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Waning days of the obama administration. first, rising tensions with israel after secretary of state john kerry defended the decision to not veto the u.s. --dash mcewen resolution. >> no american it ministration has done more for israel security than barack obamas. shannon: new friction with russia after the obama administration reveals the punishment for interference in the election. i am joined here by senator tom cotton of arkansas. welcome back. >> it is great to be on with you. shannon: sta...

Shutting down two russian-owned compounds, one in maryland, another in new york. heres lisa monaco talking to jake tapper explaining exactly what was behind all of this. >> what these individuals were doing were basically collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. what we are saying today is in response to and in order to impose consequences for the russian governments ...

Their purpose? >> reporter: you know, ayman, were learning so much more about this. these sanctions were not levied only because of the hacking, they were also levied because of the hacking of our u.s. diplomats in russia. we now know, this has been going on for four years. its really increased over the last 12 months. arbitrary police stops, theyve been releasing personal information, which is extremely dangerous. lets go ahead and listen to what else the deputy press secretary had to say. >> w...

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Saying, no, to retaliation for now. it was expected even feared by some russia would strike back after the white house announced new sanctions yesterday, but even though russia threw out few threats before the announcement they decided to play the waiting game and perhaps wait for a new president to come on january 20th. here is some of the statement from russian president vladimir putin. considering the special responsibility of russia and the u.s. to keep global security, it damages the entire...

Promising to meet with intel officials next week. last hour, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee telling msnbc more sanctions from congress are necessary. >> what really gets the russians attention isnt the expulsion of diplomats or people masquerading as diplomats but economic sanctions like those imposed over ukraine that hurt the russian economy. thats the only thing that puts putin in jeopardy and the only thing putin caring about. >> just in the last 30 minutes we are g...

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Agencies largely behind the effort and two companies in support of the espionage efforts. they have declared 35 russian intelligence efforts and giving them 72-hours to leave the country. shutting down two russian compounds use bide russian personnel. it also stated it will take additional action that will not be publicized. those are likely on the cyber front. the agencies responded president obama expelled 35 diplomats in cold war déjà vu everybody including american people will be glad to s...

It comes to these sanctions, what exactly did they do and what effect, practically speaking, what effect will all of this have on russia? any? >> reporter: i think, some. they certainly hope so here at the white house. and whats most important, i think, steve, is that these sanctions, which basically freeze assets and restrict business dealings with americans go to the highest levels of the russian government and name names in the intelligence service. and those individuals may not have a lot of...

Cnn justice correspondent evan perez is following this story. evan, really surprising turn of events here. >> thats right, martin. with only three weeks left in president obamas administration he is firing back at russia for their alleged meddling in the u.s. election. 35 russian diplomats now have less than 72 hours to leave the country. u.s. intelligence officials say they were spies posing as diplomats. the expulsion part of a massive crackdown by president obama against russian alleged cyber...