get russia into a place where we can begin to have that kind of constructive relation -- you have mr. baron next to you, obviously something of an authority in this area. >> yes, kiev and moscow. look. it's very important as we get back to what i was saying to mr. gapes. russia is a great country. i went there when i was 16. it is an extraordinary culture and civilization from which we can learn. we should be friends with the russians. we should be building relations. we should be keeping channels open. we should be constantly talking to them. we must not get into a logic of being, of a new cold war. that would be totally wrong. but i think the route forward and knowledge that russian importance and on the world stage. let's be clear, that recognition is only possible if they will cease from what i'm afraid of barbaric acts in aleppo and in syria and if they would help find a way forward in ukraine. i think you've got a -- we can see what's happened with the former soviet union over the last 25 years. and everybody can see the reasons why the russians might collectively feel that they were

>> there are many countries, as mr. baron pointed out that sell very effective l ivively into te market, and that's what we'll do. >> so we'll be outside the single market? >> we'll get the best possible deal for trade of goods and services. >> so you don't know if we'll be in the single market? that's what i take. nobody appears to have a scooby about what's going to happen. i'll tell you -- i'll do it one last time. is it even your objective to retain membership of the single market? >> we are levering the european union. >> that's not quite what i asked. >> you seem to think the single market is sort of like, you know, the groucho club or something. we're leaving the european union. we will continue to have access for trade and goods and services to leave the eu. it will be to the benefit of both sides. >> you don't know, don't care, don't give a scooby. this is something i am pushing for as well. which commissioners have you met with since you took office? >> principally with johannes harn and commissioner mogarini. they

>> there are many countries, as mr. baronnted out, that sell very effectively into the single market and that's what we'll do. >> so we'll be outside the single market? >> we'll get the best possible deal for trade of goods and services. >> so you don't know if we'll be in the single market is what i take away from this. nobody appears to have a scooby if you like about what's going to happen. i'll tell you what. i'll do it one last time. is it even your objective to retain membership of the single market? >> we are leaving the european union. >> that's not quite what i asked. >> you seem to think the single market is sort of like, you know, the groucho club or something. we're leaving the european union. we will continue to have access for trade and goods and services to leave the eu. and i think we'll do a deal that will be to the benefit of both sides. >> you don't know, don't care, don't have a scooby. this is something i am pushing for as well. which commissioners have you met with since you took office? >> i've principa

we're doing an inquiry into russia and to take evidence from you responsible and hopefully mr. baron, before we conclude this inquiry, returning back to syria and our understanding of the syrian position, which is behind my question by the challenge with casualties, how well do we understand the reasons for the resilience of the assad regime? and i wonder if there is anything further you can say. i understand they have taken 70,000 fatalities and something which is obviously significantly more than 5%. >> i understand that. would you forgive me -- >> and is the carnage on both sides here and are we -- is there a misappreciation of why people in syria, we might not like it, as to why they are looking to the regime for security because they are fearful of the threat. >> in it, clearly, one of the things that assad did almost immediately in 2011, as you know, was the infamous and to create this false equivalent. so between ---to create this scenario and choosing to be himself and a bunch of jihadis. and that is not true. there is a significant moderate opposition. i can't give you the f

their time raising their son, baron, but issued a statement the morning after the tape came out, saying, this does not represent the man that i know. through her lawyers, mrsp also sent a letter to the writer and editor of a "people" magazine article, threatening to sue them, not over the writer's allegations that trump sexually assaulted her but over a passage which claimed falsely, according to melania trump, that the writer once met mrs. trump on the street. >> it's nitpicking and not part of the larger issue. >> reporter: how does melania trump feel about the allegations? why hasn't she spoken at any length about them in front of cameras? the campaign isn't commenting. a chris communication guru has a theory. >> there's a real fear, what else might there be? >> reporter: mrs. trump does have examples to follow. >> usually in campaigns, wives are used to be validaters of their husband, to be a voice to talk about their husband. wives and campaigns or spouses in general are often used to tell a side about the candidate that they would otherwise not know. >> reporter: a role immortalized by hillary clinton in 1990, after gennifer flowers said she had an a