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Reporters. he did not answer questions from reporters in any kind of formal setting except for a couple of occasions at the beginning of this trip. this is unloo i cike what we ha seen, these two officials spoke on the report but on the camera, they were bombarded with questions of the russian investigation. the presidents son-in-law and these reports back channelling with the russians during the transition that this was something jared kushner was considering. they wanted to waive -- when asked...

Response from the white house? >> pamela, we are getting late word tonight. the russian officials will not have a comment on "the washington post" that, we have been discussing here. but talking throughout the gay to a to -- at least for discussing matters here, they say if jar kushner was back channelling with the russian official, if he needed to set up a back channel, doesnt that mean he was colluding? the presidents silencen russia has european leaders silent, wondering why he is silent. so ...

Affordable care act replacement plan. the presidents aides have been back channelling with speaker ryans office but we havent really seen the president himself come out and deliver specifics on how he wants to repeal and replace obamacare, and not only sell the plan but also provide air cover to these members who are going to have to vote on it. kate, you have seen what is going on at town halls when members were back on recess last week and went back to their districts. and so what i think the ...

>> i just think the american people had better understand what is going on. this is a bunch of scumbags. thats what they are. >> those are very strong words, congressman. >> who do you mean by that when you call them scumbags? >> all of these people organized with these oil and gas interests in the administration. and friends -- >> youre calling -- >> and the president of the united states. this back channelling that you see. theyre a bunch of scumbags. >> neil: shes referring to among others th...

Weve now got back channelling for pro-putin peace deals in the ukraine. i mean, this is a totally different situation than we had just a month ago. you know, the head of the national security council, the national security adviser was someone who bid on the payroll of rt, a russian propaganda arm. i mean, its incredible when you step back and think about it. and i think at the crux of this is the fact that -- i actually want to take a little issue with what was said earlier. i dont think its the...

Process and dialogue so deeply -- >> let me just stop you right there. because that seems to be part of the problem about this sort of -- the category were creating here. so at one end of the spectrum you have what appears to be criminal intrusion into an e-mail server. right? and the other is, theres fake twitter accounts. so theres a big spectrum in terms of how objectionable and influential those things are and it seems like they get rolled up into the same category. >> but i think, chris, we...

The administration trying to increase sanctions and back channelling by the incoming administration saying dont worry about it, moving in different direction, if thats true and not a coincidence, thats disturbing. because again vladimir putin has had a very good 2016. if he gets secretary of state he knows and removal of sanctions for invading crimea as part of reset with russia on top of all of allegations of trying to influence the election in donald trumps direction, thats disturbing from any...

>> only one person matters here and that is president-elect trump and thats all that matters. my likely role will be to confirm or lead the confirmation of whoever it is he nominates. he feels very comfortable in talking with him and they had a private conversation where the bygones were set aside. again, to use an old term, he is the decider here. it sounds like they had a good meeting. >> the past disputes will be resolved in an hour. >> yeah. there is all kinds of back channelling that takes ...

Week. will the president get behind one of these measures and will his support help or hurt? >> lets bring in kevin -- thank you kelly odonnell. jonathan allen, national political reporter for nbc news digital. jonathan, well start with you on this. the reporting coming out of the quts new york tiles times, believed to be largely led or influenced by stephen miller and also with influence from his chief of staff, former head of dhs general kelly as well. how firm is the president in his stance r...

Outraged? yes. for the reason that this should be something from the get-go thats bigger than partisanship, but in the house committee its never been. theyve been back channelling to the white house. theyve been digging up dirt on democrats. and they havent found a way to come together. i dont mind that they say theres no collusion as much as to say that theres no evidence that trump wanted to back -- that putin wanted to back trump in the election. thats an insult to the intelligence community ...