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Sanctions. as you noted, there's many in congress who want to go further. trump's view on putin is not widely shared in the party. it will be i think a tug of war right from day one. >> michael, what ron brings up is true, but it is possible that donald trump could come into office and reburst the actions that were taken by the obama administration, maybe even throwing it back on putin and saying depending on what you do will determine what we do as far as maybe additional actions against you. >> well, let me just say, first of all, i don't disagree with ron about the other two issues, the aff...

U.s. and russia making the future of diplomatic relations uncertain is the word that comes mind. as president obama nears the epd of his term, he's taken a number of steps in last few days to make certain his legacy. among them the sanctions against russia, abstaining from the u.n. vote on israeli settlements and making a push to boost obamacare enrollment. these are all good talking points. let's bring in ron brownstein and senior fellow at the brookings institution michael o han lan. good morning to both of you. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> michael, i'll start with you. what...

Fallout, especially on capitol hill now because we know they're going to pursue apparently maybe even tougher sanctions? >> yeah. i have a different view than michael. i think what president obama is doing on all the fronts that you mentioned, on israel with the settlements, with what they tried to do with obamacare and with relations with russia is establishing a set of trip wires for donald trump. these are all areas where he knows that trump wants to significantly change the direction of u.s. policy and i think president obama within the limits of what he can do between now and when he leav...

The trump administration. thread that needle supporting the resolution that obama did not block but also criticizing the kerry remarks that trump and netanyahu found so objectionable. >> michael, i would love to hear your thoughts. >> i think ron summed it up well. the bottom line is the israelis and palestinians aren't interested in making peace with each other right now so on some level the rest of us whatever we say is not making that much difference. you know, i actually agree with most of what secretary kerry said in his speech, but i wasn't persuaded the timing or the tactics were all th...

A kennedy cousin could be headed back to prison for murder after a connecticut judge overturned an earlier ruling of freedom. >> back in 2002, michael skakel, remember, was convicted of killing a 15-year-old neighbor, martha moxley, doing this back in 1975. skakel is the nephew of ethel and robert kennedy. he was released in 2013 when a judge ordered a new trial under the contention that skakel's lawyer hadn't represented him well. now that ruling has been overturned by a judge who disagreed with it. skakel has always maintained his innocence. his current lawyer sent this statement to cnn -- w...