the ambassador considers himself -- michelle kaczynski reports. >> reporter: russian ambassador to thes., sergey kislyak spent a dozen of his 66 years working as a diplomat for the united states. he and his wife seen out and about enjoying parties and envents in washington, d.c. >> i have been working with the united states so long, i know almost everybody. >> he's straight out of central casting, perfect english, heavy russian accent, immaculate suits, blunt and stands out. >> reporter: trained as an engineer in russia and highly intelligent. he joined the russian ministry during the cold war. he's been ambassador to the u.s. eight yurs running. some feel he is more than that. some believe he has close ties to russian intelligence according to current and former senior u.s. government officials. speaking at stanford, he described the u.s./russian relationship after the election of president trump. >> we are in the worst point of our relations at the end of the cold war. >> reporter: he expressed optimism that things would get better. now, the controversy over kislyak's meetings with j

michelle kaczynski, cnn. >>> finally here alec baldwin is known for his scathing impersonation of donaldaturday night live". he said he didn't hate trump. when asked to play the part, he said he wasn't interested until the first dress rehearsal. he said what happened next. >> i had no idea what i was going to do. i tried to stick my face out and my mouth out. i was in the makeup room. it was like a scene from a mental hospital. the whole time i was like gina. >> it's memorable. baldwin and kimmel later discussed the possibility of playing the president at this year's white house correspondence dinner. >> thank you for watching us. i'm isa sessay. stay with us. you're watching cnn. americans - 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. ♪ (music pla♪ throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: get on your feet for the nastiest, most terrifying bull in the state of texas. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (crow

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let's go to our diplomatic correspondent, michelle kaczyns kaczynski.ating whether exxon misled investors about climb change, but what does it mean for rex tillerson as secretary of state. >> having the second e-mail address, that raises eyebrows giving the use of alternate e-mail devices and addresses in a number of cases tat we all know about. to use a separate e-mail address within the exxon system while he was ceo, there's nothing wrong with that. rex tillerson, in a statement from spokesperson for exxon, they said he used an alternate e-mail address because his normal exxon e-mail got to be too busy. there were too many e-mails. when he wanted to have specific communications with other executives, he used a separate name and a separate e-mail address, wayne tracker. the problem is the new york a.g. says when they asked for all the communications from exxon, discussing climate change and other important matters as they put it in a letter to the judge, exxon only turned over his main e-mails primarily. it was in the e-mails that the a.g.'s office fou