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Czar, this is something that people felt very, very strongly about, and that russia had violated the sovereignty of another nation, one of the first times since world war ii and we really needed to do something very, very serious. the giving back of these compounds is also very peculiar. the way diplomacy works is through reciprocity. the russians are the kind of reciprocity kings. >> countries expect it from each other. >> countries expect it. in a sense you are giving this back without getting...

Next week. this is relentless for the white house. meanwhile, theyre doing things like yesterday flirting with the idea of returning those two diplomatic compounds that president obama kicked the diplomats out of in late december because of their meddling in the election. why would they continue to do things like this publicly that shows them taking the side of russia? >> im thinking back to when mueller was announced as the special prosecutor and there was a school of thought that this would be...

Administration was rushing to try to ease sanctions on russia right when it walked in the door. by some accounts tonight, this is the most comprehensive detailing of how the trump administration in government approached those obama sanctions on russia. the trump white house trying to eliminate the punishment for meddling in the u.s. election. this is according to senior diplomats inside the u.s. federal government. quote, unknown to the public at the time, top trump administration officials almo...

She says she is going to be fine. she will be back soon. she wanted me to tell you she is thankful for all the good wishes. now, we have a big show tonight. trump is pulling the u.s. out of the climate accord as you know. tonight were going to hear directly from the man who plans to stand in his way. california governor jerry brown here for the interview tonight. that is coming up. but we begin with a report that is shedding light on a very dark corner of the trump/russia mystery. the part about...

Further degree than the president of the united states after being told that by 17 intelligence agencies. >> i think the president should be paying close attention these days. i think he should stop making fun of people that weigh 400 pounds. "the washington post" reports the trump administration is moving to return to diplomatic compounds to russia. of course it comes after the russian embassy said this on twitter last week. russia is seeking to return its diplomatic property in the u.s. asap. ...

Russia right now to return these two properties. these are compounds in new york and maryland that are used as retreats, if you will, for russian officials in the u.s. they were seized by the obama administration back in december for retaliation for the election tampering, and trump wants to give it back to russia. its actually not clear at this point what, if anything, the united states would get out of that deal. there was some talk that maybe they could get clearance to build a new compound f...

Came afterwards. dan freed is now speaking out about his efforts from lifting russia sanctions earlier this year. freed said he contacted lawmakers to codify the sanctions. something that never happened. >> lifting sanctions without the russians doing anything is a free gift and strikes me as a bad idea. my colleagues were concerned about this and so was i at the time. >> reporter: spiepress secretar sean spicer would not comment that the administration is considering returning seized russian co...

About the president giving back russia those diplomatic compounds inside the u.s. that obama administration said were used for russian intel. obama kicking the russians out in late december. that was part of the formal punishment for the meddling in the u.s. election. that "washington post" report cited several people with knowledge of the exchanges. that is a loose reporting term. it means people close to the activity who know about it and dont want to speak under their own names. that is how o...

Earlier tonight. >> a number of colleagues came to me, and i heard indirectly that still more colleagues were concerned that the trump administration, the incoming team, was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on russia. it was further said by these people that there would be no -- there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave after a few days and couple of weeks, i had heard from enough people that i believed that it was at least possi...

About what is going to come out in these hearings that are coming up. he is also worried about congress that is less than pathetic to him than the president and might put on more sanction sanctions, and he knows our politics sbhmp it makes me a little more nervous, putin has been signals to trump his growing dislike of what is going on. and if you believe that -- collusion is a strong word. i dont see it. but if you believe there is a common interest between trumps people and russia, that putin ...