news dumps tonight that we will be getting to later on in this show. but in addition to the friday night news dumps where they just hide stuff late on a friday thinking no one will notice it, the other thing that happens with the trump administration on friday, and this has to be a coincidence, this is just god hates me, it's that news about them tends to break on friday night as well. and that is the case tonight in the "the washington post" and the associated press. "the washington post" was first. they front page this exclusive story about fired national security adviser mike flynn and all the apparent warnings he was given about his contact with russian government officials during the transition. so between the election and when president trump was actually sworn in. according to tonight's front page scoop in the "the washington post," mike flynn was warned that his conversations with russian officials were quote, undoubtedly being monitored by the fbi and by the nsa. transition officials tell "the washington post" they also prepared a briefing document for flynn, specifically a profile of