>> thank you. so how concerned should the united states be with what's going on in russia? i'm joined by longtime diplomat george mitchell. now chairman emeritus of an international law firm. senator mitchell, thanks for 0 joining us. mysterious deaths, acid attacks at the ballet. amnesty international offices raided. are we seeing a democratic regression in russia, or have we just started now paying attention? >> well, i think that the path to democracy and genuine democratic institutions historically has taken quite a while. and while russia has achieved the forms of democracy, clearly does not have the full substance of democracy. these incidents and many others you describe really demonstrate that, and i think it will some time. but there's nothing really surprising about that, jake. in france it took a half century, in england more than two centuries, in our own country quite some time after the fighting added to establish