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There was the exsppulsion of the 23 secret agents or maybe not so secret agents. if they knew they had these 23 people on british soil, why were they allowed to stay? >> this happens all the time. it's been happening between the united states and russia even during the trump period and certainly in the obama years. we tolerate a certain amount of this because most of these people are here doing partly diplomatic and partly intelligence-related activity and most of what they're doing is not deadly. it very rarely is. so we tolerate it partly because they know that we've got some similar kinds o...

Soil so that was noteworthy. but in general, i think if you see elements of skepticism, it's because even as american foreign policy really has toughened on several fronts towards russia, president donald trump does not come out and say it himself. and even in his comments today which were stronger than most he's made to date, they were not fullsome, they were not angry. he kind of just limited it narrowly and it really didn't seem like his heart was completely in it. so that's why there's that remaining confusion and skepticism. >> michael o'hanlan, national security official said this mornin...

Ukraine, syria. so we sort of need the hawks and doves at the same time. i hope we're capable of that. >> michael o'hanlan, you know, does this idea, though, that any of these sanctions are going to have any sort of measurable impact on russian's actions? do we suspect that they will? i mean, so far, the response from vladimir putin, the response from other officials in that country has sort of been a collective shoulder shrug. >> well, they've not intensified their war against ukraine or any atta attack, let's say, on a nato member state, which of course would be the most worrisome thing. you...

Russian entities and individuals. the sanctions targeting many of the same organizations indicted by special counsel robert mueller for meddling in the 2016 election. the move comes hours after the u.s. joined the united kingdom and key allies in condemning russia, saying that country is likely responsible for a chemical attack against a former russian spy. >> i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, a very sad situation. it certainly looks like the russianings were behind it. something that should never, ever happen. and we're taking it very seriously. as i think are ma...