TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM
THE COMPLICATED NYLON
HARNESSES.
WE HAVE THIS BREAKING NEWS, THE
KREMLIN IS RESPONDING, THE
KREMLIN IN RUSSIA SAYING THERE
IS NO CLEAR PROOF RUSSIA IS
BEHIND THAT ATTACK ON FORMER
RUSSIAN SPY SERGEI SKRIPAL THAT
HAD BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE
SOVIET UNION IN THE 1970s, THIS
FOLLOWS RUSSIA DECISION TO
BRITISH DIPLOMATS FROM THE
COUNTRY AS THE CRISIS
SURROUNDING THE NERVE TOXIN
ATTACK GETS UGLIER AND UGLIER.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HE SAID
AND SHE SAID RESPONSE TO THE UK
PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY'S
DECISION TO EXPEL 23 RUSSIAN
DIPLOMATS BY MARCH 20th,
POINTING THE FINGER DIRECTLY AT
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN FOR THE ATTACK.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SLAPPING
NEW SANCTIONS TODAY ON 19
RUSSIAN CITIZENS, ACTUALLY
YESTERDAY, FOR A WHOLE
DIFFERENT REASON.
THEY'VE HACKED OUR ENERGY GRID.
THIS MAY SIGNAL A SHIFT WITH
OUR STANCE ON RUSSIA, BUT ARE
THE SANCTIONS ENOUGH?
WHAT DOES THE U.S. NEED TO DO
TO SHUT RUSSIA DOWN FROM
RACKING US AND FROM DOING WHAT
THEY HAVE APPARENTLY DONE IN
THE UNITED KING DOM.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL RALPH PETERS
WHO WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN AND
ON RUSSIA.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL PETERS, WHY
NOT ENOUGH?
>> IT'S NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE
PUTIN FEELS NO PAIN WHATSOEVER.
I MEAN, HE'S LAUGHING AT US,
AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S FOOT
DRAGGING ON THIS, THE
PRESIDENT'S RELUCTANCE TO
CRITICIZE HIM BY NAME, OUR
UNWILLINGNESS TO IMPOSE THE
FULL RANGE OF SANCTIONS
APPROVED 98-2 BY THE SENATE
MAKES A MOCKERY OF THE SENATE.
THE RUSSIANS BY TRYING TO
PENETRATE NOT JUST OUR ELECTION
SYSTEM BUT NUCLEAR POWER
PLANTS, THE ELECTRICITY GRID,
WATER SYSTEMS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY
EVIDENT THAT RUSSIA IS
PREPARING THE CAPABILITY,
INFLICT A WIDESPREAD CYBERPEARL
HARBOR ON US, AND WE'RE NOT
EVEN CALLING THEM OUT ON THAT.
SO BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, IF
PUTIN DOESN'T FEEL ANY PAIN,
PUTIN WILL KEEP DOING WHAT HE'S
DOING.
LIZ: THEY ARE SAYING, THEY'RE
ACTUALLY HAPPY THIS IS NOW
BEING INVESTIGATED WHEN I'M
TALKING ABOUT THE NERVE AGENT
SITUATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
AND SAY WHATEVER INFORMATION
THE UK RELEASED ABOUT REASONS
FOR BLAMING RUSSIA IS, QUOTE,
NOT ENOUGH, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
EVIDENCE.
SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY'VE GOT
A LOT OF EVIDENCE BECAUSE
MERKEL OF GERMANY AND MACRON OF
FRANCE AND NIKKI HALEY OF THE
UNITED NATIONS SAYING I DON'T
NEED TO SEE ANYMORE, THE
RUSSIANS DID IT.
AND MONDAY NIGHT, BEFORE HE WAS
FIRED TUESDAY, SECRETARY OF
STATE REX TILLERSON CAME OUT
AND SAID PRETTY SURE IT'S THE
RUSSIANS.
>> IT IS A NERVE AGENT
ASSOCIATED SPECIFICALLY WITH
RUSSIA.
IT WAS ONLY IN RUSSIA'S
INTEREST TO ATTACK THIS MAN.
LIZ: COULD THE UKRAINIANS HAVE
GOTTEN IT?
WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE
ROMANIANS AND UKRAINIANS GOT
CERTAIN WEAPONRY THAT WAS OLD.
>> YOU LOOKED AT MOTIVATIONS,
CLEARLY, THAT ATTACK, I'M
ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED WAS
RUSSIAN AND HAD TO BE ORDERED
BY PUTIN HIMSELF.
THERE IS NO WAY THE RUSSIAN
SECURITY SERVICES WOULD ROLL
THEIR OWN ON THIS ONE AND JUST
ATTACK SOMEBODY ON UK SOIL
WITHOUT PUTIN KNOWING IT.
AND PUTIN IS, OF COURSE,
INCREDIBLY CYNICAL, AND HE
EXPLOITS THE FACT THAT THE LAWS
HAVE BEEN LAGGING SO BADLY IN
THE CYBER-- WHEN IT COMES TO
THE ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN SPY
AND HIS DAUGHTER, PUTIN IS
SENDING A MESSAGE TO ANYONE
THINKING ABOUT BETRAYING HIM
AND RUSSIA.
WE WILL GET YOU NO MATTER HOW
LONG IT TAKES.
THE OTHER MESSAGE IS SENDING A
MESSAGE TO PAUL MANAFORT AND
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE
RUSSIA SCANDAL HERE TO HEY,
DON'T TALK.
LIZ: RALPH, WHAT DO WE NEED TO
DO?
IF THE SANCTIONS ARE NOT
ENOUGH, WHAT WOULD SHUT RUSSIA
DOWN AND GET THEM OUT OF OUR
GRID SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEM, THAT
DRIVES ME NUTS.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY,
VERY TIGHT AND SERIOUS CONCERN
ABOUT WATER BEING CONTAMINATED
ON A WIDESPREAD BASIS.
>> TRY TO RUN MANHATTAN WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY.
THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF AND WE'RE
NOT TAKING IT JEERS SO WHAT DO
WE NEED TO DO?
>> GET SERIOUS ABOUT SANCTIONS.
SANCTIONING THE PEOPLE, THE
TROLLS, THAT HURTS NOBODY
EXCEPT A FEW INDIVIDUALS, AND
WHEN DO YOU, THAT YOU'RE
BASICALLY TRYING TO STOP
ORGANIZED CRIME BY ARRESTING A
COUPLE OF STREET THUGS.
OLIGARCHS AND PUTIN HIMSELF
NEED TO FEEL THE FINANCIAL
PAIN.
IF WE WERE UNIFIED WITH ALLIES
WITH THE BRITS, THE FRENCH, THE
GERMANS, THE EU, AUSTRALIA, ET
CETERA, WE COULD IMPOSE
CRIPPLING SANCTIONS.
THE OLIGARCHS LIGHT TO GET ON
THEIR YACHT IN ST. TROPEZ AND
CRUISE THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND
THERESA MAY, SHE COULD SEIZE
RUSSIAN ASSETS RIGHT AND LEFT.
SHE'S AFRAID TO DO SO BECAUSE
LONDON IS ALREADY REELING FROM
BREXIT, THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE, AND IF
WE'RE AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING, IF
WE WORRY FIRST OF ALL ABOUT THE
CONSEQUENCES OF DOING
SOMETHING, WE WILL DO NOTHING
AND PUTIN WILL KEEP GOING, HE
HAS NO REVERSE GEAR.
HE HAS TO HIT A WALL.
LIZ: LIEUTENANT COLONEL RALPH
PETERS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LIZ.