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Even require any kind of notification from russia to the united states in advance. theres the start treaty and memorandum of understanding, but if its just an ejection test, and that is -- those are for everyones safety. if russia were to launch off an icbm without notifying the united states in advance, the u.s. is going to know. theyre going to see it within a matter a minute or two. theyre going to see it launching. if they dont know that thats a test, then they could see that as a potential ...

>> michael, im sorry. >> theres two types of consequences to this. on one hand, if the united states withdraws, then russia effectively owns syria. and so that for vladimir putin also poses a number of challenges because, especially in the eastern part of the country, hes going to have wave upon wave of sunnir radicalized extremist to attack the assad regime. its presenting russia with a real conone drum going forward. it cuts both ways. >>. news on the russia investigation. well tell you what...

Global engagement, and former nfc director for russia. daniel hoffman is a moscow station chief for the cia and vp of impera, a cyber intelligence firm. michael, the president has attempted in the past to engage with vladimir putin, to flatter him. hes said its better if we have a good relationship with vladimir putin. do you see this as a sign that things could potentially be deteriorating between the two men? >> well, i think russias game plan here is to engage in this sort of nuclear saber ra...