about what president assad did in syria and the use of chemical weapons, that was facilitated by mr. putin and russia. you had the poisoning in the u.k. you had the activities here in our own country. there has got to be a clear message to mr. putin that that conduct is unacceptable and ambassador haley made that clear on sunday, that additional sanctions would be imposed. and now she s been undermined by the president when he reversed that decision. it is it is a signal to mr. putin he could continue to do the activities he s doing now. does this undercut ambassador nikki haley s ability to represent the united states effectively on the world stage. i think it undercuts america s leadership to stand up to the practices of russia and the attack of democrat institutions not only here but around the world. and the support of human rights violators such as president assad. what is your reaction to hearing that mike pompeo, the
donald trump s loyalty? why does he always give russia not just the benefit of the doubt beautifuly supports them in the face of american interests and american entities, institutions and individuals. that s the question? bill: you may get answers this week. what mitch mcconnell made clear on sunday and both of you on this, is that new incoming presidents try to start anew with putin and russia all the time. you look at the reset with president obama, president bush 43. bill clinton as well and their hopes get dashed. will hopes be dashed with this administration yes or no? i don t have great hopes that america and russia are going to walk hand in hand into the sunset for the next four years. i think that any sort of honeymoon right now will be short lived because i think it s very important for donald trump to appear strong, to demonstrate strength and show he is a winner. to the extent that russia makes that difficult to the extent
initially, we heard from the coast guard about the conditions that these people would have been thrown into as the ship sank. frankly, it was very painful. certainly you have to imagine for the families to lip to that because the coast guard was explaining that these are people that would have been abandoning ship, a cargo ship, sinking in the middle of a category 4 hurricane. so waves were crashing more than 50 feet high, wind speeds more than 140 miles per hour. these are the same conditions that made the initial days of searching so difficult. it was nearly impossible to get the search teams to the area where they believed that the ship sank. so once the weather started to clear on sunday, that s when you had the crews going in and beginning to find debris. they found one body. they certainly hoped to find survivors. we ve been learning about the stories of some of these people on board, 28 americans, 5 polish nationals, a woman on board who had e-mailed her mother saying, we re hea
reid are unwilling to talk. speaker made it clear on sunday, i m waiting for a call and be happy to visit with the president apt his convenience. i think the sooner everybody knows that the negotiations are not going to start soon. and with all due respect, every congressman i ask this question, they say, i know people are disgusted and hate us, and i hope something happens, but it never does. i think actually it will. we saw several things happen where we voted to put people back to work. defense workers are back to work. i think we ll get there. congresswoman you wanted to say? may i? i sure do. tom and i are friends and we work together, we know how to work. but this is a self-inflicted wound. they don t want to work. they have had two direct