vladimir putin. and it capped the overseas trip which could go down as one of the most damaging in u.s. history. he sold out the america with this answer. >> just now, president putin denied with the election interference in 2016. every agency concluded that russia today. my first question for you, sir, who do you believe? >> let me say that we have two thoughts. you have groups that are wondering why the fbi never took the server. why haven't they taken the server? why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic national committee? with that being said, all i can do is ask the question. my people came to me. dan coats came to me and others said they think it's russia. i have president putin and he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the president also holding both countries responsible when asked if russia is to blame for anything. the joint news conference met with condemnation that was swift, broad and unrelenting from voices in the president's corner. >> the top at the dredge report. newt gingrich said this was the most serious mistake of the president's presidency and must be corrected immediately. sean hannity did not speak to the president and many at that news network did speak up. >> trump clearly should not have created any semblance of moral equivocacy and assurances of vladimir putin. >> this is the time for the president to look putin in the eye and said you will be punished for what you did in 2016. >> he didn't. >> that's what made it disgusting. that is what made his performance disgusting. it is not a right or left thing. this is wrong. u.s. president on foreign soil talking to our biggest enemy or adversary. i don't know how we define him these days. >> the daughter of u.s. ambassador to russia, jon huntsman tweeted this. no negotiation is worth throwing your own people and country under the bus. there was this perspective from fox contributor ari flesher. tweeting that trump only sees russia interference through the lens of whether he won or lost. that should not blind him for how wroong it was for russia to interfere. >> community leaders standing by the assessment of the russian threat like dan coats who said friday the warning lights are blinking. he reaffirmed after the summit. quote, we have been clear in our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election and the ongoing efforts to undermine our democracy and we will continue to provide unvarnished intelligence in support of our national security. former cia director john brennan calling trump's performance nothing short of trees treasonous. >> house and senate leaders spoke out against the president's remarks. among the strongest remarks was this from john mccain. he called it the most disgra disgraceful performance by an american president in memory. it is clear the summit in helsinki was a triple digagic m. responses in the media. like "the daily new york daily" news cover. >> and the president showed weakness, quote details from the private trump/putin talks will come out in coming days. monday's joint press conference was a personal and national embarrassment. "the washington post" went further. in helsinki, mr. trump insisted there was no collusion. he ignored the plain facts and trashing his country's justice system. mr. trump was openly colluding with the leader of the hostile foreign power. >> the president tried damage control on the way back to washington. tweeting, as i said many times, i have great confidence in my intelligence people. his aides dealt with the fallout, the white house e-mailed talking points to republican surrogates. one involved in the summit put it this way, this was not the plan. >> vladimir putin got a pass from trump, but not chris wallace of fox fuss. >> may i give this to you -- fox news. >> may i give this to you to look at sir? that was wallace offering putin a copy of the mueller invitemd t indictments of the 12 intelligence officers. mr. putin trying to justify the hacking of democrats by offering the information that was hacked was true. >> translator: was it some rigging of facts? was it some forgery of facts? that is the important thing i'm trying to make. was this any false information planted? no, it wasn't. >> may i say, you are indicating they stole real money, not counterfeit money. are you saying it is okay because the facts they took from the dnc and john podesta that it is the real e-mails. >> translator: there is nothing false about it. every grain of it is true and the democratic leadership admitted it. now the second point. if you don't like my answer, you can give it to me straightaway and i'll keep silence. if you want americans to listen to my opinion, could you wait a little bit. >> let's go live to sam kiley. what a remarkable 36 hours. how is it playing where you are now? >> reporter: i think that generally speaking the reaction from russian officials and we spent a lot of time talking to them last night. politicians and sergei lavrov summed it up. it was magnificent and better than super the summit between donald trump and vladimir putin in helsinki. as the dust settles and the initial sense of triumph. there will be questions asked about what did russia get out of it. yes, it caused consternation in washington which they always find satisfying in kremlin. longer term, no movement on syria for example. certainly no discussion in public of the lifting of sanctions of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. none of the big ticket items were discussed as far as russia was concerned. there will be concerns in the parliament about that. vladimir putin runs a tight ship. the media here is strictly controlled. it is difficult to discern whether broader extstrategic iss are discussed. there is a sense of satisfaction if not triumph. >> you know, remarkable. it is the president of the united states side by side with vladimir putin with kind words for vladimir putin. endorsing his view of the world and refuting the american justice department's view of the world on the fourth anniversary of that malaysia airlines that was shot down. many reasons why russia was isolated. sam, thank you so much. by cozying up to vladimir putin after bashing european leaders at the nato summit, president trump is warning one ally to plot away forward without the united states. nic robertson is live in helsinki with the latest developments. good morning, nic. >> reporter: dave, what we are hearing is the stunning sound of silence. where is the applause? where is the support from president trump's nato allies that he said were so you nighted behind him -- so yunited behind him in the trip to helsinki? we imagine a different scenario saying bravo. well done for standing up to putin. it is not just meddling in your elections, but ours. in the germany elections and the brexit and the britain general election last year. the two countries and leaders and president trump on the way to helsinki undermine theresa may during the visit. lambasted german chancellor angela merkel at the nato summit. the reality is europe also has gone to bed last night and waking up to the fact that president trump is acquiesced putin and it appears he can no longer trust his own intelligence services, how can his allies expect him to trust their intelligence services and trust them? how can the allies expect him to act in their own national security interests if he doesn't appear to act in the national security interests of the united states? of course, we find ourselves in the position where germany and we heard it from german chancellor angela merkel and others over the past year. saying we need to look to ourselves for unity in europe. we cannot rely on the united states. we will hear this message. right now, as i say, it is stunning silence. there's no applause because there is none to give. everyone is trying to figure out how do they tackle this. germany giving us an idea. >> stunning silence. nic robertson in helsinki for us. american politicians and world leaders are not the only ones stunned by the president's comments in helsinki. here is the late night reaction. >> where are the servers? 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>> let me say that we have two thoughts. you have groups that are wondering why the fbi never took the server. why haven't they taken the server? why was the fbi told to leave the office of the democratic national committee? with that being said, all i can do is ask the question. my people came to me. dan coats came to me and others said they think it's russia. i have president putin and he just said it's not russia. i will say this. i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the president also holding both countries responsible when asked if russia is to blame for anything. the joint news conference met with condemnation that was swift, broad and unrelenting from voices in the president's corner. >> dozens of republicans spoke out against the pressor and one of the most is by john mccain. it is clear the summit in helsinki was a tragic mistake. >> the top at the dredge report. newt gingrich said this was the most serious mistake of the president's presidency and must be corrected immediately. more of the same on fox news. sean hannity did not speak to the president and many at that news network did speak up. >> trump clearly should not have created any semblance of moral equivolancy and assurances of vladimir putin. >> this is the time for the president to look putin in the eye and said you will be punished for what you did in 2016. >> he didn't. >> that's what made it disgusting. that is what made his performance disgusting. it is not a right or left thing. this is wrong. u.s. president on foreign soil talking to our biggest enemy or adversary. or competitor. i don't know how we define him these days. >> fox host abbey huntsman, daughter of jon huntsman, tweeting this. no negotiation is worth throwing your own people and country under the bus. there was this perspective from fox contributor ari flesher. tweeting that trump only sees russia interference through the lens of whether he won or lost. that should not blind him for how wrong it was for russia to interfere. >> community leaders standing by the assessment of the russian threat like dan coats who said friday the warning lights are blinking. he reaffirmed after the summit. we have been clear in our assessment of russian meddling in the 2016 election and the ongoing efforts to undermine our democracy and we will continue to provide unvarnished and objective intelligence in support of our national security. the response in the media almost as fierce. former cia director john brennan calling trump's performance nothing short of trees treasonous. >> the wall street editorial board saying the president showed weakness. monday's joint press conference was a personal and national embarrassment. "the washington post" went further. in helsinki, mr. trump insisted there was no collusion. he ignored the plain facts and trashing his country's justice system. mr. trump was openly colluding with the leader of the hostile foreign power. >> the president tried damage control on the way back to washington. tweeting, as i said many times, i have great confidence in my intelligence people. his aides dealt with the fallout, the white house e-mailed talking points to republican surrogates. among them, the president won't let the focus on the past bring the path to the future. one involved in the summit put it this way, this was not the plan. >> vladimir putin got a pass from trump, but not chris wallace of fox news. >> may i give this to you to look at sir? >> that was wallace offering putin a copy of the mueller indictments of the 12 intelligence officers. mr. putin trying to justify the hacking of democrats by offering the information that was hacked was true. >> translator: was it some rigging of facts? was it some forgery of facts? that is the important thing i'm trying to make. was this any false information planted? no, it wasn't. >> may i say, you are indicating they stole real money, not counterfeit money. are you saying it is okay because the facts they took from the dnc and john podesta that it is the real e-mails. so it is okay to hack? >> translator: there is nothing false about it. every grain of it is true and the democratic leadership admitted it. now the second point. if you don't like my answer, you can give it to me straightaway and i'll keep silence. if you want americans to listen to my opinion, could you wait a little bit. >> putin thought he was getting a softball interview. he was wrong. let's go live to sam kiley. how is it playing where you are now? >> reporter: i think that general reaction is unknown. vladimir putin said the process had been magnificent and better than super. doesn't get more euphoric especially for mr. lavrov who normally likes to keep cards close to the chest. i think the russians will wonder if the close relationship that they managed to establish between vladimir putin and donald trump has any material benefit in the form of perhaps lifting sanctions over the illegal annexation of crimea or anything involving syria. essentially from the russian perspecti perspective, this is all been a roaring success not least because going into this meeting there was already concern in a number of nations allied to the united states that normally share intelligence that donald trump could not be trusted with it. that certainly will be a position that will be continue to be held by american allies. >> sam, thank you. >> very pleased. >> thank you. by cozying up to vladimir putin after bashing european leaders at the nato summit, donald trump has one long-time ally to plot forward without the united states. nic robertson live in helsinki with the latest developments. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: christine, good morning. one of the newspaper headlines in helsinki captures the mood here in this city at least. put putin, 1, trump, 0. that is the interpretation placed on the summit here. german has been saying -- germans say it is time to set their own course and the united states cannot be relied on. helsinki may be in the rear-view mirror will look as if it helped crystal crystalize the european thinking. the united states is not the partner they signed up to be standing beside. there has been resounding sound of silence coming from european leaders today. president trump said he was coming here from united nato. these same nations you would expect to be applauding president trump had he faced down vladimir putin and had he told the russian leader not to meddle in u.s. elections because putin has meddled in the german elections and chancellor angela merkel. he had immediate meddled in the controversy. angela merkel came in for heavy criticism for donald trump before he got to helsinki. the fact there is silence tells you a huge amount about what president trump's nato allies feel. if he cannot trust his intelligence services, how can he trust his allys? 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we now know beyond a treasonous doubt. we know he does. >> president trump and vladimir putin had a one-on-one meeting today that lasted over two hours. ugh. poor trump. that is a long time to hang out with your boss. >> it is really not funny, but funny. when it cannot get more bizarre. a russian spy charged with conspiracy against the united states. that is just ahead. automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that? smarter sleep. to help you lose your dad bod, train for that marathon, and wake up with the patience of a saint. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. smarter sleep will change your life. moments after president trump gave putin a pass on russian interference, the justice department was charging a russian national in conspi conspireing against the united states in the lead up to the 2016 election. we have sara murray with more. >> reporter: the latest piece in the russian news, charging 29-year-old russian national maria butina with being a spy for the russian government in the united states. she appeared in court here in d.c. on monday. the justice department announced she was charged with conspireing against the u.s. as a foreign agent. according to reporting, butina spent years making in-roads to promote russian interests. she and kremlin linked banker had close ties with the leadership of the national rifle association. it appeared to use that group as the primary avenue of influence. the nra did not respond to a request for comment. during the campaign, she tried to arrange a covert back channel of communication with then candidate trump and russian president putin. although it doesn't appear they were successful. as for butina, her lawyer insists she is not a russia agent but graduate student living in the u.s. and trying to foster a better relationship with u.s. and russia. sara murray, cnn, washington. thank you. the u.s. challenging tariffs from trading partners. the u.s. filed five complaints with the world trade organization disputing tariffs from china, eu and mexico and turkey. it targets steel, produce and pork. the response to the u.s. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. the trade representative said instead of working with us on the common problems, some elected to respond with retaliatory tariffs to punish american workers and companies. it violates wto rules. the metal tariffs were imposed on national security grounds. something the trading partners think is crazy. why are audis a national security threat? 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"early start" continues right now with the reaction to the trump/putin summit. president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> disgraceful, bizarre, shameful. that's just from republicans. allies from capitol hill to fox news ripping the president's appeasement of vladimir putin. >> how about twitters? good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. tuesday, july 17th. we start with the president back in washington this morning after a summit with russian president vladimir putin. and it capped the overseas trip which could go down as one of the most damaging in u.s. history. he sold out the america with this answer. >> just now, president putin denied with the election interference in 2016.