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Battling isis. iranian militias go into syria and fight isis. iran is much more than russians fighting isis. so do you really want to pick a fight with them when trump says number one objective is to destroy isis. >> thats the interesting thing, say things on the campaign trail and then sit on the seat, its different story. speaking of russia, theres news they might start easing sanctions. >> we dont know for sure. frankly as with israel, the administration has sent somewhat contradictory signal...

>> that should be an interesting daily briefing. i want to go back to a point you made, kristen. the decision was agonizing not because of the ties to russia. that strikes me as odd because of what you just said, that the acting attorney general reportedly informed the white house that other people such as dni, then dni james clapper informed the white house that there was a potential that michael flynn was compromised. i want to go back really quickly with you because in the resignation letter ...

Hallie, you actually asked white house press secretary sean spicer for more information, among other things, about that yemen raid on sunday. what did we learn about that? >> reporter: yeah, interesting because the yemen raid that happened over the weekend isnt necessarily the big driving headline of the day. there are pleasant of those, as weve been talking about all day, from foreign policy on iran, australia, mexico. this is something that came up after president trump talked about the family...

Face-to-face meeting. one thing not discussed , according to the problem, was a possibility of president trump easing sanctions. its something that the president urged president trump not to do when he spoke with them this afternoon. president trump spoke with the leaders of japan and germany and later australia but things were really waiting on now is the white house to release its version of what was said during the phone call. >> eric? >> we will get to that assumes we have the details. what ...

Behind. theres also this legislation from bob corker republican of tennessee, senate foreign relations committee chairman. he wants to introduce a bill that would require congress to approve any deal before its implemented. over the weekend white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough sending a letter to corker urging him to reconsider that. he wrote "we believe the legislation would likely have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations emboldening iranian hardliners differentiatin...

With this residual force it means putting more americans in the line of fire. there is little appetite to ramp up involvement in iraq. when the prime minister came to the u.s. earlier this month to ask for more aid, president obama promised to help, but stopped short of offering a hard and fast commitment. we turn to iran where negotiations are kicking off in geneva. members of the p 5 plus 1 are closing in on a deal that would see iran roll back elements and agree to tougher inspection if they ...