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For what the obama administration did as they were leaving the white house, they kicked out 35 diplomatic russian staff who were allegedly intelligence and blocked access to two compounds also allegedly used mostly for intelligence gathering. and vladimir putin kicks out 20 times that many people diplomatic staff out of russia. but he gives the americans a month to implement this and the bill hasnt yet been signed by the president. so the question is, is this a signal to president trump saying, ...

Compounds. do all the things we would like to do to reset to use the unfortunate phrase -- that relationship. >> the honey do list for the president. we have talked for years now about donald trumps respect -- not only for the man but the way he governs. it seems like some of the presidents exasperations today was american style checks and balances. he ranted in those statements against congress checking his authority. thats a kind of the authority that putin enjoys. >> yeah. the irony is that t...

The locals, who have jobs at the american embassy and those consulates. putin claimed that this was in response to new economic sanctions, passed by the senate and the house, and set to be signed by the president. but these are also a delayed response to the obama administration seizing two russian compounds in december, and expelling 35 russians, who president obama said were spies. on friday, putin seized two u.s. diplomatic properties, and ordered the u.s. embassy in moscow to downsize its st...

Nuclear disrmment. the reagan administration said no, so we never got to find out how that would have worked out. but in 1986 episode when the soviets expelled our diplomats and banned local soviets to working for the u.s. is the closest historical president to what happened this weekend, when russian president vladimir putin ordered the dismissal of 755 people from the u.s. embassy in russia. the u.s. has approximately 345 americans currently in moscow, and at consulates and in other russian ci...

>> reporter: it looks like its going to cut the number of personnel by more than half -- 755 positions will get cut, according to the russian president, vladimir putin speaking on russian television last night. the russian rationale is that this brings the total number of u.s. diplomatic personnel in russia down to 455 which russia says is the exact same number. russian diplomatic personnel that it has in the u.s. it should be noted on the face of this, russia says this is settling the score for...

Freedom-loving neighborses around the world. >> lets go to senior nart correspondent matthew chance joins us live from moscow. mostly in retaliation for moves by the obama administration in its final days when the u.s. seized two russian compounds out in long island and maryland, expelled 35 russian diplomats. why retaliate now? >> reporter: well, because i think thats just part of the timing. the reason for the timing of this retaliation. the other part is decision by the congress to pass that ...

Compounds. i think russia has done this and expelled 35 diplomats. on the face of it, 35 a significantly smaller number than 755, what russia is doing. having said that, this is not just diplomats. this is technical personnel, as well. it may also include russian staff that the u.s. diplomatic mission employs. the sticking point was the passage through congress, that bill authorizing new sanctions through russia and tying the presidents hand from lifting or tying previous sessions. he said it wa...

Of course we found out about general flynn having the conversation with sergey kislyak saying, dont worry, well take care of this. when you look at these numbers, i think a lot of people were surprised. wait, we have that many people, so many working in russia? a great deal of them happen to be russians. these are people who are taxi drivers, who make the coffee, who are the secretaries who, once again, putin is retaliating by hurting his own people. it obviously also slows down the visa applica...

Obviously not proportional. 35 versus 755. >> i was surprised back at the tail end of the obama administration when the u.s. expelled 35 russian diplomats accusing them of espionage, shut down two russian compounds in suburban maryland outside of washington as well as in long island, that they didnt retaliate right way. sergey lavrov said they would right away and president putin overruled him and said not so fast and now are retaliatinreta. what was the delay? normally one state does this, the ...

What are you supposed to tell a kid? i would tell my neesz aieces an nephews, dont watch because hes going to say something offensive. >> and the boy scout speech at the jamboree. russian president putin saying he wants 755 people working in russia, the consulates in russia by september 1st, theyre gone. two u.s. compounds will be shut down. this is even before the president goes ahead and signs the sanctions legislation into law. your reaction? >> yeah, and putin obviously showing a little bit ...