issues, including this one. mark your calendars. i know my colleague chris jansing has much more on this and all the other breaking news. take it away. >> it has been indeed a very busy morning. breaking receipt now on msnbc, talking tough and shifting gears. the treasury department just announcing new sanctions against iran following the ballistic missile test. the administration is also making that striking about face on israel and issuing a new condemnation of russia, foreign policy issues that echo the obama administration. plus strategy session. the president meeting right now with some of the biggest names in business, companies like walmart, gm as we expect new executive actions against wall street regulators today. >> and breaking overnight. what police say looks like yet another terror attack in paris. good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing coming to you

live from our msnbc news headquarters in new york. the trump administration is imposing new sanctions on iran. the treasury department said 13 individual and 12 business entities have been added to the list of those being sanctioned for being involved in procuring technology and/or materials to support iran's ballistic missile program as well as acting for or on behalf of providing support to iran's revolutionary guard corps-qods force. give us the lay of the land, peter, why this was made and what they hope to accomplish.

>> reporter: a week ago, rember they said they were putting iran on notice. this is a example of what "on notice" means. they appear to be from the initial information we're being provided by treasury, individuals who may have been suppliers of those programs or helping arm those programs in some way as well. so that's the context that gives you the little better understanding of this right now. we're getting new details during a conference call right now. as soon as i get those, i will share those with you. what's also notable here is the administration insisted, mike flynn specifically, said that the ballistic missile test was in defiance of the united states security council resolution. the u.n. has not yet indicated whether in fact it was a violation of that resolution, but the bottom line is what the obama administration did is not too dissimilar from what the trump administration is doing right now. what's important to keep an eye

on right now is while they didn't draw a red line by putting iran on notice, in fact what they did say is here is a line that if you do cross, we are going to do something about it. what they're doing about it is these new sanctions, which means what happens next if iran follows through with future missile tests like the one they pursued last week and how would the administration respond then. >> peter alexander, thank you so much for that. ali arouzi is in tehran, iran, speaking to iranians for their response to the sanctions. let start with what's happening on the ground. how is this playing, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, there's a sense of foreboding here. people are very worried this might turn into military conflict. the foreign minister here, who is deeply invested in the nuclear talks was a key figure in iran tweeted out to "iran unmoved by threats as we derive security for our people. we'll never initiate war but we

can only rely on our own means of defense. we will never use our weapons against anyone except in self-defense. let's see if anyone else who complains can make the same statement. that's what we're getting from the iranian foreign ministry today. they're obviously very worried about these statements coming out. and will the and let me tell you, iran's missile defense program is very important to them. they wanted the wording on the u.n. regulations changed from explicitly banning iran from using this missile test to calling on iran not to use them. iran wanted this sort of side deal on the missiles to go through as well. so they're going to stick to their guns on the missile issue without a doubt. right after the nuclear deal was done, the supreme leader here said iran is going to forge ahead at full speed with its missile program in order to defend itself. i don't see iran backing down on this. i think we're going to get a lot of reaction from the government

tomorrow. it's a day off here today so i don't think we're going to hear much else, but i think there's going to be a lot of reaction from the government. but having said that, chris, i don't think we're going to see that violent reaction that we've seen in the mujahideen period here. this could escalate into something the iranians weren't expecting. we're seeing a big spike in the tension between the two sides and i'm sure the ruling establishment is trying to figure out their next step but it's not easy to predict. >> i want to bring in a former white house mideast adviser. so much to talk about. what's start with what's happening with the sanctions. what do you make of them? what's the impact? >> i think this is a very measured response on the part of the trump administration. after all, as the reporter just indicated, chris, there had been the united nations sanctions again iran for in effect testing

ballistic missiles. and this is not the first ballistic missile it has tested. moreover, there's been a series of provocations by iran against the united states naval forces in the persian gulf as well as by the huti rebels. iran is supposed to be in spirit as well as the letter of the united nations resolution not engaging in this type of what i would call aggressive behavior at a time when it's supposed to be abiding by its nuclear agreement. >> if it's measured, and i compare that to what i saw on twitter from the president this morning where he said iran is playing with fire, he said that president obama was kind, not me, meaning donald trump, he's not going to be kind the way president obama was. is this going to have an effect? will this have an effect on

their missile program? what's the real impact of what you describe as a measured response? >> chris, i don't believe in the end that all the sanctions in the world are going to stop iran from basically provoking its efforts to engage in aggression in the middle east. it is trying to mobilize the region, the missile program is essential to the qods force. i'm afraid the iranians are going to try to poke a stick in the president's face by iengagig in another missile test. >> as you know, benjamin netanyahu is going to be coming to meet with president trump in a couple of weeks in washington. in the meantime there seems to

be a change in policy or at least a transition in the statement on settlements. first it was fine, go ahead, do the settlements. now the suggestion from the white house is not such a good idea. what do you make of this? >> i think it's a very sophisticated response given for two reasons. the president's son-in-law is being groomed and is engaged in a lot of vocational training to bring himself up to speed on an effort that the president really want to have him engage in -- >> i need to stop you there for a second, mark. when people talk about the middle east, the complexities of a situation like that, the many smart and dedicated people over the years have failed and you start talking about vocational training, it doesn't sound very good. >> no, because frankly even the most -- the greatest experts and secretaries of state have always been stymied by the failure to in effect produce a peace agreement between the israelis

and palestinian. yesterday the king of jordan was in town. clearly one of our strongest allies if not one of our greatest in the region is jordan. the jordanian king clearly lled o the president to try to rn in this israeli mad dash to use the president's election as a green card to go and build settlements all over the west bank and annex additional territory in the west bank. i expect the king's measured response -- whether you be secretary carry or jared kushner, you're going to have to look at the failure of the peace process and put it in perspective. he's not going to achieve it if the israelis use his election as an excuse to undermine the very agreement he may want to

achieve. >> former ambassador marc ginsburg, thanks so much. >> thanks, chris. >> and president trump is meeting with business leaders at the white house. it's meant to provide a direct bridge to american corporate interests. >> we're bringing back jobs, we're bringing down your taxes. we're getting rid of your regulations. i think it's going to be really some very exciting times ahead. >> right after this meeting around noon eastern, the president is expected to sign a new executive order, which is aimed at weakening the dodd-frank act. the order is expected to target the volcker rule and would gut restrictions called the fiduciary rule. let start at the end. i think a lot of people, the whole idea of dodd-frank, it's a very complicated law -- >> very. >> with an executive order, can the president make a significant difference in what is law? >> no.

we've actually -- these executive order have gotten a bit out of hand. they are simply expressions of interest of what the president wants to do. he directing the treasury to speak to all of the agencies that are involved in dodd-frank, it a huge law, all the regulatory agencies are involved and 's basically trying to tell them review it and see what we can do with it. the president doesn't actually have to have an, ti kexecutive to do that. he can just tell the treasury secretary. it's a big show. when romney ran, he wanted to rip up dodd-frank. they think this act when it came up in 2010 in reaction to the financial crisis was an overreach. the pendulum someone too far the other way and it's made it hard for businesses to make money. >> and there are people in the meeting with the president who agree with that. >> there's two groups within that meeting, the ceos in with the president. presidents always do this, gather these groups. one group are industrial and manufacturing ceos worried about this border tax and piling on on

individual companies. the other group, smaller now, technological companies, very worried about this immigration move by the president and about visas and both groups are worried about corporate taxation and they have a lot of money overseas. they want to talk about ways to bring that money back and not be, as they say, double taxed. it's a useful meeting -- >> the lineup is impressive, jpmorgan chase, general motors, walmart, pepsi, ibm, jack welch, used to own nbc. >> tesla. >> federal reserve bank. >> you also have uber -- >> not there. >> said i'm not going. obviously people were deleting their apps and he said i didn't want to give the impression i'm going.

and lelon musk saying this isn t about having a seat at the table. >> people thought uber wasn't strong enough and when the taxis went on strike at jfk and people felt like they were trying to break the strike. it was largely a misunderstands but people expect uber to sometimes be on the wrong side of things. they were chasing after reporters' information and women were complaining that drivers could be abusive to women. he felt the heat and said i don't want to be associated with this. they deal with a demographic that sometimes isn't going to be supportive of president trump. generally speaking ceos say i'd rather have a seat at the table than not have a seat at the table. >> president trump has made a

calculated decision that having all of this out on television is good for him. i think he's done more of these than the last two and a half years when i was white house correspondent. having said that, what does it accomplish to sit down with a group like this of people with obviously disparate interests, these folks are in his wheelhouse, they're people he's socialized with, been around not for years but for decade, what does it accomplish? >> it gets something done because these ceos do not want public fights with the president. president trump has proved he's got more time to spend having a fight than they have to fight with him. here's why the border tax is a bad idea and why we have to --

>> but does it send a message. there he is with all the ceos and you still have the biggest disparity between ceos and those who work for him. >> i don't know. i think in the end america doesn't care too much about that group of people. most americans think those guys don't have too much to do with me. i think donald trump is learning. they're telling him two or three key things that have happen. you'll start to hear him repeat some of those things and that's how he forms policy. >> thank you so much. >> nikki haley spoke on eastern ukraine yesterday. >> the dire situation in eastern ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russia's actions. crimea is a part of ukraine. our crimea related sanctions will remain in place until

russia returns control over the peninsula to ukraine. >> that same day the treasury department made what's being described as a technical fix to sanctions on russia. they will now allow some american companies to do limited cyber transactions with the fsb, formerly known as the kgb. that prompted outrage from my next guest, a member of the house intelligence and the house judiciary committee. good morning, thanks for joining us. what's your problem with that? >> thanks, chris, for having me on. >> my problem is russia attacked our democracy in this last election and we should be doing everything we can to tighten up sanctions, not making it easier in the very slightest for anyone to do business in russia right now. so i am disturbed that it seems like we are embracing russia more and allowing them to sharp i don't know their knives to attack us and the french the

ge germans in their upcoming election. >> were you at least heartened by what you heard from nikki haley yesterday in. >> i admire ambassador haley for stepping up and the problem is there's only one steering wheel in the car. >> do you think she got out there and said what she said, read what she said without it clearing the white house? >> i don't want to speculate on that. you'll have to ask her, chris. but the person in the white house, president trump, is very close with putin. and we learned that within the past 24 hours we are easing sanctions with russia and at the same time we heard that president trump got into a shouting match with our ally in australia. it seems we are doing very good job of losing friend and alienating people right now. >> let me ask you about his decision to impose further

sanctions on iran. in favor? >> i think iran is a concern and we have to protect our ally israel. however, we struck a nuclear agreement with iran that took them from having a nuclear weapon in three months to now a year. so i think diplomacy can work and his belligerent tweets i think are going to get us closer to war rather than to disarming iran. >> we were talking earlier and i think you were listening, with ali velshi and the president in the room with all those ceos. and uber's ceo resigned from the economic council in the wake of public criticism. he wrote "joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of his agenda but unfortunately it has been interpreted to be exactly that. the assumption has created a

reality of who we are and what people think we are." do you think that is at least a good way of messaging to the american people, you know what, i am listening, i'm listening to a lot of different ideas out there and ideas from people who are in the trenches on these various things. >> listening is important. however, i think if he was listening, he would haveeard across t country ceos who are concerned that his muslim ban makes us less welcoming, less diverse and less safe. i wrote to the biggest companies in my district and, pressed my concern. i hope they will also express their concern about what this muslim ban does for our economy. so i hope he will continue in that spirit to listen to ceos on that issue. but, yes, of course listening i think is a good thing. >> understanding you're a democrat from california, the state that went more heavily for hillary clinton than any other, we have been getting these reports from the capitol hill

switch board and is setting record, and there are going to be a lot of votes there about cabinet nominees and so on, betsy devos causing a lot of action on that front. i wonder what you're hearing from your constituents and how you're feeling about things and how the democrats are reacting two weeks in. >> so many people have asked, especially after the women's march, what can we do? writing e-mails and sending tweets and sending letters are morning, but walking through my office, nothing gets my office and attention more than the ringing of the phone. i know for every member of congress, the sound that gets your attention the fastest is the sound of people saying i'm a constituent. that's the most important thing people can do if they care about these issues. >> and breaking overnight, police in paris say a likely terror attack has been thwarted after an armed man tried to

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. president trump now responding to that attack in paris that the french prime minister says is of a, quote, terrorist nature, tweeting a new radical islam being terrorist has just attacked the louvre museum in paris. get smart, u.s. the attacker tried to enter into the carousel de louvre shopping mall beneath the louvre museum. authorities said he could not enter with the backpack. s that when he pulled out a knife. that's when officers fired and he has been injured.

from paris, chris dickey is following this report for us. i know it's early on but what do we know about this attacker? >> reporter: he seems to have been something about a lunatic, but we can say that about a lot of attackers. if you want to try to get into the louvre to carry out a terrorist attack, especially that shopping area. you always know there's going to be some security looking at you. it was his luck it seems that there were at least four soldiers right on the scene at that moment. they said what's in the bags? there wasn't anything in the bags that was dangerous but he did have two knives. at least one of them was a machete. he started swinging it. he hit one. soldiers on the top of his head and wounded him slightly. the soldiers tried to subdue him but they decided he was too dangerous and they shot him five times, one time in the gut. he's now in bad condition in the

hospital. >> what they are doing about this? >> clearly they have some line on his identity but this don't want to release the information publicly. they want to move in as quickly as possible on the places he lived and worked and on his friend and possible contacts. the most interesting place they're searching is a small street that runs parallel to the champs elysees, the great shopping street, the great center street of paris. it runs just behind it. there a lot of clubs there, some fairly low-rent places. they're searching some apartment there, which brings us to the thought that this is a person who may have had a base right in the center of paris. >> you and i have been together covering a number of these stories and france knows this all too well what it's like to being vicki mabtimized by terro

"charlie hebdo," the bataclan. what's your sense of this now, chris? >> i think people are relieved nobody was killed. but, listen, there are soldiers all over the place right now. i live in one of the most quiet neighborhoods in paris and there are soldiers on the streets all the time anyway. but around here just. we went on air i saw a patrol of 20 heavily armed soldiers go by as well as the s.w.a.t. team armored car. so there's a lot going on on the streets right now. >> chris dickey, take care, my friend. good to see you. thanks. >> thank you, chris. >> today marks president trump's full second week in office bringing more protests and controversial decisions. so up next, we will take a look back at this wild week in politics. i discovered a woman my family tree, named marianne gaspard. i became curious where in africa she was from. so i took the ancestry dna test to find out more

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secretary. a procedural vote this morning has set up a final vote on betsy devos as education secretary and that's likely to happen on tuesday. now, two republicans say they will vote no next week, making the breakdown 50/50. senate offices are being flooded with calls over there and if no one else crosses party line, that means vice president mike pence is going to have to come in and break that tie, something that's never happened before for a cabinet nominee. president trump's second full week in office began with an immigration order ending in a massive protest and ending with tough foreign policy issues. >> if there are folks that shouldn't be in this country, they're going to be detained. so apologize for nothing. >> this executive order was mean-spirited and unamerican. >> i noticed that chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. i'm going to ask him who is his acting coach. >> these career bureaucrats have

a problem with it? i think they should either get with the program or they can go. >> we had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law was fired by the president. >> the qualifications of judge gorsuch are beyond dispute. he is the man of our country and a man who our country really needs. >> i pledge that if i am confirmed, i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant to the constitution and laws of this great country. >> for the first time in u.s. history, the supreme court seat has been stolen from one president and delivered to another. >> we end up with that great luck, i would say if you can, mitch, go nuclear. >> we are officially putting iran on notice. >> when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. we have to be tough. it's time we're going to be a little tough, folks. >> that's only up till yesterday. i think that qualifies as a busy

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we are back with our daily briefing on politics and kellyanne conway is correcting comments she made last night here on msnbc. speaking to chris matthews, she referred to a massacre in bowling green. >> two iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masternds behind the boing green massacre. people don't know that because it didn't get covered. >> there was no massacre in bowling green. this morning she tweeted a correction saying she meant

bowling green terrorists. she tweeted a link to an article that talked about two terrorists who were living in bowling green. good morning to both of you. let's start with all of this that kellyanne conway told you last night. now chelsea clinton is tweeting "please don't make up attacks." >> this is part of a larger dynamic playing out since trump issued this executive order, specifically about refugee. kellyanne conway said she made, quote, an honest mistake, that she apologized for it, that she meant to say terrorist. the mayor of bowling green has put out a statement saying, quote, we appreciate the clarification. but democrats and skeptics see something more nefarious, they

think they may be deliberately overstating the threat that -- if there's this amount of disinformation about a fictio l al terrorist attack, how can they rely on information if there was an attack. >> this has been a very eventful week for any presidency. >> just a little. >> just a little bit. >> we're getting a sense of how he's going to govern, we see what his approach is. carri carrie, what are the questions that remain unanswered? >> before the inauguration, we had questions about how he would govern, will he tone down his rhetoric? the last two weeks have given us answers to those questions. but as far as how he's going to

enact some of his big campaign promises, we don't know. specifical specifically obamacare. we still don't know what the timeline is like or what their plan is going to be. and then there's the border wall. he assigned an executive order jump starting the process but who is going to pay for it a matter of much debate. and the deferred action that barack obama put into place for the children of immigrants who are undocumented but came here as children, whether or not donald trump is going to appeal that, his rhetoric during the campaign was sort of all offer the place as to what he was going to do there and that keeps a lot of families in limbo. >> kasie, what questions do you think are key that need to be answered? >> let me give you three more. one that we talked about up here

a little bit here on capitol hill but got buried under the avalanche of other news, president trump talked to vladimir putin. the question is is he going to lift sanctions against russia? we had a flutter activity that turned out to be a technical fix of what the obama administration has done. but a lot of nervousness on how he's going to proceed considering there's still ongoing investigations into russian meddling in u.s. elections. second, voter fraud. is he going to follow through saying he will investigate vote are fraud. this is something that plays into the nerves of republicans on capitol hill. they do not want to relitigate the election. they want to move forward. the trump administration said there will be an executive order

implementing this order. so far that's been put off with no explanation as to why. and finally, which country is going to be the next to face a diplomatic surprise from the trump administration? so far you've had the united kingdom be surprised the same da that theresa may is here visiting donald trump. that wraps up, she goes home to the u.k. to protests of her visit. then of course leaked conversations with the australian prime minister that turns out it was contentious, and of course mexico, that conversation there, the border wall. who knows what might be next here, chris. >> it's going to be an eventful week i'm guessing for week number three as well. carrie, kasie, thanks to both of you. have a great weekend. >> and breaking news, a federal judge ordering the trump administration to stop enforcing that controversial immigration travel ban at least when it comes to green card holders.

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we're following breaking news. a judge has ordered that trump should halt the travel ban. the judge did write that clarifying the order does not apply to lawful permanent residents of the u.s. and issued her order after getting clarification from the white house attorneys. i'm joined by lead counsel for the arab civil rights league to filed the lawsuit associated with today's ruling. good morning and congratulations. >> thank you. >> what do you think the real world effective this is given that there had been clarifications by the white house?

>> the real world effectives is that those individuals that have green card holders now are not only assured but they're absolutely allowed now to return to the united states. the fact that the white house had mentioned two days ago that for clarification that they're allowing the green card holders to return really does not do much with those individuals that still feel that the white house is suspect, there's a trust issue from those green card holders from the seven nations. this says customs and border protection must allow those individuals into the united states. there are a lot of individuals who are not traveling, that may need to travel for business, family, what have you, have been really on edge. there's anxiety that is high out there. this order basically makes clear that they must allow them entry and this issue of trust with the white house orders will be subsided. the fact that the white house

had made these statements, again, they could change them at whim tomorrow or possibly add additional countries to this executive order. this gives peace of mind to the individuals that have a green card and it's the first case across the nation specifically addressing green card holders that they must allow them entry. >> given this trust issue and given the community is on edge, do you think this will allow -- well, it will allow people to go about business as usual, but will it give them the confidence to go about business as usual, or do you think that this concern, this feeling that something is not quite right here, that they're afraid, will continue? >> there's no doubt. order, no order or statements by the white house or no statements, there are still those individuals that have been stigmatized by this. there's this chilling effect that has affected these individuals and they're very afraid. again, that's why we are so glad

with the courageous order by federal judge roberts here in the eastern district of michigan, it says not only can mr. president or cdp or dhs, you cannot change your mind tomorrow or a day after or a week after. it gives them the confidence they can travel now and if they try to stop them, they can show them a court order. >> you were on a conference call with government lawyers and i wonder what your impression has been and do you feel there was an openness and willingness to try and clarify some of this? >> well, i think they're at odds, i think. they know this is going to be challenged and has been challenged from across the country from different angles of this particular order. they conceded the green card holders will be allowed to come in but there's still a second

part of this complaint and that is deal with immigrant holders, individuals who have what is in essence a green card, once they land in the united states and get admitted will be green card holders. some of these individuals have been waiting 12, 13 years and that hearing isn't the following monday. >> congratulations. thank you so much. we appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. >> thank you so much. >> and coming up, forget the commercials. you might want to watch this weekend's super bowl for the halftime show. what lady gaga is saying about bringing politics into the mix. we are live in houston. american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next.

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see me. we love each other, the love has grown and that stuff is minutia, it's not that important. >> that was the s.a.g. awards, happened at the golden globes, celebrities using public platforms to speak their minds about president trump's new policies and we might see more of that this weekend at super bowl li as the new england patriots and the atlanta falcons go head to head and yes, lady gaga is set to perform at the halftime show at the super bowl. nbc's ron mott joins me from houston. let's be fair, a lot of people will watch the super bowl to get away from the politics. some waiting to see if anything turns up. what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey there, chris. lady gaga left us sort of hanging yesterday, great tease from her about what to expect from her on this big world stage come sunday night here at nrg stadium. it's quiet today. it will be rocking literally at halftime on sunday when lady gaga headlines. last year a lot of folks offended by beyonce's cameo performance during the halftime show thought that was too

political and out of bounds. lady gaga was asked when she got in front of the media how she'll use her 13 minutes to send a message around the world with more than just her music perhaps, here's a little bit of what she had to say about that. >> i don't know if i will succeed in unifying america. you'll have to ask america when it's over, but the only statements that i'll be making during the halftime show are the ones that i have been consistently making throughout my career. i believe in a passion for inclusion, i believe in this spirit of equality, and the spirit of this country as one of love, compassion and kindness, so my performance will uphold those glass fees. >> reporter: and chris, when you consider how large the worldwide audience is for this game, more than 100 million people here in just the u.s. alone you can see why artists are almost enticed to send some message especially at a time like we are in right now, and so we do anticipate that lady gaga is probably going

to make some headlines come sunday night. again, everyone's looking forward to her concert. again, she has 13 minutes to try to bring her vast collection of hits down into that little time frame and at some point along the way, we expect that she's going to have a message for this country, perhaps for the world. chris? >> the incredibly incisive question that i have, because i saw her with the football is, does lady gaga have an arm? >> reporter: she's got an arm and everything else. that's why she's performing here at halftime, and i can tell you what -- >> that's the best answer i've gotten all week. >> reporter: she's a huge star and this is a huge stage and every artist of any note wants to headline the super bowl halftime because the nfl doesn't even have to pay for the artistry anymore. they pay for production costs but these artists are essentially doing this pro bono because afterwards they expect to cash in with new music, a new tour and of course this becomes a place you could make a

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thank you for watching this hour of "msnbc live." i'm chris jansing. right now on msnbc, "andrea mitchell reports." hi, andrea. >> chris, thank you. right now on "andrea mitchell reports" breaking news, the trump administration sanctioning iran retaliating for iran's ballistic missile tests and ties to terror groups. in the oval office the president is about to sign a new executive order aimed at rolling back restrictions on wall street, telling ceos this morning it is one of his top goals. >> we're bringing back jobs and down your taxes and getting rid of your regulations. i think it's going to be some exciting times ahead. moments from now, more about all of this from the white house, the daily press briefin 'll bring it to you live.

good day, i'm andrea mitchell with breaking news here in washington. the details on the new round of sanctions imposed on iran by the trump administration. the sanctions are focused on 12 individuals and 13 entities. the treasury department announcing the action reflects the united states commitment to enforcing sanctions on iran with respect to its ballistic missile program and destabilizing activities. in a conference call moments ago officials tell us the missile test was the triger that provoked sanctions and more steps are being considered. this will not affect that nuclear deal. despite president trump's strong criticism of it throughout the campaign nor does it affect boeing sale to airplanes to iran. we'll get more from sean spicer later this hour. first we begin with kristen welker. big steps on iran and the promise of more to come. >> reporter: that's ri