to poise is an interesting choice of word by the russian ambassador. here s where we are steve. heightened attentions between the u.s. and russia while the u.s. doesn t have a secretary of state in place. pike pompeo, the president s pick to be the secretary of state, along with his choice of john bolten, our well-phone foreign policy talks, and donald trump sending conflicting messages about the u.s. approach to putin. the president himself is staying silent. as we reported also telling his aids not to talk publicly will be russia polly sshs. steve. jeff thanks for that. courtney standing by at the pent gone. let s talk about that missile test over night.