entering talks with the u.s. to get stronger missiles and also the president ordered the immediate deployment of the thaad anti-missile system, the very system that he suspended back in may. japan is also looking at building its missle defenses. there s also diplomacy with nikki haley saying pressure must increase on china and that this has to be an international effort that the u.s. cannot be applying that pressure alone. thank you for that. moon time, we have new reaction this morning to russian president vladimir putin retaliating for the sanctions bill the white house says president trump does intend to sign into law. in a surprise move, putin is ordering the u.s. mission in russia to slash its staff by 755 people. that includes diplomat, nondiplomat, and local russian staff. this morning vice president mike pence reacting to the decision during his meeting with baltic state leaders in estonia. recent diplomatic action taken by moscow will not deter
chris, and this infighting in the white house. most of the people we spoke here and they have high hopes. i m chris jansing in for stephanie ruhle. coming up right now, more news with hallie jackson. over at the west wing, new era. the president just in the last few minutes swearing in john kelly as you watched here on the network. now his head of staff as the general dwegets the new mission. do the discipline thing, if you can. figure out what is next on health care. congress not really buying it. and it s not just issues here at home on kelly s plate. look at russia retaliating. some say disproportionately to the tough new sanctions bill. and, oh, by the way, there s that showdown with north korea and a show of force from the u.s. after pyongyang shot off a
have any problem with the united states trying to be closer to other countries, including with russia, but i have a huge problem when the president of the united states seems to be beholden to russia. that s why both houses of congress passed with overwhelming majorities this law or it s going to be a law to make it harder for the president to lift sanctions. and the message we re sending is donald trump, we don t trust you to do the right thing on russia. yeah. and you ve already had, malcome, russia retaliating for these new sanctions even before donald trump announced that he was going to sign it. new york times reports that russia has seized two u.s. properties and ordered the u.s. kbaesz to cut staff. how do you expect russia to react to donald trump signing the bill? oh, i really want to see donald trump sign the bill. do you think he ll do it in public? well, maybe. yeah. probably not. and the question is whether he can delay actually signing it. he may come up and s
congress passed with overwhelming majority this law, or it s going to be a law that s going to make it harder for the path to lift sanctions. you ve already had, malcolm, russia retaliating over the new sanctions even before donald trump announced he was going to sign it. the new york times reports russia seized to u.s. properties and ordered the u.s. embassies to cut staff. how do you expect russia to react to donald trump signing the bill? well, i really want to see donald trump sign the bill. you think he ll do it in public? maybe. probably not. and the question is whether he can delay actually signing it. he may come up and say there s some procedural reason that he can t, and then he may have to call moscow real quick and grudgingly sign the document. the way the state department has been cut, there s no problem with what the russians are doing in moscow proper.
russia retaliating today after congress passed a new sanctions bill against moscow, a bill that is right now sitting on the president s desk. vladimir putin taking control of several u.s. diplomatic properties and ordering many u.s. diplomats and staff out of the country. but here s the question. will president trump sign this bill that cracks down on russia for meddling in last year s election? the white house has been reluctant, saying it will hurt the president s chances to cooperate with russia. ben judah, author of fragile empire is back with us today. ben, nice to see you. thank you. let me just begin with a retaliation. can you explain the significance of these moves, these sudden moves by the kremlin? the kremlin s classic playbook is mirroring retaliation, any sanctions that the united states puts on russia, it wants to be able to