that we re at the point of diminishing returns there and anything we do, anything we do there is not going to have very much impact on the long-term or even midterm future in the place. it s difficult to agree with an isolationist view of the region, which is what the government has, our government has. but there s very little doubt that we re at the point of diminishing returns and people on both sides of the aisle are talking about the utility of withdrawing the large majority, if not all, american troops from afghanistan, alison. thanks so much for joining us. you bet. the last days of jeffrey epstein new and fascinating information about how he reportedly used his money while he was behind bar. you have to hear these details. e six years ago. and this is me now! i got liberty mutual. they customized my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. then i won the lottery, got hair plugs, and started working out. and so can you!
somewhat been ambiguous or vague about whether he sees that. his administration has been clear they view china as the bigger threat to the 2018 midterm elections. is that a view shared on capitol hill? when it comes to russia, what they ve done on capitol hill is passed sanctions and tried to implement sanctions and imposed sanctions. sanctions really sometimes you get to a point of diminishing returns in which you re not changing russia s behavior. you re preventing certain individuals from coming to the united states, certain russian lawmaker, preventing them from coming to the united states. it is a tricky solution for congress here. but i think the real issue is the trump straegadministration. when it comes to the china issue, you ve heard folks like christopher wray, fbi director say that china is the longer tem
a point of diminishing returns in investigating this issue of collusion. have you reached that point of diminishing returns? listen, we want to keep this the number of individuals that the members have yet to see in terms of some of the principles that you and your colleagues have reported on, the members of the committee have not even had a chance to talk to the vast majority of those individuals. now, john, when i put that question to richard burr, i said, look, are you at a point of diminishing returns, elnot go there, but he said we are reaching a smaller number of people to interview and he says it s still his aspirational goal to get this investigation done this year. thanks so much for that breaking news. joining us now. gloria, i want to start with you. in some ways the white hot spotlight in russia has seemed to have faded over the last four
k cock of the walk and running things and making stuff happen. this goes back to uncertainties he s had in russia, beginning in 2010 when he came back as president and had demonstrations in the street and a very poor election. what you re seeing over these years since 2010/2011refurbishi polishing and boosting his popularity rating. that should not be missed. ambassador burns, one of the biggest headlines out of the meeting is an agreement for a cease-fire in syria. how big of an achievement is this for the trump administration? remains to be seen. i think president trump and secretary tillerson were right to engage the russians on this. we don t have identical interests. the russians are aligned with the syrian government, with iran and hezbollah. we don t want to be aligned with that group. but we do have an interest in seeing the war, if it is possible, brought to a halt at some point in the future. there are 12 million of the 22.4
korea crisis. we haven t heard a word from him about it and not seeing progress. if i can get quick takes, after the president returns tomorrow, does he return in a stronger position than when he left, molly? i think it is about the same. the problem at this point is that even when he does give a speech that s widely praised, when he does leave for a while, and this was the case with the last trip, it was seen as going well, breathing room at home, and he reverted right back into the same crises, the same old patterns, same old things. i think he s also reaching a point of diminishing returns with the grand speeches, where the world leaders who are his audience know that what is being written for him and what he is reciting doesn t coincide with what he thinks. i think that s right. i think that he, you know whatever gains he makes, he quickly will revert back to type and do the kind of podesta type things or whatever it is, and he ll take everybody down another rabbit hole of