Putin is a baby killer, so it is very difficult to see how he would have compassion for this young woman.

So I think we have to step in and exert our sovereignty over our citizens and demand that they be released...

We can’t let the brutality of Putin -- I started by saying he’s a baby killer. This is his war. There was no vote for this.

What is happening is that there’s Russian counsel giving guidance. And I respect that guidance. But I believe that the federal government, the United States of America, the president, because there are others being held in Russia.