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The political parties. as we heard, the foreign secretary, liz truss, is in moscow for talks with her russian counterpart sergei lavrov. she's warned the kremlin that an invasion of ukraine would be disastrous. but russian troops are keeping up the pressure — and today, they're starting ten days of military exercises with their close ally belarus, which has a border with ukraine. from moscow, caroline davies. clearing snow in moscow can be a thankless task. as soon as you're making progress, a new flurry lands. today's meeting between the uk and russia was an icy affair. liz truss' warnings ...

>> a thankless task. our digital news shows week days 5:00 p.m. eastern on "full circle." or you watch on demand. that's it for us. chris. i'm chris cuomo and well welcome to "prime time." looks like subpoena storm is about to head down pennsylvania avenue. let's get after it. the white house is now officially stone walling the impeachment inquiry. several democratic sources tell cnn that means it is likely time to stop asking and start demanding witnesses make their way to the hill. that could include associates of rudy giuliani, state department officials including a former ukrain ambass...

Truth and to respect his duties, and respect the extraordinary diversity that defines america. >> michael, that was an interesting last piece from her there. the idea that she doesn't want president trump to fail. >> no. and i think that's true for most americans. they don't want any president to fail. they were republicans, despite what was going on in congress -- stacey was like we want you to tell us the truth about what you're telling us. that has resonance. she did a good job communicating that. but it falls on deaf ears when it comes to the white house. i think we all know that. >> eugen...

And harassment and people who are watching this and responding to it very emotionally. i think the cross-examination process is a difficult one for a lot of these people to watch, whether you believe brett kavanaugh or christine blasey ford. it's difficult to see. it's difficult to watch somebody with a credible story being attack and having her credibility questioned. that's part of the process, but it's difficult and it's a thankless task. >> you noticed that she started crying when she was being pressured by senator blumenthal of connecticut. i go back to her opening statement when she said...

Examples of that tension, baghdad bob. he was the former iraqi minister of information, mohammed al saf and briefed with impossible mission to convince the world iraq was winning a war it was losing. given the reality on the battlefield, that was a thankless task. baghdad bob was reporting to a thankless boss accustomed to getting his own way and preferred false narrative to cold truths. saddam hussein had explicit demands for his spokesman because controlling reality was essential feature of his dictatorship. the comparison here is about governments and trust, not the policies of each governm...