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Something erroneous about what started benghazi but didn't have a phone conversation with an al qaeda connect group in which she may have told them don't worry when we get into the white house everything will be fine for you. he had a phone conversation with a russian ambassador in which people believe he discussed easing sanctions. >> you said an al qaeda connected group. are you asserting that the russian ambassador is somehow affiliated or connected with al qaeda? >> no i'm saying you're using benghazi as an analogy. she went on the sunday shows and said something erroneous. well so did vic...

There was a potential that michael flynn was compromised. i want to go back really quickly with you because in the resignation letter written by michael flynn, he makes the point he inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others. he never says he misinformed the president of the united states. my question is, did the president of the united states know that michael flynn was having conversations with the russian ambassador about easing sanctions? because i think that's the key question here, what did the president know and when did he know it. >> i think you're absolutely right abou...

>> yep. >> there are still some mixed messaging going on at this hour as they try to deal with this fall out. >> kristen welker, nbc white house correspondent, appreciate it. >> thanks, joy. uh. joining us on the phone is ken delaney nbc reporter. ken, i want to stay on that point because the question of what the president knew about what his soon-to-be at that point national security advisor was going 0 discuss with the russian ambassador is really important because donald trump has never had any problem contradicting his own aides, contradicting his own advisors when they say something with ...

Michael flynn went rogue and acted alone and decided to tell the russians that sanctions would be eased all on his own or do you believe it was from somebody higher up? >> i don't know the answer to that, and i am not sure at this point anybody does. i think it's clear that michael flynn was acting in a way that was inappropriate, and as i said before, it's important now that we move forward. there are a lot of national security threats that we face around the world, and all you have to do is pick up a paper or turn on your television set and you see that every day, the world is an increasingl...

Point national security advisor was going 0 discuss with the russian ambassador is really important because donald trump has never had a problem contradicting his own aides, contradicting his own advisors when they say something with which he disagrees. you never, to my knowledge, had donald trump contradict, you know, what michael flynn did regarding talking with the russian ambassador. do you have any reporting that donald trump was displeased that michael flynn talked about easing sanctions? >> no, joy, we don't. and i think you're hitting on a key question here. there's two. one is did don...