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Proxy conflict. we saw this kind of thing in latin america all throughout the cold war, but frankly, we have seen it in the middle east, we have seen it in europe, we have seen it in asia, we've seen it all around the world, including in the post-cold war period. basically, you have the nominal sitting government of maduro, this is a successor to hugo chavez in venezuela, which is being backed with russia and china, with money, with weapons, politically and diplomatically. the united states has said that we back the alternative to the government, we want that government gone. this is the class...

And weakened over the recent domestic political losses and vulnerable to putin's manipulation. >> what is very scary in all this is donald trump is a neophyte. when it comes to affairs. the kremlin is not. they are playing three dimensional chess. trump is a wrestler and can just over throw the trump table. >> it could draw them into a cold war style conflict. >> if the situation on the ground is violent. there's a real chance the out come will be decided by force. there is a very serious risk of violent proxy conflict. it could look like things we saw in the 1980s in latin america. >> is ther...

U.s. national security could be damaged if serious fis jusures emerge in the two men's relationship, that trump could be distracted and weakened over recent political losses and vulnerable to putin's manipulation. >> i think what is very, very scary in all this is donald trump is a neophyte when it comes to geopolitical affairs. the kremlin is not. they're playing three-dimensional chess. by contrast, trump is like a pro wrestler. all he can do is overthrow the chess table. >> reporter: experts warn about the powder keg in venezuela and how it could pull trump and putin into a cold war-style c...

Good evening phil well we heard from petro poroshenko yesterday he shared some intelligence information with ukraine journals that seem to indicate a build up of russian tanks in recent weeks even ahead of this latest clash along ukraine's borders that's a very hard to verify independently beyond that we've had official word from russia today that they are moving missile systems to crimea and also moving some weapon systems within crimea towards curch i think the really dangerous thing here is that you have potentially ukraine and russia facing off against each other directly the last four yea...

Espouseds are cold mettle values. talking about economics above all else. laying that to bear explicitly in a way that's extraordinary to say the least. >> something to the real politic that he's talking about there valuable also. our security relationship with the saudis is paramount. the conduct of a rather distasteful warren yemen to the extent we don't want to involve ourselves is a proxy conflict. they're conducting it so we don't have to. paramount to maintain the flow of traffic through gulf of aden. if the regime captures, that's our cue to move in. not a choice. the administration rel...