summit. this was not the first attempt at a back channel on the part of the incoming trump administration. you have to remember jared kushner talking with kislyak proposed that the trump team use the cystal housed within the russian embassy in moscow. the question is why? you only pursue back channels when front chan lds anels aren' enough. you know who has the best systems? the united states. why was washington's systems not good enough or not secure enough or not proper for the trump team? that is the question. there are very few charitable explanations that explain this persistence. >> there is a line of reasoning that says if they were setting up a back channel they didn't have a back channel then they