gunmen opening fire at worshippers at a mosque during friday prayers. at least 235 worshippers are reported dead. a short time ago the white house condemned that attack. let us start in london. we'll get to egypt in just a moment. update us on that scare in london last hour. what more do we know there? >> hi, craig. there was a scare in london about an hour or so ago. there were reports of gun shots fired. the metropolitan police are now saying that there was no evidence of gunfire and things seem to be returning back to normality there. craig, you have to remember london is a city on high alert. it's been hit by a lot of terrorist attacks. the smallest spark here could set off panic. at this stage, it does not seem to be a terrorist attack. things seem to be going back to normal on that very busy oxford

street full of christmas shoppers at this time of year. >> we still don't know what it was that even transpired there? >> no. these are unconfirmed reports. may have been an electrical fault that sounded like gunfire. people may have just panicked when they heard a loud bang. that's still unconfirmed. >> so many on edge. let's turn to egypt now. the latest on that terrible attack at the mosque. what more do we know there? >> that's right, craig. egypt was hit with the deadliest ever militant attack and details are still coming in. worshippers attending friday prayer this morning were massacred. egyptian state tv say 235 people have been killed. at least 110 other people have been injured in a gun and bomb attack in a packed mosque. it was a terrible day in egypt.

apparently some 50 ambulances carried casualties from the scene to nearby hospitals after the attack which seems to have been organized very well by these militants who are also very heavily armed. egyptian officials say the militants in four off-road vehicles bombed the mosque and fired on worshippers. the gunmen also opened fire on people as they were leaving the mosque as well as on the ambulances that were trying to rescue the injured. at this stage no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. but egypt has been targeted by isis and al qaeda in the past. the egyptian security forces have been battling islamic state insurgency that killed hundreds of police. we heard reports recently that the egyptian security forces have been bombing a mountain range in the vicinity of that mosque where they think militants are hiding out. the egyptian president has taken a very hard line on islamic

militants there and i'm sure he's going to come down very hard on them. they didn't waste any time attacking that region where they believe militants are hiding out. so it's a volatile day in egypt and a very bloody one. >> an update there on the situation in london and also in egypt. we'll go back to egypt in just a bit. meanwhile, just a short time ago the white house downplaying a potential bombshell in the russia investigation as president trump tees off with tiger woods and dustin johnson at his florida golf course, new reports that the president's former national security adviser may be cooperating with the special counsel in the russia investigation. "the new york times" first broke the story that michael flynn's legal team is no longer sharing information with trump's lawyers. it's a common practice among defense teams. could this be a sign that the mueller investigation is getting closer to the president himself?

for more on that, kelly o'donnell is following the president is west palm beach, florida. start us off here with maybe perhaps a little bit more about what these stories point to. >> we have to do some interpreting, craig, because what we know is that the flynn legal team has informed the president's legal counsel that they can no longer share information, which as you pointed out is something that is commonly done when there are areas where there's overlap in terms of information shared access to things like e-mail or documents and so forth. by breaking that, it suggest that there is a turn coming. how to interpret that turn is something we'll have to watch over the days to come. michael fliynn has long been considered a primary person under scrutiny in the investigation for his foreign lobbying with russia and turkey. the white house has commented with kind of that downplaying

that you described. they have long tried to portray that if there are others who have been in the orbit of the president who might be in some way involved in the criminal process that that doesn't mean it reflects on the president. for example, the president's lawyer said that they have expected that there could be a plea deal for michael flynn coming. some level of cooperation. they claim that's no surprise. at the same time, they argue that no one should presume that cooperation means it would be directly against the president. by that they suggest that michael flynn's own actions may have been really unique to him in terms of things like we know, for example, he had been not fully disclosive on some of the required forms and different filings that should have been more careful some would say. that may not directly reflect on the president. what certainly reflects on the president is his proximity. he was a top campaign adviser. he was among the first national security voices in the trump

camp and then was appointed to be national security adviser for a very short time. just a couple of weeks before he was fired. at the time we were told because he didn't fully explain to the vice president his contacts with russian figures. a lot more has come out in the months since that time. so bottom line in it, it would appear because of flynn's actions and his lawyer is not speaking publicly, some change is coming. how to interpret that is harder. it does suggest that there is a new chapter in the mueller investigation that could be right around the corner. craig? >> kelly o'donnell traveling with the president there in florida. kelly o., thank you. for some analysis now, columnist with "the washington post," and jeremy bash, msnbc national security analyst, kristin welker, nbc news white house correspondent and michael steele former spokesman for john boehner. we have assembled quite the panel for day after thanksgiving. color me impressed. let's start with you.

you have new reporting on what kelly o. was just telling us about as it relates to michael flynn. >> it builds on the point that kelly was making which is that the white house is really downplaying this. one white house official says there's no angst inside the white house. flynn's actions may be necessary for his own legal situation. and when i pressed this source on whether white house officials believe that flynn is, in fact, cooperating with mueller, this official said to me the presumption is that he is cooperating. again, not on issues that involve the president. that he may be cooperating, for example, on payments that he got from turkey and that there's no concern at the white house that flynn will implicate the president. that's significant. obviously that is what the potential concern would be. also underscore this point which is that i've spoken to a source outside of the white house who is very familiar with the discussions there who says, look, there are some people in

the president's inner circle who are concerned right now. a whole host of different levels because this makes it more difficult for the president to focus on what he wants to be focused on. his agenda. tax reform. all of those sorts of issues. >> just a reminder for viewers and listeners, these are some of the allegations against mike flynn. we can put them up on the screen here. made false statements on the security clearance forms to the fbi. took foreign payments without permission. as well as this $530,000 fee from a company with ties to turkey's leader, and in addition to that, there was failure to register as a foreign agent, failure to comply with congressional subpoenas. jeremy bash, this was the president's response via his favorite megaphone, twitter. this is "the new york times" initially tweeted its story at 4:12 on thanksgiving day. about two hours later the president 6:18 using his 280 characters to rail about

obamacare. perhaps just a coincidence, jeremy bash. how much should this development bother the white house? >> i think it should bother the president's legal team a lot. here we have mike flynn, key campaign official, on the cusp of either being indicted or possibly pleading guilty, which would put him in a position of cooperating with bob mueller, describing to bob mueller the entire nature of flynn's dealings with the russians and don't forget, if the president -- when the president fired jim comey and engaged in that effort to stop that investigation, he was doing that ever he told comey please go easy on mike flynn. leave aside the investigation of mike flynn. so flynn is very much connected not just to the question of collusion, not just to the question of whether there were business connections between trump associates and the russians but also to the question of firing of jim comey. >> he brings up an interesting point. all of this goes back to the

firing of the fbi director. >> it does. in fact, let's just go back to part of the testimony that james comey gave. he talked about that moment that jeremy bash just raised. let's take a look and talk about it on the other side. >> i hope this is the president's speaking -- i hope you can see your way clear to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. now, those are his exact words, is that correct? >> correct. i took it as a direction. he's the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wants me to do. i didn't obey that, that's the way i took it. >> significant, craig. an indication that at least former fbi director james comey felt as though president trump was pressuring him to go easy on michael flynn. remember, he really did stand by michael flynn for quite some time. obviously now once this investigation has gotten under way, that's changed.

remember, he was fired for making false statements to the vice president about talking to russia's ambassador. he was only in his position for a little over 20 days. and it certainly raises a lot of concerns for a lot of people who are close to the president. >> michael steel, do you think a pardon could be in the general's future? >> we don't want to presume guilt. that's the doom's day scenario for republicans who are reluctantly working with the trump administration but really still revere the rule of law. that's the point using that almost unlimited presidential pardon power where you can see a clash between more establishment republicans and trump himself. >> i want to go back to that same question i asked jeremy bash. if you were working inside the white house right now, how concerned are you? or are you concerned at all? >> i think in order to work in the white house under these conditions, you have to have a mental situation. you have to believe that this was a few rogue operators gone for many months and that what you're doing is in the best

interest of the country. focused on tax reform and keeping the country safe and these guys have nothing to do with you. you have to hope they're right. >> what do you think? a number of rogue operators all working in the same proximity to the president. that would be quite the coincidence. >> the way i look at this is the news this morning can be one of two things. neutral for the administration, no big deal as their attorneys insist or it can be very, very bad news. there's no way this is good for the trump white house. >> dana, when you look at other people in this administration who should be nervous about this news, again the white house telling kristin welker, sources telling kristin walker that the white house itself isn't concerned about the president. the man at the top. what about don, jr., what about jared kushner who leaps to mind other than president trump himself? >> at this point they should

serve xanax. in the case of michael flynn, he's been very protective. reluctant to fire him in the first place and continues to defend him to say good things about him. is he trying to stay on michael flynn's good side and if so, what does michael flynn have on him? the thinking all along is that michael flynn is a big fish potentially the biggest one that mueller could go after. so this, we don't know but this does raise the possibility that there's a bigger fish there and there aren't a whole lot bigger than the national security adviser. that's why you think about jared kushner, the president's son, and somebody else. >> jeremy bash, what might the special counsel be looking for from general flynn? what are the questions that will be top of mind? >> look, i think the special

counsel stumbled upon this turkey issue and the failure to register as a foreign agent taking these large sums of money while not disclosing he was lobbying for turkey. on election day, he wrote an op-ed basically backing the position of turkey's leader. i thought flynn never thought trump would win and he was trying to cash in throughout the election. the russia issue is a concern to mueller. after all, remember that in december of 2016, flynn gets on the phone with the ambassador and basically says i know the obama administration is sanctioning you for interfering in our elections. don't worry about it. we're coming into office in a couple weeks. let it sit. he clearly got top cover from then president-elect trump to do that and that's why trump didn't want comey to investigate. it was an act of disloyalty and undercutting the current president of the united states and debtmetrimental to national security.

>> don jr. takes to instagram. i don't know if you have seen this instagram post yet. keep coming at me, guys. is that the best way to handle an investigation by a special counsel? >> no. you have to assume two things. one, he genuinely believes he's innocent. right or wrong. two, he either has the worst attorneys in the history of western civilization or he's paying no attention to them whatsoever. >> or dana, could there just be a smidgen of humorous at work too. >> you know, i think whenever we try to ascribe some grand design to anything that donald trump jr. is doing, we may overread it a little bit. >> you think he was shooting from the hip? >> i think not a lot of thought. if you look at his general social media stream, the things he says in interviews, it does not play very well for him and

it would seem that everything from what he does to his poor daughter taking away her candy on halloween to -- >> i had forgotten about that one. >> to which candies are going to kill you if you compare them to terrorists. you know, we may be giving him too much credit to think he's thinking this through at all. >> it might be simpler than that. he may be taking a page from his dad's playbook. that's how the president and particularly when he was a candidate would engage in battles. of course president trump has been advised to be quite disciplined when it comes to special counsel robert mueller and he's doing that by the way. what we're seeing in don jr. very much reminds me of his father. >> it would seem as if junior has let his dad have twitter as preferred social media platform and he's taken to instagram. in terms of timing, can we glean anything from this most recent revelation in terms of what it

might tell us about how close the special counsel is to wrapping this whole thing up? >> no, craig. i don't think we're even close to wrapping it up. think we're much closer to the beginning. the office of special counsel still has to engage in the sentencing of george and take paul and rick to trial and other individuals in their sights including mike flynn. this will go on for another year or more. >> jeremy bash, a big thanks to you. dana, always good to see you, my friend. michael steel who happened to be in town and kristin welker working a double. wow. >> always. good to see you, craig. >> thank you so much. enjoy your weekend. at least 235 people -- at least 235 so far killed in that deadly mosque attack in egypt. we'll have the very latest from the ground there up next. but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra

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we continue to follow the latest attack in egypt today.

at least 235 people killed when a gunman opened fire and bombed a mosque. they were reportedly targeting security forces attending prayer services there. no group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack. i'm joined by jacob who covers middle east for "usa today" and "washington times." thank you for your time. set the scene. what is happening there in cairo? >> there are signs up here for black friday but black friday has taken on a whole new meaning here. this is the biggest attack on egyptian muslims by a jihadist group in the memory of anybody alive here that i've spoken to. you know that there have been attacks on churches here for about a year and a half. now it looks like the jihadists have singled out the sect of islam that practices meditation

and has peaceful orientation and attack these people in the middle of friday prayers on most holy day. it's a devastating day here in egypt. >> based on what we know about previous attacks and those groups that have claimed responsibility, who do we believe at this juncture is behind this particular attack? >> jihadists have gone by many different names here. this group called itself the sinai province and isis in egypt. and other names for it brigades for the holy sites in jerusalem. it doesn't matter to egyptian authorities what name it takes. what's clear it they are jihadi extremists going after moderate muslims and trying to make it look like the administration here does not have a handle on security in the peninsula.

>> what's likely to be the official response from the egyptian government? >> we have an official response already. the president went on live television after he met with his security chiefs and met minister of defense and minister of interior. there are several security agencies in egypt. this is the biggest military in the middle east. they know they have to get a grip on this. there was an attack on their own security, the interior ministry police forces less than a month ago and there's concern here that the military reconfigure itself together with the police to fight the changing methodology of the jihadist inside egypt. >> jacob, thanks for your time, sir. keep us posted, please. christopher hill is an msnbc diplomacy expert. also the former u.s. ambassador to iraq and south korea.

mr. ambassador, let's start there in egypt. we just heard there in terms of who might be responsible for this attack and what an official response has been. what say you? what is the logical next step there in egypt for officials? >> well, one of the big issues in egypt since the end of the mubarak regime is governments to not police the area and leave it alone and israelis built an enormous wall and protected israel from this no man's land. i suspect the next step is going to be an effort by egyptians to clean that up because it's been full of these kind of terrorists. as to which terrorists, i think the point of your correspondent was well taken. it doesn't really matter. they are jihadies.

they are extremists sunnis and many of whom have taken aim at the sect of islam. they were hit recently in pakistan. they've been hit all over and also even though they're on the sunni side of the sunni shia divide, they have come out of iran. they've been hit heavily. nothing like what happened today. so i think you're going to see these egyptian government move to try to create some order in the sinai. >> let's turn to images of the detector and his daring escape capturing our attention over the last few days what can we learn from that escape? >> what we can learn is what we already know is that its no worker's paradise. not even a paradise for people who are in the korean people's

army. he made a dash for freedom. it's the sort of dash for freedom those of us who remember the berlin wall you would occasionally see an east german soldier making a run for it and being shot at by his own comrades in arms. that's what we really saw. it's amazing that he appears to have survived albeit thanks to the intervention of south korean doctors. i think the fact is that the north korean regime under kim jong-un has not improved the situation at all. if there's an opportunity for these people to run, they will do so. this was a really perilous course that this young man took. >> we know president trump talked by phone with his counterpart there in turkey. what, if anything, are you hearing about that conversation? >> well, it's quite remarkable to see an entire peace process on sierrea syria taking shape.

turkey participating and also a member of nato participating. iran is part of the process. it's quite remarkable to see all this and see no signs of u.s. diplomacy. it's missing in action. doesn't seem to be anybody working the problem right now. the u.s. has been heavily engaged in defeating isis and very successfully engaged in defeating isis. in terms of winning the peace -- >> why do you think that is, mr. ambassador? >> i think it has to do with the fact that early on -- this was during the obama administration the decision was made that somehow bashar al assad, the leader of syria, was going to be gone in a couple of weeks and so we bravelily said, well, he's someone we won't deal with. he's still there. he has actually brought the turks back to his side. he's been a very successful

leader and i think the u.s. is really in no position to play a role. i think it's been kind of a disaster, a textbook case of why you shouldn't take sides early on in a conflict. >> ambassador christopher hill, we'll have to leave it there. mr. ambassador, thank you. >> thank you. the u.s. navy has ended its search and rescue operations for three sailors missing after their plane crashed in the philippine sea in the waters off okinawa. 11 people were aboard when it crashed. it was on a routine transport flight carrying passengers in and cargo to the "uss ronald reagan." the eight sailors who were rescued are in good condition. the navy says our thoughts and prayers are with our lost shipmates and their families. we'll be right back. she's nationally recognized

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went on to say happy thanksgiving everything except you harvey and all of your wicked cons spiritpiratorconspi. i'm glad it's going slowly. you don't deserve a bullet. stay tuned. nbc's steve patterson is following this story. what more do we know about uma's allegations. >> it was the way she said it. she hasn't said anything following but she's obviously alleging or leading to what could be possibly another more knowledge of possible further allegations in this case. thurman has worked with weinstein on so many pictures. so many were waiting for her to say something. all of this stemming from an "access hollywood" interview dating back a month ago now when the allegations started to roll out. since then people have been

wondering what is on uma's mind. i want to play that sound for you right now. >> i don't have a tidy sound bite for you because i have learned i am not a child, and i have learned that when i've spoken in anger, i usually lll regret the way i express myself, so i've been waiting to feel less angry, and when i'm ready, i'll say what i have to say. >> after that thanksgiving day instagram post, she left it with the as you mentioned tag line stay tuned. we've reached out to thurman's camp. no word yet on what they plans to follow this up with at this point, craig. >> all right. steve patterson, keep us posted

on that, sir. meanwhile, senator al franken issuing another statement. franken said he's "a warm person and went on to say in some encounters he crossed the line for some women." his latest apology comes after two more women told huff post that franken touched them inappropriately. blake mccoy joins me with more on this story. what can you tell us about the latest allegations against the senator, blake? >> what's beginning to emerge here is a pattern of behavior. a pattern of improper behavior. this makes four women who have come forward publicly to accuse the senator of groping them. the first, of course, was last week. the l.a. radio dj who was on a uso tour with the senator back in 2005 and she says he forcibly kissed her and took improper photographs, which many of us have seen by now. the three women to come forward this week accused senator franken of groping their butt k

buttocks while he was posing for pictures with them ranging from 2007 to 2010. he was a senator and running for senate in other two instances. those women coming forward now. the senator releasing the new statement. we'll read more of that to you. he says i've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs often in crowded and chaotic situations, i'm a warm person. i hug people. i've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters i crossed a line for some women and i know that any number is too many. he goes on to say he's committed to regaining the trust of minnesotans. he has three years left on his senate term so minnesotans won't be able to vote him out of office any time soon if that's what they choose to do. instead, it looks like senator franken is going to try to ride this out and continue to apologize to the women who come forward. we've yet to see the senator publicly since that first allegation was made last week. but we understand he's in

washington d.c. craig? >> any indication that more women are going to come forward, blake? >> we don't know. it's a drip, drip, drip so far. right now it was two more women over the thanksgiving holiday in addition to the other woman who came forward on monday. so every few days there's been a new accuser. >> what, if anything, has the senator from minnesota said about resigning? any talk of him quitting? >> no talk of him quitting right now. he says he's working to regain the trust of minnesotans so right now that leads us to believe that he's going to forge ahead. >> blake mccoy for us in chicago following the story. thank you. the first house democrat is now calling for john connier to resign. will more democrats follow suit? here's one that we're smiling about here. a story of selfless generosity this holiday season. a homeless vet gives his last 20 bucks to a woman stranded on the road in philadelphia.

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party over allegations of sexual misconduct. he has repeatedly denied the accusations through his legal team. congresswoman rice made her case this morning. >> enough is enough at this point what i am voicing publicly is what every single private citizen is saying across america. what we're talking about is there any level of accountability? saying that we're going to have these allegations against politicians go before an ethics committee that can sometimes take a couple years, no offense to my colleagues on the ethics committee, that's not real. >> msnbc contributor and "the new york times" congressional correspondent is with us and so is politico's campaign editor. good to see both of you. thanks for being with me. congressman conyers, his reps say he's going to hold this news conference sometime next week.

what could he possibly say to change the narrative here? >> i think there's very little that he could say to change the narrative. he's going to steadfastly denied the allegations. i spoke to his lawyer wednesday night before thanksgiving for about 15 minutes. his lawyer said over and over again that representative conyers never sexually harassed anyone. he never harassed any employees that worked for him ever. he said that he can continue to do his job as effective as he did it from the very first day that he started. he was pushing back not only on the allegations but also on the idea that conyers who is now 88 years old that he should basically step aside and let fresh blood go to the house judiciary committee and just go to the house in general. there are a lot of people apart from the sexual harassment allegations pushing for conyers to resign or step down from his judiciary committee post because he's the ranking democrat there because people say that he's starting to slow down. we have some reporting that at one point he showed up to some

meetings in his pajamas. i asked his lawyer about that and his lawyer and people in the office said that never happened. there's this idea that you have democrats out there telling people that he's slowing down and that they want him to take a hint. it's not surprising that house democrats are on record saying this. they were saying this off the record or on background to me and my colleagues all last week. >> if he's continuing to steadfastly deny all of the several accusations here, what do the attorneys say about the settlement? >> i asked the attorney pointblank why did he settle these cases if he was an innocent person? the attorney told me the reason why he settled these cases is because of two things. he had advice from counsel that told him he should settle these cases. two, he did not want to get into a long legal battle with an employee. as a result, he settled for $27,000 which representative conyers and his lawyers say amounts to a severance package. he says that he didn't have to give up a whole bunch of money to tell this woman to go away so

he didn't feel as though he would be hurt by the settlement because of that. >> steve, do you suspect the calls from inside the democratic party are only going to increase? >> especially as allegations are increasing. we heard a report this afternoon that john conyers showed up to a meeting with melanie sloan who was on the staff of the house judiciary committee in the '90s showed up in his underwear. john conyers is ranking member. if democrats take over next year, he'll be in line to head that committee. he'll have this hanging over his head. an important perch if you're going to investigate an administration of the other party. democrats want a better spokesperson than perhaps 90-year-old john conyers given his package. >> i know you're a polling guy. let's talk about the race in

alabama that's gotten a great deal of attention. i know polling itself has been all over the place to a certain extent. doug jones is spending a lot of money on television. a lot of money on radio. can doug jones win a senate seat in alabama and if doug jones can't beat an accused pedophile, should the democratic party just fold up shop there in the state and call it a day? >> you could argue that to a large extent the democratic party has folded up shot in alabama. they last elected a democraticic senator in 1992. he switched to the republican party. doug jones, the polls with doug jones eight point lead and roy moore with eight or ten-point lead. this looks like a toss up. roy moore and his allies and the president and white house want to attack doug jones as someone who is too liberal for alabama. you heard that from dump and kellyanne conway. roy moore doesn't have firepower

right now. he's not making campaign appearances. he doesn't have as much money on television. doug jones is outspending him. to the extent he's advertising on television it's positive about roy moore and his values. not attacks on doug jones that would disqualify him among moderate republican voters who might ordinarily vote republican but might be nervous about voting for roy moore. >> the calls to expel roy moore from the upper chamber if he does win have been made by republicans all of the way up to the man who is in charge of getting more republicans elected to these seats. do you think that they will actually make that move if roy moore gets elected with every voter in the state knowing about these allegations. >> it's anyone's guess. you have president of the united states who is supposed to be head of the republican party throwing his support behind roy moore saying he's denying these allegations so we should just trust roy moore and roy moore is

better than any democrat so we should go with this guy. then you have mitch mcconnell who has two problems. one, a problem that he ethically does believe these women and thinks roy moore has problems with molesting teenagers. there's also the idea that mitch mcconnell sees in roy moore someone he can't whip into voting for anything. he's going to make ted cruz look mild. mitch mcconnell won't say you have to be behind the republican party and as a result he'll get behind the republican party and vote for tax reform or infrastructure bills. i think there's a possibility that the republican party could actually expel him. the problem is that's so undemocratic. if voters in alabama look at roy moore and weeks to consider all of these women's allegations and weeks to look at these commercials laying out the case for why roy moore shouldn't go to the senate and people of alabama say this is who they want to represent them, how does anyone say we'll disregard hundreds of thousands of people and do what a handful of republicans thinks is right. that feels undemocratic and

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