would give a major address. he yelled for a long time, then said that at the very end before he got back on the plane to come back to the states, this is the statement the white house had to put up to try to clarify. the clarification doesn't make any sense. the president's point that was that putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. he was not discussing putin's power in russia or regime change. so the question is, what us did the kremlin believe? rachel: we have that statement, pete. the kremlin spokesperson says, it is not up to the president of the united states and not up to americans to side who will remain in power in russia. only russians who vote for their president can decide that. clearly the russians heard what the president said and interpreted it as regime. it wouldn't be exaggeration for them. we have been involved in regime