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Time. they cast this as merely some discussion that happens at the end of this type of diplomatic social engagement, if you will. they say he was talking to other leaders as well. but here is what makes this very different. the fact that you have people in the room who say that the meeting lasted an hour. as you pointed out, chris, the white house pushing back against that timeline. they say it was much shorter. but i think what has raised alarm bells also for foreign policy experts is the fact ...

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 unwillingness to give them back. so putin may not have felt he got a lot out of the meetings except for the most important thing for him, respectability, the sense that he is back, hes accepted. people need to deal with putin. that you c...

Them. here we are excusing donald trump jr.s behavior because as "the wall street journal" so elegantly called him a dunce. >> nobodys excusing his behavior, bakari. >> i didnt say that. >> no, nobody. >> well, and just one further point. i think to expect radical transparency from this trump administration, thats just not going to happen. donald trump is a president who will not pass a russian sanctions bill, who is on the verge of giving russians back their compounds, who refuses to acknowledg...

That top trump aide and first son-in-law, jared kushner, may not be granted a final security clearance. questions have been raised about kushners repeated revisions of his application for clearance as he has added more and more russian and other foreign contacts. president trump has the option of overriding any decision not to grant kushner a clearance, but that would carry considerable risk of bipartisan blowback. also, new information today about russias two diplomatic compounds in the u.s.,...

The trumps is i dont think its accurate because i think everybody on this panel agrees that the clintons just have a superior intellect and wit about them. here we are accuse skoog donald trump jr.s behavior because as "the wall street journal" so eloquently called him a dunce. >> nobodys excusing his behavior, bakari. >> i didnt say that. >> no, nobody. >> well, and just one further point. i think to expect radical transparency from this trump administration, thats just not going to happen. don...

Kremlin for meddling in the election. if he doesnt, the russians have said they will expel a similar amount of diplomats from u.s. embassies and diplomatic facilities here in russia and confiscate potentially u.s. diplomatic property in russia as well, which would further complicate this already very difficult relationship, dave. >> yeah. the trump administration boxed in on those compounds. matthew chance live for us in moscow, thank you. the editorial board of the "wall street journal" urgin...

Agreement has been effective in preventing them from doing that. the president should acknowledge that and move forward accordingly. russian officials are saying they are almost near a deal with the trump administration to get back the russian compounds in the u.s. that were seized back in the obama years. what would you need to get comfortable giving back the compounds to russia? >> nothing. i think its time the house of representatives enact the increased sanctions the senate passed on a vot...

811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. to make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonna do any kind of excavation no matter how small or large before you dig, call 811. keep yourself safe. a stern warning from russia this morning. the kremlin saying they reserve the right to retaliate over two compounds that were closed last year. it was after sanctions imposted against russia for meddling in the presidential election.

Obama in december when two compounds were seized and dozens of diplomats expelled. now quote, we have warned americans that we need an unconditional return of the property otherwise retaliation measures will follow. that coming from the russians. this as we learned last night that more obama officials are expected to testify about the allegations of unmasking by the obama administration against the trump administration. samantha power is the latest to agree to testify before the house intel comm...

Matthew, what are you learning? >> there has been a statement from the russian official tom shannon to try to get this hammered out, he is the deputy foreign minister here, and when he left the meeting yesterday, he asked about the issue of the return of the compounds were resolved and he said almost. so to say youre on the verge of resolving this would be an exaggeration. we warned the americans we needed return of the property or retaliatory measures would follow. they have said theyre running...