footprints, as people say. but he's basically staffed by a politically minded top aide, and a press aide. and formerly with newt gingrich and a couple of other people. but not career diplomats with the one exception of undersecretary tom shannon who is a holdover. >> our conversation obviously, john, kes place in the wake, the aftermath of the cruise missile attack on the airstrip in syria. i want to play for you part of the president's motivation had erepeated today. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> they could have merged that attack last week without the russians knowing. >> i think it's certainly possible. i think it's probably unlikely. and i know they're doing investigations into that right now. i would like to think that they didn't know. but certainly, they could have.