a chance to work and so the decision at that particular time was not to go ahead to provide these weapons. now, things have changed. there s a lot of sanctions. there s been a lot of condemnation and really, that hasn t changed russia s position whatsoever and so the new administration is saying look, now perhaps it s time to be more aggressive and provide these weapons. but every decision made has to be, has to take into what putin could do in a place like ukraine and that s one of the key things. i think it s probably a good now now that years have gone by and russia isn t changing its tone. putin has been complimentary of the president on phone calls. here s what james clapper had to say about that. i think this past weekend is an example of what a great case officer putin is. he knows thousahow to handle an.
his contacts with the russian ambassador, mike pence went on national television defending flynn s actions. they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to excel diplomates. later, a spokesman for flip said he couldn t be sure the topic of sanctions hadn t come up in conversations with russia. he was soon fired, but not before embarrassing the vice president. in february after trump blasted a judge for blocking his immigration ban, referring to him as a so-called judge, pence, once again, was on clean up duty. the president of the united states has every right to criticize the other two branches of government. i think people find it refreshing that they not only understand this president s mind, but they understand how he feels about things. he expresses himself in a unique way. even before the election, there were moments on the campaign trail that proved awkward for pence.
i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. also on russia, back in january after then national security adviser michael flynn misled the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador, mike pence went on national television defending flynn s actions. they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to excel diplomates. later, a spokesman for flip said he couldn t be sure the topic of sanctions hadn t come up in conversations with russia. he was soon fired, but not before embarrassing the vice president. in february after trump blasted a judge for blocking his immigration ban, referring to him as a so-called judge, pence, once again, was on clean up duty. the president of the united states has every right to
comey was not related to the russian investigation. there is no evidence of collusion between our campaign and any russian official. that is not let me be clear. this investigation that was not what this is about. reporter: he was proven wrong again. when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. reporter: also on russia? back in january after then national security adviser michael flynn had misled the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador, mike pence went on national television defending flynn s actions. they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats. reporter: later a spokesman for flynn said he couldn t be sure that the topic of sanctions hadn t come up in confidences with russia. he was soon fired but not before
having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or impose censure against russia. reporter: later a spokesman for flynn said he couldn t be sure the topic of sanctions hadn t come up in conversations with russia. he was soon fired but not before embarrassing the vice president. in february after trump blasted a judge for blocking his immigration ban, referring to him as a so-called judge, pence once again was on cleanup duty. the president of the united states has every right to criticize the other two branches of government. i think people find it very refreshing that they not only understand this president s mind but they understand how he feels about things. he expresses himself in a unique way. reporter: and even before the election there were moments on the campaign trail that proved awkward for pence. whoa. whoa. reporter: like when this access hollywood tape came out. when you re a star, you can