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The full scope on it, is actually possible. we also don't know what the definition of blackmail is, that he denied to the president, i am sure where that question will be chb . i am sure the democrats will look into this and see if there is anything that they can sink their teeth into. i think the way flynn resigned, it's more of a distraction than anything else. and he understood how big a distraction it was, and that is why he resigned. if they find something else about it, they will be thrilled. i just don't see it. >> the other thing is, you have to wonder how a man with his experience in ...

Commentator, ben ferguson. let's start with you, mo. general flynn may have gone but is it over for him? democrats are going to want to make hay out of this. there are already inquiries to the links. general flynn could end up giving evidence later on. >> this is inevitable, the democrats don't have whatever leverage in congress so they have to use whatever is available to them and so this kind of fell into their lapse. and all of this discussion about russia in our politics, now you have the official color of the boogeyman there, saying well, there is some issue there with general flynn. we k...

And i had heard later on in the evening just a few hours ago that his status was quote, a gray area. michael as you know from observing what happens here in washington for many years once a top official in the administration gets to that point where the president cannot express he has full confidence in that individual it's pretty difficult to walk that back. and for that person to once again have the confidence of the president. and so it did become an untenable situation. now we can tell you that they're already starting to talk about a possible replacement for michael flynn, keith kellogg, ...

Vladimir putin. that drew criticism about his judgment. of course there are more questions about his judgment now leading to this resignation. but there has been a bit of reaction so far not from the kremlin, you're right, it's too early for them yet. but a senior russian official, alexei pushkov, has indicated it's not with flynn, but that indicates there are scandals taking place at the moment which is the relationship that trump has tried to forge with russia, the bettering of that relationship has become a political liability for him. and his critics both in the democratic party and the re...

Sides and have been up until now, and the issue of nato expansion, which russia has repeatedly expressed its concern over. and so there is a whole range of issues they can discuss. they're also undoubtedly going to discuss when that first face-to-face meeting is going to be between donald trump and president putin of russia. there has been a great deal of anticipation here in russia about that meeting, one leading lawmaker here alexei pushkov says the first meeting could be a defining moment in history, such is the sense of anticipation at the start of the trump era here in russia, at least. t...