Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171215:01:26:00
>> i would agree with the first part. yes, it would be great to have a constructive, cooperative relationship with russia on any issue possible. but on the second part, i don't believe that the investigation's the impediment. the impediment has to do with how russia currently, under the existing leadership, sees its interests. they see their interests as counter to u.s. interests. so this is not a question of whether we want to be friends with them. we have interests and we need to sit down with russia and talk and see where our interests align. where they don't align, we have to be firm, we h...