solve this crisis has in part been undermined by the scandal and by the relationship in politics that has unfolded with this administration. so in some ways trump and his team have undercut themselves, because ultimately this will be an important piece to the puzzle in syria. it goes back to russia and we will need that relationship. we will need some kind of new strategy to bring an end to this civil conflict. the president putin is holding this end of the year news conference in which he called for pragmatic cooperation in response to president trump. that s of course a subjective phrase. we ll see how that fleshes out. thank you all. thank you. all right. still to come, new development tots the tell you about this morning regarding an online