the head. i talked to eric schultz white house press secretary about that very notion he said listen, kevin, we have to do something to give the russians a very strong message. what that something looks like to a lot of people is not terriblely much. keep this in mind, ed, this is relevant to you and the viewers. public pronouncement and sanctions that you can put your arms around. that's one half of this. there is also the cyber angle that a lot of people won't be talking about. but as far as the things we have heard about today, 72 hours, that's the amount of time that nearly 3 dozen russian operatives have to get out of the country. they have been expelled by the obama administration in retaliation as you know for alleged russian cyber activity in the run-up to the 2016 election. president obama making a number of points in his statement today. i want to share just part of what he was talking about with your viewers here tonight. the president saying, and i'm quoting now. "these actions follow repeated private and public warnings that we have issued