 2017 assessment that Vladimir Putin wanted donald trump to become president. And at that time she pushed back, she actually said that that is not what the Intelligence Community assessment said when in fact that is what the assessment said and Vladimir Putin himself confirmed hits own personal intentions this week. But she pushed back on that. Her spokesperson later had to clarify her remarks. But her remarks today interesting in light of those previous comments from a couple months ago. Sure is. Great to see you. Thank you. Joining me right now, one member of congress pushing to hear from the translator who was in the meeting with the two leaders, congressman from new jersey. Thanks for coming in. The National Security council had said that they are still rescrewing the meeting. What notes or recordings do you think there are . I think the American People deserve to hear either from the president or the translator as to what happened in those meetings. I know the military is anxious to hear what is going on, of course they will be affected by whatever quote unquote agreement as Vladimir Putin said there was, what are those agreements that will affect a many aspects of the american society. So i think we have a right to know. Ive asked and i sent the letter to both trey gowdy and elijah cummings. This is full translation. And there is push back. And we are no on different than where we were on monday. We need to get some facts here. But calling up the translator to congress in public or private, it would be an extraordinary move. And Lindsey Graham was speaking to reporters and he makes the case that he says that it would set a horrible precedent doing so, impacting future president s and their ability to talk candidly with foreign leaders. Do you see that . Well, the president can invoke executive privilege. He has every right to do that under the powers of the executive branch of government, then he should come ford and te forth and tell us what those agreements are. Why are we learning from the russians what the agreements are . Does that make any sense whatsoever . Not to me. And a lot of other people. Senator sheehan in the senate, congressman joe kennedy in the house agree with me. Others have agreed with me. And i think if you get republicans oneonone, many of them would agree also. We need to know what those agreements were that we learned about generally from mr. Putin. Would you leave open the possibility that there were no agreements that were reached and that is just putin being putin and russia lying . Well, there has been a lot of lying going on in the last serve days to the American People eventually. And we need a reckoning here. We cannot have a fall back after every time we disclose what really happened or we were misunderstood. Sometimes we use the wrong words. This is not the case in this situation. We knew what to sxenkts. A expect. And that is why i began to read into the record on thursday night of last week what the dossier actually did say. 84 of which has been proven credible. I think that steele dossier is very pertinent to not only muellers investigation, but what were doing this week. Can i mention one other thing when i was in berlin the last time, the first thing i wanted to do is go to the east germany. East berlin. And the reason i wanted to go to east berlin, i wanted to see the place where the kgb operated. How they got their information and the rooms that they worked in and on the citizens that they worked on. Were dealing here with a very serious situation. These are extraordinary times. Asking for the translator to come forth is extraordinary. But let me tell you, that experience that i had in that building where Vladimir Putin operated in east berlin is enough for me to understand how all of these people operate. He is a former kgb and we need to keep this in mind. And i think the president has been had. The American People havent been had, the president has been had. Congressman, let us see what happens with regard to any request for the translator. And well follow up. Count on us. Well see. With republican majority, im not sure that getting the drans la translator without approval from the white house is going to happen. Regardless, well follow it. Thank you, congressman. Of course coming up, the Trump Administration and china and fierce battle over tariffs. And then and now, and for the foreseeable future about you now a fierce war of words. What the president s top economic adviser is saying what china has been saying back. And out American Farmer is trapped smack dab in the middle. That is next. s symptoms following you everywhere . Its time to take back control with stelara®. For adults with moderately to severely active crohns disease, stelara® works differently. 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China has responded to kudlows comments calling them bogus accusations. So while they are trading barbs and raising tariffs, American Farmers are stuck in the middle. Cnn went out west to utah and colorado to get a firsthand look at how this trade war is playing out in real time. Watch this. As the sun peeks over the mountains in west would he haea ron gibsons cauows are already lining up. But as the farmer watches over his operation, he also has an eye on his twitter feed. I always hope that one morning President Trump is just going to wake up and send out that 3 30 in the morning tweet that says tariffs are gone. Reporter he voted for donald trump and supports most of the president s agriculture policies. But he believes u. S. Farmers will suffer the most from trade wars with countries that buy american agricultural goods. We can talk about harleydavidson, we can talk about some of the costs that will go up. Agriculture is definitely the tip of the sphere in the retaliatory tariffs placed against the United States. Reporter for farmers in the west already battling drought and immigration labor shortages, losing foreign buyers could push them to the brink. We have 160 dairies in the state of utah right now. It is a very real possibility that by the end of this year, we could have 100. Pretty soon, you know, you have to say i cant do this any more. We really, really, really count on workers that come from mexico. I call them agricultural athletes. They are phenomenal. They are incredible workers. Reporter this first generation fruit farmer worries a trade war with mexico and trumps harsh immigration policy will irreparably harm the relationship to the point he and fellow colorado growers wont be able to find workers willing to come the hard work of handpicking their peaches, their apples and plumbs. What is hard is the uncertainty. To see what is happening with the politics in mexico right now, it is concerning to think about what that could potentially do to our labor force. Reporter that is something that keeps farmers like ron gibson up at night. And once those foreign buyers leave, they may never return. It is heartbreaking to me to watch what i believe is the core of america struggle for survival. I just hope that washington, d. C. Can do everything that it can to help the American Farmer to be successful because i believe that when the American Farmer is successful, we will be successful as a country. So concerns are real, but it is not just fear of what is coming. They are already starting to feel it, gibson who you heard from there, he says he is already taking a dramatic hit financially. Last month he saw some of the worst checks come in that he has received in the last decade. And when he saw them come in, he says he litter will cried. Well keep bringing these stories to you. Coming up still this hour, the u. S. Court not taking any chances with an accused russian spy and has ordered her to be held in jail without bail until trial. Why . Details ahead. [ coughs ] s whoa, whoa, whoa. Your one item would be the name your price tool . It helps people save on car insurance. Why wouldnt it save me . Why . What would you bring . A boat. Huh. U. S. Court is not taking any chance with an accused russian maria butina pleaded not guilty but is remandatoried to jail until her trial because shes an extreme flight risk. Matthew chance is live from moscow on this. Matthew, what are we learning about maria butina . Reporter well, first of all, this case of maria butina has become yet another thorn in the side of the very difficult relationship between moscow and washington. What i think is most fascinating about this saga is what it tells us about the lengths to which russia has, apparently, gone to try to infiltrate America Political organizations. Using every weapon in their arsenal. She appealed directly to the heart of american conservatism. Combining a passion for guns with a youthful charm. Im a representative of Russian Federation here, and im a chairman of the rights to bear arms. Its a russian nonprofit organization. Reporter unlike profile, butina was born in siberia, a year before the fall of the berlin wall. And spent her childhood navigating the rocky transition from communism to capitalism. She apparently launched a chain of small Furniture Stores in her home town before moving to moscow where it says her interests in expanding the rights of average russian citizens caught the attention of the most Senior Leaders of the Russian Federation. Butinas gun lobbying got her Privileged Access in the United States including to the National Rifle association. John bolton then an nra official now u. S. National security adviser appeared in a 2013 video used by butinas organization to encourage the russian government to loosen gun laws. Should the russian people have the right to bear arms . I can share with you a word about what this particular freedom has meant to americans, and offer you encouragement as you consider embracing that freedom. Im visiting from russia. So my question good friend of obama, putin. Reporter now known putins golf club lobbying brought her into direct contact with donald trump, the russian asking the then president ial candidate at a public libertarian event in 2015 about russia and sanctions. I believe i would get along very nicely with putin, okay. And i mean where we have the strength. I dont think you need the sanctions. Reporter butina has denied allegations against her, comparisons have been made between her and ana chapman flamed here russian agent who gained notoriety and celebrity after being arrested in the United States after being part of an illegal spy ring in 2010. Butina offered sex in exchange for a position in a special Interest Organization during her work in the u. S. It all raises questions about whether butina really was just a russian gun lobbyist or had her sights set on another target. Kate, as you might expect the reaction here in moscow has been to cast this case as more principle posturing coming out of the United States. The Russian Foreign ministry issuing a statement saying the arrest was designed to undermine the positive results of the summit between President Trump and his russian counterpart in helsinki. Coming up for us the secretary of Homeland Security says there is no question that russia tried to meddle in the u. S. Elections and will try to do it again. 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Plus 18 months on the job and the president finally says he holds putin responsible for the 2016 election attacks. But he wont call putin a liar and theres new bipartisan outrage as the president entertains a kremlin request to interview americans who are putin critics. Democrats say its not