Im george howhowell. And natalie allen. We begin right now. Russia has a message for dozens of diplomats, it is time to leave. They are being expelled as relations between russia and the uk, the u. S. And its allies continue to crumble. The u. S. Consulate in st. Petersburg is being closed. Workers have been seen packing up and leaving. And russias actions may extend to the courtroom. Its ambassador in washington told reporters his country may sue the United States for closing moscows Diplomatic Properties in the u. S. On friday, ambassadors from more than 20 countries were called to the Russian Foreign ministry, they were told some of their diplomats need to go home. All of this in retaliation for the expulsion of Russian Diplomats in those countries. The fight started with a nerve gas attack on a former russian spy and his daughter seen here. Britain says russia was responsible. Moscow denies that. Sergei skripal remains in critical but stable condition and his daughter is showing signs of improvement. Matthew chance is following the story for us. What more do we know about the latest expulsions . Reporter we know that the russians have summoned ambassadors from 23 countries that themselves expelled Russian Diplomats in the days before. And handed over a letter of protest and telling them that their diplomats would also be expelled. There was also a number of other countries which the Russian Foreign men industry said in a statement it was reserving the right to protest to and to expel diplomats from as well. And so it all amounts to this Huge International standoff, diplomatic standoff between russia and much of the international community, particularly western countries, europe, the United States, canada, australia, places like that and of course britain. Which themselves expelled 149 Russian Diplomats in response to the poisoning of sergei and julio skripal allegedly by a russian nerve agent earlier this month in salisbury, as you say an attack which the russians say they had nothing to do with. But the net result of that is that russia is very isolated diplomatically it seems, these are the biggest expulsions of russian officials since the end of the cold war. And the big question now i think is whether this will have an impact on russias behavior. Certainly the hope is amongst many western countries that this will show russia that there is unanimity in the west, and that russias behavior will be adjusted. But it could also just antagonize the russians. And indead the rudeed the russ gone further than simply expelling diplomats. They have also issued a new dictate to the british embass is i here in moscow saying that they want parity, and what they are saying is that they want the number of british Staff Members and diplomatic workers in the uk mission in russia to be reduced by more than 50 personnel to become the same number as the number of russians that work in the United Kingdom. Were not exactly sure how many uk british diplomats that would involve at all. But obviously it is yet a further sanction on the part of the russians towards the United Kingdom and could set off another tit for tat expulsions on both sides. I think the point though what impact does in have on russia, do we see this as the end of this or could there be more to come. Matthew chance liver for us in moscow, thank you for the reporting today. Now, as all of this is playing out, donald trump is spending the weekend at his resort in the u. S. State of 234r5. Florida. He has a cab met members spending habits to the fallout on his comments on syria. Jim acosta wraps it up for us. Reporter president was laying low in maralago, playing golf while back in washington Senior Administration officials are scratching their heads over this comment mr. Trump made in ohio about syria. Were knocking the hell out of isis, well be coming out of syria like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon. We soon were coming out. Reporter as one Senior Administration official put it, we are still trying to figure out what he meant about syria. The president made the remark as fighting continues in syria on the same day as mr. Trumps speech two coalition soldiers, one american and one british on a counter isis operation were killed when their vehicle hid an ied. The president s comments are also contrary to what hes insisted in the past, that he didnt telegraph his moves. I have a substantial chance ever winning. If i win, i dont want to broadcast to the inany exactly what my plan is. Let me tell you, this is what obama does. Were going to leave iraq on a certain date. Reporter the president has also been a tough critic of his predecessors in the middle east, knocking george w. I invin invading iraq. Iraq, we have people talk about me with the button. Im the one that doesnt want to do this. Reporter and slamming barack obama for leaving iraq too soon that led to the creation of isis. He is the founder of isis. He is the founder of isis. He is the founder. He founded isis. Reporter a sudden u. S. Withdraw from syria could strengthen the hand of Vladimir Putin who supported bashar al assad. Putin is doing some saber rattling this week boasting about a new Nuclear Weapons system that is capable ever i evading any Missile Defense and striking targets in the u. S. Like florida where the president is on vacation. Translator this new system has swrirnvirtually no limitati distance as you can see, it is capable of attacking targets via both the north and south pole. Reporter russias ambassador to the u. S. Is defending moscows decision to good spell u. S. Diplomats. If anybody slept your cheek, your face, what will be your reaction from the side . You will think and you will humiliate and it doit goes with saying. Reporter all that as epa administrator scott pruitt is facing accusations of taking a security detail with him on personal trips to disneyland and College Footballs rose bowl game. Democratic senator sheldon wh e whitehouse complained that Significant Energy resources are being devoted to his round the clock security even when on nonofficial business. That follows the firing of David Shulkin who is accused of wasting taxpayer money as well. Surely before the president tweeted out that chief of staff gave me a call to let me know and gave me a heads up. So kelly told you and then you found out by tweet. Yes. Reporter shulkin was hardly given the same sendoff as former Communications Director hope hicks that came with flattering photos with hicks in her office snapped by the new york times. Jim acosta, cnn, west palm beach, florida. Lets talk about these developments with james davis, he is dean of the school of economics and political sicienc joining us from munich. Thank you, james. Nice to see you. Lets talk about these developments. Donald trump suddenly making announcement that it is time for the u. S. Military to exit syria. The question is, did he mean that, was it just talking smack out in the country as he faces supporters, and the question is, what might our allies in the region working in the region be thinking about that announcement . We dont know what he was thinking. I tend to think this was campaign rhetoric. He is in this kind of Campaign Mode when he goes out to the countryside and to tries to rally the base with all kinds of blustery statements and i tend to think that he got out in front of himself on this. The announcement search is a r certainly is a surprise to the military which is planning for a longer term deployment so we dont make the mistakes of the past and that is leave before the situation has been stabilized in a way that prohibits the eperrmergence of there. And the kurds who have been carrying a lot of water for us in this conflict, it might be a surprise to them and also to putin who of course would use the absence of american support for kurds and other allied groups to increase his influence, expand his influence and that of his patron assad in the regime in the area. And so it is a confusing statement. But once again, the sort of statement that weve gotten used to in this administration. We may get used to it, but it is certainly unsettling. It can be dangerous. It certainly takes a lot of intellectual band width for people to break it down, analyze to go not going down that road. So who knows. But the president has said before that he doesnt make announcements about what he is doing militarily. He has maintained that. And then he made the speech. Listen to what mr. Trump has said before. We know longer tell our enemies our plans. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I dont want to telegraph what im doing or what im thinking. Im not like other administrations where they say were going to do this in four weeks and that doesnt work that way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that is just an illustration of what were dealing with here, correct . Thats right. And i mean the president s critique of the Obama Administration was wellknown anden accepted by many people and also members of the him diddic party who thought that obama was far too quick to signal what he was doing both in afghanistan and in a iraq airaq emboldened of people who wanted to take charge ofs situation contrary to the United States interests. So in that respect i think trumps position was perfectly legitimate. But the remarks today or yesterday suggest that he has failed to take his own advice and once again leads to this kind of sense that no one is really in charge or the man who is in charge changes his mind quite frequently and that is no basis on which to develop a Long Term Strategy for winning this battle in the region and creating stability in an area that is still in important to america and its ale llies. Lets look at the other issue that we definitely know is happening and is that the fau out of the poisoning of former spies. Shutting down the consulate in st. Peters urg about aburg and diplomats from over 20 countries. This is serious business. I think this means we are in for a long period of tense and difficult relations with russia. I think that it was essential that the United States stand with its ally britain and expel Russian Diplomats and spies from the United States. But i do think we need to become a little bit more clever in the way we deal with putin. There are other means that we might want to adopt because at some level this kind of behavior hurts both sides and also those that we dont want to hurt, tourists who want to travel, students who want to get visas, all these people will find it difficult now to continue to travel and conduct their business. So it is not clear to me that we really hurt putin, but there are ways that we could. We should be targeting putin and his cronies, we should be targeting those in the west that are on the payroll of the kremlin. We should be much more clever and perhaps asymmetric in the way that were dealing with this newing a agrees suffer stan ina stance of russia. Hopefully somebody is listening and will take heed. Sounds like they need to. James davis, thank you for being with us. Thank you, natalie. And jim acosta mentioned this in his report, but russia is showing off its military capability. Just released new video of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test. Brian todd takes a look at the diplomatic fallout from this missile test. Reporter it is powerful, provocative and now it is on public display. Vladimir putins latest throat america is this Intercontinental Ballistic Missile officially called sarm tachlt t, but nickn t tan 2. Putin says it is capable of reaching the United States. It is capable of attacking targets via the north and south pole. Sarmat is a formidable weapon, no system are an obstacle for it due to its characteristics. Reporter the russians say this missile came carry as many as 16 Nuclear Warheads, enough to wipe out texas. This dramatic test firing which experts say was meant to send a signal to the u. S. Comes on the heel of putins grandiose presentation of other russians Weapons Systems a few weeks ago. Including a Cruise Missile which can fly low to the ground, weave around obstacles and enemy radar and is powered by a Nuclear Engine on board. As well as this unmanned underwater drone launched from a submarine. It could carry a Nuclear Warhead directly to an enemy city. U. S. Officials tell cnn they have doubts that many of these weapons are near operational, but experts say the russians will get there and for putin, there is a bigger game afoot. What is his motivation . He has two audiences. First is always his domestic audience to show russians and to show the rest of the elite that russia is still a great military power. The other audience is always a conversation with the United States to show us he is a force to be reckoned with. Reporter putin is now in an allout diplomatic brawl with the u. S. And its allies over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in england. The kremlin denies britains claims that putin is behind the attack. But after the Trump Administration along with several European Countries kicked out dozens of russian diplomat, putin is retaliating, expelling western diplomats from russia. And a according to plit dougolpe ambassador to the u. S. Has complained in a letter to orrin hatch that he cant get meetings with anyone in the trump white house, with cabinet secretaries or members of congress. If true, why would he be shut out . If im in the administration, the last person i want to see on my calendar is the ambassador from russia to the United States. At least right now. And if im going to do it, im going to do it in a way that is incredibly transparent, lots of people in the room. Number two, i think it very much is in response to the poisoning in the uk and the evidence that russia was behind it. Reporter but the white house is claiming that ambassador antinovembers claim is not true, a senior white house official telling cnn that they have always been responsive, that he has met several times with Senior NationalSecurity Council officials throughout the year and that they have encouraged other people in the u. S. Government to meet with him. This official points out that access to jon huntsman has not been granted in moscow. Brian todd, cnn, washington. Next we turn to the fight against Police Violence in the United States, two u. S. Cities hundreds of miles apart dealing with the deaths of two africanamerican men killed by police. Plus after a deadly day in gaza on friday more protests are planned for today. Well take you there live. 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