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Sort of a hostile act and a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operatives across the region in ukraine and theyre able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putins military has also flown aggressively against u.s. pilots in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have backed off a bit. putin personally challenging the presidents new nationa...

>> reporter: but its also a risky step. >> if putin decides that this is sort of a hostile act in a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operatives across the region in ukraine and theyre able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putins military has also flown aggressive lly against u.s. pils in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that, moscow appears to have b...

Ability to defend itself. >> reporter: but its also a risky step. >> if putin decides that this is sort of a hostile act and a new u.s. policy to push back on russia, russia has everything from covert operative across the region in ukraine and theyre able to push back and escalate very significantly. >> reporter: vladimir putins military has also flown aggressively against u.s. pilots in syria. the pentagon openly calling it a deliberate violation of an agreement to prevent accidents. after that...

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Rolled out his national security strategy this week. lets take a listen. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries. but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> well, he singled out russia as one of the rival powers that seemed to have ruffled putins feathers. putin calling it aggressive. does this escalate rather quickly, lieutenant he...

To give up on a single-centered world. >> reporter: analysts say its likely putin playing politics at home. that he might feel that he has to tell russians publicly that trump and his team are being antagonistic towards russia because of certain passages in trumps security plan. in a speech on monday, the president made a passing reference to russia. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence values and wealth. >> reporter: but the presidents strate...

Leaders, past presidents for policies, foreign policies, specifically, that the president said did not put america first. the president did also describe the united states in competition with countries like china and russia that were seeking to revise or be rivals of the united states and revise the way other countries interact with them. now one of the most interesting things about the presidents speech is that it was based, generally, on a 55-page document carefully crafted by administration o...

You to respond. the presidents speech was very different from the national security plan. heres part of what he said today. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values, and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interests. >> ambassador, have we seen this administration protecting our national interests, especially when it comes to russia and china...

48-page document that lays out his policy specifically calls out russia for trying to undermine democracies. here to discuss now all of this, max boot, senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and author of "the road not taken: edward lansdale and the american tragedy in vietnam." also, director woolsey, former director of the cia, looking very dapper, i should say. >> i got the card, memo, saying we all were supposed to be in black ties. >> he had a function tonight that was honoring s...

New tonight, president trump slamming russia and china as american rivals in a speech. heres the president. >> we also face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence values and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries. but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> but his actions are far friendlier at least when it comes to vladimir putin. james clapper is out front, the former director of national intell...