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Session, who was the ceo, is the ceo of one of the largest oil companies, he had done a deal with him. they were friends. i don't want our secretary of state to be so cozy with our biggest adversary. >> congresswoman spear, thank you very much for joining us on "new day". >> thank you. >> let's get to chris. talking about the hearing yesterday, the big question was why. why did russia want to ber serene in the 2016 election. we have tom pickering coming on. how does that filter into his take about how russia interacted the this election and what they might do in the next one. see me. see me....

Said about russia. and they then started to get pushed about what the motivation was. why did russia do this? take a listen. >> they wanted to hurt our democracy, hurt her, help him. putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was, he had a clear preference to the person running against the person he hated so much. as the summer went on, and the polls appear to show that secretary clinton was going to win, the russians sort of gave up and simply focused on trying to undermine her. >> joining us now is thomas pickering. he's a former u.s. ambassador to russia. currentl...

As i think people now see it, as a mistake for the u.s. and u.s. democracy and u.s. efforts in the future. >> all right. well, we like your optimistic view, ambassador pickering, thank you. >> thanks, alisyn. >> thanks so much for being with us. >> unusual, that thing you called it. >> optimism. >> it's rare, but he has it. supreme court nominee neil gorsuch set for a marathon second day of questioning at his confirmation hearings. the democrat on the senate judiciary committee tells us what he needs to hear from gorsuch, next.

End when trey gowdy, the chairman, was questioning the credentials and the credibility of admiral mike mullen, the co-chair of that accountability review board along with ambassador tom pickering. and she came to the defense of mike mullen, who of course is the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and with a very vigorous defense. and that was the only point of real sparks in terms of anger that you saw from her. >> i think that's right. and i had said that she didn't raise her voice today. i think you're right, that she did raise her voice in defending the integrity of the former cha...

I don't know where that gets them if she is the democratic nominee against a republican. it just seemed to me that you had this panel of former prosecutors who are skilled lawyers, and i'm not sure that they either had a line of questioning, coordinated their questions, or had a game plan. and she of course was very rehearsed. you saw that in contrast to 2013 when she had just come back from a concussion and hospitalization. she had really prepared very carefully and didn't get rattled. she only got angry at all in the end when trey gowdy, the chairman, was questioning the credentials and the ...