L Michaelo Hanlan News Today

There was the exsppulsion of the 23 secret agents or maybe not so secret agents. if they knew they had these 23 people on british soil, why were they allowed to stay? >> this happens all the time. its been happening between the united states and russia even during the trump period and certainly in the obama years. we tolerate a certain amount of this because most of these people are here doing partly diplomatic and partly intelligence-related activity and most of what theyre doing is not deadly....

Soil so that was noteworthy. but in general, i think if you see elements of skepticism, its because even as american foreign policy really has toughened on several fronts towards russia, president donald trump does not come out and say it himself. and even in his comments today which were stronger than most hes made to date, they were not fullsome, they were not angry. he kind of just limited it narrowly and it really didnt seem like his heart was completely in it. so thats why theres that remai...

Ukraine, syria. so we sort of need the hawks and doves at the same time. i hope were capable of that. >> michael ohanlan, you know, does this idea, though, that any of these sanctions are going to have any sort of measurable impact on russians actions? do we suspect that they will? i mean, so far, the response from vladimir putin, the response from other officials in that country has sort of been a collective shoulder shrug. >> well, theyve not intensified their war against ukraine or any atta a...

Russian entities and individuals. the sanctions targeting many of the same organizations indicted by special counsel robert mueller for meddling in the 2016 election. the move comes hours after the u.s. joined the united kingdom and key allies in condemning russia, saying that country is likely responsible for a chemical attack against a former russian spy. >> i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, a very sad situation. it certainly looks like the russianings were behind...