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Off vladimir putins authoritarian behavior. by that extent he seeks his -- he gains a lot of his power from these rich individuals, from this system. and so by punishing them theyre hoping that that could not only weaken putin but get him to change his behavior. does that work? i dont necessarily think so. certainly thats the aim here. >> i want to read part of a statement from senator john mccain, chairman of the armed services committee as a giant russia hawk who said that the united states mu...

About john bolton that ive always liked is he has been a tough, tough hawk on russia. you go back and you look at things that he wrote brzezinski sent me something he wrote in 2013 and he was ashma-- man he fire breather and talking about what things russia hates the most and that is expanding nato and why its good for america. >> russia is the one space in which you could see president trump and bolton clashing because he is so much tougher in terms of his rhetoric and his views on russia and h...

And deter russian aggression and mcmaster did not say no one has been tougher on russia than president trump. just six and a half weeks ago when he spoke about the meddling in the 2016 election, president trump tweeted this. general mcmaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and crooked h, the dnc and the democrats. heres the quote from mcmaster. we have failed to impose sufficient costs...

The national security adviser is the -- essentially the man the president sees first in the morning, last in the evening. he is the gatekeeper through whom all influence comes. hes the guy who shapes the options the president has. and as you say, john bolton is beyond left and right, really. john bolton is probably within the foreign policy establishment of the united states over the last 30 years, the most extreme hawk who exists. he has been in favor of an unprovoked war against north korea. i...

Trump ive often thought is he cant really hide his basic intentions and inclin nations. what you saw to me was a little heartening. trump has always been something of an isolationist. he criticized the iraq war, why the hell are we in the middle east? and for many people who worried that trump seemed to be -- because he wants to be a tough guy, he was bombing more, he was sending bigger bombs, escalated the mission in afghanistan. to me thats the real trump. trump really does not want to be enga...

Advocated war with north korea, with iran, cyber war with russia. im just wondering what kind of influence you expect him to have on the president with these hot spots. >> its very worrying. the national security adviser is the -- essentially the man the president sees first in the morning, last in the evening. he is the gatekeeper through whom all influence comes. hes the guy who shapes the options the president has. and as you say, john bolton is beyond left and right, really. john bolton is p...

And fishing and camping together. as i would like to have children sooner rather than later hes already thinking about what kind of wont they would be born into. wondering if my kids and their kids are going to live to see a glacier actually and theyre living here in alaska. in the future of the theyre going to live here in alaska and ask me you know. whats a glacier and the hawk to see it in books and in movies them not in person like we are privileged to see right now. alan golden also fills e...

Got from our defense secretary general mattis on thursday. >> thanks for coming. its good to finally meet you. >> ive heard youre the devil incarnate and i wanted to meet you. >> jennifer, how sanguine are you on our management of the middle east with these guys incoming and probably the last voice for ratcheting down tensions and remaining in syria out the door. >> a very peculiar statement by donald trump. thats not been the policy either of the state department or the defense department. now,...

Punch. it seems like that his advisers, he really listened to their advice and they talked him expelling the russian diplomats thank you multiday process. they had a light, sxheemd high in terms of the responses that he could choose. and it seems like he chose between sxheemd high. >> probably medium.and it seems between medium and high. >> probably medium. >> it is noteworthy. this president did respond to russia. and even u.s. allies were surprised that did he this because it is more normal th...

As it appears to be happening. one more thing that the ambassador noted. this administration sent lethal aid to ukraine. it is much tougher on russia than the last administration across a whole host of things. >> he didnt say it is much tougher. he said its following in line with the obama administration and they have taken steps that are tougher including that one but he -- >> he said double down. he said double down. >> youre exaggerating a little bit. let me ask you this. the presidents own p...