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Interview with him, we asked him some of those key questions that have been hanging over the trump administration, the trump team, about the allegations of collusion with the kremlin. take a listen. did you discuss opening secret channels with the kremlin with jared kushner, for instance? >> i have said many times that we do not discuss our discussions with our american interlocutors. >> how surprised were you when he disclosed secret information to you about syria. >> i'm not sure that i heard anything that would be secret. but it was a good meeting and we were discusses things that are impor...

Hours to get here from moscow own on a train. the local administration they basically lied to us. they said he eat not here, he's in a village 3 1/2, four hours' drive from here, but we waited in this central location where he was meant to be giving a press conference and we had an opportunity to ---asked him about those allegations of collusion, and also asked him about that meeting in may with president trump alongside the russian foreign minute stister. when you met donald trump the president, were you surprised when he disclosed credit information to you about syria? >> i don't think there...

>> i'm not sure that i heard anything that would be secret. but that was a good meeting. we were discussing things that were important to your country and to mine. >> what about this allegation that you are a spy master, a -- >> nonsense. >> did you recruit any members of the trump administration? >> you should be ashamed. cnn is the company that keeps pointing to this allegation. it's nonsense. >> u.s. security officials made it, of course. >> i heard that in statements by them. also by former head of the fbi who said i was a diplomat. i have no reason to doubt that he knew what he said. >> j...

With jared kushner, for instance? >> i have said many times that be do not discuwe do not discus discussions out of respect to our partners. >> fair enough. when you met donald trump, the president, were you surprised when he disclosed secret information to you about syria? >> i'm not sure that i heard anything that would be secret. but it was a good meeting. we were discussing things that are very important to your country and to mine. >> what about the allegation that you are a spy master, a spy recruiter? >> nonsense. >> did you attempt to recruit any members of the trump administration? >>...

Institute. do you think kislyak accomplished his mission? was it to sow russian chaos and. >> city the was to push russian interests which includes getting to know as many senior political figures, commentators and business people as he possibly can. do i think he directed the russian influence operation? no. that was from some other element of russian intelligence. he may have been aware of that. he's a diplomat not a spy master. eric: you know him very well. you worked alongside of him. >> he's not a warm and fuzzy kinds of guy. i wouldn't confide my deepest secrets in him. he's an old sovie...