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GET THEM. CHARLES CLIFFORD
KRON 4 NEWS. SHH
>> PAM: NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CALLED
OFF PLANS TO MEET WITH
RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THESE PICTURES ARE FROM
NORTHERN IRELAND IN JUNE.
CATHERINE HEENAN IS HERE
WITH THE REASON BEHIND THE
RARE POLITICAL SNUB.
>> CATHERINE: THE PROBLEM
ISN'T JUST EDWARD SNOWDEN.
RUSSIA'S DECISION TO GRANT
ASYLUM TO THE ROGUE NSA
ANALYST IS JUST THE LATEST
IN A RANGE OF DISPUTES
BETWEEN MOSCOW AND
WASHINGTON.
>> CATHERINE: THE PRESIDENT
CHOSE THE TONIGHT SHOW TO
EXPRESS HIS DISPLEASURE WITH
RUSSIA,
>>"THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES
WHERE THEY SLIP BACK INTO
COLD WAR THINKING AND A COLD
WAR MENTALITY. AND WHAT I
CONTINUALLY SAY TO THEM AND
WHAT I SAY TO PRESIDENT
PUTIN, THAT'S THE PAST."
>> PAM:
>> CATHERINE: THIS MORNING
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
JAY CARNEY ISSUED AN
OFFICIAL OFFICIAL STATEMENT,
SAYING, "WE BELIEVE IT WOULD
BE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE TO
POSTPONE THE SUMMIT UNTIL WE
HAVE MORE RESULTS FROM OUR
SHARED AGENDA."
>> CATHERINE: THE U=S IS NOT
HAPPY WITH RUSSIA'S SUPPORT
FOR SYRIA'S PRESIDENT, ITS
HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD,
VIOLATIONS OF ARMS TREATIES,
FOR BARRING AMERICAN COUPLES
FROM ADOPTING RUSSIAN
CHILDREN AND FOR ITS ANTI-
HOMOSEXUALITY LAWS.
>> CATHERINE: AND THE WHITE
HOUSE STATEMENT SAID
RUSSIAN'S DISAPPOINTING
DECISION TO GRANT TEMPORARY
ASYLUM TO EDWARD SNOWDEN WAS
ALSO A FACTOR. PRESIDENT
OBAMA WILL
>> CATHERINE: ATTEND A G20
CONFERENCE IN SAINT
PETERSBURG NEXT MONTH. BUT
INSTEAD OF FLYING ON TO
MOSCOW TO MEET WITH
PRESIDENT PUTIN AFTERWARDS,
HE WILL GO TO SWEDEN INSTEAD
>> CATHERINE: TALKING TO AT
TO THAT OCCURRED HE BLAMED
ON THE SNOWDONS OF THEIR
WHICH IS NOT RUSSIANS FAULT.
>> PAM: AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO
CONNECT
>> PAM: WAS THIS THE RIGHT
MOVE MICHAEL?
>> HE REALLY HAD NOTHING
ELSE TO DO. WHEN YOU PUT ON
TOP OF THAT THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN BLOCKING ALL THE
EFFORTS AND SYRIA. IT SOLD G
B T A L.B.G.T. ARREST AND
DISCONNECT AND AN THERE'S
NOTHING REALLY THEY COULD
TALK ABOUT WITH ANY BENEFIT
TO UNITED STATES. THERE'S
REALLY NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT
RIGHT NOW.
>> PAM: PLUME AND OBAMA HAD
A COOL RELATIONSHIP ALL
ALONG ANY WAY ARE WE
ENTERING AND NO NEW ERA OF
THE COLD WAR?
>> PLUME BASIS WE IS A FORM
A COMPONENT OF THE KGB.
SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE
DEALING WITH THE COLD WAR.
THE REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO
DEAL WITH THE RUSSIANS AT
THIS POINT IS THAT WE'RE
GETTING SOME ASYLUM IS A
SLAP IN THE FACE. THAT WAS
SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT
CANNOT LET STAND.
>> PAM: SO IT'S NOT THE
TALKS ARE NOT GOING ON WITH
OUR COUNTRY.
>> RISK ARE AGAIN ARE WET
WITH DEW ABOUT PROHIBITION.
A LOT OF CALLS IS TO SYRIA
SO WITHOUT RUSSIAN HELP ON
THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
QUITE FRANKLY WITH TO PUT
BACK INTO A WHOLE NEW COLD