stand right now. steve: as maria just pointed out the 28-year-old who just won new york 14 beating joe crowley, her message was get rid of ice. there have been a number of very ambitious democrats who obviously are going to run for president in 2020 against donald trump saying get rid of ice. here s the problem. democrats who can take a step back and look at whether or not it is a political winner, message wise, are saying, you know what? maybe not so fast. because the worry is it will make the party look weak on security which is a key for swing voters, that s why over the weekend you saw starkly, a division between the accomplish ice and the hold on, maybe that s not such a good idea right now. listen. abolishing ice already accomplish nothing unless we change the trump policies this administration is
and jill, to you, let s talk about that. the u.s. not at the table for these this cease-fire, the upcoming peace talks. what does that mean and put that into the context of what it means for vladimir putin on the world stage as he has this ongoing conflict with the u.s. on several fronts. well, looking why big picture, victor, i would have to say this puts vladimir putin in the position of being the peacemaker. it makes him look like the guaranteor of peace in that region. that would be a huge deal. of course, there are a lot of questions about it but politically, message-wise, it s very good for president putin and sets him up with kind of a clearer picture in syria for donald trump, because the whole argument that putin has been making is look, we should be in this together against terrorism and if he can present that picture to the world and to donald trump that, you know, it s kind of black and white.