senator ben cardin, democrat from maryland who is a member of the finance committee and the senate foreign relations committees. senator cardin, that vote in the senate today needed 60, got 57, put picked up 11 republicans. what does that tell you about republican willingness to go against president trump at this stage? >> well, it tells me that the clear majority of the united states senate disagrees with president trump. this is not the time to ease sanctions on russian entities. russia has done and continues to do its business against the u.s., and it's important that we let mr. putin know that we're not going to be easing on sanctions. we actually should be tightening sanctions. so i think it was a very healthy vote. it was an uphill battle to try to get it passed and get over a president veto, but i think it's a clear message we disagree with the president on how he's managing the relationship with russia. >> is that an indication of what would happen if mitch mcconnell