from his national security team with general flynn and others. >> reporter: the kremlin said today the relations with the u.s. have frozen. a day that president obama imposed new sanctions aimed at russia's involvement in crimea and ukraine. >> the next administration will have to make their own tgss about this. we hope they will come to see the wisdom in not conducting business as usual with russia. >> reporter: all leading to the greater question. how friendly will be incoming president be to vladimir putin? >> i think when he calls me brilliant, i'll take the compliment. >> he had to be more cautious with russia than he appears to be. he needs to understand that their interest and their attitude does not align with ours. >> reporter: nowhere may that