They know how to play this game. They will have been sizing up the administration expertly over the last little while, looking for any opportunity to strengthen those links, hoping that the candidate they clearly favored in the u. S. Election, donald trump, will bring them in from the cold. And the end game, of course, is to get those sanctions lifted. Elizabeth palmer in sochi, Margaret Brennan at the state department. Thank you both. With the house in recess, republican members are hearing from angry constituents at town meetings back home. Most complaints at first were about the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare. Then the comey story exploded. Heres dean reynolds. Tell the truth tell the truth reporter at one town hall no, answer the last question reporter after another. Open your eyes all right. All right. Reporter Congressional Republicans on recess this week [ boos ]. Have been getting an earful. And now another issue is testing their hearing. I have a question in regards
Rose welcome to the program, we begin this evening with our continuing conversation about President Trump and the firing of former fbi director james comey. We talk to robert costa of the Washington Post and pbs. Its doing damage to him on several fronts, if within the white house its caused tum ult, the staff in some respects felt unprepared for this, the president made a personal decision over the weekend with the attorney general, and his white house council. But more broadly the party on capitol hill i just walked over from the capitol, they feel like they were given a curve ball this week by this decision. Rose and we continue with admiral William Mcraven former commander of u. S. Operations and currently the chancellor of the university of texas. You just dont quit. There will come times in training when you will be exhost exhausted, when you will begin to doubt yourself, when they will apply pressure on you and you just have to tell yourself, im not going to quit. And so the dif
Rose welcome to the program, we begin this evening with our continuing conversation about President Trump and the firing of former fbi director james comey. We talk to robert costa of the Washington Post and pbs. Its doing damage to him on several fronts, if within the white house its caused tum ult, the staff in some respects felt unprepared for this, the president made a personal decision over the weekend with the attorney general, and his white house council. But more broadly the party on capitol hill i just walked over from the capitol, they feel like they were given a curve ball this week by this decision. Rose and we continue with admiral William Mcraven former commander of u. S. Operations and currently the chancellor of the university of texas. You just dont quit. There will come times in training when you will be exhost exhausted, when you will begin to doubt yourself, when they will apply pressure on you and you just have to tell yourself, im not going to quit. And so the dif
Will begin to doubt yourself, when they will apply pressure on you and you just have to tell yourself, im not going to quit. And so the difference between those that make it through and those that dont is just that, and thats why it doesnt make any difference how fast you are, how strong you are, it really does matter about your demple determination not to quit. Rose we conclude this evening with sting singer songwriter chris stap e8ton. His new all bomb is called from a room volume one. Have i been given so many opportunities in music in the last, well, justover my whole career but particularly in the last years that i cant imagine there is anything that im not getting to do that i want to do. Its really amazing in that way. I tell my mom all the time, ive gotten, i literally have everything i ever wanted. Rose costa mcraven and stapleton when we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services wor
He didnt share it with us. We were a set of pictures getting a lot of attention shows the president sharing a laugh at the white house yesterday with russias foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and sergey kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Kislyak is a key figure in the investigation of russian meddling in the u. S. Election and whether there was any collusion with team trump. The photos were russian. No American Press attended. Were joined now by Margaret Brennan at the state department and Elizabeth Palmer in sochi, russia. Margaret, let me start with you. How did this meeting come about . White house Officials Say that last week during a phone call Vladimir Putin personally asked President Trump to meet with his top diplomat sergey lavrov. The meeting in the oval office lasted around 30 minutes, and at trump whether the firing of fbi director comey had any impact, he said none at all. But an invitation into the oval office is an honor, and the fact that President Trump went t