ki adviser mike it flynn pleads guilty to charges he lied to the fbi. the republicans are scrambling to get enough votes to pass the gop tax the night. we'll as we try to help light up the holiday se. that breaking news a guilty plea expected from michael flynn on charges he lied to the fbi. this is a live look at the federal courthouse in washington where arrived about 40 minutes ago. he is the first trump robert vedrigat developments. what do we know at this point? >> reporter: he knowi to investigators and he plans to affirm that in federal court this morning. this is video of flynn arriving in the nation's capital about 40

minutes ago with his wife by side. the charge me is pleaded guilty to is a serious it seemsflynn to negotiate plea. now, flynn was a top surrogate last year. eventually become the national security his time flynn resigned in february aftermislead mike pence and other investigators say flynn lied to him guilty longer share information which was another indication he made a deal with investigators and he may bemueller into possible russian interference. the investigation so far has lead to indictmentslieutenant. another adviser pleaded to charges against him. flynn will likely be allowed to leave the courtroom today but with some restrictions on his movemeno willng is theseectheing somethingsecos. above trmal. the holiday tree lightiill be getting

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flynn pleads guilty. breaking news as he admits he made false statements to the fbi. dray clark is following develop ms. >> yes. this is certainly very big news coming out of the capital. michael flynn guilty.

this is also important because flynn was able to negotiate a plea deal. sit a clear indication he is cooperating with mueller's probe as to whether it was the election last year. now, flynn arrived a little pitbit more than an hour ago. very anirmed his guilty plea to these charges. he would eventually go onto become national security adviser adviser. it was very short lived after he the vice president and other white housese con vir sagss with therussians. he also lied repeeltedly to federal investigators. again, this is a big deal because recently his state's

attorneys told trump's attorneys we can no share information information. words coming out of the white house. we heard that special report is that it president ya and very ongoing investigation. michael y considering he negotiating hisrae most likely won't serve any where near five yeara without question a very big d coming out of the capitol today. ge in god i ama things right. my guilty plea to c reflect a made in the best interest of my family and of our country. i accept fullity for my ther he i cooperating with this ongoing investigation as to whether or not the russians interfered with the 2016 . again, michael pleading guilty. this is a part of a long where we go next. dray clark, nbc 10 news.

>> okay. and we are awaiting remarks from president trump. we'll bring those to you live today. this is a live look at the dow jones industrial average. it is falling after this news that michael flynn pleaded guilty in federal court. this say live look from wall street. we saw this was down 250 poindts. fluctuating there. yesterday's rally has lifted the dow jones industrial to its biggest one day gain of the year. we'll be watching this monitoring developments from the stock market and keep it here news. and a programming note remember you can ng right 7:00 tonight or you canjoine o the nbc 10 news today morning team in person for all holiday co

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