Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161230:01:03:00
Himself. first we want to get an update and the latest from nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols. why today, why now, why this? >> they've been building toward this for a long time. the answer to the why this, the white house finally settled on something they thought the public response, at least, was going to be proportional and that is they wanted to escalate, but they didn't want to escalate too far. so when you look at the universe of sanctions, it's really a suite of sanctions, right, you mentioned the individuals, the institutions, then the persona nongrada declaration for the 35...