ramped up the operations in syria, but look where we have been in the last couple of months. i mean, the u.s. has armed ukrainians, jordans, they attacked u.s. forces in syria and we literally tumbled them into the ground. from a hard-power perspective, it s been almost two years since putin had anything that looks muscular or impressive. he actually looks like he s on the defensive. what we have seen late of the russians is a bunch of disinformation, small active measures and really these kinds of propaganda speeches to make him look powerful and strong, if you look at action versus action, the u.s. has been much tougher on the russians than the russians have been on us. when we talk about russia, we have to talk about our tit for tat, but when we talk about what we are seeing in escalation as far as the missiles are concerned, are we in the cusp of arm s race, is that what we are looking at? well, i don t think so. look, we are on the cusp of the
from a president who is supposed to be soft on russia and b, didn t care about diplomacy, this is a really powerful signal, kudos to the administration for really ramping it up and doing more than what people expected. yeah, you know, taking things beyond the discussion about what s happening farce diplomats are concerned, broadly we have seen the parton russia, sneaky actions in ukraine, the meddling in elections, they have done a lot of things that are underlying and sneaky and nefarious but are doing things bold and the open including missile test, how can we forget the video where it shows the missile striking the united states as well. what s the message that president putin is trying to send? well, you know, the most important aspect nobody has talked about, you don t put together a new generation of
the u.s. saying, you guys need to be ready, do we need to read anything into that? from the perspective i think it really put the russians back in the place is they no longer see europe as an easy target. i would have argued a couple of years that putin thought the next step is dismantling of nato and the breaking of the linkage of the transalantic community between the united states and the europeans, i don t think he thinks that s a realistic goal anymore. thank you very much for giving your insight, we appreciate it. thanks for having me. kelly: president trump giving rally-style speech in ohio touting his vision to rebuild america and his speech about infrastructure, the political panel weighs in on that as well some other hot-button issues the president touched on. how would that resinate with voter ahead of the midterms, plus more protestors in sacramento after release of independent autopsy on stefon clark u regarding the moments before officer s fatally shot
sacramento, demonstrators there asking for answers regarding the pay tale shooting of unarmed black man by police, what an independent autopsy found as we go live to california s capital as authorities there gear up for more demonstrations, plus this, russia says that test launch another nuclear weapon, one that nato s call phase 2, both sides expel dozens of diplomats. what should be the trump s administration next steps as the crisis intensifies. russia is further isolating itself following the braising chemical attack, we are still reviewing the details of the russian action, let me say again that we reserve the right further to any russian retaliation against the united states. simple goodness
tweeting about it, he wants to go after political enemy, divert away from the russia investigation, it raises appearance question and i think that s a problem. kelly: jamie, thank you, there s a reason for the attorney general to hold back and actually see what s going on before he initiateuates the special counsel but, again, he s put an investigator on it. we will see what happens to that particular investigation, jamie, always good for you to join us and we will continue to watch your podcast, thank you, sir. thank you so much. kelly: all right, tonight on watters s world, exclusive interview with carter page, at the center of the controversy, make sure you check it out. your behavior after might have been under surveillance. i have never anything done in russia for the last 25 years, 27 years. you didn t feel like you need today change anything? absolutely. they re saying that you re talking to russians, at the republican convention in the summer of 2016, is that true?