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Advisor michael flynn, and he is backing on of claims he didn't talk about sanctions with the russian ambassador before the president's inauguration. after weeks of denial a spokesman is telling nbc news now he can't be 100% sure. the reported communications happened right after president obama announced election hacking sanctions in december. the response was not as harsh as officials thought it would be, raising concerns about what was said in those conversations. president trump friday denied even knowing about it. >> i don't know about it. i haven't seen it. what report is that? i haven't ...

Picture here is the trump administration and its agents are looking to find new ways to defeat isis. if that means talking to people on the phone who are in comparable positions in foreign governments, so be it. more information needs to come out before you can start making character attacks on someone like mike flynn. he deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to character and integrity questions. >> emily, regardless, democrats are certainly jumping on this. they're calling for an investigation. where do you see this going? >> i do think this will be pursued because to the point scot...

Wrong and it undermines american security. it does concern me greatly. >> scott jennings and emily, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> coming up, president trump's advisor kellyanne conway sparked controversy after she promoted ivanka trump's brand during a tv appearance. it's raised more questions on ethics over the president's conflict of interest. the government watchdog group public citizen joins me to discuss the growing concerns. across new york state, from long island to buffalo, from rochester to the hudson valley, from albany to utica, creative business incentives, infr...