investigative reporter mike isikoff on the trump administration's secret efforts to lift russian sanctions as soon as they took office. this is a really important report. >>> and does leaving the paris climate accord really put america first? ♪ pressure. i feel it everyday. but at night, it's the last thing on my mind. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape, relieving pressure points from head to toe. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. ♪ now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. >>> in order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord -- [ applause ] thank you. the bottom line is that the paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the united states. >> with a lengthy speech in the rose garden that leaned hard on an america first theme as well as an elemental misrepresentation of the accord itself, the president kept a key campaign promise today and pulled out of the

now today, mike isikoff who is coming on in the second part of this program, he's broken the story for yahoo that the second they got into office, the first thing they did -- you talk about showing you've got involvement with the russians. first thing i want to do is get rid of all the sanctions. they went to the state department and said draw up a list of everything nice we could do to fluff up the russians. it certainly looked like a payoff. it really did look like that. >> i don't know if it's a payoff, but it's pretty extraordinary. you come into office. there's a pretty long to-do list. and at the top of your list is russian sanctions? >> meanwhile, you dump on every other world leader. you trash every country from the french to the germans, the chinese. he pushed aside the guy from -- i don't know -- montenegro. he shoves everybody around except the one guy he kisses up to. it's embarrassing. you have to ask why is this president so besmirched or whatever the word is with russia? >> remember, they're trying -- >> that's not the right word. >> they're scrambling to undo these sanc

investigative reporter mike isikoff on the trump administration's secret efforts to lift russian sanctions as soon as they took office. this is a really important report. >>> and does leaving the paris climate akwoccord really put america first? in two minutes. ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected and protected. that's the power of and. >>> in order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord -- [ applause ] thank you. the bottom line is tt the paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the united states. >> with a lengthy speech in the rose garden that leaned hard on an america first theme as well as an elemental misrepresentation of the accord itself, the president kept a key campaign promise today and pulled out

isikoff and malcolm nance. michael, i want to start with you on the question of mike flynn because to me, one of the most concretepieces of news today confirmed in open hearing by the former director is that there was a criminal case opened against mike flynn. >> right. >> that guy's in trouble. i want to just play that and get your response. take a listen. >> sure. >> in your estimation, was general flynn at that time in serious legal jeopardy? and in addition to that, do you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice or just seek for a way for mike flynn to save face given he had already been fired? >> general flynn at that point in time was in legal jeopardy. there was an open fbi criminal investigation of his statements in connection with the russian contacts and the contacts themselves. >> i mean i guess that's not surprising, but still it was something to hear that confirmed. >> right. yeah, especially because if you remember, you go back to comey's march testimony, he said there was a counterintelligence investigation. >> right. >> that had begun in july. so this is the first time that he or a

mike flynn's departure and the stories about jared kushner and the meetings with kislyak, trump still seems determined to push ahead with a better relation with russia. to me the amazing thing although that michael isikoff story is wonderful and revealing, it's the fact that we're talking about these diplomatic compounds, that trump is going to meet with putin in july, that the statements from sergei lavrov from that friendly meeting talked very positively about cooperation with russia. did not include harsh language about russians, putin's support for bashar al assad and possible complicity in chemical attacks. in other words, brian, they're still pushing forward with this warming of relations in everything. i find that kind of amazing. >> and vivian, at the same time we have mr. comey, the "new york times" kind of injected a question into the mix with a story they posted last night. he will testify unless he is blocked by the white house. but he is a private citizen. he presumably will raise his hand and get sworn in next thursday with the blessing of mr. mueller. it was reported today. maybe not reading those contemporary notes in open session. but your view of the chance this will happen and what it