increasing evidence from u.s. intelligence that russia was meddling in our election, candidate trump continues to praise putin. here he is during an nbc news commander in chief forum. >> he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader. >> on november 8th, donald j. trump is elected the 45th president of the united states. two days later, president barack obama hosts a sit-down meeting with the president-elect and warns him against hiring michael flynn as his national security adviser. november 18th, grump disregards president obama's warning and names michael flynn as his national security adviser. a few weeks later, according to the "new york times" reporting, flynn and the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, hosted a meeting with the ambassador kislyak at trump tower in order to establish a line of communication between the new administration and the russian government. on december 22nd, 2016, according to today's court documents, michael flynn called ambassador kislyak and asked russia to delay or defeat a