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By russia ? that by russia? that is right, the alarm bells have been run today. the foreign secretary said she was very concerned about the possible use of chemical weapons. the white house said something similar last night. the prime minister said he was worried that what he was seeing was straight out of the kremlin playbook, in his words. so what is behind this? well, it appears there was some kind of intelligence in the last week that the kremlin might be considering using chemical weapons. we obviously don't know exactly what that intelligence was. but also, russia has form, it used nerve...

Well, there are claims, unproven claims, i might add, sally, from various russian officials that ukraine is, as far as it is concerned, working on nonconventional weapons to deploy on the battlefield. the last few days, various russian officials have claimed that work is under way on a dirty bomb, even that ukraine is perhaps trying to get its hands on the nuclear weapons. all of these claims are unproven and were dismissed at the white house today by the spokeswoman there as preposterous and she says, and i quote, we should be on the lookout for russia to possibly use a chemical or biological...

And japanese prime minister shinzo abe. the head of the u.s. pacific command will be on capitol hill this week testifying to congress about the north korean threat. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. new sanctions tonight against syria over its use of chemical weapons. president trump is calling for penalties against 271 employees of serious scientific and research center, the government agency for developing, producing nonconventional weapons. this is one of the largest sanctions in u.s. history. thousands of people today participated in a 2-mile march from the site of the nazi death camp at ausch...

Fractured media landscape in which he says, quote, everybody is listening to people who already agree. also, gerrymandering, an issue he's vowed to tackle. the united states is imposing new sanctions on syria in response to the deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier this month. according to the treasury department, the sanctions target 271 employees of a syrian government agency that is tasked with producing nonconventional weapons. >> the united states is sending a strong message with this action that we will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons by any actor. we intend to h...

Scientific studies and research center. this syrian government agency responsible for developing and producing nonconventional weapons and means to deliver them. we have targeted these 271 employees because they have expertise in chemistry and related fields or have worked in support of chemical weapons programs since at least 2012. today's action, less than three weeks after the attack on connor she kuehne is one of the largest ever executed by ofa c. in a single action, more than doubling the number of individuals and entities, sanctions since the start of the syrian conflict pursuant to syr...