tere with me to discuss with political repo marissa lagos, and political senior writer carla ma carl from a republican perspective, you just heard what secretary panetta had to say about the russia investigation and secretary pompeo's testimony. what is your reaction to all of that? >> i think there is a distance here. the secretary raises an interesting point. on the one han the administration is conducting policy toward russia in a way's tha relatively consistent with previous republican administrations, arguably touger than therevious administration with respect to sanctions in a few other areas. then you have the rhetoricfr coming the administration and particularly from the president. less so the administration. i think secretary pompeo, secretary mattis haveeen very clear. john bolton's been very clear regarding what they believe the u.s.ar posture t russia should be. the president is the one i think who has sent mxed messages. so if this administration wants to get on the same page, it starts at the top. ultimately it's the approximate the and his rhetoric that need to address