there is a story that apparently the white house council don mcgan is trying to do that we have kellyanne conway joining us from the white house. good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: what is the latest on this thing? because everybody is going he can't say that well he says it because he thinks there was this fisa warrant out there. what's the bottom of it. >> well, let's get to the bottom of it that is the president's entire point. have you a number of -- you have various and credible news sources telling that there was politically motivated activity all during the campaign. and suggesting that there may be more there. i mean, i saw the different introduce over the weekend. and some people left open the possibility that maybe there were departments or agencies or individuals not under their direct purview where this could have taken place. the president's entire point is that the people deserve to know. so why not include in the existing investigation into russia this aspect that whether or not this actually happened. the other thing that's going on here is we have this double st

dismissal of michael flynn because she's the one who went to the white house and raised the red flags to don mcgan and said look what he's saying and what flynn is saying publicly and privately is not reflective of what we know. how critical is her testimony? >> it could be potentially pretty important, but listen. i know that we're all in a tizzy here with the house investigation and the breakdown of the working of the house and from my perspective, look, the fbi is doing an investigation. they're doing it quietly the way it should occur and it's not a question of justice not being pursued here. the fbi is doing its work. they don't have the burden of having to deal with privilege because they're within the executive branch as a general matter, it cannot be asserted and of course, if you make a false statement to the fbi you are subject to the false statements act. i think that we should all be happy about the fact that the fbi is doing an investigation. >> attorney general gonzalez, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you all so much for joining us on this very busy news day. i'm john ber

enough to the white house counsel, dan -- rather don mcgan is trying to get his hands on that particularwarrant. will he do it? don't know. just know james clap his or her is familiar with had a denial about them doing anything wrong. listen to this. >> if something like that happened, would this be something you would be aware of? >> i would certainly hope so he. >> i can't say -- obviously i can't speak officially anymore. i will say that as part of the national security apparatus that i oversaw as dni there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at the time or as a candidate or against his campaign i can't speak for over title 3 authorized entities in the government or a state or local entity. ainsley: so basically he doesn't know. the question chuck todd asked him if something like this happened would this be something you would be aware of ains? he said i certainly hope so. brian: no evidence of any collusion between the russian hacking and the trump administration. none. and when chuck todd followed up he said when i left, there was no collusion. i don't k

"the washington post" reported, quote, once in a conversation with don mcgan, trump's counsel and with administration's early days. nbc reports one of the contacts came before the election saying flynn's personal attorney contacted the transition attorney general asking advise about filing and he was told they could not advise him. press secretary of state sean spicer said this about his earlier denial in the white house briefing room. >> there is a big difference between when he filed, which was the other -- two days ago, and what happened then. a personal lawyer of general flynn's contacted a transition lawyer, and asked for guidance on what he should or should not do. the lawyer was instructed that that wasn't the role of the transition and that it was up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate authorities or subject matter experts to determine what was appropriate and what was not appropriate in terms of filing. this was a personal matter. it's a business matter. it's not something that would be appropriate for a government entity to give someone guidance when they shou