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Middle of all of this, vice president mike pence. were told by a senior administration official that the vice president is focused on getting to the bottom of this. specifically, this source tells cnn that he wants to know how this information got to the president on january 26th, that the justice department was concerned about this phone call, that michael flynn had with the russian ambassador. and yet that information did not get to the vice president and at this point, the source is saying, l...

With the election on trumps behave, americans have an interest on what is going on. there is nothing more sacred than our election process. >> couldnt donald trump alleviate all of this by saying here are the contacts the people had. here are the phone conversations. here are the russians -- >> sure. i mean, the implication here, the sinister implication is he was conspireing with the russians. >> we dont know the implication. why not come forward and say -- >> i think as i see the stories devel...

Watergate was serious. this has the potential to be more dangerous. >> a scandal burning around the white house. the watergate analogy being thrown around a lot. particularly within the last 24 hours. we thought wed consult with someone who saw it happened up close, joins me now, former white house counsel, john dean. john, this is something people throw around any time theres a hint of anything. theres the invocation of watergate, sometimes in preposterous circumstances, both parties do it. wha...

Of the epa that puts clean air, clean water, murk mercury, smog, haze, all of these things affecting the well-being of the americans. we can go down the list. we wish we could triage them. but he is making a wholesale assault on two generations of laws in our country. we dont have a choice. we have to raise our energy level. we have to fight every one of the issues as hard as we can because the public out there expects us to. the fact he is flooding us with these issues does not in any way reduc...

On continuing to develop these references. will ripley, cnn, pyongyang. >> president trump has been tweeting this morning, thats not unusual, but making an interesting connection. the russian connection nonsense is merely an attempt to cover up many of the mistakes made in hillary clintons losing campaign. joining us, former press secretary for democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton, brian fallon. a slap to the nose is what you get from the president of the united states. the implicat...

Keep obamas sanctions against russia? >> the current sanctions are in place, and i would say sanctions are an important tool that we will continue to look at for various different countries. its a very important program within the treasury department. >> can you tell us what you think the bottom line will be at these particular sanctions you announced yesterday and are referring to today for the venezuelan vice president? >> first, let me just comment again. this is as a result of a very long ef...

Exactly what was said. >> then why did he step down? why did he step down? >> melissa: theres an implication that something went wrong. otherwise he wouldnt have hidden the fact that he had the conversation, without question. im just wondering if you say you dont want anyone to break the law. who ever leaked this information also broke the law. should they face the same consequences or some consequences in this hunt for what did general michael flynn do? >> yeah. of course they should face conse...

Obama era sentience on russia. >> our current sanctions programs are in place and i was a sanctions are in important tool that we will continue to lt countries, but it is a very important program within the treasury department. the existing policies are in place. >> reporter: are you kind of plating additional sanctions against iran, and can you tell us what you think the bottom line would be for these sanctions you announced yesterday and are referring today for the venezuelan vice president? >...

Sanctions against russia? >> our current sanctions programs are in place and i would say sanctions are an important tool that we will continue to look at for various different countries but its a very important program within the treasury department. >> for russia specifically, sir? >> the existing policies are in place. >> mr. secretary? >> yes. >> are you contemplating additional sanctions against iran and can you tell us what you think the bottom line will be of these particular sanctions you...

Critics in the media, i think his distaste for the media, distaste for giving critics what they want, probably exceeds his desire to try to make up with mike pence for whatever general flynn told the vice president. >> yeah. and lets go to the other john, john shichindler on this. the other big question here, everyone thats reported on this story, discussing this story, is presuming that michael flynn had conversations with the russian ambassador, obviously didnt tell mike pence about, but the i...