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Mainly about russia, a country tillerson had extensive ties with. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> reporter: based on all this information and what's publicly in the record about what happened in russia and the aleppo military, you are still not prepared to say that vladimir putin have violated the rules of war and have conducted war crimes in aleppo? >> those are very, very serious charges to make and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. >> it should not be hard to say that vladimir putin's military has conducted war cri...

Election? >> i have done no research into that. i've known just what the media says about it. >> do you think you could get briefed any time soon? >> well, i'll need to. >> i think you do too. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> there's so much information out there. it should not be hard to say that vladimir putin's military has conducted war crimes in aleppo. i find it discouraging, your inability to say that, which sing globally accepted. >> putin wants to be our enemy. he needs us as his enemy. he will never be our partner and he believes that strengthenin...

Would agree, for a military to specifically target civilians which is what happened there through the russian military and i find it discouraging, your inability to cite that, which i think is globally accepted. do you believe that vladimir putin and his cronies are responsible for ordering the murder of countless dissidents, journalists, and political opponents? >> i do not have sufficient information to make that claim. >> are you aware that people who oppose vladimir putin wind up dead all over the world, poisoned, shot in the back of the head, and do you think that was coincidental or quit...

I think in order to deal with a serious question like this -- >> mr. tillerson, the videos and the pictures -- >> -- fully informed before advising the president. >> there is so much information out there about what's happening in aleppo, leaving the chechen issue aside, what happened is clearly documented. it should not be hard to say that vladimir putin's military has conducted war crimes in aleppo because it is never acceptable, you would agree, for a military to specifically target civilians, which is what's happened there through the russian military. i find it discouraging, your ability ...