/i> find a medicare plan for you at carefirst.com/gomedplus >>> tonight the michael flynn bombshellt trump's former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against president trump. >>> and this evening jared kushner and what we have learned about him. >>> also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. president trump's tax plan. the showdown in the senate at this hour. does he have the votes? we're live on the hill. >>> the verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with

. >>> tonight the michael flynn bombshell.dent trump's former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against president trump. >>> and this evening jared kushner and what we have learned about him. >>> also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. president trump's tax plan. the showdown in the senate at this hour. does he have the votes? we're live on the hill. >>> the verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with her father. the fallout today. >>> the search for a teenager who have ran off with a high school soccer coach. what we have learned. >>> holiday packages arriving at your door. you're about to see the

we'll see you on the next "right this m >>> tonight the michael flynn bombshell.mp's former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against president trump. >>> and this evening jared kushner and what we have learned about him. >>> also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. president trump's tax plan. the showdown in the senate at this hour. does he have the votes? we're live on the hill. >>> the verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with her father. >>> the search for a teenager who have ran off with a high school soccer coach.

michael flynn happened. then there was that middle of the night tax bill that passed. >> tiny little -- >> of course comments had fun with this over the weekend. >> let's go to the weekend rewind. >> the michael flynn bombshellrity adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. >> no, i'm not. >> you tweet a comment regarding ongoing criminal investigations at your own peril. i'd be careful if i were you, mr. president. >> i'm michael flynn, the ghost of witnesses lists. mr. president, it's time for you to come clean for the good of the country. >> the good of the -- >> the good of the country. >> the good of the come come? >> serious. >> the tax bill clearing a major hurdle, passing that $1.5 trillion tax overhaul. >> lots of provisions were being included for special interest. >> this a done deal? it's going to pass? >> yeah, we'll be able to get through an agreement in the conference. i'm very optimistic about it. >> anything good that happens in america the next year is going to be attributed to this bill. >> questions about matt lauer's firing. >> they are looking into whether anybody knew about his alleged behavior and failed to report it. >> and the college pick that

>>> tonight the michael flynn bombshell. president trump's former national security adviser pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. the white house caught by surprise. flynn has now agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. brian ross tonight on whether flynn will testify against president trump. >>> and this evening jared kushner and what we have learned about him. >>> also breaking at this hour, your money, your taxes. president trump's tax plan. the showdown in the senate at this hour. does he have the votes? we're live on the hill. >>> the verdict in the outrage the undocumented immigrant acquitted of murdering kate steinle who was walking with her father. >>> the search for a teenager who have ran off with a high school soccer coach. what we have learned. >>> holiday packages arriving at your door. you're about to see the neighbors who jumped in. >>> my three sons. our unbelievable milestone. who is our person of the week? good evening and it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with michael flynn an

. >>> coming up next, the michael flynn bombshell. >> president trump's former national security advisor pleads guilty to lying to the pbi. flynn agreed to cooperate with the special counsel and will testify against the president. >>> also ahead, how some chalk drawings are connected to today's visit by former president b >>> we begin this half hour with michael therein and his guilty plea. president trump's security advisor admitting he lied to the fbi. >> he's agreeded to cooperate h the special counsel. >> abc news reporter serena marshall reports from washington. >> once one of the president's closest advisors, now -- >> lock him up! >> facing the same chance he once led against hillary clinton. michael flynn leaving court after pleading guilty and agreeing to fully cooperate with the special ouncele. >> how many more figures have to be brought to justice because of their ties with russia before we end up connecting. >> the charge stems from contacts from sergey kislyak. flynn consummated with an official that did not want the trump team to escalate. flynn made that request to the am

the bombshell in the rush of rope with former national security adviser michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to federal agents. and senator republicans are still haggling over tax reform details. the markets seem to be tapping the brakes of it here on the selloff halloween the michael when it news, but the sudden the --in we saw a earlier decline we saw earlier just a temporary blip? and a democrat of washington will be joining us. if he satisfied with today's development and how does it move the story forward for him? was markets closing in two hours time. abigail doolittle is here with us, and there was a bigger selloff earlier, but we have come back. alix: -- abigail: the dow was down 1.4%, but was scarlet asking was that is the trillion dollar question in terms of uncertainty. the knee-jerk reaction we saw the headlines crossed around michael flynn with a man's -- was a massive selloff. this was on pace for the worst day since may. the russell 2000 has been down more than 2.5%. the russelloday, 2000 had been up on the week. at those lows, it turned lower on the week. we are look

. >> kelly, we just found out on friday kelly ross, filed a very bombshell report saying that michael flynn was going to be working or testifying against the president and then we come to find out that it's fake news and the conversation they were talking about after he was elected or put in place. tell us about that and any expectations you have that the apology and the suspension of brian ross is going to get the same attention that the fake news bok shell did. >> it's getting no attention. even if his own network. "they" a tip sheet and the headline says reality check. and i said wow. abc news is going to admit this grievous error that lasted for hours and hours before it was quote clarified and then subtracted but that has famous false report and actually, that false report was still here when you had the press report on friday. i worked forks eventually without pay is enough. every network, the cable station, the mainstream media has obsessed that the democrats on capitol hill, they've done nothing this year. the only accomplishment the democrats have this year is holding up the stop r

michael flynn delivers a bombshell that could move the russia investigation into dangerous territory r the president. for those who know him, michael flynn is a complex man. >> ferociously intelligent. very confident guy. very blunt in his manner. >> he is not tricky. what can i say to him that will make him happy, that will make him like me? he just says what he thinks. >> he had to be successful enough so that that outweighed the part of his personality. >> for my life, for my adult life, it's been about what's best for this country. >> as a three star lieutenant general during the war on terror, he is considered to be one of the greatest intelligence officers of his generation. >> he transformed american military intelligence. so that when we went into battle against al qaeda in iraq and taliban in afghanistan, we won. >> but he was a key player in transforming them into the way they attacked the network of al qaeda. it wasn't about going after one big fish and then next big fish. it was how they connected. >> again flynn revolutionized intelligence in the field environment. i mean

this is the first press briefing since the bombshell that michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. you can imagine that's what a lot of the questions were focused on. yesterday the president said that he felt very badly for general flynn. he consider pardoning him? i'm in the aware if that has come up , any process or decision on that front. you haven't talked about it? i haven't canned the president whether or not he would do that. >> i think before we start discussing the pardons for individuals we should see, you know, what happens in specific cases. the white house also said reports that the special counsel's team subpoenaed the president's financial records are false according to e-mails obtained by fox news, the trump transition team knew michael flynn was in regular contact with the russian president sir gay, but he did not reveal his full extent of the conversations . when you talk about those financial records, the reports came fredericksburg out from reuters and they say they're standing by the reports, but the white house is denying it. let's talk cake right now may

the president continues to defend michael flynn despite a bombshell guilty plea from his former national security advisor. and he continues to slam his favorite target, his election opponent. i want to you to list toon the president, what he said today. >> i feel badly for general flynn. he's led a very strong life, ask i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they zrodestroye his life. i think it's a shame. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend wept to the fbi not under oath, it was the most incredible thing anyone's ever seen. she lied many times, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and it's like they ruined his life. it's very unfair. thank you very much. >> so the president defending michael flynn, an admitted liar with lies of his own about hillary clinton. james comey testified under oath that hillary clinton did not lie to the fbi, that there was no basis to conclude that. let's get to cnn analyst michael zeldin, and cnn legal commentator kim kuch nelly. good evening. thank you for coming

reacting to the news of michael flynn's guilty plea, the bombshell that overshadowed what should haveheadline, the battle over the republican tax bill. majority leader mitch mcconnell declared he had the votes to pass the tax bill today. the trump tower tax cut i call it. just hours ago. the flynn news broke. four holdouts -- montana's steve danes, wisconsin's ron johnson, arizona's jeff flake, and maine's susan collins -- declared their support for the bill, giving republicans the 51 votes, one more than necessary to pass this sweeping overhaul. let's bring in the "hardball" roundtable for this friday night. jennifer rubin, opinion writer with "the washington post." george willis, column us with "washington post." cornell belcher, democratic strategist. this is interesting because here's a bill about to be passed with a lot of hoopla and grandeur, it's exciting, with about a 28% popular support. yet the republicans consider it an essential, necessarily, mandatory thing to do. and they are going to celebrate it. >> right. i think it's two reasons why they're behaving that way. one, th

michael flynn. >> it was bombshell news when it came out at the time when lester, you know, just happened to haveiew the day after flynn was fired. we fired him because he treated hillary clinton so poorly in the e-mail investigation. but he sits there and tells lester holt, i was thinking about russia, i was going to fire him because of russia. today, we see with the flynn guilty ply, that conversation, that interview takes on a whole new importance. and i'm not sure that the president realized then. and maybe he realizes now, how much trouble he's in. >> and david, there are reports indicating that michael flynn might have felt betrayed when the trump decided not to pay michael flynn's lawyer's fees. some people in the white house are getting help on their lawyers fees, but not michael flynn. >> we've all seen the president both with his comments from public platforms, twitter, signaling, we're friends, i like you, you did nothing wrong. he's giving michael flynn more compliments than anybody in his administration, more than his vice president, more than any member of his team, more i think eve

the president continues to defend michael flynn despite a bombshell guilty plea from his former nationals to slam his favorite target, his election opponent. i want to you to list toon the president, what he said today. >> i feel badly for general flynn. he's led a very strong life, ask i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the

. >> harris: the washington bombshell right now, former national security advisor michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. this is speculation is building that other shoes may drop. let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. general flynn pled guilty to federal district court charges that he lied to the feds about his conversations with the russian ambassador. flynn is the first trump administration official in the fourth connected to the campaign to be charged as part of a special counsel robert mueller's wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between russia and members of trump steam. we are going to say it early, no evidence of that collusion. and then there is this. "it has been extraordinarily painful to endure these many months of false accusation of treason and other outrageous acts but i acknowledged that the accusations i spoke of in court today were wrong." john roberts on the north lawn, we are live right now. >> good afternoon today, sorry, i couldn't hear you for a second. we got our first statement from the white house a little while ago, th

bombshell. michael flynn has flipped, bringing the russia investigation into the president's inner circle. >> senate republicans have made changes to the tax bill. there is a $10,000 property tax deduction and fatter breaks for many businesses. >> nbc news political director and "meet the press" moderator chuck todd joins us now. chuck, there's been a statement from the white house today. there's been no tweeting. are alarm bells going out -- going on? >> yes, as one official told my colleague hallie jackson, four words to describe everything, very, very, very bad. that's sort of how this is playing it. look, bigger news today isn't mike flynn pled guilty, it's that mike flynn is cooperating with bob mueller. mike flynn was probably the president's most frequent travel come pain i don't know th companion that wasn't paid for by the campaign. he was there when cory lewandowski was there. all those guys came and went, mike flynn was there. so, this is somebody who has, i think, a lot of interactions to share with bob mueller, with jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, a lot of interactions with d

this after a bombshell, michael flynn, the president's fired national security adviser and influential official in both the trump white house and the trump campaign today pleaded guilty in federal court for lying to the fbi about conversations he had with russia's ambassador during the presidential transition. flynn is also cooperating with the special counsel investigation. he is talking. he has flipped in a move widely interpreted as his only play in order to guarantee he and his son, michael flynn jr. avoid jail time for a series of questionable illegal activities. this also means this is just the beginning and likely to go only higher. not long after this news brokers sources told cnn a very senior member of president trump 2k3w4r50ir7b8g9 the person who directed flynn, that official is the president's son-in-law, kushnjared kushner. the charge against flynn is the first against someone in the trump white house for a crime that occurred while he was employed in the white house as national security adviser. flynn is now the fourth member connected to the trump campaign to be charged

flynn fallout. new reaction overnight to the bombshell guilty plea by general michael flynn after admitting he liedtacts with the russians. new questions this morning. could jared kushner be in legal jeopardy? and what does it all mean for president trump? >>> and the royal engagement. prince harry and fiancee meghan markle making their first public appearance since announcing they're getting married. fans delighted. what we're learning about the future princess as she gets ready for life in the public eye. today, saturday, december 2nd, 2017. >> a familiar face on the plaza this morning. how many times have you been been here now? >> this is my fourth time. >> why are you so excited this morning? >> it's my first trip to new york city. >> you actually brought your bucket to the "today" show. what's number one? >> being on the "today" show and saying hello! >> i'm turning 40. >> it's my 43rd. >> it's my 54th. >> it's my 24th. >> it's our 13th too. >> and it's my 12th birthday. >> happy birthday! >> and a good morning -- good saturday morning. welcome back. what a fantastic crowd we have with us her

this after a bombshell, michael flynn, the president's fired national security adviser and influentialicial in both the trump white house and the trump campaign today pleaded guilty in federal court for lying to the fbi about conversations he had with russia's ambassador during the presidential transition.

abc saying he made a serious error in his bombshell report about michael flynn was not fully vetted through our editorial standards process. so what happened? well, as the shock of flynn's plea deal sank in on friday, as the nation tried to figure out what was happening, ross told viewers that flynn is prepared to point the finger directly at trump. and testified that the president, before taking office, ordered him to make contact with the russians. that was before election day. the key here was that flynn was going to say it all happened during the campaign. raising the prospect of ill lets. that report called the dow jones to drop 350 points. although the market almost fully recovered later in the day. no other news outlets were able to match his bombshell reporting. we wondered why. and we found out. on the "nbc nightly news," ross backtracked. >> a clarification tonight on something one of flynn's confidantes told us. he said the president asked flynn to contact russia during the complain. he's clarifying that, saying candidate trump asked him during the campaign to find ways to repair

the president continues to defend michael flynn, inspite of the bombshell guilty plea from his formeryou to listen to what the president said today. take a listen. >> i feel badly for general flynn. he's led a very strong life, ask and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath, it was the most incredible thing anyone's ever seen. she lied many times, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and it's like they ruined his life. it's very unfair. thank you very much. >> so the president defending

flynn's bombshell guilty plea would seem to have thrown the white house into turmoil, but this morning, the president said he's not worried, no collusion, he said. so, still unanswered, what was michael flynn trying to hide and why did he lie to the fbi? so, again, the president tweeting this, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. he has pled guilty to those lies. it is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful, there was nothing to hide. and then just moments after, walter shob, the former director of the u.s. office of government ethics tweeting this, just couldn't resist commenting on flynn, are you admitting you knew flynn had lied to the fbi when you asked comey to back off flynn? walt walter shaub joining me on the phone now. walter, we can feel your surprise about why the president would tweet like this. >> it's just unbelievably mind blowing. somewhere in washington his attorneys are banging their heads against the table because their client lacks the discipline to stay off tweeter and stop admitting things publicly like this. >> how might this assist the mueller investigation? because now the president is contradic

>>> plus, a bombshell admission in the russia investigation. former national security adviser michael flynnleads guilty to lying about his contacts with russia. >>> a violent brawl caught on camera. very disturbing to watch. this is shocking video from inside a maryland high school. now four teens are facing serious charges. we'll have the latest on the investigation. >>> good morning and welcome to fox5 saturday december 2nd 2017. i'm annie yu. let's take that live look outside right now at 7 o'clock on this saturday. gary, looks a little gray or maybe it's just our camera or maybe some fog out there. >> that's a little hazy, partly to do with our camera as well but don't expect a lot of sunshine today. as a matter of fact that's the headline. it's a cold start too. not bitterly cold but it's pretty frosty out there. not much sunshine today. looks like what we get will be during the first part of the day and then it's going to go away because clouds are going to start coming in. i'll show you that in just a second. right here, satellite queued up for the second spot here. so, look, you can

we begin with the bombshell news, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser, a key member of his campaign team and inner circle in the white house, pleaded guilty -- to lying to fbi about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. flynn is now cooperating with the special counsel investigation, we're told. in a move widely interpreted as his own play in order to guarantee that he and his sign michael flynn jr. avoid jail time for questionable and possibly illegal activities. it's hard to overstate the significance of today's news. the charges against somebody first in the white house. it was for a crime that occurred while he was annoyed in the trump white house as a national security adviser. flynn is now the fourth member of the team connected to trump on the trump campaign to be charged as part of the special counsel investigation. and these questions loom large after today's news. why did flynn lie to the fbi? what was the then national security adviser so afraid of our own federal investigators finding out that would be w

a bombshell plea deal in the federal russia probe, michael flynn putting guilty to making false statements to the fbi. prosecutors say he lied about his conversations with russia's ambassador during the transition period before the inauguration. flynn, said a very senior member of the president's transition team told him to contact russian officials. according to ap officials, jared kushner, he's the fourth person charged and the second who pleaded guilty >> let's bring in steph kite and former federal prosecutor, seth waxman, thanks for joining us. >> let's talk about the indictment. it doesn't prove collusion with russia, just talking about lying to the fbi but is the system accomplicety of the indictment, does that single the something bigger >> i think that's right. i think when a plea like this goes down, the prosecutors put the bare minimum. i think the information that michael flynn shared is probably much wider and probably goes to the core of what the investigation is truly about. collusion and conspiracy to influence the election. >> since we're at this point now obviously a coup

since last week it was a week ago today, right, we were all over the breaking news, bombshell guilty plea from michael flynn and people coming forward under mining mueller in favoritism and attacking his personal integrity. so just a sampling now of the last 48 hours, if you turn on fox news. >> let's face it, what we are seeing here is a pattern and practice of mueller hiring known clinton and obama political insiders and boosters, supporters to undue a presidential election. that was the election of donald trump. >> robert mueller's partisan, hyper partisan attack team will name names tonight and explain who these trump hating investigators are and why this entire witch hunt needs to be shut down immediately. mueller is compromised on this. so and sessions has recused himself from so much of this. so how does it work? only logical way to get to the answers for the american people is to a point a special second counsel. >> mueller is corrupt. senior fbi is corrupt. the system is corrupt. >> so that last voice there, that was former house speaker newt gingrich. >> he tweeted this back in may. let me read th

the big washington bombshell, former national security advisor michael flynn pleading guilty lying to fbi. this as speculation builds other shoes may drop. abc reporting that flynn may testify against the president. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there are enough votes to pass tax reform when the senate finally votes. what did they put in the bill to get holdouts to change their mind to get to yes and what are they taking out? we'll cover this and more. among our guest this is hour, steve forbes, former defense attorney gregg jarrett, texas attorney general ken paxton and iowa congressman rod blum. we're awaiting senator senator. he is expected to speak on the senate floor any moment with new details on the senate tax bill and schedule going forward including when we can expect the final vote. we'll bring you his comments live as soon as they begin. connell: don't see them yet. we begin with the markets, and the crazy day as it was. investors digesting headlines melissa was talking about from washington. nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. it has been a

we begin with the bombshell news, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, president trump's formerdviser, a key member of his campaign team and inner circle in the white house, pleaded guilty -- to lying to fbi about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. flynn is now cooperating with the special counsel investigation, we're told. in a move widely interpreted as his own play in order to guarantee that he and his sign michael flynn jr. avoid jail time for questionable and possibly illegal a

. >> harris: the washington bombshell right now, former national security advisor michael flynn pleadinguilty to lying to the fbi. this is speculation is building that other shoes may drop. let's go "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. general flynn pled guilty to federal district court charges that he lied to the feds about his conversations with the russian ambassador. flynn is the first trump administration official in the fourth connected to the campaign to be charged as part of a special counsel robert mueller's wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between russia and members of trump steam. we are going to say it

a bit of a bombshell, abc reporting that not only has michael flynn pleaded guilty but will talk againsthe president, implicate the president. >> that is how it looks right now. this is not good for the president. according to abc news, michael flynn will tell the grand jury that the president directed him to make contact with the russian ambassador before he took office. vonnie: yes, exactly. we have seen a sharp market reaction with the vix above 13. it does not sound like much but a major spike. the dollar index as well well below 93. the market does not like this development. >> this week has seen equities trade quite well on hopes of this tax-cut bill being passed. instead, we are confronted with smoking guns for the first time, linking the president with the russians. instead of the good news we were hoping for, we have bad news and i agree with charlie that markets should first and ask questions later with these headlines. we have already seen half the loss we first had. vonnie: i do not know, the 10 year -- >> more referring to s&p futures . we complain about the lack of volatili

this after a bombshell in the russia investigation today. michael flynn fired national security advisor and influential official in both the trump white house and the trump campaign today pleaded guilty in fede

that then you have the bombshell news about michael flynn.eople in the white house were not given a heads up about what would happen friday morning. they suspected that something could happen that they didn't know that was going to happen. they are planning for the white house christmas party with the media and are focused on tax reform and then, all of a sudden, that was their entire day. host: the white house christmas party, a subdued trump speaking for a couple of minutes and then departing. guest: yes, i wasn't at the party because i was writing the michael flynn story but that is what i have been told by those who attended. host: let me ask you about the debt clock. senate democrats used this as an argument yesterday, some calling it hypocrisy under obama when the debt doubled over eight years of a democrat in the white house? guest: right. both republicans and democrats are speaking from both sides of their mounts on this issue. republicans have made lowering the debt a huge part of the policy platform. and this will add $1 trillion to

about the russia investigation which is to say i'm thinking about michael flynn when i'm firing james comey. >> yeah, i mean, it was bombshell it came out at the time when lester, you know, just happened to have that interview the day after flynn was fired and then the president after that letter went out saying we fired him because he really treated hillary clinton so poorly in the e-mail investigation but then the president sits there and tells lester holt, hey, i was thinking about russia. i was going to fire him because of russia and today we see with the flynn guilty plea that conversation, that interview takes on a whole new importance and i'm not sure that the president really realized then and maybe he realizes now just how much trouble he's in. >> david, there are reports indicating that michael flynn might have felt betrayed when the trump decided not to michael flynn's and not michael flynn. >> we've all seen in front of the world over the past year, the president both with his comments from platforms in twitter seem like to michael flynn. we're good, right? we're friends. you did nothing wrong. he's given michael

michael flynn. and the hardball roundtable here to talk about why the bombshell news anything to do with trump's increasingly erratic behavior and the russian republicans to pass their tax cut for the wealthy. really is for the wealthy. let me finish with trump watch on this historic day in washington. this is hardball where the action its. it's time for sleep number's 'lowest prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. does your bed do that? right now our queen c4 mattress is only $1199. plus 24 month financing. ends monday. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. it's an emotional connection i focus on techniques because it's really the techniques that are the most important part of any recipe. salt enhances, acid enhances, pepper, changes flavor. pan roasting is a technique to give you almost pudding like, zucchini. every technique that i'm sharing with you is something that will last you a lifetime. i'm thomas keller and this is my masterclass. >>> welcome back. the news that former national security adviser michael flynn is coope

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about the russia investigation which is to say i'm thinking about michael flynn when i'm firing james comey. >> yeah, i mean, it was bombshellen it came out msnbc. the votes and they finally locked them in earlier today. we had senate majority leader mitch mcconnell come out of a meeting with republicans saying they had the votes they've opinion writing the bill ever since. one fortunate things democrats have been complaining about here predominately is they at any time get to look he actual text of the legislation until 11:00 tonight they've only been able to see the bill a couple hours. republicans argue they've seen the vast majority of the bill. and it's been finished wore phoenix and plenty of time to look at it. but at the moment there is a lot of complaints from democrats and also some republicans as well who feel they didn't have enough time to be able it look at the bill before they voted which is happening right now. >> frank you bring aup good point because this happened quickly. i know it's been in the works for months. it did happen quickly. we have a lot of republicans on their side. this is by far over. tell u

still maintaining his public silence about that bombshell plea deal involving his former national security adviser michael flynn. retired general michael flynn, once president trump's national security adviser and key confidant, now a convicted felon. flynn, who called for hillary clinton to be thrown behind bars over her e-mails, pleaded guilty friday to willfully and knowingly making false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to the fbi about his contacts with russia's former ambassador to the u.s., sergey kislyak, contacts he previously denied. court documents describe senior member of the trump transition team directed flynn to contact the russian government and others about a u.n. resolution on israeli settlement. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that very senior member was jared kushner, president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser. a second comment came a week later. a senior official asked flynn to reach out to kislyak again about the obama administration's sanctions meant to punish moscow over its election meddling. nbc news learned that senior official was mcfarland, who would later

president trump isn't talking about, isn't tweeting about, the bombshell plea deal involving his former national security adviser michael flynndevelopment, by the way, that marks a major milestone. special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. retired general michael flynn, once president trump's national security adviser and key confidant, now a convicted te e felon. flynn, over her e-mails. >> damn right. >> reporter: pleaded guilty friday to willfully and knowingly making false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to the fbi about his contacts with russia's former ambassador to the u.s., sergey kislyak. contacts he had previously denied. court documents state on december 22nd, a, quote, very senior member of the trump transition team directed flynn to contact the russian government and others about a u.n. resolution on israeli settlement. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that very senior member was jared kushner. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser. a second contact came a week later. documents show a senior official asked flynn to reach out to kislyak again, about the obama administrati

bombshell. president trump insists he's not worried about michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi and now cooperating with the probe. >> there's been absolutely no collusion. >> but now new questions about what the president knew and when. we'll talk exclusively with the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner, next. >>> plus, late-night victory. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> while you were sleeping, and without time to read the full bill, republican senators narrowly pass a major tax overhaul. >> it's the largest tax decrease in the history of our country, by far. >> democrats say the whole process was a sham. rin senator tim scott is here to respond. # >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is trying to keep up in this insanely busy news week. with republicans inches away from passing their tax bill which will have profound consequences for the public, this morning president trump is focused squarely on discrediting the russia investigation. he was up rather early, sending his first tweet at 6:15 eastern abo

former nationalur >>> right now at 11:00, a bombshell revelation with huge implications. former national security adviser michael flynn pleads guilty to lying to the fbi. >>> and we're learning as part of his plea, he's cooperating with the special counsel robert mueller's investigation. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. it's a story we first broke at 6:20 this morning on "today in the bay" and we've been covering it all morning long. nbc's blaine alexander is in washington with more on this breaking story. >> reporter: and, marcus, laura, this is certainly a big development in the russia investigation. i'll tell you why. this makes michael flynn the first person with direct ties to the trump white house to face any charges in this investigation. michael flynn arrived at federal court this morning in d.c. flynn served as national security adviser until he was forced to resign in february after lying to the vice president about meeting with a russian ambassador. flynn today admitting his actions were wrong, saying in a statement, my guilty plea and agreement to

. >> and good evening, we begin with the biggest bombshell so far in special counsel robert mueller's investigation. michael flynn's guilty plea. >> flynn is the fourth person connected to donald trump's presidential campaign to face criminal ces former campaign manager paul manafort and campaign aide rick gates face several charges connected to their work before the campaign. >> former campaign aide george papadopoulos is cooperating with investigators. >> but today's guilty plea brings mueller's team right into the white house. and there are questions about the story michael flynn may have to tell. >> we have team coverage for you this evening. nbc's lester holt and chuck todd will join us in just moments. >> but we begin at the white house where blayne alexander is tracking this day's story for us. blayne? >> reporter: well, pat, jim, this latest development now brings this investigation closer to home for president trump. you'll remember that flynn was very much part of his inner circle during the campaign and came with him to the white house, working here as a national security advisor until he was forced to r

bombshell. president trump insists ha s het worried about michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi and now cooperating with the probe. >> there's been absolutely no collusion. >> but now new questions about what the president knew and when. we'll talk exclusively with the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner, next. >>> plus, late-night victory. >> the tax cuts and jobs act is passed. >> while you were sleeping, and without time to read the full

that's not the only big story if become, a bombshell break through in the russia probe. former national security advisor michael flynn pleading guilty to making false statements to the fbi, while serving in the trump administration albeit less than a month. prosecutors say flynn lied about his conversations with russia's ambassador during the transition period before inauguration day. flynn is the fourth person charged in connection with the probe and the second to plead guilty. >>> today is world aids day. when the world honors living with the december and remember those who lost their lives. >> the white house is showing support with a red ribbon, aids day started in 1988. the world health organizatio the world's most significant public health challenges. now there are nearly 37 million people around the world living with hiv. virus was discovered in 1984. >>> today, the newly engaged royal couple visited a youth project to raise awareness for aids. this morning, prince harry and me megan mark kel turned quite a few heads. herrara and meghen plan to tour over the next six months before the royal wedding. >>> keepin