brent: is that what you expect that we're likely to see? we have heard the british prime minister say that there could be some k kind of cyberattack that wowouldriginate from moscow. konstantin: i would not be surprised at all.. i think until now, we have seenn no signs ususually of moscoww rerelenting. in the eyes of mr. putin, in the eyes of his in-crowd, any attempt to p pull b back, to r , to stotop, is equal l to defeat. this idea that you should never show weakness is very ststrong n moscow. that is why y ethically should e retaliation. -- why we should see retaliation. brent:t: as soon as the british government began pointing the finger at russia over the salisbury poisoning, we all knew that vladimir putin could expect some pushback. do you think he has been caught off guard by ththe scale of t ts response?? konstantin:, y yes absolututy. i think that no one in moscow expected there would be such a massive response by the west. no one actually expected the united states to join in with such a sigignificant contributin to these expulsions. especialally after a telephone conversatition between p presidt trump anand vladimir putin. as w w

k in russia. the benefits were about $1 million on average. reporter: many banks and authorities in several countries work together to snare the gang leader's the arrest is being celebrated around the world. brenttax cuts and increased government spending could accelerate economic growth in the u.s. for the next two years. outpacing the last three years. since in national association of business issued its loss forecast, president trump has pushed a 1.3 billion dollars tax-cut. ththe president insiststs that s will keep tax cuts above 3% a year. how realistic are these projections? >> it isis possible but a lot of analysts and economists are skeptical how likely it is that the u.s. is still running a huge trade deficit and so far increasing every single month. also, we have toto wait and see how the whole trade talks with china turn out. there were some comments from china that they are willing to talk but that does not necessarily mean those trade talks will alslso be a success. one thing is for certain, taxes for corporations are falling and that is good news for the balance sheets of corporations but it does not mean that the corporations will spend much more. the bottom line for the moment

the clerk: nomination, department of energy, brent k. park of tennessee to be deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation national nuclear security administration. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate, that if confirmed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order and that any statements relating to the nomination be printed in the record. the presiding officer: is there objection? with no objection the nomination, the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes have it. the nomination is confirmed. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations: executive calendar 723 and 725. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the nomination en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the senate vote on the nominations en bloc