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anthony brian likens the political and social issues commentator and also an interest in prior art brenton l'engle they're both with us and you both very welcome chaps and for the let's start with what was your reaction to what chris cuomo said there. well i was pretty surprised at what you say within again i know it's seen him so i'm not really their surprise but here's the thing. every time i see them on television they seem to be getting some kind of fight some kind of altercation it always seems to come from them it is a matter of they're fighting he or whatever they claim you can't put your hands on somebody in behind some kind of moral high ground don't touch people if you don't want to be chased this really simple is day it doesn't matter what political affiliation the other person is keeping hands to you so there should be two more orders story chris cuomo however did not see it that way apparently still brant and that's bringing you know i mean bodies his violence isn't it it's just wrong it doesn't matter who does it. yes i will actually agree with that i am a buddhist actually a

time saving that was anthony bryan legan brenton angle thank you. thank you for watching it's just on half past midnight here most gone back with the headlines of mornings and. hello and welcome to cross talk are all things considered i'm peter lavelle u.s. president donald trump has repeatedly said he wants better relations with russia he did finally have his long sought summit with a lot of near putin both presidents called it a success the american political class and corporate media describe the helsinki summit as a failure and trump even worse are the united states and russia destined to be enemies forever. cross talking with a phobia i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he's the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily news show on radio sputnik also in washington we have earl rescues and he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center and in managua we cross sudan like he is an adjunct professor of law at the university of pittsburgh as well as author of the plot to scapegoat russia all

joining me now is sir tony brenton, who was the british ambassador to russia from 2004 to 2008., what do you make of what the foreign secretary has been saying in the united states, calling for intensification of sanctions against russia after salisbury? you can understand why he is so outraged by this whole affair in salisbury and all that. and he obviously, he would ta ke all that. and he obviously, he would take this and they have done more in europe as and they have done more in europe as and we have, the problem with all of this is that simply piling sanctions on russia has been an unproductive policy. i'm making this number up, but ten rounds of sanctions on russia, all they have done has been to reinforce, reinforce putin and his bad behaviour. and to some extent pushed russia out of lanes of the us and strong with china. is that a sensible policy was white the alternative is to do nothing and not punish attacks with nerve agents, we have already taken action with what happened, salisbury, there's already been action. we are intensifying action against dirty russian money