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Not only did you have a russian connected lawyer, you had a former soviet spy in that same room. and we have the e-mails in black and white. and those e-mails very specifically say that the russian government is helping donald trump. so, the trump campaign was made aware that the russian government was helping the trump campaign and jared kushner, paul manafort and donald trump, jr., all had access and saw that e-mail. >> when will house and senate leaders give us an update on the russia sanctio...

>> he repeated russian denials. describing president trump as engaged in a fight with the american establishment. >> fight goes on. they want to make the life of this administration miserable. people try to speak about impeachment. >> reporter: its a fight? >> its absolutely a fight. but as i said -- >> reporter: and russia is on president trumps side? >> no. we are on the side of justice. >> reporter: and in our interview sergey lavrov describes the seizure of two u.s. compounds as robbery. the...

The focus of thie things important to the country. >> do you think this signifies something different inside the west wing? >> clearly not only a chaotic involvement but seems to be a lot of in-fighting because a lot of people strongly objected to this appointment. that only compounds sort of the natural chaotic dna of this administration, because we know week to week when people want to focus on one thing, all of a sudden, you know, theyre over the rails talking about something else. so -- look...

And the first interview with the russian lawyer, now the sit down with the russian foreign minister. thank you. richard, what do you make, first of all, lavrov is making toilet jokes, its proof the world is going mad. just the -- hes a pros pro. he makes it no secret they are playing trump. >> right. the contempt with which he spoke during that interview. this is a seasoned diplomat. when he chooses that kind of a tone and substance, its not accidental. it was contempt, and now t a bit of menace...

Federation. >> there is a bill that puts harsher sanctions on russia, passed the senate with 98 votes, currently languishing in the house for eight months. the white house is against 12 this bill, not because theyre opposed to sanctions, but because it ties the presidents hands in diplomacy. but if that bill gets to the presidents desk. but if he has to do something for his buddy vladimir or not. >> these compounds were seized, with obama and their sanctions. if the trump administration starts b...

Senior russian officials here. so this was celebrated here. the fact that hours later that president trump apparently this this improvised encounter then went and sat by vladimir putin and then spoke for nearly another hour, that certainly would have been of great interest to the russian media here in moscow and certainly would have been seen as kryet another victory by senior russian officials. we didnt know why the kremlin didnt mention it very much. perhaps that is part of why the kremlin has...

President for trying to work with russia, but weve got to be very careful as to how we do that. and sort of the lack of concern over what russia has done and what they may continue to do in terms of cyber infill tragsz, hacking, not just of u.s. systems but of allied systems is really problematic as well. so theres a lot of soul-searching to go on here, but the key is what do we value in terms of our national security, and that is the security of our systems, of our electoral process and the tru...

It gives putin some of what he wants. even if hes not advancing his policy objectives on syria and on getting back the compounds and on the u.s. sanctions relating to crimia or russias activities in ukraine. he is getting what appears to be respect. this is something that is very valuable to him on the international stage and domestically in russia. >> ashley, does that hold water with you? >> i mean, i es. the there is something about this president and russia is not a friendly nation to the u....

His own teams interpreter to the american president? >> thats hard to say. it may have been the presidents initiative to seek out putin at the so-called social dinner. so we dont know what if anything was given away. and in fact its important to note that despite everybodys suspicions about the president he so far hasnt given away the store and key issues like ukraine. he has appointed a diplomatic in ukraine to try to get the russians out of ukraine. the russians seem enraged about the diplomat...

It may have been the presidents initiative to seek out putin at the so-called social dinner. so we dont know what if anything was given away. and in fact its important to note that despite everybodys suspicions about the president he so far hasnt given away the store on key issues like ukraine. he has appointed a very capable diplomat in ukraine to try to get the russians out of ukraine. the russians seem enraged about the confiscation of their diplomatic compounds and the administrations unwill...