flynn intel llc and flynn intel inc. one of them is based out of this building right here in alexandria, now we've learned that the senate intelligence committee is issuing subpoenas to both businesses as part of between flynn and russia. >> earlier this week, the president's former nash security advisor michael flynn invoked the fifth and denied a subpoena from the isn't it intelligence committee. now subpoenas are being issued to his businesses. >> with a specific list of documents, because while we disagree with general flynn's lawyers interpretation of taking the fifth, clear, it is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take a fifth >> if, in fact, they're not a response, we'll seek additional counsel advice on thousand proceed forward. >> the senate intel committee said flynn could be held in contempt of congress if he doesn't comply. >> the really acting unconstitutionally if they hold him in contempt for that. for refusing to testify. but they can subpoena documents from his businesses and they

flynn intel, llc, and flynn intel, inc. one has been served. one is in the process of being served. keep all options on the table. we think the committee has moved forward. >> shannon: at one point he said contest could be on the table, too. there were rumors he wanted an immunity deal and didn't get one. >> he should have gotten one then he's free to say whatever needs to be said so that congress can get to the bottom of whether or not there was collusion. now what they can try to do is hold him in contempt for failing to comply. but his fifth amendment right to protect himself is going to trump any sort of contempt charge, at least in my opinion. >> shannon: no pun intended. >> no pun intended. >> shannon: donna, thank you. a kidnapping victim shares her harrowing story of survival after spending nine years in captivity. how her bravery is being recognized today. and long way to recharge your batteder theorys. but a new study shows most americans don't actually take all their paid time off. why not? get on it. new bike? yeah, 'cause i got allstate. if you total your new bike, they

flynn intel llc and flynn intel inc., senate intelligence committee announced they will be serving theseinesses including the one that operates out of this building here with subpoenas, as part of their investigation into flynn's ties with russia. >>> earlier this week, the national security advisor michael flynn invoked and denied a subpoena from the senate intelligence committee to turnover documents related to his dealings with russia. now subpoenas are being issued to his businesses a specific list of documents while we disagree with mr. flynn's lawyers over the interpretation of taking the fifth, it is clear that a business does not have a right to take a fifth. >>> if there's not response we'll seek additional counsel advice >> he could be held in contempt of congress if he doesn't comply. >> really acting unconstitutionally if they hold him in contempt for refusing to testify. but they can subpoena documents from his businessesly. they have to comply. the businesses have to comply. and businesses have no privilege against self-incrimination. >> reporter: he explains were business

. >> we issued two subpoenas to the two michael flynn businesses that we're aware of, flynn intel llc and flynn intel inc, both located in virginia, with this specific list of documents because while we disagree with general flynn's lawyers interpretation of a taking a fifth, it's even more clear that a business does not have the right to take a give if if it's a corporation. one has been served. one is in the process of being served. >> one has been served. one is in the process of being served. today that was the senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr and the top democratic of intel mark warner on the right side of your screen. they are announcing a new round of subpoenas that they sent out today in the trump russia investigation. this targets mike flynn and specifically his businesses. now, we know that mike flynn is currently fighting the committee's subpoena to testify and to happened over the documents. the committee is hashing it out with flynn's lawyers in terms of what he's able to take the fifth on. but meanwhile, as of late this afternoon, they are sending subp

flynn intel llc and flynn intel inc. both located with a specific list of documents. while we disagree with the lawyers and interpretation of taking the fifth, it's clear -- it is more clear that a business does not have a right to take fifth in its corporation. one has been served. one is in the process of being served and we keep all options on the table. >> and, as we just heard from chel, today the director of national ielligee dan coats testified to the senate armed services committee where he was asked about a story in yesterday's washington post. yesterday the washington post reported, trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence daniel coats and to admiral michael s rogers, the director of the national security agency, urnling them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election, coats and rogers refused to comply with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate according to two current and two former officials. when asked about that in today's hearing, dan coats said this. >> i have alw

flynn intel llc and flynn intel inc.f documents because while we disagree with general flynn's lawyers' interpretations of taking the fifth, it is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take a fifth if it's a corporation. >> if, in fact, there's not a response, we'll seek additional counsel advice on how to proceed forward. at the end of that option is a contempt charge. i've said that everything is on the table. that's not our preference today. we would like to hear from general flynn. we'd like to see his documents. we'd like him to tell his story because he publicly said i've got a story to tell. >> chairman burr said it is still unlikely the committee would grant flynn's requestor immunity. his lawyers say they believe anything he provides will be used against him. >>> president trump will maintain his long time manhattan attorney mark cass wits. he's represented trump for more than 15 years. he's mostly known as a litigator but his website lists white collar defense as an area of practice. when the

it's flynn intel and flynn llc. the thing that the senate intelligence committee is looking at is the business these two entities. they sent a subpoena for the that flynn hass agreed to produce. they also sent a subpoena for personal records. on that front, flynn was initially resisting. i've been told now that he's agreed to turn over some in basis.on a roll that will start on june 6th. >> what have we heard from thatel flynn since he left position? what have we learnedded from him? >> he's been quiet publicly. is still talking to some folks within president orbit. political he is someone perceived within ofsident's political culture folks to be someone who is still in good standing with the president himself. time the president trump mentions his name, he said he believes general flynn got a raw he's a good person. that is seen as a signal that president is still supports general flynn. despite the fire storm of accusations. he's been more quiet about the general. out.will come i think that general flynn relations

, and i think flynn intel, inc.. while we disagree with general flynn's lawyer's interpretations of taking the fifth. it is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take a fifth if it is a corporation. those subpoenas, one has been served, one is in the process of being served. and we keep all options on the table. we think the committee has moved forward aggressively. >> flynn's lawyers are saying their client is the subject of outrageous allegations. let's bring in our panel before we delay too much. nbc's mike very kara who covered it all today on capitol hill. rick stengel is here with us again. former undersecretary for public diplomacy and deposit apairs in the state deputy the obama administration. also the former editingor of "time" magazine. and the host of deadline netw k network. nicole i'm going to begin with you, i'm going quote you back to you from your broadcast today. you had a moment where you u quoted the cell phone commercial "can you hear me now". essentially to your fellow republi

flynn, the former national security adviser. he, of course, had a request from the senate intel committee to testify and for documents. we learn oved overnight he is agreeing to testify -- or submit some documents and information, according to sources close to mike flynn. that is certainly a significant development there. then president trump's attorney. michael cohen telling nbc news if he is asked to testify, if issued a subpoena, he will testify. i have nothing to hide, he says. i'll make myself available, and i'm more than happy and willing to testify, but they have to be specific. there's the word, specific again. steph, the broader point here is that this is an investigation that is expanding. this is a controversy that is deepening. it continues to overshadow the business here at the white house. the president's ee's domestic . he wants to move forward with health care and tax reform, yet this administration mired in difficult questions about the russia probe. that's why they're setting up the war room, to try to outsource some of these headlines and the damage control that surrounds it, steph. >> before we go,

he has a corporation in virginia, the flynn intel group. is building and building. the chance of michael flynn ever getting immunity i think is virtually impossible because you have four federal laws including registration, potential obstruction, lying to the fbi purportedly he interviewed have the fbi on january 24th and what is called the sf-86, which is the formed where he had to disclose money from foreign agents. he never did it. so the only remaining question is did he do all the stuff on purpose which affects all of this as well as the intelligence committee and that is the question of contempt of congress. >> so richard, flynn's lawyer has gone public saying that they will not produce the documents. so refusing to do so could potentially lead to what? >> he could be held in contempt. he is going to produce these eventually, fred. and it may wind itself through the courts, but he will produce it. the thing is this, i disagree with avery. i think there is a likelihood that they will use flynn as a witness down the road. not right now,

so eastern virginia may be a place if the flynn intel group is located there, for example.e is there. and it is very common for an assistant u.s. attorney who is out of that office to pair with an expert from the national security division. in fact, the u.s. attorneys manual requires approval and consultation depending on the statutes that you're using from the national security division. >> as we have been trying to keep up both with the news about mike flynn and also paul manafort, one of the things that keeps coming up is the question of reg centering as a foreign agent. and the way that gets described often in the press in a discussion about these things is that that's not that big a deal. violating that requirement to register as a foreign agent isn't really a serious legal matter. one of the reasons i want to talk to you, though, is in michigan it really looks like you did prosecute unregistered foreign agents. they don't seem like minor matters. i wonder if you could just address that, the way that's described in the process versu how it seems to you from a prosecuto

he has agreed to produce documents the committee subpoenaed from his two flynn intell, llc intel.nn u.ssoared after donald trump's election on bets that he would bring about pro-corporate tax reforms and infrastructure spending but that is not materializing. >> is consistent to believe that whether there is a boy for the marketplace, we will grow in the -two's second quarter. what i hear from business is it is not happening. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. it can find more stories on the at top . let's check in on the markets in asia. pmi data getting put to the test. the chinese stocks managing to eke out again after a four-day weekend. the hang seng is snapping a seven-day rally although hong kong stocks are set for the best run since 2013. exporters are dragging in tokyo along with energy stocks. this is oil extending declines above 50 bucks a barrel. higher towardally the end of the day. is between swinging between gains and losses. i took a look at movers in asia starting with what is moving in hong kong

agreed to produce documents the committee subpoenaed from his two companies, flint intel, llc and flynn intel incorporated. in afghanistan, suicide car bombing has killed or wounded 70 people near a diplomatic enclave. it is the worst attack in the capital since the raid on the country's largest military hospital in march in which 50 people died. it comes during the first week of the holy month of ramadan. the u.s. is the first ever test of its defense system against an icbm was a success. after the interceptor shot down a mock weapon over the pacific ocean. the test comes amid mounting tension with north korea. is u.s. economic outlook looking worse because of its uncertainty over tax and infrastructure policies while europe is looking stronger 's larryg to black rock fink. >> it is consistent to believe that or there is a belief in the marketplace that we are going to 's the second quarter. when i -- what i hear from businesses is it is not happening. sophie: global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: t

there is venue and some aspects of the crime occurred so eastern virginia may be a place if the flynn intelere, for example. that could be why the venue is there. it's very common for an assistant u.s. attorney out of that office to pair with an expert from the national security division. in fact, the u.s. attorney requires approval and c consultation from the national security division. >> as we have been trying to keep up both with the news about mike flynn and also paul manafort, one of the things that comes up is registering as a foreign agent and the way that gets described often in the press is that it's not that big of a deal, thatiolating that requirement to register as a foreign agent isn't really a serious legal matter. one of the reasons i want to talk to you, though, in michigan, it really looks like you did prosecute unregistered foreign agents. they don't seem like minor matters. i wonder if you could just address that, the way that's described versus how it seems to you. >> there's a federal offense that makes it a crime to act as a foreign agent without first notifying the a

michael flynn's decision comes less than two weeks after the senate intell committee issued asubpoena for his documents which legal experts say can be viewed as testimony and if provided, would be seen as flynn waiving his fifth amendment rights. the ranking democrat, dip an feinstein -- diane feinstein saying his refusal to testify is wrong but not unexpected. >> there's no reason for the investigation to slow down or stop. >> sources close to flynn emphasize it's not evidence of guilt or wrongdoing and he wants to testify, but only in exchange for immunity. further complicating matters for the congressional probes, the appointment of robert mueller last week as special counsel overseeing the fbi investigation, which could big foot congress. >> the justice department will send over a note or make a call and say, you know, really if you go there, you're stepping on an ongoing investigation and we prefer you not to go there. >> reporter: former fbi director james comey did speak with house oversite committee chair today. he says comey wants to speak to special counsel first. comey has

hand over any documents from his time in the administration. >> michael flynn's decision comes less than two weeks after the senate intelommittee issued a subpoena for his documents which legal experts say can be viewed as testimony and if provided would be seen as flynn waving his fifth amend many rights. ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee diane feinstein releasing a statement saying flynn's refusal to testify is unfortunate but not unexpected. >> there's no reason, no reason whatsoever, for the congressional investigation to slow down or stop. >> reporter: sources close to flynn emphasize that the decision is not evidence of guilt or wrongdoing and he wants to testify but only in he can change for immunity. >> further complicating for the congressional probes the appointment of robert mueller aft week counsel overseeing the fbi investigation. which could big foot congress. >> the justice department will send over a note or make a call and say you know really if you go there you're stepping on an on hiv going investigation and we prefer you not to go there. >> reporter: former neighbor director james co

flynn. who today refused to provide documents to the house intel committee. flynn already invoked his fifth amendment rights this week it avoid cooperating with the senate probe. now the senate intel committee is nair yog its request with new subpoenas targeting his businesses. >> it is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take the fifth if it is a corporation. >> flynn has until may 30 to comply and the committee pledged to do whatever it takes to get flynn's documents. >> we will seek additional counsel advice on how to proceed forward. at the end of that option is a contempt charge. and i've said that everything is on the table. >> investigators appear to be focused on allegations of white house interference. and want any memos written by director of national intelligence, dan coats, and admiral mike rogers, director of national security agency, about their meetings with the president. on tuesday coats faced questions from lawmakers about reports trump asked both men to deny charges of collusion with russia. >> had you talked about this

also new this morning just breaking in to cnn, michael flynn has denied a request for those documents to be turned over to the house intelmittee. he is, of course, leading the russia probe on that side and the house intelligence committee is preparing to issue subpoenas against flynn and that's according to the top-ranking democrat adam schiff. >> we know the president will hire outside counsel and an outside attorney and perhaps also reportedly bring in a crisis management team into the investigation into possible ties between the campaign and russia heats up. joining us, ron brownstein and senior political analyst at the atlantic. emily jane fox and contributing editor for vanity fair and criminal defense attorney. the breaking news we just heard that michael flynn will not provide douchlts to the house intelligence committee. he's done the same thing on the senate side. can he be forced to? >> he truly cannot. he has an absolute fifth amendment right first against testimony and we know he's exercised that. he hasn't done it in the right way yet. a generic, i'm not going to testify is not going to work and he needs to

flynn potentially being held in contempt of congress if he refuses to comply or his businesses refuse to comply? >> you know, that's a possibility. again, i hope that we can get cooperation. >> meanwhile, the senate intel committee subpoenaed flynn's businesses looking for potential russia ties. i know that move requires bipartisan backing. we can also report tonight a senior senator aide tells our nbc news team they may issue more subpoenas depending on the cooperation they get. let's get right to it with joy reid, host of am joy, weekends here on msnbc. david frum, who is at the atlantic and a former white house initial. and malcolm nance, a counterterror and intel analyst. a loft questions looming over flynn as each day we get other pieces of the puzzle. what are you looking at as the key questions congress still wants him to answer? >> well, you know, i think obviously the questions of whether or not he communicated with people in russia that wound up being connected to the attacks on the election. i think that is the $64 million question. we know he has this affinity. we know he did that december 2015 rt dinner where he sat at putin's table. and we know after being turfed out at the defense intell

michael flynn agreed to provide some documents to the intel committee for its investigation. a person close to flynn told the associated press flynn will turn over documents related to two of his businesses and some personal documents the committee requested. flynn turned down the committee subpoenaed to testify in person and instead pled the fifth. reports of a break-in, a house fire and a barricade situation kept first responders busy this morning in clinton, maryland. this morning a neighbor reported a break-in at a house in the 7700 block of sewer rats road. when officerses a\road\rode they spotted smoke coming from the house and saw a man running with a gun. no one was hurt, squat crews set up a perimeter to search for firefighters put out the flames a few hours later police caught wayne gardener they also found a gun he took from the gun stashed in a tree. we have one resident who is safe. we contacted him. he was very helpful to us in terms of identifying what pay be in that house and frankly that weapon that he secured was the victim's weapon, but we do have that now a

. >> reporter: michael flynn and lawmakers are turning up the heat on flynn who refused to provide documents to the house intel committee. flynn already invoked his fifth amendment rights, now the senate committee is narrowing his requests with new subpoenasing at thing -- targeting his business. the chair of the committee pledged to do whatever it takes to get flynn's documents. >> we'll seek additional counsel help to get those documents and at the end of those charges are contempt charges. >> reporter: the investigations continue to be centered on white house interference. on tuesday, coats faced questions from lawmakers about reports trump asked both men to deny charges of collusion with russia. >> have you talked about this meeting with admiral rogers? >> that is something that i would like to withhold that question at this particular point in time. >> reporter: sources tell cnn trump's former campaign manager paul manafort is cooperating, handing over more than 300 pages of documents from his tame in the campaign. he will talk about his ties to russia, but not about ukraine's former russian prime ministe

. >> and this morning a congressional investigation into michael flynn, it's advancing as the state intel committee issues subpoenas to the former national security adviser, but that is being overshadowed by the sudden ouster of james comey who was leading the probe into russia and the election. pete williams begins our coverage. >> reporter: the justice department is now looking at five candidates all within the fbi to act as interim fbi director after the firing of james comey as the bureau struggles to adjust are to the shock. fbi insiders tell nbc news that many at fbi headquarters believe he was fired because he would not end the russia investigation, something the president clearly wanted over tweeting two days ago when will the taxpayer funded charade end. the justice department and white house say the final steps in firing comey who husbandgot bac washington after being in the was, they say he met with jeff sessions and rod rosenstein and said he wanted to talk about his concerns that comey should be fired. rosenstein said he had reached the same conclusion and agreed to put his t

. >> reporter: and lawmakers are turning up the heat on flynn who today refused to provide documents to the house intelommittee. flynn already invoked his fifth amendment rights to avoid cooperating with the senate probe. now the senate is narrowing its requests, with subpoenas targeting his businesses. >> it is even more clear that a business does not have a right to take a fifth. >> reporter: flynn has until may 30th to comply, tanld chair of the committee pledged to do whatever it takes to get the documents. >> we'll seek additional counsel advice how to proceed forward. at the end of that option is a contempt option. everything is on the table. >> reporter: investigators appear to be focused on allegations of white house interference. and want any memos written by director of national intelligence dan coat and admiral mike rogers, director of the national security agency, about their meetings with the president. on tuesday, coats faced questions from lawmakers about reports trump asked both men to deny charges of collusion with russia. >> have you talked about this issue with admiral rogers? >> tha

security are adviser michael flynn who irn strok invoked the fifth amendment on the russian investigation. ari melber is becoming my private legal tutor. what else can the senate intelommittee do, what about other tools are in their arsenal once mike flynn invokes the fifth amendment? >> maybe thing a congressional committee can do if they feel someone is being unlawfully unresponsive is hold them in contempt and go to a court to try to get them basically to do what they want in this case, fork over the docs. >> and contempt, is that another -- if you don't comply, what happens? >> just means they are mad at you will. >> you don't go to jail? is it a new crime? >> what it is is that a judge's discretion. it means that you can be held in jail potentially indefinitely to force compliance. so it is different technically than being found guilty of a crime, but it has the same effect that it's a blunt instrument. you could be in court and the judge can sanction you for talking out of turn in court. it might not be a crime,for it. >> elyse jordan, yesterday you said was the most riveting. you were talking about your late husband and a film coming out. >> yes, on friday ca

. >> the senate intel committee has subpoenaed michael flynn to hand over any documents related to his dealings with russian officials. >>> several protests were held over the firing of james comey. a small group was holding black and white signs. this was the view from sky fox in san francisco, a few dozen people called on the senator to take action. she is in washington calling for a special prosecutor. >> threatening to force a vote into the trump campaign, nancy pelosi says if they don't bring legislation to the floor, democrats will file a discharge petition to force a vote. the commission, each has their own challenges. >> the question is do you go out and have a 3-judge panel appoint a special counsel to look at this? all of these things involve time, money, and not necessarily a conclusion they are looking for. >> for months democrats have been pushing for a bipartisan committee. the ongoing investigations in the house and senate were sufficient. comey firing gained steam. others put down their views on him in writing. he was fired and included their memos for justification. we

flynn that was in detail. now that james comey is being invited as a private citizen to testify before the intel committee the are now higher on mike flynn because something might now be said. >> that's right. and what we don't know is what comey is going to say. what we can assume is that he's going to discuss not only what he heard, when this comment was made by the president to him, how he heard it, and how he interpreted it. he's going to give us his take on what he heard. what is that going to be? i don't know. he has a reputation for being a very straight shooter. >> right. >> did he actually feel intimidated or in some way obstructed by the president's alleged comments of what we've heard he said, or did he say to himself, i know what his sentiment is, it's a sentiment, this is all wishful thinking, but he's not really going to shut me down. there's no way he can and he must know he's not going to shut me down, therefore it's not obstruction. we won't get his interpretation of this. to some extent everybody is worried his interpretation, because he's not too happy with the president, may be slanted a l

in other words, she wasn't the only one that had any intel on general flynn. >> she is somebody who is already been willing to grand stand publicly. we saw this on unwillingness to enforce the trump immigration ban, which is part of why she's getting additional attention of a possibility of a very politicized leak. how these things happened are rather straightforward. somebody who has high-level access, has security clearance, decides to take that information and share it with a party that's unlawful. calling somebody in a newspaper and saying, hey, this is what i've got, you should run with this, it's very straightforward. those leaks can be tracked down, depends on the method of communication may have been. it's not clear that yates is the person who leaked anything. trish: right. that was sort of my point. in other words, there are other people in the room that would have the information. donald trump is saying, hey, you know, ask her about these. whether or not it was her, they should be asking because you don't want all of this classified information leaking out into the snreses.

. >>> we are hearing michael flynn will decline the senate intel's subpoena, and he is expected to invokement today. still preliminary details coming in. as you may know the fbi actively investigating flynn and his ties to russia as well as collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials. the allout and investigation has led to the firing of fbi director, james comey and right now there's a special prosecutor investigating flynn. >>> uber is everywhere in the bay area but did you know certain trips could cost you more depending on what type of neighborhood you are in. >> uber is boosting prices but drivers not seeing the benefits. matt keller is live in palo alto to explain. >> reporter: a lot of people take uber here in downtown palo alto, and you may pay more just because you live in a wealthier area. this was all revealed in bloomberg over the weekend, and it's called route-based pricing and basically uber is using artificial intelligence to charge customers based on what it predicts they are willing to pay, and if somebody coming from a wealthy neighborhoods to another high

of is aware of the fact that the investigations on every front are heating up, on the flynn front, the senate intel community. jeff blake, john mccain, burr, and -- those are a handful, literally, of republicans expressing concern with the timing. but i think it's really a dire moment where the republicans sorts of fall into line behind a president that, at best, is creating cries that his staffer can't keep up to clean up. >> i mentioned that we're starting to see the comey part of the story emerge. this is new york times tonight. this is about the dinner. as they it's, the president and mr. comey made small talk about the election and the crowd sizes at mr. trump's rallies. president then turned the conversation to whether mr. comey would pledge his loyalty to him. mr. comey declined to make that pledge. by mr. comey's accounts, his answer to mr. trump's initial question apparently didn't satisfy the president. mr. trump pressed himtd on whether it would be honest loyalty. you will have that, mr. comey told his associates, he sponltded. incredible. >> this is donald trump talking about loyalty te

former national security advisor michael flynn handed over docments to the senate intel committee related to his businesses along with other personal documents. >>> president trump's personal attorney michael cohen rejected congressional requests for cooperation into the investigation. we're also learning that former white house official bore ris epsheen has been contacted as part of that house investigation, epsheen recently signed on with sin collar broadcasting. >> there's talk president trump will withdrawal from the paris climate accord. and whether that could take a former withdrawal that could take years. pulling out of the deal would mark major symbol in the president's efforts to unraffle obama era climb change policies. only other countries not part of the deal syria and nick rag. what. >> that's the big thing. do you want to put the u.s. in that category with those countries? i know a lot of governors come out. we heard from terry mcauliffe said virginia will do what it needs to do. same thing from the mayor and go >> the bottom line is one of the reasoneds he said he wanted to

senate intel committee with a subpoena for fired national security adviser michael flynn and they will question the man who took comey's place in a public hearing. we have it all covered. let's start with joe johns at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, chris. that firestorm over the firing of james comey only intensifying here in washington. new reports suggesting that the president was stewing for weeks over comey and very much wanted him out. new details emerging about donald trump's closely held decision about firing james comey. a long time friend of the president says he was white hot over the russian investigation. the anger has been mounting over the unproven claims that obama wiretapped him. two months ago over trump's baseless allegation of obama and the times going a step fert. >> further. >> a source close to the president says the presidentexp. >> it made me nauseous to think we had an impact on the election. >> other sources say the president ultimately concluded that comey was quote his own man. fiercely independent. ultimately firing him for never providing pers

house oversight committee, flynn said he was paid by uls companies when in fact the trip was funded by russia state media. and today one republican member of the senate intel committee tweeted about flynn saying that it is his right to invoke his fifth amendment prifr privilege, however he said we will get to the truth one way or the other. >>> and nbc news of course covering every angle of the trip. lester holt will be reporting live from jerusalem tonight and koerptd koernl correspondents are tracking the president's action. so stay with us for in-depth coverage. >>> president trump's plunging popularity could hurt republican chances of capturing the virginia governor's mansion this fall. a new poll from the "washington post" suggests both democratic contenders are leading republicannt gillespie by double digits. the lieutenant governor is leading 49% to 38% and former congressman tom pair yell la is leading by 50% to 37%. and analysts say the results suggest voter opposition to donald trump and his policies could punish republicans at the polls this fall. >>> some consider it a slice of heaven, but both sides now coming to the district. we'll tell you a

sally yates i thought she did a good job for the country when she talked about flynn being compromised. the intelt a part of this. the judiciary is looking at another part. what john and i are saying, what if you had a committee made up of the four or five committees, where it was joint, where we were looking at the same thing, rather than compartmentalized. that's what they did during iran contra. i think that's what we should do here, is have the relevant committees working together, not separately. but i have a lot of faith in the intel community's investigation. i think the white house is doing a good job, but i don't mind a joint select committee. >> in terms of the motivation for why this happened and why it happened yesterday, do you believe that the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein was the imtus? do you believe it was he who prompted president trump, that he sent a memo to him in the morning and president trump decided, you know, within hours that, yes, comey had to go? >> well, everybody says that rob is a good guy, so i don't know if somebody made him do it. i doubt he would do s

. >> that could have happened after us intel agencies picked up conversations between flynn in the russian ambassador during the presidential transition. discussing us imposed sanctions. in a tweet this morning, the president urged lawmakers to ask yates how the relation -- revelation ended up in newspapers. setting obama administration officials. >> if obama was truly concerned about general flynn, why didn't he suspended his security clearance? >> yates was also asked about the reason she was fired. her decision not to enforce trump's executive order on immigration, she says she believed the order was unlawful. >>> coming up, and arson investigation in the south bay after a suspicious fire at a church. new information from authorities in the piece of evidence that could help to make an arrest. >>> a little warmer today. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. but then a downtrend in temperatures. we will let you know when that happens. >>> the new commitment to make our roads safer after a string of shooting -- shootings and bay area freeways. >>> so grateful the recognition has ha

period about, you know, reports questioning how seriously he was taking intel briefing, if he was taking it every day, was general flynn giving him some version of an intel briefing. some of my colleagues traced back tweets and lined it up with the president's schedule when he was supposed to be getting intel briefing, but he is tweeting about different matters. there are questions about what he is being told and the level at whichesque briefed, how deep in the weeds are they getting on threats and this is what a lot of people feared with the president. would he slip up and say something and if the intel folks in his own staff, maybe not giving him full information or roots of intel, would he say something like this. someone remarked to me this is kma exactly what we feared all along. >> is this more about what he is not being told or he is not listening when he is told things? >> we don't know yet. that may come out in the process here that we seem to be in, figuring out exactly what he told the russian officials last week in the oval office. lawmakers want to know a lot more about that. i think we're going to learn a

the senate intel subpoenaed documents from flynn. you reported there's new pressure not to slow things down. there are a number of investigations taking place, the senate intel, fbi, maybe the house intel committee, perhaps the nsa and cia as well. which of these investigations might bear the most fruit? >> a week ago, not quite a week ago i would probably say the fbi investigation, that one has been going on the longest. certainly seems to be the one that all of the congressional investigators are focusing on acutely as they look for information and pull people back for testimony. as you've seen, the removal of comey has thrown a little monkey wrench into that. certainly it is not a purge of the fbi. there may be redoubled efforts, because there's a lot of support for comey among employees to push ahead with the investigation, and may not be much disruption. but the senate intelligence committee investigation is the only one at this point that hasn't been plagued or effected by some politically rocked scandal in the last few weeks or

intel committee. new reporting on michael flynn. he will now provide some personal documents to the commit after a subpoena to do so. it's the revelations regarding president trump's son-in-law jared kushners that white house on edge. peter alexander has more. >> reporter: the white house struggling to fend off questions about son-in-law jared kushner's contact during the transition after a wave of headlines that blind sided west wing staff. >> i'm not going to get into it but your question presupposes facts not confirmed. >> reporter: sean spicer did not deny "washington post" report that during kushner's meeting in december with michael flynn an kiss lee yak the 36-year-old proposed back cham communications with russia using facilities for the talks. >> i think that it assumes a lot. i would say mr. kushner's attorney said that mr. kushner volunteered to share what he knows. >> it's not inappropriate for officials to begin to speak with foreign counterparts. what is unusual is for there to be the preparation for a back channel out

aren't that two businesses owned by the former national secured advisor michael flynn are getting subpoenaed by the senate intel committee because the ranking democrat, senator mark warner, says a business can't plead the fifth like flynn has. and this news comes a few hours after the former cia director john brennan was on the hill to say that russia did interfere in the election, he's just not sure if everyone in the states helped him. >> the man in charge of the cia during the 2016 campaign testified for the first time since president trump took over about what he saw last summer that made him so sure the russians were interfering in the election. >> i encountered and i'm aware of information intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trunk campaign. >> he said he told russian officials not to meddle in the process, but he has no concrete proof that when they did, anyone from the trump campaign conspired with them. >> when you learned of russian efforts, did you have evidence of a connection between the trump campaign and russian state acto

of course, we will see how flynn responds as well as his businesses so the intel committee today, wolf, really putting the ball back in michael flynn's court. wolf? >> sunlan, thank you. sunlan serfaty reporting. democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut joining us us, a member of the senate foreign relations committee. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> do you believe michael flynn should be held in contempt of congress? >> well, i think that senator burr and senator warner are taking the right steps. they are going to give him another opportunity to do right but this committee and turn over these documents, but they have made it very clear that if he doesn't take this second opportunity, then there's a contempt charge at the end of this. i mean, michael flynn can't hide for very long. ultimately he likely has legal liability for his failure to disclose the connections to the russian and the turkish government and if he doesn't tell this story then he likely faces a lot of jail time, and this is the big problem for president trump is that he has got some people ve

. >> unless you have anything to add to covfefe, a.b., michael flynn is going to hand over documents to the senate intel committee by june 6th. what is the alatest in the russa threat? >> the michael flynn resistance to originally cooperating with committee disappeared because he can't evoke hissing fifth amendment rights. they were able to get to him another way. he probably has been counselled it is time to be cooperative. it is interesting michael cohen, the lawyer to the president, is now asked for his cooperation. resisted at first. made it clear if he is subpoenaed, he will testify. he will not resist. so it is spreading. there's more interest and people. it is cascading at a rate that we are surprised by actually. i'm not saying it will go to more players closer to the president, but obviously the pressure on jared kushner and what that does to the dynamic of the politics is enormous. before he gets to the congressional committees and the fbi and answers questions about why he was meeting with the former spy and head of a state-run sanctioned russian bank. a meeting he forgot to put on his fs-86