TAPPER: We're back with our world lead now. The White House suggested that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley might have been, in their words, confused in an effort to explain why the White House has not announced new sanctions against Russia for supporting Syria's Assad as Haley announced they would do on national television on Sunday. She said as soon as Monday. CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports.</s>JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The White House insisting today President Trump isn't backpedaling on new Russia sanctions, but a second straight day of confusion is highlighting the administration's lack of a coherent and consistent policy toward Russia. The latest contradictions coming after U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley declared this on Sunday.</s>NIKKI HALEY, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.: You will see that Russian sanctions will be coming down. Secretary Mnuchin will be announcing those on Monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to Assad and chemical weapons use.
White House Blames Ambassador Haley, Says She May Have Been Confused.