russians and other allies on the énd like the iranians. you re looking at the change in relationship between turkey and russia. we re moving closer to each other. these are two countries thatzv back two different sides in this conflict. we re seeing the united states really absent from these talks, so we re going to have to wait and see something that you hear from opposition forces. there s a lot of nervousness. they re anxious to see what president trum%-l policy is going to be when it comes to syria, especially as you indicated, probably closer ties, as we ve seen, with ÷úrussia. he s praised the president. so they re really anxious he might be cutting back on the support we ve seen that limited support to the syrian opposition in the past. we havey)= wait and see, of course, george. i think that is the phrase, we ll have to wait and see as times are changing and these new alliances that are being formed. many groups that aresnot part of
tougher on russia then president-elect obama has been. both of them ãrussia is a strategic rival and said some very unkind things about mr. putin. taylors and said he is for the transpacific partnership which is a major talking point before the election for mr. trump who was against it. these are not small differences. these are major policy differences.we don t know how they will turn out you mentioned. taylors and . the head of exxon mobil. it s a friendship or at least knowing vladimir putin with a bromance. he was asked about that during the confirmation hearing, whether he s talked to mr. trump about russia and here s what he said. i assume, to some degree, you ve had a discussion about what it is that the worldview
the u.s. to export more natural gas to central and eastern europe to counter any future moves by putin toa;p9df cut off am dependency on?÷pñ russia for our friends in europe and around the globe. the state department has said that europe has enough natural gas to last for several months if necessary. gregg? molly henneberg in washington. thanks very much. a major political issue as we look ahead to mid terms and presidential elections is how to boost america s economic recovery. today both parties laying out their visions in their weekly addresses. president obama again talking up his call to increase the minimum wage while republican senator rob portman says good jobs are already out there, but
it generally is this. isn t it? it s unconstitutional. under a constitution republic, you mentioned all those poll, people s mind are all over the place. we elect leaders to make these decisions. what was the appropriate constitutional process for bringing this action. article i, section 8, the act giving the congress of the united states the authority, the lone authority to declare war or authorize war. what obama should have done don t go to south africa to get permission to go war when did he do that? he made a phone call to the security council. we didn t get china,ç russia, brazil or germany, half the powers in the world. he went in there without this authorize acceleration. what he should have done is come look, i know it s not a vital interest but it could be a humanitarian disaster. i want your authority to go in and use american air power to protect benghazi. i think he would have gotten it.