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Forceful action against russia so far. not related to election meddling. this came from the press secretary, not the president. whether sanctions against vladimir putin could be next? the white house would say this. >> the united states has issued sanctions on key russian oligarchs in response to the meddling in the 2016 election. i won't close any doors or preclude action. the president doesn't telegraph his moves. >> we should note only one person an oligarch has actually been sanctioned by the u.s. still this is the biggest group expulsion of the russian officers ever. also note the incomin...

Meddling in the 2016 election? >> well, the united states has issued sanction on key russian oligarchs in response to the meddling of the 2016 election. >> what about putin himself? >> i wouldn't close any doors but the president doesn't telegraph his moves. >> now of course the trump administration may never sanction vladimir putin but it's interesting the deputy press secretary didn't rule it out another interesting thing, you'll recall last week the president said he may sit down and have a meeting with vladimir putin in the near future, raj shah was asked about that and didn't sound commit...

This is a u.s. response. we want to work with russia. you know, the ball is in their court with respect to how they want to respond. jim? >> if you listen to national security experts, diplomatic experts on what happened with russia they say you have to hit russia where it hurts. you have to sanction them economically. you have to go after putin's cronies, putin himself potentially. would this president consider sanctioning vladimir putin or his cronies to punish him and the russian government for what happened in the uk and for meddling in the 2016 election? >> the united states has issued sa...

Jim? >> if you listen to national security experts, diplomatic experts on what happened with russian, they say you have to hit russia where it hurts. you have to sanction them economically, go after putin himself and his cronies. would this president consider sanctioning vladimir putin or his cronies to punish him and the russian government for what happened in the u.k. and for meddling in the 2016 election? >> the united states has issued sanctions to the oligarchs in response to the 2016 election. i wouldn't close any doors or preclude any potential reaction. the president doesn't telegraph ...

Respect to how they want to respond. jim? >> if you listen to national security experts, diplomatic experts on what happened with russia, they will say that you have to hit russia where it hurts, you have to sanction them economically, you have to go after putin's cronies, you have to go after putin himself potentially. would this president consider sanctioning vladimir putin or his cronies to push him and the russian government for what happened in the u.k., and also for meddling in the 2016 election? >> the united states has issued sanctions on key russian oligarchs in response to the meddli...