communication channels between russia and the united states have been quote frozen. the u.s. state department disputes that statement. let's bring in democratic representative from michigan congresswoman debbie dingle. good morning. >> good morning. >> the kremlin says that u.s.-ruu.s. u.s.-russian relations are frozen. what do you think about trying to thaw those. >> now no longer with trust what you're being told. the state department is telling us they're engaged with russia on a number of sumbjects. so i'm concerned about how much of this is hyper boll. but we need to be conscious of our relationship with them. we need to be aware of a country that is hacking us and tried to disrupt or election. >> mr. trump thinks it should