broke saying he has full confidence in his ability to continue performing his duties. separately, white house press secretary sarah sanders pushing back on criticism that president trump has not been tuff n uff on russia for meddling in the u.s. election. parroting this false tweet from the president. he has been tougher on russia in the first year than obama was eight years combined. reporter: president obama confronted russian president putin after the dnc hacking, em pelling 35 russian diplomats out of the u.s., closing two russian compounds, and imposing sanctions against nine russian individuals. by comparison, mr. trump has yet to impose sanctions overwhelmingly passed by congress last summer. he has hosted russian diplomats and denies russian meddling. the russia story is a total