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Cedric leighton. final question. if this is a test, and it is a test, russia of the u.s., what would you like to see the president do in response? >> i would want him to be very resolute. i would want him to make it clear to the russians, first diplomatically, but also sending military signals by deploying perhaps more ships and some airplanes, perhaps more reconnaissance flights against russian targets, and they could be anywhere, they don't necessarily have to be in the pacific, but they theed to send a message to the russians that this behavior is unacceptable. >> thanks very much. folks, i...

So you can make it clear what really happened. i think pursuing or discussing a formal damarsh through the state department -- >> tim mat tick communication. >> it gets it on the record. number three, to not diminish the u.s. military presence this these parts of the world. these are international waters. this happened near islands that the chinese and japanese are still disputing over. it's important for the u.s. military to maintain a presence out there, particularly in international air space and international waters to show we do stand for freedom of navigation and that the situates milita...

Last week, kenya's high court unanimously ruled to uphold laws carried over from the colonial area that criminalized gay sex. 67 other nations around the world also maintained legislation punishing same-sex relations. it brings me to my question. approximately what fraction of these nations were formerly under british rule? one quarter, a half, two-thirds, or three quarters? stay tuned, and we'll tell you the correct answer. my book of the week is jim sciutto's "the shadow war. : inside russia and china's secret operations to defeat america." jim is cnn's chief national security corresponden...

And said what he said then would it be different today? >> absolutely. if the day that this is presented to the attorney general, i think we would have had a can completely different -- it shows the way we selectbively present information can shape different realities that people live in. and here's the deal, don. if we don't have a shared reality that is based on an established set of facts, which is what the mueller report is about. justin amash has been tweeting about in very eloquent threads, we cannot sustain a democracy. and this is basically what russian disinformation, the idea is abou...

So now what? let's discuss with frank bruni and author of "the shadow war" available everywhere. thank you, everyone, for joining us this evening. what a news day. you know, we have them quite often but this one was particularly momentous, shall we say. we're going to start with you. mueller said if he had confidence that the president did not commit a crime he would have said so. how important was it to hear mueller say that himself? >> listen, it was in the report but the fact is most americans did not read the report. you have a sitting attorney general and a president of the united states ...