what he had in mind, what motivated him. but as president reagan always admonished with respect to russia, trust but verify. >> you know, it's also interesting because this is the second time that the two leaders have spoken in the last four days, which is pretty rare, i have to say. on thursday, in case people don't necessarily remember, president putin praised president trump for the nation's economy during his annual press conference, which went on for hours and hours, which is very per putin. but here's what president trump said on friday in his response. take a listen. >> it was great. he said very nice things about what i've done for this country in terms of the economy. then he said also some negative things in terms of what's going on elsewhere. but the primary point was to talk about north korea. >> i wanted to get both of your takes on this, barbara. so, we have a russia investigation going on in which a special council was formed. we have a senate intel investigation going on as well, and then we kind of have a