on the far right in europe. they are not our friends. and the notion that suddenly so many republicans and republican and conservative media outlets are turning on their heels, flipping around and suddenly saying russia is our friend, i think president obama pointed to it in an interview where he said we're at a moment where people are more inclined to agree with vladimir putin if the other side are democrats. that's really disturbing for the country and nothing trump has done since the election has made anybody feel better about this. his absolute refusal to say anything negative about a thuggish autocrat who leads russia is just very disturbing. >> and republicans, evan, were very critical of president obama when dmitry medvedev was president and he attempted to reset relations with that country. now you have "the new york times" saying put aside the republican officials, this is what the base of the party is