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Said we were going to be friends. >> exactly right. they cross red lines and support the assad regime. we do nothing. now for the election violation, we expel spies and close down two compounds. its a slap on the wrist diplomatically. we would have done it in the cold war. happened all the time. this is a big decisive action? no, its not. >> its like fixing a broken arm with a band-aid. what does that do at the end of the day? why not hit on the inner circle? where does he get hit the hardest? i...

Them down now? >> diplomatic compounds and whether or not they have been used for that, but its relat e relatively flat on land. you look at the embassy, its on a high point and there has been a lot of equipment on top of that. they sanctioned the individuals that are part of the gruu russias cia & its quite analogous and diplomats in response to the ra raszment that diplomats. and the one, that noon deadline and its a little give-and-take.

These compounds i have only been to the one in maryland, i havent been to the one in new york its a fantastic estate, lets be clear. we were hosted once to celebrate the signing of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. he has a great boat, we went water skiinghe and hundreds of russians live out there during the summer. >> that was former ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, talking about his own personal experience at one of the two russian government owned compounds here in the u.s. that are currently b...

Diplomatic sort of cover for these individuals. 33 years old, and for that bank fraud, a $3 million reward. >> not chump change. you have these two upscale compounds, one in maryland, one in new york. what do we know? >> this is the corsica river compound. this is the one thats more sort of legitimately for recreational purposes. theres a pool in it, a tennis court there, and we know this was used by the russian ambassador throughout the 80s. were going to talk more about that. >> thats nice loo...

President-elect trumps policies are toward russia before taking any action. this all started when president obama took the unprecedented steps of punishing russia for alleged hacking. ordering 35 russian diplomats to leave the u.s. within 72 hours. two russian compounds have been ordered closed. four individuals and five russian organizations now sanctioned. so far what were hearing from president-elect trump, move on. saying its time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. our t...

Forward and we know there will be peace talks in a month or so, russia, turkey, iran and syria will be at the table and the kremlin offering specifically president-elect donald trump a seat at the table if donald trump wants it. completely bypassing president obama and that gives you an indication of obamas legacy in syria which, unfortunately, hasnt been all that positive. >> mohammad lila, thank you so much in istanbul. next, two russian compounds on u.s. soil have been effectively shut down...

The russians may also close two u.s. facilities in moscow, which is also the number of russian compounds in the u.s. that are being shut down. one on the eastern shore of maryland, another on long island in new york. this less than a day after president obama followed through on his promise to retaliate. nbcs ron allen reports. >> just as i told russia to stop it -- >> reporter: president obama made good on that promise to retaliate, targeting russias top intelligence agencies with sanctions, th...

And their families closing two compounds. mister trump brushing it off again saying it is time to, quote, on. glenn hall, us news editor at the wall street journal to talk about this, break down the politics of it all, it is a strange situation with the incoming and outgoing president with different points of view on russia. lets start with fresh news, russia will not be retaliating in any way. >> very interesting foreign-policy dynamic for the incoming administration. it says we are going to --...

For the american experiment and democracy. >> i also asked governor cuomo if he plans on riding the second avenue subway all the way to the white house. here was his response. this kind of project and that kind of speech there, those are the kinds of things you typically see in presidential campaign ads. >> good thing were in the subway station. >> no 2020? >> ill see you tomorrow and back here this afternoon at 3:00 on msnbc. steve kornacki picking up things right now. >> thank you for that. so...

House calls 35 russian intelligence operatives ordered to leave the u.s. within 72 hours. the shutting down of two russian-owned compounds, one in new york and one in maryland, and the release of evidence of russian cyber activity including the network addresses of computers allegedly used by russians to launch hacking attacks. white house has indicated its response could go beyond those announced today and potentially include covert operations. in a statement blaming the highest levels of the r...