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He had a different relationship with him. he said his goal of this was he wanted a partner in the war on terror. it doesn't have to be the ambassador of russia especially now that we know so much about how russia wanted to medal in this election especially this campaign, this administration. so that's what i'm taking away. right after that piece he volunteered that he had this closed door meeting with kislyak. we have the biggest black box. i want to know everything he says. >> there has to be an accounting taken over our newsroom. shane, julia walked us to the curb. now walk us across the str...

And then they worked it back to the very specific points. it's like a funnel. you start very wide then go very narrow. the interview notes conclude right with the question that they wanted to ask which is, what did you say to kislyak, you know, what was that exactly? since you sort of overlooked it. and, you know, it's frustrating because you think about general flynn as head of the defense intelligence agency. he's one of the top heads of this and you say, why would he do this? why would you make phone calls overseas? he says he's on vacation and that he's really busy and he's got a poor sign...

Said flynn had asked kislyak for russia to vote against or delay the resolution. flynn pleaded guilty last december, you'll recall, to lying about his conversations with kislyak. last week michael flynn said he should have been warned about the consequences of lying to the fbi before his interview but in a rare and swift push back for them mueller's team reminded the judge and the public by extension a sitting national security advisor knows he should not lie to the fbi. all this comes as president trump and his legal team are wrapping up their efforts to attack the russia investigation ahead ...

Trepidatious, walking on egg shells about his conversations with kislyak. before he had that conversation, he called to mar-a-lago, spoke to people to make sure he could talk about sanctions then he went ahead, lied about it here. you think if you had to get permission to have a conversation, you'd remember having it. and then he apparently lied to the vice president about it. i mean, it's not just a one-time slipup. again and again, he came back to this conversation, was worried about having it then lied about having it. what was it about this conversation that was so worrisome to him? k. >> ...

They wanted to ask what did you say to kislyak sips you overlooked it. it's frustrating. he's one of the top heads of this and you say why would you do this? why would you make phone calls over seas? he says he's on vacation and that he's really busy and he has a poor signal but he had to make a lot of phone calls apparently. doesn't make sense. >> from a blackberry, not a phone drop, not a secured line. >> why were you doing business. two, three weeks later you are the national security advisor. you can do what you want. what are you in such a hurry to build this union with russia. doesn't ma...