president trump s national security adviser has said that there is not a fixed format going into this meeting. and it would be very much determined by president trump. and of course president putin. because he is going to have his own agenda going into this. he is a skilled negotiator himself, very skilled at dealing with the leaders of other countries. has had many years of experience doing this sort of thing. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has outlined how he thinks the meeting will go. he has met with the russian foreign minister foreign minister. and the pointed out the meeting between trump and putin comes against a background of dialogue between tillerson and lavrov and other officials speaking to each other. but in is at the most senior level and this is what secretary tillerson is saying. because this really because of everything that s gone on in the relationship in the
meet him out comes a giant hound, loepg across the yard line opinion putin looks at me says bigger, stronger and faster than barny. speaks volumes when you listen to what somebody says. in other words he s got a chip on his shoulder. putin is a human being certainly has his ego and insecurities. putin is also well-known for keeping important people waiting a long time. in 2014 he left angela merkel waiting more than 4 hours to see him he kept the prime ministers appear japan and ukraine waiting three hours. he made the pope wait almost an hour. the waiting game it seems is just part of the power play. it puts them in a position of being appreciative of that time and automatically taking putin more seriously even if they re actually there to chide putin or pressure him into changing views. in a meeting with putin back in 2011 then vice president joe
welcome back. you re seeing live video of police in hamburg, germany, breaking up a protest. protestors blocking the entrance to the summit meetings. we have been told that the prime minister of canada justin trudeau has been the first to cross there. and walk in and we ll continue to follow the story. police trying to remove all the people sitting right there. it s being billed as the heavy weight bout of geopolitics. donald trump and vladimir putin. face-to-face. after a month of simmering tensions between the united states and russia this could be a turning point for relations for the better or for the worse. ivan watson joins us live from moscow. and what can president trump, ivan expect from mr. putin? that s the question we re all
biden referenced a conversation he had had with the georgian prime minister. putin s response seemed to hint that russia had eaves dropped on the conversation. hiss response to biden according to the washington post was we know exactly what you re saying. biden reportedly laughed. putin did not. and in 2007, putin may have succeeded at unnerving the president of the france. in a documentary that aired on french public broadcasting, a journalist said putin berated nicholas sarkozi in a private meeting leaving him visibly shaken for a press conference that followed. this is a way of setting a tone in amation where if you have anything resembling empty theory the forehe tells you how did he do we apologize make it right. vladimir putin s power play his next target, could be president donald trump. randi kaye, cnn, new york. it s a big meeting ahead.
and this one, trump train headed to destination disappointment? i asked the question, why would trump hit a chemical weapons depot with thousands of tons of chemicals. reporter: tweeting, i guess trump wasn t putin s puppet after all, i m officially off the trump train. ann coulter tweeted her dismay, those who wanted us meddling in the middle east voted for other candidates, and reminded us trump campaign on not getting involved in mid eat, said it always helps our enemies and creates more refugees. then he saw a picture on tv. in 2015, trump said he was against u.s. involvement in the middle east. he tweeted then, obama should save his powder. do not attract syria. this one to veteran donald trump was a clear sign to donald trump