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Trump and russian president, vladimir putin, finally face-to-face for the first time. both leaders voicing optimism before starting their high stakes talk. meantime, cnn has new information that russia intensified its spying efforts here in the u.s. since the election. i want to bring in producer, shimon. you are part of the team that broke this story alongside pamela brown and perez. the obama administration kicked out 35 as a result of hacking. now there may be 150 russian operatives here in t...

It has created wider tensions with russia, as well. one of the things the obama administration did in retaliation was to shut down russian diplomatic compounds in december. officials pressed u.s. to return the facilities in a bid to return relations. one said u.s. watched as russians removed suspected surveillance equipment from the compounds. russia has denied the compounds were being used for intelligence gathering. russian experts we have spoken to say as the relationship between russia and t...

Vladimir putin. but the kremlin has listed a wide range of issues, where they believe they can work with the united states. russian officials say they hope a trump presidency would improve relations, but earlier this week, a kremlin aid said the ties are at zero level. russian officials say they want diplomatic compound in the united states back. >> reporter: thats right, shep. two diplomatic compounds. the russian interference in the u.s. election, obama administration claimed the russians were...

Unmasking of trump officials, american citizens. in the course of intelligence gathering. thats an important thing we need to get to the bottom of one way or the other. would be nice if susan rice would participate in the process. >> shannon: you used to work with mitch mcconnell. he has a really tough needle to thread with a lot of competing interests and a lot of people saying no now. he is a master strategist. does he get it done? >> yes. they had perhaps the most encouraging meeting to date ...

"times" or did you already knew it? >> well, i asked for flynns security to be looked at before he was hired. there was enough for the trump administration to say no, flynn does not belong in this administration and certainly not in a room where there was classified information being discussed. >> tell us about that story. it ran overnight. our colleague rachel maddow got it. where the president allowed deliberately allowed whats his name, flynn, to sit in the room while theyre doing this latest...

Joe welswelsh. >> if there is is a good in heaven, it will not do you or your cause any good. >> reporter: to a hearings on allegedly obscene music to which the lead singer of twisted scissor argued with future vice president al gore. >> what does smf stand for when it is spelled out? >> it says for the sick [ bleep ] friends of twisted sister. >> what did the president know and when did he know it? >> reporter: the watergate hearings proved enormous con consequential for president richard nixon...

You mentioned some democratic senators already promising to ask questions and they want to ask about this potential third meeting that jeff sessions may have had with the ambassador sergey kislyak on april 27th, 2016, at the mayflower hotel on the day that donald trump delivered his first major foreign policy speech. now, sessions aides have pushed back saying that this meeting never took place. but these were picked up on intercepts with two russian entities in the intelligence gathering. so th...

Consequential for president richard nixon. >> did there come a time when you were asked to develop the capability in the white house for intelligence-gathering? >> intelligence-gathering. the answer would be no. >> he talked about pornographic materials. >> reporter: anita hills accusations against supreme court nominee clarence thomas spurred debate about sexual harassment. his denial and slamming of the committee even more talk. >> as far as im concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppedy ...

Asked for intelligence gathering? >> intelligence gathering, the answer would be no. >> he talked about pornographic materials. >> reporter: anita hills accusations against supreme court nominee clarence thomas spurred debate about sexual harassment. his denial and slamming of the committee, even more talk. >> as far as im concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> reporter: hearings brought impeachment, corruption probes, harsh accusations against the irs -- >> i have not broke...

What difference does it make? >> reporter: its been that way for generations, from testimony on the sinking of the titanic to joe mccather yess hunt for communist and his denunciation by jill welch. >> no stance of decency, sir, if there is a god in heaven, it will do neither you nor your cause any good. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: to a hearing on allegedly obscene music in which the lead singer of twisted sister argued with future president al gore. >> what does smf stand for? >> the sick mother [ ble...