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You asked about flynn. what did he say? >> reporter: well, i certainly did, wolf. you know, sergey kislyak now today is a senator in the russian senate. we went over earlier this morning and caught him as he was trying to go to a session of the russian senate. you know, it didn't look like he was very keen to speak to us, but to his credit he actually did. i think there were two things that really stood out. on the one hand, not clear whether he is still feeling some sort of loyalty towards michael flynn, but he really wasn't too keen to go into details about what the two actually spoke about ...

Centers of power, even if it wasn't technically spying. it was a route into the politics. >> and they were willing to deal with her, which is another part of this. >> right. she talked to a bunch of people including donald trump jr., took a picture with him. >> and she also used, of all things, the national prayer breakfast. >> right. >> as a way to ingratiate herself with leading political figures, which, you know, sounds sort of wacky but is actually very savvy and very clever, because there are a lot of very important people who are affiliated with that group. >> right. there was an extra...

Developments, then went to the mat for trump against one of his condo boards and won. >> trump loved him for it. i mean, that was the beginning of it, and then after that, they became close. it was much more than an attorney-client relationship. it was certainly -- it was something much deeper, almost father and son kind of thing. >> reporter: for trump, hiring cohen wasn't about pedigree. cohen, who was 52, got his degree from western michigan's coolly law school and eventually entered the less than genteel world of new york taxi cab medallions. >> if you look where michael came from in his l...

Button, and he is now dedicated to telling the truth. >> reporter: no longer dedicated to being donald trump's mini-me as he was when he started working for the boss more than a decade ago. >> michael was, i'd always like to say, the ray donovan of the office. he took care of what had to be taken care of. i don't know what had to be taken care of but michael was taking care of it. >> he's the guy that you could call in 3:00 in the morning when you have a problem. >> reporter: do you know stories of donald trump calling him at 3:00 in the morning? >> donald trump has called him at all hours of ...

Analyze the various dynamics there were missteps on both sides. we focus on the theatrics of it, but substantively, as jeffrey said, we are in the exact same place, a place that should be an easy policy point for the dems to knock down and position themselves as smarter on security. >> i see your point. but i think there's a deal to be had and the democrats know what they'll give up, but it was not clear from that exchange that the president knew what he was going -- >> they have until the end of next week to figure it out, otherwise there could be a partial government shutdown. . everybody ...