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Very serious you know, position on a very serious matter. and so, i think everyone is looking with to see with confidence who he picks, who he picks after what happened, especially with general flynn and sort of retired general flip and the circumstances surrounding his demise. >> yujulian, what would be the message sent, since the white house sh bs there are a lot of fans of john bolton. they consider him an outsider, even though he was a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he knows the inner wo...

Financial ties to russian state owned oil company. hes been called the american with the closest personal ties to putin, and hes a former recipient of russias order of friendship award which is not a common thing for an american to receive. in 2008 donald trumps son traveled to russia looking for deals. he said, quote, we see a lot of money pouring in from russia. trufrm daughter ivanka say long time friend of putins girlfriend. last but not least theres the donald himself. throughout the years ...

Days of weakness are over, im all about talking tough. the presidents long list of protecting and insulating russia here in what has become a bizarre kind of affinity to putin and the kremlin. whats your take on all of those circumstances? >> well, for one thing, the buzzing of american ships, the provocations, the invasion of airspace, thats been going on for a long time. that was going on during the obama administration. its also notable that the russians threaten nuclear war after the annexat...

And transparent. >> the argument is they cant say the same things in public that they could say behind closed doors in the intelligence committee. >> well look, i think that there is a need for the public to really have an understanding of why is trump so closely tied and has such a strong affinity to vladimir putin? why were there conversations by his former campaign manager paul manafort? why was carter page, another trump official talking to russian folks? we have no idea why any of this stuf...

Of course. and now potentially it can implicate the now former nsa with being in contact with the russian intelligence or, you know, possibly other members of trumps team in contact with russian intelligence. thats amazing. >> and, david korn, because ive been talking to you about the trump campaigns affinity for russia for months and as the campaign was ongoing, from your view, explain to people who feel theyve been inundated what is different today? >> the key thing is gets to i think what the...

>>. thank you all for being here. >> we are 25 days into a new white house and the trump administration is under fbi investigation. just stop and think about that for a second. it is astonishing. 25 days in. and this began over the summer, of course. and now potentially it can implicate the now former nsa with being in contact with the russian intelligence or, you know, possibly other members of trumps team in contact with russian intelligence. thats amazing. >> and, david korn, because ive be...

Stay with us. i want to bring in the former intelligence operative and author of how to catch a russian spy. david, you just heard malcolm mention some of the other names, carter page, paul man a fort, people who have also been discussed in terms of this broader affinity between the trump administration and the russians. tell us where you foresee this going from here in terms of michael flynn being out of the government, but the investigation i presume continues. >> absolutely, and there is anot...

Washington and among media. more than one pro putin senator said flynn was a victim of those who wanted to see this. they said, quote, while flynn is leaving, the russian problem remains in the white house. he said that trump will be the next target. now flynns departure is the latest casualty of trumps very public affinity for russian president vladimir putin. they resigned and manafort a high level person in the campaign. its too early to tell whether trumps presidency will successfully heal m...

Incru incruelty. what i thought was most interesting about the "washington post" story, it wasnt just sally yates who, of course, became famous to all of us who didnt know her before, at least to members of the general public because of being fired by donald trump over her refusal to enforce his migrant ban, but it was also, as you said, john brennan, obamas head of the cia, james clapper, the dni, who all wanted to go to someone in the white house, perhaps trump, himself, to report this. it was...