this is a story we should know and the president should probably know, right? you were there. you can confirm that putin stole his what? super bowl ring. what? i m not sure he stole it. he still has it. he has your ring? from my third how did that happen? been on loan for seven years? been on loan for seven years. and didn t get it back. what? well, that s a story. we got to run to a break. maybe after the break we ll tease it up. we ll get rid of our missiles if you get rid of yours. oh, okay. sure. how s that super bowl ring? after his comments last week which garnered so much attention vladimir putin s spokesperson responded saying, what mr. kraft is saying now is weird. mr. putin saw and heard how mr. kraft gave this ring as a gift. kraft offered a classic nondenial denial saying it s a humorous anecdotal story that robert retells for laughs. he loves his ring is at the kremlin. notice in that statement he did
the kremlin was surprised by the announcement, and today a spokesman for mr. kraft released a statement. it is a humorous, anecdotal story that robert retells for laughs. he loves that his ring is at the kremlin, and as he stated back in 2005, he continues to have great respect for russia and the leadership of president putin. in particular, he credits president putin for modernizing the russian economy. an added benefit from the attention this story gathered eight years ago was the creation of some patriots fan clubs in russia. joining me now is executive producer of rachel maddow show, bill wolfe, who is also a former producer at fox sports and espn. no more qualified person to weigh in on this. or less, alex. okay. so an international incident. yeah. the bush administration apparently got involved in this anecdote. you believe that? maybe i will read a spokesman for putin today said the ring was clearly a president. what mr. kraft is saying is now weird, said dimit
other state gifts. the kremlin was surprised by the announcement, and today a spokesman for mr. kraft released a statement. it is a humorous, anecdotal story that robert retells for laughs. he loves that his ring is at the kremlin, and as he stated back in 2005, he continues to have great respect for russia and the leadership of president putin. in particular, he credits president putin for modernizing the russian economy. an added benefit from the attention this story gathered eight years ago was the creation of some patriots fan clubs in russia. joining me now is executive producer of rachel maddow show, bill wolfe, who is also a former producer at fox sports and espn. no more qualified person to weigh in on this. or less, alex. okay. so an international incident. yeah. the bush administration apparently got involved in this anecdote. you believe that? maybe i will read a spokesman for putin today said the ring was clearly a
ring because of translation, or maybe there were bigger global forces involved. the new york post, which broke the story of kraft s comments on thursday quotes kraft as saying that white house officials urged him to say the ring was a gift. in the interest of u.s.-soviet relations. and now mr. kraft seems to be can baing off a bit. the patriots releasing a statement, it s a humorous anecdotal story that robert retells for laughs. he loves his storing is at the kremlin, and as he stated in 2005, he continues to have great respect for russia and the leadership of president putin. so the 94 carat ring, which is big, is in the state library where all officials gifts are kept. it s worth $25,000. you know what s nice for robert kraft? his team has three super bowls.
relations. and now, mr. kraft seemed to be babbli backing off a bit. the patriots releasing a statement a humorous anecdotal story that robert retells for laughs. he loves that his ring is at the kremlin and, as he stated back in 2005, he continues to have great respect for russia and the leadership of president putin. the ring is in the kremlin s library where all official state gifts are kept. worth more than $2m00. you know what is nice for robert kraft, his patriots have won three super bowls. he has some other rings. i bet he is careful before he shows them off to any other world leaders. my favorite part, vladimir putin looked at the ring and said, i could kill with this. clearly, an interesting guy. that is the first thing he thought of, carol. interesting. interesting way of putting it. john berman, thanks so much. take care. still ahead in the