and served with mike flynn.s was not the mike flynn that they knew. >> at that point, something slipped and he became an enemy of the administration. an enemy of secretary clinton who, by the way, had been extremely supportive of jsoc and their mission. >> he really, really viscerally hated hillary clinton. and he really believed a lot of the conspiracies. >> not long after trump secures the republican nomination, wikileaks dumps thousands of emails stolen from the democratic national committee but it soon becomes clear who originally hacked the data. >> u.s. officials say they have come from somewhere in russia. >> hacked by russia and published by wikileaks. >> as the campaign heads towards election day, michael flynn will find himself at the center of not only a political hurricane, but an epic national security threat. coming up -- >> mike flynn is potentially one of the key witnesses into the investigation of what happened in the 2016 election. ♪ hoo - want to take your next vacation to new heights? tripadv

and after that, sean spicer in fact walked out to brief reporters on mike flynn's leaving the white houseght resigning the previous night. he told reporters the president asked for flynn's resignation. apparently that was not true the president did not ask for flynn to resign. oh, spicer also told reporters that the white house exhaustively investigated flynn after they receive that warning from the justice department according to white house lawyers concerned about mr. spicer's comments at the time, that was not true. they had not exhaustively investigated flynn after that warning. spicer also told reporters that trump administration lawyers had exhaustedly reviewed flynn's contacts with the russian government and the way he talked about it and concluded that there were no legal issues whatsoever surrounding what mike flynn had done and no being legally in the clear. according to the times today, all those concerns about what then became the white house public line about flynn's departure, white house lawyers wrote up a confidential memo detailing all of the lies that the white house was

but nevertheless, a week before christmas last december, the judge in the mike flynn case balked. he told flynn in open court that day that he could not hide, quote, his disdain, his disgust for flynn's criminal conduct. in open court, he asked prosecutors from the special counsel's office if they had considered putting mike flynn on trial for treason, of all things. that was a shocking enough almost suggestion from the judge that later in the hearing he actually walked that back in open court. but whatever that judge was looking at in terms of the evidence, the evidence that we could see, also the sealed filings, any of the background information he had been provided in terms of flynn's conduct and his cooperation, whatever the judge was seeing in the universe of information he had access to about mike flynn, it had that judge fired up enough that day in that courtroom that honestly, the real mercy that judge showed to mike flynn that day was when the judge repeatedly asked to flynn multiple times throughout the hearing if flynn was really sure that he wanted to go ahead with the

mike flynn had been fired the day before. the president said now that we fired flynn when i can hear anymore about this russian stuff because he was the a guy who interacted with russia. i just started to laugh. i said mr. president, , there is no way. i said, i had run these investigations. i said i've been a subject of these investigations. the fact is that you are going to be going through this. will be talking about this at least through valentine's day of next year if not further. and he said no. jarrard told me, you're crazy. i said no, i'm not crazy. i've done this before, many, many times. i've run these investigations many times. it's going to take a while, and the advice which i given in dozens of times is there's no way you can make one of these shorter but there's lots of ways you can make them longer. >> host: was the firing of the james comey one of the accent made it longer? >> guest: absolutely. absolutely an ill-advised act that was executed incorrectly and, which completely underestimated what the reaction of

and mike flynn lied to the fbi about giving it to them.mike flynn got on the phone while president obama was still president, putting in place sanctions to punish russia for their actions during 2016. mike flynn got on the phone and affected their response to the sanctions. what other loops are closed? what other loop makes more sense in your analysis you gave us, jeremy? >> just imagine the mindset of the fbi squad that was looking at whether or not would uphold his end of the bargain. the only question would trump do what was asked to be done? literally days after the election day, days, hours, they in fact saw, they heard, it was revealed to them mike flynn was doing precisely what it was that they expected. then, of course, at the very end of december, i think december 29th when president obama sanctioned the russian fredration and said we're going to kick out all of these intelligence officers and the entire jelgs community expected the russians to react ferociously as they would normally but in fact mike flynn was saying to them, don

.. >> yes. >> ...when i first went into national security briefings with the then-candidate and mike flynn. we were the three people... >> right. >> ...who got those security briefings, and i knew from those briefings that flynn was a train wreck. and i told the candidate that from that moment, and i really believe it was one of the things that contributed to my firing. >> but because he was behind flynn, and so he didn't listen to you? >> yeah, he didn't listen to me, and the family was very much behind flynn. >> why? >> i don't know. >> really? even to this day, you don't -- you can't speculate? >> i don't know how they couldn't see the things that i could see, which was he was so ill-tempered that being in the white house and being the guy who's gonna synthesize state department, defense department, and national intelligence information into digestible form for the president? this guy was the most ill-suited person i've ever seen to do that. and by the time i got to the day after the election, which was the last time, margaret, i said to the president, "whatever you do, don't pick mike

it is interesting there was a tweet that was deleted from mike philip flynn's son saying he didn't do anything wrong. then you say wait what if mike flynn was just taking a direct order from the commander in chief. >> this goes toward if there was something dangble thtangible th trying to hide, or that if he just wanted to be lifted. and hopefully the mueller report will help us answer. one set of people this puts on the spot to take a position is the congressional republicans. they say we don't have the full picture yet. they view the mueller report as putting together the pieces of the puzzle that are on the table. >> but i go back to this thing because flynn has to know we were listening to kslyak. so there is a blank spot that we don't know here. why would he plead guilty to lying. there is a missing piece here that we don't know about this flynn situation. >> this is a suspicion that we all have that he copped a plea on lying because there was going to be something else. erg that we know about flynn is that there was so much else. he was an agent for turkey while in office. all o

we thought that the president's national security adviser, his first national security adviser mike flynn. flynn had a sentencing date. the prosecution and the defense had both filed submissions with the court giving judge advice on what mike flynn's sentence should be. the appointed sentencing date arrived. mike flynn put on a suit, got in an suv, turned up in court. all the lawyers were there on both sides. it was time for us all to figure out in open court that day how much time mike flynn was going to serve in prison if he was going to get any prison time at all.

mike flynn put on a suit, got in an suv, turned up in court. both sides. it was time for us all to figure out in open court that day how much time mike flynn was going to serve in prison if he was going to get any prison time at all.

i told the president for six months before he was elected, stay away from mike flynn, he's trouble.t's one perform. some of -- that's one example. some of the people in the cabinet, tom price at hhs, rick silver at the state department. these are things that set the president back. he could have even a greater record, but he didn't have the people -- and a lot of empty desks too. gerry: and you're critical of the immediate focus on trying to repeal obamacare, for example, the immediate attempt to ban people from certain muslim-majority cups from coming into the cup. what effect did that have -- country. >> first off, on the muslim ban issue, we listened to him during the campaign, the transition team, is and we had an executive order that had been reviewed by former justice department lawyers and white house counsel members who said they had something that was legally defensible. that was thrown out, and steve bannon and steven miller wrote with the ban on a back of an envelope, and it did not withstand legal scrutiny. that's a failure, and it makes the president look bad. on the ob

they're saying that mike flynn had a conflict of interest because he had been advising the group. they're saying that flynn and others tried to push this plan through and get an order for trump to sign without the required review that's necessary whenever the united states transfers nuclear technology to a third country. this was a project that was backed by jack keane, who had been considered by president trump as secretary of defense. one top official is quoted as saying, this is a scheme for these generals to make money. you know we cannot do this. so career officials are trying to stop this, but the plan went forward anyway. and the report by the house oversight committee out this hour says that derrick harvey was pushing this plan and even presented a draft order for the president to sign that would have been tom berrick a special env envoy. house investigators are saying they're concerned about, this plan appears to remain on the table, even though mike flynn is long gone and work has seized in the national security council in this project. they worry president trump is still

we found out things he did as far back as february of 2017, right after mike flynn got fired.aint a portrait of what the president's efforts to control, to sort of direct the narrative had been. as we know, the president speaks at length about these investigations, goes on and on and complains about them. we know that he's being examined for his ties to russia. we know he's being examined for obstruction. so what did that obstruction really look like? that's what we tried to tackle. >> all right. and to the extent that you heard pete williams with us, what whitaker said to congress during his confirmation efforts. he said that the president at that point, prior to him becoming the attorney general, had not asked him to intervene in anything. obviously your reporting is this took place after whitaker became the attorney general. has there been any comment on that? >> we received the same statement from the justice department. the reporting we have in our story is about when whitaker was the acting attorney general, this discussion about whether a u.s. attorney in new york could

after sally yates had come to the general counsel, the white house counsel, and warned that mike flynn was compromised. that must have been a factor. >> a factor in -- >> in deciding that a broader investigation needed to be opened. or was that part of the already -- that was already part of the investigation before you opened the counterintelligence investigation into the president? >> the developments in the flynn investigation, which have been widely chronicled now in publicly available information, were greatly concerning to us. as the former deputy attorney general, sally yates, has stated, she had significant concerns that what we knew about mike flynn's activity could create the conditions, the conditions necessary or relevant to creating that sort of vulnerability. not that she knew he had been compromised or was compromised. but simply the informs we had created the conditions in which those sorts of activities sometimes take place. >> so not only were you concerned about the president of the united states, you had already had these concerns about the national security adviser

stood at the white house podium and explained the rationale for firing national security adviser mike flynnhe evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a series of other questionable instances, is what led the president to ask for general flynn's resignation. that's why the president decided to ask for his resignation and he got it. he asked the white house counsel to review the situation. the first matter was whether there was a legal issue. we had to review whether there was a legal issue, which the white house counsel concluded there was not. but that's the plain and simple issue, and when he lost trust with the president, that's when the president asked for and received his resignation. the president did not feel comfortable with him serving in that position and asked for and received his resignation. >> it turns out spicer's explanation is littered with false statements. that's according to reporting today from "the new york times." the white house counsel's office even drafted a memo while that briefing was under way. a memo that's never before been widely

mike flynn was interviewed. you were involved in dispatching agents to interview him. you called him, right. >> i did. i did. >> and what happened when agents went there? he lied? >> he sent agents over, he sat down with them. he was gracious. he answered their questions. he did so in a way that appeared credible. he was able to relate a chronological version of events. these are all things we look for as investigators. the problem was the answers he gave were in direct contradiction to the information we had about those matters. >> the information you had was him in his own base on an intercepted conversation with a russian? >> i don't want to confirm the exact sort of information we had but i will say we're very confident we understood the details of his interactions with sir lee ak. >> he's pleaded guilty to lying to agents about conversations with russians. jeff sessions ultimately recused from overseeing the russia investigation through lying about conversations with russians. everyone else we've talked about being under investigation, when they came in contact wi

his lawyer had conversations with other witnesses like paul manafort and mike flynn about bar don pardons. while all of this happening, everything he can do to publicly to trash the investigation. he called the mueller probe a witch hunt over 157 times. according to "the new york times," the president's legal team does not think he could be indicted, they believe the real threat is impeachment. the strategy is to convince the public is trump is the true victim here. which leads us to the big question today, will the president listen to the evidence or judge the president themselves. tom winter and eli stokal and kimberley atkins and paul charleson. >> eli, this had been going on for two years since the campaign started and donald trump was looked into why of every turn if the president is innocent, had he gone under the investigation. why is that the best strategy? >> i mean -- >> according to the white house or his legal team. >> it is a tough question figuring out the why donald trump hdoes the things he does. >> that's right, he has behaved in every turn, a person needs to get out in f

we don't know what mike flynn has told robert mueller.em worked in a sense, the career people came forward, blew the whistle. h.r. mcmaster when he was national security adviser put a stop to this. house investigators think this is still on the table at the trump administration. just last week the president was talking to the saudis about nuclear technology and they're concerned that this is still an active proposal. >> there's nothing fundamentally wrong with saudi arabia having a civil nuclear program for energy. and that's been in the works for some time. they want 30 or so reactors by such and such a year. but here's the problem. they refuse, so far, to agree to an arrangement under which they would buy uranium and reprocess you' uranium by someone else. they want to do it themselves. as soon as they do it themselves then they have the potential to enrich that uranium to a weapons grade level. that's the problem. it's not that they can't have nuclear programs. >> they won't agree to the protocols other countries have agreed to to make

we have seen mike flynn has not always conducted himself in the most ethical way, so the reports we arestions and it is absolutely congress' oversight role to get these her here. >> kennedy: michael flynn doesn't even work -- >> marie: derek harvey is still a staffer. >> kennedy: but you can't single-handedly give stuff to saudi arabia. they started billing it based on our technology? >> marie: the question of whether they were pursuing a secret nuclear program after being expressly told not to do so is absolutely nothing within congress' purview. without question. >> kennedy: the wheels are not the bike and paid its ground for impeachment, right? >> marie: it's not funny, it's a serious national security issue if they did this. >> harris: let's go today can. >> dagen: this is what the democrats do when they take over all these committees. whether it's jerrold nadler, adam schiff, elijah cummings. this is their bread-and-butter right now. quite frankly, it's anything to embarrass the white house. even may be discourage people from going to work there who might be valuable citizens. >> k

it's not that different from asking director comey to just let go of the investigation of mike flynn. of course one of the crucial steps that caused us to believe that this president might, in fact, be trying to obstruct justice. >> reporter: and there's another report this morning. "the washington post" reporting that the president may be about eady to get rid of his director testified on capitol hill several weeks ago, contradicting the f security threats against the united states. you might remember that was the hearing where they did not mention the southern border at all as the president was saying that the southern border where he wants to build the wall was one of the biggest security threats against the country. >> we remember that. new day, new drama. thank you, tracie. >>> justice ruth bader ginsburg is back on the bench. she returned to the courtroom tuesday for the first time since having part of one of her lungs removed after cancer was found. reports say she looked as fit as she did before the surgery. and as is her custom, she asked the first question. while she was rec

president had gone to jim comey and specifically asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynn, which was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod, of course, did not do that. put together, these circumstances were articulable facts that indicate a crime may have been committed. the president may have been gained in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> mccabe also claimed deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed using the 25th amendment to remove mr. trump from office. senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham accused rosenstein of trying to stage an administrative coup and vowed his panel will investigate the matter. mccabe is currently promoting his memoir "the threat" which paints a dire portrait of the oval office. >>> president trump's national emergency declaration is under siege from all sides this morning. a growing chorus of lawmakers from both side

president had gone to jim comey and specifically asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynnase. the president then fired the director.director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in not do. put together, these circumstance s are facts that indicate a crime may have been committed. the president may have been gained in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> mccabe also claimed deputy attorney general rod rosenstein discussed using the 25th amendment to remove mr. trump from office. senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham accused rosenstein of trying to stage an administrative coup and vowed his panel will investigate the matter. mccabe is currently promoting his memoir oval office. >>> after receiving major backlash from high-profile cinematographers and directors, the academy is fully reversing its decision to present four br letter urging them to reverse the decision. last week the academy responded by saying that an edited form of the categories will be aired later in the broa

tomos dafydd met up with manager mike flynn this week who's hoping to pull off the biggest fa cup shock been here before but this is an altogether different proposition. of course it is, you're playing against the premier league champions, the team with the record amount of points from last season and the best manager in the world right now. he is a class act and he's somebody that everybody wants to learn from. in recent weeks they've scored nine goals against burton albion, six against chelsea. had he changed your game plan? we've got to hope that we play to the best of our abilities and manchester city, three or four of them have an off day. do you think the pitch will have any party play and how it will pan out on saturday? it is as fluent as there used to but we've played some really good football on it recently, even last night we played so recently, even last night we played so many good football so i am sure manchester city will not struggle to much because that's what they are renowned for, the way they play the game. we could see an upset in the women's fa cup as well. i'm joi

and coming up on bbc news, newport manager mike flynn tells us he's hoping to pull off the biggest fa cup shock of all time when they take on manchester city in the fifth round tomorrow. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. donald trump has defied his critics, many in his own party, by declaring a national emergency to bypass congress to get the billions of dollars he says he needs to build a border wall with mexico. at a news conference at the white house, he said a barrier was needed to stop an "invasion" of drugs, gangs, human traffickers, and undocumented migrants. however, democrats say the move is unconstitutional, because the president has exaggerated problems on the border to try to fulfill a rash campaign promise and they'll fight him all the way to the supreme court. but what is the truth on the ground? well, our correspondent danjohnson is in san diego on the us—mexico border. donald trump's basic plan is that by building a wall, securing the border, you can focus the drugs, the goods, the people who are crossing, whether they are criminals or asylum seekers, tw

having defeated leicester and middlesbrough in previous rounds, manager mike flynn said it would be thest upset in cup history if they could pull off the unthinkable. and as patrick gearey reports there were moments when you thought they mightjust do it. a bare pitch in a bear pit, newport isa a bare pitch in a bear pit, newport is a long way off the beaten track for manchester city, this is the fa cup at its purest. dragging millionaires into the mud, and then hurling things at them. not subtle, but sensational. this is the momentary reek moment, brutally snatched from him by edison in manchester city. his colleagues weren't moving as well as struggling fire them on a pitch by hosting by, fire them on a pitch by hosting rugby, unfortunately in this game you get nothing. the city got nothing for the first half, but minutes into the second half, he adjusted his aim. the new particle became famous when his wife gave birth to twins during the last round. unfortunately, he missed this delivery too. there is no shame in conceding to the city team after all chelsea did it six times last weeke

lawmakers also alleges a conflict of interest in that the old by former national security adviser mike flynn. pakistan's prime minister imran khan says his country was not behind the car bombings that killed dozens of indian troops in kashmir a group based in pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack india has the smith khan's offer to cooperate in an investigation. today i am offering the indian government thought what of a vista geisha you do in this case that suggests the involvement of any parks dorney we are ready to cooperate with you if you have any actionable it delusions to provide us with that it will take action and it's not because we are there pressure but because they are enemies of pakistani because they go against our interest. us politician bernie sanders has announced his candidacy for the twenty twenty presidential race sanders built a popular movement when he ran for the democratic nomination in two thousand and sixteen but ultimately lost his bid to hillary clinton he says he's running to topple donald trump described as a liar and a racist syrian and russian forces

. >> the president had gone to jim comey and asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynn which was part of our russia case. the president then fired the director they told him to include russia in the memo it was on the president's mind. >> put together these circumstances work. they are facts that indicated that the crime may have been committed. the president may have been engaged in the firing of jim comey. >> his allies suggesting there was some sort of cue going on between the fbi and justice department to remove trump from office giving statements and talking about wearing a wire. of course rosenstein denies that. >> he took a lot of notes, the acting fbi director. all of those are in the hands of special counsel robert mueller. he has gotten himself sinto a lt more trouble. we are blurring her face there so we don't become part of the story. he originally posted it and took it down. i want to read a statement about how he explains all of this. a photo of judge jackson has been misinterpreted. he was criticized because of the cross hair that appear until this photo

president had gone to jim comey and specifically asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynn, which was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod of course did not do that. the president may have been engaged in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> what was it specifically that caused you to launch the counterintelligence investigation? >> if the president committed obstruction of justice, fired the director of the fbi to negatively impact or to shut down our investigation of russia's malign activity, possibly in support of his campaign, as a counterintelligence investigator, you have to ask yourself why would a president of the united states do that? >> when you decided to launch these two investigations, was the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on board with that? >> absolutely. >> mccabe also noted trump's public comments linking his firing of comey to the russia i

the president went to jim comey and specifically asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynnich was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write the memo and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod did not do that. then president made those public comments you referenced, both on nbc and russians which was captioned in the oval office. involved in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> reporter: what was it specifically that caused you to launch the counterintelligence investigation? >> it'smany of those same concerns that cause us to be concerned about ain national security threat and the idea is if the president committed obstruction of justices, fired the director of the fbi to negatively impact or shut down our investigation of russia's malign activity and possibly unsupport of his campaign, as counterintelligence investigator, you have to ask yourself why wad president of the united states do that? so all those same sorts of facts cause us to wo

that's not even the information about efforts mike flynn made to work to undermine sanctions and lieat. all of that is evidence of collusion. you either have to look the other way to say it isn't or have a different word for it. it is a corrupt dealing with a foreign adversary during a campaign. it will be up to mueller to determine whether that amounts to criminal conspiracy. >> on that note we expect at some point the findings of the mueller investigation to finally be completed. if he finds there was no direct collusion will you accept that? >> we'll have to do our own informati investigation and we are. we'll be interested to find what bob mueller finds. he has not been willing to kmiet to provide that to the congress or american people. we'll need to see it. the american people will need to see it. we may need to see the evidence behind that report. there may be evidence of collusion or conspiracy that is clear and convincing but not proof beyond a reasonable doubt. the american people are to know. the most important thing to know is whether the president has compromised, whethe

july that giving him that kremlin talking point that most of those people speak russia, was that mike flynn? was it paul manafort, i know you were trying to figure that out. >> really cultivating the candidate, he was one of the only people from the foreign policy establishment that was going up to the 26th floor tower. you knew he was against the administration because of his hard break them. and you know that paul manafort was in the candidates ear. he was running the ship. on foreign policy, he was so undeveloped as a candidate that people like flynn could go into the void. nobody was was saying, nobody in the foreign policy community was saying this at this point. >> i was woken from my vacation reverie. what he said was outrageous. he is basically spouting the russian line saying well, these people are russian speakers and they want to be part of russia, that is irrelevant. >> they're spanish speakers -- does that mean they believe to march across the border. it was fourth and flynn. >> was there any mainstream american foreign policy person pushing this? >> they may have said there wa

they see this president go easy on mike flynn, comey refuses. comey gets fired.ired him because of this russia business. days later he takes a russian spy master and gives him classifi classified secrets. that's why they are investigating. >> except he has done things, lethal arms to ukraine. there are things he has done but we'll get to those in the next segment. be sure to tune in tonight. we'll sit down with anderson cooper only on cnn. senator bernie sanders giving it another go. this presidential run could be very different even though he is se sending the same basic message. stay with us. oh, hey jeff, i'm a car thief... what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?? what?! (laughing) what?? what?! what?! [crash] what?! haha, it happens. and if you've got cut-rate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. so get allstate... and be better protected from mayhem... like me. ♪ we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. and you don't have time for a cracked windshield. t

they don't have mike flynn cooperating and telling them who, if anyone, told him to discuss sanctions relief with the russian ambassador. they don't have michael cohen cooperating, telling them the details of the trump tower meeting. >> senator burr also blasted michael cohen who postponed that hearing that was scheduled for today. >> any goodwill that might have existed in the committee with michael cohen is now gone. on twitter a reporter reported he was having a wild night saturday night eating out in new york with five buddies. didn't seem to have any physical limitations. i would prefer to get him before he goes to prison, but, you know, the way he's positioning himself not coming to the committee, we may help him go to prison. >> cohen, who is supposed to report to prison in early march has cited medical issues for the reason for his postponement. late today his lawyer insisted his client was, indeed, recovering from shoulder surgery and that he was committed to testifying before the end of the month. as the congressional and mueller inquiries move forward, there are mounting qu

mike flynn had just been fired.his is the first time the administration was confronting the russia investigation publicly. they were concerned that spicer would go out and not give an accurate portrait and questions about why did it take the white house so long to deal with the flynn issue after they were told by the justice department he ehad contacts and could be subject to blackmail. so it's how they handled it that the white house said that's a far too favorable account of how this was dealt with. we were not as on top of it as we made it out to be. we haven't made these determinations about flynn's legal standing and because of that, they documented it j told him afterwards. the white house never corrected the krekered on this but it's one thing to go out and say stuff about crowd size and one thing to say on the campaign trail. that he be out not telling the whole truth. >> i encourage everybody watching to read the entire thing. but the totalality of it suggest as possible set of avenues that could be used to

investigation, the president had gone to james comey, asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynnich was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod did not do that. >> the case referring to all of this going down in may of 2017 after the president fired james comey, mccabe's old boss. that left the fbi and others in turmoil amid concern that comey's firing amounted to an effort by the president to obstruct russia. then he talked about russia and the meeting a tractor trailer white hou -- at the white house. >> that was on the president's mid. and then he made the comments to nbc and the russians that was captured in the oval office. put together, these circumstances were facts that indicated a crime was committed and the president may have been engaged in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> the internal watch dog, michael e. horowitz that mccabe lied about a media leak. he rejec

house speaker paul ryan may have inadvertently shaped the white house messaging on the ousting of mike flynn. and that the president has publicly attacked the russia investigation more than 1,100 times. is there a pattern of behavior from president trump that may expose him to legal action? the presidential reaction on twitter, "the new york times" reporting is false. they are a true enemy of the people. all caps. exclamation point. tom winter is with me, hans nickels is at the white house. chuck rosenburg, he's also an msnbc contributor and betsy woodruff, politics reporter for the daily beast. big thanks to all of you. tom, i want to read this excerpt for our viewers at home and our listeners on sirius satellite radio. mr. trump called matthew whittaker his newly installed attorney general with a question. he asked whether jeffrey bermman could be put in charge of the widening investigation according to several american officials with direct knowledge of the call. here's what whittaker said to the house judiciary committee a few weeks ago about that. >> at no time has the white house asked

president had gone to jim comey and specifically asked him to discontinue the investigation of mike flynn which was a part of our russia case. the president then fired the director. in the firing of the director, the president specifically asked rod rosenstein to write a memo justifying the firing and told rod to include russia in the memo. rod, of course, did not do that. that was on the president's mind. then the president made the public comments that you referenced both on nbc and to the russians which is captured in the oval office. put together, these circumstanc circumstances were facts that indicated that a crime may have been committed. the president may have been engaged in obstruction of justice in the firing of jim comey. >> reporter: now, we don't know exactly what the president meant when mccabe says he was pressured to include the firing or to include russia in the memo that rod rosenstein used to initially fire comey. it was used as the pretext. we don't know what the president wanted the deputy attorney general to say there. as for the 25th amendment and the wire remarks,