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Reluctantly signing their bill laying new sanctions on russia. it had almost unanimous tomorrow on capitol hill, but mr. trump took issue with one thing above all, the bill prevents him from undoing sanctions against moscow without congressional approval. he says that's a mistake because it limits his ability to strike good deals for the american people. the sanctions target russian energy and defense sectors. there are also penalties for banks and foreign governments working with north korea. and iran gets punished as well for alleged human rights violations and its weapons programs. mr. trum...

Trump? >> it would put him in a very uncomfortable position of allowing back in people who had already been expelled. it would put him in the uncomfortable position of undoing sanctions that had been imposed by the previous president. it would put him in the uncomfortable position of explicitly denying what the intelligence services have found and repeated for months now. what we heard there, kellyanne conway, great lady, i consider myself to be friendly with her, worked with her for years, but they are still acting like a campaign. they are still sort of suggesting that small tactical gains l...

>> when you look at this, take ken's point. if you were to get a deal of some kind that the international community could live with, that obama administration could live with, what happens in congress? will congress undo the sanctions because only congress can do it. >> undoing sanctions takes a longer time than putting them on. you'll always have a political opposition and ideological opposition to this president. the president has enormous waiver authority. can he suspend sanctions for a long time. many sanction relief we talk about in the initial step are things only the president has contr...

Iran sanctions. and rowhani may be wondering, do i really have a partner over there in washington? >> when you look at this and take ken's point, if you were to get a deal of some kind, that the international community can live with, that the obama administration could live with, what happens in congress? will congress undo the sanctions because only congress can do that? >> as you know, fareed, undoing sanctions takes a much longer time than putting them on. and you're always going to have political opposition and ideological opposition to this congress and the president. but the president ha...