and michael fliven suggested that for the good of his family, he felt that that was the best way to go. he could have gone to prison potentially under the law for five years or more. in this case, if he cooperates, hicked do zero to six months so you could see if michael flynn, at the begin, why the white house is concerned now, knowing so much about the campaign, the president, the president's family, the relationships that they had in terms of talks about the campaign why they're so worried about it now. >> that point you made is so spot on. to me the most telling part of the statement for flynn was for the good of my family. this is a prosecution team, if you look at their history, what they did on the enron task force. they have a history of going after family members. they apply extreme pressure in order to get people to flism. we don't have much visibilities into a what they're doing. but they're used to putting extreme pressure on people's family mention. there's been reporting that his son has been involved in these conversations and i think it was telling that he included that