years. see that look at embassy in washington, d.c., speculate half the personnel are related to intelligence. >> reporter: as russia continues to figure into the controversy in america right now, whether hacking, spying or just talking. michelle kosinski, cnn, state department. >> bring in coauthor of "isis: inside the army of terror" and former moscow bureau chief. fascinating. attorney general in trouble for saying he hadn't met with russians but when he had twice with the russian ambassador. play what he said. >> talked about a number of issues. one the ukraine and had disagreement on that. ukrainian ambassador been in office the day before. had a little bit of a