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investigation of trump s contact with the russians. troop says the ambassador met with someone. what s the they do. he said secret deals are plain his tieria and quote how should we stop that? take a pim or something? brian todd, cnn, washington. brian todd at the u.s. embassy. claire, good to have you at this hour in moscow t. russian president is take a certainly more vocal approach, even suggesting as we we heard if brian s peace there, there may have been patriotic russians behind hacking but not the government. explain this change of tone. reporter: right. yes. it s fascinating. you and i had multiple discussions over the past weeks and months, since then he has been able to bring various different ways of saying no comment from the kremlin. just as you say, a much more vocal perhaps defensive kremlin. you know, i think the question is why now, really? one kremlin, that perhaps it s because the kremlin feels the
man-made islands in the south china sea. the scope and effect of china s construction activities in the south china sea differ from those of other countries in several key ways. this includes the nature of its militaryvation. china s contempt for other nation s interests and etc. efforts to dismiss non-adversarial resolution of issues. we oppose countries militarizeing artificial islands and forcing excessive maritime claims unsupported by international law. the president trump s decision to withdraw from the paris climb accord is causing a furious response from former u.s. secretary of state john kerry. kerry has said climate change is as big a threat to the united states as terrorism or poverty. he told cnn s christiane amanpour that mr. trump is making a big mistake. the e chief has really been
sanctions. something that never happened. lifting sanctions as a free gift struck me, strikes me notice as a bad, bad idea. my colleagues were concerned about this and so was i at the time. reporter: the white house press secretary sean spicer would not comment on reports the administration is considering returning seized russian compounds here in the u.s. he says that jared kushner absolutely continues to have the full confidence of the president. jessica snyder, cnn, washington. vladmimir putin is denying they interfered. at a wide ranging news conference, he also spoke highly of the u.s. president. and he answered questions about donald trump s controversial decision to pull the u.s. out of the climate agreement. here s our brian todd. reporter: it was trademark vladimir putin appearing on stage from a marathon interview forum. the russian leader surprised the