>>> WERE BACK, NOW, WITH AN NBC
NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
>> JUST LAST MONTH, THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
ELECTION, ROBERT MUELLER,
INDICTED 13 RUSSIAN NATIONALS
AND CHARGED THEM WITH TAMPERING WITH THE U.S. ELECTION.AMPERING
WITH THE U.S. ELECTION. MEGYN KELLY WENT TO RUSSIA AND
TRIED TO GET ANSWERS FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN HIMSELF.OM
VLADIMIR PUTIN HIMSELF. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL. YES, WE ARE A FLY ON THE WALL.
WE GET TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION.
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC.
IT WAS VERY CHARGED INSIDE OF
THIS ROOM. IT WAS INTENSE.
IT WENT OVER TWO DAYS AND TWO
CITIES.
CITIES. I PUSHED VLADIMIR PUTIN ON HIS
FEELINGS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP,
TO THE NUCLEAR THREATS TO THE
MUELLER INDICTMENT.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I INTERVIEWED MR. PUTIN IN NINE
MONTHS AND THE FIRST TIME I HAD
A CHANCE TO PUSH HIM ABOUT
WHETHER HE KNEW ABOUT HIS
COUNTRYMENS INTERFERENCE IN OUR
PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND WHETHER HE
ORDERED IT.
ORDERED IT.
>> WHY WOULD YOU ALLOW AN ATTACK LIKE THIS ON THE UNITED STATES?K
LIKE THIS ON THE UNITED STATES? >> Translator: WHY HAVE YOU
DECIDED THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES,
MYSELF INCLUDED, GAVE ANYBODY
PERMISSION TO DO THIS?
NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE YOU
AND I TALKED LAST TIME IN
ST. PETERSBURG.
SOME NAMES HAVE POPPED UP. SO WHAT?ES HAVE POPPED UP.
SO WHAT?
THEY COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE
BEEN THE NAMES OF SOME AMERICANS WHO ARE SITTING HERE ANDMERICANS
WHO ARE SITTING HERE AND INTERFERING IN YOUR OWN
POLITICAL PROCESS.
>> IT WASNT AMERICANS.
IT WAS RUSSIANS.
IT WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, A
MONTHLY BUDGET OF $1.2 MILLION,
DESIGNED TO ATTACK THE UNITED
STATES IN A CYBER WARFARE
CAMPAIGN.
YOURE UP FOR RE-ELECTION RIGHT NOW.E UP FOR RE-ELECTION RIGHT
NOW.
SHOULD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE BE
CONCERNED THAT YOU DIDNT KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON IN YOUR OWN
COUNTRY AND YOUR OWN HOMETOWN?
>> LISTEN, THE WORLD
>> Translator: THE WORLD IS
LARGE AND DIVORCEERSE.
AND THERES A COMPLICATED
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION.
FEDERATION.
AND SOME OF OUR PEOPLE HAVE THEIR OWN OPINION ABOUT THIS
RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU MENTIONED A NUMBER OF NAMES,
SOME INDIVIDUALS.
AND YOURE TELLING ME THAT THEYRE RUSSIANS.G ME THAT
THEYRE RUSSIANS. SO WHAT?
SO WHAT? MAYBE BEING RUSSIAN, THEYRE
ACTUALLY WORKING FOR SOME KIND
OF AMERICAN COMPANY.
PERHAPS ONE USED TO WORK FOR ONE
OF THE CANDIDATES.
I HAVE NO IDEA.
THESE ARE NOT MY PROBLEMS.
>> I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW.
YOURE ASKING HIM A QUESTION, AND HE SAYS, WHO KNOWS IFON,
AND HE SAYS, WHO KNOWS IF THEYRE RUSSIANS?
THEYRE RUSSIANS? ISNT THAT FRUSTRATING TRYING TO
PIN HIM DOWN?
>> FRANKLY, IT WAS KIND OF FUN.
IT WAS FUN.
HE WOULD MOVE OVER HERE AND I WOULD MOVE THERE.R HERE AND I
WOULD MOVE THERE. AND I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM NOW
TO KNOW WHERE HES GOING TO GO.
HE WAS A LITTLE BOXED IN AT A
COUPLE OF MOMENTS.
AND TO WATCH HIM TRYING TO
MANEUVER OUT OF IT.
OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AGREE,
HE ADDRESSED IT.
HE PLAYS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME THAT HE DOESNT WANT TO ADMITE
THAT HE DOESNT WANT TO ADMIT THAT FOR REASONS YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND.
UNDERSTAND.
BUT HE ALMOST WANTS TO TEASE US WITH THE FACT THAT HE DID IT AND
HE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
AND WHAT HE HAS PLANNED FOR 2018
AND 2020.
AND 2020.
>> HOW TENSE WAS IT IN THE ROOM?
>> IT WAS BIZARRE IN A WAY. AT TIMES, HE COULD APPEARY.
AT TIMES, HE COULD APPEAR CHARMING AND GRACIOUS.
HE WAS GRACIOUS WITH HIS TIME
THAT HE GAVE US AND HIS PATIENCE
WITH ME, ASKING WHAT WERE
PROBATIVE AND PERSONAL QUESTIONS
OF HIM.
OF HIM.
YOURE REMINDED THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS SUPPORTED THIS MAN INON
WHO HAS SUPPORTED THIS MAN IN SYRIA, WHO IS ALLOWING THE
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS AND
CHEMICAL ATTACKS ON CHILDREN.
AND THE ORDERING OF MURDERS OF
DIS
DIS
DISDENTS IN RUSSIA.
THERES A DICHOTOMY OF A MAN, A MAN WHO CAME TO AGE IN THEN, A
MAN WHO CAME TO AGE IN THE GOLDEN DAYS.
GOLDEN DAYS. AND WHO THOUGHT THAT VERTICAL
ORDER WAS THE WAY FORWARD, WHICH
HAPPENED TO BE FRUITFUL FOR HIM
AND RUSSIA.
AND RUSSIA. ITS STRANGE TO JUDGE HIM WITH
OUR 2018 PROGRESSIVE LENSES, YET
WE DO.
WE DO.
AND YOU SEE THAT IN THE EXCHANGE TONIGHT.SEE THAT IN THE EXCHANGE
TONIGHT.
THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY LIKE ANYONE IN OUR COUNTRY.EBODY LIKE ANYONE
IN OUR COUNTRY. THERE ARE SOME SIMILARITIES WITH
OUR PRESIDENT.
OUR PRESIDENT.
BUT THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MEN
AND YOU HEAR ABOUT IT WHEN YOU HEAR HIM ASKED ABOUT THE NUCLEAR
THREAT TO INTERFERENCE IN OUR
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
AND I DID SQUEEZE IN A QUESTION ABOUT THE SHIRTLESS PHOTOS.TION
ABOUT THE SHIRTLESS PHOTOS. >> YOU GOT IT ALL IN THERE.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> GOT IT ALL.
>> AND THERE HE IS, RIGHT ON CUE.ND THERE HE IS, RIGHT ON
CUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MEGYN, WE HAVE SUFFICIENTLY
ENTICED.
WELL SEE YOU TONIGHT.
WELL SEE YOU AT 9:00.
THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN TONIGHT, ITS A