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Vladimir putin today says return our compounds in maryland and long island. what would you say to president trump? >> why? as a reward for what? the compounds, particularly the one in maryland, that was a major intelligence operation, collecting intelligence against us. and so i dont see what the russians have done that would merit the return. >> certainly general clapper is making it clear what the intelligence community thought about what was going on in that compound. >> it would just be rewa...

Diplomats -- this is the first t they are hoping will be the continued meetings. russian wants the diplomatic compounds back. seized in the previous administration for interference in the election. sergey lavrov, russian foreign minister, said today "its robbery in broad daylight and i am confident there are men of sense in the trump administration were perfectly aware that the decision to seize the diplomatic property and eject 35 diplomats and their families was taken by the obama administrati...

Sees those compounds and kicked out three doesnt russian diplomats. the u.s. said was there intelligence activity and interference with the elector. according to russian media, investors said today of the seizure, it is robbery in broad daylight. im confident that there are men of sins in the trump administration who are perfectly aware to evict 36 diplomats, taken by the obama administration, in a state of agony. he also added, decent and well-behaved people do not behave in such a manner. the ...

Abroad. so it would be nice to see a lead by example there. >> i want to also ask you about the russia investigation. sergey lavrov is calling it robbery in broad daylight, that those compounds, including one in maryland, your state, being held back from the russians as punishment for election hacking. what is your reaction to that? what if theres any move by the administration? and we know that tom shannon at the state department is meeting today with a top russian official. any move to comply ...

I think that was the phrase. and gradually, over the last three years, it basically evolved into him proudly and brazenly admitting it was indeed the russian military behind the operation. so i think, you know, lets wait and see what happens in a few years time. >> whats the danger of the trump administration not accepting this argument that you make? because theyre not even at a point that they are in a position to push on the russians. the russians are saying, give us our compounds back. nothi...

That before. >> evelyn -- so, matt, what could that mean? >> what is also unusual you have all these attorneys advocating on behalf of their client when those clients interests differ from somebody else. as you saw just a minute ago with trumps attorney distinguishing the father from the son. that i dont know what donald trump jr. is talking about. but i know donald trump himself was not in that meeting. theyre not on the same page. >> the fallout from this is the policy implications. when it co...

What would that look like? >> remember at the end of obama, he kicked out 35 russian diplomats who were believed to be intelligence agents, send them back to russia, and took over two compounds that the russians owned in maryland and new york. and the russians had been very angry about that that for months now. they have said if this is not resolved, and i think initially they thought under trump it would probably be resolved, but theres no sign at this point that that is going to happen. so the...

Property. how detrimental would it be if president trump would determine they can have access to those compounds? >> when the russians left, they were in a hurry and took lots and lots of equipment out of those compounds. i wouldnt be in a hurry to give it back to them for sure. i dont think they were pure vacation spots for the prussians. i think they used them as collection facilities. i wouldnt give them back candidly. mike rogers, thanks so much. good to see you. great to see you. >> a rep...

Understand that where the investigators are going to start asking questions. was there a subsequent meeting? did they offer up a name for someone else on the campaign to go talk to. all of those things are now going to be try to be determined by the fbi and the investigation with d.o.j. thats how you would know if the russians were actually recruiting somebody. again, their whole look at this is going to be to try to find out were there financial tran transactions in the future. did they recruit...

Understand that where i think the investigators are going to start asking questions. so was there a subsequent meeting? did they offer up a name for someone else on the campaign to go talk to? all of those things are now going to be trying to be determined by the fbi and the investigation with doj because thats how you would know if the russians were actually recruiting somebody. you know, again, their whole look at this is going to be try to fine out, hey, were there financial transactions in t...