>> joining us now from palm springs, former u.s. spokesman at the united nations ric grenell and from washington david that fury, former state department official. so putin and trump are pen pals now. it's very cute. i love to see that probably be retweeting each other one of these days. it seems like putin kind of poured cold water on this arms race controversial. you know what? what i can't understand, rick is, the left will say that trump and putin are best friends and they will be riding on horseback naked with each other and then on the other hand, they are saying trump and putin are on this nuclear coalition course. i just can't get it straight. which one is it? >> well, clearly this letter was a signal that both sides want to reset the relationship. it hasn't been working and, look, we're dealing with a situation where the current president, president obama has been mocking those who thought that russia was some sort of a threat. and also president-elect trump is having to deal with