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Wrathon, all these companies. i don't want to hurt jobs. i don't want to lose an order like that. there are other ways of punishing -- >> punishing? >> to use a word that's a pretty harsh word, but it's true. >> tell everybody what's at stake here, you know, this is -- >> well, there's a lot at stake. there's a lot at stake. and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. there's something -- you'll be surprised to hear me say that, there's something really terrible and disgusting about that, if that were the case. so we're going to have to see. we're going to get to the bottom of it....

Asking for these kinds of weapons. also an uptick of clashes in the region. cnn's global affairs correspondent elise labboth joining us now and following this story from washington. how is this move likely to play out in moscow? >> already the russians are clearly unhappy with it. the deputy foreign minister sergei rubokov issued a statement earlier today saying this first approval of lethal weapons to the ukrainians crosses a line and it will create additional bloodshed in the region and of course that's what some people are concerned about, that russia will use this as a pretext to crack dow...

Ukrainians. president trump did the same earlier last week. but this is the first time that these lethal weapons are being allowed to the ukrainians and that's why the state department says it's defensive in nature but that's because, you know, they're facing what the u.s. calls russian aggression and these anti-tank missiles can puncture those kind of armored vehicles that the russians and russian-backed separatists use. >> elise, this is interesting, senator mccain, who is not in washington, you know, for the tax plan vote, instead went to arizona, he hasn't been feeling completely well, you...

An established fact. the insult comes a day after a north korean diplomat and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson addressed the u.n. security council. tillerson said north korea must earn its way back to the bargaining table. >> as i said earlier this week, a sustained cessation of north korea's threatening behavior must occur before talks can begin. north korea must earn its way back to the table. the pressure campaign must and will continue until denuclearization is achieved. we will keep our channels of communication open. >> i'm joined now by elise labboth, cnn's global affairs correspon...

That includes the battle against isis, the humanitarian crisis in syria and of course u.s. relations with russia. here with us to discuss the topics, what we heard in that final presidential debate, our global affairs correspondent elise labboth. what donald trump called the great migration of refugees coming to the united states. >> she's taking in tens of thousands of syrian refugees who probably in many cases, not probably, who are definitely in many cases isis aligned. we now have them in our country. wait until you see, this is going to be the great trojan horse. wait until you see what h...