vladimir putin is indicative of what they feel. they have very strong ambitions. they want a restoration of what they had one time prior to the end of the cold war. putin has made no pretense about that. he wants that. we ve seen expansion of their capabilities in places like syria, which is indicative of their foreign policy. they re pushing hard in the baltics and of course in the ukraine. so across the world, russia is a threat. i hope president trump can negotiate with mr. putin and find some sort of reconciliation so that we re not so confrontational. make no secret about it, the russians are a threat and we need to deal with them appropriately, but i would be very hesitant about taking the first step. let them make that. neil: we know about a phone call tomorrow between pvladimir putin and see how that goes. we know from theresa may that
hours and hours of questioning there on capitol hill for mr. tillerson. reporter: good morning, christine. nine hours of questioning. it got off to a rocky start. tillerson faced questions he expected about exxon s record lobbying against sanctions. from the democratic side of the aisle. he also broke away from his would-be boss donald trump on a few key issues. one is the trans pacific partnership. tillerson said he wasn t opposed to that. he seemed a little bit more willing to embrace the idea that climate change, a man made element to that. he came out for a man who received an order of friendship from pvladimir putin, he came ot with a tougher line from the start. i think the important conversation we have to have with them is does russia want to now and forever be an adversary of the united states? do you want this to get worse or