so glad are you with us, i am christie paul. >> mr. putin denied the allegations and the president believes him. our cnn senior correspondent, ivan watson, is in hanoi. what have you learn? >> reporter: that's right, we are getting this from the conversation that president trump had with journalestist jo board of his plane as he's coming into hanoi here. he said he had two shourt conversations with vladimir putin here. he was pressed by journalists and the press about the