Reaction is all of us. The white house has announced on twitter that Vladimir Putin is coming to the white house in the fall. Say that again . [ laughter ] you Vladimir Putin coming to the did i hear you . Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Thats going to be special. Told you, its all of us. Did you see him . Hes like, youre kidding me, right . Its kind of everybodys reaction every day. Really . Is this happening . Wouldnt you think you would tell your top intelligence official that youre inviting the leader of an enemy nation to the white house . He was just caught off guard, flatfooted right there. Maybe even ask him what he thinks of the idea. Not if youre President Trump. After all, dan coats admits he, like the rest of us, doesnt even know what happened in the last meeting between trump and putin. I dont know what happened in that meeting. If he had asked me how that ought to be conducted, i would have suggested a different way. Well, and speaking of the cleanup, now three days after Vladimir Putin suggested it would be a cool idea for the russians to interrogate americans including the former ambassador to russia, now President Trump says he disagrees. Just disagrees. Remember yesterday, though, when Sarah Sanders said the white house was actually considering putins idea . Well now, theyve apparently decided that allowing a foreign power to interrogate americans doesnt look so good after all. Remember, its not about america. Its about them and the base. Especially when its, you know, in exchange for russian help with the fbis russia investigation. Otherwise known as the fox all of this, the fox guarding the henhouse. The white house would like you to know that Vladimir Putins proposal was made in sincerity because putin is known for his sincerity. Former Russian Ambassador michael mcfaul, the same ambassador putin wants to question, tweeting this, he says i dont consider it sincerity to falsely accuse u. S. Government officials of being criminals. The senate apparently agrees with him, voting 980 today to reject sending americans to moscow to be interrogated by put putin. The throughline in all of this, its russia. President of the United States meeting behind closed doors with Vladimir Putin keeping what was discussed a secret. Even from his own top intelligence chief. Giving serious consideration to handing over americans to be questioned by putin. In exchange for his help with the investigation. And inviting putin to the white house. The white house. Honestly. What is going on here . Lets bring there now cnn Global Affairs analyst susan glasser. A staff writer at the new yorker, for the new yorker. Maybe she can help us understand whats going on here. Good evening to you, sauzusan. Thank you so much for joining us. Lets talk about Vladimir Putin. Invited to washington for a second summit. Are we in bizarreo world right now . Well, i have to say, listening to your opening remarks there, don, it seemed to me that the white house had really helped you out there by almost writing your lines. Its been one of those weeks that not only feels like a year, but feels like every day is filled with revelations youre having a hard time digesting and, you know, when the news came out this afternoon that the president was, in fact, having a second summit, wanted to have a second summit with Vladimir Putin here in washington, i thought back to march when president putin was actually invited here to the white house in march by President Trump. The white house didnt admit it at the time, but in that famous donotcongratulate phone call in which President Trump actually did congratulate Vladimir Putin, he also invited him to have the summit meeting. Now, interestingly, what my reporting has shown is that president putin turned him down on coming to washington. He thought that wasnt a good idea. Thats how they ended up in helsinki for this first meeting, but clearly, President Trump has personally wanted president putin to come here to his white house for months. Susan, i want you to watch this. I want the audience to watch this. Two things. It seems surreal to watch a director of National Intelligence, dan coats, learn, there he is, he winces, right . Look at that. When he learns about putin coming to washington on stage at an aspen security forum, and, two, he still doesnt know what came out of the first summit. He doesnt know what went on behind closed doors. Why is he being left in the dark . Well, you know, its obviously a really key question, and my reporting today suggests that its not just the director of National Intelligence, its state Department Officials whose job it is to deal with russia, people inside the government. I was in contact with one u. S. Ambassador in europe today. I asked who has to deal with russ russia. I asked what they know about the summit, completely in the dark, he said, completely, absolutely nothing. Again, this is not normal. This is not how american diplomacy works. And interestingly, president putin today actually held a briefing for Russian Diplomats in which he disclosed that there had been what he called agreements, useful agreements, struck in the closeddoor private meeting he had oneonone with President Trump. The day before that, the Russian Ambassador to the United States said the same thing. He said there were verbal important agreements that were struck between putin and trump oneonone. Our government has no apparent idea whether thats the case or not. Including senior people whose job it is who need to know that information. So, again, you know, putting aside the question of what deals were werent struck, we dont know is the answer. And that in and of itself has made this week unprecedented, i think, in american diplomacy. Theres a quote at the end of your what you wrote today that says, this is no way to run a superpower. Ill get to that. I want to play this. You said i want to read this for from your piece, there is no word on agreements a senior u. S. Official told me. There is no information on the u. S. Side about any agreements. So was putin lying . Was trump . Was it possible there was a misunderstanding and that trump thinks he made no commitments and putin thinks he did . It is terribly disturbing, the senior official said. The point is that we dont know. We dont know. Susan, that is stunning. Yes, it is stunning. It is really stunning, and the thing that ive been struck by all along is that this is a stunning story of President Trumps own making. He was the one who personally insisted upon the private oneonone meeting with Vladimir Putin. It was not the russians request. Interestingly, all along, its been the russian government that has been far more forthcoming about the details of this summit including the preparations for it, and then whats now resulted from it, than the United States government. And, you know, it just seems like its an alice in wonderland kind of a world where the russians are giving more information. You know, the other day in helsinki, i was there, at the summit, it was the russian government that gave reporters the information about how long the meeting between trump and putin had lasted. That it was two hours and ten minutes. Even basic details and information are no longer coming out of this white house. Yeah. Is it listen, is it do they need to get together and talk . Is is it as simple as that, them getting together and talking . You know, what people who follow russia, who work inside the u. S. Government, in both democratic and republican administrations will tell you, is that theyre not opposed at all at this moment in time to having highlevel meetings with president putin and his advisers. I think theres alarm in both countries that the relationship has deteriorated to levels arguably not seen since the early 1980s, and that thats not good for anybody. And so, you know, theres the germ of i think an idea behind President Trumps desire to accommodate with the russians that is widely shared, right, that the notion that its not wrong to talk to your adversaries but, in fact, it might even be necessary. Thats not what people are arguing over. Even though you hear a lot of shouting from people defending President Trump saying youre against talking, i think its important for people to realize that its not an objection that professional russia watchers have to meeting between President Trump and president putin, but the manner in which this has been done is extraordinary. And it does seem in particular that President Trump is basically going up against his own government. He seems very distrustful of the government. His own advisers. And determined to defy them as well as basically the strong view in both american parties about how to deal with russia right now. Its also knowing what youre talking about and having your information, being armed with information when you do go into those meetings. You know, theres the fallout also over the white house entertaining the idea, susan, that they would hand over to russia the former ambassador, michael mcfaul, for interrogation. And this is a white house statement. It says it is a proposal that was made in sincerity. In sincerity, they say. By president putin. Hopefully president putin will have the 12 identified are russians come to the a United States to prove their innocence or guilt. You spoke to mike mcfaul today. What did he say . Well, you know, i should say first of all that ive known mike mcfaul since for nearly two decades since the very beginning when the Washington Post decided to send me and my husband, peter baker, to moscow, and it was mike mcfaul, a stanford professor at the time, who was a very generous tutor in all things russia and has continued to be someone ive talked with and learned from even during his sort of unlikely tour as a highlevel political adviser to barack obama on russia. So i happened to reach mike by telephone minutes after that statement was released by the white house. He hadnt heard it yet so i read it out loud to him. He was driving in the car to the airport. I said, well, you know, what do you think about this . And, you know, he was sort of silent for a second. He said, thats not really much of a defense of us, is it . I mean, you know, theres a lot of other things. I said, well, listen, my articles going to talk about the fact that even people inside the u. S. Government dont seem to know what was agreed upon in helsinki on monday, and he made the point that i think is an important point, which is, look, this conversation about him, about ambassador mcfaul and the other americans that president putin said he wanted to question as part of his very interesting proposal to essentially also deal with the 12 indicted Russian MilitaryIntelligence Officers indicted by Robert Mueller last week, so ambassador mcfaul said to me, well, listen, this is what we know about was discussed privately between President Trump and president putin, this cockamamy allegation. What does that tell you about what we dont know in that meeting . And i think thats a very important point. This is very, very worrisome to people who are worried that they just dont know what the president of the United States has agreed on behalf of thesuze well. We are witnessing nothing less than the breakdown of American Foreign policy then you spoke to the former Senior NationalSecurity Council official who said this to you. This is no way to run a superpower. Susan, thank you. Appreciate your time. Thank you so much, don. When we come back, dan coats, this countrys top intelligence official, found out on live tv about Vladimir Putins invite to the white house. Here it is. The white house has announced on twitter that Vladimir Putin is coming to the white house in the fall. Say that again . [ laughter ] top intelligence official. Why is the president keeping him in the dark, and what does that say about how much the president really trusts his own Intelligence Community . It is such a good time to kiss it is such a good time to dance it is such a good time to [ laughing ] scoobidoo doobidoo scoobidoo doobidoo [ goose honking ] [ laughing ] a bad day on the road still beats a good one off it. Progressive helps keep you out there. Thats confident. But its not kayak confident. Kayak searches hundreds of travel and Airline Sites to find the best flight for me. So im more than confident. Hows your family . Kayak. Search one and done. A stunning admission today by dan coats, the director of National Intelligence. He still doesnt know what happened behind closed doors in President Trumps oneonone meeting with Vladimir Putin. So lets discuss. Cnn Law Enforcement analyst, Josh Campbell is here. Hes a former fbi supervisor special agent. National security analyst sean turner. The former director of communications for u. S. National intelligence. Gentlemen, good evening. Josh, you up. This is breaking tonight. The fbi confirming three cop officials who worked specifically in cyber and National Security planning to leave the bureau. They say theyre retiring after long careers with the bureau, but what do you make of the timing here . So i dont know if i would read too much into the timing at this point. I mean, there comes a point in ones career where looking back on a distinguished career, youre ready to move to the next chapter. I assume thats whats taking place here. I have to tell you, don, what a loss to the country. Having known these three individuals, i didnt know scott smith very well. His reputation was stellar. David gatis, david resch, truly great leaders. Quiet professionals. Their departure is truly a loss for the country. Sean, lets turn now to director coats in aspen and the new reporting from the Washington Post and heres what they write. They say inside the White House Trump advisers were in an uproar over coats interview in aspen, colorado. Noting that at moments coats appeared to be laughing, appeared to be laughing at the president , playing to his audience of the intellectual elite in a way that will infuriate trump. A couple things there, whats wrong with being smart in the intellectual elite . Dont we want smart people in this country . Quite a swipe. Yeah, so i dont know what that means. Thats dumb. Will coats suffer from telling the truth today . And after helsinki as well . You know, i think were going to have to watch the relationship between dan coats and the administration very closely for the coming days and weeks because dan coats has done what intelligence directors are supposed to do. He has had the courage to speak truth to power, and to make it very clear that he believes in the Intelligence Community that he leads. You know, look, he was clearly stunned today when that announcement was made by twitter and i think we all got a good laugh out of his reaction. What really concerns me is that it speaks to a broader issue with the administration and the relationship they have with the Intelligence Community. You know, i think its a relationship thats broken. Dan coats is someone who understands intelligence. He understands the people that he leads. He understands what the Intelligence Community is supposed to do. And i think he has been emboldened to speak out and to make it known that he is not going to continue to be quiet. As the dni, he is the face of the Intelligence Community. Hes the defender of the Intelligence Community. So i think this relationship is probably going to get a little more tense and ill just don, one of the things i think is really important, he said today as long as i can speak freely and continue to seek the truth, im in. And i think that was a very interesting wording because typically people say i serve at the pleasure of the president. I think hes sending a clear message that if i leave, you know its because i was, you know, i was silenced. Yeah. So if we see him leaving soon, or his departure, then well know exactly what was behind it. Josh, you saw the director, coats, today, you saw his reaction, you saw whheard what said. You think he has serious reservations about President Trump and his handling of putin and the summit . I think he does. If you look back at the statement that was put out by the office of the director of national intentilligence, that the dni essentially doing his job. The reason why its so uncomfortable for the white house is because theyre not used to having officials at