case and he overturned that case, ted stephens career was ruined by that point. putting that aside, he ordered a special investigation into the investigators. he was so pissed off in a 14-minute rant that is described by "the new york times." >> absolutely, sean. ted stephens is a perfect example of why judge sullivan who is sitting andover seeing the flynn case is so important. one of the things that gregg said is important here. the timeline gap, seven months. when an agent is out in the field, interviewing people in a region where they can't have access to a computer, in a case like this with high profile, i spoke to multiple -- i don't want to say who but multiple senior officials that said it had to be within five days. they can go to their notes, have few recall. what judge sullivan needs to ask for is the work flow chart. that work flow chart will show everything. not just the 302s, but the work flow chart that will show who approved it, who it was sent to and the date that the notes were put into the system. into the fbi system. >> sean: you know -- >> on

this is not the judge sullivan who took the prosecution to task for their horrible deback wl the ted stephensase and even had a special lawyer come in to examine the misconduct by the justice department. this was weird. just plain -- i've been doing federal law for three decades. i have never seen anything so bizarre. and asking about treason, he showed a lack of sophistication in what that kind of word would do in the press. but also a lack of knowledge of law. it's in the constitution, it's got to be time of war or give aid and comfort to the enemy pld does this work to the advantage of general flynn and his attorneyses? his behavior is outrageous. >> i don't know whether it works or not. it was a body blow to flip today. a terrible thing from a human standpoint. it was outrageous what the judge did. here's what the judge should have done. the entire record in this case establishes the totality of the evidence should shock the conscience of the court and the court should dismiss the case for government misconduct. this is not even a close case. the questions that the judge shoulshould have

he had problems with the ted stephens prosecution.othing seems to have been done in the way that you would hoped the justice department would be doing things, that they wanted to hold everybody equally accountable to the law. one of the things that hasn't been brought up here, they leaked to "the washington post" the day before they interviewed him that he was out of trouble that sounds suspicious that they were doing this on the eve of calling him up and saying, hey, do you mind if we talk to you? it made him feel like this is not a perjury trap. this is not an investigation to him. in fact, they had been surveilling him for years. they were trying to ring him up on a perjury trap. so it's very important to make sure that they did -- you can have a problem already with how they did things. if they weren't dotting their is and crossing their ts and looks like they might not have been -- >> tucker: there's reports about a lot of things. some are hard to sort through. the agents that interviewed the flynn at the white house without his

he had the ted stephens case. he has a standing order in all of his cases that relates to the government having to provide what is called brady material. mitigating information. it seems to me as we get late in the game for flynn's sentencing that judge sullivan is taking an activist approach. wants to make sure the defense can raise everything they can raise about how flynn might have been treated differently than others similarly situated defendants. i don't predict explosions at a sentencing with the issue how much jail time he gets, but judge sullivan is the wrong draw if he's got concerns or if he has concerns about the government's conduct. he might. there's a lot of smoking guns here in terms of the fbi treating flynn a little differently. so could be a sensational hearing if the judge is on the wrong side that morning. >> neil: up to that point, the president was having an exchange with the governors at the white house saying when asked about these issues, particularly the michael flynn situation, he says

steve: did that with ted stephens in alaska. brian: that would be a brutal blow to the mueller investigation. steve: it's interesting. mr. flynn has not tried to retract his guilty plea. some have suggested there is every indication that the sentencing will go on today at 11:00 this morning. ainsley: he might just want this all to go away. steve: it mightable play to for a pardon. ainsley: he had to sell his house to pay for his attorney. i'm ready to be sentenced and get on with my life. we will see. steve: exactly, right. how justice is going to come down on michael flynn we will know by noon. meanwhile, james comey was up on capitol hill once again yesterday. he sat for hours. he did not like it. he was asked a lot of questions. the people in the room all agreed they would not give any details until the transcript is released later on today. nonetheless, mr. comey came out and he was steamed. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of pat matter. the rule of law matters, and the tru

stephen's house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, look, mr. scharf, i'm your local police department. >> tedal officer told to keep an eye on stephen scharf that night as detectives combed through his house. the officer says he began talking to stephen about what had happened to jody when stephen interrupted him. >> he finally looks at me and he goes, you don't believe me. >> and then the officer says scharf said something that almost knocked him off his feet. >> i said i believe an accident occurred. and i said, was it an accident? and he put his head down and he said, "no." >> errenberg 3w4r50e6believed ta stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including lineham. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. >> we weren't getting that feeling, that a reinterview at that point would have done anything. >> the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn't. >> we took it as far as we could go. it hadn't been -- the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn't a homicide. >> in time

stephen's house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said, look, mr. scharf, i'm your local police department. >> tedhrenberg was a local officer told to keep an eye on stephen scharf that night as detectives combed through his house. the officer says he began talking to stephen about what had happened to jody when stephen interrupted him. >> he finally looks at me and he goes, you don't believe me. >> and then the officer says scharf said something that almost knocked him off his feet. >> i said i believe an accident occurred. and i said, was it an accident? and he put his head down and he said, "no." >> ehrenberg believed that was a stunning confession. he ran to tell the other detectives, including lineham. but they had just spent hours grilling the man. >> we weren't getting that feeling, that a reinterview at that point would have done anything. >> the detectives still believed they could find solid evidence to implicate stephen scharf, but they didn't. >> we took it as far as we could go. it hadn't been -- the cause of death at that time was listed as undetermined. so officially it wasn't a hom

stephen: really? >> will there ever be another one? i don't know. what do i do after this? what do i do? you tell me what to do. i'm tedams in the ninth inning. >> and hopefully hit a home run. i'm in it for a year. i'm in this thing for a year. >> stephen: a year! >> eight shows a week. how many shows a week do you do? ♪ ♪ he does a lot. he does-- he does-- he does a lot of shows. >> stephen: i do 202 shows a year. >> that's a lot of shows. >> stephen: okay? and do you write a new play every night? ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> i'm-- i'm gonna tonight. i'm going to go out there and ad lib. >> stephen: you're a consummate professional. have you ever broken character on stage? have you ever-- you failed as a professional? ( laughter ) you have to stay in character. you have to stay in character. that's the first job. >> yes, i did a play off broadway, "three sisters of sisters, checkef, written in 1900. i play andre, the son, who is, you know, troubled. and he's got an assistant, an old assistant, and it was an actor they hired by the name of jerome-- i have forgotten his last name. jerome was 92 years old at

ted sorensen and others helping guide us away from the war hawks and nuclear armageddon. we are stuck with ship who will joining us to discuss all this and more as professor author and historian stephen cohen welcome so much sir thank you very very much for coming on the day. i was wondering if you could do that list you rattled off in reverse alphabetical order i don't know if i can is there that. you know stephen with with the barrage of speculation and conjecture surrounding russia gate in this new cold war can this new cold war almost it's almost impossible to keep track of of everything without going insane you know like that list as someone who spent the last three years trying to separate the lucid from the crazy in all this what do you believe is the most important thing to keep in mind when we're trying to navigate all things russia gate today. that we are in a relationship with russia more dangerous than we have ever been with the possible exception of the cuban missile crisis which i think you mentioned i have a new book out called war with russia question mark. oh i began working on it five years ago and i would not have given it that title then but the events of the last