REPRESENTATIVE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> VICE PRESIDENT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, KAMALA HARRIS, RECEIVED A SURPRISE ENDORSEMENT TODAY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. VLADIMIR PUTIN TELLING A CROWD HE PREFERRED HARRIS IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. THEY REPORTEDLY BELIEVE RUSSIA PREFERS A TRUMP VICTORY BECAUSE OF HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ONGOING WAR AGAINST UKRAINE. NOW THOSE COMMENTS CAME SHORTLY AFTER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ACCUSED RUSSIA OF A WIDESPREAD ELECTION INTERFERENCE CAMPAIGN. >> CBS NEWS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT WILL JOIN US MORE FROM OUR LONDON BUREAU. AND SO IF THEY SAY PUTIN ACTUALLY WANTS TRUMP TO WIN, WHY DID HE ENDORSE HARRIS? >> Reporter: LANA, PUTIN MADE THESE REMARKS WITH A SMILE, I SHOULD ADD, AT THAT ECONOMIC FORUM. HE KNOWS THE WORLD IS WATCHING. SO FIRST WE FEED TO REMEMBER HE'S A FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. HE SEES THE UNITED STATES AS AN ADVERSARY AND HE WILL DO WHATEVER HE CAN TO CREATE CHAOS IN AMERICA THAT WILL BENEFIT HIM. ANY STATEMENT SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH THE GRAIN OF SALT. THEY HAVE BEEN BEHIND ELECTION INTERFERENCE, NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT HERE IN EUROPE AS WELL AS AROUND THE WORLD. AND YESTERDAY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACCUSED TWO NATIONALLED WHO WOULD WORK FOR THE NEWS NETWORK OF FUNNELING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WILL PAY THE INFLUENCERS FOR VIDEOS THAT WILL PUSH THEIR NARRATIVES ACCORDING TO THE ALLEGATIONS. SO WHEN IT COMES TO PUTIN, WHO HE WANTS TO SEE IN THAT WHITE HOUSE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT ON WHAT HE SAYS AND WHAT HE DOES. >> HE ALSO SAYS HE IS READY TO HOLD PEACE TALKS WITH UKRAINE. YOU HAVE DONE EXPENSIVE REPORTING RECENTLY FROM UKRAINE. BUT THERE SAN ON SLOT OF RUSSIAN MUNITIONS TO UKRAINE IN THE PAST WEEK OR SO. SHOULD THIS BE BELIEVED? IT IS BASE ON THE DEAL ASSEMBLED IN 2022 AND THEY DID NOT AGREE TO THOSE TERMS THEN. WHAT SHOULD WE MAKE OF THIS COMMENT NOW? >> AND THIS IS INTERESTING. ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE HEARING TALKS FROM BOTH MOSCOW AND KEITH. SAYING CHINA, INDIA, BRAZIL, COULD ACT AS POTENTIAL MEDIATORS. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD SEE BEIJING AS THE ARBITER AND SUPPORTING THEIR WAR EFFORT. BUT THAT DEAL YOU WOULD TALK ABOUT AND HE WAS REFERENCING, WAS DISCUSSED IN THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE WAR WHILE THEY WERE IN SHOCK OF THE INVASION. AND DETAILS WERE NEVER MADE PUBLIC, BUT DOCUMENTS SHARED WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES, THEY WOULD SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT, HANDING OVER FOUR REGIONS IN THE EAST THAT IS. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN LAWS IN UKRAINE THAT THEY WANTED TO APPEAL TO FOREGO THE MEMBERSHIP. THEY WANTED TO PULL THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND SECURITY GUARANTEES THAT WOULD DRAW IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO DEFEND UKRAINE IF IT WAS EVER ATTACKED. BUT THE PEACE TALKS WOULD BREAK DOWN. WHEN IT COMES TO TALKS FROM KYIV, VLAD PEER ZELENSKYY WOULD JUST RESHUFFLE TO HELP WHAT HE'S CALLING HIS VICTORY PLAN AND TO PRESENT THAT TO BIDEN LATER THIS MONTH. AND THAT WILL INVOLVE THEIR REGION, SETTING UP THE LAND SWAP. AND THE OTHER