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Again, hard for me to speak to a plan that we dont have perfect visibility on. so the idea of carving ukraine up, i cant speak to that specifically. it is entirely also possible that what they are doing in the east could be an effort to fix ukrainian armed forces in that eastern region so that they cant come to the defense of others. but again, they have not achieved success in the major population centers to date that we see them trying to move on. tony. >> you mentioned earlier that the russia...

Recruiting efforts. we do -- we do believe that the accounts of them, the russians seeking syrian fighters to augment their forces in ukraine, we believe theres truth to that. so its interesting that mr. putin would have to find himself relying on foreign fighters here. who they are going to be, how many they are getting, what theyre going to pay them, all of that we dont have perfect visibility on, but were in no position to refute the accounts that they might be seeking to recruit syrian fight...

We do -- we do believe that the accounts of them, the russians, seeking syrian fighters to augment their forces in ukraine, we believe theres truth to that. so its interesting that mr. putin would have to find himself relying on foreign fighters here. who theyre going to be, how many there will be, what theyll pay them, we dont have visibility on. were in no position to refute theyre looking for syrian fighters. >> reporter: its interesting that the russian president is trying to rely on foreign...

Recruiting efforts. we do believe that the accounts of them -- the russians seeking syrian fighters to augment their forces in ukraine, we believe theres truth to that. so its interesting that mr. putin would have to find himself relying on foreign fighters here. who theyre going to be, how many theyre getting, what theyre going to pay them, all of that we dont have perfect visibility on. were in no position to refute the accounts that they might be seeking to recruit syrian fighters. >> since y...

0 there for this white house. that could mean more high prices to come. >> john: its stunning from a lot of americans that we would rather buy oil from iran and venezuela than doing the former. >> sandra: were going to dig into a lot of what she said today. thanks for joining us. im sandra smith. >> john: im john roberts. "the story" with martha stars right now. >> martha: thank you, john and sandra. good afternoon. im martha maccallum at fox news head quarters in new york. as russia escalates t...

People around him. the people around him feel like theyre not, you know, looped in on important things, that theyre deliberately stiff armed on matters that they should have, you know, visibility on. and so its a very toxic environment at times within the white house. the new national security adviser robert obrien is saying hes going to cut the staff of the national security council rather dramatically. he said thats a matter of good efficiency. they grew too much. a lot of other people would a...

Central to the russia issue? >> right, brian. cory lewandowski was the campaign manager who was fired in june rs but hes maintained a relationship with the trump organization and hes opened a rather successful lobbying operation in washington based on his access to donald trump and his people. so he knows a lot. now, we dont know exactly what they were talking to him about. we dont know why robert mueller might be interested in him. and to me what that underscores is we think we know quite a bit...

Syria. thats the danger and the fbi knows that it cannot see all of these people. >> the director made a joke about alaska. it wasnt really about a joke. talking about alaska right now. the issue is that it shows that this is spreading. >> its spreading. especially social media. there are parts of the internet that the fbi doesnt have good visibility on. thats what theyre scared about. hes being very frank in the fact that theres only so much the fbi can do to try to prevent this. in the end its...