provocative as invading crimea, going after the baltics. i didn t meet with the government officials but i don t think they ll perceive donald trump as a weak leader. they ll see listen to his discussions about increasing the military, regaining our strength, about us being select iff ive on what we engage with and what we don t. donald trump is a guy i think vladimir putin will have a lot of respect for. the two of them possibly can get a lot done together. we ve seen secretary kerry and lavrov talk about working togeer to defeat isis. donald trump, much to his cri criticism as a candidate said i ll work with russia to defeat isis. we defeated nazi germany with stalin, of all the thugs in the world. roosevelt made a pact with him. so you can work with your enemies on a lot of different
down to us and lecture us. reporter: putin feels embold emboldened. he brushed off as a myth that russia meddled in the election process in america. putin says they agreed the relationship has to be straightened out. one motive could be to get sanctioned lifted on russia after invading crimea. he chooses very carefully the setting, the environment, that he wants in place when he has a meeting with a foreign leader. whether that s bringing a dog to a meeting to scare angela merkel, or invading syria to have a different conversation about ukraine and sanctions with the new american administration. reporter: but some experts worry if trump acts impulsively or doesn t rely on solid advice,
obama s program in a negative light. they also found they unreasonably intrude into the private lives of ordinary citizens. does russia intercept, store or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals? reporter: that bit of political theater gave the former kgb officer a chance to score propaganda points. putin boast thad while moscow of course engages in surveillance it is limited and quote strictly regulated by law. translator: so our special forces can use special equipment as they intercept phone calls to follow someone online. you have to get court permission to stalk a particular person. we don t have a mass system of such interception. reporter: of course the u.s. surveillance effort that s obama now wants to rein in also follow the law. it s hard to miss the irony. snowden allowing putin to pose as a champion of law as he s threatening eastern ukraine after flouting international law by invading crimea. snowden s disclosures allowed
shoulders because i have to defend him every day. some days i feel like i m the only fire plug in a westminster dog show. i ve talked to the white house and said why don t you guys give us something, anything to work with, those of us out here in the trenches. you know, there always seems to be something. you know, like health care, today is a good day for them. they ve got 7 million people, right? or last friday was. and this is a big deal. but it s been sold so badly. and they ve got no message that s worth a [ expletive ] as far as i can tell. do you talk to the white house regularly? yeah. i used to talk to them more than i do now. why is that? they re not big fans of fax, more her than him. michelle obama. but i still have contacts. they ll whisper to me when i call, but at least they ll give me what i need. i know you think the president has had a pretty good record in office, but the last year, problems with syria, problems with russia, invading
lot of this the on his own shoulders because i have to defend him every day. some days i feel like i m the only fire plug in a westminster dog show. i ve talked to the white house and said why don t you guys give us something, anything to work with, those of us out here in the trenches. you know, there always seems to be something. you know, like health care, today is a good day for them. they ve got 7 million people, right? or last friday was. and this is a big deal. but it s been sold so badly. and they ve got no message that s worth a [ expletive ] as far as i can tell. do you talk to the white house regularly? yeah. i used to talk to them more than i do now. why is that? they re not big fans of fax, more her than him. michelle obama. but i still have contacts. they ll whisper to me when i call, but at least they ll give me what i need. i know you think the president has had a pretty good record in office, but the last year, problems with syria, problems with russia, invadin