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>> do you agree? >> i agree with jonathan. i dont think he is going to have the guts or, as jonathan says, the cognitive discipline to do it. have you ever heard donald trump say a hawkish word about crimea? i dont believe he thinks russia needs -- the two key questions there, he doesnt believe the fundamental premise. >> do you think the american people care about crimea? no. they care about our elections. were the snake. dont tread on me. >> they do need to care about what happens in ukraine...

Which is effectively a way to try to work around frustration that the president isnt doing enough to think about how to prevent this in the future. >> all right. dana bash, thanks. joining to talk about this, david rhodes, online news director. david, on the russian election hacks. obviously, the intelligence community very concerned. congressional officials very concerned. the homeland security secretary yesterday said we have to protect this or were not a real democracy anymore. then the pre...

Other countries wont. they did hack the ukrainian election and then they hacked the american election. so you see that theyve hacked the ukrainian power grid. and you have to ask, is the next logical step is that theyre going to try these attacks on western europe and the united states. >> ukraine is a testing ground, so to speak, thats a pretty bold accusation. >> for one thing, weve seen a kind of cyberwar in the ukraine that weve never seen anywhere else, weve got good evidence that russia is...

Wrong. i think thats important. >> ambassador, dont you want your president also to consider the political implications, the geopolitical implications? you had afghanistans president coming out and saying you cant be using us for a testing ground. thats what his message was. >> thats right. >> so doesnt there need to be or does there need to be more civilian involvement in a case like this? >> i think that h.r. mcmaster who is a general but hes working in a civilian capacity, he has brought toge...

There is a possibility there, especially for him what the infrastructure bill, if he is handing out money. it democrats will come aboard. maybe that will show that they can bring some unity to things. >> testing ground for chuck schumer, says he is all about the structure. >> going back to tom perezs point to that we were all shocked to listen to. saying that donald trump did not win meant the election. and to the g.o.p. does not care about people, are you still okay with him representing your p...

It exists everywhere. and what we have to do is root it out. there are some videos that clearly show that an officers actions were inappropriate and in some cases even criminal. but if every cop was a rogue cop or abusing their authority, believe me, youd have more than a few videos to show every night. so the majority of police officers do the job properly. but we cant afford to have any not do the job properly. one shooting that is wrong, thats inappropriate, thats unjustified or could have be...

From putin in 2013, one of the highest awards a foreign person can receive from russia. are you troubled by that friendship? >> i am, from the perspective we need to be cautious. as fareed laid out very well. we have to be cautious had the -- in the type of relationship we want to try to establish with russia, what that means is, theres nothing wrong with trying to embrace russia in a measured, trust building way, weve not defined what that is, its dangerous to try to define syria as the testing...

On rex tillerson without giving him a chance to explain some of this, he has a lot of the background you would look for in a highly competent secretary of state. >> i want to bring in the general now. he has close ties to russia. received one of the highest awards a foreign person can receive from russia. are you troubled by that friendship? >> i am, from the perspective we need to be cautious. as fareed laid out very well. you have to be kushs in the type of relationship we want to try to estab...

Night. so the majority of police officers do the job properly. but we cant afford to have any not do the job properly. one shooting that is wrong, thats inappropriate, thats unjustified or could have been handled another way is one too many. >> the hope is police body cameras will capture a complete record of an arrest, justifying shows of force or proving them excessive. but ramsey needed a testing ground before a citywide rollout, and in late 2014 one of the most violent neighborhoods in phill...

Many fingers are pointing to the race issue. >> biassed exists everywhere. what we have to do is rule it out. there are some videos that clearly show that an officers actions were inappropriate and in some case is criminal. >> if every cop was a role cop and abusing their authority, believe me, you have more than a video to show every night. the majority of police officers doing their job properly but we cannot afford to have any not do their job properly. one shooting, thats wrong, thats inappr...