Nikki Haley gets personal with Russia at UN: ‘I’m in awe, Vasily’

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U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley turned to her Russian counterpart at the Security Council with mock admiration during Friday’s emergency debate over the brewing crisis in Syria, and essentially accused him of lying to the body.

“I’m in awe, Vasily, of how you say what you say with a straight face – I really, really am,” Haley told Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia.

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