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Group from austria. according to the times, the leader of the austrian free right freedom party visited general flynn a few weeks ago inside trump tower in new york. the freedom party was founded in the 1950s by former nazis. hmm. robert costa, you know, weve talked about this before. the bannon wing, of what is now the bannon wing of the republican party and its affinity for this sort of eth ethnonationethn ethnonationethn ethnonationali ethnonationalism, now you have that being brought right i...

Im wondering if in your reporting youve been able to figure out, what is it that causes donald trump to be so reluctant to agree that it was the russians? is it his personal affinity? have you been able to find? is it some indebtedness? what is it? >> i think there are a lot of things, and i put out a story today with mother jones about how wilbur ross was working with one of the major russian oligarchs that the trump campaign was even attacking during the campaign and about welcoming wilbur ros...

Russia has been mystifying all along. the affinity with president putin is recent. how does somebody square that relationship away with the fact that russia is meddling in ukraine, is upsetting our allies, is building up troops along the border of europe and even in syria where mr. putin -- mr. trump seems happy to have putin take the lead, russia is working with iran. trump will have to deal with that. he is not doing that. >> you know what struck me about what you said? president of the united...

The affinity with president putin is recent. how does somebody square that relationship away with the fact that russia is meddling in ukraine, is upsetting our allies, is building up troops along the border of europe and even in syria where mr. putin -- mr. trump seems happy to have putin take the lead, russia is working with iran. at some point, trump is going to have to deal with the close relationship between russia and iran. he is not doing that. >> you know what struck me about what you sai...

Know, sort of personal affinity, it really reflects an ability to actually get things done and to do it in a way that is james just suggested, adheres to u.s. law as well as to, you know, the sort of contractual environment it has created. thats important. this is not someone who simply seated to a russian aim. this is someone who managed to build trust and actually get things done in a difficult environment. >> and you mentioned russia. several high profile republicans expressed concerns about ...

Carol, interesting potentially today is we now know that donald trump has been receiving these briefings from his incoming national security adviser michael flynn. as you may remember that has been reported that on average, trump himself has only receiving one pdb, these presidential daily intelligence briefings. now we know according to transition officials that michael flynn, his national security adviser, is getting these briefings himself daily, and hes briefing the president-elect. three ti...

About his career is his long experience in building exxon mobiles business in russia. i think it was crucial to his elevation to the highest position in the company. russia is not an easy place to do business, and while there are many who are focussed on the photo op with vladimir putin or a presumptive friendship that he must have with vladimir putin, i think its important to recall that particularly in a company like exxon mobile where there is such a dogged determination to ensure that the bo...

Door dorsey not invited? >> you have apple, facebook, uber. its not a request of whos in. look, there are people who are big companies, big names, you can go through the list of silicon valley and figure out who didnt make it. this is an initial list of people who got together who wanted to sit down with mr. trump, talk about his ageneral take, his vision, how what they are doing in silicon valley, in technology, could fit into that. >> considering how much donald trump has an affinity for twitt...

Placing on that as he picks a diplomat to speak on behalf of the u.s.? >> well, you know, calling exxonmobil a business is almost a little bit like, you know, calling walmart a hardware store. exxonmobil, with something like $269 billion in revenue, would rank as the 44th largest nation in the world if you weighed it alongside the gdps of other nations. bigger than finland, bigger than portugal. i think thats really what president-elect trump was getting at, this is somebody who has been in char...

Next month, but there are a few things we do know. the president-elect likes generals and billionaires and seems he doesnt mind sending mixed signals, like taking time to meet with al gore and leonardo dicaprio, but then meeting a climate change denier to lead the environmental protection agency. >> were going to protect the family farm, and we are going to end the epa intrusion into your lives. >> i want to talk about what were learning about his, the president-elects philosophy, and how hes pi...