presidential briefing. congressman yarmuth, we appreciate you spending this hour for us. matt bradley, who's monitoring any russian reactions from our nbc newsroom in london. matt. >> we heard a taste of some of this early russian reactions of the news agency told reuters that this news sanction would be counter productive and it would damage the bilateral ties. this is just the beginning. the four ministries spoke and came out in an internet statement and aid that was posted online. as you mentioned, jacob, this seems to be in response to this campaign of harassment by russian official and traffic police and even against u.s. diplomats in moscow.