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Russian foreign minister sergey lavrov faced off over new sanctions on russia and the state of relations between the united states and russia. back here in washington, the deputy attorney general weighed in on the scope of the russia investigation, rod rosenstein saying independence counsel robert mueller can pursue any evidence of a crime that he uncovers. and north korea today threatened revenge against the united states over new it sanctions. the united nations security council unanimously ap...

Committees. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> like almost everyone else in the house and senate you strongly support this sanctions bill, passed, as i said, overwhelmingly in the house, 92-2 in the senate. if the president were to veto the bill i assume you and your colleagues would quickly override that veto? >> we absolutely would. i dont think theres a question about that. if the president would try and do that, id be surprised, the comment about tougher sanction...

Manu, thank very much. manu raju on capitol hill. meanwhile, white house communications director anthony scaramucci tells cnn the president might veto a russia sanctions bill passed overwhelmingly by the house and senate. the popular bipartisan legislation would not only hit russia with new sanctions but also give congress the authority to block the president from lifting those sanctions. but listen to scaramucci earlier today on cnn. >> keep looking at these it sanctions right now. he may dec...

Calls, 35 minute phone conversation, is to make sure the two leaders are ahead on the g20 summit pairwise at important and how important is that? >> trump has flip the tables, and he is playing a rope-a-dope with the chinese and russians. before they promised to do nothing. the chinese promise, and did nothing, and so with the administration is set to do, we will work with the chinese, and then a freedom of navigation operation in the south china sea, which they hate. we sold arms to taiwan, whi...

Nikki haley says the u.s. cannot let up. >> i think you have to get into kim jong-uns head. he is in a state of paranoia. he is concerned about anything and everything around him. this was a message to south korea after the election and what we will do is tighten the screws. he feels it. we will continue whether it sanctions, press statements, anything we have to do. laura: caroline shively is live in washington. if this is a medium range missile, what damage can it do? >> it can do some definit...

Undermine our country and while there werent bombs being used, there were many efforts in terms of data that were weapon newsed. and in that kind of a setting, i think we should look at that with the eye that they need to be slapped down for that kind of conduct, thats why were working with many of our allies in europe right now making sure that theyre aware of the kind of techniques that putin and data gurus were using and stop it in its track. >> is it the kind of retaliation in your mind, is ...

That is a topic they need to address as well. >> there are no rules for cyberwarfare or the cyberintelligence, no international agreement and it is time we did that. sanctions on russia, absolutely. it was found conclusively they tried to interfere in the election and find out who is responsible and how it was done, russia need that it sanctions more than obama put on them in order to deter them from doing this in the future. >> should this be a bipartisan effort? >> absolutely. what bread that ...

Form of action, be it sanctions or something more aggressive, go in and, out of a concern for the destabilization we now >> and obviously, you know how carefully they craft these statements. i want to play another part of it so you can hear how careful some of it was phrased. >> and throughout this time of transition, the united states will continue to stand up for freedom, stand up for justice, and stand up for the dignity of all people. >> and he never mentions gadhafi by name. what do you mak...

It sanctions it. youll find that all of a sudden a lot of people who otherwise would not get into trouble are going to get into trouble. the only difference is the government makes some money off of it. >> all right. thats going to be the last word. thanks so much. >> thank you. former vice president al gore says hes pleased hes been cleared of any wrongdoing after a ma sus accused-am sexual assault. she claimed gore groped and assaulteder in a luxury hotel room in portland, oregon, back in 20...

Arizonas new law on immigration, by far the toughest in the nation, will go into effect, greeted thursday with praise from supporters, protests from those who believe it sanctions racial profiling. the white house is seeking to have it declared unconstitutional, most americans support it. turned arizona into the front lines of the immigration battle earlier this year. tom foreman joins us to take a look back at how it happened. tom? >> anderson, in the early 1990s, the federal government stepped...