u.s.-backed fighters. it was immediately shot down. the coalition said by that u.s. navy aircraft as a matter of self-defense. a full court press is now on by the pentagon and the trump administration to try and calm all of this down . as a first step, they want to make sure they are still talking to the russians and the russians talking to them on that so-called deconfliction line, the communication line they use every day to make sure nothing escalates and gets out of control. jake? joining me now to discuss this is adam kinser from the state of illinois. he did tours in both afghanistan and iraq. russia calls the shoot-down an act of aggression and is ready to put military action on the united states. do you think russians would actively target a war plane.
that the country has had back channels and we do consistently do even today. i think it s important to understand what happened and there are investigations that are out there. your last segment was speaking about lawyers being involved and that s important because if this is a serious investigation, so it s good that they are taking that step. but i think that, you know, whether he should have been doing it or not, sure, that s up for debate. whether it should have been someone who was more seasoned if you will on international relations. but what mcmaster said there is intellectually honest for sure. when it comes to how espionage or treason terms are being tossed around about an incoming presidency, the senior member going to the russian ambassador to suggest setting up a secret communication line, one that would not be picked up by our intelligence agencies, isn t that a major concern that one
certainly can. why ask sergey kislyak to establish something for the president-elect to have a communication line to the kremlin? the only thing that would make it treasonous is if they were trying to undermine the government. if they want to open the communication channel, there s nothing illegal about that. michael flynn got busted for doing just that, undermining obama s policies on sanctions, talking to kislyak with kushner in tow about releasing those sanctions, lifting those sanctions. he got fired. sally yates had to come brief the folks in the white house on the intelligence about flynn and he got canned because he lieo mike pence. he got canned for lying to mike pence. about the fact that the phone call with kislyak was about lifting the sanctions. this is the problem i have the problem with the mainstream media. they wanted to open back channels during the transition time, which is normal. many, many, many presidents
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we are following breaking news, the swirling controversy awaiting president trump when he returns to the u.s. after his first trip over seas. it is centers around jared kushner of the secret commune cocaine commune communication line between the kremlin. that s not all. kushner is also facing intense scrutiny for another december meeting, this one with the russi russians who has close ties to vladimir putin. this is the man that jared kushner met with in december 2016. a month after his father-in-law, donald trump was elected as