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Equipment. the officials say russians were seen removing the equipment. >> what these individuals were doing was collecting intelligence. they were intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> russia 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. >> translator: it is best to immediately ...

In terms of if it were russia, found out about it in august. now, the election was in november. thats a lot of time. he did nothing about it. why did he do nothing about it? he did nothing about it. he did nothing about it. why did he do nothing? why did he do nothing? why did obama do nothing about it? he did nothing about it. >> it is fair to debate whether or not president obama did enough. it is false to say he did nothing. a month before the election the intelligence community and the depar...

>> all right. thank you very much, a. bob, u.s. officials believe these compounds were out sited with surveillance equipment. what was happening inside these compounds? >> well, erin, they were using them for low power intercepts, you know, various micro wave communication intercepts. thats the equipment they were moving. they have been doing this for years, but they also use for places to meet american agents, agents working for the kgb. the trade craft is very forward. either you drive from th...

This compound on new yorks long island and another 45 acre riverside spread in maryland where families fwather to play tennis, swim and go crabbing. but the luxurious facades were part of russias clandestine spy network going back decades. >> more is better, especially if youre russians in the united states, which is not an easy place for them to practice the trade of spying. if its a technical operation, evening dropping or something like that, you want as many different options as you can. the...

>> it was set up. a while ago. i could have waited. what does does it make? when i spoke with putin, he asked me whether or not i would see lavrov. >> she called him crazy, a real nut job. tell the russian diplomats, i faced great pressure because of russia. thats takenov. are putin goes into the meeting with a clear agenda that includes easing ukraine related sanctions and zurg return of two russian compounds in the u.s. which were seized by the obama administration in retaliation for russias ...

I dont think he has anything to lose by bringing it up, actually. i dont think it will be helpful and i dont expect vladimir putin will be responsive to that. but it is an important issue. the american people and i know this, the american people want to know his response to this. and i think the politics of it would actually be helpful if he did bring it up. >> the trump administration, congressman, as you know, has said it is considering returning two massive mansions in the united states. were...

Conversation about president trumps trip overseas now. hes meeting with several world leaders at the g20 summit but none more important than the meeting with russian president vladimir putin. you eyes on that meeting as well. what do we know as far as the presidents agenda? do we know what theyre covering? and tell us about the stakes here. >> so, the white house hasnt released the agenda first meeting. but the russians have suggested that theyre very eager to get those diplomatic compounds that...

Wide-ranging discussion. sol the question mark of course is what comes out of this and if there is some agreement reached, what is each side willing to give up? is the u.s. going to offer russia say giving back those diplomatic compounds that were seized at the end of the obama administration and what will change in russias behavior if the u.s. does offer up something like that? >> michelle kosinski at the state department, well be watching, that meeting coming in just a few days. thank you very...

Intercontinental ballistic missile test. russia got together with china and came up with an agreement to try to have a diplomatic approach to that. hes certainly going to put that to donald trump. number one on the agenda for putin will be the sanctions that john just talked about, including the seizure of two russian compounds here in the u.s., something that russia is very upset about, and theyre going to push the president to reverse that. >> john: yeah. well, but the president doesnt have a ...

Show leadership on the world stage, to show putin that hes not going to be intimidated. the united states is still influential and powerful. this is his opportunity to make those points and thats really what a bilat particularly a first will be all about. the other thing he needs to do is red team this a little bit and im sure they are, to think about what putin is going to come back to him with. putin will certainly raise the issue of the compounds here in maryland and wanting his diplomats bac...