A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. Lets go to doug mcelway, live with the news with a. Great to see you. Brittian had long ago come to the conclusion that russia used a nerf agent to poison the two. It was only yesterday that the State Department officially concurred, promising to impose new sanctions. The sanctions will take effect later this month and are believed to include denying russian licenses for the purposes of exports among other things. The any sanctions follow the Trump Administration order last march to expand 60 russian diplomats, the largest expulsion in history and close the russian consulate in washington. Russia vehemently denied the poisoning. Connecting new sanctions to these events in salisbury is unacceptab
are with us, the germans, the brigts are with us. this is a coordinated effort to go after russia, the president standing up for nato rather than going after them as he s been accused of doing. harris: further down the road, democrats say the only reason, some of them not all, the only reason the president is doing this he legally has to do this. as you pointed out, there s been a journey to get to this point. in fact it s been an about-face from the obama administration, president obama abandoned those missile defense shields that were going in to poland and into the czech republic. he took real action to strengthen and help russia. on the flip side of that, you watch the president follow the exact same path that he did with kim jong-un, you remember they also had a nerve agent attack. he retaliated as a result of that, the president doing it with russia. not to mention he parked at nato about buying energy from russia which is how they were going to
a cutting-edge shield meant to protect the united states from a sneak missile attack using lasers an unmatched radar technology is what the pentagon promised for a 10$10 billion investment, $10 billion worth of projects that critics now call a total flop and say left the united states dangerously exposed. were all your tax dollars wasted? cnn s brian todd has been digging into this story. what are you finding out? wolf these missile defense shields were impressive on the drawing board and had some flashy names like the multiple kill vehicle. but according to one report they were expensive, impractical, and some experts say they never should have been built. it s massive. 26 stories high weighs 50,000 tons and sits on top of a modified drilling platform. it s called the c-based x band
him long term. things can you do militarily without taking military action. drop the idea of cutting the defense budget. put missile defense shields which obama decided not to do. those missile defense shields in poland and czechoslovakia i can t aimed at iran but nevertheless close to russia. can you take actions like that i don t think it should stop not going to the g 8 with you. pivotal time. it is. sounds like what the administration is talking about is at most economic sanctions. that from everything i am reading and hearing will have very little impact on russia because they will continue to have a relationship with europe. europe, because of their economic problems, is in no position to cut off its trade. and allies, britain already saying we are a no go. and i imagine, it doesn t look like we are trying to sort of must ira lot of support. . no and we have just been sending signal after signal to putin that do whatever
him long term. things can you do militarily without taking military action. drop the idea of cutting the defense budget. put missile defense shields which obama decided not to do. those missile defense shields in poland and czechoslovakia i can t aimed at iran but nevertheless close to russia. can you take actions like that i don t think it should stop not going to the g 8 with you. pivotal time. it is. sounds like what the administration is talking about is at most economic sanctions. that from everything i am reading and hearing will have very little impact on russia because they will continue to have a relationship with europe. europe, because of their economic problems, is in no position to cut off its trade. and allies, britain already saying we are a no go. and i imagine, it doesn t look like we are trying to sort of must ira lot of support. . no and we have just been sending signal after signal to putin that do whatever