sure their people and perhaps others no longer pay attention. they shut it down if they can. i think this is disturbing. it's beyond the pale. it's beyond what any president has said in public. only richard nixon has said something like that, and it was in private, and only revealed years after his presidency on the white house tapes. >> and, of course, with the firing of mr. trump's national security adviser, michael flynn, efforts are underway to find a replacement, although a little bit of a resistance apparently. many are asking what this means for the relationship between the united states and russia given mr. trump's affections for president vladimir putin and his country. they, though, are at odds with how mr. trump's defense secretary and u.n. ambassador are responding to russia. what are we to take of the differences and how confusing is this proving to be for russians? >> reporter: president trump is right on the edge of having the worst of both worlds. on the one hand he had been