vulnerabilities but also their desires, their ambitions, their insecurities to achieve your objectives and it s not always to shame that person. it s not always to have dominance but it s to advance your interests. reporter: this wasn t putin s only apparent ploy involving a dog. an how putin, quote, dissed his dog, barney. putin says, would you like to meet my dog? laura and i were with putin and his outside of moscow, i said, yeah, i d like to meet him. out comes a giant hound. kind of loping across the yard and putin looks at me, says bigg bigger, faster, stronger than barney. it speaks volumes to when you listen to what somebody says. in other words, he s got a chip on his shoulder. putin at the end of day is a human being. he s certainly has his ego, he s got his insecurities. reporter: putin is well known for keeping important people waiting for long time. in 2014, he left germany s angela merkel waiting more than
intimidation tactic a way of showing the russian people i m a powerful man. ed to manly man. explain to a german newspaper, i wanted to do something nice for her when i found out she doesn t like dogs of course i apologized. it s well-known that putin is a former kgb officer. and in that role he was trained to be a handler of people. what that means in an espionage context is of course exploiting people s vulnerabilities but also desires, ambitions, insecurities. to achieve your objectives. and that s not always to shame that person. it s not always to have domens but to advance your interests. this wasn t putin s only apparent employ involving dog. former president george w. bush shared a story recently about how putin, quote, dissed his dog barn. he says would you like to meet my dog. and we were yeah i d like to
bring up the election meddling. and we know that cnn now reporting that it looks like that russia is stepping up espionage in the u.s. has there been any reaction from the kremlin to this situation? and/or what mr. putin might say in response at this meeting? that s probably another question no one can answer yet. right your report referring to cnn reports citing officials in the u.s. who are alleging that russia has sent more intelligence agents, spies to the u.s. we reached out to the russian embassy in washington which declined to comment. we reached out to vladimir putin s spokesperson and he responded in a text from germany. good morning! . doesn t listen to fakes.
and in that role he was trained to be a handler of people. what that means in an espionage context is of course exploiting people s vulnerabilities and their desires, ambitions, insecurities to achieve your objectives. it s to advance your interests. reporter: this wasn t putin s only apparent ploy involving a dog. former president george w. bush shared a story about how putin dissed his dog barney. putin says would you like to meet my dog? yeah, i would like to meet him and out comes a giant hound loping across the yard and putin says bigger, stronger, and faster than barney. and you know, it speaks volumes when you listen to what someone says. so in other words he has a chip on his shoulder. he is a human being and has
watching. a senior administration official says it s the first ever face-to-face encount we are uten. the president has given a range of answers on this question. i was in moscow recently and i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin who could not have been nicer. i never met putin. i don t know who putin is. i have nothing to do with putin never spoken to him. i have no relationship with had him. if you have no relationship with putin why did you say in 2013 i do have a relationship, in 2014 i spoke. because he said nice things about me over the years. jim acosta reporting for us. let s go live to hamburg. nic robertson joins us. and nic very interesting what does come up in the meeting what doesn t. how could president trump not bring up russia meddling especially since president obama looked him in the face, mr. putin said cut it out a few months ago. well, h.r. mcmaster,