>> republican senators furious after a cia briefing on the jamal khashoggi murder. the relationship now with riyadh under renewed scrutiny. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is wednesday, december 5th. exactly 5:00 a.m. in the east. and we start with robert mueller recommending no jail time for president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn because of, quote, substantial help in the russia probe. much of what flynn told the special counsel remains shrouded in secrecy. the report was heavily redacted, but mueller says, quote, flynn's early cooperation convinced others to be forthcoming and that flynn's lies about his contacts with the russian ambassador in late 2016 were repeated by senior trump transition team members. >> flynn's full account of events has been one of the best-kept secrets in washington as mueller puts together the final pieces of his case. more now from cnn's sara murray in washington. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's former national security adviser

michael flynn has provided, quote, substantial assistance to the russia investigation and should not get jail time. that's the big news from special counsel robert mueller's court filing on tuesday night. now the filing, a sentencing memo, comes after flynn has cooperated with mueller's team for more than a year. sitting for 19 interviews with the special counsel and other justice department offices. the memo appears to show that flynn help the justice department with at least three ongoing investigations. references to two of the investigations are almost completely redacted. flynn also cooperated with the special counsel's investigation into links or coordination between the russian government and members of the trump campaign as well as interactions between the trump transition team and russia. this amid the flurry of activity from the special counsel's team. last week michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress. prosecutors accuse former chairman paul manafort of lying to the special counsel and violating his cooperation agreement.

as for flynn, he was a fixture with trump on the 2016 campaign trail, even leading a "lock her up" hillary clinton chant at the republican national convention. his stint as a national security adviser in the white house was brief. he was fired more than two weeks after then-acting attorney general sally yates told the white house that flynn lied about his communications with the russian ambassador and could be blackmailed by the russians. he will will be sentenced on december 18th in d.c. federal court. back to you. >> thanks, sara. trump lawyer rudolph giuliani is apparently not concerned about michael flynn sharing anything that could implicate the president telling nbc news, quote, they don't have bupkus. he said if flynn had information that could hurt the president, you would know it by now. president trump's ally roger stone invoking his fifth amendment rights, refusing a request from the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee for documents and an interview in the russia investigation. president trump tweeted monday that stone had, quote, guts for

saying he wouldn't testify against the president in the special counsel's russia probe. don't forget what the president said in the past about people who do take the fifth. >> have you seen what's going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. history. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? when you have your staff taking the fifth amendment, taking the fifth so they're not prosecuted, i think it's disgraceful. >> stone's attorney says the request from senate democrats for information are far too overreaching and far too wide ranging. stone has already testified before the house intelligence committee. it is a national day of mourning in the united states. today former president george herbert walker bush will be honored with a state funeral at the national cathedral. live pictures this early hour

inside the capitol rotunda. people waiting to pay respects. thousands have been lining up, colleagues, and everyday americans have been lining up to pay their final respects at the capitol rotunda where bush 41 has been lying in state. last night members of the bush family returned to the rotunda. george w. bush and his wife laura pausing at the casket and later greeting members of the public. >> earlier in the day, a poignant emotional moment as former senator bob dole helped out of his wheelchair for a final salute to the former president. what an emotional moment that was. and a moment that brought a smile to many people's faces. sully, the president's loyal service dog, pausing before his casket. today, current and former presidents and world leaders will attend a service to commemorate the life of america's 41st president. to tuesday, first lady melania trump hosted a white house tour for about 20 members of the bush family. tonight mr. bush's family will be taken back to his home state of texas where he will lie in repose until he is buried tomorrow.

u.s. financial market will be closed to honor the memory of the former president george h.w. bush. yesterday what a day. the dow fell 799 points. that's 3.1%. it was the dow's worst day since october 10th this year when it lost 832 points. the nasdaq closed down 3.8%. those are big one-day moves. the s&p 500 fell 3.2%. let's put some perspective around this. 799 points sounds really scary. in point terms it was the fourth largest drop in history. in percentage terms, that's 3.1%. certainly a bad day but ranks as the 329th worst day ever percentage-wise. two things took down stocks. >> first, the realization of the trade war with china, not over. there's a mountain of hard work to do. the president's boasting that progress was made not boostsed by chinese rhetoric. and then trump called him tariff man in a tweet storm. second, a technical move in the bond market that in the pass signaled a slowing economy or

recession called an inverted yield curve. it stared the stock market, too. perspective, stocks are higher for the year. dow up 3.5%. the s&p 500 up almost 3%. the nasdaq composite up more than 6%. senator outraged after a classified briefing by gina haspel about the murder of jamal khashoggi. bob corker of tennessee and lindsey graham of south carolina want crown prince mohammed bin salman held accountable for his part in the killing of the "washington post" journalist. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, poland it in advance. if he was in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> there's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion

that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the kmantd of mbs -- command of mbs and that he was intrickily involved in the demise of there m khashoggi. >> he said he can no longer do business with saudi arabia if the crazy crown prince is still running the country. now more from sam kiley. >> reporter: one of the striking things is how out of step it would seem that the head of the cia, the director of the cia is with the head of the u.s. armed for forces, and, indeed, america's top diplomat. that's been exploited perhaps. perhaps reinforced. we don't know exactly if there's a necessary connection between the two. the turks have said that they would like to seek arrest warrants for two more senior members of the inner circle of

crown prince mohammed bin salman. that's general asiri, former deputy head of intelligence, and salkatani, chief of the crown prince's media office. both were sacked but not charged as part of the internal saudi investigation that does include charges of murder against a number of people and the possibility of them facing capital punishment. all of this coming at a time when the whole issue of saudis' role in the wider region is being called into question. particularly by those u.s. senators over the issue of its support of the leading the coalition, rather, of the fight against the houthi rebels in the yemen. a great deal of international pressure now building against continuing to supply saudi arabia and, indeed, other parts of the coalition with a growing humanitarian crisis. all of this coming in a sense at a relatively good time for peace talks over the yemen because the

beligerence are all gathering in stockholm for talks as we speak. >> political implications back here. you can't help but wonder if the house democrats once they take control, begin to investigate any relationship between the saudis and the president. sam kiley live in abu dhabi. thank you. the former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, has a message for democrats -- now that you've won the house, do something. bloomberg spent more than $110 million to help democrats take control of the house in the midterm elections. he spoke exclusively to cnn tuesday. >> now this new congress has to do something. if they just sit back and do the same thing that the people they ousted did, then i'm not going to be happy. i've told nancy pelosi that. >> bloomberg also had harsh words for president trump. contrasting him with the late bush 41. >> current president doesn't seem to have any feeling of sacrifice for the good of the country. and maybe that's one of the real differences that's -- it's how

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now hunt was cut by the kansas city chiefs when the video was made public. he's now a free agent and has apologized insisting that he deserves another chance. ohio state university head football coach urban meyer is calling it quits, citing health problems. me plans to step down after the buckeyes' rose bowl game against washington. meyer had surgery in 2014 on a brain cyst that was causing him severe headaches. the headaches continue to be a problem today. meyer was suspended for the first three games in 2018 stemming from his handling of domestic violence allegations against a former assistant. he's 54 years old but says he is officially retiring from coaching. >> as you sit here, do you believe you will not coach again? >> i believe i will not coach again. >> are you fairly certain? >> certain, yes. >> meyer won three national titles in his career. two at florida, one at ohio state. he will be replaced by offensive coordinator ryan day who went

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don't lock him up. robert mueller recommends no prison time for michael flynn because of substantial help with the special counsel. >> there they are waiting for this national day of mourning. state funeral this morning for the late president george herbert walker bush, and all of those well wishers gathered. stocks take a big tumble, wall street realizes the trade war with china is far from over. if he was in front of the a jury he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> there's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. >> republican senators furious after a cia briefing on the jamal khashoggi murder. the relationship now with riyadh under renewed scrutiny. welcome back, i'm christine romans. >> that was significant pushdal back from the republican senators. good morning, everyone, i'm dave briggs. hump day, 5:31 eastern time. we start with the breaking news overnight that special counsel robert mueller recommending no jail time for president trump's former

national security adviser, michael barks of substantial help in the russia probe. much of what flynn told the special counsel remains shrouded in secrecy. the report was heavily redacted, but mueller says, quote, flynn's early cooperation convinced others to be forthcoming and that flynn's lies about his contacts with the russian ambassador in late 2016 were repeated by senior trump transition team members. >> flynn's full account of events has been one of the best-kept secrets in washington as mueller puts together the final pieces of his case. more now from cnn's sara murray in washington. >> reporter: good morning. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn has provided, quote, substantial assistance to the russia investigation and should not get jail time. that's the big news from special counsel robert mueller's court filing on tuesday night. now the filing, a sentencing memo, comes after flynn has cooperated with mueller's team for more than a year. sitting for 19 interviews with the special counsel and other justice department offices.

the memo appears to show that flynn help the justice department with at least three ongoing investigations. references to two of the investigations are almost completely redacted. flynn also cooperated with the special counsel's investigation into links or coordination between the russian government and members of the trump campaign as well as interactions between the trump transition team and russia. this amid the flurry of activity from the special counsel's team. last week michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress. prosecutors accuse former chairman paul manafort of lying to the special counsel and violating his cooperation agreement. as for flynn, he was a fixture with trump on the 2016 campaign trail, even leading a "lock her up" hillary clinton chant at the republican national convention. his stint as a national security adviser in the white house was brief. he was fired more than two weeks after then-acting attorney general sally yates told the white house that flynn lied about his communications with the russian ambassador and could be blackmailed by the russians. he will will be sentenced on

december 18th in d.c. federal court. back to you. >> thank you. trump lawyer rudolph giuliani is apparently not concerned about michael flynn sharing anything that could implicate the president telling nbc news, quote, they don't have bupkus. he said if flynn had information that could hurt the president, you would know it by now. legal analyst elie hoenig, former prosecutor and former attorney general for the new jersey division of criminal justice. good morning. a bonus for every time you factor in bupkus in the next segment -- >> i know some yiddish. >> an extra cup of coffee from us. much of this is behind bars, pun intended. what is the most important words that we can red -- can read from the document? >> several ongoing investigations. there's mystery, black ink, redaction ink. several ongoing investigations tell us that flynn has

cooperated on investigations, plural, more than one, and mueller does lay out those investigations to some extent. we know he provided some information on russian collusion. collusion between russia and the trump campaign. he says that and redacts the details and ongoing. means we still have not yet seen the outcome of those investigations. so this is really a sort of more to come-type document. >> one is a criminal investigation as we read on page 2a. what are we to make of that criminal neflgds? >> that is the mystery case. >> okay. >> it says this -- this criminal investigation and there's 31 lines of just redaction. >> right. >> one thing to understand about the redactions is the judge has a clean copy. the judge has a copy that is not redacted. he has all the information. and i think it's important that now this information whether it comes out, even if the worst happens to mueller and he gets tired, this is in the -- gets fired, this is in the hands of the court.

it's beyond the control of the department of justice. >> what's an important thing we did not learn in these documents sneer. >> any details. i mean, you know, everyone -- big question is who was he cooperating against. who is going to be next up. it doesn't say that specifically. i think you can draw general inferences. again -- >> like who was on the transition team, for example, one thing we learned that -- that flynn says that he shared details with other people on the transition team. >> right. and another important hint out of this is mueller says that flynn gave them firsthand information. and that's important. firsthand means flynn was in the room. he's testifying about things he was directly involved in. coop -- cooperates sometimes don't have that. that's less useful than firsthand, someone who can tell you i was in the room with a, b, c, and d, and we decided this. >> i think christine is referencing the december 29th call to mar-a-lago. a trump team member, we don't know who or why the call was

placed. michael flynn met with the special counsel or doj attorneys 19 times. >> 19 times. >> 19 times. >> that is a lot. >> is that unusual? >> i tried to think back -- i was prosecutor for 14 years. i thought, did i ever meet with any one cooperator 19 times? maybe for trial -- that's an awful lot of times to meet with a cooperates. he also -- cooperator. he also postponed meetings 14 times. and you put it up as many times as you think a judge will tolerate it. >> fit this into the big picture. when you look at who surrounded the president, michael cohen, george ppapadopoulos, fit this into the narrative of who surrounded the president and how much information mueller seems to get from these people. >> the fact that papadopoulos will do jail time and flynn recommended -- >> i think he's in jail now.

>> is -- >> until next week. yeah. i draw a couple of things out of this. first of all, virtually everybody has pled guilty to some crime or other, all the people you listed. most have cooperated or tried to cooperate. what's a little different about flynn is he has cooperated fully successfully. >> from the beginning. >> from the beginning. and you can see it in the memo. sometimes cooperators are a mixed bag. sometimes they lie once or twice. the memo he put in for papadopoulos was not positive. he asked for some jail time for papadopoulos. we saw he blew up manfort together, he said he lied, we're done with him. and this is all good news for flynn. mueller fully endorses him and says he's been real and good -- real and good for us. >> now if you are trump's attorneys, what do you make of the memo? >> i'd be nervous. rudy's putting on his brave face, and he has to do that. i'd be nervous. look, the fact that flynn did

give information on what we're calling collusion. mueller says, yes, he did give us information on that. it's possible flynn could have gone and said i don't know anything about us coordinating the campaign, coordinating with the hackers, the russians, but he said -- he clearly said, yes, there was some connection. i'd be nervous about that. i'd be definitely nervous about this mystery investigation, as i call it. mystery criminal investigation. so it -- it should cause some alarm in the trump camp. i understand what rudy's doing. he's got to act, you know, nonchalant about it. >> sure. nice to have your expertise. >> thank you, sir. it's a national day of mourning in the united states today. form president george herbert walker bush will be honored with a state funeral at the national cathedral. you're looking at live pictures this early hour inside the capitol rotunda. thousands of friends, colleagues, everyday americans lining up to pay final reports at the capitol where bush 41 has been lying in state. last night members of the bush

family returned there. george w. bush and his wife pausing at the casket and later greeting members of the public. earlier, a poignant moment as former senator bob dole helped out of his wheelchair for one final salute to the former president. what an impactful, emotional moment that was. another moment that brought a smile to many faces, sully, president bush's loyal service dog, pausing before his casket. today, current and former presidents and world leaders will attend a service to commemorate the life of america's 41st president. on tuesday, first lady melania trump hosted a white house tour for about 20 members of the bush family. tonight mr. bush's body will be taken back to his home state of texas where he will lie in repose until he is buried tomorrow. u.s. financial markets will be closed to honor the late president. and the respite welcome. the dow tumbled 799 points,

3.1%. the worst day since october 10th when it lost 832. the nasdaq closed down 3.8%. the s&p 500 fell 3.2%. so 799 pointssoundscary, and in point terms it was the fourth largest drop ever. in percentage terms, that's 3.1%. certainly a bad day, but it ranks as only the 329th worst day only percentage-wise. two things took down stocks. one, one, one,le the realization -- one, the realization that work with the chinese is still left to do. and the president called himself tariff man in a tweet storm. second, a technical move in the bond market that in the past signaled a recession. the inverted yield curve. stocks are higher for the year, dow up 3.5%, the s&p 500 up 3%.

the nasdaq up 5.8% this year. republican senators outraged after a classified briefing from cia director gina haspel about the murder of jamal khashoggi. bob corker of tennessee and lindsey graham of south carolina leading the charge against saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. they want him held accountable for his involvement in the killing of the "washington post" journalist. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, planned it in advance. if he was in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> there's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people in -- under the command of mbs and that he was integrally involved in the demise of mr. khashoggi. >> smoking gun, a veiled shot at

mike pompeo, secretary of state. senator graham went on to say he can no longer do business with saudi arabia if the crazy crown prince is still running the country. let's go live to abu dhabi and bring in sam kiley for some international reaction. sam, hi, there. >> reporter: yeah, interesting, too, isn't it, that senator graham drew attention to the pompeo-mattis roles as, quote, good soldiers. in other words, they were representing what their commander in chief thought, perhaps not what they thought. there's a serious disconnect now even between republican senators and the republican administration over what happened and the level of culpability of pointing toward crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia. and in that context, the turks have moved swiftly and said they want to issue arrest warrants for two people close indeed to the crown prince. one is the deputy head of intelligence, general asiri.

the other, the head of the meet department, katani. both of whom were relieved of their positions but not charged with any crime, unlike a number of the other alleged conspirators who are under investigation and murder charges inside saudi arabia. the turks saying that they ought to hand over all of those suspects so they could face the music inside turkey. and this happen iing at a time when saudi arabia can ill afford a toxic reputation. and there's nothing more toxic for the reputation of saudi arabia and the coalition fighting houthi rebels, all of whom are gathering now in stockholm for peace talks. >> a lot more to come. thank you. they didn't complain when they were in power, but no republicans in wisconsin and michigan are trying to strip power from incoming democratic leaders. >> whose house? >> our house! wer is so easy, it makes any house a coffee house. rinsky's coffee house is open! pop that in for a coffee or brew a shot

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