charlie d'agata reports. >> reporter: even for state television, it was a remarkable coup.ulia skripal had recovered enough from being poisoned to call her cousin. everything is fine, yulia is alleged to have said. she also said that her father who is still in critical condition in a uk hospital was sleeping. nobody has any problems that can't be put right. russia state television has been in overdrive. ever since britain accused the kremlin of poisoned the skripals with novichok, a nerve agent. this popular tv host says it's like saying if someone's hit in the head with an ipad, you should blame america because it's a u.s. invention. >> which is absurd. >> mikael fishman is the editor. >> this is how the russian nation gets its political agenda and sees the world through the kremlin's eyes. >> we don't know if yulia skripal made that phone call, but the british police say they released her first public comment since the attack. she said her strength is growing, but with no mention about the condition of her father. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> coming up on "cbs t

charlie d'agata is there.porter: in the propaganda war one image president vladimir omtin did not want the world to see today was the return of russian diplomats and their families from the u.s. and they went to great lengths ri avoid it. they're ramping up the rhetoric, too. this afternoon, foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova, went so far as to suggest the u.s. and britain are conspiring t take this year's soccer world cup championships away from hussia. the worsening crisis between russia and the west has already seen a wave of tit-for-tat expulsions. trigged after britain and its iglies sought to punish the pemlin after determining it was highly likely moscow was behind the chemical agent attack of russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yulia un salisbury, england, four weeks ago. but it's the u.s. reaction that matters most. and valery garbuzov, director of the u.s. and canada institute, told us its president trump's entredictability that makes the current situation so volatile. he's

>> charlie d'agata in moscow. thank you. president trouble is spending loe holiday weekend in florida president trump is spending the holiday weekend in florida. as he headed off to play golf today, the president again teed off against amazon-- on twitter. msijia jiang is in west palm beach. or reporter: president trump claims "the u.s. postal service will lose $1.50 on average for each package it delivers" for amazon. he went on to call out the "fake washington post" as part of retail giant's amazon's lobbying staff, adding "amazon must pay costs and taxes now." jeff bezos is the founder and c.e.o. of amazon, and he owns the "washington post." nie president has a history of criticizing both companies. ro the campaign trail he made this promise about amazon: >> believe me, if i become president, oh, do they have problems. they're going to have such problems. >> reporter: the white house says it has no plans to take action against amazon, which does pay local and state taxes. however, it avoids federal taxes by using tax cred

as charlie d'agata reports, russian state tv says it has a new recording of the daughter, yulia skripal. >> reporter: even for state television, it was a remarkable coup. yulia skripal had recovered enough from being poisoned to call her cousin. inverything is fine," yulia is alleged to have said. the unverified called was presented to a studio audience in moscow. she also said that her father, who is still in critical condition in a u.k. hospital, was sleeping. ody ody has any problems that can't be put right." russia state television has been in overdrive ever since britain thcused the kremlin of poisoning the skripals using novichok, a russian nerve agent. this popular tv host said blame russia is like saying if someone someone is hit in the head with an ipad you should blame america because it's a u.s. invention. which is absurd. >> totally absurd, yes. >> reporter: mikael fishman is the former editor of the "moscow times." >> this is how, basically, russian nation gets its political agenda, and sees the world through the kremlin's eyes. >> reporter: we don't know if yulia skripal m

charlie d'agata recently traveled to moscow. he show us the kremlin's efforts to discredit allegations it was responsible. >> reporter: russian state television appeared to have pulled off a coup. the first phone call allegedly between yulia skripal and her cousin victoria. everything is fine and fixable, she's heard saying. as for her father sergei's health, nobody has any problems that can't be put right. even russia tv said the audio couldn't be verified. it's just the latest episode in a month-long campaign of alternate reality by russian state media ever since britain accused the kremlin of directing an attack on the russian spy and his daughter using the russian-made novichok nerve agent. a popular tv host said blaming russia is a bit like saying if someone's hit in the head with an ipad, america's to blame because the ipad is a u.s. inventi invention. >> which is absurd. >> but absurdity is part of this show. >> reporter: mikael fishman is the former editor of "the moscow times." >> kremlin is managing every message it se