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Relationship with russia is at a significant low point. we are just having some conversations can lead us to a better outcome and there are so many important things that they are involved with that we care about, whether its syria, ukraine, north korea or nuclear arms. what im kind of surprised theres been this much angst over the press conference. not that he said things that we should have. president trump really did mess up with that press conference but i dont quite know what people want. he...

Brink of nuclear war with north korea or some kind of conflict at the very least and an analyst on yesterday, north koreans finally had gotten word the white house and the penta and mattis where considering a conflict with north korea and that is the first time the united states after the era of strategic patience under the obama administration was ready to go in and do something about their behavior and that fear led them to this. >> some people argue we gave up too much, that the wargames shou...

Allies to take a tougher line on iran but at a joint press conference netanyahu said that there is no need for france to abandon the nuclear accord he says that if sanctions against tehran are strong enough economic pressure will cause the deal to collapse anyway. heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world russian president vladimir putin has told austrias sebastian courts that his country is interested in repairing ties with the european union mr putin has be...

Now u.s. policy for the whole american government because today the u.s. treasury department under secretary steven mnuchin announced that basically they copied everything in the mueller indictment against those russians, copied it into a new document and called it sanctions. all those people charged by mueller and his team last month are now the subject of new u.s. sanctions against russia in response to the russian attack on our election. lots of news coverage since then and let the record sho...

Had done anything to defend us, to try to push back at what russia had done to punish them at all for the attack. almost like if the american government as a whole wont push back for fight against what the russians have been doing, the special counsels office will do its bit to try and thats an awkward way for a country to remedy that wrong. the way to make foreign policy and stand up for yourself as a nation. prosecutors tried with those indictments, part of the national reaction to those indic...

Optimistic although cautiously so after south korea announced north korea is willing to talk to the united states about giving up its nuclear arsenal. this stunning development coming after historic negotiations between the two koreas in pyongyang. kim jong-un agreeing to refrain from conducting nuclear and missile tests while the talks are ongoing. we have more from seoul. a lot of questions here, andrew. a lot of skeptics on the story. what are we to believe broke the north koreans? was it san...

Objective, his objective was to get rid of the magninsky act because it sanctions russians for ill gotten gains. he has to offer something in return. what seemed to be offered in return is information that would help donald trump get elected. now, we dont know whether this was just a low level reachout that they got through these people, or whether it actually generated real engagement between the two campaigns. we know for sure what russias intentions were and were starting to see little bits a...

>> reporter: just one last question. whats your prediction for the future of u.s.-russian relations? >> im afraid its going to be difficult. and its not because of us, its because of the u.s. political dynamics, the anti-russian law holding russian-american discussions. >> reporter: is it sanctions? >> its a sanctions law but its basically a statement to the russians. its not going to be washed away, its going to stay. its going to spoil the ability of both countries to resume normal relations a...

President obama. because the media and culture will embarrass you. >> and to label bannon a white supremist. they are dangerous labels. we have come far as a country and they are the worst things you can possibly say. i was critical of his response. and i wished he was not baited by the media as he was. and the left is taken it to another level and ratcheting it up. >> they dont have anything else, trish. they feel like they are victims here on the left. they feel like the election was stolen fr...

The electrical grid and to say nothing of the nuclear pollution. this is something very ominous and a very much watching. >> melissa: meanwhile, nikki haley has been part of the group pushing very hard to do something about this at the u.n., the most recent vote that just want by adding sanctions, piling them onto north korea, its supported surprisingly by both russia and china, there was some talk that they would not get involved. even as the group comes together, you have to wonder what can be...