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Political vetting. what articles did you write? did you write any articles that might cause embarrassment to the white house. but the most important thing really is this sf-86, the security clearance form. in the case of general flynn you mentioned he would have had to reup. it's not entirely clear. off times someone like him coming out of the government, he was director of the defense intelligence agency. >> right at the top. >> it's a really important job. and oftentimes even if it's a new administration, they want to have access to that person to be able to pull them back, to use them as a ...

Somebody like mike flynn to go through in terms of becoming national security adviser in the trump white house? >> first of all, there is a security clearance to make sure you have no conflicts of interest, no foreign entanglements. makes sure the government knows who you get your money from, who you associate regularly, whether you have relatives or other foreign contacts that you're constantly in touch with. because they have to make sure that you don't have a conflict of interest, that you're putting the united states first. you're going into government. you're going tyke an oath to the u.s...

Tonight if his role is going to stay on. they are looking at potentially a different role for spicer. this could come down the road potentially -- not immediately, but there could be a new white house press secretary. i'm not sure what it matters because they don't want to focus on the russia investigation and that's all about things that are dominating at the white house. >> and it has everything to do with the investigation itself. the press secretary won't change that. thank you very much. i want to go to richard blumenthal, a member of the ju judiciary committee. i want to start with the b...

Face-to-face. the fact that it's -- there is an attempt here to make it secret doesn't solve the problem. what is even more concerning is the stories that are related to how this communication was going to happen, the notion that we would, as a u.s. government official have these conversations over a foreign government's communication system really shows a staggering lack of understanding of the place of the u.s. in the world, and really a remarkable lack of common sense. >> i want you to listen to house democrat ted lu, a congressman from california, and his thoughts on what should happen nex...