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Conference live. indeed, none of the channels, therefore, did cover it live. one reason is that in january there was more coverage on russian state tv of donald trump, then-president trump, than of president putin. number one, that hasnt happened in four years. number, two thats not the kind of thing a president of an authoritarian state like russia really wants. the kremlin said, guys, cut this. russians are fed up hearing about donald trump. he hasnt delivered yet. lets just get back to normal...

Doesnt matter to me if the small countries do it but the bigger countries have to do it. we have to stick together on this because russia will be testing it every way they can. >> another piece of the puzzle thats not in place is donald trumps national security adviser, general mike flynn forced to resign. donald trump fired him earlier this week over what happened with russia, so general clark, politico is requiring retired vice admiral bob hardaw turned down the position of nsa because he wasn...

Thats the key thing, ties between russia and the u.s. people here in moscow are looking to donald trump and listening for some hint that he will improve relations with russia and theyre beginning to suspect that is not going to happen quickly. a very senior senator here tweeted this morning, theres a high probability that trump wont drain the swamp in washington but that the swamp will drag trump in and that will be the end of the revolution here that hasnt even begun yet. so, there was delight ...

Tomorrow, calling for sanctions on russia. will his credibility be taken as seriously, especially at a time when a foreign policy by this white house seems to be made 140 characters at a time on twitter. that remains to be seen. certainly a difficult task ahead for all three men. >> nbcs lucy kfanov, thank you. joining me retired general wesley clark and senior fellow at ucla-berkeley center. richard stengel and former managing editor of "time." rick, lets start with you. do mattis and vp penc...

Racist. and white supremacist sthoois sympathizer. it would be hard for me to participate in any meeting with steve bannon that normalizes his presence in the white house. beyond that well see what members decide with a meeting moving forward. >> thank you for being here. next, just a rouse? trump denies any ties to russia calling all recent controversies fake news. but what does russia have to say? global correspondent bill neilly is live in russia next. ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new w...

Meddling in eastern ukraine. theyre looking at sanctions that my old boss, secretary kerry did everything to align european cotrie what theyre afraid of is trump is going to go loosy goosy on russia and allow russia to be aggressive in all these areas, test nato in the baltics, which the general would be concerned about. this is what theyre worried about. >> theyve already tested a missile, the crimea annexation. is there concern, especially among smaller countries that buffer russia, that they ...

>> speaking from myself, i own nothing in russia, have i no loans in russia, i dont have any deals in russia. >> reporter: an hour and 15 minutes later, his festivus airing of grievances was done but the news cycle didnt budge. reports that general flynn may have lied to the fbi about those russian sanction calls, so what now? tomorrow trump goes back to his roots. >> ill be in melbourne, florida. i heard -- just heard the crowds are massive. >> reporter: the presidents play, if you dont like th...

Materials r how they might have to look at them. some of the material theyll be able to bring up to capitol hill for members to review. there may be instances where intelligence is so sensitive that members will have to go to secure off-site locations just to take a look at it. were in the very preliminary stages here but moving forward. we do know this is the main focus in the intelligence committee. >> peter, kasie was saying, that shes not quite sure what that meeting is about, but has the wh...

We could get along with russia. >> donald trump at his press conference yesterday calling the whole russia issue just a rouse. so, whdoes ruse mean? merriam webster say the use of ruse spiked after his use of that word. it is a controversy that is not going away from the white house despite their best efforts to move the ball forward. its also something thats being watched pretty cautiously in russia. that is where we find nbc chief global correspondent bill neely in moscow. what is the reaction...

Embarrassed. here is how. the official kremlin spokesperson was talking about those contacts between former national security adviser mike flynn and the russian ambassador to washington he said that flynn did not discuss sanctions at all with the russian ambassador, only for mike flynn to come back two days later to say he actually did. paskov is very careful about what he says. he was very embarrassed about that. this morning he made a broad comment. he was asked by one reporter if he was disap...