exposure to mr. flynn would have been significant had he been indicted, meaning he could have potentially received many years in prison. mr. van grack, the prosecutor, says yes, your honor. so that is a remarkable moment. that's the prosecutors trying to help flynn out here. they're prosecuting flynn, but they're trying to help him out. they're telling the judge, hey, he helped us out in this other case. a and the judge in response makes the prosecutors spell out how guilty flynn might have been in that felony criminal case too. so things are not going well for michael flynn here. you should also know that the effort by flynn and his lawyers over recent days to argue heading into today's sentencing that flynn was kind of the victim here, that he didn't really mean to lie to the fbi. the fbi somehow tricked him or unfairly boxed him in to lying inadvertently, they tried that a little bit in the document that they submitted to the judge about flynn's sentencing in advance of today's hearing. that argument re

mr. flynnn cooperating with the mueller investigation for sometime he's met with the mueller team 19 times but the judge suggested and keep in mind he has -- the judge has, a number of sealed documents we don't have access to and the speculation is that there are details in those documents that have led the judge to believe that mr. flynn has more that he can tell. the justice department and the fbi. he said several times during the proceeding, are you sure you want me to sentence you today? because i cannot guarantee despite your cooperation that you will not get jail time both the prosecution and the defense recommended no jail time basically, at this point, they took a recess. the defense and the prosecution met. and because this hearing was going so poorly for mr. flynn, after the recess, they came in and they said, we have reconsidered we would like to postpone the hearing. mr. flynn would like to continue to cooperate the judge has requested a status conference in 90 days. it will be inte

kelner: no, your honor. >>> mr. flynn, do you believe your rights were violated that he did not have a lawyer present for the interview? >>> no, your honor. >>> is it your contention that any member of the fbi raises any degree of doubt that mr. flynn intentionally lied to the fbi? >>> no, your honor. >>> and with that, judge sullivan personally smacked down the president of the united states who woke up this morning thinking about michael flynn, and at 6:41 a.m., tweeted, good luck today in court to michael flynn. will be interesting to see what he has to say despite tremendous pressure being put on him. there was no pressure put on him in federal court today. the judge invited michael flynn to withdraw his guilty plea several times, and michael flynn insisted that he was pleading guilty because he is guilty. and it was interesting to see what michael flynn had to say and what he had to say, once again, was guilty. the judge said, mr. flynn, anything else you want to discuss with me about your plea of guilty? this is not

mr. flynn you know, a 302 is the fbi agent's summary of the interview. it's on the internet. i encourage everybody to read the 302 and draw your own conclusions. i have read it. i see no indication that mr. flynn was tricked. there were no trick questions. he was given several opportunities to tell the truth. and he told a bald faced lie. and that is the fact. >> is the white house telling a lie now by continuing to claim that he was tricked? >> i don't speak for the white house and i don't work for the white house. i do think that mr. flynn, 33 years as an army general with a deep background in national security, he had to know there was a good chance that the fbi knew about his conversation with the russian ambassador and he chose not to tell the truth. and i think he owes an apology to the american people. president trump picked him to be the national security adviser for the most powerful and in my judgment the greatest country in all of human history. he repaid the president by lying to th

mr. flynn's lawyers. that was a mistake and while he was national security adviser versus before when he was lobbying as a meaningful legal distinction. with respect to treason, it's not a crime unless in wartime. not in wartime, but there are treason-like statutes. >> perhaps the judge sees you were unregister and then you go on to be the national security adviser. it's not appropriate. i need to get in a quick break. it's almost reality television in a way that all of this drama happening at the courthouse to michael flynn's car peeling away from the courthouse. we are standing by at the white house. we will take you there live. you always pay your insurance on time. tap one little bumper and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty mut

predecessor, barack obama, warning mrtrump president's predecessor, barack obama, warning mr trump against giving michael flynna, warning mr trump against giving michael flynn a topjob. it was in the post forjust 23 days. sacked by donald trump and it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. he had also came out he liked the us vice president mike pence about the conversation. last december he pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia and he became the senior member of trump administration to be indicted. since then he has been incorporated with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign included with russia. earlier this month, mr mueller said mr flynn provided assistance to the enquiry with first—hand details of contact between the president's transition team and russian government officials. as a result, the special council has said michael flynn should not go to jail are lying to federal investigators. he could get

at one point in the sentencing hearing, thejudge said mr flynn's actions had bordered on treason.e former army lieutenant—general got into this mess: in february 2016, hejoined the trump presidential campaign, as an advisor on national security issues. and after trump's election victory, he was named national security advisor. butjust three months later, flynn resigned, after it transpired he lied about discussing sanctions with the russian ambassador to washington. in december 2017, flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and entered into a deal to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. we are nowjoined by washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue. when i was in the state a couple weeks ago i was struck by how much interest there was in general flynn, not just the fact he had interest there was in general flynn, notjust the fact he had 19 meetings with the special prosecutor, assumably, someone on the board would hope this would end with the sentencing today in the sense he would drop out of the picture.|j think they were in fact the president is morning and on twitter an

he reaffirmed that with mr. flynn all these ideas about him being snookered into it or mistakenly stumbling into this crime were put to rest. he said "i knew what i did was wrong, i new line to the fbi was a crime, and i admit my guilt." the question then became, was he entitled to acceptance of responsibility points? to have his sentence reduced because he genuinely on authentically exited a full responsibility i think the judge clearly probative on that some. but it's clear that the judge thought this was a very serious event spring lying to the fbi, by the president's national security advisor. and he intends to impose a severe sentence. i think he basically invited the continuance in the event that mr. flynn had more help to give this investigation that i be taken into account before he is ultimately sentenced. >> harris: he said severe sentence, the most he could get would be six months. the day he got to that courtroom, he had zero. i'm sure it wouldn't be a pleasant three to six months, or whatever he might get

mr. flynn is one of several former trump associates in the legal limelight this week. bring in the bbc's rajini vaidyanathan for more. why would prosecutors, who have spent an awful lot of time trying to prosecute mr. flynn, say he should not say any jail time? rajini: that is because he has been very useful to the mueller investigation. he has been around a year since he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. ever since then he has been cooperating with investigators. he had 1970 interviews with the mueller team, a- 19 separate interviews with the mueller team, he amount of face time to provide information. what we read in the document -- the defendant assisted with several ongoingga investions. it's as a criminal investigation -- we don't have much detail on that -- and the special counsel investigation concerning whether there was links or coordinations between the russian government and the trump campaign. jane: how much do we know about whether or not this information is helpful? you have that on the table there which has a lot of bh ck lines thro. rajini: it says "t

good men ship that you were at that you were ten celebration twenty fifteen and mr flynn president putin once you mention both president did you be remiss of me not to question did you spot anything suspicious up out of it. well orderly there was nothing whatever on toward a metal vent the only thing that was peculiar if not to say in bad taste and possibly as i say impaired judgment was that flynn was paid to be there that was inappropriate at the same time we know that his pleading of his case and his knowledge of guilt is probably predicated on his rather rather weak personal finances and he's did what he could to curtail the investigation he can to curtail the the legal proceedings against himself. that is why they got him on one count it was a kind of plea deal the treatment that he got his sentencing yesterday was entirely shabby. it had been understood that his cooperation in more than one thousand interviews with the f.b.i. in the last year was to buy him. a release without imprisonment ok and then the judge came down on him as he did in the harshest way i wish with more time to

it comes ahead of mr flynn's sentencing later this afternoon. 0ur north america correspondent, peterretired us army general was one of donald trump's closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the 2016 campaign. he was appointed as national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warning mrtrump against giving michael flynn a top job. he was in the post forjust 23 days, sacked by donald trump when it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. it also came out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia, and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by since then, he's been cooperating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month,

if mr. flynn is given that information, that's money for mister, for mueller and his team. >> always have to remind our audience those sanctions that were placed on russia after the annexation of crimea crippled their economy. kept them in financial recession multiple years when they should have been out of it. it is, it has been devastating for russia, and certainly asked to get those sanctions lifted. ken, i know there will neveren e-mail evidence of it because the president doesn't use e-mail with anyone, but any indication that president trump knew about michael flynn's contacts with kislyak or with his work with these turkish agents? >> no. and that's strange, stephanie. because everybody else who pleaded guilty to lies to special counsel, the documents laid out why they lied. the context of their lies. motive. in the flynn documents, that inferring if it was in there, was redacted. mysterious. i think kim was making good points there. it stands to reason many people believe that mike flynn,

mr. comey -- why not advise general flynn of the consequences of making false statements to the fbi? here's mr. comey's response. he was an extraordinarily experienced person and so reasonably should be assumed to understand you can't lie to the fbi. second, it's not protocol. the fbi does not do that in noncustodial interviews. and third, we want to find out what the witness will say to you before you heat up an interview by raising the prospect that the witness might be lying to you. frank pa gluzy, anything in there your former boss said that would surprised you? >> no, that's right on the money. that's how it works, despite whatever you might see on tv or hear other people say, that's how it works. it was a voluntary interview. he could have said no. he could have said i want my foreign present. come back tomorrow, come back another day. i want to do this at another location. but the hubris involved here combined with dishonesty is extremely disturbing and i think that's what got under the judge's skin today. i think he just could not tolerate this attitude and approach from flynn

prior to the fbi's interview of general flynn, mr. abe and other fbi officials, quote, decided the agents would not warn flynn that it was a crime to lie during an fbi interview because they wanted flynn to be relaxed, and they were concerned that giving the warnings might adversely affect the rapport one of the agents reported. what'sing that being cited to is this footnote here in terms of these quotes what the fbi agents were thinking and what they decided. here is the footnote that explains where they're getting these quotes. certain information summarized or quoted in this memorandum derives from documents furnished to defendant's counsel pursuant to the protective order united states versus flynn, and then there is a case number. undersigned counsel conferred with the government which further represented that disclosing the represented information does not cute a violence of the protective order. flynn's counsel, they're disclosing stuff that they got from the prosecutors subject to some sort of protective order. they say they've

porter, mr. flynn and others, and kushner. so we want to take a look at that.ore importantly, we want to take a look at this whole effort of voter suppression. we think a lot of that sort of filters down from the white house. remember not too long ago they created that voter suppression committee. that's what i call it. >> voter fraud committee? >> voter fraud, yeah. so we have a number of things to do. we're going to take a close look at this administration. more importantly, we're fighting for the american people and the things they want. >> so do you know what the first hearings -- >> no, we have not decided that yet. i can guarantee you it will not likely be what a lot of people expect. it will be something probably regarding skyrocketing drug prices, things that people have to deal with on a day-to-day basis and, of course, the affordable care act. we'll certainly be taking a look at that and ensure it stays in enforced. >> over the last two years as the ranking democrat on the committee you've asked republicans to serve 64 subpoenas. are you going to issu

of course, we've got his campaign chairman and his adviser in mr. flynn people around him and then already indicted or pleaded guilty. so there's a lot to look at. but, jake, let's not be confused. the american people, they want government to help them, not hurt them. they want us to do our jobs. i'm not looking for headlines. i'm trying to get things done for them. for example, i think the president needs us as much as we need him. we have a little bit of time to act. you talked to susan collins about the presidential electrics coming up. they're right around the corner. >> right. >> the president has promised us infrastructure and he has to work with the democrats to make that happen. i'm looking forward to it. you want to do something about prescription drugs, the president said. fine. i'm ready to do that. >> in the government spending bill, democrats say you're not going to approve as much money as the president is asking for the border wall. why not negotiate on it so this can happen and try to get a priority like daca or the dreamers attached to it

mr. flynn pleaded guilty to avoid bankruptcy and spare his son from becoming a legal target. mr. ng does not take issue with the description of his offense. but the additional facts, the flynn defense team, it raises doubt. you've been in the eye the entire year what's your reaction to the conduct? >> one of the things is that we are actually never able to interview the second fbi agent that was there in the interview. we have chuck grassley, senator grassley and his team have been asking to get those, the original fbi reports that came out of the flynn interview. so there is so much out there that we need to know still that i am really hopeful that the judge didn't just receive this interview with peter strzok that you saw on friday afternoon. i really do hope that he actually got all of the memorandums, all of the memos, everything that was written after that. because it was clear from all of our investigations that we had done, that the fbi agents who'd interviewed michael flynn did nothing the general flynn was lying and then it does not pass a simple straight face test the ge

the judge had a blistering rebuke of mr. flynn sentenced him today he might have to give him jail time keep in mind the defense and the prosecution both said he had cooperated with the mueller investigation. they recommended no jail time. but the judge basically said you have more to tell us and as a result i recommend that you postpone they called a recess and when he came back, mr. flynn said, yes, i do want to postpone i didn't go well right now in 90 days they will have another conference at the judge's request and basically decide at that point when to proceed with the sentencing. i'll have more coming up scott? >> okay. thank you so much. see you in a few minutes doc, what do you got >> adp, judge. unusual upside call activity. >> johnson & johnson >> you believe in the fangs, long amazon. >> thank you. >> thank you >>> scott, thank you very much welcome. i'm tyler mathisen stocks are bouncing back from yesterday's big drop so why are we moving higher what exactly does the market want what is it telling us? are we close to t

mr. flynnhat day on other business. accounts, he's told mr. flynn he felt he needed to have agents sit down with him to talk about his russia communications. even urged mr. flynn to meet without a lawyer present. i thought the guest way to get this done was to have a conversation between mr. flynn and the agents only. i further stated is he wanted to include anyone else in the meeting at the white house counsel, that i would need to involve the department of justice. mr. flynn stated this would not be necessary and agreed to meet without any additional participants. according to the fbi summary of the interview, mr. mccabe and fbi officials decided the agents would not warned flynn it was a crime to lie during an fbi interview as they wanted flynn to be relaxed and were concerned that giving the warnings might adversely affect the report. we also know from fbi director james comey this was his idea. this is something i probably wouldn't have gotten done or gotten away with any more organized ad

he said mr. flynn said okay, and that is what got mr. flynn in trouble.two agents arrive, and they start questioning him. at which time they said did you meet with ambassador he talked about sanctions he said no. they didn't remember and didn't believe in the report written seven months later they department believe he was lying. they believe they didn't remember it and seven months later the sign is, they 302 they talked about this meeting how are you supposed to remember what took place and one thing they did is we felt as if we told him you could have a lawyer it would hurt the repore we were building with michael flynn to drop your defenses. >> he said, mr. mccabe said you know it will take too long this is not a big deal send guys over within two hours he was in the situation room sitting down with mr. fired because of anti-trump boys and set up by mr. mccabe fired for lying about leaks. >> it is not recommended it that he -- that he gets any jail time because what he did comey admitted in that interview a few days ago or week ago he said, when he wa

manafort and mr. flynn. we're starting to see where things are coming together. both of these gentlemen were around when the trump tower meeting happened with the russians. so that's one path where both cases are starting to come together. >> shepard: we know flynn talked to the russian spy, sergeily . mueller said you'll plead for this or tell us everything else or you life will be different, right? >> absolutely. it's a large hammer that federal prosecutors and law enforcement have. certainly with respect to a general. you have to assume that they had independent information which could show that general flynn was lying, which is why someone can plead guilty. >> shepard: here's the weird thing. if you're general flynn and as educated on such matters as he clearly is, to lie about something insignificant in a way that could ruin your life would be pretty ridiculous. there must have been a good reason to lie to the government to not admit that you were speaking to the russian spy during the course of the campaign. there had to be a good reason and a better reason

in this instance, you know, in exchange for what mr. flynn is giving the government, he's gotten quite a lenient recommendation with respect to his sentence. >> that's right. elie, i want to wring you in on this op-ed you wrote for cnn.com. you say sometimes in the long term, the quiet one has the most to say. what did you mean by that? >> yeah, so flynn remains something of a mystery man. if you remember a couple weeks ago when mueller put in the sentencing memo on flynn, we were eager to see it, and it ended up being almost entirely redacted. i think if you read between the lines, you can see that flynn could have given mueller some really valuable information. i think today's arrest likely is part of that. a small part of that. but mueller gives us lots of little clues. the fact that he proffered flynn 19 times, that's a huge number. i don't think i ever proffered any witness 19 times. the fact that he said flynn was credible, reliable, backed by other evidence. the fact he says flynn has firsthand evidence. that tells me flynn is in the r

. >> i think mr. flynnime working in iraq and working on the sort of military victory, was someone who thought he could sort of push through these things by force of personality and perhaps, you know, an overactive ego, that he could make these things work. >> in 2015 flynn visited kislyak at kislyak's washington home and also traveled to moscow and sat next to vladimir putin at a gala for russian tv, which earned him tens of thousands of dollars. sources have told cnn russian officials bragged to each other during the 2016 presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with flynn and could use him to influence donald trump, even calling flynn an ally, although some former officials caution that the russians could have been exaggerating the relationship. what is clear is that in december 2016, shortly after the election, flynn met with kislyak at trump tower and later exchanged text messages and phone calls with him during the transition. it was flynn's conversations with the then-russ

it comes ahead of mr flynn's sentencing today. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports fromrmy general was one of donald trump's closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the 2016 campaign. he was appointed as national security advisor despite the president's predecessor, barack 0bama, warning mr trump against giving michael flynn a topjob. he was in the post for just 23 days, sacked by donald trump when it was revealed he had discussions with the russian ambassador to washington about lifting us sanctions on russia before mr trump took office. it also come out that he'd lied to the us vice president mike pence about that conversation. last december, he pleaded guilty to charges that he'd lied to the fbi about his contacts with russia and he became the most senior member of the trump administration to be indicted. since then, he's been corporating with the investigation led by the special counsel robert mueller looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. earlier this month, robert mueller said mr flynn has provided substantial assistance to the inq

flynn. and this is relevant because it's interesting in terms of the interview yesterday, trey gotti, the chairman of the oversight committee, reads to mrmey comments he made in an interview with our colleague nicolle wallace a few weeks ago when he was talking about the circumstances surrounding the effort with flynn in the early days when he said, usually in an administration that was more organized you would coordinate an interview with a senior official like mr. flynn through the white house counsel's office but in this case he thought he could get away with just sending a couple agents over. so trey gotti pressed him on this issue, tried to discuss whether or not it was being handled inappropriately or not. he defended it saying first the deputy director called and told him he was welcome to have counsel present during that interview, that he was given that option. secondly, this is perhaps the most relevant, he said he was an extraordinarily experienced person so reasonably should understand and be assumed to understand you cannot lie to the fbi. in other words, the idea that they're entrapping somebody who knows how these policie

the zero to six months recommended by the prosecution the judge gave flynn more time to cooperate mr flynn could have just said i want to be sentenced now the reason why he didn't because he expected the judge to throw him into the slammer for a while. and he must've thought in my judgment that there were additional things that he could contribute to the mall or investigation or other companion investigations otherwise the dish and all the law isn't going to do him any good at the white house the president and his spokesman continue to defend their former national security adviser by blaming the people who investigated him what we do know that was inappropriate by our own self admitted it's of james comey is that the f.b.i. broke standard protocol in a way that they came in and ambushed and roll flan in the way that they flush in him or the term supporters have been arguing the. flynn was set up by the f.b.i. but in court flynn himself admitted that wasn't true. and after hearing from the judge it's clear the next time he returns to court a man who once could walk into the oval office coul

mr. flynn's demeanor during questioning was potential evidence he did not lie to investigators. phasis on the fbi's conduct during the interview aligns with mr. trump's dim view of federal law enforcement. joining our conversation from "the new york times," mike schmidt. and karine jean-pierre, senior adviser to moveon.org. take us through what you're reporting based on this filing from flynn's lawyers last night. >> so the filing came right after the government had said itself that it was asking for probation. so it was sort of stuck out at us that his lawyers went this far because flynn basically has the government on his side. he doesn't need to go any further than that. but they did. they really tried to portray flynn as being taken advantage of. that he wasn't really sure what was going on around him. that he had not been told by the fbi agents that if he made false statements he could get into trouble. they made it seem like it was much more of an inform at meeting than an interview. and it does play into conservative theorys about the investigation. conservatives have long

by the way of making past false statements, so you really need to be clear and honest today, mr. flynn, before we accept this plea deal in formality and sentence you. number two, let's remember why did mike flynn plead to this? it wasn't for fun. it wasn't a field trip. it wasn't a legal experiment. it was why most people plea, because there was something credibly worse that he was worried about being convicted of, in his case other crimes that would carry more jail time regarding foreign lobbying rules, as well as something that people pled to this week, which was other business financial crimes that came -- i mean, that were indicted this week irkd sd say regarding his business associates with foreign activity. he took this plea deal presumably because there was more bad stuff he didn't want. third and finally, it's good news for mueller to have a judge, people who watch this closely was quite tough on some others, including andrew weissmann, by coming out and going against the flynn lawyer. i think flynn's lawyers may have overstepped a little bit. if they could do this over, they m

at one point, thejudge said mr flynn's actions bordered on treason.ere's a reminder of how the former army lieutenant—general got into this mess. in february 2016, hejoined the trump presidential campaign as an advisor on national security issues. and after trump's election victory, he was named national security advisor. butjust three months later, flynn resigned, after it transpired he lied about discussing sanctions with the russian ambassador to washington. in december 2017, flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and enters a deal to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. fast forward a year and today trump's former national security advisor appears in court for his sentencing hearing, which the judge agrees to delay. for more on today's drama, we can speak to elizabeth wydra, president of the constitutional accountability center and ab stoddard, associate editor of realclearpolitics. thank you forjoining us on the programme. elizabeth, what does this mean for donald trump? that michael flynn looked like he might be going to prison and h

trump ultimately as being responsible since he sets the agent into action it's also possible that mr flynn would know what kind of relationships jaron questionnaire had with the russians because he also was speaking with ambassador remember he flirted with the idea of a private communications channel at one time and maybe others in that loop who were talking regularly how are we going to deal with the russians even in that transition period and that would be something that would be of great interest to muller since he is trying very charter is to identify what were the contacts and maybe if not collusion collaboration between the russians in the trunk transition including things like signaling what would do as president and trying to shape russian behavior accordingly for example not retaliating against president obama shutting down of some camps and and expelling some russians for their collusion that he had identified in his administration that was perpetrated through hacking and otherwise just a final question to you so where does the mole approach go from here because rob a lot of soun

so mr flynn's lawyers leapt at the chance to have the sentencing deferred. eaking for the white house, speaking for president trump, again making the point that flynn had been ambushed or entrapped by the fbi, yet in court general flynn's lawyer specifically denied that when asked about it by thejudge. so that one does not seem to have many legs, does it? what is going on with the trump foundation? what next with the foundation? it will be dissolved and the assets distributed to other charities, but the new york attorney general, barbara underwood, was scathing in her criticism. this is following a two—year investigation into this organisation, the trump foundation, it was found that it had served, effectively, as part of a sort of political and business interest of donald trump, even settling business disputes, being used to purchase artwork, $10,000 picture of mr trump himself, which now hangs that one of his golf courses, apparently. the attorney general making the point that this was something that really had to be clamped down on hard. donald trump's law

access to all of the detail and the explanation for that is that the investigation, based on what mr flynnat could potentially mean interviews with other people perhaps they don't want to, the investigators, they don't wa nt to to, the investigators, they don't want to show their hand. they want to keep information secret as it this investigation continues. at this investigation continues. at this stage it does not show any sign of slowing down. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. two senior us republican senators have said they're certain that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman is guilty of the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. they spoke to the media after being briefed by the head of the cia, gina haspel. nato allies have officially accused russia of breaching a nuclear arms reduction treaty that dates back to the cold war. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, warned that the united states would withdraw from the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty within sixty days unless russia came back into compliance. a delegation of houthi rebels

mr flynn has admitted lying to the fbi. club made its worst start to a season in 28 years. he's faced a barrage of criticism over his signings and the team's style of play. more later. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

attorney general running to the white house counsel with her hair on fire trying to tell him that mr. flynn, general flynn, could be subject to blackmail. and it took 18 days for the white house to get rid of flynn saying that he had lied to the vice president about actually what he had done. so some of these questions i think are going to be answered in this memo and we'll be able to see how much cooperation he gave. i think sentencing was scheduled four times and pulled back every time. that showing you they thought they could get some more out of him. >> greg, that being said, what are you watching for? >> that was an ex-lent summary by jessica. there's clearly a lot there. flynn's kwop raecooperation has ongoing for some time now, more than a year. so given the fact that he was at the center -- appears to have been at the center of whatever communications the trump campaign was having with russia and with russians, we can assume there's a lot there in terms of what he's been able to share with the special counsel. whether or not we see detail in the upcoming disclosure is one fact but t

it certainly doesn't bode well for mr flint general flynn and it does not bode well for mr trump because it appears that michael flynn was acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of the turkish government this is not russia now this is turkey and that could be a very serious federal crime and i think he's trying to do what he can to show that he wants to cooperate he wants to he wants the same to the federal authorities want to do whatever he can to minimize his jail sentence which now looks quite substantial the walls are closing in you have the new york attorney general is making charges that his foundation was phony and might have it might have current committed crimes and she's shutting it down and selling off its assets that foundation appears to been used by trump and his organization as a slush fund and many laws made might have been broken by the use of that money certainly in new york state and there's the charges that we know about about whether he knew what he appears to have known about the hush money paid to women by the publication in miami and by michael cohen th

mr flynn has admitted lying to the fbi.nd this story is attracting huge interest across the world. jose mourinho has been sacked as manager of manchester united after the club made its worst start to a season in 28 years. he's faced a barrage of criticism over his signings and the team's style of play. more later. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. how do we decide what is important? how do we balance the personal priorities of the here and now, with the big picture challenges that will determine the future of human civilisation? my guest today is used to considering the biggest of canvases. martin rees is one of the world's leading astrophysicists, but recently he has been gazing into the future of our own planet. the next century, he says, will determine humanity's long term destiny. so, are the prospects good or grim? martin rees, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here. we are used to you training your gaze to the furthest most corners of the universe and yet here you are having just publis

there was also a question in the flynn proceedings about whether or not the fbi permitted mr. flynn flynn, to have an attorney there, whether he knew he could have an attorney there and comey said -- he was asked about an interview that he gave in new york city where he said yeah, that would be the norm in a bush administration or obama administration. but it was a gray area in the transition before the trump administration took over. comey explained that under questioning from trey gowdy to say this. i don't think there were policies or rules. i could be wrong, but i don't think so in prior administrations. but there were norms and practices in a more established environment, there would be an expectation that would be through the white house counsel. >> shepard: thanks, peter doocy. mexico was going to pay for the wall. it wasn't. the president asked lawmakers to cough up the cash. they wouldn't. now on the verge of a partial shut down, the president is talking about another way to fund the wall. not the mexicans but the military. take money from the military to build the wall. a

it doesn't certainly doesn't bode well for mr flint general flynn and it does not bode well for mr trump because it appears that michael flynn was acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of the turkish government this is not russia now this is turkey and that could be a very serious federal crime and i think he's trying to do what he can to show that he wants to cooperate he wants to he wants the saying to federal authorities want to do whatever he can to minimize his jail sentence which now looks quite substantial and he's already cooperated with the special counsel robert mueller who's recommended that he serve no time citing his cooperation but from what we heard from the judge today and he stone especially there's a chance that he could still say jail is isn't a yes yes there certainly is and that's what he's worried about so he's been given a few more months he's requested a few more months to squat parade to talk about what he knows we'll see what happens i think he's scheduled to be sentenced now in march yeah donald trump has a long history of publicly supporting michae

this is going to be an incredibly news jam packed week both with the sentencing memo on mr. flynn today and that for mr. manafort and mr. cohen on friday. i suspect we're going to have some shocking revelations, frankly, a word i don't use lightly, as to the breadth and depth of the amount of lying that went on. i think we've moved toward a new phase of this where pretty clearly we're way beyond collusion. that's been hiding in plain sight all along as i've suggested, and now what's on the table, frankly, is the obstruction of justice considerings a considerations and i think we'll learn more about that. and that's to say nothing about mr. whistleberg, the financial officer for the trump organization, who was given immunity to provide information. >> what makes you so confident about that, because of what you found in those transcripts? >> that in part with respect to the lying, which is hiding in plain sight as well. look, when you have somebody like the president or then candidate's personal lawyer, his chief financial saw, his national security adviser, two of his campaign oper

so it would encourage them to others who are involved to be forthcoming it's also possible that mr flynn would know what kind of relationships jaron questionnaire had with the russians because he also was speaking with the ambassador remember he flirted with the idea of a private communications channel at one time and maybe others in that loop who were talking regularly how are we going to deal with the russians even in that transition period and that would be something that would be of great interest to muller since he's fine mary charter is to identify what were the contacts and call if maybe if not collusion collaboration between the russians and the trump transition we're far from finding the the end point here i think the next step in the equation is next week where mr molder identifies what he things were the continuing alliance of paul man of force and i can think that there will be a very real strict recommendation of a very heavy sentence to give signals not only to man afford but to others cooperation means to be completely candid and forthcoming if you're not you're going to g

between trump's team and russian government officials as the president was transitioning into office mr flynn pleaded guilty in december twenty seventh team to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with russia he is the only member of the trumpet ministration to admit guilt to a crime uncovered during the investigation john hendren has more. the office of special counsel robert mueller has issued a surprising recommendation in court filings late tuesday miller's office said they recommend no prison sentence for michael flynn michael flynn is a former national security advisor accused of lying to federal officials about his relationships and his contacts with the russian government during the trump campaign the miller office says that among the things he helped with were links between the russian government and the trump campaign the report was largely redacted due to ongoing probes it did say that he did in fact lie about contact with the russian government and it also said he misled the justice department about lobbying for the nation of turkey many analysts suggest that trump is likely to