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Stations, the state back channels seem like they don't want to gloat. instead, they are saying it is more of a natural state of affairs, but on the street, there is definitely a feeling that putin is riding high right now. he has successfully host ed ted world cup, and the economy has not been particularly good, but they have had a lot of other things that he has been able to give them pride in being russian. pride when about 3 billion people around the world watch russia successfully hold this sporting match, and then pride when vladimir putin was standing there on the stage and getting prais...

Why back channels? it's the same question you often get in terms of why charge false statements? people only make false statements when the truth will be damaging. so that's why you pursue charges of false statements and you look into the substance surrounding the false statements. the same thing goes here as well for the back channels. >> i want to read a statement for a spokesperson for mr. gerson indicating mr. gerson was on vacation in the seychelles. he is not under scrutiny or investigation by any agency including the special counsel's office. how strong do you think the criticism is goi...

Comments in the book by wikal wolfe. but you see bannon communicating through back channels, he has friend in the wing who are also friends with president trump who talk to president trump on the phone. you see him reemerging in washington working from his town house trying to influence the president's legal strategy. that's why you see him trying to through ditch means communicate miss approach. >> it becomes a lit unclear to the casual observer as to where the president and the white house actually stan with respect to cooperation with the mueller probe. there is the conversation that the pr...

There's evidence that he was directly involved with oligarchs. he was involved in the creation of back channels. he was present when meetings were held with russians. at the end of the day, these complaints that we've heard so far from many people that mueller is well beyond his jurisdiction are going to be put to rest. we look at that memo that rod rosenstein wrote and the former u.s. attorney in new jersey pointed out yesterday there are two little sentences that follow the grant of jurisdiction from rosenstein to mueller as regards manafort. the rest of that is blacked out. there's more tha...

Trump transition. the meeting adds yet another data point to the reported contexts. there they are on the screen that took place between trump associates and russians starting from the early days of the campaign through the inauguration. i'm joined by julia ansley, national security adviser for nbc news it, heidi przybilla for nbc news and joseph is a former federal prosecutor. let's go with this meeting. what does it add, julia? why are they meeting way off there a few days before the inauguration? >> of course, this would be january right before they're coming in. if this is a big if, if the...