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What are their major concerns. >> a lot of that are concerns are the same ones that david laid out that other world leaders share, that russia has not done anything to back away from their invasion and annexation of cry meimea, russis been more aggressive. they have meddled in the u.s. elections, they have meddled in european elections. they have shown they want to do nothing to change their aggressive behavior and they have stepped it up, seeing inviting putin to something like this is a way of essentially legitima legitimizing him, leading lawmakers to wonder why the president is insistent o...

>> they haven't put sanctions already -- >> hold on a second. i have to say about this administration, president weird, russia accept. but the notion that this administration has not moved on the legislation passed by congress on russia is just simply false. >> they moved, but it was the speed with which they moved. >> i looked at iran sanctions, missile sanctions, nuclear sanctions. i have never seen an administration move so fast as they did. this oligarchs list, the other list they put together, in fact, they have. this is a process and i don't want to defend the trump administration where ...

Of him. the state department dismissed them saying we must wait and see what the team comes up with. >> thank you. >> president obama has a christmas present for his not so good buddy vladimir putin. more sanctions over russia's annexation of crimea. kevin cork reports on the latest bump in the road of a rocky relationship. >> reporter: so much for the russia reset. >> the relationship between us and russia has deteriorated sadly. significantly over the last several years. >> it has seen the administration increase pressure on the kremlin, extending sanctions on 17 russian entities just this w...

Of him. the state department dismissed them saying we must wait and see what the team comes up with. >> thank you. >> president obama has a christmas present for his not so good buddy vladimir putin. more sanctions over russia's annexation of crimea. kevin cork reports on the latest bump in the road of a rocky relationship. >> reporter: so much for the russia reset. >> the relationship between us and russia has deteriorated sadly. significantly over the last several years. >> it has seen the administration increase pressure on the kremlin, extending sanctions on 17 russian entities just this w...

That is produced we certainly stand squarely on the side of the right of private individual s to express themselves and that is a view that is strongly held by this administration as it has been throughout the history of our country. >> quickly on one other matter, the eu announced some -- a ban on businesses doing investments in cry meimea, can you give us update on the president's plan to sign the bill? >> let me first begin with the russia sanctions bill as it relates to the ukraine, the president does intend to sign hr-58 and 59 into law. signing the legislation does not, however, signal a...