isolate russia? i am not prepared to comment on that at the moment. martha: let s bring in senator tom cotton from arkansas. good to have you with us. let s start right there? what did you think of the reaction to: are you encouraging china to isolate russia question? both vladimir putin and xi jingping are ruthless dictators that oppress their own people and neighbors. for xi jingping it s taiwan. it s important we take a firm stance against russia right now. xi jingping is monitoring what the united states and what our european partners will do. if we let off vladimir putin with a slap of the hand, he will read he can get off if he invades taiwan a country on the