Going on. But tonight i actually showed up with something planned to say. Oh, okay. And you ruined it. Because i just listened again. Rachel. Bless our hearts and other parts. All right. But [ laughter ] i didnt know i could get you to say that again. Im regretting it immediately. Okay. Im going to try to say the thing i planned to say. Okay. And what i planned to say is wouldnt it be nice if it was just completely totally absolutely impossible to suspect that Vladimir Putin orchestrated what happened in syria this week so that his friend in the white house could have a big night with missiles and all of the praise he has picked up over the last 24 hours . Wouldnt it be so nice if you couldnt even in your Wildest Dreams imagine a scenario like that . Wouldnt it be great if we could go back to wag the dog being a sitcom plot, you know. Exactly. And i dont know what it is. Is it a 2 chance . Is it a 50 chance . I dont know. But i dont think its a zero percent chance. And it used to be wi
Main event is now over. So that does it for us from hamburg tonight. Rachel will be back on monday, and i will see you again next friday live from iraq where we will take you to the front lines for the final push to drive isis out of the city of mosul. Now its time for the last good evening, richard. Thank you for all that reporting. But you go, i do want to ask you given everything, do you think putin got what he wanted out of President Trump today . I think he absolutely got what he wanted. I think he came in with this intention to have a long meeting. I think he wanted to overwhelm the president , presenting him lots of options, lots of things they could discuss, put some meat on the table for them to start digging right into it and hoping this will lead to more discussions, more followon, and a tighter relationship. Interesting. Richard engel, thank you very much. Absolutely. I am ari melber live in new
york for lawrence odonnell. Now for months, people have been watching to see if
Parts. All right. But [ laughter ] i didnt know i could get you to say that again. Im regretting it immediately. Okay. Im going to try to say the thing i planned to say. Okay. And what i planned to say is wouldnt it be nice if it was just completely totally absolutely impossible to suspect that Vladimir Putin orchestrated what happened in syria this week so that his friend in the white house could have a big night with missiles and all of the praise he has picked up over the last 24 hours . Wouldnt it be so nice if you couldnt even in your wildest dreams imagine a scenario like that . Wouldnt it be great if we could go back to wag the dog being a sitcom plot, you know. Exactly. And i dont know what it is. Is it a 2 chance . Is it a 50 chance . I dont know. But i dont think its a zero percent chance. And it used to be with every other president prior to donald trump. And the question of how we will ever find out whether or not thats ever true is intertwined with the ongoing intelligence
Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure. There was only the russians. And they did so very aggressively and effectively. At this point, lets talk about, how do we go forward . Yeah, lets. This idea of putting it behind susa bit of a fantasy. A clear, positive chemistry between the two. President putin is never going to be your friend. We need to treat him with extreme caution. The meeting is over. President trump and Vladimir Putin held that first meeting today eight months of course after an election that the u. S. Government determined was targeted by russia. And this is the easy part, the talking part. Any president would be expected to lay down a rhetorical marker in the first meeting with an adversary after attempts to interfere with our democracy. And a president who ran on putting America First, a logical application of that slogan obviously requires putting america before russia. But the Trump Administration instead offered a very mixed message, suggesting that donald
Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Ari melber is in for lawrence tonight. Fly. Joy, are you having too much fun . Too much oh, i want to wish the best to rachel. I cant give her what you gave her. Nope you know, do you know this expression . More life . I do. I want to have more life and and more joy. Oh would you be willing to come on this show because theres a thing i want to talk to you about. Okay. Whos the most admired person in america according to americans. Would you be willing to come over to the sunset. Ill be right upstairs. Ill head up. This is a real thing. Joy, ill see you in a minute. Fly. See you soon. She has more fun and better at it than me. It looks fun over there. Joy reid will be on the last word in a minute. A real news story, i cou indica that the Donald Trump Legal Team is bracing for something more, something apparently worse coming out of the mouth of Michael Flynn. That is the key takeaway in a report thats making waves even on what might