election victory. briefing teerl ining tears even teerlts even said do not congratulate, in all cabs. a white house official not disputing the language but saying the president did not read or see the notecard. the congratulatory message drawing harsh criticism including this from john mccain, an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators by winning sham elections. in days after waffling whether russia is a friend or foe, the white house press secretary gave a similar hedge on the election. does the president believe the election in russia was free and fair? in terms of the election, there were weep re focused o our elections. we don t dictate how other countries operate. what we do know is that putin has been elected in their
just creating mayhem and chaos and fear in the area rather than targeting any particular race there in the austin area. great news out of austin. a massive sigh of relief. sure. for the million residents there. we ll be waiting a briefing for the authorities there who will be willing to give us more detail on how they were able to isolate and locate this person, how the bombing suspect was killed whether it was by his own hand or her own hand or by the police. we know that there was an officer-involved shooting. don t want to make assumptions. sometimes the early details in a breaking news situation can be revised and changed. clearly authorities will be laying out what happened there. let s move to politics now and talk about the president. already taking heat for congratulating vladimir putin on his re-election. now it gets worse. the washington post reporting the president ignored warnings from national security aides not to congratulate putin. briefing materials even said