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Currently an editor and columnist for bloomberg opinion. bobby, good morning. good to see you. bobby, in 2014, when russia invaded ukraine, a sovereign country that is not part of nato, but western-facing more so than russian facing, the u.s. didn't do what it needed to do. putin has constantly challenged whether the u.s. will help or intervene if it meddles in ukraine and frankly, the test has so far failed as far as america's concerned. >> yes. that's exactly right. in 2014, when russia essentially invaded ukraine, it took a big chunk and the crimian peninsula into europe and into the medite...

Confuse probably fake signs of affection with actually productive relationships. these leaders know that by talking to him, by flattering him, by stroking his ego, they get away with murder in many cases. >> so, you guys aren't buying it. i'm getting a sense of that. chris, there was real talk yesterday among democrats and republicans about congress taking action. marco rubio pushing a bill to sanction russia if it -- immediately if it meddles -- if it interferes in future elections. chuck schumer wants a hearing with trump officials who were at the helsinki meetings. paul ryan even said yeste...

>> reporter: it is that rare situation that falls in line with what many israeli politicians are saying. a little bit of common ground here coming from the ayatollah khomeini, an on-the-record holocaust den ire. in this case he says -- denier. in this case he says the u.s. needs to deal with its own racial indiscrimination and institutions before it meddles in the affairs of others. he took a crack at donald trump and the racism he's seeing in the u.s. yon that that absolves iran of any of its other issues, but it is the rare case where they find common ground with israeli politician who's acr...

Leaders saying there needs to be an absolute condemnation from the president, from the white house, from the american leaders, against white supremacists, against neo-nazis. notably someone who has been fairly quiet here has been prime minister benjamin netanyahu who wait three days before putting out directly any of his own comments on the white supremacist rally. then he did so only on social media and only after president trump condemned racism and white supremacists himself. a few hours after the tweet, though, trump seemed to reverse course there and tried to draw the symmetry between tho...