and actually john bolton are reading from the same sheet of music when it comes to taking real action to stop russia. but the fact is, it s just not working yet. the president says he wants to have a good relationship with putin. he had that famous march 20th phone call in which he congratulated him. he didn t raise some of the most sensitive issues, including the poisoning of an ex-russian spy in the uk or russian interference in the u.s. presidential election and the fear among u.s. intelligence and law enforcement officials that they re doing it right now ahead of the midterm elections in november. right. and he apparently invited vladimir putin to the white house despite the fact that again putin is attacking our country. and putin hasn t taken any good-faith measures to show that he wants to have a constructive conversation. it s almost like president obama implemented this russia reset strategy at the beginning of his administration to try to improve relations, and there agai
said today at the easter egg roll flanked by the first lady and the bunny with the permanently horrified expression. the 11th hour with brian williams on a monday night begins right now. good evening once again as we start a new week here. day 438 of the trump administration, a day the president started out by unleashing attacks on his own our own justice department, the fbi, amazon, cnn, nbc, mexico, democrats, and so-called caravans of people traveling through mexico. more on all of those later. and it all came down as we learned from the kremlin that donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the white house. according to one of putin s aides, the overture came during that now famous march 20th phone call, the one in which the president ignored the warning not to congratulate putin on his victory in a rigged election. that call. the president hinted at the visit during a news conference at the white house.
in spite of actions and other sanctions, president trump has been criticized for not being tough enough on putin. here s senator lindsey graham on fox news sunday. i think the problem is that russia is running wild. the president has a hard time pushing back at putin directly. white house press secretary, sarah sanders saying in a statement as the president confirmed on march 20th, hours after his last call with president putin, the two had discussed a bilateral meeting at a number of venues including white house. we have nothing further to add at this time. geraldo, what are your thoughts? putin is a thug, a cream, a sore on the body of the world. what do you really think? it s hope it s true that the president has had the courage to
& taylor. as a customer, it seems this is happening more and more. it s kind of scary. i would be very cautious before coming back here again for shopping. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have a lot of news coming out of russia after the kremlin announced it, the white house now confirmed the president did suggest meeting with vladimir putin even at the white house. sarah huckabee sanders confirming putin and the president discussed the meeting during their march 20th phone call. a white house meeting was suggested as well. nbc s national correspondent peter alexander is at the white house. it was remarkable watching the president on the truman balcony addressing his achievements. let s just say the easter bunny kept a straight face. yeah, the easter bunny, whose face is stuck with that smile. this is sort of remarkable. it seemed odd to hear the president there as he welcomed these guests from around the area and frankly around the
the 11th hour on a monday night begins now. good evening. as we start a new week here, day 438 of the trump administration, a day of president started out by unleashing attacks on his own our own justice department, fbi, cnn, nbc, mexico, democrats and so-called caravans of people traveling through mexico. more on all of those later. and it all came down as we learned from the kremlin that donald trump has invited vladimir putin to visit the white house. according to one of putin s aides, the overture came during that now famous march 20th phone call, the one in which the president ignored the warning not to congratulate putin on his victory in a rigged election. that call. the president hinted on the visit during a news conference at the white house. we have a very good call and i suspect we ll probably be meeting in the no too distant