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Ive never -- ive never seen his son present for any of those meetings. >> but youre the head of the transition team. so you know what you put in security clearances for. >> well, general flynn did inform me his son was helping on administrative matters. >> my last question, and im sorry, youre not answering the question. were you aware the security team had put in for a security clearance? this is a young man who had a social media profile that had all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories and link...

Of crazy conspiracy theories and links and retweets with white supremacists. were you aware that the transition put in a security clearance for him? >> what i can do, in talking to general flynn today, he made me aware that his son was assisting him in scheduling. >> and that youd put in for a security clearance. >> can somebody please remove my power cord, move me over to a corner and turn me around. pop me in the closet maybe or up on to a high shelf. pence needs to power down now. do not want...

American position is always advocated for. the idea is to put america first, not just in the united states but america first across the globe. but these preconceived notions that how dare you cut a deal with the russian government because you need to have -- you need to go where the oil is at is absurd. of course, he is going to cut that deal. thats what rex tillerson did. but that doesnt mean that the positions of president-elect trump are not going to be extremely tough in putting america firs...

The washington post, "new york times," nbc news confirmed it the assessment from the cia is not only did russia interfere, make an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election to be disruptive but they actually were trying to be disruptive in order to help donald trump. the transition put out a statement that essentially he humiliated the cia in saying that donald trump didnt believe the assessment from the cia because these are the same people that said there were weapons -- that saddam hussein ha...

Welcome back to the lead. breaking news. rudy giuliani was no longer under consideration to president-elect trumps secretary of state and the transition put out a statement saying giuliani removed his name for consideration for any position in the trump administration. trump in the statement praised giuliani and said he would have been an outstanding member of the cabinet in several roles but respects his decision to remain in the private sector. curious. for more lets bring in our political pan...

>> he has a transition e-mail. >> he has no involvement in the transition whatsoever. >> the last question, im sorry, youre not answering the question, were you aware that the transition team had put in for a security clearance? this is a young man that had a social media profile with crazy conspiracy theories, all sorts of links and retweets with white supremacists. were you aware the transition put in for security clearance for him? >> what i can tell you is in talking to general flynn today, ...

>> youre down playing his role, but you must be aware that the transition team put in for security clearance for the son of michael flynn. >> im aware that he was helping in scheduling. >> but i put in for a security clearance. >> i think thats the appropriate decision. >> were you aware that the transition put in for a security clearance for him. >> what i can tell you is that in talking with general flynn today, he made me aware that his son was assisting him in scheduling. >> and that you put...

Clearance. >> i think thats the appropriate decision. >> were you aware that the transition put in for a security clearance for him. >> what i can tell you is that in talking with general flynn today, he made me aware that his son was assisting him in scheduling. >> and that you put in for a security clearance. >> what are the appropriate paperwork was to assist him in that regard, jake. >> david from. and now we have yet another lesson in what you have to do in questioning people from the trump...

Aftermath, it wasnt just the fact there werent enough boots on the ground, there was no serious political transition put in place and why there is chaos in libya and why we dont want this to happen again in syria. this is why this has to be thoug thoughtfully prepared. it cannot be improvised. >> you have what you tell your citizens to make them comfortable what you do abroad and you have what you need to tell them to make them safe here at home. they hear the sirens now. they need something dif...

Services. what do you say to that chairman? >> the chairman is wanting to keep troops in iraq relatively indefinitely. that view is not 1 that is going to bring security and stability to iraq. there is a plan in place. the iraqis want to control their own country. they believe they can. they will get support from the u.s. in terms of weapons sales and diplomatic agreements and discussions and relationships going forward. they feel ready and we should respect that. >> just got another statement f...