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president and for that he was deeply sorry. and that really was the lynch pin here is that he either forgot, couldn't fully recall, or outwardly misled the vice president and others when he was characterizing a conversation he had had with the russian ambassador. i think the situation became increasingly unsustainable and he decided to resign. >> bill: retired lieutenant general keith kellogg, and also looking at joes bob harward and david petraeus for the position. >> good morning to you. you could kind of see it progressing throughout the day. i would say probably over the last two weeks going back to the controversy over flynn and potentially trying to get national -- trying to get security clean answer -- clearance. it looks like a long time

coming. the democrats will say this is the tip of the iceberg. who was flynn acting on behalf of when he was having these conversations with the russian ambassador. the white house is driving the narrative this morning and it is in their interest as well to drive this narrative that it wasn't the phone calls with the russian ambassador to the united states that did him in, the fact that he had given misleading information to the vice president who then went out and repeated it on national television. let's read a little from his resignation letter. i inadvertently gave incomplete information with my phone calls with the russian ambassador. i apologized to the president and vice president and they have accepted my apology. they also accepted his resignation. here is more from kelly ann conway from a short time ago. >> the president is a very loyal person and he has a team here that serves him very

admirably. in this case information had been forthcoming for a while, but the situation had gotten to a fever pitch yesterday. later in the day such that it become unsustainable. >> it was a difficult decision for the president to make because flynn had been a loyal solder. i went to numerous events where flynn got up and introduced the spirit and offered a spirited promotion of his public policies. i was told that the president was willing to hang in on flynn but then flynn decided you know, he was becoming too much of a distraction and had to go. it was interesting yesterday, too, to watch the body language on this, shannon. you had kelly ann conway come out at 3:30 in the afternoon saying the president has full confidence in death. the kiss of death in washington if anybody says that to you start looking for a job. then i heard from a senior administration official that some other things were going on.

then we bumped into the president in the hallway and asked the president about reince priebus is he doing a good job and he said a great job. we asked about flynn and he said we'll be putting out -- >> shannon: the vice president and flynn yesterday as well. the next step who replaces flynn. tell us about the leading candidates. >> official white official tells me the leading candidate is vice admiral robert harward. he was the former deputy commander at centcom. he served under general james mattis, he is over at the pentagon. you can have a tight line of communication between harward here at the white house and mattis at the pentagon should harward become the national security advisor. a navy seal. special operations in iraq and afghanistan. he was in the nsc under

president bush in 2003, also assigned to the national counter terrorism center. this guy is described by senior white house officials as tough as nails. a rock, no games, the type of guy you want at the president's ear. also in the mix general david petraeus. he has been a favorite of president trump's. he was looking for a job for him at the white house but felt he had too many generals and lieutenant general keith kellogg. the acting national security advisor. harward probably has the inside track. he could start as early as friday i'm told if they choose him. >> shannon: time is of the essence on this particular topic. john, good to have the updates. >> bill: analysis by our fox news contributeor byron. >> you have the white house pushing out the story that

general flynn had to go because he lied to the vice president what went on in the phone call. the justice department told the white house three weeks ago there were serious problems with flynn, that he was not telling the truth about these phone calls and that he had perhaps misled the vice president. what they've been doing for the last three weeks. on a bigger sense you'll have a fight now erupting very much in the open between supporters of the white house who are saying flynn was fired because he lied to the vice president, end of story. and democrats who are saying well, we have to find out what is going on. we have to see how far this knowledge of perhaps improper contacts with the russians went and we're already hearing people repeat the old watergate phrase, what did the president know and when did he know it. this fight is just beginning.

>> bill: i would agree with that. you'll hear from that democrats. we'll talk to ron johnson. kellyanne conway said president trump referenced the following comment from charles krauthammer on fox when the doctor said this. >> this is a cover-up without a crime. the idea that one should be all upset because the national security advisors spoke about sanctions seems to be reasonable. the idea of it's illegal is preposterous. when i hear nancy pelosi gets upset about it, it's an absurd tee. >> bill: cover-up without a crime. the president heard the comment and relayed it to kellyanne

conway. >> what charles said was very important. what he was saying, his opinion, is that not only is it not a problem if during the transition general flynn talked to the russian ambassador. it is not a problem if they talked about sanctions. now, democrats are trying to say no, that could possibly be a violation of the logan act which prevents private citizens from conducting diplomacy on behalf of the united states of america or it's improper or some sort of payback to the russians for trying to interfere in the campaign. there are a lot of questions you'll see democrats ask. and i think one of the reasons that the white house is going to embrace charles's idea here is they're basically saying he talked about sanctions, so what? it's not a problem. the problem here was that flynn misled the vice president. so you are going to see those two positions clashing a lot. >> bill: your point about the russians connections will continue. it reflects on the election and democrats will run with it.

how far can they go, do you know? >> they're already going to be investigations in the intelligence committees in the house and senate. and the way democrats don't control any part of the government at the moment, but they do have minority rights in those chit east and we'll hear a lot about it and able to get classified information. just through their positions on capitol hill i think you'll get to see them trying to keep the story alive week after week, month after month. >> thanks, analysis there from washington nine minutes past the hour, shannon. >> shannon: president trump and his administration signaling they're supportive of having a fuller panel of judges from the ninth circuit take a look at his order on immigration. three of the court's judges continued a stay on the order last thursday. briefs from the parties are due to the ninth circuit by thursday. after that if a majority of the active judges in that circuit vote yes then a panel of 11 judges will consider the case.

president trump still stands by his reasons for issuing that immigration order. >> president trump: on the home front we have to create borders and we have to let people that can love our country in and i want to do that. we want to have a big, beautiful open door and we want people to come in and come in our country. but we cannot let the wrong people in. i will not allow that to happen during this administration. >> shannon: judge andrew napolitano on these new developments coming up in the half hour and a ruling by a federal judge out of virginia ruled against the order and cited an interview the president did with bill o'rielly as putting the kibosh on that. >> bill: you have to think how loyal flynn was with the president and how he was on board from the beginning and the guy president trump chose to speak in cleveland, ohio. this is a guy they were in lock step together.

>> shannon: politics is tough. >> bill: the president promised to deliver on immigration. outrage on the other side of the aisle for trying to fulfill that promise. >> we've reached a low point in american journalism. as for the far left, they are people who do not want any immigration enforcement. they want open borders, they want alien criminals protected, they want anarchy. >> bill: that from last night. this from today. all these recent raids taking hundreds of convicted criminals off the streets. why do some people have a problem with that? we'll debate it fair and balanced from the right and left today. >> shannon: it looks like a crisis has been averted in california where the nation's tallest dam threatened to break. how long until people there can actually go back home? >> bill: general flynn is out after his contact with the russian ambassador recorded by the nsa but was the spy agency breaking the law by eavesdropping on him in the first place? senate homeland security

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contacts with russia and why the information was leaked to the media. the house intelligence committee chair asking the f.b.i. for more details about all of this. >> if you look what's leaked out about general flynn, the national security advisor's conversations that he was having with the russian ambassador. i've never seen anything like it. i can't understand for the life of me why people aren't up in arms saying what's going on with our national security in this country and how can there be this many leaks that are doing so much damage to president trump and his new administration. >> bill: senator ron johnson, how are you? good morning. apparently we reached out to michael flynn earlier today and the question was asked about the targeted coordinated leaks and possibly whether or not there were a violation of law to which all those three questions general flynn said yes, yes and yes. now, where are you on this? were there leaks or not?

>> first of all, i want to see this president succeed. there are so many challenges america faces we need a president that can actually succeed. i'm concerned about that. i'm glad people are starting to ask that question. first thing i thought of when i started hearing about these leaks is again you have an agency that is not supportive, loyal to the president of the united states. i asked rex tiller son, how will you handle managing a department filled with a bunch of people who not only don't agree with the president's foreign policy or hostile to it. that's something this president will have to come to grips with and have to get control over. but it will be an enormous challenge. you have the entrenched bureaucracy whether it's in the intelligence community, the state department, throughout government that is going to be opposed to somebody who is really coming to change, is change agent. people don't like change and there will be a great deal of resistance. i want to see this president succeed. >> bill: some specific questions here. who has access to this

information? >> in terms of exactly what happened? >> bill: the conversation was conducted. who has access to that? >> somebody in the nebulous intelligence community. those are the questions that have to be asked. who tapped the phones, who is listening to it, who leaked it. i think those are legitimate questions to asked but better asked in a classified setting to get to the facts. >> bill: were laws broken then? >> i'm not a lawyer. i do not know. let's face it, leaks of this nature are damaging to america and national security and we need to look into it. >> bill: under the fisa law you can listen to conversations from those overseas but you need cause in order to listen to conversations on americans. so then as you interpret that law, was that a violation? was a law broken or not? >> again, i don't want to be discussing things that really should be only discussed in a classified setting.

and that's the problem with what these leaks are. we are now talking about what the u.s. government is doing monitoring different types of phone calls. that never should have been leaked. it should not be in the public domain right now but it is. that's very unfortunate, which is why it's quite serious. >> bill: nancy pelosi came out with a statement moments ago. flynn's resignation is a reflection of the poor judgment of president trump and the man's answers to the grave questions over the president's involvement. what would you say to the house minority leader on that, senator? >> i wasn't privy to any of those conversations so i don't know why in the end general flynn decided to resign. but i actually do appreciate in a leader loyalty to people that work for that leader. that certainly -- donald trump comes from the private sector where he is used to people being loyal to him and to his organization. i've been trying to counsel cabinet members from the

private sector, washington, d.c. is an alternate universe. the laws of physics don't apply here and within government politics the difference between campaign and governing is different. this will be something that a new president coming from the private sector will have to get used to. it is a different universe and he has to figure out what kind of laws of physics apply in this place. >> bill: how long does that adjustment take do you believe? >> very rapid transformation. look at what is happening in north korea. it would be very helpful if the individuals in these agencies and departments were loyal to a new administration. we're seeing that's not the case and what alarms me most about this occurrence. >> bill: thank you for your time. ron johnson reacting to breaking news. we'll speak soon. shannon, what's next. >> shannon: republican lawmakers facing an eruption of

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>> bill: keeping track of the cabinet now the senate confirm two more members of president trump's cabinet yesterday. they're david shill kin becoming the next secretary of the veterans affairs. treasury secretary steve mnuchin faced a tougher confirmation. only one democratic senator voted in favor of him, joe manchin from the state of west virginia. >> i share your economic vision and goals and committed to working with you to enact policies, to grow the economy

and make better economic opportunities for all americans. >> bill: that from the white house late yesterday. labor secretary nominee andrew puzder. some republicans have expressed reservations about him. we will watch that as it goes. >> shannon: no surprise democrats are looking to slow the trump agenda in any way possible. some constituents hijacking republican town halls including one in florida where congressman was bombarded by boos. concerns about the future of the affordable care act. listen. [shouting] >> shannon: we're live from washington with details. a lot of these protests are being equateded to tea party movement.

>> the objects of this fire says it's organized from on high. astroturfing funded perhaps through the murky world of george soros but if you talk to the protestors there is a belief it's organic like the tea party. >> so much of the energy is organic. there have been somewhere around 80 to 90 organizations that started since the election. the majority of those people have never been involved in politics or organized before. they are just moving on what they are feeling from their peers, people want to be organized and want to come together. >> bill: it is not just at town halls where we're seeing this. democrats and others are throwing up obstacles to trump's agenda everywhere from the halls of congress to the courts to media coverage and street protests, campus rioting. it is a full assault on the new administration. the question is can the left translate that into success at the ballot box two years from

now as the tea party did during the obama administration? the answer may lie in the people who won this election for trump. the swing state mostly white blue collar voter who doesn't give a hoot about social justice or twitter feed. his party risks further alienation if it ignores those people. >> they don't really give a crap about if the president is an -- the reality is, we did not offer a positive message to anyone i'm related to. they did not -- we did not offer a message to my neighbors, we did not offer a message to the people in indiana, ohio, pennsylvania or kentucky. what we did is said how offensive. grow up. that's not reality for most of america. says those voters worry about jobs coming back and their paychecks, what their kids are being taught at school.

not trump's offensiveness. >> shannon: generally it's the party that's out of power that does better. what do we think this time around? >> that's the case but not always the case that the president's party loses seats in mid-term elections. the small majority that republicans hold in the senate is a reminder trump has to keep the promises about manufacturing jobs and putting americans back to work. if he fails there that silent majority may not be so forgiving. >> shannon: all right. thank you. >> bill: 28 minutes past the hour. get the opening bell in a couple of moments. a big day yesterday. in the meantime what's the status on obamacare. repeal and replace? the vice president mike pence meeting with republicans. some worried they aren't moving fast enough. will the house vote to repeal before the new plan is ready to go? we'll find out in a moment. >> shannon: the president's temporary travel ban moving on several legal tracks all different across the country this morning. judge napolitano will break down what happens now going forward. >> it is a stance of common

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that's coming out from the president just a moment ago. 33 past the hour. >> shannon: we've got breaking developments on the president's temporary travel ban on two fronts. the white house is supportive of another new hearing at the ninth circuit by a panel of 11 judges instead of the three who have backed the hold on his executive order on immigration. in virginia a federal judge issuing an injunction ruling the ban is constitutional on religious grounds. judge napolitano is helping us track across the country what's going on. basically it's still very much in play. >> it is. there are 48 lawsuits. we know the one in virginia and in seattle. the president should take the ninth circuit opinion and use it as guideline as to how to make a new executive order bullet proof. if he rips up the executive order of january 27 he stops the 48 litigations, he

undermines the opinion of the ninth circuit but he has a guideline as to how more liberal -- not just liberal but more liberal judges are likely to attack this. so if you can make it, as we say, you know this phrase, shannon, you're a lawyer, bullet proof, virtually immune from appeal, he will have a stronger executive order, he will have the security at the nation's airports and seaports that he wants and he will have undermined his political opponents who are many these days. >> shannon: you know how it works. it doesn't cost most places much to file a lawsuit and there is much to be gained if you think you can ultimately stop this action you're against. >> particularly if you have judges who want to second guess the president by saying things like something he said in august is the reason -- when he was a candidate is the reason for a decision in january or worse yet something one of his supporters said in august is a reason for a decision he made after he is inaugurated. i don't think you've ever seen

that. i've never seen that. >> shannon: i was reading the order out of virginia. it put an injunction as far as virginia residents and schools in virginia a stay there, not nationwide. this is part of what she said. she talked about tv interviews when trump was a candidate and now president and some he has made sense. it focuses on the president's statements about a muslim ban and the link that giuliani placed between those statements and executive orders. she went through the statements and tv interviews and said that was enough evidence for her to say this probably violates religious freedom and can't move forward. >> what she is saying is because the burden of the executive order falls disproportionately on people who are muslim, it is therefore an anti-muslim order. and that is not the law of the land. the law of the land is that foreign policy is in the hands

of the president and the congress that's given him many tools, one is the right to suspend immigration. as long as the reason for the suspension is not religion, it can fall disproportionately on people who fall in one religion. the distinction between purpose and effect has never been applied in the area of foreign policy. but this is something that the president can accommodate by explaining these things in the executive order. >> shannon: she addressed the virginia judge the fact there has been a lot of discussion these countries were decided for a special classification under the obama administration. it is not as if the trump administration picked these seven countries. some say put out a new executive order and include other countries that are a threat and beef it up in ways that take some of these arguments away. >> suppose the intelligence community went to president obama in december and said we have reason to believe, obama, we have reason to believe that lone wolves will come in from

some of these countries and we don't know which country and he didn't do anything about it and they said it to president trump and he said we'll stop everybody. wouldn't that be a sound basis for the exercise of presidential discretion? absolutely. should he have to explain that to a judge to justify this exercise of his discretion? absolutely not. >> shannon: what now? we have all these different things bubbling and the ninth circuit will make a decision soon. a lot of people caution against going to the supreme court. >> we have a trial that will start in seattle before the trial judge who issued the nationwide restraining order. that trial will test the basis, the reasons for the president's order. president doesn't want that trial because he doesn't want to reveal the reasons for his order. so we're sort of in a little limbo. is the ninth circuit going to review this again with a larger group than just the three who

refused it last week? meantime, the states that are suing the federal government get to acquire information from the president. the president's lawyers get to acquire information from them, both sides are gearing up for a trial. should foreign policy be decided by trial judges or by the president of the united states? >> shannon: maybe in the meantime we get a new executive order if they are listening to the judge and his advice. always good to see you. thanks, bill. >> bill: thanks. we're watching this. a race against the clock. northern california where they're trying to repair this dam in hopes of heading off a potential catastrophe. a massive rainstorm might bring more trouble later this week. meanwhile it has thousands of evacuated homeowners in limbo. we're live in oroville, california. what's the status on fixing that emergency spillway that is of such concern, claudia? >> bill, the work is happening around the clock. you can see some of the big

construction crews behind me moving around the boulders at the top of the dam. they're moved out to patch up the dam's emergency spillway. they were in the trenches of the spillway guiding in blackhawk helicopters as they dropped their heavy loads of rocks in a hole that broke open on sunday. trying to prevent further erosion to what is essentially a ravine that had never been used as an emergency spillway before. meantime california governor jerry brown is breaking his silence on the crisis admitting he didn't know about a warning years ago that the dam was vulnerable creating the possibility of a major flood. he has asked the white house for federal assistance and had this message for the thousands of people waiting to go back home. >> just know that we -- their government and representatives are doing everything they can and will continue to do whatever it takes to make sure we have a safe dam up there and all the other places where we have these kind of potential

threats. >> nearly 190,000 evacuees are waiting at shelters at schools and local fairgrounds. some may be allowed to go home to get necessities like medicine and clothing. that plan is still being worked out. now the county sheriff says there is no more imminent threat that the spillway will collapse but until it's shored up the evacuation order will stand. the water level inside the reservoir is starting to drop now down to about 890 feet above sea level. well below the rim. officials want to get it down another 50 feet at least to build up capacity and the pictures of the main spillway that is being used are just dramatic. officials have doubled the releases there on the main spillway even though it is

damaged, too. and for the next few days we can expect the lake level to keep dropping about four inches an hour. the next storm that's moving in tomorrow night, early thursday morning is expected to be a colder system which means the snow level will drop, there will be less rain and less runoff but bill, the challenge, of course, is to build up capacity not just for the rains due to arrive this week but in the weeks ahead not to mention all of the snow runoff arriving this spring. >> bill: claudia is watching all of that today in northern california. >> shannon: new details about what led to the resignation of now former national security advisor mike flynn. questions about how the nsa handled the information. they apparently had on his phone calls with russia. kathryn hair ij with a new report. >> bill: president trump says he is keeping his campaign

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promise, top democrats stepping up their opposition to all of that that includes david goodfriend, former staff secretary to president clinton. and bill thiessen. mark, start now. is president trump doing something that is different from president obama? take that point first. >> not at all. this is fake news. people are treating this like this is some kind of unprecedented border action that we're taking. enforcement action. the fact is barack obama deported more people than any president in american history. in fact, barack obama deported more illegal aliens than all the presidents in the 20th century combined. he deported between 2009 and 2015 an average of 1,000 a day during the course of his presidency not including the people who self-deported or stopped at the border and

turned away. and it doesn't include the last year of his administration. when the figures come in, it will be higher. there is nothing that president trump is doing today that is a break from what barack obama did but all of a sudden the democrats are up in arms about it. they're disturbed about it. >> bill: president obama at the time. david. we're told these are all moms and maids, you know that's not true. >> i want to agree with something mark said. he is absolutely right. a casual observer coming to this would say president obama did a ton of enforcement and deportations as my colleague said, the most in history. what is the difference here? the only way to answer that is not to look at this issue in a vacuum. you have to look at last night's resignation of the national security advisor and look at all the judges across america who have overturned and blocked president trump's actions on immigration. i think what we really have here is a crisis of confidence in the president.

nobody really believes right now anything this president says. it is not holding up. the fake news, if you will, is what's coming out of the white house. we don't believe him anymore. >> bill: here are the numbers, ice the raids last week 680 posed a threat to public safety. border security of the u.s. immigration system. of those arrested 75% were criminal aliens and convicted of crimes including homicide, sexual assault, and drug trafficking. o'rielly's big point, mark, is that those facts have been underreported. is that true? >> they absolutely have been underreported and they aren't a break with the past. they're saying this is an unprecedented enforcement action. 680 people. in 2015 barack obama rounded up 2,000 people in a period of five days in a single raid. barack obama only targeted criminal aliens, that's not true. in 2016 he launched something called operation border

guardian that targeted all illegal immigrants that came into the country in two years and deported thousands of women and children across the country. there is no difference here. and in terms of telling the truth, donald trump campaigned on saying he is going to do this. he is doing exactly what he said. i don't know why you say you can't believe him. >> it's an issue of incompetence out of this white house. i'm not disputing your figures. i haven't heard anybody dispute those figures. there is a crisis in confidence in this president, his national security advisor who oversaw immigration enforcement had to resign and maybe criminally liable. his executive orders have been blocked by a republican judge. you may be right about this. >> bill: david, you approve a president should have the ability and the authority to remove violent criminals. >> absolutely.

no dispute. like i said, president obama did this as well. it would be very hypocritical for me to say it's wrong when president trump does it but right when president obama does it. it's the law of the land. enforcing the law is the number one role of the executive. let's agree. why do you see so much concern in communities across the country about what the president does? to me the only way you have an effective president is when people trust the president. when the president loses the trust of the population, then you get things like this where even if he is just doing his job people don't trust him. >> bill: there was a big impression given these were not criminal aliens being arrested. i'm reading the same news you are. >> bill: you get the impression from a lot of outlets. i have to run. we'll continue in a moment. you get the impression they're ripping families apart and if you look at the numbers, 75% are violent criminals. david. thank you for your time today.

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>> shannon: another busy day in washington a lot to watch on capitol hill. we're awaiting remarks from republican house leadership and house armed services committee going to hold a hearing on the evolving terror threat. peter doocy with more. how are republican leaders responding to the breaking news of flynn's resignation? >> we haven't heard anything from leadership on the hill just yet but we do expect that to come a few minutes from now. we have reaction trickling in from people like the house intel committee chairman nunez. he statement that david flynn

served in the u.s. military for more than three decades. washington, d.c. can be a rough town for honorable people and flynn deserves america's gratitude and respect for dedicating so much of his life to strengthening our nation. democrats calling for investigations. nancy pelosi out with this saying she says the f.b.i. must accelerate its investigation of the russian connection with the trump administration and congress must call for an independent outside commission to fully investigate russia's influence on the administration and election. because flynn steps aside doesn't mean that democrats are done with him. at the same time this morning on the hill just a few minutes away there is going to be a hearing about the evolving terror threat and strategies to stop it. we have our hands on some of the testimony that will be heard by the house armed services committee and one expert witness from the rand corporation plans to offer an opinion much different than what the white house has been

pitching recently. jenkins has in his prepared remarks partnering with the russians to destroy isis is mentioned as an option but it comes with a high cost and offers very little in return. as the white house is figuring out who the next national security advisor should be congress trying to get their own advice how to take out isis. shannon. >> shannon: we know you'll be hustling today. >> bill: we could hear from house leadership on all of this. watching the microphone on capitol hill. paul ryan will be on at the top of the hour and next hour we'll likely here from president trump. stay tuned. we'll tell you what we're learning today about how and why the nsa tracked general flynn's phone calls.

>> shannon: right now house republican leaders are about to hold their weekly news conference. speaker paul ryan likely to face questions about the president's immigration ban now

on hold and deportations as well as the effort to replace obamacare. we'll monitor the briefing. when it gets underway we'll bring you anything important that happens from there. also president trump's embattled national security advisor falls on his sword. general michael flynn resigning after changing his story about contacts with the russians and we may hear from the president later this hour. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. the phrase was incomplete information. that's the wording on the letter on behalf of general flynn. came with an apology as well for misleading the vice president and others about his communications with russia's ambassador. the counselor to the president kellyanne conway talking about the resignation earlier. >> i think misleading the vice president really was the key here and i spoke with the president this morning. he asked me to speak on his

behalf and to reiterate that mike flynn had resigned. he decided that the situation had become unsustainable for him. >> bill: that was three hours ago. this from 30 minutes ago president trump sending this tweet quote. the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington will these leaks be happening as i deal on north korea, etc. they are considering three candidates to replace him at the white house. >> shannon: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is recording on the leaks leading up to flynn's resignation. now here is ralph peters. you know michael flynn from way back and impressed with him over the years and say he served the country admirably but raised concerns about when he started to have an interesting relationship with folks over in russia. do you think it was his ultimate undoing? >> unquestionably. mike's life has been two acts.

the first act he was a terrific soldier. he worked his way up the hard way through excellence and did terrific work in afghanistan and iraq. a model soldier. but he changed. he made the inexcusable mistake of taking russian funding to go to moscow to the banquet to sit with putin. there is no way to engage the russians like that and not get dirty. even if you aren't dirty they'll make you look dirty. they are masters at it. i could never understand why mike would expose himself like that. it cast the shadow over the phone calls to ambassador from russia and everything else. we should not lose sight of how well mike served this country for a very long time. i think he was intentionally or not, compromised by the russian connection. >> shannon: all right. i know that you said making

those calls or having those conversations that would have been a first grave error if he crossed lines and lying to the vice president if that's what happened and allowing the vice president to defend you on the sunday shows and other places. here is what senate armed services committee chair senator john mccain has to say this morning. general flynn's resignation is a troubling ind indication of the reflection on the security apparatus. >> the commander is responsible for everything his troops do or fail to do. the president is a commander-in-chief and the one that picks the people. i think going forward if he picks the next security national security advisor, he needs to be very careful and think it through, vet them thoroughly and i permanently believe everybody in a top security position should be polygraphed. i have a suggestion for the president. i know he is looking at generals and admiral.

that's fine. but you have jim mattis there and general kelly at homeland security. if the president could swallow his pride there is an obvious candidate who would be fantastic. you need somebody who knows the international scene, who knows the military and s international and domestic law. lindsey graham would be a brilliant national security advisor. >> shannon: this brings me a chuckle when you say that. those two didn't like each other and they were running against each other for president. senator graham not a fan of the president. we've seen the president make amends or come to a relationship with people who were big critics of his and him as well. that would be quite coupling if they worked together. >> it is unlikely. washington is a town full of unlikely alliances. my concern is this, clearly this administration needs someone who has a good grasp of again domestic and international law.

it matters. and lindsey graham is a lawyer, a brigadier general in the air force reserve. served in afghanistan. he has a strategic vision. what worries me about another general or admiral is this. the only general of the last generation i know who i really thought was a strategic thinker is jim mattis. and jim mattis can handle the security stuff, the military stuff, but he needs as national security advisor a partner who can work with congress. the president needs to be able to work with congress. he may not like it but that's how our government works. my bottom line is pick the best man or woman for the job. if that's a general or admiral the president is welcome to pick them but it may sound strange from a military guy i would like, given the structure of the administration, i would like to see someone wearing a civilian suit. >> shannon: we'll see if that's the direction he goes as we stand by for that.

retired lieutenant colonel peters, thank you. >> bill: calling on the f.b.i. to review the transcript of michael flynn's conversation with the russian ambassador. a series of leaks many believe were made to damage this administration. catherine herridge tracking that for us today. what are you learning so far this morning, catherine? >> the former national security advisor told fox news he believes the leaks were targeted, coordinated and possible violation of the law. the release of information from the flynn phone calls with the russian ambassador appears to be especially problematic. when the intelligence community captures phone calls inside the u.s. even discussing a foreign national steps must be taken to shield the american caller's identity. it's called minimization. identifying the caller for

surveillance purposes needs sign off at the highest level. >> to unmask his name so intelligence officials knew who it was on the other end of the phone talking to the ambassador. someone made the decision to deliberately listen to general flynn's phone calls and that is, i think, unprecedented, unwarented and flat out wrong. >> the house chairman of the intelligence committee is asking the f.b.i. for an assessment of the recent leaks including phone calls between the president and the leaders of australia and mexico from the intelligence community investigation into the alleged russian interference in the u.s. election as well as the flynn phone calls. >> bill: you hear reaction from democrats. what are they saying on that? >> senior house democrats want a full and immediate briefing on the flynn disclosures and they want that before the end of this week when the house goes on recess. the congressmen sit on the government oversight committees. the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee

put out a statement confirms flynn calls are part of a larger investigation into the alleged russian interference in the election. the trump administration has yet to be forthcoming whether flynn was acting on the instructions of the president or any other official essential or with their knowledge. fox news asked congressman shift if he shared the concern of the committee's chairman about the leaks damaging national security as well as sources and methods. we didn't get an immediate response but we'll bring it to you as soon as we have it. >> bill: thank you. good reporting there, catherine herridge in washington the relationship that donald trump and michael flynn had through this process, they run in deep waters now. flynn was -- he was on board early. and president trump, then candidate trump saw him as unorthodox, an outsider and wanted him on blow. this is a deep blow to the administration. >> shannon: the left smells blood in the water and never let up on flynn and here we are.

president trump's cabinet continuing to take shape last night. they approved steve mnuchin for secretary of the treasury 53-47 almost completely party lines. let's go to mike emanuel watching it all. >> 53-47 with joe manchin joining with republicans to get steve mnuchin confirmed. complaints about democrat obstruction on capitol hill but two confirmation votes last night. mnuchin for treasury secretary and dr. shulkin to head veteran's affairs. unanimous support. president trump celebrated getting mnuchin's confirmation. >> president trump: americans should know that steven, our nation's financial system is truly in great hands. with him we'll have no problem, believe me. once again, with this appointment i'm following through on my promise to

appoint only the very best and the very brightest. >> the senate is getting back in session this hour. we expect another confirmation vote on lyndon mcmahon to be the small business administrator. confirmation is expected. >> shannon: thank you, mike. >> bill: we expect to see -- the president could comment for the first time on camera on general flynn's resignation. what will he say about that and the nsa and leaks? stand by for that. >> shannon: another blow for the white house, a federal judge in virginia calls it potentially unconstitutional plus this. [shouting] >> you've seen the protestors swarming the town halls across the country trolling republican lawmakers over president trump's agenda, obamacare certainly front and center at many of these rallies. so how will this go? we'll check that out in a

moment. >> there are elements of it that are well organized and coordinated. they wouldn't be able to do that without a grassroots base that are very, very upset that donald trump was elected president.

>> bill: it is moving yet again. house republican leadership at the microphone there in a matter of seconds now. right on time we expect the house speaker paul ryan and others to tell us about the

current agenda, what they're talking about and questions certainly on general michael flynn. so as we await that, this happens every week and given the news overnight, this is something we want to pay close attention to. so kevin brady republican from california, he goes first. so let's drop on in and see what we pick up here. >> have been hurt by the affordable care act and forced into plans they can't afford. they don't want and frankly damages them. the ways and means committee we're working on solutions that will do this first. provide relief to hard working families that have been damaged by the obamacare taxes, the penalties and the mandates. we are going to provide americans especially middle class families who have been left behind by obamacare with the freedom to buy a healthcare plan that's right for them. not what's right for washington that is portable, that can travel with them throughout

their lifetime. is tailored to their needs. grows with their family and can be changed throughout their lifetime and to strengthen options like health savings accounts. those consumer-driven health savings accounts that can help families deal better with the day-to-day out-of-pocket costs that come with healthcare as well. so we are focused on repealing obamacare, replacing it with the types of reforms that work for patients, that return control to the states so they can tailor healthcare to their needs and restores the free market so americans just have more choices. >> i'm greg walden from the great state of oregon. i did five town halls in the last week. i want to echo what chairman brady said. healthcare is very important to all americans. we want to get it right and taking our time to do that. you'll see us come forward with

a replacement bill after we repeal that makes sure that people have access to affordable healthcare for the first time. i've heard from farmers, ranchers, small business people what happened to their premiums. how they didn't get to keep their plan or doctor and we've met with states. we've met with governors across the country over the last couple of weeks who understand that this is not sustainable. so you are going to see us move forward on the energy and commerce committee looking at reforms. looking at a better way to provide help to those most in need in our states and the medicaid population, and to allow states to innovate. our state of oregon has had quite a bit of innovation over the years. we have the ccos in place that have brought better healthcare outcomes at lower cost. there are great ideas out there among the states. right now they have to come back and beg permission from a federal bureaucrat to be able to do much of anything innovative. we want to give states flexibility and we want to give people better healthcare. we'll accomplish both in the

legislation we'll be marking up in the near future. >> thank you very much. want to wish you all a very happy valentine's day but more importantly i want to wish my wife, judy, a very happy valentine's day. if the cameras are on -- [laughter] >> would you like to come back up? >> i want to thank these two chairmen for the work they're doing when it comes to present placing obamacare. we know what's happening to so many families. the high deductibles, all those that join the co-ops, those 23 where 18 have failed. when you look across the united states, those more than 3,000 counties with now 1022 of those counties, one-third of america, only have one healthcare insurance company. that's the real challenge. that's why we cannot slow down.

we have to repeal and we have to replace it. when you look at the functions of what we're doing focusing on the individual, focusing on the care, the betterment of all of america, these two individuals and their committees are doing the work. now this week we're continuing to make sure we're reforming and getting the regulatory process in america working right. when you look at the congressional review act only one time in history has one ever been signed into law. two will be signed this week. we'll have passed our 13th by the end of this week. kevin brady will be on the floor going through unemployment insurance drug testing. many have been addicted in the past we should not continue to help the very poor habits but we should give states more flexibility getting people back to work. that's what we're being able to do. the review acts regulatory we're helping america get back to work. finding common sense regulations. but also in the long run what we're doing is making sure

there is a level playing field that states have the flexibility and the protection. so we look at the other one we're dealing with when it comes to retirement planning. making sure those individuals have the same protection in the private sector and also in the public. i think that's very important looking out after the individual at what this congress wants to make sure they do. >> happy valentine's day to my lovely wife jennifer back home. [laughter] i think we know what the speaker will talk about, too. and to all of you, of course. look, for years now americans have been telling us all across the country that obamacare has failed. it has failed families, if you look at what it's done in the practice of medicine we've seen so many doctors leaving the practice of medicine. in fact, a lot of them have ran for congress and got elected to congress to come and help rescue people across this country from the failures of obamacare. the good news is we've been listening to them and we've committed that if we finally get the opportunity we the

republican house and senate and white house that we would repeal this law. and actually replace it with reforms that put patients back in charge of their healthcare decisions. they're too important to be made by unelected bureaucrats and we're focused on lowering costs for families. one of the biggest failures of obamacare it has made healthcare more unaffordable and unaccessible for families with double digit increases. in louisiana, a 25% increase in healthcare costs for hard working families over what they were paying last year and last year we saw costs going up again because of all the unworkable mandates and taxes in this failed law. so there is relief, there is help coming. our committees have been working on this. they've been engaging governors in this process hearing if people across the country that have good ideas how to put the

control of healthcare decisions back in the hands of patients and focus on lowering costs. it's exciting to see that we've listened to americans and we're doing the hard work. this isn't going to be some bill written in the back room like speaker pelosi did on the day before obamacare came to the floor where she wrote the bill in a room where nobody could read it and voted on with people who had never read the bill. this bill is being worked on by all of our committees of jurisdiction in public view. you can watch it on c arings ha. more hearings being held and committees will be taking legislation and having votes and marking them up where people can watch this on c span. it is a much better change and process and it will result in much better healthcare for americans across this country. >> bill: happy valentine's day, everyone. especially brian, who proposed to me 11 years ago today. he did it right. [laughter]

as we approach our work as a unified republican government, our 2 hyundai plan, one of our top priorities is to repeal and replace obamacare. with tom price as health and human services secretary we're excited to see him in that position and we trust that he is the best choice to lead in this effort. his confirmation is just one of those additionalsteps as we move forward with the repeal and replace of obamacare. we're on track. our committees are going to work on tax credits, on health savings accounts, on medicaid, on restoring a robust insurance market. really pleased to have chairman walden and brady with us today to go into more details on these efforts. we're continuing to work to repeal obamacare and replace it with a 21st century healthcare system that works for everyone, including the most vulnerable in our communities. the people with disabilities, the people with pre-existing conditions, the people who need

help. our goal is to insure that everyone has better access, better options. we want people to be empowered to make the best healthcare decisions for themselves. it's important to all of us, for all of us it's personal. >> bill: i want to start off by saying happy valentine's day to my wife, jana. i'm sure she is watching this on c span. yeah. [laughter] look, our promise to repeal and replace obamacare is about two big things. first, it is about rescuing people from this collapsing law where premiums are getting higher and higher and the choices are getting fewer and fewer to the point where people have no choices left at all. this law is in a collapse and we have an obligation to rescue people from that collapse. it is also about building a stronger healthcare system for the country. one that gives every american access to quality, affordable

care. instead of fewer choices we want our healthcare system to be competitive. insurers should compete for your business and treat you fairly instead of more mandates, you should have the freedom and flexibility to choose the plan that best meets your needs. instead of more bureaucracy the patient and doctor should be at the center of our healthcare decisions. instead of all of this uncertainty and instead of worrying about whether or not you have to find a new plan or doctor, you should have real peace of mind. that's what our healthcare system should look like. all of this will help lower costs and end the annual sticker shock of higher premiums. i fully recognize and respect the strong feelings people have about this issue. we should be passionate about it. it is about people's lives. this affects every person and every family in america. that's why we're taking a step-by-step approach so people can see the changes that we're making so that they can see how they will help, and working with secretary price, have a

stable transition where no one has the rugged pulled out from under them while we work for a better, more stable system. this step-by-step approach will rescue people from obamacare's collapse and give every american access to affordable, quality healthcare. this is why we're doing what we're doing, we have to stop the collapse and we have better ideas that have been time tested that will make sure we give the american people the kind of relief they deserve. questions. nice shoes. >> my wife agrees. >> do you want to come up and say happy valentine's day? >> happy valentine's day. in your opinion does the american public deserve to know whether the president of the united states directed mike flynn to talk to the russian ambassador about the issue of sanctions? >> national security is the

most important function or responsibility a president has. and i think the president made the right decision to ask for his resignation. you cannot have an national security advisor misleading the vice president and others. i think the president was right to ask for his resignation and it was the right thing to do. let's speak about russia for a second. i've always been a russia skeptic and hawk. new administrations these days try to get better relations with russia. the bush administration tried, the clinton administration tried and obama administration did the reset. it's rational to try to improve relations with russia. i'll leave it up to the administration to describe the circumstances surrounding what brought to this point. i think the key is this. that as soon as this person lost the president's trust the president asked for his resignation and it was the right thing to development i

won't pre-judge until we have the information. >> the travel ban -- >> i said a muslim ban would be against our country's principles or a religious ban. >> would you support an independent investigation into russian ties and are you concerned the white house knew about all of this call three weeks ago and did not -- >> so my same answer to his question. i won't pre-judge circumstances surrounding this. the administration will explain the circumstances. the intelligence committee has been looking into it with respect to russia. i think it's important that as soon as they realize that they were being misled by the national security advisor they asked for his resignation. we need to get all the information before we pre-judge anything. >> do you have any concerns about the president talking about the north korea --

[inaudible] >> i've never heard that in a press conference before. i don't believe any classified information was discussed. i think it's important that if classified information information is discussed. it is my information that no classified information was discussed. talking about foreign policy at the dinner table is appropriate. thank you. >> bill: there is the news at the end speaker paul ryan saying the president made the right decision in accepting the resignation, the right thing to do. this will be the beginning of what is certain to be a day-long series of reactions. and counter reactions to -- from lawmakers from the news overnight and general flynn out from "the west wing". speaking of the west wing we will hear from president trump. he is meeting with parents and teachers at the white house today and there should be a

tape play-out what's happening there. we do have a tweet from him last hour when he talked about leaks coming out of the white house and the nsa. so stand by for that. and we'll get back to all that when we continue in a moment here. it is 10:30 at the white house, 10:30 in new york.

>> shannon: we're awaiting some output from the white house now. the president is scheduled to be meeting with parents and teachers at this hour. not related to that but possibly we could get a comment. it would be his first public comments on camera about the resignation of michael flynn. his national security advisor. we await a replacement as we still await many details how it went down. how information was gathered and leaked. there is still so much more to this story. we'll wait and see if the president makes any comment. we'll bring it to you right away. >> bill: also another big story now. israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu is in washington ahead of his meeting tomorrow with president trump. it should be fascinating. netanyahu expressing optimism about the sit-down saying this before his flight out of tel aviv. >> the alliance between israel and america has always been extremely strong. it's about to get even stronger. president trump and i see eye-to-eye on the dangers emanating from the region but also on the opportunities. and we'll talk about both as well as upgrading the relations between israel and the united states and many, many fields. >> bill: that meeting is tomorrow at the white house. the european parliament member in strasburg, france is with me now. a significant delay on the satellite. i'll ask the question and get out of the way. when you hear benjamin netanyahu saying the relationship will be stronger, what is the effect of that on the ground in the middle east? what is the impact of that on, say, perhaps syria or iran or both?

>> well, i think the important point is this. that america has spent eight years moving away from our traditional allies, britain, rael and what is perfectly clear with the trump regime is the old relationships are back and good and strong and i would expect netanyahu to make the point to president trump that actually he has good relations with countries like egypt. i think what this says is that the closeness, the deal with iran, that is now all dead. we'll see a different series of relationships now building in the middle east. >> bill: we understand he will speak with theresa may, the british prime minister next hour. i don't know when that was scheduled but if you have information on that, what would be the gist of that conversation then? >> well, the first point will be a follow-up from a very successful visit to the white house just a couple of weeks ago.

and secondly, i think the middle east is bound to be high on the agenda, netanyahu was in london just last week. he is in washington today. i think the way that iran behaving, missile testing, all the rest of it, i suspect they'll have a serious conversation about iran. >> bill: we are following this settlement story, too, in the west bank. we'll see where the administration comes down on that. a week ago president trump suggested it was not the right course to pursue and he had mentioned during the campaign moving the capitol city from tel aviv to jerusalem and they're backing away from that for the moment. from the jerusalem post. settler leaders are once again rattled after pinning their hopes for months on trump's candidacy and ultimate election. they now wonder what to expect from an ambition foreign policy team surrounding trump. as you look at that now, nigel, you take that within the context of what has happened over the past 12 hours and the

resignation of general flynn. how do leaders in europe and the middle east view a trump administration that is now 3 1/2 weeks on? >> well, they're a little bit confused because the whole tenor of the trump campaign was to try to build friendly relations with russia. when general flynn tries to build friendly relations suddenly he is gone. not for that reason but for not sharing what he was doing. so i think on that i think on the big message that perhaps the embassy would get moved from tel aviv to jerusalem and now we aren't sure, i think that what world leaders are doing on some of these issues is watching, waiting and seeing. we're not exactly sure what trump is going to do on these big issues. what we do know, though, his instincts are fiercely pro-israel and ultimately whatever tough decisions this presidency has to take, it will

take them in favor of israel maintaining its independence as a state. there are countries in that region that literally want to obliterate israel and trump will be on their side. >> bill: i expect it to be a friendly meeting and we'll see it unfold tomorrow and your point well taken about waiting, watching and seeing how the administration moves forward and the phone calls of general flynn. you start not necessarily from ground zero but you start over with new personnel. nigel, thank you for your time. nigel farage. >> shannon: new information refeeling for the first time intelligence on the islamic revolutionary guard group. they're involved in almost all aspects of iranian life and responsible for the country's ballistic missile program. let's bring in eric shawn.

>> iran is under u.s. sanctions, number one on the list sponsors of terrorism and could soon be more steps to clamp down on iran. the trump administration calling them a foreign terrorist organization and training camps in iran that will churn out new terrorists. this report released this hour from the group the national council of resistance of iran claims the guard core runs those camps for foreign fighters in iran. the opposition says is forces are being taught terrorist tactics from urban warfare, missile training in an effort to expand iran's threat. the guard was founded during the islamic revolution back in 1979 and continues to play a dominant role in iran's economic life. they are calling on the white

thousand to slap the terrorist designation on the guard. >> people of iran will be welcome the designation of irtc, which is responsible for thousands of political executions and torture in prisons. it is also responsible for training terrorists, supporting and engaging in terrorist activities outsidr an. >> others say designating the guard as a separate terrorist group would backfire saying it is not needed because iran is already sanctioned by the u.s. a former assistant secretary of state in the obama administration. >> the designation is reserved for foreign terrorist governments. we have a state sponsor of terrorism list for governments and iran is on that list. it really does fit the bill. >> so far the administration has not indicated when it may announce that terrorist designation, if it does at all. >> shannon: much to consider.

all right, eric sean, thank you. >> bill: getting word from the pentagon. two sources telling him that there is a russian spy ship now patrolling off the coast of delaware about 70 miles off the atlantic shore there. for the first time now since president trump took office we're learning here a spy ship off the coast of delaware moving 10 knots an hour. where it's headed we don't know. quoting one official he said the following. it's not a huge concern but we are keeping our eyes on it. end quote and so will we as we get more information from the pentagon on that. >> shannon: we will. all right, president trump cracking down on illegal immigration targeting hundreds of convicted criminals. the left accusing the administration of ripping families apart. >> should every criminal illegal immigrant be thrown out of this country? every one? >> if they committed a real crime absolutely. >> how do you define crime?

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>> shannon: president trump fulfilling a campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration. homeland security saying raids over the weekend led to arrest of hundreds of convicted criminals. critics say the president is simply tearing families apart. here is jorge ramos on hannity last night. >> the majority are not criminals and now is my turn. garcia has been in this country for 22 years. this is what donald trump did. >> shannon: ed martin is president of the eagle forum and author of the conservative case for trump. jessica is a democratic strategist. welcome to you both. ed, you saw the picture they ripped up there. the left says this is about

getting rid of maids and moms. >> look, there is families torn apart across the country from the lack of jobs in america, from violence done by illegals. donald trump ran the election jorge ramos was campaigning for hillary regularly. they lost. donald trump is doing what he said. the vast majority of americans want our families protected before illegal families. especially when they're criminals. a lot are sexual predators. thank you, donald trump, a great day for our family and jorge ramos and the families he is worried about. that's a good concern but can't be the concern for all americans. >> shannon: let's do facts and data here. we're told 680 people were gathered up in these raids yesterday. they were considered threat to public safety, border security or u.s. immigration system. 75% were criminal aliens. they had crimes like homicide, sexual assault, drug trafficking, weapons charges.

a lot of things here. ice also said these are the kind of raids we conduct all the time. this is not anything new. we've been doing this for years. why does it play differently under a trump administration than it did under the obama administration? >> i don't know that it actually plays differently. i think that's part of the issue. one of the things that i differ with ed on is these are american families we're talking about particularly in the instance that jorge ramos mentioned of guadalupe who was detained and returned to mexico. her children are american citizens. they are american families. that's part of the problem we talked about this often and early during the campaign. with the idea of yes, we all agree we want to get people like the 75% who are the rapists and people really out injuring our society who come into this country illegally but there are these millions and millions of people who we know are here, we can't always

locate them. they are often using illegal paperwork to stay here or overstayed visas which is a crime but what's the proper way to go about this. we have yet to resolve it going from president george w. bush, the raids started in 2008 that we've seen similarly as you just mentioned with president obama. we're still having them now. this is decades of lack of proper immigration reform to deal with this issue. the proper way to do it. >> shannon: to that point we'll continue to have these raids as long as people are here who are considered by government authorities to be a threat to society. so to jessica's point doing the broader underlying immigration reform, is that to blame? >> donald trump is a transformative candidate and now president. he is doing what he said he would do and what the public wants. jessica is right. we have another problem. people fly into america, call it dr to the er. to have a baby so the baby can be a citizen.

that's not fair. we should change that law next. i agree completely with jessica that's big news. the facts, american families love their kids, american families love their husbands and wives that work. and right now we can't pick all the other world's kids and families right now. we have to look after americans first. donald trump is doing it and it feels like it is right for americans. >> shannon: we have to leave it there. i love that we're leaving it on a point of agreement between jessica and ed. great to see you both. >> shannon: thanks. >> bill: coming up next on "happening now." >> several developing stories this hour. new fallout from the resignation of general michael flynn as we await a vote a cabinet nominee of the team of president trump. the dangerous situation at the nation's tallest dam in california. >> bill: how about the ladies of uconn basketball? they stand alone.

>> uconn makes it 100 consecutive wins. absolutely amazing. >> they are now in a league of their own. some special ladies here. valentine's day.

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>> bill: the uconn ladies to the huskies. they have made history. check it out. >> uconn makes it 100 consecutive wins. absolutely amazing. >> bill: amazing is right. unprecedented triple digit winning streak for the women of uconn. sportscaster jim gray to talk about this. good morning to you.

boy, they got to triple digits. for those who do not follow this organization, what makes them so good for so long? >> well, it's astonishing when you consider the men's record was 88 all the way back set by the bruins. it is just incredible. and two girls gabby williams and kia nurse have been there the entire time. congratulations to them. but they get the best players. when you get the 12 best players to recruit from every year, perhaps you never should lose. if you go back to november 17th, 2014 the last time they lost to stanford in overtime. if they won that game they would be 148 in a row. it is beyond belief what they've been able to accomplish. you know, bill, even the globetrotters used to lose once in a while to the washington generals. those games were fixed. pretty amazing. >> bill: let me just show our viewers this accomplishment

here. women's basketball uconn started back in 2014. you mentioned ucla and themen winning 88 in the 1970s. college football oklahoma in the 1950s. it was stopped by notre dame. you look at the professionals. the lakers won 33 in a row 40 years ago. the giants in major league baseball 1916 won 26 straight and the patriots won 21 in a row 12 or 13 years ago. the reason we characterize that, jim. how great is this accomplishment? it looks untouchable. the point you make is well taken. had they beaten stanford you would be looking at 148 and the streak would still be alive. >> i think it speaks to the head coach and what he has been able to do and how they've been able to attract all these women to come up and play for the university of connecticut. the huskies have an incredible program. it doesn't look like it will

dissipate or decline any time in the future. they've won two national championships and well on their way to a third with this team. when you put it into historic context, it is terrific. let's also remember the women's basketball is not the same type of a competition like the national football league or nba or professional sports. for college sports it's unheard of and unprecedented. i don't know that anybody will ever be able to duplicate it again or when they'll lose again. in terms of that it's great. in terms of overall sports the other sports i believe are much harder competitions. >> bill: remarkable accomplishment. we're looking for 101 very soon. jim gray there from our west coast office. thanks. >> shannon: we're keeping an eye on the white house where the president is meeting with parents and teachers talking about education issues. will he talk about michael flynn? we'll bring you the tape when we get it. did you know 90% of couples disagree on

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teug at the westminster dog show was not the winner but she won our hearts. mia the beagle doing everything possible. she practically just lost interest at some point. that's me trying to get things done. that was adorable. >> knicks at madison square garden. happy valentine's day. >> bill: we gotta run. bye-bye. >> less than a month into his administration, president trump is looking for a new national security adviser. michael flynn tendering his resignation conceding he misled vice president pence about the nature of his conversations with the russian ambassador in late december. good morning to you. welcome to happening now. i'm jon scott. >> jenna: i'm jenna lee. he provided inkrebg information to the white house about the phone calls in which he offered to relax sanctions