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Join russia in its invasion of ukraine. can we expect the same kinds of sanctions against pell russ? i don't know that much about the economy of that country. would it be effective? >> it would be effective. but let's consider them already to have been a proxy state of russia. so it was already operating pretty well puppet strings. and we could have expected this to come. it was not neutral grounds for zelensky to meet on. let's seat where they meet. geographically it's to the north of kyiv. so that's another age the of attack for russia to use about it was to be expected. jon: the u.s. promis...

Crucial. >> bret: greg palkot live in london. thanks. iran's u.n. ambassador rejecting any suggestion that tehran is playing a nefarious role inside iraq. he blames "the hostile policies of the united states and its regional allies, especially the zionist regime that have turned the region into a tinderbox." that statement is not easing the fears of many in the u.s. national security correspondent jennifer griffin watching the situation. >> now that isis controls less than 3% of iraq, the u.s. military must figure out how to keep iraq from breaking apart while also preventing iran from turning...

Fueling this thing up. in terms of the nuclear test in a military response, i honestly think that china is looking at this and saying look, how far are we willing to support this proxy state in north korea? if the u.s. conducts a military response, china risks two things. one, they risk having a unified korea that's a western ally. number two they'll risk all the refugees pouring into china. that they don't want to contend with. i think china has to be considering almost military action of their own at this point and if kim jong tries another nuclear test i think we'll see china do something m...

Ukrainian government and support all efforts by putin to make ukraine a proxy state of moscow. >> what's the most pressing concern you have right now about the trump presidency? >> well, my most pressing concern is the threat to the united states of terrorism abroad. if donald trump sticks on his plan to ban muslims from the united states, even if he doesn't achieve it through an act of congress. if he continues to talk in a way that makes muslims in the united states make them feel like they're not part of the collective, i hope the smart people can say the way we protect ourselves against lo...

>> obviously, maintaining the nuclear power. talking about russia nationalism and also being a player on the world stage. so the influence that they have right now, as we were talking about the hand they show up for at the meeting with president obama, on american soil, but they have the stronger outlook for the conversation we had about siyria and crimea. >> the russians were with the united states during the iran deal. you know, in russia's point of view, which is a two-way street. you needed us to back you in what you wanted to do with iran. we did. we weren't a disruptive force. we sort of...