piling on. either he was lying about not having discussed that or he forgot. you don t believe it. your smile says you believe he didn t forget? i don t think you want a guy who would forget that. the most glaring words from the white house not coming from the white house in support of general flynn. steven miller seemed to go out of his way to withhold official support this weekend. the white house did not give you anything to say other than they did not give me anything to say. so you cannot say asked and answered, chuck. you cannot say if the president has it is to the for me to tell you what is in the president s mind. that s a question for chief of staff. asked and answered. the textbook definition of letting someone twist in the wind. no support to general michael flynn.
arsenal. how will the trump administration respond to the first big challenge? lawyers going back to court today over the president s travel ban. what will the administration team do to try to get his executive order back in place? are you talking over me? 5:31. you are bad form is bad form. welcome back to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. pressure building on national security advisor michael flynn and not a peep from the white house. retired general is under fire over speaking to russia about sanctions before president trump takes office. we are told flynn has no plans to resign and has no expectation of being fired. an official tells cnn quote a lot of unhappiness about this. democrats, no surprise, are
more than 144 million sub descri scribers. do you have a favorite cell phone? can you look back? has it been 20 years of cell phones? the first i got at the assignment desk. to run to cover a story. it was big and had a battery of an hour. i had an orange nokia phone that played copacabana when it rang. i had a burnt orange case for it. know sta nostalgic. thank you for joining us. i m christine romans. if you are still watching. new day starts right now. general flynn s comments add to our concern about the relationship with russia. those conversations had nothing whatsoever with sanctions. i don t think you want a guy who would forget that.
steven miller deflecting questions about flynn s future with the administration. the white house did not give you anything to say other than that? they did not give me anything for more on reaction with russia, let s bring in matthew chance live in moscow. good morning, matthew. reporter: christine, denials from the kremlin in the past few minutes that sanctions discussed between any members of the trump administration or the trump team during the elections and the kremlin. specifically talking about the conversations that took place between michael flynn and the
incoming trump administration. the kremlin denies that was anything to do with any conversation that may have been had with michael flynn and the russian ambassador to the united states. denial from the kremlin these have taken place. it adds to the confusion of the trump policy when it comes to russia and sanctions. donald trump famously in campaign said he would look again at recognizing the annexation of crimea in 2014. look again and recognizing it as legitimate part of russia. nicanythin nikki haley said the sanctions would remain in place until russia returns control of crimea to the ukraine. mixed messages. all right. matthew, thank you. let s drill down with this