moscow a month after the election, anna. thanks to both of you. my panel, cnn global affairs analyst, kimmer by dozier, allan and paul. kim, a source with knowledge of this story is telling cnn n that this credit line of communication that was suppose to help the trump team in russia privately discuss military operations in syria and ore matters without the administration knowing about this, would that make sense? who are you talking to? to kimberly dozer. oh sorry about that. would it make sense, no it wouldn t make sense in that look, a back channel negotiation to communication in which h.r. macmaster was talking about is usually when the u.s. goes through a third country, say
ambassador to the u.s. during call that happened before christmas. now an aide says flynn actually can t rule out that sanctions came up in the conversation. all this happening before he was officially on the white house staff. someone major problem here is the vice president went on tv in january and said no way, flynn did not talk about sanctions with the ambassador. now cnn analyst kimberly dozer and josh rogen are joining me to talk about it. let s explain how what was said in this conversation was uncovered. it came out in a washington post story this week that intelligence officials had intercepted, were aware of a conversation between mike flynn and the russian ambassador, in which flynn discussed the sanctions that the obama administration was levying against moscow. now the problem was, the obama administration was in power. trump hadn t yet been inaugurated and therefore that s a violation of something called the lodge act. you re not supposed to interfere
what do you make, kimberly, of the confusion, even airports worldwide in terms of how they handle and how they decipher what this executive order means for them and what they need to do? i am hearing from u.s. officials and foreign officials in middle east countries are trying to figure out how it s going to work and what the long-term impact is going to be, even though it s a temporarily ban. at the same time some of them who are allies in the fight against isis, coalition members, have told me they understand why this was done by surprise. if you had given anybody warning, even had vetted this executive order widely across the u.s. government it probably would have leaked and then you would have seen a rush of people to get into the united states before the rules changed and the borders closed. so there s an understanding of
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. so good to have your company. i am christi paul. i am victor blackwell. breaking overnight, federal judges are putting a stop to some of president trump s ban. trump s immigration order took action. that action sparking chaos and a lot of confusion, and these protests at airports across the country. today demonstrations are planned at at least nine airports and cities across the country. meanwhile, world leaders in enindonesi indonesia, the uk and turkey all criticizing president trump s order. kimberly dozer is a senior
from the past administration, for example, into syria. kimberly dozer, thank you so much. we do have to leave it there. thank you. straight ahead, the president s executive order on these refugees immigrants from these seven countries coming into the united states getting plenty of criticism from democratic governors tonight. next, the governor of washington state, who compared this ban to japanese internment, will join me live. america s beverage companies have come together to bring you more ways to help reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all, smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and signs reminding everyone to think balance before choosing their beverages. we know you care about reducing the sugar in your family s diet, and we re working to support your efforts.