Story for us and joins us now. Ryan, trumps Transition Team telling flynn the Russian Ambassador he was communicating with was likely being monitored byes u. S. Intelligence and where does this investigation go . Well, this is important, fred, because it shows that trump transition officials were aware of the complications that were surrounding sergey kislyak, the Russian Ambassador and his connections to russian intelligence agencies and furormore, their further more their attempts to intervene in the u. S. Election. This came at a time when flynn had meetings with kislyak and spoke about sanctions handed down by the United States. Now even though kislyak received those warnings, he continued to stay in communication with kislyak and at one point the trump transition asked the Obama Administration for a profile, a cia profile, of kislyak so that flynn would have a full understanding of who he was dealing with. We dont know if flynn ever read that report. Of course, fred, Michael Flynn
Hello. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. A kings welcome on his first trip overseas in saudi arabia, king salman is greeting President Donald Trump with grandeur, red carpets, elaborate floral arrangements and a medal of honor ceremony right there. Last hour the president met with the crown prince. Listen. That was a tremendous day. I just want to thank everybody. But Tremendous Investments in to the United States and our military community is very happy and we want to thank you and saudi arabia, but hundreds of billions of investments into the United States, and jobs, jobs, jobs. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is also traveling with the president. He spoke at a joint News Conference championing the new relationship, a renewed relationship, that he hopes to foster with the saudis. And charting a renewed path toward a peaceful middle east, where economic development, trade, diplomacy, are hallmarks of the regional and global engagement, something we will be wor
After prison term, well urged china to keep pressure on north korea come over its band missile program. Kevin corke is at the white house pair with the g20 on the horizon, how much does his latest publication change the conversation for President Trump . Ibc, it begins and ends with the conversation with china. Maybe even crystallize from the american perspective, of course, he wants to talk to japan and south korea, but again, china is where the focus once again remain. As for the president , he is making his feelings known as the latest publication, going to twitter as this is one pair let me share what he had to say about this latest Ballistic Missile launch. North korea just launch another missile. Does he have anything better with his life . Hard to believe that japan and china will have to put up this much longer. Maybe china will have to put a heavy harm and end this was for he said the missile, which as you pointed out, landed in that fancy. A little hyperbole. U. S. And russia
Aggressive action. Gillian our own Kristin Fisher has more on this. Reporter in this Washington Post report, a former Senior Obama Administration official said that i feel like we sort of choked in our response to russia. And President Trump clearly seems to agree. Listen to what he said in an interview with our pete leg earth. The cia gave him information on russia a long time before they even, you know, before the election. And i hardly see it. Its an amazing thing. To me, you know in other words the question is, if he had the information, why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. But you dont read that. Its quite sad. Reporter according to the post, back in august so three months before the election president obama received a highly classified cia report with evidence of russian president Vladimir Putins direct involvement in these cyber attacks. Over the next five months, the Obama Administration reportedly went back and forth about what to do, ho
Frankly, hillary. Thats very standard in politics. Politics is not the nicest business in the world but its very standard. Eric also signing off over a new report detailing how the obamaera department of justice let Natalia Veselnitskaya in the country. Listen to this. The lawyer that went to the meeting, she was in the halls of congress also. Somebody said that her visa or passport to come into the country was approved by attorney general lynch. Maybe thats wrong. I just heard that a little while ago but i was surprised to hear that. She was here because of lidge. Eric , the hill reports that Natalia Veselnitskaya had been turned down for a visa and 2015 but granted special immigration parole by Loretta Lynch so she could help defend a russian client in a federal court case in new york. So the plot thickens. Eboni, thats a little bit of a new revelation. Chuck grassley yesterday alluded to that. How did she get in when she was turned down for a visa and if she got in via the Obama Adm