the russian ambassador. don't overreact to these sanctions. we'll have time to revisit this later. >> the private conversations between flynn and russia's was explicit contradictions to president obama's actions. >> what i can confirm having spoken to him about it is that those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the united states took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. >> that forceful denial turns out to be false. did the vice president know he was repeating a falsehood or did general flynn lie to pence? vice president pence's office today say the reports are a problem they'll get to the bottom of adding that the vice president had only conveyed what he had been told creating tension between flynn and pence seen here earlier today. wheer's what sean spicer had to