"mike flynn's lawyers say he is no longer joining consulting firm." lynn has not joined stonington and did not personally issue any public statement, mr. flynn's attorney said tuesday. he was aware a statement was being drafted but he did not intend that it be issued at this time." new job? i didn't mean to -- mike flynn -- where did you get that? welcome to the new normal, where the sky is green, the earth is flat, and disgraced national security advisers publicly announce they have accepted new consulting jobs and then say they never did any such thing. totally normal tuesday. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. and if you were hiring michael flynn, wouldn't you want to know what his sentence is going to be now that he's pleaded guilty? what if he gets six months or a year or something? his plea bargain in. >> you can imagine the negotiations. so what are the personal time plans? is there flex time? and if i'm not able to telec

mike flynn is not done. he is not ready to be extensioned after all. robert mueller isn't done with him yet. flynn's defense lawyer told the court bluntly, the government came to us and indicated they were not yet prepared to proceed to sentencing. the judge said that's fine. i don't have any problem with that whatsoever. none whatsoever. flynn's lawyer said, general flynn is eager to proceed to sentencing when that is possible but under the cooperation agreement, it is really up to the government to make that recommendation. the defense lawyeres he wants to bring that chapter of his life to a conclusion. and the court says, as does everyone facing sentencing. right. so there was confusion about this. a lot of discussion about this when it dime flynn's case. the possibility flynn's case was wrapping up. what that might mean for the mueller investigation overall and whether it was wrapping up but it turns out we got clarity today. they're not clearing him today. they are not done with him yet. then today on capitol hill, we got this from senator dianne f

the day after thanksgiving, the president's lawyer, jay sekulow told cnn that mike flynn calling off that joint defense agreement was, quote, not entirely unexpected. he said, quote, no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. general flynn was in fact cooperating against the president and it turns out that dropping joint defense agreement was in fact a really good sign that that was about to happen. within a few days, the following tuesday, abc news was first to report that flynn's lawyers were talking to lawyers in the special counsel's office. and by the end of that week, eight days after thanksgiving, mike flynn in fact stood up in court in washington, d.c. and he did plead guilty, and he filed his cooperation agreement. incidentally, you should know we'll see mike flynn in court again very soon, next week. that was ordered today in a brief ruling from the judge in flynn's case. the order literally, it's only as long as you can see on the screen here. but the order sets up a joint status report hearing in flynn'

and on that list was mike flynn. so apparently devin nunes thinks that mike flynn was at some point talking to an fbi informant, nicolle. >> frank figliuzzi, can you go over the sen 10%ing of mike flynn and the notion they are dealing with ongoing requests for an unprecedented, it would appear, level of detail about an ongoing investigation. >> so, first, a couple thoughts on the flynn sentencing being delayed. first, look, i think what's apparent here is that the president may well intend to pardon flynn. and if you sentence him, the pardon could come down very, very quickly. if you draw this out, it's unlikely the president is going to do a presentencing pardon. so that's one aspect of it. the second is there is a hint here flynn is not fully cooperated or done yet and they want to keep this hanging over his head so that's that -- my theory on that. >>> with regard to the demands, unprecedented demands during a pending investigation for details on informants, sources, under cover agents, we've got to see this for w

we learned first in the "new york times" that join agreement between mike flynn and the president had been called off. flynn was going his own way. the "times" nailed it. this was an indication that flynn was negotiating a deal. they got it right in the initial story. the president's legal team tried to say, no, no, no, this doesn't necessarily mean. nothing to see here. the next day jay sekulow said that michael flynn calling off the join defense agreement was not entirely unexpected. he said no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. general flynn was in fact cooperating against the president and it turns out that dropping joint defense agreement was a really good sign that was about to happen. within a few days, the following tuesday, abc news was first to repo report, about eight days after thanksgiving, mike flynn stood up in court in washington, d.c. and did he plead guilty and he filed his cooperation agreement. incidentally, you should know we'll see mike flynn in court very soon. next week. that was ordere

she left in the back wash after mike flynn was fired and then criminally charged in conjunction with the mueller investigation related to his contacts with the russian government. so this opened a whole new thing now. remember how the flynn disaster unfolded, right? just a few days after the trump inauguration. not even a week into the new administration, flynn was interviewed by the fbi at the white house about contacts had he had with the russian government. two days after that fbi interview, the acting attorney general of the united states, sally yates, called the white house counsel's office and expressed with some urgency that there was a matter of serious national security concern that she needed to discuss in person with the white house counsel. she went in person to the white house. she met with the white house counsel in a secure office space and she delivered serious concerns about mike flynn related to his contacts with the russian government and most urgently the justice department's belief that he, while serving in that incredibly sensitive job with access to the highest

mike flynn i think of you sitting at the table together took a different path. whatever you think of donald trump he became one of the most aggressive flamethrowers that we have seen. obviously that's not end well. what you think happened? >> you have to salute mike's 30 plus years. very distinguished military career. it's probably spent more time deployed in afghanistan or iraq and most of the army contemporaries. i salute that service yet today. i was of coefficient at his ceremony to lieutenant general. you work for me as a staffer about 11 months. i supported him for his direction as direction of the defense. an agency i have but in the '90s. so special concern of mine. for one reason or another, did not work out. my concern was mike's impact on the workforce. doctor mike vickers who preceded me also had a role to oversee dia of her a different set of reasons my crew very concern. we agreed that we will terminate after two years when the normal term is three years. mike flynn took that very well. a wonderful retirement ceremony for him in the summer of 2014.

he told the government and told mike flynn's lawyers. that they can have as much time as they needed while he continues to do whatever it is he is doing behind the scenes. with the special counsel. and essentially back in august. they can come back and give him an update when they're ready to go forward with sentencing. it looks like, whatever, whatever mike flynn is doing with the special counsel going to continue. while -- while he awaits sentencing in the next few months. >> evan, cnn learned that flynn has a new job. tell us about that? >> that's right. he is now joining an investment consulting firm. he and his son are going to be working with this consulting firm out of new york. and wolf, what's interesting about this is that -- you know we don't know. it's very interesting that, obviously he is a waiting sentencing. he is, pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi it's curious to know what kind of -- big companies will be willing to hire mike flynn. to do, provide any kind of investment advice. going to be a very interesting thing to wa

judge for another delay in the actual sentencing of the former trump national security adviser mike flynn. flynn's been working for the feds, but this is the third time his sentencing has been put off. also for the first time a member of mueller's team is speaking out publicly about the investigation into paul manafort, trump's one-time campaign chairman. an fbi agent testified in virginia court today that manafort's personal assistant gave him access to a storage locker that contained boxes of financial documents. josh gerstein of politico, who will join us in a moment, reported on another wrinkle that emerged from that fbi agent's testimony. he writes, quote, a meeting last year where associated press reporters discussed with federal officials the news outlet's investigation of paul manafort's finances may have led the fbi to a storage locker the bureau raided. a lot to talk about. the panel is standing by, but first we want to get more on the aforementioned -- from the aforementioned michael schmidt, pulitzer prize-winning correspondent for "the new york times." he is with us by teleph

and the question left from the hearing today is what exactly mike flynn has provided to robert muellern the obstruction of justice or russia collusion that narrated the plea deal? >> yes, do you have any more on that, because we have not heard from michael flynn. and since the guilty plea, and he has gone completely dark except for those couple of the appearances, and we are not getting any of the sort of the, i don't know, but leaks from what is going on with him that we are getting from manafort or the others? >> well, it is locked down tight which means that the cooperation is ongoing and in the interest of both parties not the leak. we and nbc and news and others did potential criminal jeopardy that flynn and his son had, and no charges were filed, so it is wondering what we is giving the special prosecutor the plead guilty to one count, and eventually we will find out, but today, we don't know. >> eventually we will find out. thank you, ken. >> thank you, katy. >>> and they have blown through one court order deadline and so when is the government going to reyu n reunite all of the

he did signal to i believe it was mike flynn, stay strong through his twitter feed. he has been oddly quiet in recent days, at least since this interview popped up this morning on michael cohen. >> yeah, we may remember the last thing that he was kind of conspicuously quiet about also had to do with cohen. that was when the whole stormy daniels thing was, was really beginning there. he didn't tweet at her for a number of months. he didn't seem to want to talk about it. we all assumed maybe this was because the situation was pretty personal for him, having to do with his personal life, his family life. maybe it was just because he didn't like talking about this particular legal issue as well. you know, having somebody like michael cohen come after you and say that, you know, i may turn on you essentially like he did in this interview, then having the president not fight back at all, not at least send some kind of message in response, you know, it's a conspicuous lack of engagement on this, but then again, you know, trump's attitude towards cohen has been somewhat odd

and mike flynn took that very well and very gracefully we had a retirement ceremony and i lost contact with him my observation is from afar that that early departure ate at him and he became an angry man and began advising republican candidate and connected with mr. trump and yes he became very outspoken and ideological. and this raises the whole concern of john brennan and myself and our speaking out no matter our views and that in itself is personal and i acknowledge that that is not a role i anticipated that i never would have thought of doing that. but we are under drift different circumstances now. i started this trying to defend the community that's all i had in mind than it involved to a broader role. >> not one that i planned or desired. but i felt after 50 years or so or more to defend the institution and values of this country i felt they were under assault. >> it must be painful and we will calm back to this because i have a few more questions with the structure and the nature but it must be painful and reading your book there isn't a partisan word in there as you criticize

carolina: el sÉptimo que ha sido entrevistado por el presidente trump, estamos hablando del senador mike flynnde la decisiÓn el lunes. tenemos novedades del brutal asesinato a machetazos de un adolescente americano nueva york. carolina: ademÁs, curar la lesiÓn que sufrió un futbolista es la misiÓn de una empresa brasileÑa que fabrica colchones. brasileÑa que fabrica colchones. con ellos má ♪ fotografÍas a univisiÓn digital univisiÓn. carolina: seguimos en vivo en la ediciÓn digital e4 de julio. se reportando arrestos adicionales sobre el asesinato de un joven dominicano nueva york. con esto se suman a dos responsables de matar a machetazos a alejandro guzmÁn tras haberlo confundido con otra persona en una tienda. los implicados han dicho no ser culpables. borja: se siguen conociendo detalles sobre esto y esperemos que la policÍa lo determine. hablamos de 10 personas que han participado de este asesinato tan cruel de este joven de 15 aÑos que querÍa ser policía. carolina: a travÉs de la cuenta de snapchat y de facebook dijeron que se habÍan equivocado y que era a otro chico a quien le querÍan q

the judge in the case, sullivan, wanted to meet mike flynn before he sentences mr. flynn. >> that is shouting in the background, hay i hear, as flyn walking wapast live. walked past people and got in an suv. there's chushouting. are those to tests? >> reporter: some of the chants included "lock him up," recalling flynn saying "lock her up" about clinton during the republican national convention. this was flynn's first appearance in seven months since pleading guilty to lying to authorities. not much happened in the courtroom today. this was a status hearing. both robert mueller's office and flynn's lawyers requested his sentencing be postponed yet again. it suggests he is continuing to cooperate with the mueller investigation. mueller still has business with mike flynn. they did start the process of a presentencing report. it looks like flynn will be sentenced probably this fall. the business is wrapping up. the case is proceeding. he's pleaded guilty to lying to authorities. he's cooperating with robert mueller's investigation. hallie? >> ken dilanian outside of the

the judge accepted that they are going to delay mike flynn's sentencing. they're going to provide an update in august. keep in mind he's facing up to five years in prison if he gets all of that, but we don't expect he will. essentially, the judge brought him in today, and he gave them more time for them to continue the cooperation agreement they have. sentencing will be decided later this summer. >> any suggestion they wanted that investigation to wrap up? >> no, the judge said that he was not trying to push anybody to wrap things up. he simply wanted to express some concern about the probation office and all the work they have to do with this case. >> all right. evan, thanks so much. really appreciate it. that's the update from there. also coming up, president trump's supreme court nominee on capitol hill meeting with the senators who will decide his future. what does the fight look like now? at crowne plaza, we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which

so what we're looking at is another update in august when we may yet hear when mike flynn is going to be sentenced for lying to the fbi. he faces up to five years for pleading guilty to this. we don't expect that he's going to get nearly that much. but it looks like for at least the next couple of months during the summer, mike flynn is going to keep working with the fbi and special counsel mueller before he gets sentenced sometime later this summer. >> okay. all right. evan perez, appreciate the reporting from inside the courtroom. >>> more breaking news -- miraculous news this morning. every single person inside that cave in thailand has been rescued. we have learned moments ago that the team doctor and the three divers have also been rescued. they are safe. ivan watson with more. what a day. >> reporter: this has been a great day to be a journalist here in northern thailand because the news has been so good. the commander of the thai cave breakfa rescue operation is speaking to journalists, giving a press conference 30, 40 yards from where i'm standing. y h he has announced that th

what was mike flynn doing in moscow before then? the outdoor channel would not confirm to the "washington post" today they did have this accused russian agent on their payroll for $5,000 a months in 2016. we were able to reach them late in the day today and they did confirm to us that, yes, they did, they had her on the payroll, $5,000 a month. there's no reason to think that the outdoor channel knew at the time that the person they had put on their payroll was a secret agent who is now accused of running a russian government influence operation to influence our election, no indication that they knew that's what they were doing at the time but that is what they did. so, last point here. were these gun rights folks potentially a conduit for russian money alongside other forms of russian government influence on our 2016 campaign? mcclatchy was on that story first. honestly they took tons of heat for that story and stood by it throughout. but now i don't think they'd take heat for that story today. now, it is a much more open question.

didn't mean to -- mike flynn never -- where did you get that? welcome to the new normal, where the sky is green, the earth is flat, and disgraced national security advisers publicly announce they have accepted new consulting jobs and then say they never did any such thing. totally normal tuesday. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. and if you were hiring michael flynn, wouldn't you want to know what his sentence is going to be now that he's pleaded guilty? what if he gets six months or a year or something? his plea bargain in. >> you can imagine the negotiations. so what are the personal time plans? is there flex time? and if i'm not able to telexh t telecommute will i still be able perhaps through the glass -- i know. it's awkward. >> business development in possibly a federal penitentiary. what do we know about that stuff? >> well, he we know he's not taking the job. >> thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> a coupl

as a real professional in this administration, whereas democrats have criticized other on.s like mike flynn early of curious, what do you make him possibly falling out of favor, what are the implications for our national security policies? >> not good. this is a battle that has gone on in the trump administration since it was first created. is donald trump the america first push all other allies away president that sometimes he said he is going to be? then you have people like secretary mattis, h.r. mcmaster when he was there, secretary tillerson, who pushed back and said we need to find a way to work with the rest of the world. a lot of those people are being pushed out and you have seen it reflected in some of the policies that the president has advanced in terms of getting closer to vladimir putin and china and kim jong-un while getting further away from our traditional allies. clearly, it appears that secretary mattis is not having as much influence on the president as he used to have, particularly when it comes to the tariffs. i know secretary mattis is concerned about getting involved

whether it was those like chairman units who -- nunes who vouched for mike flynn. an absurd report denying what the senate and intelligence community concluded, which is russia took this attack to install donald trump as president. they have been wrong. they should defer to the fact that others will tell us what happened. two, the president seems to have a profound interest in this investigation. two, the president seems to have a profound interest in this investigation. there is one thing and one thing only that will clear him if he is innocent of collusion, as he maintains, and that is finishing this investigation. if he is innocent, only this investigation will tell that story. most importantly, as recently as yesterday, we saw the indictment of maria butina. something many of us who appear on this subpoena did not see coming. day in and day out, the investigation provides more details about the mechanics of the attack on the core of our democracy. if this investigation does nothing else, painting a picture of those mechanics so the american people understand ho

whereas democrats have criticized other folks like mike flynn early on. i am just curious, what do you make of him possibly falling out of favor? what are the implications for our national security policy because of that? rep. smith: not good. in fact, this is a battle that has gone on in the trump administration since it was first created. you know, is donald trump the "america first push all of our allies away" president he said he was going to be? then you have people like secretary mattis. h.r. mcmaster, secretary tillerson who have pushed back and said, no, we need to work with the rest of the world. a lot of those people are being pushed out. you have seen it reflect in some of the policies that the president has advanced. in terms of getting closer to putin, to china, and getting closer to kim jong-un. while getting farther away from our traditional allies. clearly, it appears that secretary mattis is not having as much influence on the president as he used to have particularly when it comes to , the tariffs. i know secretary mattis is concerned ab

brian ross leaving abc months after his false report on mike flynn. >> he is prepared to testify againstald trump, ordered him to the russians. >> abc retracting the story last year, suspending ross for four weeks, ross and his longtime producer deciding to move on with the network. no word on what his next move will be. a world leader shocked by the aggressive american media. [shouting] heather: the prime minister making the joke as the media shouted questions about michael cohen and the supreme court. and the president, like the academy awards. i guess you could say that when they're yelling at him on the red carpet. as protests ramp-up over 0-tolerance immigration, a new report shows border arrests plummeting and here to weigh in is homeland security investigation in san antonio. we appreciate it. as we begin here let's pull up the number of arrests, the border patrol criminal alien arrests, illegal immigrants. in 2016, 12,02017, 8000. to date it is over 4886. to what do you attribute this drop in arrests? >> this administration center consistent predictable message which is something

it's been noted that flynn, mike flynn, general flynn, was on the campaign trail for donald trump attacking president obama and hillary clinton, saying she should be locked up. president obama didn't retract that security clearance. that's an indication of how petty this is as jim clapper said. we know that trump's play book is distract, deflect, divide. that is what he is doing to a certain extent. daily news had a funny cartoon, a parting shot of trump riding dr. strange love style missile to iran. this is hiding in plain sight. it's another departure from our best traditions. that's an autocrats play book. >> joe, i think asha zeros in on the most alarming part of it. yes, we're used to the president making political decisions and retribution against whoever he considers political rivals or enemies, but the idea that he wouldn't trust -- what happens, okay, when the intel community has some sort of information about an upcoming attack, be it a cyberattack or terror attack. >> you're describing now. >> yes. >> you're describing reality. >> i am describing now in terms of a cyberattack. ob

dc court tuesday for rare public status hearing but delay sentencing national security adviser mike flynn. >> donald trump taking shots at the doj, the campaign event tonight starting with remarks directed at hillary clinton. >> she get special treatment center the justice department. after spending $22 million it is awfully tough, there is no collusion, can you imagine it is all a ruse, this is an excuse for democrats who lost an election, who got their ass kicked. ed: assistant attorney general tom dupree, keep it clean. first of all the $22 million the president talked about, the white house is getting frustrated these things go on. >> he has been beating this drum for a long time in his remarks show he is going to keep beating his drum until midterm elections. he has been getting traction but if you look at poll numbers, the contents of the mueller investigation started at a high level, and harping on the scene. ed: is it politics or legitimate beef that some weeks ago he and his allies saying we had a year in may the mueller investigation has been around, put up or shut up and we hea

rewind back to the beginning of the trump presidency when steve bannon and mike flynn still in the white house. the idea that ukraine or crimea may be recognized as russian and in return, some deal done in the middle east. that idea went way when bannon and flynn came out and john kelly came in. we seem to be back where we were at the beginning of 2017 with the idea that maybe some kind of grand deal that can be done involving the middle east. i don't know what that would look like. it is certainly is something allies are concerned about. >> thank you, john. the idea that the foreign government hacked another country's election in a way is shocking to many. including the u.s. intelligence chief. coming up, we hear his dire warnings of russian cyber attacks. stay with us. >>> welcome back to helsinki, finland. we are live from the seapol. >> the presidential palace is just behind us and that is where the meeting -- which ever way. sorry. it is getting a bit like that. that's where the meeting between president trump and putin will take place in a couple hours from now. >> they added and r

separate development federal judge ordered special counsel lawyers and national security adviser mike flynno appear in a dc court july 10th. under both sides, flynn at sentencing put off for the third time. clinton supporters emphasize new information the december guilty plea pointing to republican backed congressional report, deputy fbi director andrew mccabe and james comey, agents found no sign of deception during flynn's interview. legal analysts warn against jumping to conclusions about next week's status hearing. >> flynn stood up in court, he said he lied, and if he ended it it all goes away as well as this one. >> the house judiciary committee for agent stzrok to testify in a tent, he is one of two agents. shannon: protest against government agencies, latest on political instability and the democratic national chairman tom perez drops a bombshell about the role of socialism in the future of his party. >> i have three kids, one just graduated college, texting the, and she represents the future of our party. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back

hr mcmaster had been the national security adviser replaced mike flynn. thought that was a moment for a chance for stability and reasonableness. mcmaster and others and jim mattis and rex tillerson persuaded the president to walk back the damage he had done. i think that has been an under appreciated and under reported part of what happened over the last few months. he didn't get along with him and trump didn't like him that much and mcmaster kept things on track. mattis and pompeo would if they were left alone would check trump and be in the white house. i'm not sure john bolton is trying to do what hr mc master is doing. finally trump got and hr master is no longer security adviser. >> you have 30 seconds to be brilliant before we have to take a break. he is meeting with our oldest and best friends. nato summit and the u.k. the president calls the putin portion the easiest part of his trip. >> what do you think if you are a nato ally and putin is consistently treated better than than all of our nato allies. it's an amazing thing that i said that, but th

the delayed sentencing of mike flynn. >> ed: trump also taking some shots of the doj. starting with those remarks directed at his campaign rival, hillary clinton. >> she gets special treatment under the justice department. after spending 22 million, it is awfully tough. the house just left. they said there is no collusion. can you imagine? all a ruse. an excuse for the democrats who lost an election. who actually got kicked. tom diprete joins us live. keep it clean. the 22 million. it sounds like he is referring to the budgets of robert moeller. the white house is getting frustrated. >> he's been beating this drum for a long time. this shows he will keep doing that up until and possibly through the midterm elections. he has been getting some traction. look at the poll numbers. people's confidence in the mueller investigation. it's been dropping. the president's constant harping ester and to resonate. >> ed: is a religion when it'se beach? now we hear, he has not winding down. he is adding more prosecutors. >> what it shows, the investigation is broadening. they do. if

investigation is still continuing, and so the special counsel doesn't want to say what, if anything, mike flynned to aid that investigation. so he's trying to keep the cards close to the vest until that time is necessary. look, until flynn is sentenced, he has to keep cooperating. he has to abide by that agreement that he's agreed to with the special prosecutor. so look, the judge made it clear that he is not making -- he's not urging the government and flynn's lawyers to wrap this up any faster than they need to do it. so he made it clear they can take as much time as they need. >> all right. not the best news for the president. evan perez, thanks very much. >>> did president trump pick his supreme court nominee to foil the russia informatiovestigatio? that is what some democrats are claiming as brett kavanaugh's past views on executive power could play a role in the president's fate. >>> plus, new pardons from the president. why he's giving passes to the oregon ranchers at the center of a violent stand-off between the government and a militia. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. w

five people, including several, mike flynn, rick gates who worked for paul manafort who are cooperating with mueller. we haven't seen a public trial yet. this is the leading edge of what we expect to be a report sometime maybe in the fall on the broader dealings with russia in the election. i think it probably matters a little bit more for mueller, just because i don't think -- the people for trump and trump himself aren't going to change their opinion based on this case. >> no question that everyone in donald trump's sphere, no matter if this has nothing to do with his activities during the campaign, have to be watching this very closely. >> gosh, yeah. absolutely. just because he won't change his rhetoric doesn't mean they're not watching it extremely closely. despite kellyanne conway, rudy giuliani and donald trump all saying, worked for me for a short time, first of all, four months is not a short amount of time, particularly give wn when manafort was brought in. >> key part of any race, great to see you. thank you so much. >>> joining me now to discuss what's going on, c cnn legal

been wrong at every turn, whether it was those who like chairman nunes vouched for the honesty of mike flynn, an individual who pled guilty to lying to the fbi, to on the house side a report, an absurd report that came out of the intelligence committee denying what the intelligence community and the senate intelligence committee concluded which is that russia undertook this attack for the express purpose of installing donald trump as president. they have been wrong. they should defer now to the fact that it is others who will tell us what happened. number two, the president seems to have a profound interest in this investigation and he should understand that there is one thing and one thing only that will clear him if he is innocent of collusion as he maintains and that is finishing this investigation. if he is, in fact, blameless and innocent, this investigation and only this investigation will tell that story. most importantly, of course, is as recently as yesterday, we saw the indictment of maria bu tina, something that many of us up here on this poed yum did not see coming. day in and da

gates as well as with mike flynn that there was a decision to corporate after getting a lawyer that is going to negotiate that kind of situation. we don't know why he's out publicly making these statements. but what is stunning to me is what kaitlan reported about how he's taking opinions on what has been super polarizing as well as in congress. the notion that the fbi is corrupt. the notion that mr. mueller's investigation is a witch hunt. the idea that putin is not a threat to the american democracy. and to me, those are fighting words. it's unfortunate they're fighting words because this is a big issue. it's something we should also pay attention to. but i would certainly draw from this a very strong inclination that he's about to cooperate or if he's not already in negotiations. >> sort of laying the ground work. and cohen was asked how he would respond if his legal team tried to come after him. he cohen said i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy. i am no a villain of the story and i will not allow others to depict me that way. what do you make of this i

mike flynn, former national security advisor.rt mueller. andrew mccabe over here. fbi. i'm getting in the way. the national security add viedsor. a second national advisor. there's just person after person. you can literally pick almost anywhere on here, and what this last one that we're looking at is economic stuff. these are people left standing. a reminder. this is not everyone. this is not everyone. >> this is are the primary people. >> these are the people who are still there. kellyanne. i mean, this might be the most amazing one. these are sort of survivors. the truth were the matter is here are the two that aren't going anywhere under any circumstances. ivana and jared. everybody elts, the amount of turnover at the senior level, remember, donald trump has said very famously in response to the idea of rex tillerson leaving, which he ethwe'll did. it doesn't really matter. the only person that matters is me. that ultimately what all of this -- that's the story that it tells. everybody else is donald trump's mind extraneous o

secrets of a lot of folks leaving the administration, sean spicer and a anthony scarramucci and mike flynn, the list is so long here. what does it tell us about working for this president? >> it is a tough job and people who are still in the job, a lot of them are in it be grudgingly because they feel they have a sense of duty to their country and we hear constantly of people who are trying to carry through the midterms or until the supreme court justice is appointed. the white house is a tough job no matter who the president is. there is no doubt that the turnover rate at this white house has been well beyond any other white house on record. >> shannon, thank you so much. >> ken vogel and jake levine, thank you. trump in full attack mode taking some jabs of the me too movement of senator warren. senator warren is firing back with some strong words of her own. even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira can help get, and keep uc under control when other medications haven't worked well enough. and it helps

. >> clint, mike flynn had clearance when he shouted lock her up at the republican national convention. just this morning attorney general sessions join the the chance just today. >> go get them. rather than -- lock her up. well, so i heard that a long time over the last campaign. >> lock her up. where does he want hillary clinton to serve? next to paul manafort? is this i'm pretty sure he was in court yesterday. >> it's quite amazing, isn't it? that the attorney general who's supposed to be the person with the rule of law would entertain that. i think its e's importance to remember john mccain, and see the attorney general there laughing, it's a little bit troubling. because the attorney general should be the person that is the rule of law. they are the person that is not part tis san and advancing justice around the country. so it's pretty discouraging to see that. this just meets a pattern for the trump administration, which essentially everything seen through a partisan lens. i think it's interesting with these former officials or in this case, with the attorney general, i think am

and i think the arch recent example is mike flynn, his criticism of hillary clinton. and the obama administration. and never crossed my mind to even raise the issue about revoking his security clearance. >> why would someone who no longer works in the government like you right now, you're retired, need a security clearance in the first place? >> it's more to take advantage of the experience and corporate memory of people, particularly those that spent a long time in the business. and i've had occasion to consult over the last year and a half with trump administration officials who will remain nameless to protect them to take advantage of the history and the background that i have. and the same is true of the others on our -- on the bad boy list. >> well, i know for a fact that current officials in the trump administration whether mike pompeo as cia director spoke with the pred sos, dan coats is director of national intelligence, i assume he's consulted with you on several occasions over the past year and a half. i wonder if you could confirm that. >> i'm not going to

individuals that are now singing with the administration and one of them that i look at strongly is mike flynnlso have connections with the russians, we don't know what is out there. so if i was the white house, i would act with an abundance of caution instead of saying there's no collusion. >> neil: i think you bifurcated that brilliantly. >> thank you. >> neil: absolutely. my big sat word of the day. ted williams, always a pleasure. thanks very much. more coming up. more after this. -here comes the rain. [ horn honking ] [ engine revving ] what's that, girl? [ engine revving ] flo needs help?! [ engine revving ] take me to her! ♪ coming, flo! why aren't we taking roads?! flo. [ horn honking ] -oh. you made it. do you have change for a dollar? -this was the emergency? [ engine revving ] yes, i was busy! -24-hour roadside assistance. from america's number-one motorcycle insurer. -you know, i think you're my best friend. you don't have to say i'm your best friend. that's okay. >> neil: this is in scotland. a guy very close to the president, right over the hotel. the president is staying at here

we have seen it with mike flynn, paul manafort. when it comes, it's hard to know how it would play out. i would tell the president, don't talk about it. don't respond. he will do what he will do. we should do what we need to do to protect ourselves. >> can we drill down on stormy daniels, on what he is saying about stormy daniels, that whole case. he said he did it on his own with his own money. now he is basically -- i want to answer that question, one day i will, right now i can't. is that changing his tune? is he just not talking about it? >> he is just not talking about it. it feels like it might be a change in tune because there's no reason to not talk about it if you say the same thing. the problem is that the stormy daniels thing doesn't make sense. president didn't know. he didn't tell him to do it. he decided to go and take out a home loan. it seems crazy. the president did say he reimbursed him through -- it was unclear through payments that were part of his retainer. none is clear. what's clear now is that he has somethi

the woman who personally brought the warning to the white house that national security adviser mike flynnised by russia, she was fired when she wouldn't defend it because it was unconstitutional. we will join us live tomorrow. i have wanted to talk to her for a very long time. tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern. sally yates right here. can't wait. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good

with mike flynn, trump was openly saying what a great guy flynn was even as he pled guilty to charges of lying to the fbi. michael cohen hasn't gotten any similar treatment. i think he's waking up for the fact that trump is going to watch out for trump, and he isn't going to do anything to throw michael co-not a bone. cohen has been giving interviews with stephanopoulos and that sort of thing, changing his twitter bioto send the signal to trump that i'm worry and distancing myself from you, and the ball is in trump's court if he wants to try and bring cohen into the fold to make some expression of support which so far trump hasn't done. >> josh, amy, thanks for hanging outy wi out with me on the fourth of july. happy independence day. >>> coming up, as president trump plans to meet one on one with vladimir putin and right now a group of house republicans are in moscow laying the groundwork, a number of critics are wondering is russia getting a warmer treatment than some of our key allies. >>> also, still trapped. the latest plan to free that youth soccer team trapped in the dark under

those are the rules, ask mike flynn.o learn just lastke year, john bolten delivered a paid speech in paris to a group called m.e.k. >> anchor: rainian opposition group that until -- iranian opposition group until 2012 was listed as a terrorist organization in that country. he ended his talk with this, " before 2019, we here will celebrate in tehran." we're not suggesting anyone denounce john bolten as a traitor, obviously. on the other hand it's a little weird nobody is. when the president calls for peace with a heavily-armed nuclear power, that's considered treason!n! when the national security adviser calls for yet another pointless war, that's elite consensus. and that's fine. that's it for us tonight. tune in every night at 8:00 p.m. for the show that's the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and group think. tomorrow is friday and sean hannity is right now. sean? sean sean all right, tucker in helsinki, you're a troublemaker. i watched you steal desserts. that's all i'm going to say. i'm not going to give you

mike flynn had a security clearance when he was chanting "lock her up" at the republican national convention. i don't know why being political -- the elephant in the room when they're talking about this is the fact this white house has had problems with security clearances over and over and over again, including for two people related to the president, jared kushner and his daughter ivanka trump, both of whom have been accused of monetizing their roles there. >> to invoke the haberman doctrine for a minute, if i could, is trump lives in ten-minute increments. basically, he -- >> on a focus day. >> yes, exactly. >> it's about surviving. >> he's looking for ways to survive the next news cycle. that's everything to him. when rand paul walks into the white house and says, you know, all these guys are out there criticizing you. you know, mr. president, they still have security clearances. we should yank those. trump doesn't run that through an inner agency process. he walks over to his press secretary and say, let's do this. that's going to give the press some new chum. here we are talking about

what you have now is a situation where mike flynn and others in the trump campaign, in fact, have eitheruilty or today as we saw in terms of the indictment you see people reaching out. rod rosenstein said nobody on the american side may have been aware of the efforts by these russians. what you have, lisa, is today with the indictment i think it was 12 today, 13 dieted in february, its -- indicted in february, it's clear there was russian interference ongoing. >> the point is hillary clinton was the subject of criminal investigation, different. >> no, it's not, it was an ongoing investigation, being run by the fbi. guess who was in charge? peter strzok. the big point for me, here you get president trump today, saying, oh, i guess i'll bring it up with putin on monday. but there was no perry mason moment. >> let's get some one else in here. juan, in the hillary deal she had set up a private server against the law and shredded the echls mails. >> oh, my gosh. >> there was evidence of wrongdoing. they started the counter intelligence. >> why don't you go back to benghazi? >> there was no wr

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the woman who personally brought the warning to the white house that national security adviser mike flynn was compromised by russia, she was fired when she wouldn't defend it because it was unconstitutional. we will join us live tomorrow. i have wanted to talk to her for a very long time. tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern. sally yates right here. can't wait. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening. "the new york times" has published the breaking news of the night. and it turns out donald trump knew and he knew weeks before the inauguration. listen to this opening for this article. two weeks before his inauguration, donald j trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating thatvla russia has personally ordered complex cyber attacks to sway the 2016 american election. the evidence included texts and e-mails from russian military officers and information gleamed from a top secret source close to mr. putin who has described to the cia how the kremlin intended to hack. mr. trump sounded grudgingly convinced, according to several people who attended t