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Flynn. reuters also reports, quote, conversations between flynn and kislyak accelerated after the november 8th vote as the two discussed establishing a back channel for communication between trump and russian president vladimir putin that could bypass the u.s. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations. reuters reports that the white house did not respond to requests for comment on that story. joining us now, ned price, rmer senio director and spokes...

Moments ago vice president mike pence welcomed colombias president for breakfast at his residence. this comes as a source close to the administration tells nbc news the vice president was kept in the dark about michael flynns warning to the trump transition team that he was under investigation on january 4th. >> were you kept in the dark about michael flynn, mr. vice president? >> the problem with being kept in the dark, pence led that transition team. sources tell nbc that this, quote, pattern ...

Discussed establishing a back channel for communication between trump and russian president vladimir putin that could bypass the u.s. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations. reuters reports that the white house did not respond to requests for comment on that story. joining us now, ned price, former senior director and spokesperson for the national security council. he resigned from the cia when president trump took over. also joining us is steve ...

And hillary clinton be president. never going to happen. >> okay. >> the next chapter -- >> holtds on. >> before we get to the next chapter. >> which is comey. >> lets stay in this chapter. why is it specifically that you dont believe theres any form of collusion? im going to throw out a few names for you, paul manafort, carter page, michael flynn. >> and wheres the crime? what i want to go back to, where is the crime? everybody has gone in such a frenzy there is some crime, some collusion, but ...

This meeting where donald trump seemed to blow him a kiss and almost extended his arms to embrace him in a hug. the article says, hes wearing a blue blazer and standing in part of the room thats as far from trump as he can, and hes against blue drapes, and trump singles him out and trump pulls him into a hug. comey was disgusted by this. he felt it was an intentional attempt to compromise him in public. ned, what is your reaction to that? >> i think thats absolutely what it was. look, director c...

Comey and the appointment of a special counsel. members said that the special counsels investigation into russian interference into the election and possible collusion with the trump campaign would be wide ranging. >> the scope, again, of director mueller includes any questions about referrals related to any misconduct, any interference, and this were questions well outside the russian scope in there. >> lets bring in ned price and hugh hewitt, host of "the hue hewitt" show. ned, when he says "o...

Ourselves who is driving this game right now? and increasingly, i think the question with robert mueller and others is donald trump may very well be the russia obsessed person who actually had people he was running on the russia side because he wanted to play kissinger or nixon in this case. but the difference is this isnt going to mao. this is going to putin, who wanted this kind of thing to happen. so its bizarre, and its unusual because we dont see the other elements as ned would know of a st...

Somehow seduce donald trump into this russia obsession? did paul manafort? did others around him? i think we need to begin asking ourselves who is driving this game right now? and increasingly, i think the question with robert mueller and others is donald trump may very well be the russia obsessed person who actually had people he was running on the russia side because he wanted to play kissinger or nixon in this case. but the difference is this isnt going to mao. this is going to putin, who wan...

Investigation. that is not something that is focused on prosecution, its focused on protecting the country from foreign intrusion and stealing of secrets. its my understanding that what we have been talking about with respect to the russians, for example, is a counterintelligence investigation. so saying that there was obstruction of justice in the counterintelligence investigation related to russia is like saying youre out under the infield fly rule in a football game. youve got the procedures ...

They could go back, search their holdings and determine just exactly how our intelligence partner arrived at this information. >> wow. well, i understand it better now. i sort of which i didnt. ned price a senior analyst for the cia, former spokesman and senior director at the national security council. thank you very much. >> appreciate it. >> dark times. all right. well be right back. stay with us. horseheadswivellychair.com