hill. i appreciate sean spicer calling on us and cnn latel. despite that, i don't think that was a forthright comment. >> including nicky haley have been very tough on russia, not the president. sean spicer said they speak for the president but still you make an excellent point and it was a strong question. jim sciutto is with us as well. one thing warned about was that the russians could blackmail and that was a specific word, blackmail michael flynn because of this information they had information that he was not providing to the president, the white house chief of staff, white house press secretary. what else do we know about the notion that the russians could potentially blackmail the national security adviser to the president of the united states? >> blackmail sounds so strong, it does not appear in our own reporting talking about financial information, we're talking about russians knew as well, that sanctions came up during that phone call. it appears that flynn had told other members they had not so russia could conceivably blackmail based on that information. but that appears to be what they're referencing on blackmail. on another point i

nicky hill, thank you so much.th check on our website. bbc.co.uk/health. stefano brizzi, who was jailed for the murder of 59—year—old police officer gordon semple in london, has died in prison, the ministry ofjustice has said. the prison service says an investigation will take place. a little earlier i spoke with the bbc‘s kathryn stanczyszyn who talked me through the background of the case. stefa no stefano brizzi met 59—year—old mr semple on the dating app, a gay dating app. he murdered him, dismembered his body and put it in a bath of acid. the judge said there we re bath of acid. the judge said there were some terrible features. in fa ct, were some terrible features. in fact, the prosecution experts revealed that actually, brizzi had tried to cook some of the body and cannibalise it as well, terrible details from that case, and brizzi was jailed on 12th december for life with a was jailed on 12th december for life witha minimum was jailed on 12th december for life with a minimum term of 2a years. so what do we