taking action, more than six months after congress passed a bill enacting those sanctions. i expect in the next several weeks we will be moving forward with sanctions on russia as a result of the act. so i can assure you that both in my discussions with the president, he is fully supportive of the work we re doing. the announcement came as the u.s. director of national intelligence, dan coats, said it s highly unlikely that russia will attempt to meddle in the 2018 election. sanctions target highly likely. sanctions cover key russian officials for meddling with the u.s. presidential election, including action against an oligarch list. a version was released by the state department last month. i m joined by evelyn farkus. thank you for having me, ali. this is a confusing one because congress in a bilateral way approved these sanctions