fighters and their families have been bused to eastern syria in the past few days.t is part of a truce deal with hezbollah. brett mcgurk has blasted the deal. he wrote on twitter -- the i.s. fighters should be killed on the battlefield in stead. a day after north korea fired a ballistic missile over japan, donald trump says talking is not to be answer in dealing with pyongyang's weapons program, but his defense secretary, james mattis, swiftly rejected those claims in a meeting with his japanese counterpart at the pentagon. matt has said the u.s. is never out of diplomatic options. japan is pushing to impose new u.s. sanctions on north korea. for more i am point by jim wallis, a senior researcher on u.s. studies. trump's own man at the pentagon saying there are diplomatic measures on the table if we want them. what can the world international community do right now? guest: unfortunately, it is up to two main players, the united states and north korea, and both governments have sent deeply confusing and mixed signals. both the north koreans and the americans have sen

of the besieged city of there is or is located in east an excuse me eastern syria as you can see from the map we've prepared here is completely surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army is in blockaded in a tiny portion of the city for almost three years and what's more the jihad this are refusing to let civilians leave. however i learned very late and even a bit as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i had her in a water tank so that the terrorist didn't take her as a slave it was obvious that it's not cowardice the situation in there is or is catastrophic terrorist from iraq executes civilians in the streets and leave bodies lying there for up to five days by secretly drove my sons out of the city otherwise isis militants would recruit them by force inject psychotropic substances and later use them a suicide bombers. ok let's bring in a guest to discuss this middle east expert on our walk off is the founder and director of the grossest think tank good evening omar is it possible do you think for the syrian army to break this seiji ju

-led airstrikes are credited for keeping militants from reaching eastern syria. this comes after a cease-fire was reached with hezbollah. that agreement gave isis safe passage into the region. according to a coalition spokesperson, the airstrikes took out isis vehicles as well as roads along that route. >>> and the pentagon announced there are more troops in afghanistan than previously disclosed. there are actual lly 11,000 tros in the area, 3,000 more than originally reported. the new members include those there on temporary and covert missions. >>> a police chase ends tragically in sacramento. a deputy was injured during a shootout. women led police on a chase in what was believed to be a stolen c in the incident, but the police chase ended at the hotel and resulted in the deadly shootout. >>> and new video out of russia shows the start of an intense weather situation. at least, not one, not two, you count them, four funnel clouds spot the near sochi, which hosted the last winter olympics, of course. some reports say there were as many as a dozen tornados in th

the besieged city of the as order is located in eastern syria as you can see from the map we'll show you graphics it's a surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army though has been blockaded been a tiny portion of the city for almost three years i want some more the jihadists are refusing to allow civilians to leave according to the u.n. more than one hundred thousand of them are still trapped inside the city and middle east expert ali risk believes there's finally a chance the city will be captured from the terrorists they've absorbed first of all is a second biggest province in syria geographically street. especially now after the syrian army has made so many victories elsewhere of the cease fire agreement which was reached between russia the u.s. and jordan a soft western syria that is apt to actually allow the syrian armed forces to dedicate. more and free basically freed up more of syria's military to go ahead and launch this attempt to break the siege off we have to think about what's beyond syria's role regionally because they those orders an important a linkage area i thin

of the city of the sort of the city of the resort is the provincial capital of eastern syria because of a number of full siege by arson for over three years now most of the city is under the control of the syrian army and in these parts thousands of people live who are suffering from extremely difficult circumstances and there has been hundreds of cases. and people dying because they can't get absolute to basic medical care because of the ongoing so huge they are going to get out or have a job out there but i was proud. that i. should support having you know like. for the journey the journey of any other syrian army moves closer to breaking the siege a force on the city of theirs or now civilians inside the city having a new form of hope as they feel that the situation could change and if the army manages to break arsenal's usual the city could once again go back to their everyday lives through their normal lives. but meanwhile r.t. is campaigning to help orphans stranded in war torn iraq to find their relatives and returned home they were taken there by radicalized parents who joine

the general wants to ta ke eastern syria.ke back all of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translation: of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translationzlj of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translation: i am hell—bent on victory, we're not scared of death. i am the commander on the ground and i have been wounded three times. this is my arm, look at it. every inch the ruthless commander. charismatic, controversial. he is on eu sanctions list, accused of suppressing peaceful protest in 2011. the general last this off, insisting he is fighting terrorism. this is now the armies forward firing position. days ago, this area was under is control. now the fighters are just over the horizon. these soldiers tell us of the latest operation destroyed the closest positions of isjust destroyed the closest positions of is just beyond nut rage so that will allow the syrian army and its russian and iranian allies to move forward by a number of miles. they are heading towards the next provin

only be seen city of the resort is located in eastern syria and you can see on our map here that it's completely surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army has been blockaded in a tiny portion of the city for almost three years while small jihadists are refusing to allow civilians to leave. even a bit as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i hid her in a water tank so that the terrorist didn't take her as a slave it was argued that it's not cowardice the situation in there is or is catastrophic terrorist from iraq execute civilians in the streets and leave bodies lying there for up to five days i secretly drove my sons out of the city otherwise isis militants would recruit them by force inject psychotropic substances and later use them as suicide bombers. i want to bring in ali risk now he's a contributor with al ali is it possible for the syrian army to break this siege it certainly looks like an intimidating situation if you look at the map in the terrorists' presence that. hello ali can you hear me ok this is neil harvey in the mosco

this is the man leading the syrian army against islamic state in eastern syria. mohammed khaddour wants to take us to the front line to see their latest successes, vowing, with a soldier's swagger, to take back all of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translation: i am hellbent on victory. we are not scared of death. i'm a commander on the ground and i've been wounded three times. this is my arm. just look at it. every inch the ruthless commander. charismatic, controversial. he's on the eu sanctions list, accused of suppressing peaceful protests in 2011. the general laughs it off, insisting he's fighting terrorism. this is now the army's forward firing position. days ago this area was under is control. now their fighters are just over the horizon. these soldiers tell us this latest operation destroyed the closest positions of is just on that ridge, so that's going to allow the syrian army, and its russian and iranian armies, to move forward by a number of miles. they're heading towards the next province of deir ez—zor, all of it is in is hands, ex

this is the man leading the syrian army against islamic state in eastern syria. l wants to take us to the front line to see their latest successes. vowing with a soldier's swagger to take back all of syria. tens of thousands of men under his command. translation: i am hell-bent on victory, we're not scared of death. i am the commander on the ground and i have been wounded three times. this is my arm, look at it. every inch the ruthless commander. charismatic, controversial. he is on the eu sanctions list, accused of suppressing peaceful protest in 2011. the general laughs this off, insisting he is fighting terrorism. this is now the army's forward firing position. days ago, this area was under is control. now the fighters are just over the horizon. these soldiers tell us the latest operation destroyed the closest positions of isjust beyond that ridge so that will allow the syrian army and its russian and iranian allies to move forward by a number of miles. they are heading towards the next province. all of it is in is hands, except for a small enclave. so that is

of the b c's the city of dera zora is located in eastern syria as you can see from our map here is completely surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army has been blockaded in a tiny portion of the city for almost three years while small the geologists are refusing to let civilians leave. while a very late and even a bit as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i hid her in a water tank so that the terrorist didn't take her as a slave it was argued that it's not courtesy the situation in there is or is catastrophic terrorist from iraq execute civilians in the streets and leave bodies lying there for up to five days by secretly drove my sons out of the city otherwise isis militants would recruit them by force inject psychotropic substances and later use them a suicide bombers. middle east expert ahmad walker thinks that the attempt to break the siege is critical given the number of civilians trapped there. unlike previous operations where the syrian army liberated certain areas this time around we're talking about two hundred or so thousand civilia

from a long standing project of destabilizing syria they've carved out as own of influence in eastern syria along the iraqi border and in the northern areas all the way up to ko bani using the kurdish syrian defense forces which is actually a front for the. us general basically told the kurds rename the y p g d s d f so that we can get around the terror designation because the y. p.g. is connected to the people k.k. which we and the turks consider a terror organization so through this proxy the us has established this massive zone of influence they've established a series of defacto bases and i don't think that the reason that they're there has anything in the long run to do with isis isis was simply a pretext for establishing u.s. influence in this area now once the jihadists are defeated the u.s. can do two things and will likely do two things number one try to replace the in syria air base in turkey which the u.s. used to handle its rebel army equip operations in syria with a new base that it controls through the kurds who are the u.s. considers a much more reliable ally then turkey numb

with the ultimate goal of freedom and of course there is or by the way is the largest city in eastern syria and it's been under siege still since twenty fourteen with over one hundred thousand civilians still trapped there now happens that there is or is the final frontier of international terrorism in syria so all of it there could mean more peaceful times and. almost a fifth of people in germany have said they would not welcome having muslim or refugee neighbors that's according to a recent study as the country continues to try and integrate an influx of migrants a survey revealed that nineteen percent of germans were against the idea chancellor merkel has promoted on open door policy since the beginning of the refugee crisis but has occasionally bucked tracked on the issue or europe correspondent peter all of her looks at how interest rates could influence voters in next month's german election. angle merkel currently sits around sixteen to seventeen points clear in the polls ahead of elections that are in well just under one month's time here in germany when she was talking in a recent

it will not rule out strikes against terrorist evacuating the lebanon border and heading into eastern syriae convoy was organized under a controversial deal brokered by hezbollah. the coalition spokesman says the allies are not party to such an agreement. the top u.s. envoy tweets "ice terrorist or be killed on the battlefield, not bust across syria to the iraqi border." president trump starts his push for tax reform. we will get reaction from the panel when we come back. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. have you any wool?eep, no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. luckily, the geico insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. everything stolen was replaced. and the hooligan who lives down the lane was caught selling the stolen goods online. visit geico.com and see how easy it is to switch and save on renters insurance. >> this

it will not rule out strikes against terrorist evacuating the lebanon border and heading into eastern syriathe convoy was organized under a controversial deal brokered by hezbollah. the coalition spokesman says the allies are not party to such an agreement. the top u.s. envoy tweets "ice terrorist or be killed on the battlefield, not bust across syria to the iraqi border." president trump starts his push for tax reform. we will get reaction from the panel when we come >> this is our once in a generation opportunity to deliver real tax reform for everyday hardworking americans. and i am fully committed to working with congress to get this job done. and i don't want to be disappointed by congress. do you understand me? do you understand? and your senator claire mccaskill, she must do this for you. and if she doesn't for you, you have to vote her out of office. >> bret: president trump today on the first official pitch of his tax reform effort. this in the backyard of a democrat up for reelection, claire mccaskill, one of several democrats up for reelection in 2018 in states that president tru

with the ultimate goal of freedom and of course there is or by the way is the largest city in eastern syria and it's been under siege since twenty fourteen with over one hundred thousand civilians still trapped there now happens that there is or is the final frontier of international terrorism in syria saw a victory there could mean more peaceful times and. almost a fifth of people in germany have said they would not welcome having muslim or refugee neighbors that's according to a recent survey as the country continues to try and enter great an influx of migrants the poll revealed that nineteen percent of germans were against the idea of chancellor merkel has promoted an open door policy since the beginning of the refugee crisis but has occasionally backtracked on the issue of the study's findings come less than a month before germany's federal election. only the latest figures you can see here behind me suggest the angle of merkel's party is well out in front martin schultz's party ahead of the rest among those trailing the front runners in the poll is the alternative for germany party als

in eastern lebanon. syria has called on the u.n. to end what it calls washington's massacres against its civilians. the u.s. led international coalition continues to commit massacres against innocent syrian civilians but conducting systematic asterix those attacks contributed to the spread of chaos killing and destruction over six hundred people have been killed in the u.s. led coalition airstrikes in syria and iraq over the course of three years although more than four hundred reports of possible civilian casualties are yet to be examined that's according to operation inherent results own dates are in fact however the u.k. based transparency group was calculates that almost five thousand people have died in coalition air bombardment since the start of the operation in may the u.s. defense secretary said such losses was inevitable two billion casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation in syria thousands are still fleeing the ravages of war plus in neighboring iraq one british aid worker describes scenes of armageddon wh

today, the challenges in the eastern mediterranean syria, this is the brutal dictator and war criminal aside. he has a coastline on the eastern mediterranean . and here's what it looks like. it's confrontation between the united states and russia, that's the russian flag. right above the us and the other nations of this region are in conflict not only about the shia politics but also about the hydrocarbon. >> this is an area of the world which under the sea, in oil and natural gas . >> two thirds of us maritime trail passes through the canal. it's been expanded recently. yet there are challenges here in the mediterranean, maritime challenges. things upper right or going to see natural disasters plague the region, bottom left with we have refugee problems here. upper left we have the challenge of marcotte's. narcotics, let me show you a rather hopeful photograph. this is a drug bust. this is a high-tech u.s. navy vessels. it's capturing a drug runner. the bad news, is that the high-tech u.s. navy vessel is the one on top in the photograph. >> the one on the bottom that looks like batman

today the challenge is in the eastern mediterranean, syria, this is the brutal dictator and war criminalassad, he has a coastline on the eastern mediterranean and here is what it looks like. it's confrontation between the united states and russia, that's the russian flag right above the u.s. and the other nations of this region are in conflict not only about the geopolitics but also about the hydrocarbons. this is an area in the world rich under the sea in oil and natural gas. these nations will compete for that. so -- [inaudible] >> it is, indeed. what does it all lead to? waves of refugees that move and take a look at that refugee boat, picture yourself on that trying to cross those waters. so these are deeply, deeply conflicted waters with huge humanitarian challenges and great issues at play. let's come a little close the other home here in florida. this is the caribbean. it is a sea that we know well here in florida and i'm a florida native by the way, i was born just north of west palm beach, the less expensive side of town. [laughter] >> the caribbean is an extraordinary body of w

they are strained in syria, eastern ukraine and elsewhere. putin has got wren is by bluff. he's a master at bluff, a great poker player. he has a great sense of what he can get away with nell went into eastern ukraine. now he's hitting walls. but almost by sheer accident our russia policy evolved very, very well. kennedy: and quickly. this is obviously a major shift for the administration. i'm wondering is putin is thinking, man, i gout into power and this is how you thank me? >> i'm sure he is. life is full of wonderful ironies. russian efforts to influence our election backfired enormously. the great news for america is our system of checks and balances is work. founding fathers were great, the constitution saw the future through a crystal ball. congress is under no illusions. republican, democrat. the russians are our enemy because putin has chosen to make them our enemies. there is nothing against the russian people. i'm perfectly happy to let them drink themselves to death. putin is a menace, we have got to take him seriously and i think at last we are. kennedy: thank

air forces have eliminated more than two hundred i still terrorists heading to their eastern stronghold the war in syria twenty of us were also destroyed with ammunition and weapons including. forty to the russian ministry of the terrorists are trying to regroup establish a new base. they also say it will prove to be a strategic defeat for the terror group and meanwhile the battle to complete the rid of terrorist as own goal weighing has flown to exclusive video from inside the besieged area. what is going on. if you do the same thing i. did. who did. you know the. party has been town paying to help find their relatives or friends russian speaking children stranded in an iraqi orphanage it's believed their parents traveled to the war torn country to join i.c.l. and then i abandoned them or work killed with already received responses from people who have recognized some of the children and one of those spot it was a little. phone call to that very same shelter the voice on the other end says another girl has just been brought in from mosul. but it could be too early to talk for her any question and the g

the 2014 annexation of crimea and its military activity in eastern ukraine and syria. the bill punishes iran and north korea for their ballistic missile programs and it gives congress veto power if president trump tries to ease or change the sanctions. all right. to the korean peninsula now. north korea's latest missile test posed a serious threat to aircraft. an air france spokesman says one of their planes flew just east of the icbm splashdown site last friday, just minutes before the missile hit the water. there were 332 people on board. and our alexandra field joins us now from seoul, south korea with more on this. alexandra, a real concern of course ofor any airline operating in the region. what can be done about this, given north korea has absolutely no intention of sending out any warning before launching any future missiles? >> right, rosemary. it's probably worth pointing out some of the background for our viewers. we've seen situations like this. as far as back as 2014, there was a similar situation with a chinese airliner in the area. this is a concern that

two more than two hundred i saw terrorists hiding to their eastern stronghold there as the war in syria twenty vehicles were also destroyed along with ammunition and weapons including tanks and according to the russian ministry of defense the terrorists are trying to regroup and establish a new base we also say. it will prove to be a strategic defeat for the terror group and syria meanwhile in the battle to completely rid dare as the war of terrorists as ongoing and he has film takes close of from inside the besieged area. so. we wanted to. keep doing the same thing i. did. who. he's been campaigning to help find their relatives or friends russian speaking children stranded in an iraqi orphanage especially if their parents traveled to the war torn country to join i sell and then either abandon them or work killed we've already received two responses from people who freak of nice some of the children and one of those spot tests was little mariam. form called to that very same shelter the voice on the other end says another girl has just been brought in from mosul. but it could be too ear

russia, who i think is worth looking hard at in the high north and eastern mediterranean, where it seems to me one of their major goals in syria is to set up a way to keep the u.s. navy unsafe in the eastern mediterranean. north korea constantly making trouble for its neighbors, iran looking to be more influential in the central command aor. in addition to peacetime requirements, potential wartime requirements have increased. just not enough navy. host: john is calling on the republican line from arlington heights, illinois. good morning. caller: good morning, and good morning to commander mcgrath. the question i have is given all the hot spots we have around the world in the different emotions, area the indian ocean, straight to morocco, has any consideration been given by either people in congress or in establishing a subordinate unit in the navy that would act as mercenaries to or toed out to countries a group of countries who are reliant on international shipping for the security of the area? guest: john, that is a good question. i do not believe there is any move to do that within united states navy governments, nor do i

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and they can work on states owns in syria, other medial eastern issues.hanistan we will work on where we can. the other differences that that we have, like in these issues back and forth, what is going on in ukraine, restaurant interference there. they will have to work out their differences on that. >> harris: rich, thank you very much. controversy in silicon valley. a group of tax internal memo has gone viral. in that memo, he argues that men are better suited for tech jobs than women. the blast diversity efforts. wow. details on that. north korea making new threats against united states. we have been talking about it with our reporting this hour. after being slapped with the tough and sanctions yet, north korea is angry and threatening u.s. ambassador nikki haley says, all options remain on the table. >> while the security council has done good work, the members of the security counsel and all u.n. members sake must do more to put pressure on north korea. new bike? yeah, 'cause i got allstate. if you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand ne

has engaged in all kinds of egregious conduct, seized crimea, supporting rebels in eastern ukraine, intervening in syria, interfering in the u.s.hs elections, harassing our personnel in moscow and elsewhere. i could make a very long list. what is the united states supposed to do about that? how do we respond to conduct like that in a way that might affect russian conduct and defensive u.s. interest,, actually, which is our ultimate objective? >> if i can start on that. that's an excellent question. there's not a short answer to it. i would say the first thing we need to do is to understand very clearly what our own interests are. and then within those interests what is vital, in other words,at what would we go to war to protect, and what is a secondary importance to us, in that list of priorities. if you don't understand that first thing you will not know where your red lines really are drawn, i and what you can afford to compromise, where you can find some common ground.do tha if we do that, if we understand what critical to us and what's of lesser importance, then you can put together a comprehensive

eastern security concerns. they're just enjoying the calm while it lasts. fred pleitgen, cnn, quneitra, syriao have fred on the ground able to talk to people about what it's like. thanks for that, fred. >>> president trump calls the russia probe a total fabrication, but the second in command at the justice department says the investigation is expanding, and it won't be limited as the president hopes. >>> that, plus mike pence firing back at reports that he's readying for a white house run. we'll explain all that coming up. what if we could bring you better value by having better values? at blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. so instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most: making farmland healthier. cutting down on food waste. and bringing you higher quality, fresher ingredients for less than you pay at the store. because food is better when you start from scratch. get $30 off at blueapron.com/cook jack knocked over a candlestick, onto the shag carpeting... ...and his pants ignited into flames, causing h

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eastern security concerns. they are just enjoying the calm while it lasts. cnn, queneitra syria. >> protesters facing off near a military base on sunday. that was after officials say they stopped what they claim was a terror attack on a parapull tour of the base. he says his government won't be defeated. >> translator: a week ago we won with votes and today we had to beat terrorism with bullets. >> president medura said two attackers were killed. later is this report from caucus. >> the government calls this paramilitary style attack. they have several people in custody. we have seen seen the stronger milita military presence on the streets. this revolt cake shortly after a video was posted on-line bay group of informed men saying that this was a legitimate re l rebellion. they want to rehe stab lish ree governme government. the government claims this group was backed by outside influences, specifically nafing colombia and miami. right? the same day we now ousted attorney general has spoken out yet again. she has been a very vocal credit of the government. even though she once s

in eastern europe to an extent in the caucuses, historical interest in syria and the middle east and vladimir putin is playing that out. it is because of the expansive russian territory, as russia looks at its borders, in a sense, it is global in its security concerns. china, china in terms of how it looks at its security, is primarily an asian power at this point. it is starting to get asian interest -- world interests that it is primarily concerned with maritime claims in the pacific. in the united states, we are truly a global power in every sense. in this domain of security globally, as i talked about who is spending what on defense, the top 10 defense spenders, you have china and russia, two and three, but the other 10, led by the united states are either allies of the united states were close partners and friends of the united states. second point on the economy, theerine had led with that, united states and china together, we are 40% of the world's gdp right now and if you look at global trade and investment, although the chinese are moving ahead in trade, between the two of u

a trend in countries like lebanon, syria, yemen and they are pushing at the saudi arabia eastern provinceswhere the majority of the shiite population and they are pushing in bahrain and are working globally. they're working in our backyard in latin america as many people in heritage have analyzed. their influence in latin america is growing. you will have a lethal iranian and state in a decade and anyone was how that too in a decade not to worry will have all instruments of american power available to us today is misleading you because iran will be stronger and richer and more dangerous and they will be at a near zero breakout. the last time i checked you don't sanction a country and stop them from actually developing nuclear weapons when they are at the turn of the screw away from having a nuclear weapon. will have a option but it will be a military option. so it's the jcpoa and war and when the war comes the consequences will be much more devastating. all right. what do we do? we have talked about the rollback strategy recently and jim and jim have done a very good job of explaining that

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that stand and so if the russians want to get out of eastern ukraine if they want to stop killing ukrainians if they want to be part of the solution syria and deal with isis but not just try and prop up this wicked assad regime if they want to be partners i think russia would be welcome back to the civilized community of nations with open arms but they've got to make some choices and threatening to invade lithuania latvia estonia the captive nations that we remember those old postage stamps that we used to see as kids if they want to get out of that business and stop threatening their neighbors i think they can i think we're going to good relations with the russians resisting really forcefully i mean he signed this sanctions call it unconstitutional what he would do is this something where you know the signing statements are an unusual president obama did or president bush did it so i don't take a lot from the fact that he had a signing statement when he signed the russian sanctions i thought it was important he signed the sanctions for national unity as you mentioned. i think the trump feels to think present trump feels two things that

in eastern europe, to an extent in the caucuses, it has historical interest in syria and the middle east. it is simply because of the expanse of russian territory, that is russia look that it's border, in a sense it is global in security concerns. in the case of china, china in terms of the way it looks at its security is primarily an asian , power at this point. it is starting to get global interest, but primarily in asia. the koreanwith peninsula, as we are, and concerns over its maritime presence in the south china sea. the united states, we are a truly global power in every sense. in this domain of security globally, as i talked about who is spending what on defense, the top 10 defense spenders -- you have china and russia has two and three. the other 10 are either allies of the u.s. are close partners or close partners and friends of the united states. second point on the economy, the united states and china together are about 40% of the world's gdp right now. if you look at global trade and investment, although the chinese are moving ahead in trade, between the two of us, still pre

putin still has troops in eastern ukraine, dividing that country. he has been a malevolent force in syria. what is the strategy for president trump? we saw this extraordinary situation where the president was repudiated by republicans in congress. if you were to give advice to him, what would it be? [laughter] >> not to put you on the spot too much. >> well, thanks. whot, be sure you know vladimir putin is. vladimir putin is someone who likes to humiliate, dominate, and essentially understands power. don't go into a room with vladimir putin unless you are in a pretty powerful position. , when you go to talk to vladimir putin, first let's continue the policy the obama administration began, maybe even accelerate the policy of putting forces at least on a rotating basis, but possibly on a permanent basis in places like poland and the baltic states. you say to him, this far and no further. secondly, i like raising the defense budget as a signal to the russians. third, you have to say to the russians, we know you didn't on the electoral process. it on the electoral process. we will deal with i