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Kreme doughnuts with vladimir putin in 2004. thats a public picture. theres a big distinction between something thats happening behind closed doors and something that potentially the press could have had access to. the white house is saying this is much ado about nothing. the conversations between jared kushner and michael flynn were part of numerous, almost dozens of conversations they were having with foreign leaders as they were trying to set up and try to figure out how they could hit the gr...

>> president trump will speak with putin tomorrow. first phone call since he was inaugurated a week ago. what should be president trumps major message to the russian leader tomorrow? >> i think president trumps major message to the russian leader tomorrow should be he is prepared to engage. but that he is prepared to engage within the context of principals of the international system and we would like to see a russia that obeys the rules and works in partnership with us and others according to t...

Will become the 45th president of the united states, and what a transition period this has been. for more on this, vince collinais is here, the editor in chief for "the daily caller." good to see you. happy new years eve. >> happy new years eve. >> so did president obamas sanctions against russia pretty much derail any possibility of a smooth transition? >> well, its one of many factors, i think, thats thrown obstacles in the way of donald trumps taking office in a smooth way. so, yeah, both men...

This is a multibillion dollar international corporation he has to work on severing ties to, and letting folks know that the legal team is in the works with handling the transition work, and the documents necessary need to turn over the power of this enterprise to the kids. i think its important, and they made it quite clear they will outline every detail and answer all the questions associated with that on the 15th. and clearly, he paid a lot of money to run for president and lost a lot of money...

She said they talk about serious issues that face the country and the world, although she added, they get along nicely. they disagree on many things and thats not going to change. but how do you see these two in their -- i dont know whether its president obamas sort of a adviser in chief role or what? how do you see that relationship evolving over the next couple of years? >> this is a passing of the baton. both of these men love america. i didnt vote for president obama but i admire him more an...

They had done very minimal transition work. christie had done the role that he was allowed to perform but basically donald trump did not treat transition particularly seriously. it wasnt because he wasnt focused on the job. hes supersticious. he doesnt look at this the same way. once it became clear that there was going to be a change in terms of he was going to be the president, they modulated their approach. ive heard from lot of of people. jared kushner and the chris christie have a notorious...

Change in the transition. i couldnt nail it down but this is within 12 hours of them knowing donald trump was going to be the president. they had done very minimal transition work. christie had done the role that he was allowed to perform but basically donald trump did not treat seriously. it wasnt because he wasnt focused on the job. hes supersticious. he doesnt look at this the same way. once it became clear that there was going to be a change in terms of he was going to be the president, they...

>> this is tumultuous. no precedence for this much change. this is more activity and transition and turnover than is normal. than the last transition. >> is it ego. >> new kids in town and they are learning the ropes. >> more profound than that. of course they are going to say it is fine and say everything is normal. the impulse will be to bob the problem but the reality is less transition work was done than the romney campaign in 2012. they didnt expect top win and the person running the proces...

I kept hoping that the next retreat i would take that i would get some knowledge that i never had before but never did. >> trumps lawyers filed the request for the delay. those documents in federal court last night, they argue that quote the president-elect should not be required to stand trial during the next two months while he prepares to assume the presidency. the time and attention to prepare and testify will take him away from imperative transition work at a critical time. students say tru...

Elections. i can tell you that we in america wer still perfecting our democracy and struggling to make it work as effectively as possible and it goes up and down as we all know. we very well know from our own history the difficulties we had centuries ago in developing our constitution and giving it full bloom that this is hard work. it doesnt happen overnight. and it is something that takes devotion and commitment and courage. and i think today we heard from the prime minister and the president ...