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Fund a new account. ♪ nearly two dozen countries uniting to retaliate against russia after that nerve agent attack in the u.k. against a former russian spy. president trump ordering the largest ever expulsion of russian officials in u.s. history. joining us now to talk about this and more, we have national security analyst michael hayden. he was the former director of the cia and nsa. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> what do you make of president trump's move to expel these diplomats and what does this mean? >> felt familiar. felt a bit like old times.

A day after expeling 60 russian diplomats over a nerve agent attack in britain, nikk haley chastised russia over the death of civilians in syria. russia will stop at nothing to use its permanent seat on this council to shield its al allies, bashir al assad, from even the faintest criticism. and we cannot take these actions because instead of calling out how assad, russia and iran made a mockery of calls for cease fire, too many members of this council wanted to wait. this is a travesty.

Russia is blaming the u.s. for pressuring allies to expel more than 100 russian diplomats around the world. president trump ordered the largest ever expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.s. 60 of them. in response to the nerve agent attack in the u.k. on a former russian spy. joining us now to talk about this and more is democratic senator ben cardin of maryland. good morning, senator. >> alisyn, good to be with you. thank you. >> good to have you. what's your response, your reaction to what president trump has done in expelling these diplomats? >> well, it was the right thing to do. it's ...

In coordination with the european union, do you think it was -- was this our own doing or was it something that -- >> i think it came from within the american government, the permanent institutions of government, the career professionals guided by the rule of law. and history. i think this is what they wanted to do. i think they were reinforced because there's an awful lot of energy coming from within our allies. i don't have facts. i don't have a window into this, but my suspicion is this is something that the president didn't demand but which he decided not to oppose. >> okay. since the uk p...

With the latest on the russia shake down where things are heating up tonight. >> good evening. you're right things are heating up. this is happening. keep this in mind. the u.s. said we would love to work with the russians. that's been the policy for quite some time. but that's if and when know cooperate. but they are destabilizing activity. white house officials tell us today they have to have consequences. not just here in the u.s. but all over the globe today at issue with that nerve agent attack. you know the one on a former russian spy and his daughter. it guarded headlines all over the g...