flynn and we heard michael flynn tell america, we heard donald trump tell america that michael flynn didn't do anything wrong. >> right and there are certainly some perplexing disconnects in the public statements that senior, current and white house officials have made about flynn's short tenure and the statement that flynn signed on to this morning only exacerbates the disconnects that exist. one thing that's important here is that the vice president has been emphatic and consistent and that he did not know about conversations that flynn had before he apparently learned of them, he said he didn't know about them. probably about the same time, the statement that flynn said indicates that he was talking with very high-level transition team officials while pence was running the transition team. how is the transition team operating? kind of leadership is in place there? we have learned raises a lot more questions. >> max boot and betsey woodriff. >> donald trump tweeted a word with michael flynn with the special prosecutor. next. remember how the economic crash was supposed to be a wake

looking at michael flynn leave right now. let's listen. >> [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ]. >> and that was a quick departure. michael flynn, retired general -- retired lieutenant general de parting after the courthouse after he becomes the first member of the trump administration to be charged and plead guilty. in robert mueller's russia investigation. quick departure, no surprise. absolutely. steven, you're back with me still. as you were just reacting and i think your reaction is very important, that gets to what michael flynn said in this -- i think we lost steven. go to you, michael, because, of course, you're qualified to answer this question as well. michael flynn departs the courthouse, what is next? >> well, this is not a charge that requires even a consideration for mandatory incarceration after a plea. there are some charges that do. this is not one. he will be out. there will be a presentence report that's prepared that will give the court some information on his background. my guess that will be pushed off, sentenci

michael flynn just stepped out of -- [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ]. >> there you see michael flynn just came in without saying any words to the group of reporters here, assembled here. we expect he will be pleading guilty in the next few minutes at the -- here at the federal courthouse in washington. >> evan perez standby. what we hear coming out of the courthouse over the next several minutes crucial. we will find out exactly how he does plead in this case. we expect him to plead guilty. the words he chooses to use will be interesting. jeffrey toobin noted earlier if we get details about a possible cooperation agreement that will be key as well. we will be watching these doors and information coming from there very, very closely. want to go to the white house now. abby philip is there. abby, i understand we're getting some new response from inside there? >> that's right. john, the white house is not putting out an official statement just yet. they're saying that the white house lawyer that deals with the russia issue, ty cobb, will be doing that shortly but a few minutes ago a source c

and his son michael flynn jr. very central to michael flynn sr.'s thinking. we reported that flynn sr. was becoming increasingly concerned about the legal jeopardy his son may face. his son not charged today, not mentioned in there. the question is, in addition to provide pentagon cooperation elsewhere, was that cooperation provided in part to protect his son from legal proceedings, brianna? and we know that the special counsel does not give ground easily if he's going to compromise, if he's going to agree to a plea agreement, reduce sentences, et cetera, he would need to have something significant in return. >> very good point. jim sciutto, thanks for that report. let's dig deeper now with cnn justice correspondent even perez. evan, you have some very interesting new information. >> well, right. we have new information coming in now, brianna, that k.t. mcfarland who worked as michael flynn's deputy in the national security council, former fox news contributor has gone in to provide information to the special counsel's office. she's now done an interview, pro

flynn and we heard michael flynn tell america, we heard donald trump tell america that michael flynn didn't do anything wrong. >> right and there are certainly some perplexing disconnects in the public statements that senior, current and white house officials have made about flynn's short tenure and the statement that flynn signed on to this morning only exacerbates the disconnects that exist. one thing that's important here is that the vice president has been emphatic and consistent and that he did not know about conversations that flynn had before he apparently learned of them, he said he didn't know about them. probably about the same time, the statement that flynn said indicates that he was talking with very high-level transition team officials while pence was running the transition team. how is the transition team operating? kind of leadership is in place there? we have learned raises a lot more questions. >> max boot and betsey woodriff. >> donald trump tweeted a word with michael flynn with the special prosecutor. next. >>> regardless of recommendation i was going to fire come

michael flynn, jr., is under legal scrutiny because michael flynn, jr. was deeply involved in michael flynn sr.'s businesses. when he left government he started a consultansy for this company he was doing for profit, paid work for not only russia, but also turkey and there is still open questions about one, why he didn't report some of that income, why he didn't report as required by law, he was acting as what's called a foreign agent, meaning someone working for a foreign government here in the u.s. and his son was chief of staff to him in that business, and involved in that business and therefore under legal scrutiny as well. we reported a couple weeks ago that michael flynn, sr., was extremely worried about his son's legal jeopardy and that was a possible motivator in any consideration into cooperating in the investigation. now, i spoke to michael flynn, jr.'s lawyer barry coburn he is not commenting on whether there is an indictment or any cooperation coming from his son, but this is a factor and we know, for instance, john berman, that flynn's wife

michael flynn is a cop. you don't get a good deal by giving up a soldier someone like george papadopoulos. you get a good deal by giving up someone at the top of the criminal enterprise. >> danny is with us now. and danny i just want to know for folks here as this presumably plea deal hearing maybe under way. we expect it to start a couple of minutes ago. we are already getting reaction from capitol hill. we'll share that with you in ha moment. but danny as you are listening to the conversation here, i'm curious what you make of the time line about this, those sort of critical days in late january after the inauguration, when michael flynn now according to the fbi didn't tell them the truth about his conversations in december with the russian ambassador. >> the interesting thing about the charges like section 1001, the false statements, is that it doesn't go to the under tlieg activity, if any, with the russians. it just goes to whether or not he lied to federal investigators. and this is a darling charge of

us media are reporting that michael flynn will testify that jared kushner, reporting that michael flynn will testify thatjared kushner, donald trump's son—in—law, was amongst those who directed him to make contact with russia. russia says —— the white house says that the guilt each plea does not get anyone but michael flynn. pope francis needs rohingya refugees in bangladesh and uses the name to refer to their identity. he had refrained from using the name in his previous visit to myanmar, which does not recognise them as and ethnic group. now on bbc news, an exclusive interview, the

so why did michael flynn lie? he admitted he lied to the fbi. >> do you think this will take a long time? >> we don't know. you have paul manafort and michael flynn 2 key players in the trump campaign. one was the top foreign policy advisor and one was the campaign chairman. one pled guilty and the other is fighting an indictment. we are right up to the gates of the president and his family. >> bret: fox news sunday with a special guest. >> we will be talking to the national security advisor and as somebody who covered ronald reagan, his secretary of state george schultz on the art of the deal. the president knows the art of the deal and so did schultz. >> bret: documents indicate the fbi staged a frenzied scramble to find the source of the leak about last year's air force tarmac lead with bill clinton and loretta lynch. judicial watch say there is is no documentation showing concern over the meeting itself which became an issue in the presidential campaign. the other big story right now. the senate could vote on

plea to michael flynn? the: i think the all of evidence we have seen so far, frankly, over the last 10 months suggest that the core narrative team is looking into is whether members of the trump administration and trump campaign, including possibly then candidate trump and president trump now negotiated sanctions policy and the dropping of sanctions on russia after they knew they were can getting -- committing cyber crimes in the united states. if they knew this was occurring, you will have 80 and betting computer crimes another crimes that would go beyond obstruction, witness tampering, and what has been talked about in the media so far. scarlet: so the president is completely invulnerable to criminal prosecution while in office, correct? seth: he cannot be tried for any criminal offense. there is some split as to whether he could be indicted, but not tried for a criminal offense. much more likely, bob mueller, if he does find evidence on unsatisfactory federal conduct while ind trump office, he would refe

flynn and we heard michael flynn tell america, we heard donald trump tell america that michael flynn didn't do anything wrong. >> right and there are certainly some perplexing disconnects in the public statements that senior, current and white house officials have made about flynn's short tenure and the statement that flynn signed on to this morning only exacerbates the disconnects that exist. one thing that's important here is that the vice president has been emphatic and consistent and that he did not know about conversations that flynn had before he apparently learned of them, he said he didn't know about them. probably about the same time, the statement that flynn said indicates that he was talking with very high-level transition team officials while pence was running the transition team. how is the transition team operating? what kind of leadership was in place there. what we now have learned raises a lot more questions. >> max boot and betsey woodriff. >> donald trump tweeted a word with michael flynn with the special prosecutor. john than capehart, donald frum next. ♪ at lin

and even if donald trump pardons michael flynn today, michael flynn will be under oath. and so let's just recall, if the president wants to pardon michael flynn today, the special prosecutor already knows everything he needs to know about flynn, when he puts michael flynn the pardoned michael flynn under oath, michael flynn then risks committing a crime again if he does not tell the truth under oath. and so the pardon here, if the president were to try to issue it, cannot protect the president against the most damaging mom moments going to come from flynn that's when he testifies under oath. >> lawrence, thank you. this has been a powerful hour. if you are still there, and thank you for watching, i'd advise you don't turn the tv off. there is a lot to hear. that wraps us up for this hour. my colleague hallie jackson is in d.c. nation's capital where it is all happening today. welcome home. >> i know. >> yesterday they were waiting for you to get back. >> don't go anywhere because there is going to be a lot developing today. so let's reset and remember where we are right

michael flynn is no coffee boy. i mean, this is -- if you are at the white house, how are you feeling? >> well, i mean, i've spoken with someone at the white house, and what they are trying to do is downplay all of this. and again as ty cobb did in the public statement saying this is about michael flynn has nothing to do with the president and they make the case there are no ten tentacles here. but there are. and they are there in black and white. and i would bet the president is kind of fuming and trying to figure out what to do next. don't forget, michael flynn was the fellow the president tapped jim comey on the shoulder about, and said, you know, could you go easy on michael flynn, he's a good guy. he's a good guy. and so they did have a relationship, neither michael flynn nor anybody else, i believe, in that transition would act on their own, on matters of state. and i think there are larger questions here about who knew what and when, including for the president of the united states, and including for all of h

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in this case michael flynn went over the top. that was the first indicator that something was desperately wrong with this guy. and i think it proved a lot of people -- it generated quite a bit of discussion in both the retired and the active corps about this individual being so vehement on stage, and one could say, unconstitutional in the way he approached this. >> what happened to michael flynn? he did have -- correct me if i'm wrong, he had a distinguished career. the work he did in afghanistan with general crystal. what happened to him? >> i don't want to say. i have my own thoughts on that, but i just think that something went wrong toward the end of his career, the demons got ahold of him. and for one reason or another, hubris and vengeance took over. there was a great movie, "saving private ryan" and tom hangs grabs him at the end of the movie and says, earn think. he's talking about service to the country. doing things every day that soldiers will be proud of you. and that's something that for whatever reason, and it's unf

that was a statement by michael flynn. other headlines, he says he is the russian ambassador not to escalate after sanctions and asked the russian ambassador not to escalate after sanctions. we will continue to bring all of the headlines coming out about michael flynn. mark: let's stay with this massive market political story nith allen higgins -- ala flight to safety, gold up in rising, dollar down. what is your initial reaction? initial reaction is that it reflects market positioning come in particular a very big treasury move, the 10 year treasuries coming back. that is the big move. stocks were overdue a selloff is rather modest. the stock market barometer of donald trump popularity for policies -- he would think it is what is not -- it is embedded into that, we believe built into the u.s. premium rate. a believe that lower taxation on its way. mark: does this completely overshadow the possibility of the tax bill being passed by the senate and then maybe by the house? is this the story? >> it could be but too early to

he wasn't authorised to do so did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. michael flynn then became one key focus of the investigation into russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and potential collusion with the trump campaign. the white house is now trying to distance itself from general flynn's actions and the lies he told the fbi, but there is no question that this latest development brings the russia investigation ever closer to the president himself. aleem maqbool, bbc news, washington. theresa may's deputy, damian green, is under renewed pressure tonight after claims that he accessed pornography on his commons computer. a retired detective says he found thousands of pornographic images on a computer in mr green's office nine years ago and that it was ridiculous to suggest that anyone else could be responsible. mr green, the first secretary of state, has again insisted that the allegations are false. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw has this exclusive report. he's theresa may's oldest and most trusted political ally, now battling for

indeed, it was michael flynn's lawyer who said on march 31st that michael flynn has a story to tell and he very much wants to tell it. he's about to tell it. fact, we're now a half a step away from the president himself. we're in the white house in the form of the national security adviser. and, as has been implicated in the plea deal, we're at the president's son-in-law jared kushner. these are the facts. >> now, the mueller team presumably especially after this tweet from the president, now want to be asking, you know, why -- why was the president protecting flynn if at the time, you know, the president knew that flynn lied to the fbi, which is what his latestinferri. so how can this now direct or redirect the mueller investigation? not just asking flynn, not just potentially asking jared kushner. but perhaps even directly asking the president himself what he knew and when did he know it. >> yes, we're very well going to get to that point. but the truth of the matter is i have a lot of confidence in director mueller. this thing has proceeded to pace. i'm frankly quite surprised that o

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and this deal is very good for michael flynn. he's pleading guilty to one count of making a false statement to a fbi agent. that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison which in itself is upper limit on the cap what the judge can do. but also the gouideline range that the prosecutors are saying would be guideline for sentence is 0 to six months which considering all we've heard over flynn's potential liability relating to the lobbying work he was doing on behalf of turkey and failure to register as foreign agent, the fact that none of that is part of the deal and all he's looking at a recommended sentence of 0 to six months tells me mr. mueller believes he's getting substantial assistance in exchange. and that would mean testimony that would lead to the prosecution of somebody significant. somebody who mueller believes is not like a step down from michael flynn. not somebody who is an associate or assistant, but somebody who is more significant than flynn is. >> let's be more specific than that. i mean, from all these s

so the president fired michael flynn on february 13th. and then on february 14th is when he had the infamous comey meeting asked him to get rid of the investigation, drop it. that doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. he is saying it was very serious that he lied to the fbi. but the fbi should drop it. lying to the fbi is a crime. period. and the president doesn't seem to grasp that. and digging himself into a bigger hole. at the same time i'm hearing in the conservative stir cells this argument well look what this special counsel has done. they spent $5 million and all they have gotten is paul manafort, george papadopoulos and general flynn for lying about something not related to the campaign. so they are making that argument. and they are going out and starting to pressure people from the base to push congress to defund the mueller probe because the mueller probe, if mueller got fired you would see republicans turn on trump in an instant publicly. but if you defund it, you are not technically firing mueller, you are just not able to

did he talk to michael flynn afterwards? that tweet about praising vladimir putin after putin did not retaliate of sorts after the sanctions were imposed has to beg the question, someone must have told him about these conversations right beforehand, otherwise, you know, it really defies logic. >> this is a very small transition. >> and it was a small group of people meeting in mar-a-lago at that time. >> lying is not a crime. you can lie to the press and it is not a crime. >> part of the administration's defense, you know, during -- both during the campaign and during the transition was, listen, we were a small team, we didn't -- you know, we weren't washington insiders, we didn't know how all of this kind of stuff worked. >> but we were all the best. >> i don't know if mueller could use that as -- >> no, gloria, it goes to the point if they were so small as we know they were, how is it possible that the president, who is very involved and very much a micromanager would not know? >> right, i don't think you could say it is a

one, did michael flynn know something as part of the campaign? remember, he credits himself with helping get the president elected. did he know something about contacts with russia during the summer and the spring of 2016 before wikileaks released the hacked e-mails, which the intelligence service believes the russian government hacked to wikileaks and were ultimately damaging to hillary clinton's campaign. number two, if you were in the white house, you'd be worried about the answer to this question. what does michael flynn know about the president's knowledge of his contacts with the russian ambassador kislyak, conversations he lied to the fbi about? did the president know or ask michael flynn to have these conversations? did he know about them after the fact? >> these are going to be the important questions going forward. i want to bring in msnbc's garrett haake. he's in florida with us covering the president on this trip. close to where president trump has been spending the holidays. i know just in the last hour or so, there's been reaction f

he wasn't authorised to do so did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. michael flynn then became one key focus of the investigation into russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and potential collusion with the trump campaign. the white house is now trying to distance itself from general flynn's actions and the lies he told the fbi, but there's no question that this latest development brings the russia investigation ever closer to the president himself. aleem maqbool, bbc news, washington. and of course the developments sparked quick reaction on capitol hill. here's some of them. this is part of a broad pattern of the trump administration and campaign people lying about the contacts with the russians. so that in itself is very substantial and serious and obviously when it's the national security advisor to the president, all the more trouble. but given the universe of potential charges against michael flynn, it could indicates he could be presenting some substantial information to bob mueller. we've got, now, two people pleading guilty. we've got

he wasn't authorised to do so did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. michael flynn then became one key focus of the investigation into russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and potential collusion with the trump campaign. the white house is now trying to distance itself from general flynn's actions and the lies he told the fbi, but there's no question that this latest development brings the russia investigation ever closer to the president himself. aleem maqbool, bbc news, washington. and of course the developments sparked quick reaction on capitol hill. here's some of them. this is part of a broad pattern of the trump administration and campaign people lying about the contacts with the russians. so that in itself is very substantial and serious and obviously when it's the national security advisor to the president, all the more trouble. but given the universe of potential charges against michael flynn, it could indicates he could be presenting some substantial information to rob mueller. we've got, now, two people pleading guilty. we've got

michael flynn pleads guilty, admitting he lied to the fbi. president trump's former national security advisor says he is courting with a special -- cooperating with the special counsel's russia investigation. pope francis meets with rohingya refugees in bangladesh, referring to the group by name for the first time on his asian trip. and prince harry and his new fianceÉ, meghan markle, appear at their first public engagement since announcing plans to wed. the crowds already can't get enough. rajini: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia's ambassador to the u.s. mr. flynn is the most senior former official to be charged in the investigation exploring russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election, and today he said he would be cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. tonight we have full coverage, and we begin with this report from the bbc's aleem maqbool. alee

can you comment on michael flynn being indicted? >> reporter: president trump was silent when asked about his former national security adviser michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to federal investigators about the retired general's contacts with former russian ambassador sergey kislyak. inside the white house, the president's lawyers were once again busy shielding mr. trump from the investigation. in a statement, white house attorney ty cobb described flynn as a former national security adviser at the white house for 25 days during the trump administration. and a former obama administration official. the statement adds flynn's false statements mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea, or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn." >> we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. >> reporter: but the white house statement ignores the fact that obama warned the incoming president to stay

10th to stay clear of michael flynn. and then president-elect trump did not heed that advice. so there are some former obama administration officials who are seething a little bit this afternoon, jake, as the white house is trying to use them to shield the president from this michael flynn case. >> it's astounding. in terms of whether or not flynn was authorized to talk to kislyak, we're going to have jim clapper, the former director of national intelligence, on in just a second. we can ask him about it. but i hear that the obama administration is pushing back on some of the white house comments today is in sununu they are pushing back on it. they are saying, listen, to call michael flynn a former obama administration official is laughable because he worked for multiple administrations and that barack obama himself in the oval office, remember, two days after the election, you'll remember those pictures that were taken outside the white house. obama administration officials with tears in their eyes distraught over the el

michael flynn and his wife went to visit his son and grandson in virginia. michael flynn jr. who went to russia with his father in 2015 was a target for investigators early on. what happened during those conversations that compelled michael flynn sr. to lie? fareed zakaria is here, host of "fareed zakaria gps" on this network, cnn. before i get to that, can i ask you about the white house saying pardon is off the table for michael flynn. >> i think one of the way mueller has constructed the case is going in a careful way and indicting on specific issues. he has made it hard for the white house to obstruct the investigation or to issue pardons. so notice the count for flynn is lying to the fbi about contacts with a foreign government. it would just look very bad for the white house to pardon somebody for that. this is not a minor infraction. this is a pretty important thing. you know, how can the chief law enforcement officer of the country, the president, pardon somebody for lying to the federal agents? >> yeah. so let's talk about michael flynn jr. and michael flynn because

we know michael flynn has pled guilty to lying to the fbi. we now know the president knew. and when the president trying to get comey to drop this investigation, that's classic obstruction of justice and the american people watching it unfold before their very own eyes now. >> former fbi director james com comey, he is doing the same today. he responded to this latest development in the special counsel investigation and the trump tweet and comey who was fired of course by president trump. he posted this on instagram saying beautiful long island sound from west port, connecticut. three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon and the truth. is it your feeling there is a chipping away in this investigation? not just by the michael flynn, you know, guilty plea, but even the president through his tweets? through his history of his comments that it is revealing far more about this overall investigation than perhaps even the mueller teams seems to be intimating? >> yes. we're seeing the unraveling of the mountain of lies that donald trump has been telling, not just his own

flynn. >> yeah. >> michael flynn's story begins 400 miles north of washington, d.c., in the small seaside community of middletown, rhode island. >> we met actually playing little league baseball. >> tom heeney first met flynn 50 years ago. he remembers flynn as an adventurous kid, who loved surfing off of rhode island's sometimes treacherous coast. >> we were always outside playing, at the beach swimming, surfing, outside playing. >> the flynn family lived just steps from the beach. all 11 of them in this tiny house, with one bathroom. >> organized chaos. there is a lot of folks and not a lot of room. >> michael flynn, the sixth of nine children. >> if there was one thing i learned growing up in a family of nine was to argue. you know, for a pair of socks or underwear, but to argue. >> there was always a scramble at the end of the day for a bed. there would be sometimes two kids sleeping in one bed. they had fold-up cots. they used couches and soech sof. >> g. wayne miller, who authored a long profile of flynn, says at the edge of just 13, flynn became a local hero, honored by the town co

the president for all they are saying, this is michael flynn and michael flynn is a liar and lied to us and the fbi. we are done with him. this is a trusted campaign adviser. he agreed to cooperate with the special counsel and appears to be getting a good deal to do it. they have to. >> yeah, given that this is very different from the other two charges that we saw in this case, the white house is remarkably characterizing this as something that doesn't touch upon the president and this administration. flynn is in a bubble and he was only in the administration for less than a month and the charges have nothing to do with anyone but him. that's the white house line this morning, but it's not clear whether that's true based on the plea agreement that flynn came to. he is indicating he was in communication with other people in the white house. talking to white house aides this morning, they are still processing that and trying to figure out who that person is and what that could mean for them. at the moment their public reaction is the same as with manafort and papadopoulos. the investig

he said he had fired michael flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. it's a shame, he said, because his actions during the transition were lawful, there was nothing to hide. many people are asking why michael flynn, a former three star general, did not tell the truth to the fbi about his meetings with the russian ambassador, as the president said, his actions were not against the law, but mr trump's tweet leads to a bigger question, did you know michael flynn have lied to the fbi? this is a problem because the former head of the fbi james comey has testified under oath that the president asked him to drop an investigation into michael flynn. legal analysts are now wondering if the president was trying to stop an inquiry into his former adviser, knowing he was guilty, in other words, was he trying to obstruct justice? on this vote, 51 in favour and 49 against. it should have been a momentous day for donald trump, republicans had finally united by a tax bill — a welcome distraction and at last a legislative victory. but now, once again, because of a tw

in this case michael flynn went over the top. that was the first indicator that something was desperately wrong with this guy. and i think it proved a lot of people -- it generated quite a bit of discussion in both the retired and the active corps about this individual being vehement, unconstitutional in the way he approached this. >> what happened to michael flynn? he did have -- correct me if i'm wrong, he had a distinguished career. the work he did in afghanistan with general crystal. what happened to him? >> i don't want to say. i have my own thoughts on that, but i just think that something went wrong toward the end of his career, the demons got ahold of him. for one reason or another, h. tom hybrid application grabs his things and says earn this, and he's talking about service to the country. doing things every day that soldiers will be proud of you. and that's something that for whatever reason, and it's unfortunate because mike flynn did have a good career to a point, it's unfortunate now because he didn't earn it. he sto

the president was close to michael flynn. jared kushner was very close to michael flynn. those were tight relationships. because they, flynn was the first person with brass op his shoulders to endorse the president and also because they agreed with each other on a lot of policy issues and so i think that everyone who was inside that inner circle, everyone who was a visitor to mar-a-lago is probably now trying to think back what did i talk to flynn about. when did we say it. did he talk to the president about certain things? >> and gloria, what about jared kushner? how far does the president's loyalty to him go because now, he is in the cross hairs. he told flynn to do this stuff and he's the one who could be facing perjury charges if he hasn't been honest about everything. >> the president is loyal above all else to his family. i wouldn't say the president's a particularly loyal guy. ask rudy giuliani, chris christie, a bunch of people. maybe even jeff sessions, right? but the question is i think that you know, the president has to protect himself and the presidency. but

so that undercuts the trump administration line that only michael flynn knew what michael flynn was doing with the russians, richard. >> barbara sha, the question wee been asking. is there increased legal jeopardy for the white house, for the president and any of his inner circle? >> the key statement that strikes me in this e-mail is the statement that russia just threw the election to trump. i don't know what that means but it could mean that we have trump officials aware of russian interference in the election. that could be an incredibly significant find if that's what that means. i think that mueller probably knows far more than we do, and if he doesn't railroad will be finding out more as he interviews michael flynn and others about the significance of e-mails. >> barbara, part of that, going to read from the "new york times" reporting, it says it is not clear whether miss macfarland was saying she believed the election had in fact been thrown. a white house lawyer said on friday that she meant only that the democrats were portraying it in that way. jack rice, as we do look at that

flynn, that michael flynn was fired from the white house because he lied to the vice president. and he has pleaded guilty to the same lie to the fbi. i think there will be some within the white house who will wonder exactly what contact who had with the russians and when, and how that will be implicated in this investigation. i think the worry is where all this is going, and which tentacle goes down which road. i think that is the bigger picture here. and i think nobody really knows that other than special counsel robert miller, who is taking his time. it is what he is known for. —— mueller. the former director of the fbi, he is slowly and methodically waking his way through this investigation and no one knows where this goes apart from him. if you want to know more about what might be next for the trump—russia investigation — just go to our website. there's analysis from our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher — just go to bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. violent protests across honduras have intensified with one

you can comment on michael flynn being indicted? >> reporter: president trump was silent when asked about this former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to investigators on sergey kislyak. in a statement white house attorney ty cobb described flynn as a former national security adviser at the white house for 25 days during the trump administration. and a former obama administration official. the statement adds flynn's false statements mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. >> we discussed a lot of different situations. some wonderful. and some difficulties. >> reporter: but the white house statement ignores the fact that obama warned the incoming president to stay away from flynn in the oval office two days after the election. nine day befores he was sworn into office, mr. trump refused cnn's attempts to ask if they had contacts with the russians before the elec

michael flynn has flipped. the one-time national security adviser entering a plea deal and promising to tell all, including that a senior member of the trump transition team told him to contact the russians. we have team fox coverage from the fall-out. what judge napolitano says could be a political crisis and the reaction pouring in. >> we're repeating the horrors of water gate and the shredding of our constitution. >> i don't see this going any further. i've seen no evidence indicating there's a connection between general flynn and the president. >> shepard: it is going further. it's not over. even stocks rocked by the news diving to sessions lows after it broke. reaction from the president? none yet that we know of. a planned photo open cancelled. reporters escorted away from the room. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck on this friday afternoon, president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn says a senior transition official told him to contact the russian government after the el

general michael flynn! michael flynn developed a close relationship with donald trump during the election campaign, at one point he was talked of as a potential vice—president. a truly great general. i thank you. at the republican national convention, he famously led chanting for hillary clinton to be imprisoned. lock her up! all the focus is on the mistake michael flynn made after donald trump's win at the polls, when barack 0bama was still in office and had imposed sanctions on russia for interfering with the us election. on 29th december, michael flynn spoke to the russian ambassador on the phone in the first of a series of calls. on 15th january, vice—president mike pence said sanctions were not discussed by michael flynn in those calls. only after 9th february, when a newspaper revealed general flynn did discuss sanctions when he was not organised to do so, did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. michael flynn then became one of those investigated by the special counsel into russia's

general michael flynn! michael flynn developed a close relationship with donald trump during the election campaign, and at one point he was talked of as a potential vice—president. a truly great general. mike, thank you. at the republican national convention, he famously led chanting for hillary clinton to be imprisoned. lock her up! all the focus now is on the mistake michael flynn made after donald trump's win at the polls, when barack obama was still in office and had imposed sanctions on russia for interfering with the us election. on 29th december, michael flynn spoke to the russian ambassador on the phone in the first of a series of calls. on 15th january, vice—president mike pence said sanctions were not discussed by michael flynn in those calls. only after 9th february, when a newspaper revealed general flynn did discuss sanctions when he was not organised to do so, did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. —— authorised. michael flynn then became one of those investigated by the

we'll be covering michael flynn's guilty plea and the russian probe throughout the hour. where does the investigation go from here? will donald trump move to fire mueller or start giving out pardons? >>> plus everything we know about trump's relationship with michael flynn. >>> the "hardball" roundtable is here to talk about whether the bombshell news has anything to do with trump's increasingly erratic behavior this week and the tax cut for the wealthy. >>> let me finish with "trump watch" on this historic day in washington. this is "hardball," where the action is. farm to table on a blockchain, helping keep shoppers safe. this is a financial transaction secure from hacks and threats others can't see. this is a skyscraper whose elevators use iot data and ai to help thousands get to work safely and efficiently. this is not the cloud you know. this is the ibm cloud. the ibm cloud is the cloud for business. yours. ♪ ♪ what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with

michael flynn. >> on so it is now a guilty plea gin against michael flynn. and what he told the judge he did is that he lied to the fbi four days after president trump was elected when agents questioned him about contacts with the russians. that he denied what i'm about to describe, which he now says actually happened. the first contact is december 22 when egypt introduces a security council resolution against israel. according to the court documents, someone described as a very senior trump transition official down in mar-a-lago urged -- directed actually is the word it uses flynn to contact foreign government officials including the russians and urge them to either delay the vote or vote against it. and according to flynn, he did call the russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kislyak and ask him to do this. and according to the court documents, kislyak said no, we're not playing ball with you on this one. but then the next week president obama announces additional sanctions against the russians fo

michael flynn was briefing him frequently and if not everyday. there was a call involving president-elect trump and all these aids scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on the 29th of december. whether the call took place or not, we are not certain. there was a call scheduled. what's significant about all this and i think a lot of viewers mind may boggled of all the details evolving russia story. they may remember president trump urged james comey, the fbi director to shut down the investigation on michael flynn. when comey declined the do that, he was fired. the big question lingering behind all these was why did the president want to shut down the investigation of flynn and why did he fire james comey when he did not shut the investigation down. what was it that bothered mr. trump so much about the investigation? we still don't have an answer to that question. >> such a big question. >> scott shane with the new york times. thank you for that. thank you for that. >> coming up, my name is cynthia haynes thank you for that. >> coming up, and i am a senior publi

michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters those words hark back to last year when flynn led chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be sent to jail. flynn said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. when confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jarrett coercion or if true the investigation would move much closer to trump himself democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president you know it we've got a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back questioner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back but i we've got more facts together. for the right to come off i think would be guided her as for the president he has

he wasn't authorised to do so did pressure increase and michael flynn lost his job. michael flynn then became one key focus of the investigation into russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and potential collusion with the trump campaign. the white house is now trying to distance itself from general flynn's actions and the lies he told the fbi, but there's no question that this latest development brings the russia investigation ever closer to the president himself. and of course the developments sparked quick reaction on capitol hill — here's some of them. this is part of a broad pattern of the trump administration and campaign people lying about the contacts with the russians. so that in itself is very substantial and serious and obviously when it's the national security advisor to the president, all the more trouble. but given the universe of potential charges against michael flynn, it could indicates he could be presenting some substantial information to rob mueller. we've got, now, two people pleading guilty. we've got a campaign manager and his deputy

michael flynn leaving court in washington d.c. to cries of lock him up from protesters those words hark back to last year when flynn led chance for then democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton to be sent to jail. in his plea deal flynn said a senior member of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials. when confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jarrett coercion or if true the investigation would move much closer to trump himself democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president you know it we've got us a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back jared questioner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back but i we've got more facts together. to further comment on i think would be guided her as fo