I'm Burke Gladstone. Last week's grilling of Vice President-elect Mike Pence by CNN's Jake Tapper

includes almost five minutes of Tapper trying and failing to get an answer to this.

I want to ask you about an incident on the transition today. Michael G. Flynn, the son of the

future National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, has been of the future national security advisor, Lieutenant General, Michael Flynn,

has been pushing a bunch of conspiracy theories, including one that ended up impacting your, where you're staying right now,

your local pizza place, Comet Pizza, an insane lie spread online. It led in North Carolina man to barge into the restaurant with two weapons.

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

Now, Flynn Jr. was on the transition team, but a source familiar with the situation tells me that he was asked to leave

and that the direct order came from President-elect Trump.

Tell me what happened.

Pence said Flynn Jr. was helping out around the office with administrative tasks, but

didn't address the point of Tapper's questions.

So Tapper asked it again and again.

You're down playing his role, but you must be aware that the transition team put in

for security clearance for Michael G. Flynn, the son of Lieutenant General Flynn.

Well, I'm aware in talking to General Flynn that his son was helping with scheduling, Jake.

No, but you put in for security clearance for him.

He was helping his dad arrange for meetings and provide meetings, but that's no longer the case.

But do you need security clearance to do scheduling?

I think that's the appropriate decision for us to move forward, avoid any further distraction.

And I'm very confident as we continue to build this team. And as tonight you'll see the President

elect formally announce General Mattis as the new Secretary of the Department of Defense

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