>> well, i think if the discussions occurred around ensuring there was no overreaction by the russian government so that the new administration could do like all the previous administrations who think they could work with putin, which all three have been wrong, they cannot work with putin, if that was -- if that was what general flynn did, which is to try to keep the lines of communications open and to see -- make sure the russians didn't overreact and maybe have some reciprocal attacks on our diplomats or other embassies around the world, that did us a big favor. >> reporter: it sounds like he was telling the russian ambassador don't worry about what the president just announced, we're going to do something different when we get -- >> i don't know that that's what was said but if that was said, i don't know what the problem would be with that. that's exactly what he should be doing. >> repter:sn't that one u.s.