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>> well, you hit the nail on 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. thats one half of this. there is also the cyber angle that a lot of people wont be tal...

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Hey vlad cut it out. eric schultz, good person, know him. worked with him a lot at the white house. i think what hes trying to say is yes, theyre pushing back now. trying to get aggressive. when were talking about timing, this hacking situation started some 18 months ago, summer of 2015. why didnt they do anything sooner if this was an imperative part of it? they didnt want to interfere in the election, didnt want to pour gasoline on the fire. if this was going on and it was so awful, so horribl...

Decision to president-elect trumps administration, eric schultz responded with this. >> the president is leaving office in a couple of weeks but hes the president from now until then. and the president-elect once he assumes office on january 20th will be able to make these decisions. >> schultz was asked about concerns that the obama white house is trump into a diplomatic corner. >> if the next president wants to decide to reallow in senior intelligence officials from russia, they can do that. i...

And strengthen israels security over the long-term. well all of this coming after the prime minister said there was no doubt the obama administration initiated the resolution to end settlements on the west bank and demanded that it be passed. netanyahu also recalled the u.s. ambassador and others. kevin cork is live in hawaii where president obama is spending christmas with his family. and kevin, what else is the white house saying about these accusations? >> reporter: well, you are right on the...

President biden has a special relationship with him. >> sure. i dont fault the vice president for doing it but we need the president to step up. and we also need to make it clear to the iraqi government that with u.s. help comes you needing to cooperate less with iran in the region. we see that iran has s. destabilizing iraq, syria lebanon, yemen all over the place. very bad influence. >> of course they have to agree to that. >> of course they do. >> congressman, thank you. >> thank you. and as ...

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Similar to a used car salesman turning back an odometer on a car. >> reporter: asked about the discrepancy between 2013 and 2015 white house press secretary eric schultz said there are separate assessments for the amount of time it would take iran to acquire enough fissile material versus how long it would take to weapon upon niz. he is clearly talking about the time to develop a weapon and not acquire the material for one." >> reporter: it is a i agreed that it could only be a couple of months ...

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