like i said, michael flynn, i'm going to go back to michael flynn because i think that sentencing memo, you know, seems like a long time ago now, was not very long ago. michael flynn is not going to be sentenced before march. he's got to do an update on that. but we know that there are investigations even in the reporting over the last month, we've seen new indications that, like i said, michael flynn, i'm going to go back to michael flynn because i think that sentencing memo, you know, seems like a long time ago now, was not very long ago. michael flynn is not going to be sentenced before march. he's got to do an update on that. but we know that there are investigations even in the reporting over the last month, we've seen new indications that, of contact between paul manafort and, of course, a former russian arms dealer. >> yeah. there's that. >> there's that. i mean, there's -- we know that he's saying manafort did not fully cooperate and we're going to have filings about that. but it really is the fact that there are investigations that are criminal in nature and that are redacted

michael flynn -- >> i don't think you put on -- >> michael flynn has pleaded guilty to lying.there's anything wrong with being at the dinner. putin is there. you're there. he's there in moscow. now we're told about this report. you dispute it. i get that. my question is has anyone from robert mueller's team contacted. >> michael flynn has told state's evidence. if there was anything untoward at that dinner mueller would know about it. mueller has not contacted me. >> that is what's important. >> many of the claims made like that i was being funded by russia is false. i paid every penny and was public about the reasons from my tip trip which were about calling for a cease-fire and a peace offensive in the middle east and a global green new deal. this was public be from before the time i went. it became an issue. it became an issue eight months later after i got the green nomination. >> to be clear, you said something very important -- >> which is attempting to silence political opposition. that's not healthy for a democracy. sdp y >> you say no one from robert muell mueller's t

>> well, what they thought was -- they fired michael flynn because he lied to the vice president. was the day after flynn was fired, that, you know, now that flynn is gone and he was the only person who spoke to russians as far as the president knew, this would end the russia thing. i laughed at that point and said, mr. president, i've run these investigations. i can tell you we're going to be sitting here on valentine's day of 2018 still talking about this. as it turns out, you know, at that time, he laughed at me and thought i was wrong, and jared kushner told me i was crazy, but meantime we're inching up on valentine's day 2019 and still talking about it. i think i had the right idea back then that this was going to be a lot longer than they thought it was. >> we look forward to having you here in the bay area. thank you so much, chris christie. >> thanks, jessica. >>> that was jessica castro. you can buy the book and hear from christie himself when his book tour comes to san francisco february 6th. >>> get the latest news anytime with the abc7 news app, more customization and

like i said, michael flynn, i'm going to go back to michael flynn because i think that sentencing memo, you know, seems like a long time ago now, was not very long ago. michael flynn is not going to be sentenced before march. he's got to do an update on that. but we know that there are investigations even in the reporting over the last month, we've seen new indications that -- of contact between paul manafort and, of course, a former russian arms dealer. >> yeah. there's that. >> there's that. i mean, there's -- we know that he's saying manafort did not fully cooperate and we're going to have filings about that. but it really is the fact that there are investigations that are criminal in nature and that are redacted in documents that have been filed before the court and we also know that he's fighting about documents and evidence from company "a," which is controlled by a foreign government that is fighting him on delivering those documents. >> you have about 60 seconds remaining. if you switch teams and the president hired you and said, look, there's stuff in this mueller stuff i don'

if kushner did say to trump, only michael flynn spoke to the russians as christie claims that he said, kushner was telling a lie that was going to be revealed as public only within a matter of time it is not shocking that -- again, this is christie's claim. i don't think reporters have independently corroborated the claims he makes in this book, but christie is putting his name on it so it's significant and worn taking seriously. if the claim christie made here is correct, it's not surprising kushner would be interested in trying to find a way to quickly turn down the heat on the russia inquiry that was then under way. >> just to put a couple of dots together, i believe this is the same day he asked jim comey to see to it to drop the investigation into mike flynn, valentine's day was a big day in the trump white house. not for romance but for investigation meddling this seems though if you take -- i imagine robert mueller is interested in what jared kushner said to the president and christie and his wife about the impact of firing flynn, if that would end the investigation, it's one o

michael flynn continues sentencing to continue to cooperate. same with yates.hat implies more cooperation to be done and the final piece is that the government does not speed things along if it it doesn't have to. it takes its time so the cases stay made. >> and this has been a short time if we look back historically toings haves like this one. a year and change is not that much time. >> this is the biggest one of our time. >> let's get a check on your weather now. hey, bill, happy new year. >> it's not the control room, tlirlts weather. everybody still ahead. just kidding. happy new year, bill. >>> we'll show you pictures of snow. we haven't had lot to show you. we have to go to albuquerque for that. the kids love it. the adults -- eh, not so much. we're watching freezing rain, sleet. slide nothing to areas of central texas. dallas is barely above freezing. around fort worth, watch out. we have 9 million people either under winter-storm watches or warnings or advisories. oklahoma city a very difficult fear cast over the next few days. a little bit of freezing

i just love the michael flynn one. some people say he lied, michael flynn said he lied, the white house said he lied, his plea agreement says he lied. >> but he was open mined. so he gives the champ remains the champ. >> right. at the end of the day i may support you when it's convenient for me, but paul manafort he went to jail. if you continue to lie and sneak information to trump after he went to mueller, that a brave man. >> there's so much of the james cagny 1930s about rat, dirty rat. and the thing about i'm not going to talk to them so why do you talk to them? >> and you're missing the biggest tell of all of this. there were three scare quotes like justice and deal, as if those are like ominous words. so i have to give it to manafort it's very brave to survive three scare quotes like that. and if the panel doesn't agree with me, i'm sorry. >> you know, i'm going to give it to flynn because the man almost wrecked and perhaps he has wrecked a plea deal by taking trump's exact position which is maybe i lied, maybe

the list includes six trump associates including michael cohen, michael flynn, rick gates, paul manafort, george papadopoulos, and roger stone most recently. each of them part of team trump. like i said, when it rains, it pours. and the storm clouds from the russia investigation are getting darker. the acting a.g. or the a.g., matthew whitaker, says he has been fully briefed on the mueller investigation. what does he know and who has he been sharing that information with? we'll get into that next. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nerv

. >> paul manafort, michael cohen, michael flynn, are you concerned, is the president concerned that as more and more of his associates' forays are brought into this investigation, indicted in this investigation, that this presidency is in danger? >> not at all. in fact, i think nothing could be further from the truth. the more this goes on, the more we see how none of this has anything to do with the president. >> let's bring off our lead-off panel. matthew miller, elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, former deputy assistant general during the obama administration, security reporter covering the justice department for the "washington post" and felice sediki. welcome, all of you. mr. miller, i would like to start with you. were you surprised on the interview in the briefing room as we were and do you believe it? >> i'm not surprised he said it, i am surprised by what he revealed. you could see the sweat kind of dripping off his face, you could see him stammering and trying to get through his answer. i think what happens is when you're nervous like that, things slip out. there

you're seeing with michael flynn as well, his lawyers were arguing before the judges.as considering the sentence he's going to impose on michael flynn, pointing out our client is not tongialking to th media. that was a slap at people like george pop dopiloapadopoulos. this is something that donald trump has fostered in his environment going all the way back to when he was a real estate developer on the apprentice. this is his mission. this is how he treats a lot of his employees. i think people realize they need to save themselves. >> darren, thank you, have a good weekend. >> thank you. >>> another woman speaking out against r. kelly. her story about meeting the musician as a teenager and her accusations of abusive behavior. your soup... just as important as what you get out of it? our broccoli cheddar is made with aged melted cheddar, simmered broccoli, and no artificial flavors. enjoy 100% clean soup today. panera. food as it should be. when cravings hit, hit back. choose glucerna, with slow release carbs to help manage blood sugar, and start making everyday progres

the list includes six trump associate including michael cohen, michael flynn, rick gates, paul manafort, george papadopoulos, and roger stone most recently. each of them part of team trump. like i said, when it rains, it pours. and the storm clouds from the russia investigation are getting darker. the acting a.g. or the a.g., matthew chiwhitaker, says he ha been fully briefed on the mueller investigation. what does he know and who has he been sharing that information with? we'll get into that next. >>> we're back with developing news. there are signs that robert mueller may have another indictment up his sleeve. we're joined by shimon, and it's interesting because cnn is getting new information tonight that more mueller indictment could be coming. what do you know? >> yeah, this has to do with a former aide to roger stone. andrew miller is his name. he's been fighting a subpoena from the mueller team, from the special counsel's team. he and his lawyers have been litigating this. they do not want to testify, they do not want him testifying before the grand jury. and the mueller team says

remember sally yates and michael flynn, they knew michael flynn lied about his conversations with the russian ambassador. one reason that's a concern, they knew the russians knew what took place in those conversations and they could then use that as leverage against michael flynn who was then the national security adviser. if the russian leader, russian intelligence knows what took place in those meetings and the president and putin discussed things or made promises to each other or so on, did they know and members of the president's own administration or lawmakers on capitol hill or you and i don't know. that, by itself, could leverage. if the president were to mislead the public on what he said or what assurance he's made or assurances he was given. so that by itself is concerning. >> what's also very concerning, i never thought we'd see this, after the president fired comey, the fbi actually began to investigate whether the president was acting on behalf of the russians wittingly or unwittingly. >> yeah, it's pretty remarkable. i know shimon's reporting discovered some of the trans

i love the michael flynn one. some people say he lied. michael flynn said he lied. white house said he lied. his plea agreement says he lied. >> but he was open minded. he was agnostic on this, jason. he gives the -- the champ remains the champ. >> at the end of the day, i may support you when it's convenient for you. i give to paul manafort because he went to jail. if you go to jail in defense and continue to lie and sneak information to trump after he went to jail and lied to mueller, that is a brave man. that is a loyal man. that's some g. gordon liddy loyal respect for this administration. >> so much in the james cagney, rat, you dirty rat. i'm not going to talk to them. you talk to them. the latest word from giuliani, i'm not going to talk. you talk. >> you're missing the big tell of all on this. there were three scare quotes for totally absurd words like justice and deal. as if those are ominous words. i have to give it to manafort. it's very brave to survive three square quotes like that. if the panel doesn't agree with me, you have a bad panel. i'm sorry. >>

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michael flynn, i've already said, bad guy. george papadopoulos, bad guy. so you circle through the list of folks, rick gates, bad guy. i mean, so there's no debating that any longer. >> other than papadopoulos, all picked including roger stone by the president, and you say bad or stupid, look, i am all about respecting the presidency, no matter how much heat i get for that because of what the man in the office does on a daily basis. but what category does he fall under? because he has lied gratuitously about these things. >> i understand the argument that goes on perpetually between the white house and certain aspects of the media and whatever. i don't think -- i understand why it happens. i don't think that's useful. i think in the end, i want to look at the president and the president's actions, and when you look at his actions, they're not nearly as drastic as his words. and that goes in concert with the person that i know. and he's a salesman. he's been a salesman his whole life. and he uses overblown rhetoric at times to make a sale or to defend somet

there was a lot of discussion about why was michael flynn interviewed in a certain number and why was it written up. the purpose was to determine whether or not a foreign adversary was engaging in the united states and potentially involving the president of the united states. i have to say not just as a lawyer but as an american, it's shocking that the president of the united states could be a russian asset and, frankly, what you were talking about a moment ago, that attack, don, that sarah sanders was making on the fbi in the investigation, it is down right shameful and it's un-americ un-american. i frankly think that all of us have gotten a little numb to the obstruction of justice that we keep seeing in front of our very eyes. you should not be attacking, if you're the president of the united states the fbi and our independent law enforcement. if you're doing that, if that is the response to the fact that the fbi is investigating you of being an agent to a foreign power, that should cause all americans to question what is going on here. and our elected officials should be called to

great intellect and great abilities. >> so he's lying very simply to get a reduced sentence. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. >> michael flynn, who served as president trump's national security adviser before being fired walked into court to plead guilty to a charge of making false statements to the fbi. >> he worked for me for a very short period of time. but you know what, he happens to be a very good person. >> are they as bad as they seem? are they as corrupt as they seem? lying. and the fact that they are is, you know, at one level, an aha moment. and the fact that they were the closest people to the president, the man who became the president is still stunning. >> this guy is as mobbed up as maury the wigmaker was from "goodfellas." we learned way too much about what paul manafort spends on clothing in the average year. the ostrich jacket stands out. >> paul manafort paid $15,000 for an ostrich jacket. everyone now just wants to know more. >> michael cohen has become an unbelievable figure in the trump saga. the president's one-time fixer and his lawyer. >> is he sti

congress you'll begin a three year prison sentence in march well the former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations with the russian ambassador and former campaign chairman paul minor for was convicted of financial fraud he pleaded guilty to conspiring against the united states charges have been leveled against russian intelligence officers and another group of russians for a social media campaigns designed to influence the election and hacking of e-mails . the afghan taliban has named one of its co-founders to lead its political office in qatar. is expected to join negotiations with the u.s. which looked to be gaining momentum victoria gate and the reports. abdul ghani baradar was the former right hand man of taliban found. he spent eight years in a pakistani prison before he was released last october analysts say his appointment as political leader of the taliban's of his thing cattle shows the armed groups commitment to the afghan peace process he is somebody who all was favored negotiations in peace talks and therefore the pakistani gove

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so in his book that's out tomorrow, he wrote that trump and his son-in-law thought that firing michael flynnthe time the national security adviser would end the russia investigation and according to the "new york times," chris christie was having lunch with trump a day after flynn's firing when he told trump quote, the russia thing is far from over and trump said this to him. what do you mean, flynn met with the russia ps, that was the b problem, i fired flynn, it's over. gloria? >> how did that work out? he thought it was a good idea because democrats would support it and it would create the big storm it created. so you know, kushner and christie don't get along well because christie prosecuted jared kushner's father. we know that history. but i think if you go through chris christie's book, one of the threads you will see is that these are people who didn't understand washington. and who were very naive about how things would play out politically. >> what about the politics of the shutdown, jeff? we know it hurt the president. i was read oefg the weekend that mark meadows says that buildin

prosecutors have moved to different jobs and his office has moved some cooperating witnesses like michael flynn towards sentencing. whitaker also rattled some democrats when he said mueller's decisions will be reviewed by the justice department. >> i am comfortable that the decisions that were what are going to be reviewed, you know, either through the various means we have. >> democratic center chris coons called whitaker's remarks chilling. as things stand, the attorney general decides how much of mueller's he report is released to the public. for now that is whitaker, but most likely bill barr in a few weeks. barr vows the report won't be withheld for an improper purpose, but won't guarantee to release it in full. >> there is a move to make sure that at least some of it sees the light of day. bipartisan legislation would require him to summarize his report to do you think and tcon public. >>> roger stone will be in court today. he was indicted on seven charges including five counts of lying to congress for his interactions with wikileaks, some expect the judge to impose a gag order on the lo

did donald trump know what paul manafort was doing or michael flynn might have been doing? now from what we've learned from the reporting this evening is the fbi was seriously asking that question and, yeah, so that in and of itself i think is a big deal. of course, i'm divert to steve as to the details. for me from a counterintelligence perspective, it's a big deal. >> same question to you, steve. we'll break it down to what led to this your initial thoughts when you heard of this investigation. >> i agree, any time you are investigating at any level the president for possible involvement with a foreign power in and of itself, that's an important investigation. i think, however, that the "new york times" was not real clear on how they explained what was going on. this was not a full investigation. this is what was called a preliminary inquiry, which is very limited in scope and can be opened simply on an allegation, which means there -- it can be opened without any evidence at all and it has to be closed, if nothing is found within six months. so it's not a criminal invest

a number of the long-time cooperating witnesses like michael flynn, papadopoulos, michael cohen, of coursetheir sentencings were scheduled. and typically the prosecutors like to wait until the end of the investigations to sentence the co-oprators because they want to keep the pressure on them, and also have the hammer over them in cases they do not tell the truth, they can go to the judge to explain they did not tell the truth. so we saw mueller's investigation accelerated and it looks to many of us as though the first quarter of the year would be a time that we would see him begin to wrap it up, and put out the final indictments that perhaps the report that we have all before waiting for. >> is that what you see here, danny? >> it is likely, but we have to keep open the possibility that mueller may keep this investigation going on and the strongest pieces of that is the numerous redactions in the court-filed documents and the number of sealed documents and the fact that michael flynn's sentencing was delayed for the explicit purpose for allowing him to continue to cooperate, and i believe

congress he'll begin a three year prison sentence in march the former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations with a russian ambassador trumps former campaign chairman paul mother thought was convicted of financial fraud and pleaded guilty to conspiring against the united states and charges have been leveled against a russian intelligence officers and other groups of russians for social media campaigns designed to influence the election and the hacking of e-mails a lot to get through and hopefully joe watkins is a republican political strategist and has worked as a white house aide for george h.w. bush will be helped out to help us out your life for us in philadelphia good to have you with us on al-jazeera let's just begin with how significant the arrest is considering what. he's being arrested for is about his conduct with investigators rather than specific issues over the russia investigation plus he is a very close confidant of the incumbent president. that's corrected so this is very very significant because roger stone has been fo

problem and inquiry. >> you're having lunch with the president and jared kushner after he's fired, michael flynn. they thought it would end the russian investigation? >> yeah. he said, you know, flynn's the only guy who spoke to the russian as parentally. so he said i think this is going to tend. and i just laughed. i said, mr. president, it's unfortunate that i have to tell you this. but having done this myself for a living, we're going to be talking about this on valentine's day february '18. >> of course as we now know chris christie turned out to be right. we have asked doj lawyer matt miller to hang around for the better part of app hour, to come back on. why, matt, did you pay close attention when you heard chris christie say that, a detail about a lunch? chris christie, his wife mary pat christie, in the white house. >> the key thing is because that lunch was on valentine's day, as he said, the day after mike flynn was fired, and it came just a few hours before this meeting that jim comey recounted in that conversation with nicolle wallace where the president cleared the room and asked co

i'm thinking of michael flynn, perhaps michael cohen as an example. that there was a search warrant that was executed ahead of time. let's think about paul manafort. paul manafort was searched and then several months later he was indictedi indicted. that did not happen in roger stone's case. i think there may have been a legitimate concern here that if, in fact, he was told to turn himself in at 10:00 a.m. that morning in a florida court, if there was anything that was incriminating, roger stone may have destroyed that, may have deleted something, mare hay hav smashed up a phone. i'm thinking of possibilities. i think it makes sense in that instance that you're going to file that warrant under seal and then you're going to execute a search warrant in an arrest. this does not seem to be at all to be anything unusual when you have not executed a search warrant prior to an arrest. >> some skerv conservative lead have said they think it should be reviewed. do you see this as a narrative building on the right? >> it's very much in line with what we've seen

there is a lot of discussion about why was michael flynn investigated in the way he was? was explaining, the purpose wasn't to find crimes and find criminal activity. the purpose was to determine whether or not a foreign agent, a foreign adversary was engaging in subtrifuj with the united states. it's shocking that the president of the united states could be a russian asset. and, frankly, when you were talking about a moment ago that attack, don, that sarah sanders is making on the fbi and the investigation. it is down right shameful and unamerican. and i frankly think that all of us have gotten a little numb to the obstruction of justice that we keep seeing in front of our very eyes. you should not be tacking if you're the president of the united states the fbi and our independent law enforcement. and if you're doing that, if that is your response to the fact that the fbi is investigating you of being an agent of a foreign power, that should cause all americans a seriously question what is going on here? frankly, our elected officials should be asked -- should be called

so about michael flynn. russia lackey and future federal felon. ow.hael flynn was a very prominent perscription in the campaign as was christie. also someone who has pleaded guilty to lying to robert mueller. former epa chief, scott pruitt. greedy and inexperienced. honestly, not wrong. scott pruitt was a state elected official in oklahoma. he got run out of washington eventually. trump got rid of him was because he was feathering his own nest. then tom price, this is kind of hurtful. he was the head of health and human services. was the first of trump's cabinet members pushed out because he was taking so many expensive either first class or military flights. jeff sessions not ready for prime time. kind of hard to argue with chris christie about that one. you could say sessions was deeply undercut by trump. then rex tillerson, a stranger, look, honestly, some of that is why trump picked him. he came in as head of exxon mobil. big guy, looked the part of secretary of state. so actually i think christie broadly speaking here is right. i think he's absol

but michael flynn, rick gates, george papadopoulos, michael cohen, and now roger stone. >> look, you know, you don't have to emphasize what is already obvious, okay? and, again, the reason i built this argument around the three amigos, the fact that when manafort and stone got into the stink, people said, like sarah sanders today, it has nothing to do. it can't have nothing to do. he knew these people the longest and the best. the idea that he didn't know what they did for him and what they're capable of and what they're like and who they know, it strains keducredulity. he had to know. did he commit a crime? we don't know anything about that. did he collude they may have? but that he didn't know what they were doing? hard to believe. >> look, you grew up here, meaning new york city. i started in new york city in the '90s, and i knew about donald trump and some of these characters. i'm looking over my glasses to say, really? you're going to fell me you didn't know what these people were about and what they were capable of before you sought their counsel, before you put them on as advi

in my opinion, a very good person. >> of course, michael flynn eventually pleaded guilty to lying tohose fbi agents. he cooperated with the special counsel's office. as of tonight, he continues to cooperate. he is awaiting sentencing which has not yet been scheduled. another break for us. coming up, had we been on the air 54 years ago tonight, we would be covering the death of a giant of contemporary history. we'll talk about his life when we come back. >>> 54 years ago this evening, the world was reacting to the death of one of the lions of the last century. a man who saved his country and helped to save the free world and defeat tyranny. sir winston churchill passed away january 24th, 1965. somewhat incredibly, given a life of alcohol, cigars and a diet that let's just say, predated kale and avocado toast. winston churchill lived to the age of 90. for those of us who love history, we are blessed to have so many great his or the yandles on this broadcast. there's something about these days that has us looking to the leaders of the past and a new book has done just that. it is called

he's a -- in my opinion, a very good person. >> of course michael flynn eventually pleaded guilty to lying to those fbi agents. he cooperated with the special counsel's office. as of tonight, he continues to cooperate. he is awaiting sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled. another break for us. >>> coming up, had we been on the air 54 years ago tonight, we'd be covering the death of a giant of contemporary history. we'll talk about his life when we come back. back so lionel, what does being able to trade 24/5 mean to you? well, it means i can trade after the market closes. it's true. so all... evening long. ooh, so close. yes, but also all... night through its entirety. come on, all... the time from sunset to sunrise. right. but you can trade... from, from... from darkness to light. ♪ you're not gonna say it are you? >>> 54 years ago this evening the world was reacting to the death of one of the lions of the last century, a man who saved his country and helped to save the free world and defeat tyranny. sir winston churchill passed away january 24th of 1965, somewhat incredibly,

he clearly is looking at paul manafort, at michael flynn, at rick gates and he can't say nobody in thet? say what you want about him but he is an attorney and can look at that. he is protecting his client saying there's no evidence that donald trump knew anything about this. that is the big question we always have had. what did donald trump know? >> i would like to associate myself with chris cuomo's face during that interview. >> can we see how you would do that? take off your glasses. >> he's way too handsome for me to imitate. but just his expression. incr incredulity. glora you may be giving rudy giuliani a little too much credit. >> maybe, yeah. >> a campaign is not just the candidate. the way rudy was describing it yesterday as if there was a trump campaign in the office in the kremlin and they worked together every day, that would not be collusion, because donald trump wasn't associated with it. a campaign is not just the candidate. as we've seen multiple connections between the russians and the trump campaign, including this distribution of secret polling data from manafort to

what he had to say today. >> during lunch with the president and jared kushner after he fired michael flynny thought that would end the russia investigation >> he spoke to the russians apparently and he said i think this will end it and i just laughed and i said, mr. president, it's unfortunate they have to tell you this, having done this myself for a living we'll be talking on this on valentine's day, february 14th and they laughed out loud and jared thought i was crazy. they had no experience in government and no experience in this >> so, you know, what about the naivety, do you think it was nain naivety or chris christie, perhaps. >> i think it's wishful thinking on his part. as we now know things have unfold the russia problem has not gone away, and to the contrary, it has grown increasingly and exponentially with every indictment that we reach. so let's look at the roger stone indictment as an example we now have this increasingly difficult problem of trying to imagine a scenario where the president was not briefed and the candidate was not briefed on what was going on with wikileaks.

you will begin a three year prison sentence in march well the former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about conversations with the russian ambassador and former campaign chairman paul minor for was convicted of financial fraud he pleaded guilty to conspiring against the united states charges have been leveled against russian intelligence officers and another group of russians for social media campaigns designed to influence the election.

, rob porter, michael flynn jr.d k.t. mcfarland ken, let's take a bit into the substance of why they rejected this, why they recommended this be rejected to begin with. >> sure, david just to emphasize the import and meaning of this story. two career security specialists decided that the president's son-in-law did not merit access to the nation's secrets, but their boss overruled him and he got it any way the questions about kushner are well known it had been reported his businesses his real estate empire has many foreign dealings he had a troubled building on 5th avenue in new york and he was in talks with foreign sovereign wealth funds about investments. and when he went to fill out his form for the security clearance initially he failed to list any foreign contacts these are all things that experts tell me would rule out a normal person for clearance. what happened is, you know, the fbi does a back dprouground chek they present their findings to these career people in the white house who have been doing this for

reporter: roger stone last week, paul manafort, michael cohen, michael flynn, are you consider concerned is the president concerned, that as more and more of his associates, former aides, are brought into this investigation, are indicted, plead guilty in the investigation, that this presidency is in danger? sarah: not at all. in fact i think nothing cub fourth from the truth. the more that this goes on, the more and more we see that none of these things have anything to do with the president. in roger stone's case the charges of that indictment have literally nothing to do with the president and have to do with his communications with congress. so in fact, i think the further we get into the process, the more and more we see that this has nothing to do with president trump. reporter: can you assure the american people that in these conversations roger stone had with wikileaks and the individuals tied to dumping of that material, that at no time the president had any interactions with roger stone, that nobody doze close to the president had interactions with roger stone who may have told

appears there's a pattern of lying when it comes to many people around this president you have michael flynnty of lying, george pap dop lis, guilty of lying, paul manafort, guilty of lying, michael cohen, guilty of -- and it just goes on and on and on. and roger stone is right now charged with lying >> well, roger stone is the ultimate dirty trickster he calls himself a dirty trickster. this is a man who made a consul tansy along with paul manafort as the lobbyists for dictators, murders and thieves. he's always wanted to play the edge he's always wanted to be out there where other people wouldn't represent you he would represent you and he would do the most outlandish things to gain media attention and to get the target -- to get the dot off the target, so to speak. with regards to donald trump, he's doing the same thing, but also he's obviously got a phenomenal ego i believe it was jonathan alter who said in the last hour that, you know, roger stone, you know, if he's going to do anything, he's going to revel in this. he's going to take a hit, go to jail for a year, get a talk show and the

she said she was asked about that dinner she attended with putin and michael flynn, and if mueller hased out to her. i want you to check this out. >> you say no one from robert mueller's team has reached out to you, no document requests, nothing, from you or anyone who works for you? >> yes, absolutely. and if there was a shred of wrongdoing on my part mueller would certainly know about it because michael flynn has turned states evidence. besides i was completely public throughout aboutly what i was doing. tweeting about it, my speech to a meeting at rt which was attended by jesse ventura, by rocky anderson. it's a meeting of many peace advocates, which is how i happened to be there. >> we know there was a disinformation campaign to help jill stein. but mueller hasn't reached out to her. does that say anything to you? >> well, i mean, if she's telling the truth, and we don't know if she is or not, but assuming she is that would suggest she is not in the special counsel's cross hairs and there's no suggestion that the russians were actively colluding with her even though they might have

. >> roger stone last week paul manafort, michael cohen, michael flynn, is the president concerned as more of his associates are brought into this investigation and are indicted and plead guilty in this investigation that this presidency is in danger? >> not at all. i think nothing could be further from the truth. the more this goes on, the more we see that none of these things have anything to do with the president. in roger stone's case the charges of that indictment have literally nothing to do with the president and have to do with his communications with congress. so, in fact, i think the further we get into the process, the more and more we see that this has nothing to do with president trump. >> now, whether or not it turns out the president broke one law during the campaign, the investigation has everything to do with him because, and i'm going to say this slowly, it was his campaign. his chairman, his personal attorney and fixer and campaign adviser and michael flynn and donald trump junior who met with russians at trump tower. he testified he lied at the direction of preside

as you mentioned, there was a we willalth of evid that was looking suspicious from the call to michael flynn to russia on sanctions and trump calling for russia to hack hillary clinton's e-mails. all of that stuff is building up and then he fires james comey and says on national television that he did it for russia. so i think that you're absolutely right, alisyn, they had to look into it and resolve this question is he just acting on his own perhaps making some bad judgments but that's what he is entitled to do? or is he acting at the direction of another country and putting the interests of this country over those of the united states? >> let me add in the other major reporting from this weekend so we can talk about this in the biggest of the picture senses here. "the washington post" reported over the weekend that the information coming from the president's private meeting with vladimir putin is very scant. people within his ownzation can own administration can't get it. trump has gone extraordinary lengths to conceal details with his conversation with russian president vladimir putin inc

. >> and president trump believing firing michael flynn had ended the whole russia thing.ned it from chris christie. he led the president's transition team. christie said the president told him the day after he fired flynn that the whole thing was over. christie writes about his account in his new memoir tidaltidal ed "let me finish." trace gallagher has more. >> the reason that chris christie said that president trump thought firing then national security adviser would end the russian investigation because flynn is the only guy that spoke with the russians. christie said that jared kushner, who christie criticized, believed that flynn's firing would end the russia talk. here's christie on abc. watch. >> i just laughed. i said, mr. president, it's unfortunate that i have to tell you this, but having done this myself, we're going to be talking about this on valentine's day february 18. they laughed out loud. jared told me i was crazy. >> christie goes on to say that trump needed the right people around him but instead found himself saddled with riffraff, michael flynn and s

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