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Say. >> the call centered around logistics of setting up a call with the president of russia and the president elect. they exchanged logistical information on how to initiate and schedule that call. that was it. plain and simple. >> flynn himself denied the contents of the call when asked wednesday by the post. >> he was adamant. he said no. in fact, he said no twice. we asked him, did you ever discuss this subject with the russian ambassador? no was the answer. and then the answer changed the n...

On his way in but while trump was still running for president, during the campaign, while russia was interfering in the u.s. election to try to elect donald trump president, his top national security advisor on the campaign was in repeated contact with the russian government at that time. look, this is from the post. "the talks were part of a series of contacts between flynn and the russian official which began before the november 8 election." heres the "times," "current and former american offi...

Buried in the seventh paragraph of the "washington post" story and in the fourth paragraph of the "new york times" story, buried well below the lead is the news that this discussion between mike flynn and the russian government undermining u.s. policy toward russia, undermining the u.s. effort to punish russia, undermining these sanctions, it wasnt stand alone thing. it was not the first of many conversations that have continued since the new administration was sworn in and hes become national s...

The next day we got that flynn could not recall when it came up. >> dana, lets take flynn out of it -- >> ice cold. >> ice cold. mike pence has his reputation on credibility and honesty. either he was lied to or there was some misspeak happening, but bottom line what do you think is happening behind closed doors and do you think flynn is going to have a job? >> let me answer that, but first let me play for our viewers why i think this is a issue between the two of them the vice president elect w...

The decision to brief then president elect trump alleging that russia has compromising information on him which cnn was first to report. >> we thought that it was important that he know about it. that was the main point. not to comment on the veracity. >> in the wake of the revelation mr. trump publicly criticized the intelligence community. even comparing it to nazi germany that prompted a phone call. >> very concerned as many in the intelligence community quite upset about the likening the int...

Party building? >> with hindsight the answer to that is no. we have a party -- the ofa helped elect the president in 2008 and 2012, but what ended up happening during that administration was the 50-state strategy that howard dean had put in place began toat fee, and so we have too many parties today that are struggling. you know what? this is all fixable. i was in kansas earlier this week, even though donald trump won by 12, 13 points. so when we are firing on all cylinders, organizing in every ...

Sometimes why. they make stuff up. >> tucker: there were a lot of interviews in which a tossing i feel safer now. >> thats the part of the stuff. >> tucker: there iss another side to this. some of these like these executive orders. i didnt see them being interviewed. >> they went out and turned to mark talk to trump photos and elect what he was doing generally. i think that shows what they didnt do in the campaign, at least showing there is another side when it comes to him. >> tucker: there alw...

Playing it and defending vladimir putin. >> thats been one throughout the administration as trump elect and the candidate. in a far far galaxy, they dont have the the fingerprints to wreak havoc in the eastern part of ukraine but back here on earth the reality is that the russians are involved up to their eye balls in ukraine. both in terms of who is being sent in, those who are supported with military equipment and intelligence as well. and that applies to other matters as well including the no...

Difficult conversations. and i think he is starting in that way. but i think hes going to learn a lot more about the state craft part of his portfolio in the days ahead. >> you were on the transition team. take me, you know -- bring me inside here. what was it like? i mean, with these approaches, i mean, when you guys give him advice, did he listen? what am i missing here? theres so many people who are thinking is he listening? whats the deal? >> well, first of all, in terms of transition, there...

Travel ban and the attorney general saying you are leaving yourself open to criticism, with really no one to defend you. and i think we saw the ramifications of that play out tonight, andersen. >> it is interesting, sarah, i mean whether it is by design or just, i dont know what the strategy is, or if there is a strategy, but it certainly is kind of flooding the zone. certainly is moving from one thing to the next. if donald trump was elect to stir things up, to, to drain the swamp, to -- to, yo...