conference live. indeed, none of the channels, therefore, did cover it live. one reason is that in january there was more coverage on russian state tv of donald trump, then-president trump, than of president putin. number one, that hasn t happened in four years. number, two that s not the kind of thing a president of an authoritarian state like russia really wants. the kremlin said, guys, cut this. russians are fed up hearing about donald trump. he hasn t delivered yet. let s just get back to normal coverage and we ll cover him when he actually does something, not just when he s talking. extraordinary that donald trump was on russian tv more than russia s president in january. extraordinary they said when he actually does something. nbc chief global correspondent bill neely, thank you so much. next hour, the vice
doesn t matter to me if the small countries do it but the bigger countries have to do it. we have to stick together on this because russia will be testing it every way they can. another piece of the puzzle that s not in place is donald trump s national security adviser, general mike flynn forced to resign. donald trump fired him earlier this week over what happened with russia, so general clark, politico is requiring retired vice admiral bob hardaw turned down the position of nsa because he wasn t assured he would be able to put those he wanted in place in the nsc. do you think this administration is going to be able to get the person they need in place to run this run intelligence or field intelligence effectively for the president of the united states? . i m sure they re going to find someone to be national security adviser. it s a very important position. it s a very prestigious position. but admirable hayward decided it
that s the key thing, ties between russia and the u.s. people here in moscow are looking to donald trump and listening for some hint that he will improve relations with russia and they re beginning to suspect that is not going to happen quickly. a very senior senator here tweeted this morning, there s a high probability that trump won t drain the swamp in washington but that the swamp will drag trump in and that will be the end of the revolution here that hasn t even begun yet. so, there was delight here when donald trump was first elected. that is turning into doubt, that anything will happen fast. that he will be able to improve relations with russia quickly. katy? bill, what is this term trumpophelia? the kremlin is telling the top newspaper not to cover trump so much? reporter: yeah, actually the kremlin gave an order basically to state media, for example, not to cover that trump news
tomorrow, calling for sanctions on russia. will his credibility be taken as seriously, especially at a time when a foreign policy by this white house seems to be made 140 characters at a time on twitter. that remains to be seen. certainly a difficult task ahead for all three men. nbc s lucy kfanov, thank you. joining me retired general wesley clark and senior fellow at ucla-berkeley center. richard stengel and former managing editor of time. rick, let s start with you. do mattis and vp pence have any credibility on the world stage if donald trump is contradicting them? yes. i mean, see, these are structural issues with nato and the european union and our allies. then want to be reassured we value them. the thing that worries them more is the relationship with russia. they re looking at russia
racist. and white supremacist sthoois sympathizer. it would be hard for me to participate in any meeting with steve bannon that normalizes his presence in the white house. beyond that we ll see what members decide with a meeting moving forward. thank you for being here. next, just a rouse? trump denies any ties to russia calling all recent controversies fake news. but what does russia have to say? global correspondent bill neilly is live in russia next. jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology