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From the united states, we can expect some attacks on the russian election, thats why you need to go and support your leader. at the same time, as everybody understands as a result results are quite predictable, lots of people feel we need to vote right now to support a leader and to help to protect the country. >> you mentioned that this war with the west, that at least president putin is attempt to go use to excite people but to what degree is this conflict that we are seeing with the u.s. and...

And there are many republicans who share my view. >> in addition to russias recent nerve agent attack in great britain, we also learned this week that russia has targeted american power grids. white house press secretary, sarah sanders, on thursday, did not take a stand when asked at a briefing whether vladimir putin was a friend or a foe. the vladimir putin putin a friend or foe? >> oh, hes an enemy of democracy. this is why i want pompeo to be secretary of state. mike understands russia isnts ...

That stamp of approval from the people. >> all right, jill. and in the backdrop of all of this that nerve agent attack, this back and forth of punitive actions between russia and the united kingdom, the uk first responded with the steps that its taking. russias response went beyond that. lets expand the conversation and bring in our colleague melissa bell. melissa following the story for us live as well. melissa, what are the risks for the united kingdom given russias response? >> well, the risk...

To philly, to washington d.c. throw up the european model and youll see new york is out of the snow, but philly and d.c. are in it. the most important thing, we cant eliminate washington, philly and new york out of this snow line when we get into wednesday. well give you totals tomorrow night and well be able to narrow exactly what cities are in. >> all right, sam, thank you. now overseas to that nerve agent attack on british soil. russia expelling 23 british diplomats after the uk ordered the...

The nerve agent attack in britain and we have not heard very much from the president in terms of a response. we finally did see some sanctions this week but even those were seen as a sort of very minor response given all of the various things that russia has done and both sides of the aisle, both republicans and democrats, are calling for the president and for the administration to do more to really step up to russia. this is a president who is willing to talk tough against our enemies and talk ...

It is apparent for some unknown reason he is under the sway of mr. putin. four combat tours, a bronze star, three purple hearts, multiple combat wounds, two silver stars, two distinguished service crosses, graduates of phillips academy and west point. hes the former commander in chief of southern command. hes the former u.s. drug czar. just this week great britain expelled 23 russian diplomats over that nerve agent attack on british soil prompting the u.k.s closest allies to formally condemn the...

Following for those who will be waking up to this news, another high profile firing in washington. this time, this man, the former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe. it happened less than two days before his official retirement, two days before his birthday. more details on that, ahead. we go back live to moscow as russia summons the british ambassador in the dispute over the nerve agent attack. well get details on what that meeting was about. many more who never saw it coming. but now they k...

Officials will meet next week to plan their response to russia after learning the kremlin is expelling 23 british diplomats. >> russia is responding to the uk expelling 23 russian diplomats a few weeks ago and giving them a week to leave. its because of the nerve agent attack on british soil earlier this month. the kremlin is taking it a step further, matching actions by the uk, and closing a uk-controlled consulate and a cultural center. the statement from the uk says russias response will not ...

What it calls further unfriendly actions. remember, the russians say they were simply responding to the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats by britain, and what they say are unproven accusations that the russian state was behind that nerve agent attack on the streets of salisbury in southern england. so yes, certainly, the potential for this to escalate is very real. >> all right, matthew chance, thank you so much. appreciate that. i want to bring in now congressman ted yoho, a republican from f...

Candor under oath. the attorney general came to that conclusion after allegations of misconduct by mccabe. >> president trump weighed in on the decision. this is part of his statement via twitter. andrew mccabe fired. a great day for the hard working men and women of the fbi. a great day for democracy. >> mccabe was set to retire at midnight tomorrow on his 50th birthday after more than 20 years of working in law enforcement. since he was fired before that time, mccabe will take a hit on his ear...