BROWN: More on our breaking news. The U.S. Treasury Department will let some companies conduct limited business with Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, but when asked, President Trump denied easing any sanctions. CNN's Matthew Chance, CNN senior international correspondent, is live for us in Moscow. What exactly has happened here?</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's a very small change in the latest round of sanctions that were imposed by President Obama in the final weeks of his administration just last month -- the month before. Basically, punishing Russia for its alleged hacking the U.S. presidential election. What the U.S. Treasury has said it will allow some companies to do some transactions with Russia's Federal Security Services. It's significant in two ways. The first way is that any easing of the sanctions, any movement in that direction is seen significant by the market, significant by Russians, and by people who are opposed to Russia as well, and this is certainly that even though it's a small step. The other reason it's significant is that this is easing the sanctions on the FSB, which is a successor of the KGB, and it was the main organization accused by U.S. intelligence agents of hacking the U.S. presidential election. So, it's a very small step but a controversial step as well -- Pamela?</s>BROWN: Matthew Chance, thanks for breaking it down for us. We appreciate it. Up next, the fate of one of Trump's cabinet picks right now hanging in balance as two Republicans say they will vote against her, but Betsy DeVos just got more bad news. More on that live from Capitol Hill.
White House Pushes Back on Easing Russian Sanctions