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Nominations, but theres question of how far he can go. theres been talk of the return of the diplomatic compounds that were taken away from russia in response to the hacking, the possibility of that in some exchange. altogether of this happens in not a political vacuum. how far can president trump push the limits despite the fact that many republicans want to get tougher, not weaker, on russia? >> heres what im concerned about trump going into this meeting, is not so much his lack of an agenda, ...

Patience is running out. and im quoting there. over the state of the diplomatic compounds in the u.s. that were seized during the obama administration last year. what does that mean? they want those properties back, access back, explanation, what? >> yeah. well, those properties, of course, were seized by the united states at the end of last year as a result of the allegations of election meddling by the russians, also 35 diplomats that were expeled from the united states. the russians decided n...

Unseemly. this kind of behavior -- yeah. at a minimum, not running for president. and we know that, but its also, just, you would think you would at least still want to leave office without everybody hating your guts. >> yeah. >> this is the kind of thing that makes people hate politicians. >> and one of the things, too, is, what is his future in the republican party? the president kind of walked away from him during a time of transition. what is he looking for, for his future? he sat on the bea...

Longer than the president has. but not surprising that hes chosen -- that trump has chosen to focus on ukraine and syria rather than the hacking allegations. his team has shown a willingness to at least take as tough a stance as the obama administration did when it comes to nikki haley at the u.n. talking about why the sanctions against ukraine are a good idea, when it comes to the strikes against -- in syria, against the assad regime which russia sponsors, thats fine. where the president has ne...

Incredibly positive impression on the world stage, but i dont know that he will actually have it together to do that. but i know well know. when the meeting is over, if he leaves the meeting, and he is essentially repeating putins talking points, and if he concedes and gives back the compounds, then we will know. we will know whether or not putin once again played president trump. >> that gets a lot to the sanctions bill that is now waiting to be voted on in the house of representatives. one of ...

Of south korea was just at the white house. he complained about trade deals with them. hes more confrontational now with european leaders regarding nato. if he goes easy on trump -- i agree with the ambassador. if he somehow turns those compounds over for nothing it will raise these questions again, why is he so aggressive toward everyone else but so welcoming and understanding towards president putin? >> so, matthew, do people in russia ask that very question, that it seems that theres deferenc...

From a u.s. perspective, unprecedented in to 1-- 2016 wht does it mean? >> were in a situation, the russians want compounds in new york and maryland back, using for intelligence gathering purposes may have contributed to the crisis were in. a president unable to disassociate the allegations about himself from the problem that exists of russian meddling in this country, played out as it has in other countries, as perry said, and also an administration floating the idea, maybe offer carrots, not s...

Now, as ryan nobles pointed out, the conflicts of syria and ukraine are going to be on the agenda. but beyond that, trumps advisors say hes really going to be the one who can set the rest of the agenda, decide what else he wants to talk about, and even as administration official here were saying, look, were not really expecting a decision to be made about using sanctions or about whether we might return these compounds that the u.s. seized from russia at the end of their -- compounds in the u.s....

Ukraine, the west will give up the big economic sanctions, will lift those sanctions. but in other areas, the trade is less clear. for example, those vacation facilities that russians have, president obama said theyre intelligence collection facilities, one in maryland, the other in long island is opposite the naval base and close to the industry in long island. so if president trump gives those back, hes going to need something in return. otherwise, congress will surely pass this sanctions bill...

Handing over these compounds back to russian officials. i think that would be a tact in washington and fairly or unfairly it would raise more questions why is president trump sort of -- it would seem if he handed back these compounds going easy on russia. >> and so ambassador, you know, cnns steven colinson put it very well, saying the two leaders have been circling one another, intrigued yet at a distance. but now theyre going to be face to face. there are an awful lot of things that they could...