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Blackmailed by the russians. did you act upon the attorney general's warnings to the white house or were you aware of the concerns behind the morning? >> i don't have any comment on that. >> were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? this is a global threat. this is a global threat question, it's a global threat hearing. >> senator, tell me what global threat it is you're concerned with. i don't understand the question. >> the possibility of black male, black male by an influential official, that has real ramifications for the global threat. this is not about a policy implication, this...

Concerns behind the warning? >> i don't have any comment on that. >> well, were you aware of the concerns behind the warning? i mean, this is a global threat. this is a global threat question. it's a global threat hearing. were you aware? >> senator, tell me what global threat it is you're concerned with, please. i'm not sure i understand the question. >> well, the possibility of blackmail. i mean, blackmail by an influential military official. that has real ramifications for the global threat. so this is not about a policy implication. this is about the national security adviser being vulnera...

The american people. some people said they feel like he gives vladimir putin the benefit of the doubt and not his own intelligence community. >> i can tell you that i'm not giving him advice. he's giving me advice. his advice is the stinconstitue he has he knows. he's going to do what he said on the economy and health care. he wants to reach out to the constituency who didn't support him and say talk to me. i'm going to talk to you. it's not about supporting vladimir putin. it's about sensibility. if you have a dialogue with somebody, we're going to have one of the -- we're talking about polic...

Arizona." now turning to the united nations. despite the u.n. security council's vote on friday condemning israeli settlements, israeli is not backing down and announced plans to build thousands new homes in east jerusalem. israel's government is warning countries against any further action saying israel does not turn the other cheek. those are the exact words. joining me, bob franken, syndicated columnist. hi, bob. in our last hour, senator george mitchell who served as special envoy for middle east peace he said he thought the obama administration should have handled the u.n. vote a little...

Do that, he zruz the bully pulpit or will have the bully pulpit of the presidency. and as steve schmidt certainly implied and i think was saying, that's a powerful thing. if you get a phone call from the president of the united states saying don't do this, you know, you have to pay attention, even if that president is donald trump and even if the decision is already made. enough of those phone calls and that just becomes a frkt. it becomes another data point. it becomes something that's in a ceo's mind that, okay, we're going to do this, or i'm going to get a phone call. or maybe there's anoth...