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Suffer the consequences for what have you been doing to your dem creates, and 2017 will be the year of kicking russia in the asses in congress. maria: joining me right now senator mitchell. what is your take on what russia is doing right now in they have a spy ship, just miles off the east coast, you heard what lindsey graham said, would you like to see mere sanctions against russia? >> first step is retain the you current sanction, when russia violated international law, at putin's direction, this both the crimea and ukraine, the united states led the effort to impose sanctions, europeans joi...

It is way below that, nobody is expecting it to achieve that level they face a huge budget deficit of their population is declining, only part of the pop leg thapopulation is that is gop is muslim population, with which he has so much trouble. they are a world player, but russia's economy is smaller than canada. smaller than south korea. it is half of the side of california economy. so, we have to keep this in perspective, we are the world's super power. we should not lose perspective over the provocations that are coming, and deal with them, i think in a strong way, but keep in mind, there is...

Calls a direction by the right in netanyahu's government and the israeli people who are very concerned about a two-state solution and what that will mean for their security, but they do want peace with the palestinians. they do want a two-state solution, and i think many would say that the settlements might, you know, affect that in some way. i mean, they're not against settlements, but i think that there is a little bit of a disconnect that secretary kerry was trying to speak to when he said that the wealth of the israeli population agrees with his arguments. >> elise, thank you for that. fro...

>> senator mitchell, always appreciate your time. your perspective. thank you so much. much more of our breaking news on this. this historic speech, ahead.

Actions in crimea and eastern ukraine will remain in force and, perhaps, increased. >> senator mitchell, i appreciate your perspective. i wish we had more time. thank you, please come back. merry christmas to you. thank you so much. we'll be right back. l day. there is nothing typical about making movies. i'm victoria alonso and i'm an executive producer... ...at marvel studios. we are very much hands-on producers. if my office... ...becomes a plane or an airport the surface pro's perfect. fast and portable but also light. you don't do this 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for... ...decades if yo...