to go back. so i greatly appreciate the fact that they've been able to cut our payroll for the united states. we'll save a lot of money. >> "outfront" now with democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. at the end there it seemed to me he was clearly cracking a smile, but what's your reaction to what he said to vladimir putin? >> my reaction is, again, what kind of strategy is reflected in that remark? what kind of signal is he as i understanding to our allies and to the intelligence community that he seemingly is not taking seriously a very serious action by vladimir putin. and one that may and probably should prompt some reaction from us. how does he then take stern and strong action in reaction to what putin is doing when he is talking to facetiously about this. >> it's not a laughing matter. it may have seen funny -- >> it's not a laughing matter when so many of our diplomats and a lot of them are russian