>> you have to be decisive if you get it. >> great working with you. >> same here. >> "happening now" starts now. >> jon: a fox news alert. attorneys for michael flynn have cut off communication with president trump's legal team. a move that could and we emphasize the word could mean he's cooperating with the robert mueller russia investigation. welcome to "happening now" on this black friday. i'm in for jon scott. hopefully you have recovered from the turkey coma. >> i never had one, leland. the retired lieutenant general resigned from the administration in february. that's after admitting to providing incomplete information with his talks on the russian embassador. the president is spending his

holiday weekend in west beach. >> good morning. this is the third straight morning that president trump has woken up in palm beach. the president did street ou twea range of issues noun reacting to this report from the new york times involving general flinn. first reported by the times general flinn's attorneys are said no longer to be sharing information with president trump's legal team regarding the possible russian collusion. it could mean a plea deal is in the works, cooperation, or it could mean nothing at all. we have this short reaction:

>> as for the president's morning he tweeted this? >> we should get a read out of the phone call later today. yesterday the president issued his first pretaped thanksgiving message to the country. giving thanks to the military, first responders and strangers helping strangers and neighbors helping neighbors. he and his wife delivered lunch could the coast guard thanking them for protecting our coast and all the rescues they have performed this devastating hurricane season. he tweeted this in response to the deadly attack in egypt:

>> if you're an aphid golfer or just a fan of watching golf on television this will remind you that sometimes it's just good to be the president. right now president trump is about 30 miles north of here in jupiter golfing with at the national golf course with a couple of good players. tiger woods and dustin johnson, the current number one ranked golfer. >> i will take it from here, thank you phil, for. that of course today jeep jupir island is beautiful. it must be good to be the president. >> we will have the co-host of the podcast. nice to see you, franko. thank you for being here.

>> thank you for having me -fl. >> let's break this down what it could mean and what it does mean. is there a way to read in more than just the facts, stopping talk with the president's council. >> we don't want to say this means a deal has been cut it could mean a type of negotiation is under way. negotiations as we all know have a way of falling through. what this does show is that you know there are concerns for the trump team here. we have known for a while that flynn has been afraid or concerned, i guess, about the legal vulnerability about himself and his son in some of the dealings. the tonightial he is chatting or talking with mueller shows this is getting to a serious level. those working with mueller say he's not going to be working on a deal with someone unless he

knows for shower, confident he will get something in return. >> to keep in mind where this investigation has gone. you think about the two indictments returned. one against manatphoerd and one against gates. the plea deal with papadopoulos. manastored anford and gates werd for things not involved in the trump administration or the "russian investigation" that could be happening with flynn, correct. >> yes. i think you see a sure sign how this investigation is tapping closer and closer to the inner circle. you mention ma manaford. we learn more and more about his connections to russia. these issues and connections raise more speculation and concern of what is happening. with the investigation there is

so much we don't know. as we learn more and more every week i think it just raises more questions. >> clearly, michael flynn, you have whatever possible issues related to the trump's campaign discussion or involvement with russia. flynn has his own problems when it comes to russia, sleet kphrao*etly separate for this. taking money for speeches, not registering as a foreign agent. there somebody other things there creating smoke for the white house. >> yes, there are so many issues involved in this. the direction it could go is so many different ways. i think it's important to compete that context in mind, obviously. i think what the concern here, the concern with the trump administration, obviously, is that flynn was so close, pardon

me, part of the trump campaign. he was so close f he's negotiating with mueller this could give mueller a behind-the-scenes look at some of the potential things you're talking about. >> at the same level is the white house concerned at all you have someone like flynn who has clear significant legal problems outside of his dealings with the trump administration, on his own. his son may have serious issues as well. is the trump administration worried he will flip and may, shall we say, over inflate what he knows to i ingracioate himsef with mueller. >> i don't want to speak for the administration. you have trump's attorney saying before this is something they expected or unexpected. i think you can say they expect it did after the charges with manaford and gates. the reporter pointed out trump

has been silent about the news on flynn. he has been more and more quiet about the issues. i think it's a reflection of the concerns that the administration has about the investigation about how close it is, tapping on the inner circle. miller, hope hicks, manaford. obviously this is more of a risk. before it was a nuisance now they're recognizing this is serious. >> it seems he has advice from council not to talk about the russian investigation. appreciate your time sir, as always. we will be on the podcast. >> thank you. >> despite word of monitoring systems detecting what appears to be a explosion deep under water just after argentina's navy lost contact with a vessel. benjamin hall is live. what are we learning as time is

running out. >> yes it is indeed. experts say it's highly unlikely anyone will be found alive from the sub. not just because of the explosion you mentioned but we're nine days in and people think oxygen would have ran out by now. news broke yesterday on the explosion. the sound was picked up by an in ter national or national organin listening for -- despite this the search continues with more than a dozen international airplanes and ships taking part. covering over 185,000 square miles. that's an area larger than california. now the search is focused in on where the explosion was heard. video has been released from onboard the submarine showing a celebration after a refit in

2014. some family members said sailor told them how bad the vessel was. family members acting angerly after finding out the delayed response telling family members. there is a 48 hour wait for a submarine lost a at sea. it's not easy to say the submarine will be found anytime soon. >> thank you, web gentleman men. hopefully they find the submarine it's important for the families and closure. benjamin hall, thank you. >> will al frank en's thirden'sd apology be the charm? as more are caught in scanned -lz. who if anyone maybe forced to

resign? and thinking about buying a drone for christmas? there are significant dangers. what police say they need to counter a growing nuisance that could be getting much worst. >> some of these drones can fly anywhere from one pound to latest we practiced with is 15 pounds of explosives. it's a huge amount of explosives.

>> moral gaugeses on capitol hill with more women accusing al franken of sexual conduct. the senator issuing this statement with the minnesota star tribune: >> fox news media analyst howard

kurt is live in washington. howard, people think they're charming and a little too comfortable in those situations. al franken is accused of groping women, grabbing them by the rear end. what do you think about this apology? >> the fact it's his third apology tells you he is still under siege, politically speaking. it's an improvement on the first. two it's still in adequate. he acts like a over aggressive hugger. he has been accused of grabbing womens butts. i think he's staying in the bunker hoping this blows over. in this media environment that rarely works. we have word that senator franken will speak to the media sunday. >> we will be waiting for. that the washington post wrote an article suggesting politicians have staffers issuing statements and they keep quiet and head down hoping things blow over.

i want to ask you, what plays better for people in politics or the public domain. is it better to keep your head down and let it pass or get out in front of it? >> if it's a really serious allegation or series of allegations it's bet tore get in front of it and show yourself on camera and not hiding a statement by strategists and publicists. we this more and more. roy moore hasn't spok spoken toy journalist since the radio conversation with sean hannity. there are twice as many accusers now of the former judge. there have been wrongful settlements. i think the same with charlie rose dropped by cbs, pbs. bloomberg hasn't give any information. they give the impression they can't answer journalist questions or don't want to or

have something to hide. >> for example roy moore. president trump and kellyanne conway say don't focus on the allegations. they say focus on the policies here and what you need as constituents. do people in politics get a pass because of what constituents need from them? >> well, it depends on the politician in question and the serious of the allegations. certainly of course roy moore accused by nine women of both sexual harassment and sexual assault would like to make it about the issues. that's a common political tactic. he has chosen to run against the media, particularly the washington post, reporting many of the allegations. some of these women have talked to alabama journalists as well. a politician not wanting to talk about the allegations and

charges, what they're most vulnerable on, try to change the subject and get back to the real issues. in alabama this wouldn't be a competitive contest without these allegations. now it's a tight race. >> for constituents is there a difference are democrats and republicans with these issues? >> i don't think that's the case. we have both democrats and republicans accused of at the vesvery least. they say some of these allegations are four decades old with roy moore. al franken isn't up for another four years by the time he runs, maybe this blow over. he's under pressure now including from liberal commentators who say he should resign. a year ago it would of been a huge embarrassment. i don't know if it would reach the point of a demanding of

resignation. >> we will watch to see how it plays out. thank you, howard. >> thank you. >> good news for families of missing sailors crashing into the philippine sea. is this another example of american military stretched too soon? plus major information in the case and dramatically altering a sentence. >> -- a poor kwrod of 15 years and 5 months. i hand down the judge.

>> now for a quick check of the headlines. at least 200 people killed in a mosque attack in egypt. about 130 injured.

officials say islamic mill stance bombed the mosque and fired on worshipers during friday's prayer. the egyptian president is holding meetings to determine how to respond. the u.s. navy calling off the search for three missing sailors. they disappeared after their transport plane crashed on wednesday. eleven people were on the flight and 8 were rescued. sizimbobwe's new president officially sworn in. he addressed the public vowing to rebuild the country under his new rule. >> the bring is on the sentence for oscar pistorius doubling over night. the olympian accused of killing his girlfriend. he claimed he thought she was a

intruder. two years he was sentenced to six years in prison. now a judge is on the side agreeing for more. live in joe hannit. >> oscar pistorius woke up this morning thinking he was serving six years for killing his girlfriend. now it's more than double that. the justice willie seriti says the sentence trivialized the offense. >> a period of 15 years and 5 months. i hear by hand down the judgment. >> the prosecution appealed the verdict. today the judges agreed with the claims that pistorius failed to explain why he fired five shoz in a toilet cubical where his girlfriend was standing.

he was asked if he claimed there was a intruder in the house why did he not fire a pistorius. why fire four times. why did he use a heavy hand gun with armor piercing bullets. leeland. >> her family recordedly saying there is justice after the ruling. reaction from the rest of the country. this case took over south africa for a while. >> yes, it too, leeland. the family of the murdered girl say at least she can rest in peace. pistorius brother's tweeted, shattered, heartbroken. i was there for every daily bitterly contested trial when pistorius broke down with grief, when he appeared to vomit on several occasions. although i was only two rows behind him there was no sign of it. today lead prosecutor nicknamed

how he hung onto the case, said justice has been served. leeland. >> we know his family is pleasepugh with this as well. paul, appreciate wit it. >> drones are quickly a popular hobby. are they putting lives at risk? what police and congress want to seen done to eliminate the threat. >> and a thanking to troops overseas. what the president's critics say he's getting wrong.

>> are you on-line buying someone a drone now? they're a popular gift every year. this holiday season is expected to be no different. there are growing concerns on regulation to keep them from becoming a threat, particularly to first responders. take a look. >> some of these drones can fly one their one two fifteen pounds of explosives. that's a huge amount of explosives. >> randy is a bomb squad commander in california orange counties. one of many plays where drones are a dangerous news ebbs to law enforcements and other first responders. >> the drone was spotpugh in the fire burn area. >> a single drone can do significant damage and take an

aircraft out of the air. >> according to the department of interior over 40 drone incidents were reported near wildfires. this fire torched over two dozen vehicles on the hoy. >> we had drone operations that forced us to shut down air operations. i don't believe we would of seen hardly any vehicles damaged if we had the ability to bring in aircraft to redirect the fire. >> first responders say they only see a increase in dangerous incidents with drones. they need a way to fight back. also for the interest of the public safety and there own. >> there are companies making technology to do just that. >> that red light means i'm disrupting all drones in a 30° ark in front of my unit. >> this new technology called a drone killer was demonstrated to

first responders. it causes most drones to go back to where they took off. from if that doesn't work it d. can jam the drone's gps signal forcing it to land. federal regulations prohibit this counter measure without specific authorization. >> there is a swat operation going on and a drone lands in the front yard putting safety for themselves and the community at risk. >> drones are an emerging technology. they're coming into a regulatory arena not developed. >> senator mike lee and other law makers offered a bipartisan bill giving regulations for drones flying below 200 feet. >> it's unfair a citizen, criminal or terrorist can use this technology but we can't use technology against them. >> only three states have laws

allowing first responders to take drones in their way. a real issue is they can't track down people flying drones. if you fly an airplane you have to have your registration or a license plate for a car. drones don't have that requirement. >> there is the issue you can't shoot them down. there is the issue of exercising good judgment. you heard during hurricane harvey as they tried to rescue people there are people flying drones around helicopters. it took the national guard coming out to say, please stop before anyone did anything. great reporting -frplg. >> people have fun with them and the emerging technology but they need to be careful and we need regulations. >> it seems possible we may get some. >> president trump celebrating success this thanksgiving. critics are quick to slam his so-called victory lap. the president took to twitter to

list economic success and thanking our service men and women. >> the country is doing well. stock market all time high. all good stuff. i spoke to a lot of your friends in afghanistan and iraq. we spoke to the uss upon the ray. great ship. great missile ships. we spoke to a lot of different folks from the airforce and the army, just now a little while ago. the telecommunications. going live to a rook, live to afghanistan. it's incredible. but i told them our country is doing great. >> joining us now attorney and democratic commentator monique presley and commentator amy holmes. thank you for being here. hope you had a good thanksgiving. >> thank you. >> amy, fare that the country is

moving in the right direction and fare the president to take credit for it? >> we see unemployment down and stock market up. we see optimism for job creation is up, business optimism is up. i'm not quite sure what the critics want. you don't want the president of the united states talking down the economy. that wouldn't be good. you want the president of the united states to reach out to our troops at thanksgiving to tell them job well done. >> monique, let's put up the facts and get your opinion. this is the stock market since the president was elected. to say it was a massive bare market would be a understatement. unemployment in october at a near record low. the lowest since 2000 at 4.1%. how isn't this good news? >> those two things are excellent news. the question is whether the president can and should take credit for those good things.

we know where unemployment numbers are concerned they were dropping and going down long before november of last year. while we're thankful for the stock market there are many other things that americans who are not invent of vested in the stock market and invested instead in getting health insurance for their children and making sure they have food on the table, they're concerned about. this president instead of really assuring americans, assured them by offering thanks to himself. at a time when normally the mature human being choose to thank god, thank their neighbor, thank the military for being away from family members. he took a victory lap. his critics expect maturity. >> okay. so -- i'm trying to understand this. i will get amy's thought on this. your complaint is not what the policies are or how it has come to pass in the situation, but amy, it sounds like monique is

upset in terms that he took credit rather than thanking god for it. >> right putting style over substance. i think that's a problem. listen, when he called the military you had critics saying how dare he list achievements, etcetera, the military isn't interested in a literary critique of conference calls from the president of the united states. they're interested in concrete goals. the army commander in afghanistan have said we're doing a conditioned base rather than time base approach, turning afghanistan around. since donald trump has become demander in chief they are reversing the decline from the previous commander in chief in afghanistan. that's what our troops need and want. they need thanks for their service a. and sacrifice. it seems like critics want to take a shot at the president any chance they get.

>> the president gives us plenty eve opportunities to take a shot at him. he creates them about 6:25 every morning. it's not style over substance. >> if you look at this president's leadership and the gop lead congress there is no real substance to talk about in terms of a lack of any substancive legislation passed since they controlled the house and senate and the white house at the same time when you hope for a president who doesn't put down prior military action before november and say now -- >> monique, monique, hold on. monique, hold on. it was president obama who roundly criticized decisions of president george bush. >> continuously. >> talking about getting america out of wars and how the past administration did things wrong. it's time honored for any administration to criticize the

past actions of those who came before. that's why they ran and were elected. that's why a republican were elected. >> do you remember when president owe balm repeated over and over about george bush driving us into the ditch, we're in the ditch, we're getting out of the ditch. we heard this for eight years. monique, i'm giving you substantive policy points -- >> wait. monique, why was it okay for president obama to use president bush as a punching bag but not okay for president trump to note his change. >> the prior criticism -- other than president trump is stuck in an obsessive obama critique. he couldn't even skip it on turkey day, pardoning the turkeys. >> i thought that was funny . >> i'm sure. if every joke is a joke at the expense of the prior president maybe that's all he has --

>> monique -- >> -- what i am saying is different in answer to your question is that he was criticizing our military. he was criticizing their actions. >> i was -- >> -- the prior administration. we can listen to the clip. >> i was there. i watched both tapes, watching him on skype and with the coast guard. i didn't hear any criticism. >> we were losing before. we're not losing now. >> that was criticism of the leadership and policy decisions. >> thank you, monique and amy. >> thank you. >> more reaction to the reaction of michael flynn's attorney cutting off communication with the trump legal team. why my next guest says the former national security advicer is a long way from being

indicted.

>> new information on the investigation no russian interference and the 2016 election. attorneys for former white house national security adviser michael flynn ending communication with president trump's legal team. there are allegations he could be cutting a deal with robert mueller. let's bring in our panel. former prosecutors. fred, i want to start with you. often times you see the defense teams cooperate and share information, data, until they get to a point they're no longer willing too or able to under the law. what do you read into this? >> there is a bunch of different things to read into it. there is the obvious answer that flynn is taking to the prosecutors about making a deal. under those circumstance there's are a thousand reasons why you want to cut off communication. you don't want a question whether information that flynn obtained came from after

starting with prosecutors. prosecutors can't call up to talk to people in the white house. they're represented by council there. is that issue. i could spin it there is information the white house found out that flynn has real problems and they chose to terminate the relationship. we can read it a lot of ways, it's all speculation. >> a member of trump's legal team said no one should draw the conclusion that general flynn is cooperating against the president. i want to talk with you, richard, this is pretty much expected at this point. >> as i mentioned earlier flynn has a number of issues and his son is being investigated. this maybe a situation where a father wants to save his son. when you look at flynn's charges, potential charges he failed to register as a fail agent. he didn't claim money receives s from russian entities he certainly has issues. it's in his best interest to

cooperate if there is a offer to cooperate. >> we have seen general flynn regarding lobbying work if he laundered money. we have seen indictments with paul manafort and his deputy. when you look at the indictments they don't have to do with the trump campaign, but other crimes. how far can mueller's team go using evidence from other crimes to get information about the trump campaign? >> well, that's a interesting question what constitutional scholars would argue back and forth all day. ultimately they can only go as far as the mandate they were given allows them too. so, to try to prosecute general flynn if they had evidence he robbed a bank and use that as evidence to turn and cooperate against the president would be far a field. given the potential charges against flynn including false statements his credibility is suspect. i'm not trying to run down a guy

serving his country for years. if you have to look at this as a prosecutor to put him on the witness stand they need cooberating evidence if he agreed to cooperate. >> let's not forget general flynn resigned after it was found he mislead the vice president about his communication with the russian ambassador. his kred. >> has been called into question, specifically by the white house. how much damage would he potentially do given that lack of credibility? >> well, look there is no doubt general flynn wasn't involved in the trump campaign early on. if he decides to cooperate with the special prosecutor he can give insight no what was taking place, the meetings with the trump campaign. which is what the special prosecutor is looking at. what there co lyings with russian officials and the trump campaign.

when you make a plea agreement with the feds you must tell them about every crime that you know about or else you will face another potential charge against you. there is full cooperation when you enter no a plea deal. >> while i have you both i want to hit another topic. when they return to the bench there will be questions about a cellphone is searchable with a warrant. this centers on timothy carpenter. he says his fourth amendment rights were violated. the government used cellphone information to convict him for a stripping of robberies in michigan and ohio. your thoughts on this? >> there is a reason i was a prosecutor for years. all kudos to richard, i don't do criminal defense work. i think the argument is garbage. a legal term. he has no expectation of privacy

or where he was. they could have asked people if they saw him. the second is the third party issue. he waved his rights to claim privacy and information getting to the cellphone carrier. the notion from the aclu and other people, lawyers hate slippery slopes, from this decision they will get his google searches to heart rate and anything else you can get from a cellphone. i don't think it holds a lot of water, not with me. >> richard, the government says they're using a 1986 law for this and go further that he gave up his rights to privacy with the cell service. what do you think about this? >> there is a 1986 law before the internet and the cellphones. the storage communication act of 1986. i disagree with fred. the supreme court have said the police need a warrant to search someone's cellphone after anna

rest. this is going down the same line and they probably took the case. it's important to weight in on stuff not contemplated in the storage communication act. i think there is a fourth amendment violation. you didn't wave your privacy signing up for services. when a police officer pulls you over you he has to ask to search your vehicle. here there is no chance or opportunity to say anything. the standard of proof under this act is much lower. i think the supreme court will find it's a violation of fourth amendment. >> with new technology there are more ways to collect evidence. we will see where this goes. thank you, richard and fred. >> thank you. >> tufplt. >> congress returning to capitol hill next week. the focus is on tax reform. how the president plans to raleigh his party to deliver the

christmas present he promised his supporters.

>> congress goes back to work monday amid sexual harassment scandals. they have just days to deliver on tax reform before christmas. we are live at the white house with more. blake, nice to see you. we know the president is in palm beach. a lot of people are working at the white house this friday to push this through? >> you look at the timeline here, leeland. what republicans are doing at the white house and capitol hill. they're talking about getting this done as soon as possible before thanksgiving. we hear tuesday could be a very important day with this whole time line as we know that president trump will be headed to capitol hill on tuesday to

talk with senators there about tax reform. the white house, yes, leeland, they say president trump has talked about tax reform during the thanksgiving break making calls to law makers on the topic. it was a theme of his yesterday when he spoke with troops in the middle east via video teleconference. watch here. president: i especially like saying companies are coming back. now we're working on tax cuts, big fat beautiful tax cuts. hopefully we will get that and you will really see things happen. >> tuesday shaping up to be a big day. tuesday we know in the oval office will sit down with those four there. the big four. we are told to deal with year end legislative issues. leeland of course that's tax reform. republicans want this done before the end of the year, democrats are not working them on this, and vice vers vice ver.

before tax reform can be done they have to fund the government or a fix by december 8th. they will talk about that on tuesday at we go. >> we know shaoupler and nancy he los pelosi would like to make something happen to that with da ca. >> roy moore is defiant in trying to start sexual relationships with underage girls. how his campaign is reacting before his election.

>> this is ordinarily in the time of the show we could talk about black friday and christmas lifts. we were so busy we couldn't do that to you. it's black friday we're looking at the numbers. >> they're booming and we see shares of amazon booming now. we also see shares of

traditional brick and mortar companies blooming on-line. >> it's almost like you're doing a lot of business news. >> lee stph-frplt land, we have to get out of here and go shopping. >> thank you for joining us "outnumbered" starts now. >> fox news alert. at least 200 people dead. more than 130 injured after gun men attacked a mosque in egypt. egyptian officials saying militants and four off road vehicles bombed the mosque and fired on worshipers attempting to flee. is stph-fplts is linked militants expected in the horrific attack. there has the been an official claim of responsibility. the president tweeting this morning: