Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20161230:14:03:00
Mar-a-lago to moscow. let's start with nbc pentagon correspondent hans nichols. the russian foreign minister recommends these measures to retaliate for the new u.s. sanctions and vladimir putin comes out and says no, we're going to step back. i'm the good guy here. what do you make of what we have seen over the last hour or so? >> the benevolent putin full of charity. look, administration officials were clearly expecting a tit for tat. that was true as of yesterday afternoon. so now we have putin deciding not to escalate. donald trump clearly wants to put this in his rear-view mirror. about th...
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