multiple calls were reported to have taken place on december 29th, and that day is significant because it is the exact same day then president obama announced sanctions against russia in response to its alleged interference in the 2016 election. one day later russian president vladimir putin declared he would not retaliate. trump s team repeatedly changed its story about these calls, first insisting all contact between flynn and the russian ambassador had taken place on december 25th and 28th before the announcement, then later conceding the two men had in fact spoken on the 29th following a a series of exchanges by phone and text. today white house press secretary sean spicer changed the story yet again. there s been one call. i talked to general flynn about this again last night. one call talked about four subjects. one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. two was christmas and holiday greetings. three was to facilitate or to talk
talked to general flynn about this again last night, one call talked about four subjects, one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir, two was christmas and holiday greetings, three was to talk about a conference in syria on isis, and four was to set up to talk about after the inauguration setting up a call between president putin and president trump. the second call came, i think it s now three days ago, that was to say once he gets into office, can we set up that call? and the standards set by president obama s nominees is likely to come up today as the senate budget committee hears testimony from congressman nick mulvaney on his nomination of office as budget director. they acknowledged that he failed to pay $15,000 in taxes for his household nanny. something chuck schumer is pulling on.
give me a second. sean a couple of questions. first on russia. he was asked about interactions between mike flynn and a russian ambassador. you said at the time the calls were related to setting up a discussion later between president trump and vladimir putin. that s right. were those conversations about anything else other than setting up that discussion? why has that discussion not yet happened between the president and vladimir putin? there has been one call. i talked to general flynn about this again last night. one call. talked about four subjects. one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. two was christmas and holiday greetings. three was to talk about a conference in syria on isis and four was to set up to talk about after the inauguration, setting up a call between president putin and president trump. i don t believe that that has been set up yet because the call
you got one. give me a second. first one on russia. the administration was asked about multiple interactions between national security adviser mike flynn and russian ambassador. i believe you at the time, the administration at the time, said the calls were related to setting up a discussion later. right. between president trump and vladimir putin. were those conversations about anything else other than setting up that discussion? and why has that discussion not yet happened between president and president putin? so, there s been one call. i talked to general flynn about this again last night. one call, talked about four subjects. one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. two was christmas and holiday greetings. three was to talk about a conference in syria on isis. four was to set up to talk about after the inauguration, setting up a call between president putin and president trump. i don t believe that has been set up yet becau
hour. hammering the region. if you look on our category, it would be category five. the storm is weakening which is good news. we have bad news. a tragedy in russia as a military plane goes down carrying a famed military choir traveling to perform in syria. we will talk about what brought the jet down and nearly 100 people on it. we are live in moscow coming up.