stage. so the mediator is absolutely silly. this is the point. i think it shows that joseph burrell, the head of the european union foreign service has little understanding of how the chinese behave on the international stage. >> laura ingram: thank you tonight. and while most americans stand behind ukraine's struggle to protect democracy, it was a few years ago that top ukrainian officials were working to undermine our own on behalf of democrats. as paul sperry reminds us, the improper if not illegal operation was run chiefly out of the ukrainian embassy in washington where officials worked hand in glo with activists and clinton campaign activist to attack the trump campaign. but it turns out the collusion predated the election, sperry reports. the coordination between ukrainian and democratic officials can be traced back to at least january, 2014 when top