>> t first day the jet of justice made white house council availae or sought to notify white house council was january 26th. the president was immediately informed of the situation, as i said, based on the information that was provided at the time his view was that this was not a violation. he was proved instinctively correct, and white house council at that time undertook an extensive review both of materials and questioning -- i'm not going to get into the specifics. what i will tell you is on multiple occasions they had an exhaustive and extensive questioning of general flynn on several occasions, based on information that was provided to them or materials that were provided to them to review. i'm not going to get into the details of that, but i will just say that there was an exhaustive review. the thing that's important to note is the vice president, myself, in fact i think the first time i brought this issue up was january 13th. the department of justice didn't notify the white house or the white house council at that time in the transition phase until 13 days later so i think it's i

the white house counsel that they wanted to give a heads up to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he had said to the vice president in particular. the white house councilident and he asked to conduct a review of whether there was a legal situation. there was determined that there was not and that is what the president believed from what he had been told and he was proved to be correct. the issue came down to a matter of trust and the president concluded that he no longer have the trust of his national security adviser... for the incoming national security adviser, not part of an administration to be discussing and issue like sanctions with the russian ambassador... his job is to discuss issues with his counterparts. that is what he is supposed to be doing. that is his job. we were constantly read out throughout the transition who he was speaking to, how he was getting ready, the president had been receiving calls of congratulations from around the job of his is to sit down and start that dialogue and thatis down and start that dialogue and that is exactly what he did. the question was not whether he did something improper, it was a question of whether

change the narrative, and helps to change the discussion into will this white house and will the very important national security council find somebody that will give leadership, and not just to part of the white house but to the president's foreign policy in general. but, you know, you have to imagine that they are understanding that these questions are going to come up. i have been asking them and have not gotten any answers yet, the key one, and did the white house council tell anybody or tell everybody, and if so what happened with that information? those are key questions that you can bet they are trying to figure out how to answer, and it's possible that because of the -- frankly, because of the chaos within the white house that people who should know the answers to these questions don't. >> let's just take a walk back in history a little further than you took us, dana, and let's have a listen to what michael flynn said at the rnc. a huge supporter and very loyal to trump throughout. this is what he said about hillary clinton and national security issues calling her careless. >> she put our nation's security at e

white house about the phone call. but flynn was allowed to remain in his job until monday night. >> the president was informed of this. he asked the white house council to review the situation. the first matt we had to review whether there was a legal issue, which the white house council concluded there was not. >> reporter: democrats are calling for a full investigation into what exactly general flynn said to the russian ambassador, and why it took the president a month to fire him. >> we want to know by what authority did general flynn have these conversations and who did he report to after that? >> i think it's likely that general flynn will be at some point asked to come and talk to the committee about post election activities and any other activities he would be aware of. >> trump responded on twitter, saying the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. craig boswell, cbs, the white house. >>> reports say they interviewed flynn after he became national security adviser, about his phone conversation with the russian ambassador. the news report says if he exposed to a felony charge. he was part of a routine

on january 26th, the justice department first warning the white house council that intercepted calls show that flynn misled them. lying about discussing sanctions with a russian ambassador making him vulnerable to blackmail. that same day the white house says the president was briefed. >> the president from day one from minute one was unbelievably decisive in asking for and demanding his white house council and team review the situation. >> but the president waited 18 days to demand flynn's resignation and kept vice president pence in the dark the entire time the left wing was investigating flynn's account. flynn's call to the russian ambassador happened on the same day president obama announced new sanctions against russia for their cyberattacks attempting to influence the u.s. election. weeks later vice president elect pence went on national tv defending flynn and denying that he discussed sanctions with a russian ambassador. >> the conversations that took place at that time were not in anyway related to u.s. sanctions against russia. >> the vice president only finding out that flyn

the white house councilbriefed president and small group of advisers." yet trump saying this while the controversy was unfolding friday:pres. donald trump:"i don't know about that, i haven't seen it."the white house attempting to clarify his answer today. sean spicer/white house press secretary: "he was asked specifically about was he aware of the washington post story he hadn't seen that at the time." lawmakers on both sides now calling for an investigation.rep. adam schiff/-d- california: "we need a thorough investigation." senator lindsey south carolina: "i want to know, flynn do this by himself or directed by somebody to do it?" in washington i'm kristen more trouble for the trump administration... the office of government ethics says...top advisor kellyanne conway...should be investigated. the director of ethics says, there is a quote - "strong reason to believe" ... conway violated ethics standards ... for her comments during a t-v interview... that is when she told viewers ... to buy ivanka trump's cl

. >> immediately after we were notified the white house council briefed the president in a small group of senior advisers. the white house counsel reviewed and determined not a legal issue but rather a trust issue. >> he said i don't know about it. i'll look into that. was he being truthful? >> no. when he was asked specifically was he aware of a "the washington post" story. he hadn't seen that at the time. of course, he was involved. i just said he was aware of the situation right after the white house counsel informed him back in january. >> flynn said the fast pace of events were to blamed for him briefing pence and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. and the white house says, ultimately, it came down to a matter of trust. not legal concerns. still, earlier in the day, there seemed to be a basic disagreement within the administration over whether flynn right hand esigned on his president trump asked for his resignation. >> he knew he had become a lightning rod. he made that decision. >> the evolve and level of trust as a result of

why was mike pence kept in the dark when the white house council knew about it? ence the only person in the white house kept in the dark? we know the white house council had to know. the president of the united states had to know. certainly the justice department knew. and if the acting attorney general knew, did sessions know? there has to be a very long list of people in the white house who kept the vice president of the united states in the dark, allowed him to lion national television and then not correct it afterwards. >> it goes back to the central question, what is the relationship with russia? there is something. it's not nothing anymore. it's not mistake. it's not but newbies. it's not nordstrom. this is trump on a deep, global level. >> and there is, i think a more central question on the daily function of the white house. the president assembled a very strong national foreign policy team and chances are very good he's going to have a very good strong national security adviser to go with that team. who is running the white house? the answer is not the pr

he said he was aware of this situation right after the white house council on foreign to him back in january. why was the white house council strictly about the legalities involved and not the conversation between general flynn and the russian ambassador. what about the merits of those conversations before trump got into office? the acting attorney general informed the white house counsel that they wanted to give a heads up to us on some comments that may have seen in conflict with what he has sent the vice president in particular. the white house counsel informed the president immediately. determineddiately there was not a legal situation there. the president was proved to be correct. the issue came down to a matter of trust. the president concluded that he no longer had the trust of his national security adviser. incoming national security advisor, not part of an adverse -- administration to discuss sanctions with the ambassador? >> that is what he is supposed to be doing. that is his job. we would constantly read out throughout the transition who he was speaking to and who he was -

he asked the white house council to review the situation. the first matter is whether he had a legal issue. we had to review whether there was a legal issue which the white house council concluded there was not. >> reporter: democrats are calling for a full investigation into what exactly flynn said. >> we want to know by what authority general flynn had these conversations and who did he report that after that. >> reporter: i think it's likely general flynn will be at some point asked to come and talk to the committee about both postelection activities and any other activities that he would be aware of. >> reporter: president trump responded on twitter today saying, the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. general keith kellog has been named the active. >>> and the ethics office is going after conway. so far there's been no response from the white house other than to say conway has been counseled. >>> a strange light with a tail has people buzzing around the bay area. tonight the mystery is solved.

the white house first came from the department of justice and the white house says that it quickly escalated from there. >> immediately after the department of justice notified the white house council of the situation, the white house council briefed the president and a small group of the senior advisors. the white house counselor reviewed and determined that there is no an illegal issue, but rather a trust issue. >> spicer said that mr. trump was briefed on january 26th, what's unclear is if the vice president was part of that small group of advisors. or was he kept in the dark all the way up until friday? that's something we don't know. did flynn go rogue, by the way, when he spoke to russia? well, here's more from today's white house briefing. >> did the president instruct him to talk about sanctions? >> no, absolutely not. the president had no problem with the fact that he acted within accorden ot his job was. >> painting mistrust between the president and flynn and not the matter of legal misconduct. it doesn't answer a lot of additional questions, for instance, we're not sure exactly what flynn told the russians. he spoke the same day that the obama administration was expelli

white house. she told them flynn could be vulnerable to russian blackmail. >> yates came in, gave a heads up to the white house councile council looked at the matter the day or the day after. the investigation was closed and no longer going on. then the issue shifted to whether or not something was done that was wrong. the vice president was looped in on the situation and we talked to the vice president about whether or not michael flynn was being honest or not. the vice president knew there was an fbi interview, and then ultimately we decided after about ten days bringing the vice president in that we decided that he wasn't being honest. that's the time line. it happened very quickly. >>> and cnn's fareed zakaria has strong words. >> he acknowledges that mr. trump has dominated the news but he says he hasn't accomplished anything. let's listen. >> trump issued a series of executive orders with great fanfare, though fewer than obama at this point q but they're mostly hot air. reviewing a law, reporting back to him, considering action, or reaffirm some long standing practice. his one order that did something, the tempo

of course he was involved, ijust said that he was aware of the situation right after the white house council injanuary. it's hard to avoid the conclusion that this is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there'd be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it's now wednesday, there's been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. as we've seen, the president has hosted a meeting at the white house, with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and mr trump seems to have cast aside two decades of american policy in the middle east by suggesting that the creation of a new palestinian state, alongside israel, the so—called two—state solution, is no longer the only peace plan under consideration by america. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has more details. when mr and mrs netanyahu arrived at the white house there seemed to be real warmth. benjamin netanyahu hopes so. he had a sour relationship with barack obama and wants this visit to b

chuck schumer said that the white house council cannot investigation this, that they're not an impartial investigative body. the department of justice cannot investigate this. looks like they're looking for a special outside prosecutor. so while the white house would like this to go away, the democrats are make sure it sticks like fly paper. >> shepard: there's another story brewing right now. that's the u.s. office of government ethics is calling for the white house to discipline the president's senior counselor, kellyanne conway after she endorsed ivanka trump's clothing line after an interview on "fox and friends." she said she broke white house rules. what do we now? >> there was discussion about that. what happened in an early morning interview, happened to be on the fox news chance, go buy trump goods, i'm going to buy some myself. the white house passed that off as a political statement than anything. they said maybe there was no sort of contrived effort here to promote the sale of her goods. it was a reaction to something that she was saying. the white house said she was counsell

white house about the phone call. but flynn was allowed to remain on the job until last night. >> the president was informed of this. he asked the white house council to review this information. the first matter was whether there was a legal issue which the white house counsel concluded there was not. >> reporter: they are looking into what exactly general flynn said to the ambassador and why it took the president a month to fire general flynn. >> we want to know by what authority did general flynn have these conversations and who did he report to after that. >> i think it's possible that general flynn will at some point be asked to come and talk to the committee about postelection activities and any other activities that he would be aware of. >> reporter: president trump responded on twitter saying, the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. >> retired vice admiral and david petraeus are considered the leading contenders, liz. >>> self-driving vehicles were the topic of a hearing on capitol hill. executives from several lawmakers urged congress to get ahead of the consumer trend. here's a video posted show

with the way they readjusted the ban not applying it to green card holders saying, like, the white house councilor the president. whereas tump courump could have that clear and decided to go through the white house council instead. the court says that does not hold muster. >> great to have you here this morning. >>> the congress is looking into whether an adviser to the president violated ethics laws 20 days intohe administration. kellyanne conway caused a discussion yesterday as she said that nordstrom decided to carry ivanka trump's clothing line. conway made this plea on fox news. >> go buy ivanka's stuff. i'm going to get some myself today. it's a wonderful line, i own some of it. i'm going to give a free commercial here, go buy it today, everybody. go buy it online. >> immediately conway was accused of running afoul of the law of using public office for private gain, which prohibits the employee from making the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise on behalf of others or nonprofit groups. the website for the office of government ethics crashed in the following hours. now the top

the white house councild president and small group of advisers." yet trump saying this while the controversy was unfolding friday:pres. donald trump:"i don't know about that, i haven't seen it."the white house attempting to clarify his answer today. sean spicer/white house press secretary: "he was asked specifically about was he aware of the washington post story he hadn't seen that at the time." lawmakers on both sides now calling for an investigation.rep. adam schiff/-d- california: "we need a thorough investigation." senator lindsey graham/-r- south carolina: "i want to know, did general flynn do this by himself or was he directed by somebody to do it?" in washington i'm kristen holmes. one mexican leader wants his country to stop buying corn from the united states.the mexican senator plans to introduce a bill to buy corn from brazil and argentina instead of the u-s.that move could hurt american farmers. . . in 2015... mexico bought two-point-four billion dollars worth of corn from the u-s. threats of a c

to the white house in january. >> general clark, i would like for you to weigh in here, not just mike flynn's resignation, fwu point that four weeks ago, sally yates alerted the white house councilcould be susceptible to blackmail from russia. fo weeks have passed. >> yeah, it's very confusing to try to untangle this. people shoving every direction. you know, if mike flynn had gone back and said hey, sorry, i made a mistake and corrected it four weeks ago, he wouldn't be vulnerable to blackmail. it is vulnerable because he said something different to the white house than what was said. if that was erased, if they wanted to keep mike flynn, they could have kept mike flynn. when you look at this, what you have to realize is in the white house there are no friends. this is a power struggle. this is a personality struggle. these are people trying to get their ideas and trying to get access and leverage. that's why the leaking of hers and that's why people leave. at the beginning of an administration like this, that's exactly what you are going to see. it's not settled yet. a lot of questions here about mike flynn. deeper questions, really, about the mechanism and functioning inside

and why the white house council's office sat on this information for three week.would surprise me to find out flynn was acting on his own. he seems to speak to the president of the united states almost every day. so we want everyone to know that this is just the beginning of an inquiry that we're just trying to find answers to these problems. thank you. >> mr. thompson? >> we've been watching leadership on the democratic side respond to the resignation of general flynn. and of course there were politics dripping there as there normally are. at one point one of the leaders said the public, we want to hold public hearings. that was elijah cummings. just like the republicans held hearings with hillary clinton. i'm confused. make it make sense. >> look, i am not going to compare it to anything the republicans did in the laugh eight years. >> he did. >> i'm not going to. what i would say is that just having this conversation here on the couch today, there are a lot of unanswered questions. this is bigger than mike flynn having to step down. the question is what convers

what the attorney general told the white house council. >>> in an hour, the senate will vote on the nominationf mike mulvaney. he's expected to be confirmed easily and president trump will be traveling to orlando for a campaign-style rally at the airport. the president makes his way to his florida home. across the country, immigrants are expected to stay away from work and school and spending money touted as a day without immigrants. the goal is to show how important they are to the economy and the american way of life. >>> authorities in malaysia, this story is extraordinary. they arrested a third person in connection to the killing of the north korean leader kim jong-un's brother. the 26-year-old is the boyfriend of one of the two fe maul suspects. happening now, we take you to the streets. the opening bell, i hear it at this moment t. dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq are posting record highs for the past five days. that kind of record-setting streak hasn't happened since 1992 and more good news for president trump. this has been the best first month stock performance of any incoming president since

joining me now, john dean, former white house council to president richard nixon. john, let us bracket for a moment the underlying substance of the reporting and the claims about the degree of contact between trump campaign officials and russian intelligence officials, which is being disputed, right? let's talk about the communication that was established on the record. as someone who served, the white house council under richard nixon, how does that strike you? >> as somebody who was in that role during the nixon presidency, it's because of the activities between the nix white house and the fbi that the justice department later wrote regulations to prohibit that kind of activity. this is exactly the way you influence -- try to influence an investigation. if they were playing it straight, if they really wanted to say we have -- there's nothing to see here, they'd do what hillary clinton did. they'll provide all of her staff and herself to the fbi for very open inquiry and that leaked very quickly, if you recall, as well. there was no complaint by the trump people w

what did the president know and when did he know it charging the white house and doj can't fairly investigate flynn. the white house council cannot lead this investigation and the new attorney general cannot be a jeff sessions, cannot be the person to lead that investigation. as it wrestles with the public relations mess, the white house needs to find a replacement for flynn. sources say the leading candidate is retired advise admiral robert haw ward, a navy seal who served as deputy commander of sitcom under james mat us. howard went to the iran school in iran. during seal training he was voted on honor man. the candidate that in expires others to keep going when they would otherwise give up. others david pennsylvania try and lieutenant keith kill log, the nfc chief of staff. a short time ago, a senior administration official told fox news that the president has already spoken twice with advise admiral hear ward last once wednesday and yesterday. that was long before flynn was fired. we just wanted to make sure we had our ducks in a row. at the white house, john roberts, fox news. > good news for tourists looking to get a

the executive order was very broad, don began the white house council issued a clarification, the ninth circuit says that only for you, you're the white house council, that's not what the executive order says. so if you were really concerned about that, you could tighten up that executive order to make it clear it doesn't apply to green card holders and people already here, but here unlawfulfully. >> john malcolm, thanks for taking a few minutes. >> good to be with you. >>> okay. quick break here on the other side though, feeling the heat. congressman jason chaffetz faces protests at a raucous town hall meeting back in his home state of utah. you're going to have to see these clips to believe it. more on that ahead. >>> also michael flynn, we just told you, he is under fire. revelations he spoke with the russian ambassador about sanctions before taking office. we're going to touch that as well. stay with us. >>> i am very concerned about general flynn. because i think that -- his story has changed about three or four times. what if we could stop the next epidemic before it happens? what

white house counsel. >> it was the guide that was put out by the white house council because that was the meeting of the executive order. that was the same fact that caused the boston judge to issue the positive ruling they issued. the reality is that this is not a disagreement about the law and constitution. there is no constitutional right for a citizen in a foreign country who has no status in america to demand entry into our country. such a right cannot exist. such a right will never exist. this is an ideological disagreement between those who believe we should have borders and should have controls and those who believe there should be no borders and no controls. that's the essence of this debate. the bottom line is the president's powers, in this area, represent the apex of executive authority. and we have multiple tools across multiple fronts to ensure that we're preventing terrorist infiltration of our country and to ensure that those who enter our country share our values and support our people. something supported overwhelmingly by the vast majority of the american public. >> ideological disagr

so the question as to what happened with that information, i believe that was given to the white house counciltions that might give this crisis some legs as we say. and taylor griffin, you're giving us the impression that trump has acted quickly. but are you picking up on within the republic party about this? we know about the divisions. what are you hearing about any anxieties about this? well, i think we just heard one of the major concerns and that is the acting attorney—general brought this to the white house council a month ago and so the question that a lot of people are going to have is what did trump know and when did he know it? what issues does that raise about a decision to keep someone in that very sensitive position if they we re that very sensitive position if they were potentially compromised and as that information comes out, i think we will have a better idea about how concerned people will be, but i think people have been concerned about russia for a while. people have been concerned about flynn and russia for a while. this wasn't a big surprise to me today and i don't think

. >> on january 26th, justice department told white house council, john mcgann who told the presidenthat flynn wasn't telling the truth. intelligence agents have been listening in on the ambassador's calls and discovered that sanctions were discussed just as officials believed russia could blackmail flynn by threatening to expose his lie. >> why would the president if notified 17 days ago, that flynn had misled the vice president, other officials here. he was a potential threat to blackmail by the russians, why would he be kept on for, for almost three weeks? >> that's not, that's, assumes a lot of things that are not true. the president was informed of this. he asked the white house counsel to review the situation. first part to understan the legal aspect of this. that was simply concluded there was no legal aspect. what happened the president evaluated the trust aspect. >> reporter: flynn was not two days after learning of his deception, the president had flynn by his side for a phone call with russian president vladamir putin. it wasn't until friday, after "the washington post" bro

said is we're not entirely sure that you exempted them in a binding way because you used the white house council. and we're not sure he has the authority to really do that or that it would remain an exemption. so we're going to treat them like they're still in the mix here and that gives the challengers a superior position. >> let me get you to weigh in on this, michael. there is a line in "the new york times" piece tonight that says in its briefs and argument, the administration's position evolved. as the case progressed the administration supplemented its request for categorical vindication for at least a partial victory. they were growing more december rat by the hour. why do you think they sort of pulled back the curtain on such a half baked idea? >> i think ultimately, nicole, they thought maybe with the wisdom of sol mono they may split the baby in half. a remarkable evening for immigration law professors. my dad took on the nixon administration and got john lennen his green card. you know, when a lecturer comes to america and we're not going to allow him back -- >> let's get into this. yo

late last night amid revelations on january 26th, the acting attorney general informed the white house council about the call with russia suggesting flynn could be vulnerable to blackma blackmail. the president's counsel informed him and other top officials. >> we had to review whether that was a legal issue which was concluded was not. >> reporter: the counsel informed him and other top officials. >> we had to review whether it was a legal issue which was concludesed was not. >> reporter: that answer setting off alarm bells for foreign policy experts who say there are broader concerns. >> this is a policy and ethical question not simply a legal question. it's not good policy having the national security advisor out and about conducting big national policy. >> reporter: the white house insisting the president didn't give the order to talk about sanctions but acknowledging mr. trump doesn't see a problem with it. >> the president had no problem he acted in accord with what his job was supposed to be doing. >> reporter: the white house has been under fire over flynn since president trump took of

of course he was involved, ijust said that he was aware of the situation right after the white house councils is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there'd be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it's now wednesday, there's been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the new app to help combat child abduction and trafficking that's being launched by the police in china. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. it has a terrible effect on the moral of the people, i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flowed down to the sea on the east of the island, away f

ijust said that he was aware of the situation, right after the white house council informed him, backry. it is hard to avoid the conclusion that this is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there would be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it is now wednesday. there has been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. earlier i spoke to paul farhi, media reporter with the washington post, and i played devil's advocate, saying the media has over hyped the stumblings of a new administration, and this is not watergate. well, it's not necessarily watergate, but we've never seen anything quite like this in washington, certainly in the 28 years i've been in washington. no administration has gotten off to a start quite like this, and no administration seems quite as flummoxed by all of the events that keep coming out, and all of the leaks that keep coming out. this is unprecedented. we're in new territory. so where do you think it goes, w

of course he was involved, ijust said that he was aware of the situation right after the white house council this is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there'd be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it's now wednesday, there's been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: president donald trump tells israel's prime minister that establishing a palestinian state is no longer the only option that america favours in the middle east. the troops were finally coming home. mall, was murdered. that has had a terrible effect on the morality of the people. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the destruction itselfit went away from the town for the time being, but it could start again atany the time being, but it could start again at any time. the russians heralded venue space station with a spectacular launch. they called it peace. this

then they had the white house council, don mcgahn, issue what he called authoritative guidance.hey could have simply had trump sign another half page, saying let's fix the order, but they didn't want to back down. now you have the white house coming to terms with the fact that they're going to not be able to save face and say they did this right the first way. >> i also want to talk about where we go from here with the administration itself. we have a new attorney general, jeff sessions. he has his place now. does this now change the way that the trump administration deals with this issue and other issues like immigration and national security? >> i think the fact that we've already gone 4 hours here -- 24 hours here without an appeal shows they're behaving differently. there was a first reset after the weekend this order was made, nach chief of -- in which chief of staff reince priebus was gathered in the oval office with the president and the president said, this guy is in charge, you have to follow him. and reince made a number of changes, to make sure this would not happen a

ijust said that he was aware of the situation right after the white house council informed him back injanuaryrd to avoid the conclusion that this is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there would be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it is now wednesday. there has been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. paul farhi is media reporter with the washington post. and we are both in the same business, so i have to play devils advocate with you a bit. i have a whole bunch of people on my timeline saying yes, this administration is stumbling all over the place but new administration ‘s do. these people are not used to being in the white house. as someone put it to me, get over yourselves, your lot, this is not watergate. well, it is not necessarily watergate, but we have never seen anything quite like this in washington, certainly in the 28 yea rs i have in washington, certainly in the 28 years i have been in washington. no administratio

of course he was involved, ijust said that he was aware of the situation right after the white house councilck injanuary. it's hard to avoid the conclusion that this is an administration that is reeling. just take donald trump's controversial travel ban. he announced at the end of last week there'd be a new executive order on monday or tuesday to replace it. it's now wednesday, there's been nothing. work is not getting done because of the turmoil. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. as we've seen, the president has hosted a meeting at the white house with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr trump seems to have cast aside two decades of american policy in the middle east by suggesting that the creation of a new palestinian state alongside israel, the so—called two—state solution, is no longer the only peace plan under consideration by america. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has more details. when mrand mrs when mr and mrs netanyahu arrived at the white house there seemed to be real warmth. binyamin netanyahu hopes so. he had a sour relationship with barack hopes so. he had

uber ceo quits white house council. he wrote a memo saying joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his agenda but has been misinterpreted to be exactly that. >>> reporting that u.s. wrestlers have been banned from iran. a special committee opposed a visit by the u.s. free style wrestling team. it is the first in response to president trump's executive order. >>> january job numbers are out. . the economy added 227,000 jobs last month. they predicted 180,000. this is the first job report. the survey the second week of january while president obama was still in office. wages also grew, paychecks increased 2.5% in january compared to a year ago. >>> i'm erika martin. we are seeing mostly cloudy to cloudy skies. we are seeing really cold conditions. we will remain dry for the next couple of days. satellite and radar picking up on a thick level of clouds. 11:00 a.m., this is our official time stamp. lots of white on the screen here. it is telling us we have a low cloud feeling. temperatures r

. >> one the guidance from the white house council is defen tifr interpretation of the order. and the white house speaks for the president in this context. on the page of 11 we had suggestion for the kind of order that would address the harms idea by washington. and i'm going to read it. at most injunction should be limited to the class of individuals on whom the states claims rest. previously admitted aliens temporary abroad now or wish to travel and rirn return to the united states in the future. that's the core of the harm. when we're talking about an injunction entered on prelim nation basis should be -- if there are no further questions stay injurngs or limited to to the state of washington. thank you. >> thank you counsel for your helpful arguments. this matter is submitted. we appreciate the importance and the time sensitive nature of this matter when endefer to issue as soon as possible. that you for appearing on short notice. we are adjourned. >>> in washington we are following -- the question of whether or not an american president is limited bylaw. a law for the stat

the white house says officially what they did is they did a review, official deliberate review by the white house council to see if he did anything wrong is and broke the law. still, two and a half weeks after the white house found out he may have misled the vice president. vice president mike pence didn't he was misled until after last thursday, 11 days after the white house was told and knew about this information. so there is controversy there. mike pence's staff, we are hearing behind the scenes, is a little bit uplive in washington, edward lawrence. >>> 6:13. a trial date has been set for six of the seven people. 30-year-old pierce was killed in a shoot anything west oakland in march of 2015. the mother of three had just picked up two of her sons from the charter school in the area and was hit by gunfire as she tried to protect her children. police say the shoot-out stepped from an argument between two groups of people. six of the suspects are set to stand trial on emergency charges april 3rd. >>> happening later today, a ruling is expected to a defense motion in the case of a minnesota police offic

. >> immediately after the department of justice notified the white house council and the white house counsel briefed the president and a small group of advisors. they reviewed and determined that there is not an illegal issue. but rather a trust issue. >> he said i don't know about it. i'll look into that. was he being truthful? >> he was asked specifically, was he aware of a "washington post" story? he hadn't seen that at the time. of course he was involved. i just said he was aware of the situation after the white house counsel informed him in january. >> flynn said the fast pace of events was to blame for his inadvertently briefing pence and others regarding my phone calls with the russian ambassador. it ultimately came down to a matter of trust, not legal concerns. still, earlier in the day there seemed to be a basic disagreement within the administration over the fine print who have was behind the national security adviser's exit. >> mike flynn decided it is best to resign. he knew he would become a lightning rod and he made that decision. >> the evolving and eroding level of tr

. >> it's unfolding in realtime before but after -- white house council's office said flynn has not beent and has compromised himself and that was condition vaed to the president that evening. it's unclear what was conveyed. about two weeks the president has known these conversations have gone on to some extent. yes, and he kept it to himself. >> how is this pence thing working out? >> i think it's working out great. >> even though the president doesn't tell him what's going on. >> we don't know what the president told him. >> what he heard in the papers. >> he probably lied and the president gave him the ultimate penalty, kicked him off the team. >> it's not gad for your resume. >> you don't think he will have an enemy in mike flynn. >> absolutely not. >> thank you for reporting. >>> up next, a flynn fall-out. why do things go from here. roundtable up next. "hardball" where the action is. what if you could love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana®. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. a pill taken just once in the morning, invokana® is used along with d

when it is urgent bmatter, this is high stakes for this white house and we're told to be ready for statement tonight. the white house councils office is reviewing it. we have jeff sessions as the sitting attorney general and no longer nominee, he will play vital role anything relates to immigration law. he may be now read this on this as well. we stand by waiting to talk to officials waiting to get an update. this is meaningful development. greta. >> thanks, kelly. i don't know if this reading this, poorly crafted and bad roll up because each could lead to bad decision. >> the president has said preemptively about this decision it's a simple case that a dumb high school student could understand it and that the order itself was beautifully and perfectly written. now he is not known nfor walkin back his judgment. this is about presidential power and about a president making this vivid. the separation of powers the draw back of an imperial presidency. there is a teachable moment for the united states. >> i want to get to senator on this. let go to airy, you have more information on this decision. >> a lit more on this decision.

the universe for conservative i over the next couple days, they will hear from steve bannon, white house council priebus, they will also hear for the first time had in eight years from a vice president and from a president of the united states of america. mike pence and donald trump will both address this before it is all over that leads to a sticky questions. exactly what is this museum and what is this party? is it reaganism that we've been holding on to for years or is conservatism now trumpism >> that's a too many chiropractic he said. i'm going to have to go with donald trump's team now. >> initially i was a ted cruz supporter. it certainly is a donald trump party >> our country and our values and our future. and it's very exciting, i'm hopeful and i'll tell you from a black america perspective for the first we talk about doing things in the black community. >> reporter: clearly, a lot of enthusiasm here. right out of the gate, they say it's controversy at cpac. the invitation to conservative out spoken blogger milo was yanked because of an old video. ap pedophilia. a lot of participants sa

that being said, when he was made aware of it once the white house council regional concerns the department of justice that. had.partment of justice at that point, as i mentioned, when he asked him what he believed at the time and confirmed by white house counsel was there was a legal issue here, discussing the issue did not violate any think it was appropriate in the normal course of action to discuss that. he asked the white house counsel to further confirm what is in sticks were at the time. thank you, guys. have a great -- with that a bill signing. margaret gets a follow-up. >> -- any sort of effort cabinet lies or inside to make sure that everyone comes fortunate in each medication with the russians about sanctions or otherwise? >> there is no other information. as far as we are aware that was an isolated incident that occurred. and again the key point in this isn't that there were discussions. there was nothing wrong or inappropriate about those discussions. it purely condense a matter of trust. that's it. thank you, guys. happy valentine's day. [captioning performed by the national c

white house says the president was briefed. >> the president from day one from minute one was unbelievably decisive in asking for and demanding that his white house council and their team review the situation. >> but he waited 18 days to demand flynn's resignation and kept vice president pence in the dark the entire time. flynn's call to the russian ambassador happened on the same day president obama announced new sanctions against rush wra for their cyberattacks attempting to influence the u.s. election. >> the conversations that took place at that time were not in anyway related. >> the vice president only finding out that flynn mid lead him last week after discovering the truth. two weeks after president trump first learned of it. before re-signing he spoke to the conservative website the daily caller insisting he crossed no lines in his dealings with russia and raising questions about who may have leaked details of his call. >> the real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of washington. will these leak bs happening as i deal on north korea, et cetera. >> the swirl over russia has the ability to become a distraction today as b

white house. >> reporter: good morning, chris. likely to be a lot on the agenda today. the white house hoping to get off on the right foot with a meeting of the national security council and a new national security adviser, a man who is highly regarded and who didn't have a choice in turning down the job. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and experience. >> reporter: president donald trump unveiling mcmaster as his new national security adviser. >> we are very honored to have him. >> mcmaster is a veteran of the first gulf war, iraq and afghanistan, and a widely respected military strategist. >> i would just like to say what is privilege it is to continue to serve our nation. >> known as a creative thinker, mcmaster holds a phd in military history, and the pick drawing praise from both sides of the spectrum. john mccain calling mcmaster an outstanding choice, a man of genuine intellect, character and ability. mcmaster takes the helm of a national security council one week after michael flynn was forced to resign for misleading the vice president about his communications with the russian ambassador. >> i was disappointed to learn that the facts that have been conveyed to