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The political parties. as we heard, the foreign secretary, liz truss, is in moscow for talks with her russian counterpart sergei lavrov. shes warned the kremlin that an invasion of ukraine would be disastrous. but russian troops are keeping up the pressure — and today, theyre starting ten days of military exercises with their close ally belarus, which has a border with ukraine. from moscow, caroline davies. clearing snow in moscow can be a thankless task. as soon as youre making progress, a ne...

>> a thankless task. our digital news shows week days 5:00 p.m. eastern on "full circle." or you watch on demand. thats it for us. chris. im chris cuomo and well welcome to "prime time." looks like subpoena storm is about to head down pennsylvania avenue. lets get after it. the white house is now officially stone walling the impeachment inquiry. several democratic sources tell cnn that means it is likely time to stop asking and start demanding witnesses make their way to the hill. that could...

Truth and to respect his duties, and respect the extraordinary diversity that defines america. >> michael, that was an interesting last piece from her there. the idea that she doesnt want president trump to fail. >> no. and i think thats true for most americans. they dont want any president to fail. they were republicans, despite what was going on in congress -- stacey was like we want you to tell us the truth about what youre telling us. that has resonance. she did a good job communicating that...

And harassment and people who are watching this and responding to it very emotionally. i think the cross-examination process is a difficult one for a lot of these people to watch, whether you believe brett kavanaugh or christine blasey ford. its difficult to see. its difficult to watch somebody with a credible story being attack and having her credibility questioned. thats part of the process, but its difficult and its a thankless task. >> you noticed that she started crying when she was being p...

Examples of that tension, baghdad bob. he was the former iraqi minister of information, mohammed al saf and briefed with impossible mission to convince the world iraq was winning a war it was losing. given the reality on the battlefield, that was a thankless task. baghdad bob was reporting to a thankless boss accustomed to getting his own way and preferred false narrative to cold truths. saddam hussein had explicit demands for his spokesman because controlling reality was essential feature of hi...

And they are a lot smaller than they should be. >> that is a horror story. >> and its to put the papaya juice to attract them. >> so she lives out here, trying to save birds she can hardly see from flies she did hardly catch. what do you say to someone who thinks, well, there are 13 other kinds of finches in the galapagos. and maybe theres others we havent discovered, and this is all part of natural cycle? >> because its humanitys problem. >> we broke it, we should fix it? >> yeah. >> heading of...

Cavities of the nestlings. and it ththey are a lot smaller they should be. >> that is a horror story. >> and its to put the papaya juice to attract them. >> so she lives out here, trying to save birds she can hardly see from flies she did hardly catch. what do you say to someone who thinks, well, there are 13 other kinds of finches in the galapagos. and maybe theres others we havent discovered, and this is all part of natural cycle? >> because its humanitys problem. >> we broke it, we should fix...

>> i will say when you see the two other candidates dropping out and kevin mccarthy getting this -- >> what happened? >> i feel like its the job of being -- if youre given the job of waking joe scarborough in the morning. a thankless task. >> fire hose. hot stick. >> being the majority leader in this house republican congress, yes. >> he has stair stepped his way into this position. thats why hes the youngest, the fastest rising. but there is still an undercurrent here that has not been dealt wi...

As you recall and wounded two other officers and a passenger. the suspect, 23-year-old paul ciancia, is still listed in critical condition at this hour. earlier, an attorney read a statement from his family in new jersey offering condolences to the victims and begging for privacy. >> paul is our son and brother. we will continue to love him and care for him. we will support him during the difficult times ahead. while we do not mean to minimize the grief and distress experienced by many other fam...

First term effort on movie east peace negotiations really didnt go anywhere. but i think she made a politicians choice not to stake her reputation on what is really seen as a thankless task. it is very difficult to quantify exactly how the u.s. is perceived today around the world. but there does seem to be enough evidence there that because the tone of the diplomats, the tone of the foreign policy has changed, there is more willingness to collaborate with the united states. whether it is allies ...