in it. also, chris, flynn represents the quo. there s a quid pro quo, you know, in every transaction. and you had the russians offering dirt, donald trump jr. accepting the dirt, and then candidate trump telling the russians if you re listening you ll be rewarded if you give us more dirt. so what was the quo after the russians delivered by interfering? well, flynn represents part of it by telling the ambassador, hold off on any retaliation against us. but the other question that is outstanding, as we learn about the saudis and the turks is, are there other countries and are there other quos? it looks like this president was open to do business with anyone that wanted to help him. that s a great point. i want to ask you about turkey in a moment. tim, go to you, though, you wrote this piece that caught my eye. a very senior member of the presidential transition team directed flynn to make an overture to kislyak about the sanctions vote, the thing he
there s a quid pro quo, you know, in every transaction. and you had the russians offering dirt, donald trump jr. accepting the dirt, and then candidate trump telling the russians if you re listening you ll be rewarded if you give us more dirt. so what was the quo after the russians delivered by interfering? well, flynn represents part of it by telling the ambassador, hold off on any retaliation against us. but the other question that is outstanding, as we learn about the saudis and the turks is, are there other countries and are there other quos? it looks like this president was open to do business with anyone that wanted to help him. that s a great point. i want to ask you about turkey in a moment. tim, go to you, though, you wrote this piece that caught my eye. a very senior member of the presidential transition team directed flynn to make an overture to kislyak about the sanctions vote, the thing he lied about that got him into trouble. and nbc news, kushner was the
hit send. breaking news in our world lead now. north korea is vowing revenge against the united states after the u.n. security council led by u.s. ambassador nikki haley unanimously adopted the toughest sanctions yet against that country. that was the first of back-to-back segments on cnn about north korea. in fact, cnn has been reporting on north korea extensively and interviewed u.n. ambassador nikki haley after the u.n. sanctions vote. and there is fierce pushback from north korea itself in the face of those tough new sanctions imposed by the u.n. kim jong-un s regime accusing the united states of trying to bring the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. north korea s foreign minister declaring his country will not put its nuclear program on the negotiating table under any circumstances. we want to go live to cnn s will ripley. he has reported many, many, many times from pyongyang in north korea. we want to go to him for the
interviewed u.n. ambassador nikki haley after the u.n. sanctions vote. fierce pushback from north korea in light of the tough sanctions imposed by the u.n. kim jong-un accusing the united states of trying to bring the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. north korea s foreign minister declaring his country will not, will not put its nuclear program on the negotiating table under any circumstances. cnn s will ripley has reported extensively from pyongyang. he brings us the latest live this morning from beijing. these are bellicose comments from the north koreans. no question. we keep hearing on the american side all the options are on the table. where are we here on in terms of an off ramp for any kind of conflict? reporter: clearly what the united states is trying to do here and we need to give the trump administration credit for a big diplomatic win over the weekend. a 15-0 vote in the u.n. in favor