i would listen to nikki haley here. think in her maiden speech, she's not going to go rogue. she's not going rogue. >> headquarters, rex tillerson secretary of state. he was at the state department. spoke to state department officials in the lobby. they had gathered over there. gave a positive message. he's got a differential ahead right now. >> he does. in terms of policy and in terms of morale at the state department right now, we saw this dissent letter come out this week signed by hundreds, almost a thousand officials at the state department and it was dismissed by the trump administration, by the white house who said sean spicer said in reference to that letter, if you don't want to get with the program, you can just leave. and that's not how that works at the state department or really any of these agencies. they want to have productive policy discussions. rex tillerson has to go in there, reassure the career professionals at the state department that he will hear them out, that he will work with them, and hear th

many were listening to haley's comments.rper tone than what we heard from the administration. >> reporter: absolutely, christine. this sets up the exact clash we saw repeatedly with russia and the obama administration. the u.s. blaming russia for the violence in ukraine and for the russian foreign minister coming out overtly blaming ukraine for the escalation. despite a small modification in the u.s. sanction on russia overnight, they remain in place. the white house saying not only there is no easing in sanctions, but crucially saying they knew about nikki haley's speech in advance of that happening. as for russia's response, the russian ambassador saying after the meeting and putting a positive spin on it. this was a noticeable change in the tone in the u.s. he hopes it leads to a more constructive relationship. the back drop, christine, is one of violence in eastern ukraine. we heard more shelling from the organization from security and cooperation in europe. they say they saw civilian casualties. they don't know yet how

we had stronger statements in the past from haley's predecessor.parate from what we thought under president trump. it sets up the same argument we saw with the obama administration. the u.s. blaming russia for violence in ukraine and russia continues to blame ukraine. sanctions, of course, remain in place. there was a modification overnight to one of the obama administration's sanctions. the white house emphasizes this is not an easing of sanctions. they also said they knew in advance about haley's speech at the u.n. that sense of warming relations not materializing. russia trying to put a positive spin on the comments. russian ambassador to the u.n. saying he had noticed a change in tone from the u.s. side. there is a long road ahead. he does hope that leads to more constructive relationships. the violence is continues in ukraine. more reports of potential civilian casualties and calls from international monitors to lay down weapons. this will continue to be a major challenge for the trump administration. >> clare, thank you very much. >>> another

sources tell cnn they signed off on haley's speech. meanwhile today the white house could announce additional tougher sanctions on iran following sunday's ballistic missile test. these sanctions expected to be similar to actions by former president obama. mr. trump also not ruling out military action. >> nothing is off the table. i haven't eased anything. >> reporter: foreign policy center stage on rex tillerson's first day as secretary of state. >> hi, i'm the new guy. >> reporter: speaking with foreign leaders from israel, germany and mexico, but also doing damage control after the president's tense phone call with australia. >> president obama said they were going to take probably well over a thousand immigrants that were in prisons and bring them into this country. i said why. >> reporter: republican leaders alarmed at the president's tone toward a long-standing u.s. ally. >> the relationship between the united states and australia is of the greatest importance. i'm concerned about the effect of this difference. >> reporter: coming

ambassador nikki haley, right? >> i like that, i would like to hear it directly from president trump. it's the kind of message we should be sending right now. >> why don't you hear that, why don't you believe we don't hear the tough talk on the russians for president trump. >> he's willing to go after pretty hard, friends of ours like australia and mexico, he reserves only soft speech for president putin. i don't have a good explanation for it, all i can say is, this is a part of a long and troubling pattern, the president is not willing to step up and speak out against russian aggression and actions that russia has taken that are directly contrary to the interest of the united states. >> i assume the very carefully drafted statement that ambassador haley read before the united nations security council was authorized approved by officials at the white house. season the that normal procedure? >> that would be normal procedure. we're not living in normal times now, it's hard to know whether in fact the right hand kno

hopefully be haley's recovery. >> here is the thing.f you have a family member that you think has mental illness or was died most with mental illness, the first thing you have to do is educate yourself. you've got to get information so you understand what they deal with. if you don't, you are going to follow your own beliefs and follow logic that may not apply. you've got to get educated so you can make informed decisions about how to support them and not enable them and become part of the solution rather than the problem. her mother is being really good about this and so was her sister, and once they understood this was not a a bio thing and a psychological issue. >> all right, dr. phil. we have to end it there. you can see part two of haley's visit to dr. phil today at 4:00 right here on wusa9. always good talking with you. >>> right now, we are talking to allyson rae with this remarkable forecast. it is still winter? >> you will know that it is winter by the end of the week. in the meantime, it is beautiful out there was sunshine and

remain in place according to nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the un until they abandon the peninsula. very aggressive. iran on notice additional sanctions for missile launch. peter, is this a return on more obama language and if so good or bad. >> i don't think it is. it seems like trump had a meeting with king abdullah of jordan and that's probably the reason he put out something on settlements but what it says is don't build beyond existing borders. that means don't build new settlements but it doesn't stop him from building up in the settlements that already exist. the statement is totally incoherent because it says we don't think settlements are an impetment of peace and then says they want them to be helpful. they wanted to give him something but this is not exactly the red light. >> is this the influence already that language seems to be moderating and things seem to be shifting. >> russia you'd have to say is a modulated or different language in the campaign. every president i've ever seen that i've covered runs for office

the nikki haley comments at the u.n. where she condemned russia, russian aggression, talked about how sanctions wouldn't be lifted until russia got out of ukraine. all that feels very much like it's foreign policy continuity. now, we shouldn't really even jinx this by calling it embraces the pillars of obama's policy because then he's going to say oh, my god, i can't do that. it's really emphasizing continuity in foreign policy, which we want. the country -- particularly in foreign policy the rest of the world depends on the united states for some consistency. >> yeah, let's talk about iran. nothing is off the table. that's how the president has responded. that's what he said about iran. others in the administration when it comes to these missile tests have said the same thing, nothing is off the table. use the same language. what does this mean for the president? what's the next step? >> again, i don't want to jinx it but this is what the obama administration often said, this is what obama always said. he always pointed

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that nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, went before this body, and said things about russia in crimea that the president, her boss, differed with kind of in an 180-degree way in the campaign. he has been very open to the idea of not being tough on russia, even open to the idea, at least on one occasion during the campaign, of just kind of leaving the crimea situation alone. that is not what we heard from his ambassador to the u.n. today. i just talked to somebody who was familiar with the drafting of her remarks, who said that the white house is well aware of what she was going to do, but also well aware of her position on this, which is pretty hawkish, which is more in line, frankly, with the republican party's credo and philosophy, which is to be tough on russia. she made that clear in her confirmation hearings. the white house and president heard that, and she's going to continue to do that. >> paul, just last night on the broadcast, you were critical of the administration for not speaki

sources tell cnn they signed off on haley's speech. meanwhile today the white house could announce additional tougher sanctions on iran following sunday's ballistic missile test. these sanctions expected to be similar to actions taken by former president obama. mr. trump also not ruling out military action. >> nothing is off the table. i haven't eased anything. >> foreign policy, center stage on rex tillerson's first day as secretary of state. >> i'm the new guy. >> speaking with israel, germany and mexico and also doing damage control after the president's tense phone call with australia. >> president obama said that they were going to take well over a thousand and bring them into this country. >> alarmed by the president's tone toward a long standing u.s. ally. >> a fire storm this morning within the last half hour or so including these about iran. he says iran is playing with fire. they don't appreciate how kind president obama is to them. and of course australia he says thank you to prime minister of australia for telling the truth

ambassador nikki haley reacted? >> well, i think the trump administration is playing a two-level game here. they're trying to reassure congress that they will not give away the store in any negotiations with russia around ukraine. remember, congress is putting forward legislation that would prevent the president from lifting sanctions unilaterally without congressional approval. so i think part of nikki haley's statement was designed to reassure congress that the trump administration will not give away the store, and that there is no need for this legislation that would tie president trump's hands. >> stewart: what is it president petro poroshenko wants from the united states at this point? >> he wantaise stronger position at the bargaining table. there's been negotiations around minsk 2. this is an agreement whereby the ukrainian government would devolve some sovereignty to the two regions that are in conflict, and that there would be free and fair elections held, and once those elections are held, then the russian

nikki haley comments at u.n.re she condemned russian aggression and talked about how sanctions wouldn't be lifted until russia got out of ukraine, all feels very much like foreign policy continuity. we shouldn't even -- jinx this by calling it embraces pillars of obama's laws because he'll say i can't do that. but particularly with foreign policy, rest of the world depends on the united states for some consistency. >> iran, nothing is off the table that's what the president said. others in the administration said the same thing. nothing is off the table. used same language. what does this mean for the president? what's the next step? >> again i don't want to jinx it but obama administration often said, pointed out he was never ruling out use of force and additional sanctions in place, the obama administration did put in some additional sanctions when they would see this kind of behavior. but it's important to understand that iran nuclear deal was about freezing iran's nuclear program and relaxing international sa

this great nikki haley statement. nobody mentioned the fact that two days later, trump literally denied that russia is inside ukraine. and who is vladimir putin listening to? this great nikki haley statement. nikki haley i think will be a very, you know, important person in this administration, but let's be honest, russians are listening to donald trump, not listening to nikki haley. so, we just got to be careful to let republicans trumpet the statements of the national security cabinet. you got to actually listen to what trump is saying. mr. hohmann: let's talk about yemen. when barack obama was president, you criticized u.s. weapons sales to saudi arabia, the saudi used in their military campaign been yemen has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there. continuing on that issue, yesterday, you joined rand paul and mike lee along with al franken to request a classified briefing from the administration on our actions and objectives in yemen. obviously one of our navy seals died. let's talk about our yemen policy. are

the same with nikki haley yesterday. that wasn't just nikki haley scribbling notes down.rough state and the inner agency process. yesterday seemed to be the first day on foreign policy maybe because tillerson is at the plate. order seemed to be coming to our foreign policy team. >> some normalcy, perhaps in terms of how people in the beltway and new york are used to seeing things go. the whiplash you were talking about is potentially disorienting atmosphere after the first couple weeks of the trump administration. part of the premise here, i think, kneneeds to be readjuste. the policy for the soviet union had a through line. reagan executed the policy in a very different way, you would agree. his leadership, his rhetoric, that mattered. it made a difference. the focus on key strategies with the soviet union made a difference. i don't think you would say jimmy carter would have handled them the way ronald reagan did. we are going to see very different rhetoric and maybe different focus from this administration. i think we are already seeing that. now, yes, you are right, o

what i find the most fascinating is that nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations said things about russia that the president, her boss, differed with 180 degree way with in the campaign. he has been open to the idea of not being tough on russia and opened up the idea on one occasion during the campaign of kind of leaving the situation alone. that is not what we heard from his ambassador to the u.n. today. i talked to someone familiar with the drafting of her remarks saying the white house is well aware of what she was going to do and well aware of her position on this which is pretty hawkish. it is more in line, frankly, with the republican party's credo on philosophy which is to be tough russia. she made it clear in her confirmation hearings. the white house and the president heard that. she will continue to do that. >> you were critical of the administration for not speaking out about the situation in ukraine. does this give you confidence? >> well, it gives me hope. ambassador haley said what democrats and republicans, americans

giving those questions, are you surprised or at least heartened about what nikki haley had to say at the u.n.? >> i am certainly happy to hear that. i think it is a welcome pivot. look, it is so important that the u.s. both remains credible and as a sort of guiding force here. the ukrainians came out to say we are worried america is not backing us and as a result, we are going to start ratcheting up the violence, and that is not a benefit to anyone here. i think a peaceful solution is everyone's best interest. having the u.s. come out and say to russia, this is not going to stand, i think that sends a very clear message. i want to think them russians misjudged this president, and you cannot get a clearer message than that. >> jon: a lot of people misjudged this president. thank you. >> thank you. >> jenna: the uss cole returns to the waters in yemen years after the deadly bombing that happened when they patrolled the same area, we will tell you what is going on there plus fighting in the ukraine is escalating and why that could impact relations between the u.s. and its nato partners.

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it doesn't matter what nikki haley says in the u.n. when two days later the president of the , united states casts doubt on whether the russians are even in ukraine. and what i mean by consequences is that as we speak today, the russians are advancing in eastern ukraine. as we speak today, inside the balkans, the russians are pressing their advantage further in places like bosnia and the republic of serbs, potentially setting off a catastrophic chain of events in the weeks and months to come. so every day that it is totally unclear what the u.s. policy is on russia, and their effort to try to achieve a sphere of influence, russia is moving. and until we draw a line somewhere, until we tell them that we're going to continue sanctions and grow them, russia is going to get closer to what they want, which is a little area around russia in which they run things. they're doing it. they are moving right now. mr. hohmann: john mccain, lindsey graham, couple of others supporting legislation this week to codify these sanctions into law so that t

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the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is time to hold north korea accountable with actions tawfik is at the un in new york. well, the security council issued a very strong statement, as you said, unanimous there, saying that they would basically look to see what further actions they could take. now, they didn't specify what they could be, but certainly security council members over the last decade have issued increasingly harsh sanctions on north korea, to try to persuade pyongyang to take a path away from nuclearisation. so we had very strong language from the us ambassador, nikki haley, urging security council members to basically take all actions, not words, actions, she said, to force north korea to basically depart from its action. so one thing that a senior security council member mentioned to me was implementation of the current resolutions, and current sanctions on the table. and we know that that is something that, if north korea continues to launch missiles in defiance of those security council resolutions, that they are hoping could be again looked at. a verdict

meeting on middle east surgery u.n.ed a boar nikki haley talked to report erred. this is ten minutes. >> good morning. first of all, as this is the first time i have dealt with this press corps, i just want to say i hope we can have a lot more conversations and continue to do these types of things but i'll ask that i will respect you as we respected me. so as we develop this relationship we's see how it goes. the first thing i want to do i talk about what we just saw in there the security council just finished its regular monthly meeting on middle east issues. it's the first meeting like that which i have attended it was a bit strange. the security council is supposed to discuss how to maintain international peace and security. but at our meeting on the middle east, the discussion was not about hezbollah's illegal buildsup of rockets in lebanon, not about the money in and weapons iran provides the terrorist issue wait not be how we defeat isis. it was not about how we hold al-assad accountable for the slaughter of hundreds of civilians. no instead the meeting focu

ambassador nick city haley talked about -- nikki haley talked about the middle east peace process. from the u.n. in new york,s this is ten minutes. >> good morning. first of all, as this is the first time i have dealt with this press corps, i just want to say that i hope that we can have a lot more conversations and continue to do these types of things, but i'll ask that i will respect you if you'll respect me. so as we adopt this relationship, we'll see how it goes. so the first thing i want to do is talk about what we just saw in there. the security council just finished its regular monthly meeting on middle east issues. it's the first meeting like that that i've attended, and i have to say it was a bit strange. the security council is supposed the discuss how to maintain international peace and security. but at our meeting on the middle east, the discussion was not about hezbollah's illegal build-up of rockets in lebanon, it was not about the money and weapons iran provides to terrorists, it was not about how we defeat isis, it was not about how we hold bashar al assad accountab

is nikki haley speaking for the administration or herself? you have to balance her statement today very much in line with the obama administration view. it does sound like powers in the chair there. balance against the public statements from the campaign and since the inauguration from president trump, praising russia and refusing to criticize them for ukraine and also interference in the u.s. election. keep in mind nikki haley's comments are in response to grave escalation in the violence over the last several days and couple of weeks. it's an open question. as david roed was saying, must gift administration credit for moving to the center as it were on some positions but we have to balance against the previous weeks and months from the president himself and senior advisers. is it a real change? representation or demonstration of a dispute within the administration? different camps there. own choices for senior cabinet positions are contradicting him on policy decisions. where is the direction? don't know yet. >> michelle, are some of the ac

the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is time to hold north korea accountable with actions, not words. a few hours before, president trump told a joint news conference with the canadian prime minister, that the us faces many dangers. when i was campaigning, i said it is not a good situation. now that i see it, including with our intelligence briefings, we have problems that a lot of people have no idea how bad they are, how serious they are. not only internationally, but when you come right here. 0bviously north korea is a big, big problem, and we will deal with that very strongly. 0ur correspondent neda tawfik is at the un in new york. she told me there was a clear message from the security council. well, the security council issued a very strong statement, as you said, unanimous there, saying that they would basically look to see what further actions they could take. now, they didn't specify what they could be, but certainly security council members over the last decade have issued increasingly harsh sanctions on north korea, to try to persuade pyongyang to take a path aw

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ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley this week expressing u.s. support for ukraine.or a higher level of support than they originally anticipated. certainly some of president trump's comments during the campaign trail, particularly for example when he said he might consider recognizing the independence of crimea, those were very worrying to ukraine. but this will be a particularly interesting relationship. i think many will be watching both russia and in europe to see how the u.s. continues to respond to the violence in eastern ukraine. >> and talking of that violence there, what is the current situation right now? things seem to be getting worse. >> reporter: it's an extremely situation on the ground there in eastern ukraine. as i said, unprecedented levels of cease fire violations according to international monitors from the osce, the organization for security and cooperation in europe, the ukrainian side saying yesterday they saw the worst violence in the last 24 hours than they had seen in a year. we're two years on from the cease-fire agreement in min. humanitari

first public remarks as the united states' new representative at the united nations, ambassador nikki haley has condemned russia's aggressive actions in ukraine and pledged strong us support for the government in kiev. an estimated 200,000 protesters have staged a third night of demonstrations in romania against a government decree that decriminalises some types of corruption. the prime minister says he won't withdraw the decree. europe's migrant crisis, the election of donald trump, and britain's exit from the european union are all likely to dominate the eu's first summit of the year. the meeting of the group's leaders is taking place in malta. the new american defence secretary has said the us will deliver an effective and overwhelming response if north korea uses nuclear weapons. generaljames mattis said any attack on the us or its allies would be defeated. now for the latest financial news, with aaron heslehurst and world business report. brexit, round one. as eu leaders gather in malta. malta's prime minister calls for a "fair deal" for britain, but warns it will pay a price for leavi

>> i think we should not assume that nikki haley was freelancing here. clearly the administration was sending a clear signal and we ought to understand that nikki haley's statement is part of a larger strategic view in terms of russian policy. russia cares about many things, whether it's the assad regime, access to their port in torto e toretuse, a larger russian policy being formulated here. >> would you agree it's a stronger tone towards russia? >> absolutely. the russians ought to be sitting up and listening and taking notice. >> the trump administration pivoting to a position more similar to the obama administration? >> i think that's a generous view. i wouldn't think that's a generation of the obama policy. >> certainly more aggressive in terms of rhetoric and perhaps in terms of action. >> right. i think we ought to understand there's some posturing going on here and we ought to, i think, expect that the trump administration will look for a more strand strategic bargain of which ukraine, syria, are all pieces in this puzzle. >> the u.s. military ha

you heard sean spicer say during the briefing that nikki haley, ambassador haley spoke clearly and forcefully were the words he used. this was not the u.n. ambassador going rogue in any respect. that's a dialing back of what's considered to be. sanctions with a slight adjustment to the sanctions yesterday but i think this was an open question heading into when nikki haley made the remarks yesterday. i think it's interesting. this is a new day in the white house briefing room. i think it's worth noting to our viewers to have the white house press secretary turn to local reporters who are chiming in from around the country, asking questions, i think that's a very healthy sign and you're seeing this white house working around the room trying to bring a lot of other reporters who don't normally get to ask questions during these briefings, during previous administrationadminist. there's been a democratization. i thought that was pretty healthy. wolf. >> the president's travel ban went into effect, the u.s. is revoked more than 100,000 visas that had been granted to individuals to come visit the un

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from nikki haley. so we don't know but let's give president trump are credit -- >> you think he should be given credit for this because you think this is a good turn in policy rather than being so hard line. >> yes. to most experts, yes. coming in this early and having all these wild disputes with mexico, australia, china, you know, this is a better few days for president trump and let's give his administration credit for stepping back from some of this bellicose rhetoric. >> michelle, what about israel and the building of new settlements? the white house issued a statement on the israeli settlements tonight and it reads in part, "while we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal." is that a change in policy? >> yeah. i mean, it's different from what we heard from president trump while he was on the campaign trail. i mean, stron

his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, stood before the u.n. security council on her first day and strongly denounced the russian occupation of crima. as ambassador haley said at the time, the "dire situation in eastern ukraine" is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian actions. president trump has made is very clear that he expects the russian government to de-escalate violence in the ukraine and return crima. at the same time sfwhoo dams, bridges, roads, and all ports around the country have fallen into disrepair. in order to prevent the next disaster we'll pursue the president's vision for an overhaul of our nation's crumbling infrastructure. the vakzs will continue, and beal be working along side with fema and appropriate government entities to make sure that we are doing everything we can to attend to this matter. the president was honored also to welcome the prime minister of japan last week from their first official meeting at the white house to their joint press conference at mar-a-lago, and their time together at mar

ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, said the u.s. would keep sanctions on russia until it changed behavior and returned crimea, but european leaders remember when donald trump said that he might forget about those sanctions and lift them. so i think they're getting a mixed message from this administration. clearly, in the last few weeks, the tone has definitely hardened against russia and i think now, people are hungry for more and want to see some actions by this administration. vice president pence was short on what type of policies the u.s. would institute and talked about these broad concepts. on the russia file, looking for more information. >> matthew, that hardened tone coming from the vice president and also the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley. how is that being received there in moscow? >> yeah. we can add to that the comments made by sean spicer. a few days ago about crimea and president trump himself tweeting a few days ago that crimea was taken by russia and whether it was too soft on moscow. i mean, this kind of

it doesn't matter what nikki haley says. when two days later the president of the united states cast doubt on whether the russians are even in the ukraine. as we speak today, the russians are in dancing in eastern ukraine. as we speak today, inside the balkans the russians are pressing their advantage for the places like bosnia and others potentially set enough catastrophic chain of events in the weeks and months to come. every day that it is totally unclear what the u.s. policy is in russia and the effort to achieve a sphere of influence, rushes moving. until we draw a line and tell them we're going to continue sanctions and grow them, rushes going to get closer to what they want, which is a little area around russia in which they run things. they are doing it, they are moving right now. >> john mccain, lindsey graham, few others supported legislation to codify the sanctions into law so they cannot, do you think it's can happen? you think it'll end up getting killed? obviously that would reassure our eastern european allies

as for the nikki haley comments earlier in the week, there was a lot of mention of the fact she did say that she still wanted to see an improved relationship between russia and the u.s., and they certainly touched on the fact that nikki haley and the russian ambassador to the united nations did meet separately again on friday in new york and did say that they planned to work together within -- under the auspices of the united nations. so, you know, they're not touching too much on the issue of mixed messages and they're certainly trying to draw any positives where they can, particularly in the media, michael. >> yeah, indeed. >> keep you busy there. >> yeah, keep you on for a bit, claire. thanks, claire sebastian in moscow. we will take a short break on the program. when we come back, much more on the trump administration's legal bid to uphold that travel ban after it was temporarily struck down on friday. >> plus how visa holders from the affected countries are reacting to the news that is u.s. borders are back open, even though things could change yet again. (vo) maybe it was here, wh

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ambassador nikki haley says the u.s.ports two state solution to israeli pal stipulateian conflict. haley said the solution to the conflict has to come from israelis and palestinians themselves and u.s. supports a two-state solution. >> nato plans to boost naval presence in the black sea. it will step up war games training and surveillance in the black sea. ship was spotted off east coast and after russia deployed a missile in apparent treaty violation. >> d.c. local marnl marnl laws have new defenders up on capitol hill. for the first time ever a group of republican and democratic congressmen joined together to form a new cannabis caucus and their goal to keep federal policies from interfering with states as they enact laws that allow for recreational or medical marijuana. >> know we'll do our part to continue progress of making sure that people have a right to live their lives and adults have a right to freedom and should have the freedom to basically consume cannabis for medical purposes or otherwise if that's what the

nikki haley in the u.n. said we will not release sanctions until you get out of crimea. investigating every infraction that ever happened is a bridge too far right now. katty: the president also said that america is no more guilty than president putin when it comes to murder. it is not true what sean spicer said in the white house, that the u.s. has been tough on russia. there was that one nikki haley incident. rep. kinzinger: i think the administration is being tough. i was critical of the comment of somehow moral equality between the united states and russia. totally untrue. we will be critical when those comments come out. i think they are very damaging. but on the broader scale of reassuring nato, reassuring the troops in europe and calling for , liberation of crimea and a return to the ukrainian people, this is been very much a departure from the last administration. to the extent there is involvement, we will find out, we need to. but you say we need to launch major investigations anytime somebody resigns for something will paralyze this administration from going o