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The beat tonight. our top story is the clash that reached a boiling point today tying together the mueller probe, the trump administration's blatant support of vladimir putin's interests and the question whether republican senators back there meant it when they committed to overriding donald trump on russian sanctions. first the majority of senators including some republicans moved to override the trump administration's effort to ease sanctions on a putin oligarch. then today a remarkable moment where a minority of republicans filibustered to block a floor vote on that very measure, which woul...

You're down with apo. you're down with all of putin's oligarchs. i had to work out the acronym. i'm slow. it takes me a minute. listen as promised, rachel was all over the store. minority leader chuck schumer taking to rachel just last night. >> there's just so much and it all seems to be woven into a web related to putin's manipulation of our own government into trump's acquiescence and boot licking of whatever putin seems to want. >> why does a republican senator get down with that? >> this goes back to what republicans did at our national convention when we virtually baked the russians into...

Operational and that some of the animations date back over a decade, something megyn kelly pressed putin on. some analysts are suggesting you've tested it and it's failed. that's why you only showed animations of it today and have not yet produced any actual videos. >> translator: are you talking about icbm? >> yes, the one that you claim renders defense systems useless. >> translator: as a matter of fact, every single weapons system today easily surpasses and avoids an anti-missile system. >> you've tested it? >> the test was excellence. some of them have to be fine tuned and worked on. oth...

They're likely to do, we're at a 70% chance of war. there's the sense that kinetic conflict is palpable. they're promulgating that notion. to handicap the diplomatic bridge to that country is really derelict. >> ambassador, i want to ask you about president trump's relationship with vladimir putin. the president personally called putin on thursday to thank him for acknowledging president trump's achievements in office, apparently. this is what the president said when asked about that call. take a listen. >> how was your call with vladimir putin? >> it was great. he said very nice things about ...

Accomplished hands need to surround this president-elect. who are they? >> well, there are many counseling him behind the scenes. i don't want to always reveal what is happening privately, but i will assure you that given the number of people in the national security and intelligence community available to president-elect trump and vice president-elect pence, everybody should feel reassured by that. frankly, we're going to look toward this administration also, and they have been incredibly helpful in promising to make a smooth and peaceful transition. i'm sure if president-elect trump wants to...