two hours now they ve been in this meeting together. if president trump does not raise the issue of russian hacking, russian meddling in our election, what s the impact? well, i think one thing is that putin will be even more emboldened to continue their activities. looking ahead to 2018 elections they ll be more aggressive about it. reports that came out yesterday about increased soviet russian collection activity in this country, which i think is probably part of this. and simply they re sending more spies here. exactly. and i would expect them to, having lost 35 of their more prominent intelligence operatives who are png d kicked out told they were persona nongrata.
this is i just don t think it ought to be a politician. never had a politician head of the fbi. i don t care whether it s hamilton jefferson or lincoln. i just don t think that s the right pick at this moment given all the events that are swirling around the fbi. but is this that they think you need a career prosecutor, nuts and bolts guy, or is this because democrats have some grievances against him who backed john mccain, who lost a primary and then ran as an independent? is it the old bad democratic blood or career prosecutor or both? i think it s both. let s keep in mind he s been perso persona nongrata for a long time. they were very close. he also backed michael flynn
terrible! is this an abuse of power? yes, it is. this isn t right. president shouldn t use power of his office to attack a company for declining to do business with a member of president s family. he s there to serve the american people, not use his office for private gain and every situation that arises between nordstrom and this administration, any part of the administration, there is always going to be a question in any controversy of whether nordstrom is persona nongrata in the white house and trump administration because it refused to do business with president trump s daughter or stopped doing business with her. this isn t right. company has right of every company in the united states to be treated fairly by the president and his administration. and they are told by the store that it wasn t doing well,
exe ests cubads without a response. as persona nongrata. reporter: president putin likely waiting for a friend fri response. he said we will not send anyone away. he issued an invitation to american children, i invite all children of the u.s. diplomats to the new year and christmas children s show at the kremlin. signed yours sincerely, vladmir putin. the u.s. shut down two russian government owned compounds, one in new york where law enforcement was seen outside, and another in maryland, a 45 acre property. vehicles were seen leaving the maryland estate and returning to
treasury department named nine individuals subject to expanded sanctions, including russia s military intelligence unit and its head and domestic security service. the state department following suit, declaring 35 russian intelligence units persona nongrata and giving them 72 hours to leave the country. the government shutting down two government owned compounds. one in new york and this one on the eastern shore of maryland. in a white house statement, the president said all americans should be alarmed by russia s actions and repeated the activities could only have been directed by the highest levels of the russian government these moves come as president-elect trump continues to dismiss the u.s. intelligence assessment of russian interference in the presidential election. i think we need to get on with our lives. i think the computers have complicated lives greatly. the whole age of computer where