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Talking, but kim jong-un didn't reciprocate until the very end where he said something complementary about kim jong-un where he then smiled and nodded. >> i don't think kim knows how to deal with reporters in the room. it's probably the second time in his life where he's been in a room with a free press and i'm not sure he knows who to look at. and the president was thrown a question about michael chon and did not answer the question. director clap, he what are did you see in that brief moment? >> with respect to the question, i think we -- i could bet my paycheck that that dinner will be over...

Well when the president met with kim jong-un, and it's striking to see the president of the united states with the north korean dictator not just shaking hands, but patting him on the back, exchanging smiles there in a way at this moment, and i'm talking about 6:31 eastern time hours before michael cohen is about to testify in public, kim jong-un may be the best friend and ally that president trump has right now. they were expressing this moment of warmth there. it was an island of presidential stability, you know, in a sea of problems that he's facing at this very moment. >> there's a certain...

National security council and a msnbc contributor. mieke, i know you have sat in hearing like this, but there has never been a hearing like this. you have certainly sat in hearings behind members urging them to ask certain questions, thinking of certain questions. and you must have had some of that experience today watching this hearing. was there a question that you wish were asked or if they were asked, what do you think was the most important question? >> so i think there were a number of really important questions today asked. and sally yates did a wonderful job of answering them. one of t...

Mieke, i know you have sat in hearing like this, but there has never been a hearing like this. you have certainly sat in hearings behind members urging them to ask certain questions, thinking of certain questions. and you must have had some of that experience today watching this hearing. was there a question that you wish were asked or if they were asked, what do you think was the most important question? >> so i think there were a number of really important questions today asked. and sally yates did a wonderful job of answering them. one of the questions that i would have liked to have seen a...

Security official is caught on tape with a foreign official saying one thing in private and then caught in public saying another thing to the vice president, is that material for blackmail? >> certainly? >> do you want to add anything to that, director clap remember? >> no. >> okay. i think it's pretty colleagues, and i think it's pretty clear why we've had this hearing today. i wanted to ask you, director clapper, a few things about just in general this russian influence. when director comey was here last week, he said i think that one of the lessons that the russians may have drawn from this...