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Theyre saying, if you give these compounds back and invite these russian officials back in, youre really giving in. theres a lot of pressure from the congress. since the executive branch refuses to deal with the issue of interference and refuses to it gait the threat we face as they face the next election, there will be a lot of pressure on sanctions, compounds, et cetera, from congressional republicans because they know the administration refuses to act. >> also, important to note here, ron bro...

Cant trust what president putin or trump say because both of them have been proven to lie on the record all the time. what we know is what president trump thinks about the russian election hacking says all the time the russians probably did it but others probably did it too. thats not supported by the intelligence. thats is not supported by the reporting. but that seems to be what the president of the united states believes. that its very troubling. what we are looking for coming out of this mee...

Lifted on russia until russia reverses those actions that required the sanctions. sanctions were not discussed at me meeting with president putin. nothing will be done until ukrainian and syrian problems will be solved. now about the skepticism were going to move on past the election meddling, that will make them happy, that the president says sanctions are not going anywhere until theres changed behavior. >> the russians were so dead set on bringing up the compounds issue, when they were headin...

Recently when the outgoing obama administration expelled 35 diplomats an seized two russian diplomatic compounds, moscow is very aware that those sanctions have not yet been lifted, those compounds have not yet been returned, and russian politicians and observers have also acknowledged the fact that president trump is returning to on a capital city in the u.s. that is still very divided, where there is still a great deal of opposition in both sides to improved relations with russia and that the ...

>> this compound on new yorks long island and another 45-acre riverside spread in maryland, where families gather to play tennis, swim and go crabbing. but the luxurious facades according to multiple u.s. organizations were russias clandestine spy network going back decades. >> more is better, especially if youre russians in the united states, which is, you know, not an easy place for them to practice the trade of spying. if its a technical operation, social or technical collection, eavesdroppin...

Members of congress wants them to. president trump appears to think he can do business with president putin, but president putin has shown by interfering in our elections, by his actions in ukraine and crimea and by his actions in syria that he really cant be trusted. we cant be naive about the russians and one of the issues here is whether or not the united states should allow russians re-entry into their diplomatic compounds in long island and also in the eastern shore of maryland. theres no r...

Seen removing suspected equipment. >> what these individuals were doing were basically collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> russia immediately accused the u.s. of illegally seizing diplomatic property. now, with a new president in office, russia wants the compounds back and says its patience is running out. it is best to immediately return our property, the for...

>> as possible. a larger issue is morale. intelligent officials i spoke with said every time the president suggest he doesnt believe the consensus agreement of the united states intelligence community about what russia did through our election during 2016, that damages the way the white house relates to the intel community. it makes folks in the intel community feel like there were doesnt matter to the president. the big takeaways why trump does not just what he says in terms of the issue of rus...

Recent sanctionings that were imposed by the outgoing obama administration, seizing two russian diplomatic compounds in the u.s., because of alleged meddling in the u.s. election, that those sanctions have not been lifted. and yet, the, the meeting is again being welcomed here. and you know, vladimir putin, in that press conference that he just gave from hamburg, looked very, very comfortable, very happy to be up there. he was asked and there was a lot of laughter, he was asked whether russia wo...

Paid for. >> after election day was growing, the obama administration finally retaliated. closing russian compounds believed to be used for spying. expelling some 35 russian diplomats and imposing more sanctions on russia. he considered taking more aggressive steps, includinging initiating a plan to place cyber weapons insistms. for potential activation if russia were to attack again. next was president trump also in russias cross hairs? the emergence of a mysterious dossier. >> we thought it wa...