Surprised were complimenting you . I dont know what to do with myself. Well get there, dont worry. Former chief of staff of the cia and department of defense. Jeremy bash. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host, yeah, of kcdc. Its so good. And of course we begin this morning with our willie geist in new york who has the top story. Good morning. I like that kasie is giving us the laugh every time we do it. So adorable. Lets start with the latest on relations with russia. President trump spent the snow day tweeting his defense of his call to russian president Vladimir Putin. The president writing. I called him to congratulate him on the election victory. The Fake News Media is crazed because they want me to excoriate him. Getting along with russia and others is a good thing, not a bad thing. He went on, they can help solve problems with north korea, syria, ukraine, iran and even the coming arms race. Bush tried to get along but didnt have the smarts. Obama and clinton tried but did