25 years ago the berlin wall came down. Even as they celebrate in germany, russian tanks are again barrelling into ukraine. We look ahead on sunday morning futures. Well, a shakeup in the Party Leadership on capitol hill. Republicans now control both the house and the senate. The gop taking the victory, campaigning on that promise that theyre going to end the gridlock in washington. Congressional leaders already having their first sitdown with the president. My first guest is one of those republicans who secured a reelection on tuesday. Senator Lindsay Graham is a member of the Senate Armed Services committee. Good to see you, senator. Thanks for being with us today. Thank you. Good morning. So what do you see as the policy priorities in terms of getting things done come january . Well, we got a lot of bills that came from the house to the senate with bipartisan support from the house. It died in the senate. The keystone pipeline, i want to take the defense cuts under sequestration, which will gut our military, replace them with something more balanced. There are so many areas out there we could Work Together on, immigration. If the president goes it alone on immigration, i think there will be a backlash in the country. Hes completely tone deaf as to the results of this election. Even those who didnt vote, mr. President , are polled about your policies. They dont like them any more than the people who did vote. If he goes it alone on immigration, i think it not only will poison the well, but there will be a backlash against him that will flow over on democrats yet again. So what did you see as the early body language from the president in terms of the ability or willingness to work with republicans . Spoiled child. He is in denial about what happened. He is arrogant about the results. You dont have to look at the tea leaves to understand what happened. The American People put a stop sign outside the oval office. All hes got to do is look at it. They didnt embrace us as republicans, but this im going to do it by myself on immigration because im tired and impatient is really not worthy of the office. He should be sitting down with us on all fronts, including immigration, and when it comes to his Foreign Policy, the biggest loser of the midterm, i think, is iran, because with the republicancontrolled senate, we can have votes on Foreign Policy matters that harry reid blocked. The first vote i want to take is if theres a deal with iran over their Nuclear Program, i want to bring it to the United States senate for an up or down vote. I want to talk to you more about iran, senator, as well as immigration. The question becomes, what do you do, if this is where were going . Plenty more to talk with you about, senator graham. Stay with us because we want to first look at voters booting the leading party in kocongress get yen. Eric sean joins us with that angle. Good morning. Good morning, maria. Good morning, everyone. A divided government reflects a divided people. But on tuesday, they largely spoke with one voice, throwing support behind republicans, but it was the fourth such switch in just the last eight years. Take a look at this question. Its simple and direct. It says, had enough . A flyer from one candidate summing up the mood of many candidates across the country. Fridays white house lunch of sea bass and also for the president a serving of crow showed few signs of a more positive mood with the president vowing to move ahead on his controversial executive order on immigration despite, as you heard from Lindsay Graham, strong republican opposition. Take a look at this fox news poll taken before the election. Only 40 of americans were satisfied with the way things were going. 59 said they were not satisfied. That sour move sent democratic incumbents packing. The newly elected members will try to turn the page and bring hopes to the nations capital. Like the first black republican woman elected to the house. Democrat gwen graham, who snatched a republican seat in florida. While at 30 years old, the youngest member ever elected. And lee will now be the lone jewish member in the house and took a seat from a sixterm democrat. I want to see any type of progress in reforming our tax code and improving our Energy Policy or health care policy. Wherever we can find a way to improve the quality of life for our constituents is productive. I think that the dysfunction that weve seen in washington in the past needs to be in the past and there needs to be a better day, new way ahead in january with new leadership in washington. But that new leadership on capitol hill will be doing business with the same old leadership in the oval office. And despite those lofty hopes, the mood could likely remain with us until there is a change of management in 2016. Maria . Eric, thank you for that. Eric shawn. More now with senator Lindsay Graham. I want to pick up right there. What are you going to do if, in fact, you are dealing with the same old sort of way of doing things . And that is the president wants to go it alone. What does kong do then . Dont take the bait as republicans. It hes going to act immature on immigration, lets dont answer him in kind. There is a deal to be had on infrastructure. Our Highway Trust Fund is short of money. We drive further on a gallon of gas. We have a shortage in the trust fund. Theres 2 trillion of americanheld profits overseas by americanowned companies that wont come back at 35 . Theres a lot of bipartisan support for a 10 rate to bring that money back into the United States and put it in the Highway Trust Fund so we can build our roads, bridges, and ports. Do not let the president s immature reaction on immigration stop us from working with him when we can and push him to do more, not less. And of course, we are in a different moment in time than just a year ago when you consider isis and whatss gonen in terms of terrorism. What are your plans in terms of defense spending . The defense cuts that we have in place will give us the Smallest Army since 1940, 420,000 troops, Smallest Navy since 1915. Replace these defense cuts with something by reforming the tax code, entitlement reform before we gut the military at a time when we need it the most. And also deal with the cuts to the nih and cdc. Bipartisan effort to replace sequestration is my number one priority. Weve got to talk about iran. The president is obviously sending a letter he sent a letter to the ayatollah without congress aware of it. What does this tell us about compromise, if, in fact, were already seeing this kind of behavior take place after kong has taken the senate . Well, it tells you how delusional the president is about the world hes supposed to be managing here. To suggest a military alliance between us and iran is insane. Isil will take this as the greatest recruiting opportunity in the history of the organization. Youre talking about radical sunnis who now cannot only fight the great it is dumb at every level. S sunni arabs would rebel. Israel would not accept this. They would see us as joining eastern. Its dumb at every level. The biggest mistake is yet to come. That is a bad deal with the iranian government over their Nuclear Program. To suggest that the Nuclear Program should be part of another alliance is ridiculous. I fear more than anything else that president obama is going to do a deal with iran. He wants a deal way too badly over their Nuclear Program. Its going to wind up being just like north korea. A small Enrichment Program monitored by the u. N. That one day leads to a nuclear weapon. Thats why im going to suggest any deal come to the senate so we can look at it and vote on it. If its a good deal, i vote yes. If its a bad deal, i will kill it. The president doesnt want the deal to come to the senate. Well, we need to pass legislation making it come to the senate. And you think hell be effective in doing that . I cant imagine any democrat that could say the following. I trust barack obama and john kerry so much i dont want to even look at a deal with iran regarding their Nuclear Program. If you asked me the one thing that would throw the world in further chaos than it is today, its to give the ayatollahs a nuke. Sunni arabs would want one of their own. Israel would be in the middle of a nuclear arms race. They would use it against us. This is the most dangerous thing that could possibly happen in the world, and president obama, i think, wants a deal way too badly. Senator, good to have you on the program. Thanks so much for your insights on this important issue. Thank you. Well see you soon. Senator Lindsay Graham. So what are the takeaways from 2014 . The gop has a lot more seats up for grabs in 2016, not to mention the big one in the oval office. Scott rasmussen is with us next. You can follow me on twitter mariabartiromo. Lets us know what youd like to hear from Scott Rasmussen coming up. Stay with us on sunday morning futures. Shes still the one for you. And cialis for daily use helps you be Ready Anytime the moment is right. Cialis is also the only daily ed tablet approved to treat symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Do not drink alcohol in excess. Side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. To avoid long term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. 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Are we governing or are we politicking . Is anything getting done . Nothing is getting done. Ill take you back even further. Three president s in a row have come into power with their party in control of congress and lost control of congress. The American People were saying, were rejecting both of you. We dont like what were seeing. So one guy gets in power, they say were going to vote him out. What does that mean for this period, this next two years now with another divided government and going into 2016 . For the next couple of years, theres going to be challenges. The president is going to try and bait the republican majority into overreaching. The republicans are going to have an opportunity to begin laying the groundwork for where theyre going on issues like health care. Theyre going to have to vote for repeal, even though it wont go anywhere. Then theyre going to have to show some ways they can be pragmatic, but ultimately, were going to be caught up in 2016 politics almost from the beginning of the new congress. Does that mean nothing gets done, really, at the end of the day for two years . There will be some things. I think theyll find both sides will have an interest on minor issues to Work Together to show theyre pragmatic, but nothing major is going to change. We have a system where both Political Parties are a little bit out of touch. Theyre both trying to find the right messaging, and were not sure where it ends up. The gop really needs to get its message right and articulate a message to the American People of where they want to take this country. Will they be able to do it . Dont know. Ultimately the voice of the Republican Party will be the president ial nominee. We dont know who thats going to be. In this congress, they have a huge challenge. They have to take action on the health care law, but they cant appear obsessed about it. Theyve got to look at jobs and energy and other policy as well. Theyve got to show theyre standing up for things but recognizing theres still a democratic president in the white house. Lets talk about 2016 for a moment. Hillary, is that going to be the contender against whatever gop candidate comes up . Im skeptical. I dont think shes going to run. The reason, very simple. Hillary clinton is a very smart woman who knows what its like to run for president more than anybody else on the planet. I dont think she wants to run in a Fourth Campaign unless shes almost certain to win. Secretary clint look at the numbers, look at fundamentals and say, unless barack obama turns things around, hes going to be as big a drag on the democratic candidate in 2016 as george w. Bush was in 2008. I was saying that after she did an interview on fox news with brett and greta, and i felt during that interview she kept talking about the stamina thats required to campaign and how politics is brutal. I thought she was giving herself an out that maybe she wouldnt run. It could be. She hasnt called me and disclosed her plans. I have no real knowledge. But youre also skeptical. Im very, very skeptical. Again, i think its because the republicans are going to be favored heading into 2016 simply because of president obamas job approval rating. You know, that was the reason the republicans did so well last tuesday, and unless it turns around, he will be a drag on a democratic nominee. On the flip side, secretary clinton is going to be under enormous pressure to run because there arent a lot of other options. What are the options on the gop side . Lets face it, these next two years is a window for the gop to tell the American People what theyre going to do and try to get something done. 2016, youve got a lot of seats up for grabs. Absolutely. Every single republican governor who won reelection on tuesday thinks, this is my turn. Theyre all going to consider running. There are going to be 20 people at least who are giving serious consideration to running for the gop nomination, and its a valuable nomination to have. I dont know who comes out of that. I dont have any idea, and we wont until they begin campaigning. Scott, great to have you on the show today. Thank you, maria. Another issue that factored into tuesdays election, the economy. How americans feel about that. Because while jobs and markets are up, Consumer Confidence is down. Well talk about that and moving the needle with mya mcginnis coming up on sunday morning futures. Stay with us. Well, were seeing a drip, drip, drip many job growth. The Unemployment Rate now down to 5. 8 . Thats good. Not ideal. What many analysts, like my next guest, are hoping for is a Gopled Congress will lead to tax reform that sparks Business Growth and a surge in hiring. Joining us to explain that is mya mcginnis. Wonderful to have you on program. Welcome back. Thanks. Your reaction to the gop win this week and what it means going forward. Well, so it was a huge shift in political power in washington. And the question is, is this going to lead to Real Progress on some policy challenges . I think realistically, theres still a lot of challenges to overcome in terms of theres a divide between president and republicans, the senate and the house, and even within the Republican Party. Clearly what you would want to have is a big comprehensive Economic Growth strategy, which is what this country needs and why we saw people coming out of the polls so worried about their security and the future of the country. It would entail everything from kind of ginning up the economy now, like you said. Jobs growth is solid, but it doesnt reflect growing wages, and it still shows too many people out of the work force. And the economy is not growing as quickly as it should be. You need some upfront stimulus for growth, whatever form that would take, more investment. You need serious comprehensive tax reform to increase the competitiveness of our business sector and help grow the economy pane y and you need to get ahold of the fiscal situations we have in this country. People are talking about the shortterm improvements in the deaf fici deficit. Thats not the problem. The problem is unsustainable debt path. That may be more than we can expect in the next two years, but its the most important thing we could do to get the economy growing, to have a real comprehensive growth strategy. Zero in on some of the spending debacles. You heard senator Lindsay Graham at the top of the show talk about the sequester and what thats done to defense spending. Where does that fit in, in terms of policy priorities relative to the entitlements which we were hearing so much about a couple of years ago which seems to have taken to the sidelines . What do you want to see as the priorities with regard to budget issues . I think what senator graham laid out are the right kind of manageable goals. The realistic things are there are a lot of little moments coming up in the next year. Those things include figure can go out how to trade out some of this onerous sequester for more sensible saving policies. We have a Highway Trust Fund which we have to figure out how to replenish and get spending on our roads and bridges and help with infrastructure there. We have these unsustainable cuts we have in medicare, which we should replace socalled doc fix with health care savings. And we have to deal with things like funding the government in the next cupping weeks. We should do that without any issue. We should try to reassure to the public that were not going to have government shutdowns. If you look later this year, we have another debt ceiling increase. We want to make sure we get through all of these important moments smoothly without incident or hostage taking and hopefully replace some of the not sensible policies we have in place with mediumterm savings deals which would generate savings over time. That would be a solid step in the right direction and help congress and the president start working together on some of these issues. And it would help the economy significantly. And then of course there are at ideologies, maya. Lets talk about tax reform for a moment. The president has say that he would like to see Corporate Taxes come down. Thats what the republicans want. However, the president said he doesnt want to touch individual tax rates. But that also affects small business. So how do you keep, you know, Corporate Tax rates low for the Larger Companies and high for the small companies, which, in fact, are supposed to be the job creators . Well, this is one area where everybody agrees we need to reform the tax code, but boy, is the devil in the detail. This gets really thorny and complicated. The ideal way to fix the tax code is to look at it comprehensively, individual and business taxation. Take all of that on, broaden the base. We give away over 1 trillion a year in tax breaks on both the corporate and individual side. Use that money to bring rates down, help promote growth, and have that on both the corporate and individual side. I think theres more interest now in the business side only. That brings up thorny issues. Corporations would have lower rates while individuals wouldnt. There is some effort to figure out how you allow those businesses to have other tax breaks that would keep their effective tax rates similar to whats going on in the corporate sector. The other option is more of them could become corporations. I think in this one we do what can get done. We figure out how much appetite there is for hopefully and overall comprehensive tax reform and if not what you can do on the business side. The port thing here is to help with growth, competitiveness, simplifying the tax code. That needs to happen in all areas. But keep in mind, theres winners and losers when you do tax reform. That means people whose tax breaks are going to be removed are going to fight tooth and nail to keep them in place. And we have to kind of keep our eye on the big picture, which is overall competitive, simpler tax code will be good for the economy even if some of those tax breaks need to be gotten rid of. Absolutely. Youve got to have jobs as the priority. Then everything flows from there. Maya, good to have you on the program. Thanks so much for the analysis. Thank you, maria. See you soon. Remember the republican autopsy the rnc put together after the 2012 elections . The dnc is planning one for now the democrats. Our panel starts there as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Thats next. This is kathleen. Setting up the perfect wedding day starts with her minor arthritis pain, and two pills. Afternoon arrives and feeling good, but her knee pain returns. Thats two more pills. The evenings event brings laughter, joy, and more pain. Whats that, like six pills today . Yeah. I could take two aleve for all day relief. Really . For my arthritis pain, i now choose aleve. 2 pills. All day strong. All day long. And now introducing, aleve pm for a better am. Im eric shawn. Here are some of the stories making headlines at this hour. The last two americans being held in north korea back home safely on u. S. Soil today, arriving at ft. Lewis in washington. Kenneth bye was serving 15 years in jail for what pyongyang said was antigovernment activities. Meanwhile, Matthew Miller also sentenced to six years for espionage. The men were released yesterday after intense negotiations carried out in secret by the director of national intelligence, james clapper, himself. Bae thanked president obama and north korea for releasing him. The northern part of our country already feeling the first massive push of icy cold air this morning. That storm system expected to bring some of the coldest air of the season to more than 40 states. Some places, get this, possibly seeing up to a 40degree drop in temperatures from tonight going into tomorrow. By tuesday, winds are expected to be below freezing in the Central Plains and across much of the west. Ill be back at noon eastern. Then the doctors will be in. Dr. Siegel and samadi join us as always for sunday housecall. Now back to sunday morning futures and marimaria. Thank you, eric. Dnc chairwoman Debbie Wasserman schultz is planning what shes calling a toptobottom assessment of the 2014 campaign. Much like the rncs group did an autopsy after the 2012 elections. Funny thing about that autopsy, though, republicans pretty much ignored all of its recommendations and they swept this years midterms. So what should that tell the democrats, if anything . I want to bring in our panel right now. Writer and political activist, whos been thrown in jail by vladimir putin. Ed rollins is former Principal White House adviser to president ra reagan in both of his terms. Hes been a longtime business analyst. Ceo and editor of the fp group, the publisher of Foreign Policy magazine. So i just want to point out its 29 years to the day since you won the championship. Im so happy youre here. 1985. Congratulations, gary. Good to see you. I want to focus on your expertise in term of strategy. Do you think president obama now pivots to work with the republicans . Im not sure we can apply more strategy to what obama has been doing. I think he will be forced to deal with the republican majority in the senate because its likely that some of the democrats, especially those who are vulnerable in these elections, might help him override his veto and potentially the embarrassment of his veto being overruled by his own party might force obama to compromise. But its more about his image rather than about political calculations. And about getting something done. Its still about image. Just to look good rather than about getting something done. Its a fear of totally isolated. Ed, whats your analysis . Grown men dont change. This president is not strategic. Hes not a strategist. Hes never been a strategist. Hes a tactician. I dont think the republicans dont fear him. They have their own agenda, which is a good agenda for america. I think they have to pare it back. Theyve got a ryan plan. They can pare that down on the budget. Theyve got the camp tax thing which wont pass, but you can pare it down. You got to get some modification done on health care. But what happens if the president doesnt work with republicans . What does the gop do . They put forth a plan. They take their case to the American People. Heres how you create jobs. Things it like infrastructure and other things. The president wants to veto it. He has to give reasons. It cant just be because they did it. This country desperately wants leadership and economic stimulus. I think everything theyre going to do is move that ball forward. So we have transparency. David, what do you think . I dont think the body language from the president or the other side was particularly encouraging. I dont think everybody ever went broke underestimating the inability of either of these sides to get along, but there is another election. Theres an incentive as a result of that election to do something. I think one of the messages of this election was deep frustration. So i would expect on things like infrastructure, possibly on things it like tax reform, possibly on things like the Transpacific Partnership free trade deal that there will actually be progress on areas where the agendas overlap. Around that, a lot of acrimony, a lot of name calling. The gop has an articulated strategy to explain to the American People what they stand for. Can they do it . They need another messenger. No disrespect to mitch mcconnell. They need someone who can articulate what its all about. Television is very important. On television, he was very judicious. We need communicators out there, telling them why were doing it. Obamas advantage was always the ability to deliver whatever the message is. 2016 being around the corner, were going to start seeing president ial candidates coming out there and becoming the spokespeople for their party or vying for the opportunity to be the spokespeople. I think in that respect, obama is going to fade in significance, and so is mcconnell. Thats the issue. You have a window here. Once 2016 is upon us, the number of seats up for grabs for the republicans is much more than the dems. But the untold story for this election is how deep it went. We had the most legislative seats we have in the century. We now control 39 governorships 31 governorships. We have a lot of action out there that doesnt get wiped out in this next election. My sense is theyre going to sit around and talk about the senate and we lose the senate. The first guy that loses the senate seat is harry reid. Harry reid is dead man walking. Sandoval, running against him. He basically is lame duck. All right. Stay with us. We have a lot to talk about on this front. Lets get a look on whats coming up. Howie, good morning. Good morning. Were going to be all over the coverage of the midterms and how some pundits missed the magnitude of the republican wave. Ive also got an extended conversation with the former cbs investigative reporter. There are some leftwing elements in the media trying to discredit her by painting her as a right winger, even though shes reported aggressively on both democratic and republican conversations. Im looking forward to that. Great story and great interview. Well be there. Thanks so much, howie. The u. S. Mission to destroy isis has been under way for months. Why is president obama only now asking congress for authorization to use military force . Stay with us. Our panel continues as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. From fashion retailers to healthcare providers, jewelers to Sporting Good stores, we provide Financing Solutions for all sorts of businesses. Banking. Loyalty. Analytics. Synchrony financial. Engage with us. coffee be ng poured into a cup. save your coffee from the artificial stuff. Switch to truvia. Great tasting, zerocalorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. Well, after insisting for months that he did not need their permission, president obama is now asking kong to authorize the use of military force in the battle against isis. We bring back our panel. In fact, the president would like 1500 troops, and he said theyre not boots on ground, but they are advisers. Whats your take . It must be floating on the ground. Obviously, weve had thousands of men in there then thraining iranian army. The moment we left, they didnt fight. The idea you can put 1500 people in there and train them and make them fighters, were not going to do well until we get our allies and us to get our troops on the ground, real troops, 10,000, whatever the number may be. Otherwise, were playing games. Were not going to win back what we need to win back. Theres not a military leader ive spoken to who thinks this can get done without american troops on the ground leading coordination here. This coalition, which we dont know how many are in it, we dont know what theyre doing, is mostly behind the scenes. And the results are of a group that doesnt have a strategy yet despite the president s assertion that weve got a strategy. We are tiptoeing in with more troops, sporadic efforts, and no results to speak of to date. Its typical of obama trying to look like hes doing something. He doesnt care much about results as long as it looks good. So im sending troops back, but he doesnt want to send too many because that will look like he was breaking his old promise of pulling them out. Its more about politics and his own image. Its very unfortunate because were talking about matters of life and death. Its about winning or losing the war. The enemy were fighting here is bad press. We respond every time we think theres going to be bad press. Whether it was, you know, going to play golf after a beheading or it was an assertion we dont have our own strategy and having to prove we did, or whether it was a problem on the ground we then went after. There is nothing coherent in the way of our strategy. And you can tell because of you ask the question, what do we do if we win with assad . What do we do if we win with assad . No answers. John mccain goes to being the chairman of the Armed Services committee. Hell basically push this administration very, very hard and expose it for the lack of real strategy. Exactly what is needed in a strategy. There were so many failed attempts in it the region. Now probably its a good moment because the sunnis are willing to cooperate. It will improve relations between thim and israel. The conflict is not as burning as before. So there are opportunities for america to come up with a strategy. Thats the keyword, strategy. But will we . The president sends a letter to it the ayatollah without congress knowledge. The ayatollah has not responded to any of the letters. The thing about the letter was it was talking about the shared interests we have with the iranians in fighting isis. This is precisely the coordination that the administration said, susan rice said on meet the press was not going to happen. Theyre now lawyerly saying, well, coordination, this is not really coordination. Did she just lie, or is she not informed . Well, those are the two options that exist. She misled us. When you think about it, the timing for this could not be worse. Were in the end game on this discussion with iran on nuclear talks. The idea were sort of connecting these two gives them leverage, looks like we need the deal more than they need the deal. And makes us look weak. F furthermore, talk to our allies in the region. Theyre furious because they were left out of this conversation. They want the sanctions off. And they want a nuclear weapon. At the end of the day, theyre going to get it. Its going to be like north korea. We basically say, you got to stay within these guidelines and eventually they get the weapon. My sense is the allies, again, if i was sitting there today, i wouldnt trust this country. It seems to me the iranian deal is some form of foreign version of obamacare. It must be done at any cost. So no matter how poorly its implemented, what could be the disastrous consequence in the future, it must be done because it was promised, and he wanted to be associated with the deal. One of the big issues here is going to be the end with congress. The New York Times reported that the plan with obama is to relieve sanctions and do this without consulting with congress. I dont think the Republican Leadership is going to go for that. I heard Lindsay Graham earlier talking about this. Thats a real potential red line in the sand right now between the republicans and the democrats early on Foreign Policy. It also doesnt give us any hope that any compromise will be achieved. Because the cost of doing anything with iran will be at the expense of the sunni allies. The first time theres a great opportunity for the u. S. To build strong Sunni Coalition against terror. And its essential because the big fight in the middle east right now is not sunni shia. Its sunni sunni. We need to be on the side of moderate sunnis versus extreme sunnis if were going to make progress. Right now what were doing is going to alienate them. The present state of iran is not going to function. It has no money. Were going to have to pay for their Ongoing Operations in addition to their military operations. Thats a very serious longterm price. All right. Stay with us, gentlemen. Up next, it was the symbol of communist oppression. 25 years ago today, the berlin wall came down. 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And yet, even though here we are talking about 25 years ago today, the berlin wall came down and there are celebrations. Look at these live pictures in better lip. Celebrations going on. Yet weve got new tanks going into ukraine as we speak. I think i think this Prime Minister president is the toughest leader on the world stage and he sees real weakness on our part. Hes going to basically do whatever he wants to do. Hes playing with small majority there that basically support him and i think putin is going to do what he wants to do and i think he saw there was weakness in ukraine. He basically is going to do what he wants. Theres also kind of a wag the dog component to this thing. Things are so bad at home. The thing that has kept him popular is this. So i think we have to worry. You know, following up with gary, oil is falling, right . Oil is at 80. The more oil falls, it makes all our sanctions look trivial. T going to squeeze that economy. It is going to cause real pain for the russian people. And the question for putin is what did he do to distract them . He cant fix the economy. So the only thing he can do is move around at his borders, look tough, look like a leader and make them feel good about themselves and that is dangerous. Exactly. That is the question for more aggressive actions. Ite not only ukraine. Its a potential explosion. Cancel russian majorities, theres latvia, theres potential conflict in region. So putin could strike in every direction and i dont think he will have much choice. He will have to look strong and hell have to justify staying in power when the economy is doomed. And nato looks weaker every day. The stories today in the paper about the war games against nato country, denmark or what have you, i think it basically has him sitting there shaking. But further complication, it goes back to the earlier discussion we were having. Russia is now playing a central role in the iran talks in terms of taking away some of this uranium and storing it there. So we need them for that and that has us back pedalling in our rhetoric. So will we get tougher . The president just landed in alaska, by the way. Hes on his way to beijing to go to the apec conference. What does the president do about russia . Well, when he meets putin there and just signed a gas deal. You remember the phrase to whisper it in mr. Medvedevs ear, tell i will be more flexible. He is flexible. And putin knows that. Talk about nature as an institution. At the enof the day, the credibility of nato depends on the policy of the United States. Thats right. And with obama ruining the credibility of the office, theres so many red lines i wouldnt let the europeans off the hook that easily. No, but america must lead. But if you look, putin, assad, the iranians, people have gotten tough with the United States, have not gotten enough pushback recently. Right now, theyre stronger today than they were two years ago. Still to come, one thing to watch for in the weeks ahead. [ ] great rates and safety working in harmony. Open an optimizer plus account from synchrony bank. Visit myoptimizerplus. Com to open an account. Service. Security. Savings. Synchrony bank engage with us. And were back with our panel. Ed rollins . Whats your one thing to watch. Im going to watch how the president behaved and how hes treated. He just took a big defeat back home. Im going the watch that closely. Gary. Confidence in beijing followed by g20 in australia and its happened before when putin was out of the country. The news escalation. So whether russia will escalate in ukraine while putin is far away. Its interesting to see our foreign friends take on the gop, see if that actually materializes into conversation. What do you think, david . Well, im going look and see whether he changes up his National Security team at all. The last three twoterm president s, bush, clinton and reagan all finished somewhat stronger on National Security and Foreign Policy than they had started out. But they also had big changes in their teams. If obama doesnt make big changes, then i wouldnt expect big changes and i think that he may break the trend and actually finish weaker on National Security and Foreign Policy than did his predecessor. Back to the economy, retail sales on the walmart earnings. Gentlemen, good to have you on the panel today. Thank you so much and thank you for watching. That it do it for sunday morning futures. Im maria bartiromo. Ill be back tomorrow morning. Take a look at where to find sbn on your Cable Network or satellite channel. Stay with fox. Media buzz with howie kurtz comes up next. On the buzz meter this sunday, missing the mark. Republican wes a mafs midterm victory. Bigger and broader than most journalistes and pundits had expected. 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