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Through the transition period, to the point where theyre giving back those compounds now? >> thats the question and sort of the pattern of collective amnesia we continue to see, all these people that seem to forget the meetings they had with russian officials until theyre reported on in the press. then they have the epiphany and remember that. they are sort of trying to tiptoe and tap dance around these. he said i didnt have -- when he testified in his confirmation hearings, what did he say? he ...

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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 possible. and that was of great concern to me. >> this report comes just one day after the news of the trump administration may be considering returning to suburban diplomatic compounds in new york and...

Of the actual foot skrage out t. theres so much more weve had access to that its so graphic and brutal we cant reveal that. the government says there were weapons in that depot and those chemical compounds were released in to the air. again without international groups on the ground its impossible to determine which version of events is true. but innocent civilians have been caught in this conflict for more than seven years and pay the ultimate price as both sides battle back and forth. thank ...

May have thousands of tons of vx and other chemical and biological weapons as well. while we dont know what induced kim jong-un the leader of north korea to assassinate his half brother in malaysia in public, since north korea will sell anything to anybody for hard currency, it serves as an advertisement for what north koreas chemical capabilities are. eric: lets talk about the thousands of tons of vx. the two women had vx on their hands and rubbed it on nams face. you put the two compounds toge...

It appears theyve done just that. reuters news agency is reporting that russia announced plans to expel 35 u.s. diplomats and ban u.s. diplomatic staff from using two buildings in moscow. that comes in response to a long list of sanctions the white house announced yesterday, including plans to shut down two compounds in maryland in new york that have been used by russian personnel for intelligence purposes and declaring 35 russian intelligence operatives persona non grata and give them 72 hours ...

For his next move. cnns chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has the details on that. >> reporter: russians vacating compounds shut down by the u.s. russian president vladimir putin, however, dismissing waugss payback. instead, wishing president obama and his family a happy new year. saying in a statement, quote, we will not stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy. it is a pity that the president obama administration finishes its work this way. but nevertheless i congratulate ...

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Intelligence. theyre intelligence officers operating here and using these compounds, one in new york, one in maryland, for intelligence collection purposes. >> reporter: russia, however, refutes that the escapes were being used for espionage. >> i thing its quite scandalous that they chose to go after kids. they know that those facilities mentioned in the notes are vacation facilities for kids. this is christmastime. >> reporter: four of the russians sanctioned by the u.s. are part of the intell...

The russian embassy tweeting this morning a special plane is sent to the united states to bring those russians home. and as of noon today, just an hour from now, federal officials are also shutting down two russian compounds here in the united states. one on the maryland shore, one on new yorks long island. seeing pictures of it there. president putins refusal of a tit for tat response, and foreign minister doing just that, saying he wanted to expel 35 diplomats in retaliation for the u.s.s acti...