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I've never -- i've never seen his son present for any of those meetings. >> but you're the head of the transition team. so you know what you put in security clearances for. >> well, general flynn did inform me his son was helping on administrative matters. >> my last question, and i'm sorry, you're not answering the question. were you aware the security team had put in for a security clearance? this is a young man who had a social media profile that had all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories and links and retweets with white supremacists. were you aware that the transition put in for a securit...

Of crazy conspiracy theories and links and retweets with white supremacists. were you aware that the transition put in a security clearance for him? >> what i can do, in talking to general flynn today, he made me aware that his son was assisting him in scheduling. >> and that you'd put in for a security clearance. >> can somebody please remove my power cord, move me over to a corner and turn me around. pop me in the closet maybe or up on to a high shelf. pence needs to power down now. do not want to answer questions about this now. the cover story for what happened to mike flynn and why he fin...

American position is always advocated for. the idea is to put america first, not just in the united states but america first across the globe. but these preconceived notions that how dare you cut a deal with the russian government because you need to have -- you need to go where the oil is at is absurd. of course, he is going to cut that deal. that's what rex tillerson did. but that doesn't mean that the positions of president-elect trump are not going to be extremely tough in putting america first. >> let me move to the reports in the washington post, "new york times," nbc news confirmed it t...

The washington post, "new york times," nbc news confirmed it the assessment from the cia is not only did russia interfere, make an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election to be disruptive but they actually were trying to be disruptive in order to help donald trump. the transition put out a statement that essentially he humiliated the cia in saying that donald trump didn't believe the assessment from the cia because these are the same people that said there were weapons -- that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. does donald trump have confidence in america's intelligence? >> of c...

Welcome back to the lead. breaking news. rudy giuliani was no longer under consideration to president-elect trump's secretary of state and the transition put out a statement saying giuliani removed his name for consideration for any position in the trump administration. trump in the statement praised giuliani and said he would have been an outstanding member of the cabinet in several roles but respects his decision to remain in the private sector. curious. for more let's bring in our political panel. washington bureau chief, susan page. associate editor for politics v av. what happened here? >...