based. we can continue to attack isis from positions in iraq. i will wait to see but i've seen strong actions by this administration on the part of russia. >> you also mentioned the u.s. withdrawal from syria which is something that i think russia applauded. they don't want the u.s. in syria. but let's move on to the other big story. you just heard your colleague senator mark warner talking about the fbi counterintelligence investigation into whether president trump worked on behalf of russia against the interests of the united states. warner said the president at one point was almost parroting putin's policies. do you have any concerns president trump may have unwittingly been doing things that would help russia and hurt the united states? >> yeah, i heard an awful lot of innuendo from senator warn or the intelligence committee and has a lot more knowledge about this than i do. that's part of my frustration. i wish the mueller investigation