russia says it s going to so, of course you ve got this one for one reaction between the u.s. j russia. the u.s. closing a consul lat and kicking out 60 diplomats who the u.s. officials say were russian intelligent agents and russia if response kicking out 60 american diplomats. so that has russia at its lowest point since the cold war. why do you think the relationship between our two countries has deteriorated to this point and what part of it? what responsibility is russia willing to take for that? first, i don t understand why russia should take any responsibility because u.s. when we advance it means we both party are responsible. it seems to me that atmosphere in washington is poisoned, is poisoned. it s a toxic atmosphere.
mccain, mark mckinnon and nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television eight republicans join with democrats to end the ban on gays and lesbians in the military. fell short of the 60 needed to overcome republican opposition, the fate of the new start treaty, nuclear arms treaty with russia, which will continue to be debated today in a rare sunday session. i sat down late friday with the president s point man in dealing with congress, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. welcome back to meet the press. good to be back. good to have you here. it s an important time. end of the week saw you and the president closing a very important deal. this compromise over an extension of the bush era tax cuts, a bill signing at the white house, striking and yet not a republican there, mitch mcconnell for the first time. so, a new era, perhaps in
mitchell. good morning. a busy saturday in the senate as eight republicans join with democrat democrats to end the ban on gays and lesbians in the military. democratic sponsors of the dream act immigration bill, however, fell several votes short of the 60 needed to overcome republican opposition. still unsettled, the fate of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, nuclear arms treaty with russia, which will continue to be debated today in a rare sunday session. i sat down late friday with the president s point man in dealing with congress, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. welcome back to meet the press. good to be back. good to have you here. it s an important time. end of the week saw you and the president closing a very
mccain, mark mckinnon and nbc news chief foreign affairs mccain, mark mckinnon and nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television eight republicans join with democrats to end the ban on gays and lesbians in the military. fell short of the 60 needed to overcome republican opposition, the fate of the new start treaty, nuclear arms treaty with russia, which will continue to be debated today in a rare sunday session. i sat down late friday with the president s point man in dealing with congress, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. welcome back to meet the press. good to be back. good to have you here. it s an important time. end of the week saw you and the president closing a very important deal. this compromise over an extension of the bush era tax
mexico, where yesterday a robot crashed into the containment cap, closing a cap which disturbed natural pressures. bp closed down the operation, last night they put the cap back on and oil is once again being sucked up from the bottom of the gulf of mexico, we just don t know exactly how much. it had been getting about 15,000, adding to the total of 25,000 it had been capturing the previous days. i believe it was our colleague kerry sanders who said that these people operating the robots are a special group who are trained to handle that robot. reporter: it s basically a brand-new industry, operating this deep, 5,000 feet bolo the gulf of mexico. it s tremendous pressure, you re the eyes and the ears of the robot down below.