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Saw what by every appearance were russian soldiers not letting people collect the dead, not affording the dignity of that situation. and if it just doesn't come up today, what does that mean about how good anything that comes up can be? >> well, i mean, first of all, it suggests the limits of personal dip plomcy as really a classic error that not just dob donald trump but many presidents make to theirry get. by the way, tomorrow is the anniversary of that horrific shoot down. >> four years. >> of the plane. it's never really been addressed. it's been a major sticking point in relations with th...

The russians did in the 2016 election and it might sound to some viewers that you're offering that statement as an excuse for what the russians did. >> no, what i would say it's not morally equivalent but i think in their mind it is. it's important to know in your adversary's mind the way they perceive thing. they react to our interference in their elections and one of the rbs they didn't like hillary clinton, they found her responsible for some of the activity by the u.s. in their elections under the obama administration. so i'm not saying -- >> certainly senator paul -- >> not saying what ru...

Director with an overwhelming 66-32 vote. there were 12 democrats that supported them. what has changed in the interim? suddenly now they don't think he's qualified to serve as secretary of state? i would submit the only thing that changed is politics. i don't know it's we're closer to the midterm or every senator believes they need to be president one day. it's just politics. i wish i saw an alternative explanation but i think it does damage to the institution of the senate and our diplomacy and all americans should want our dip plomcy to succeed. >> if you're in the military, you don't get t...

The fighting has bulked down in the east. it really is a stalemate in and area where there are not a lot of civilians, around a key oil refinery area and perhaps with the defections we've seen of the foreign minister and others, perhapshere's a period where some back channel dip plomcy can take place. we heard the rebels talk about the possibility of a cease fire and heard the government spokesman dismiss that. i guess the sense of the two weeks after coalition action here and intense see sawing on the battle front, perhaps there's a win do for some sort of talk in diplomacy even though the fi...