out some sort of new understanding. the russians are sympathetic to that point. we ll see if it will work out or not. i doubt it will reach an agreement on crimea. russians are there and they re not going anywhere. and concerns that the russians may be doing it again. let s see how tough the president is on that front. so far he has not been very tough in his public statements. putin denies it and basically suggest that they take him at his words and all of his national security team are saying yeah. wolf blitzer, wolf, thank you so much. we ll see you at 5:00 in the situation room with wolf blitzer. capitol hill, members are meeting with the new pick, brett kavanaugh. we look forward of the confirmation process in the next few weeks. now, as kavanaugh works to
with the european union and countries. he thinks the united states is a sucker all of these years. that s a sensitive issue that s going to come up at the nato summit and it is going to cause a lot of anxiety. looking past that, you mention the putin/trump summit, you are going for this meeting and you mentioned crimea and syria, what about meddling and what do you think will be the biggest headline? a lot of people expect that the president will work out some sort of understanding with putin and syria. the russians have enormous influence on bashar al-assad regime in syria. iranian have been deeply involved. the u.s. wants iran basically out out. they want them away from anywhere. this may be one area where putin and trump may be able to work
others. that s continuing here. brooke. jeff zeleny, thank you. with me to digest all of this is wolf blitzer, so a pleasure, nice to have you in new york. what do you make of all of these headlines of the fact that he s meeting with some america s closest allies and the situation in united kingdom is chaotic. he s saying putin is the easiest of them all. jeff is exactly right. maybe very easy meeting if he does not raise these sensitive issues. if the president does go forward raise the issues of russia and meddling in the u.s. election, the community is still concerned and they re out to do the same thing during the midterm elections. if the president just listens to putin and denies any involvement, it will be relatively easy. if the president does not raise any issues of crimea and ukraine. if the president raises those
senior white house correspondent who s there in brussels. let s remind everybody who interfered in the 2016 election and overseeing the assassination of his enemies. when the president was asked friend or foe of putin, he said a competitor. how concern are our nato allies over comments like that? brooke, there is no question that the president is meeting next monday with vladimir putin is casting a shadow over this meeting. he confirmed some of the concerns of many u.s. allies and brussels we ll be gathering for r the meeting starting tomorrow and perhaps that s true if he decides not to confront vladimir putin on election meddling or any of the matters that you just said and invadining on ukraine d