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Suffer the consequences for what have you been doing to your dem creates, and 2017 will be the year of kicking russia in the asses in congress. maria: joining me right now senator mitchell. what is your take on what russia is doing right now in they have a spy ship, just miles off the east coast, you heard what lindsey graham said, would you like to see mere sanctions against russia? >> first step is retain the you current sanction, when russia violated international law, at putins direction, th...

It is way below that, nobody is expecting it to achieve that level they face a huge budget deficit of their population is declining, only part of the pop leg thapopulation is that is gop is muslim population, with which he has so much trouble. they are a world player, but russias economy is smaller than canada. smaller than south korea. it is half of the side of california economy. so, we have to keep this in perspective, we are the worlds super power. we should not lose perspective over the pro...

Calls a direction by the right in netanyahus government and the israeli people who are very concerned about a two-state solution and what that will mean for their security, but they do want peace with the palestinians. they do want a two-state solution, and i think many would say that the settlements might, you know, affect that in some way. i mean, theyre not against settlements, but i think that there is a little bit of a disconnect that secretary kerry was trying to speak to when he said that...

>> senator mitchell, always appreciate your time. your perspective. thank you so much. much more of our breaking news on this. this historic speech, ahead.

Actions in crimea and eastern ukraine will remain in force and, perhaps, increased. >> senator mitchell, i appreciate your perspective. i wish we had more time. thank you, please come back. merry christmas to you. thank you so much. well be right back. l day. there is nothing typical about making movies. im victoria alonso and im an executive producer... ...at marvel studios. we are very much hands-on producers. if my office... ...becomes a plane or an airport the surface pros perfect. fast and ...

The man has very strong control over a country. over that system he has ban lead leader far more than our president has a leader. >> john mccain said putin has said he wants to improve relations with the united states. -- and attempted to undermind americas elections. joining us now is senator mitchell. he served during the clinton presidency. thank you for joining us tonight. i wanted to get your impression of where we stand with russia tonight as we approach the transition to a trump presidenc...

Trump learned they will not be moved by this american criticism. >> up next, senator john mccain is worried about donald trump being soft on russia. former and democratic majority leader george mitchell will join us next. im about to start the natures bounty hair, skin and nails challenge to help with lustrous hair, vibrant skin and healthy nails. so in 30 days, my future self will thank me. thank you. wait, i become a model?!? no. whose cellphone is that? sorry. sorry. sorry about that vent blo...

Im very proud of him. male vo: comcast. here is candidate trump talking about putin. >> if he says great things about me i will say great things about him. i did say he is very much of a great leader. the man has very strong control over a country. over that system he has ban lead leader far more than our president has a leader. >> john mccain said putin has said he wants to improve relations with the united states. -- and attempted to undermind americas elections. joining us now is senator mi...

Is worried about donald trump being soft on russia. former and democratic majority leader george mitchell will join us next.

>> thats nothing compared to this. >> senator mitchell, let me go on there. if you are president-elect hillary clinton and dealing with mitch mcconnell not just in the lame duck, but you are dealing with him, what can she do to diffuse things and what pressure do you think -- what obligation does mitch mcconnell have? the basis of both parties, they dont want to diffuse things. >> right. at first before taking office, i would announce the highest possible ethical standards to govern administrati...