the receiving end and on the giving end. you didn't hear me talking about wikileaks because that was an unauthorized hack. i'm old school. i don't think you ought to disclose things that are intended to be kept confidential or classified. >> shannon: catherine herridge is live in washington what's the latest on the f.b.i.'s contact with general flynn in this process? >> thank you, shannon. good morning. fox news confirming the f.b.i. interviewed flynn days into his tenure as national security advisor of his conversations with the russian ambassador. it came after the january 23 white house denial that flynn had not discussed the sanctions. those white house statements conflicted with electronic intercepts that show flynn told the russian ambassador not to overreact to the sanctions and he said, quote, made no promise to the russians whatsoever of a change in policy. but the conflicts between what the white house said publicly and what the f.b.i. knew to be the case raised the stakes for flynn and the trump