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Brits are takicking russian diplomats out. but even britain where this atrocity takes place, the nerve agent attack, even britain seems to be hesitant to at hard line against putin. >> is there any sort of idea out there or talk that this could have been a forced hand by the united states considering everybody else had taken action? >> no, i dont think so. there was no need to go for 60. there was no need to shut down an entire consulate. >> but it twoonit wouldnt have good. >> but they could ha...

Steve, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so lets start here with these expulsions. the u.s. and other countries join the uk in expelling russian diplomats. the u.s. close down the russian consulate in washington state. then russia reciprocated getting rid of diplomats in russia and enclosing the u.s. consulate there in st. petersburg. do you expect the u.s. and other countries will now again reciprocate and this goes on and on or is this the end at least as related to the nerve agent atta...

For consular access to use. she and her father sergei a former double agent for poison in a nerve agent attack in england on march fourth. protests in the united states have again highlights is the issue of police violence against black citizens horaces fired a white police officer who shot dead a man in louisiana and a separate case and autopsy shows an armed man killed in california was shot eight times and none of the bullets struck him in the front. marches in california state capital sacram...

Tonight, so far, no word of what trump makes of these growing questions, tom. >> we have to wait and see. mary bruce, thank you. next to the mounting tensions between russia and the u.s. tonight, the kremlin announcing the test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile called by critics, satan 2. are they risking a new arms race? abcs chief fwloeglobal affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, joins us now from washington. and martha, that new missile test comes as two planes are standin...

Globe they have called a video irresponsible and even cheesy. has also been a referenced of u.s. power on this. they have faced a threat for intercontinental ballistic missiles for generations and so have the russians. its worth pointing out that just days before this test launch, the u.s. navy testfired off the coast of southern california, and icbm from the uss nebraska, ballistic missile submarine. this is earlier today, the russian government announced they had called an ambassador from 23 c...

Policy moves weve seen recently. the white house announced monday that the u.s. would excel 60 russian diplomats, the largest number since the cold war in response to the nerve agent attack in the u.k. but the president did not comment on it and he quote insisted that the white houses message include the idea he still wants to work with russia. quoting nbc news story tonight, trump was similarly silent today after russia said it would excel u.s. diplomats and close the consulate in st. petersbur...

Policy change made but trump doesnt want anybody talking about it. it might upset putin. that same dynamic is with the policy moves weve seen recently. the white house announced monday that the u.s. would expel 60 russian diplomats, the largest number since the cold war in response to the nerve agent attack in the u.k. but the president did not comment on it and he quote insisted that the white houses message include the idea he still wants to work with russia. quoting nbc news story tonight, tr...

Tactic to throw up multiple stories so that there are denials, there are diversions, there are partial nods and winks and you are seeing the same thing happen around the nerve agent attack in the uk. the russians alternately are saying that -- well, bad things happen to traitors but also we dont know anything about this and maybe the americans did it. maybe the british did it. the same thing in ukraine. the shootdown of mh-17. its a flurry of different responses. overall it amounts to an effort ...

No more. even our friends took advantage -- our friends are friends. theyre wonderful people. but we said, you cant do that anymore. those days are over. frankly, our friends did more damage to us than our enemies. we didnt deal with our enemies. we dealt with our friends and dealt incompetently. because were now finally putting america first. america first. >> we will keep an eye on the president speaking there in ohio. russia retaliating against the u.s., kremlin taking action to shut down u...

Diplomats out of their countries for that attack, that nerve agent attack in the u.k. the u.s. earlier this week kicked out 60 russian diplomats, closed the u.s. consulate, or the russian consulate in seattle. this is russia mirroring that very response. the reason that the united states chose seattle according to administration officials is because of its location. its near boeing, which is a major defense contractor. its also near a u.s. submarine base. that was the reason why the u.s. chose t...