turkish hands. flynn's lawyer denied that report. but according to former cia director james woolsey, a trump campaign adviser who sat on the board of trump's consulting firm, quote, it became clear to me they were seriously considering a kidnapping operation. and i told them then it was a bad idea. it was illegal. just this past weekend, that same man, former cia director james woolsey was spotted in the dining room at none other than mar-a-lago having a lengthy conversation with the president. michael schmidt is a washington correspondent for "the new york times," one of the reporters who broke the story on flynn's possible cooperation with mueller. what has changed in the legal posture of michael flynn? >> well, his lawyers had been cooperating with trump, sharing different types of information. but the day before thanksgiving, his lawyers called up trump's lawyers and said we can no longer do that we can no longer talk about the special counsel's investigation. for legal experts, this is a sign of either one of two things that flynn is cooperating or he plans to take a plea. it was a pretty significant