Source says it could be a sign that flynn is preparing to plead guilty. A white house Attorney Says dont make too much into this, lawyers can pull out of sharing arrangements for a variety of reasons. Talk to us about flynns role and the kind of information he could offer so they would be negotiating. So theres tons of various information places that they can go, that investigators can go if Michael Flynn was cooperating, providing information. He was part of the trump campaign, he was close to the president at the time, and he was in on meetings. He was in on meetings where certain Foreign Policy decisions were made, where strategy was discussed. Some of perhaps maybe issues of russia came up. Thats where he would be helpful to investigators part of muellers team. Less obvious stuff, this is also important, that flynn has his own relationship, his own contacts with russia. Remember, he spent some time in russia, went to a dinner, sat next to the russian president. Perhaps theres information from those meetings when he was there that there could be information that can be helpful to investigators because the appropriate is larger than just an investigation into obstruction, and just contacts by people in the trump campaign, it also stretches to people in russia and what were they doing. So there he could be helpful as well. But the key really is to get an inside picture perhaps of what was going on in the campaign. And thats obviously whats on everyones mind and probably most important here. If flynn is cooperating, that wouldnt be surprising, considering he asked for immunity before. That immunity came to the hill, capitol hill and senators and congressional investigators wanted to talk to him, his lawyer essentially said he would only talk if they give him immunity, more out of concern that he somehow may perjure himself or find a way for perjury charges. It would be surprising to people at the white house and people close to the president and people close to Michael Flynn that he would be cooperating. All along, he has given indication he has done nothing wrong and really whats important is that he has no information to give, he has no information to share, so his cooperation would not be fruitful for investigators. So it would be somewhat surprising. What would not be surprising, ana, is that he is working on a plea deal with bob mueller to end his case, admit to whatever it is the government wants him to admit to, and move on and deal with punishment that would ultimately be decided by a judge, so it wouldnt be surprising that he would be pleading guilty given everything that investigators seem to be uncovering about him, but it would be i think surprising that he would be cooperating with those investigators and providing information on people, whether from the campaign or wherever it is. We know that he is concerned also about his sons potential legal outcome here regarding this investigation. Thats another reason to cooperate. Thank you for that reporting. Richard painter, and carrie sheffield. I start with you. Jay sekulow says the decision to stop sharing information with the White House Legal Team doesnt mean that flynn is cooperating. What else could it mean . Well, i dont know, well find out. If he is preparing to plead guilty, he may not want to share information with other lawyers, may or may not be cooperating. We dont know. Only Robert Mueller knows. We know that he repeatedly lied about his contacts with the russians and probably lied about contacts with the turkish government, so hes in a heap of trouble. His son may be in trouble too. Whether he rolls on other people and discloses other information is something only Robert Mueller would know at this point in time. I dont think it is useful to speculate. He used to be part of the current administration. Given that fact, should the white house be concerned . I believe richard is right, we shouldnt be speculating. If you look at the watergate case, not analogous, but useful way to think about how white houses deal with legal jeopardy, when one member of the president s team turned on the white house, that complicated the defense strategies, the chief of staff and chief domestic. One of the things of having everyone on the same side, Defense Attorneys make sure everyone is speaking from the same page and that there are not openings that a prosecutor could use to look for new information. With flynn leaving that group, that just introduces all kiennd of mysteries that make it more difficult for the defense team. Carrie, whats your take. Should the white house be concerned . The president has been very clear that he said for months, im not sure if i agree with the characterization there was a turning. I think the president was clear, he said for months that if there was someone in my orbit doing anything untoward, unethical, i want this person or people rooted out. He said that repeatedly. I dont think this is a bombshell in any respect. I do think this is actually a reset button for the country, say what kind of country do we want to have, and the Washington Post reported for two decades, now is the moment when more people are more transparent about lobbying, more people on both sides of the aisle. Saw podesta group, tony was the brother of Hillary ClintonsCampaign Manager who was implicated in this probe. Thats so not related to what we are discussing. When you talk about the president s desire to have these people rooted out, remind everybody this is a president who tried to prevent the former fbi director from investigating flynn who was his National Security adviser at the time, and apparently flynn is now in contact with the mueller investigation, maybe working on some kind of plea deal. You dont think the president should be concerned . I think what happened early in the administration, youre right, that the president never held office, never been a public servant, i think he was learning to understand the limits of his power. I am glad that he appears to have learned and understands his power. I think his impulse is to fight back. Someone hits me, hit back ten times harder. You cant do that with the fbi director. Kelly is anchoring him. You see the president when you have the manafort indictment, his impulse was to perhaps do something in response. I think general kelly is a stabilizing influence. I am sure you can speak more looking historically at the influence of chief of staff. I am glad general kelly is that stabilizing force. Richard, i cant imagine is handing out deals. What would flynn have to offer to cut a deal . Thats up to Robert Mueller. He is a professional. He knows what he is doing. I think he will uncover whats happened here. There are a lot of people in this administration lying about russia. Some of the lying is not illegal. If the president wants to continue to lie, say there was no collaboration with russia, he can do that on twitter. People lie under oath, lie on disclosure forms, Financial Disclosure forms, security clearance forms, theyre going to get criminally prosecuted. This Administration Needs to start grappling with the truth. It is nauseating. I have been a republican 30 years. George w. Bush, to bring out Hillary Clinton is nauseating. They have to stop doing this, start telling the country the truth, all of them, including the president. Take a look at this. So far 51 communications of various sorts documented between Trump Associates and russians. We should point out that winning u. S. President ial campaigns are approached by governments all over the world for obvious reasons, but weve also had nine blanket denials by those people in trumps orbit about the contacts. Are those denials a problem, any haunting the Trump Administration and is that whats the root of the problem here . The root of the problem could be that some criminal activity occurred, we dont know. The blanket denials are problematic because they made it easy to prove falsehood. You say i never met someone, then evidence appears you did pop dop loss lying to the fbi. Not only lying in that instance, raises the question you have been lying all along. Blanket denials by the trump team have definitely hurt them. Number two, the other thing thats interesting, we saw with manafort and it is likely with flynn, they have other legal jeopardy issues that have nothing to do with russian collusion. But they can use those, saying you may get a lighter sentence, plead guilty to what you did with turkey, perhaps, case of flynn, manafort, money received through cyprus, help with the other case. The fact they have legal jeopardy outside of collusion with russia makes them even more vulnerable to a prosecutor. Do you have a problem with lack of transparency . Absolutely. I want transparency, disclosure, all lobbies disclosing all of that. I dont think anyone in the conservative movement would disagree with that, anyone seeking the public interest. I will say that i think that looking and talking to a lot of fellow conservatives, what we feel upset by the distraction of this, to say the reason President Trump won and both houses of congress were given to republicans was to pass a conservative jaenagenda. Thats what the states where i am from care about. We want Kitchen Table issues addressed. A lot of it seems to be distraction. So it is about saying lets not be distracted, be the signal in the midst of this noise. Mueller needs to have his power respected, but at the same time, lets not keep the eye off the ball. Have to leave it there. Thank you. Appreciate all of you. Turning to what appears to be the deadliest terror attack ever on egyptian soil. More than 300 people are dead, including at least 27 children. After more than two dozen militants stormed a mosque. One carried an isis flag as he entered the house of worship. So far, no claim of responsibility. Lets get to ben wedeman. Egypts military is hunting for the attackers. What are you hearing . Reporter we understand from the military, ana, they carried out air strikes where they claim some vehicles used by the terrorists were hit. It is important to underscore the Egyptian Military does not allow journalists egyptian or otherwise into the sinai, we have to take them at their word. We see the Public Prosecutor of egypt did put out a statement in which he described in forensic detail what happened at the mosque, according to him. The statement said that five suvs showed up outside this mosque carrying somewhere between 25 and 30 militants, some wearing combat fatigues, all armed with heavy machine guns. They surrounded the mosque, many entrances, also at the 12 windows of the mosque, let off some sort of explosion, and opened fire, killing according to official news agency at least 305 people, including 27 children. The Public Prosecutor as you mention did say somebody, one of the attackers was carrying an isis flag. Until now, isis itself hasnt claimed responsibility for the attack. Ana . This mosque has special significance. How so . Reporter this is a mosque built by members of sufi order. The sufis are muslim mystics, traditionally not involved in politics, theyre much more focused on the direct connection between the individual and god so theyre not interested in forcing women to cover up, cutting off peoples head and what not, its all about your spirituality, not forcing others to follow your line. And as a result of that they are not looked on well by people like isis who have in the past, for instance, we did see that earlier this year in one of the online magazines of isis kman commander to suv fis repent or killed. Last year, they kidnapped and beheaded a 100yearold sufi mystic when he refused to repent in their terms. One of the theories is that perhaps this mosque was targeted because of its affiliation with the sufis. Others believe this is a town where many inhabitants cooperated with the egyptian army, with the Egyptian Security and this was an attack in revenge for that. So we will wait and see to find out. Ana . Ben wedeman, thank you. 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Polo sandoval joins us now. This is the personal side of these heroes. The navy had been holding off releasing information until they could notify families. Today, this information released by the government. I want to tell you a little about these men now identified by the u. S. Navy as lieutenant steven combs, man from florida assigned to providers fleet of Logistical Support squadron 30. Matthew chialastri from louisiana was assigned to uss Ronald Reagan as was bryan grosso from florida. They did not survive the crash earlier this week, among 11 crew and passengers on a Navy Transport plane that crashed as it approached an air carrier wednesday in the western pacific. At least 8 of those individuals were rescued by officials, both from japan and the u. S. , they covered about 1,000 nautical miles in a desperate search for any sign of the three men, sadly presumed dead by the navy and now family members are aware, their sons will not come home. This investigation is ongoing now. We understand Japanese Defense minister said they believe engine trouble may be to blame, but the investigation is still ongoing. And yet this is a tough year for the navy, seventh fleet specifically, lost 17 Service Members in a number of different incidents. Whats going on . 17 men and women there. Important to point out this has happened over time, you look at the list, it is tragic to see lives are lost after these incidents. August, the collision with the uss mccain. Back in june, missile destroy are, fitzgerald collided with cargo ship, seven dead there. Two fatal incidents out of the list were later determined to be avoidable and also the result of, quote, numerous failings occurred on the part of leadership according to a navy report, so clearly some serious issues there, some top Navy Officers lost jobs over this. Important to point out with loss of the three men, it seems this was an accident. Theyre still investigating. As we mentioned, believe engine trouble may be to blame. A different situation. Nonetheless, tragic for the three men not coming home. Polo sandoval, thank you. Infighting in the Trump Administration is threatening to overshadow a major global summit. State Department Officials tell cnn the u. S. Is not sending a high level delegation to next weeks Global Entrepreneurship summit in india. The main reason, secretary of state Rex Tillerson doesnt want to support ivanka trump who is leading the delegation at this event. Senior Diplomatic Correspondent michelle could s michelle kosinski. This is a big event, put on by the state department. This year, first daughter and senior white house adviser ivanka trump is headlining it. She leaves this weekend. She was invited by the indian prime minister, and the themis womens entrepreneurship. What we are hearing from several sources, including seniors in the state department as well as the white house, Rex Tillerson and his inner circle dont want to send senior people because they dont love the idea of ivanka trump leading the u. S. Delegation here, from a Senior State Department official, they, meaning tillerson and staff wont send a senior because they dont want to bolster ivanka. Another rift at a time Rex Tillerson doesnt need more problems with the president. From a source close to the white house, rex doesnt like that he is supposed to be the top diplomat and jared and ivanka stepped all over him. Now he is not sending someone from the state department and not supporting ivanka trump. President obama attended once, secretary of state kerry last year, underselkt, staeassistant secretary of states, but originally the acting assistant secretary for the region was slated to be on the trip, she was then pulled by tillerson and staff. When i asked a spokesperson who are the senior people going on the trip, the list hasnt been officially published, they did give me a short list of the top u. S. Government officials, but none of them were from the state department. There was an ambassador, but that person is already in india. You could say all right, this event was an obama era creation, Current State Department is trying to slash its budget left and right, and theres no permanent assistant secretary. But the answers back from sources, if you send a smaller delegation, fine. Wouldnt you send senior people and cut back in other ways. We did get an on the record statement from the state department and it says the department is committed to supporting womens Economic Empowerment and entrepreneurship, this summit is a prime opportunity to showcase the importance of the themes. The summit is about 1500 entrepreneurs, investors, supporters. But theyre obviously not commenting on perceived tillerson, ivanka snub and not denying this either. Michelle kosinski, cnn, washington. Thanks. Thanks but no thanks, the word from President Trump after saying he passed on an offer to be Time Magazine person of the year. The publication says thats not true. Well explain. I love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink. Febreze car vent clip cleans away odors for up to 30 days. Because the things you love can stink. Whos the boss at the Consumer Protection agency. Thats an awkward question. Two duelling leaders are fighting about it. He chose english, the chief of staff. Hours later, President Trump named white house budget director nick mulvaney. Senator Elizabeth Warren who helped create that agency tweeted the doddfrank act is clear. If theres a director vacancy, the Deputy Director becomes acting director. Lets talk this over with alice stewart, former Communications Director for ted cruz and richard painter back with us. Richard, based on how you read the law, who is the boss come monday . Well, this is a difficult question. I think the intent of statute is that theres natural order set forth in the statute, succession. And that senator Elizabeth Warren is correct. The president is seeking to use his authority as head of executive branch to fill the vacancy under a separate law. This ultimately will have to be resolved by the courts. Whats lost on this discussion is that the person the president is putting in there apparently has no confidence in the agency and no desire to support the agency in its mission. And this is a serious problem because the agency has been under attack, it is there to protect consumers, Consumer Protection burreau is supposed o speak out for consumers, not for len lenders. This is an attempt to capture the agency and make it useless. Thats what they need to focus on as well as the issue of succession. He brings up a good point. Nick mulvaney as member of congress voted to kill the very agency the president now wants him to lead. In fact, heres what he said in 2014. Watch this. It is a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody. It turns up being a joke. Thats what the cfpb has been in a sick, sad kind of way. Sick, sad, a joke . Why is he the best fit to lead an agency he doesnt want to exist. Because it is part of what the president has always talked about, reducing burdensome government regulations. Mulvaney at the time, he wanted to do away with it, he felt there was too much government regulation on consumers and businesses and thats a big factor in why he wanted to do away with it then. Who better, if this is part of President Trumps agenda, this specific aspect, who better to oversee the cfpb than someone like mulvaney. To richards point, it will be a difficult outcome come monday as to who will be the boss. But clearly in doddfrank financial reform act as Elizabeth Warren did say, it does stipulate that the deputy becomes the acting director in times of vacancy. At the same time, the vacancies act provides the opportunity for the president to put someone in position like this. I know, thats why we were discussing, it is not clear what should supersede what. And former representative barney frank who also created this statute said it was specifically designed to operate independently of the white house, suggesting that Elizabeth Warren was right. Of course, theyre on the same team. Lets move to a different topic. I dont have a lot of time with you. I want to use your expertise given ethics background. There was a situation where Kellyanne Conway got into hot water, now facing an ethics complaint filed by former Obama Administration ethics czar because she said this regarding the Alabama Senate race and the allegations surrounding the Senate Candidate roy moore. Watch. Doug jones in alabama, folks, dont be fooled. Hell be a vote against tax cuts. He is weak on crime, weak on boarders, strong on raising your taxes, terrible for property owners. So vote roy moore . I am telling you, we want the votes in the senate to get this tax bill through. Richard, do you agree with walter shaw that filed this complaint she violated the hatch act . Yes. Thats a slam dunk violation of the hatch act which says you cannot in official capacity support or oppose a candidate for Political Office in a partisan election. Support or oppose. You cant do that. You cant trash doug jones, candidate for the Alabama Senate. If she wants to push roy moore, put a pedophile in the United States senate, she can do that on her own time, not on the white house lawn. It is clear of the hatch act. She violated the hatch act, thats a slam dunk. Alex, this is the second time shes under fire for the hatch act. First time is when she plunked ivanka products. This is what the white house said after that happened. Upon completion of inquiry, we concluded miss conway acted inadvertently, is highly unlikely to do it again. Here we are again. Is she in trouble with the white house now . Clearly she was doing an interview, asked a question and answered it. As richard said, the hatch act clearly states you cant advocate for or against a candidate. And in that interview it is hard to watch that without seeing that she advocated for roy moore and against the democrat. So i think it is going to be a difficult argument for the white house to make to say that she wasnt in violation. Well see how it plays out. But it is hard to listen to that and not see that shes walking a fine line here in a gray area. Thank you as always. Appreciate your time and thoughts. Moments ago in el paso, texas, dozens of Border Patrol agents lienld the strened the se agent that was found in a tunnel with head injuries and broken bones. Listen for a moment to the service. 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He died mysteriously a week ago patrolling the u. S. Mexico border. Customs officials havent released many details. He suffered blunt force trauma, another agent was injured as well. Was this the result of an accident or an attack. Scott, what do you know about how he died. The autopsy didnt provide conclusive information. Reporter ana first, let me give you a sense of what we are seeing, it is a somber scene in el paso. Members of the Border Patrol and customs agents are filing into the church where the Funeral Service is about to get under way. Moments ago we watched the fl flagdraped coffin be carried by family members inside that church. After it will go to a nearby cemetery where he will be buried. There are plenty of officials, Law Enforcement from all over the country and across the state, you mention attorney general Jeff Sessions as well, he is here. There are plenty of friends and family as you can imagine. I spoke to some people last night, former colleagues of martinez that are from Border Patrol station on the other side of the state, about 20 former colleagues ended up here to pay respects to their friend, a guy they said always had a smile on his face. You mention the autopsy report. That showed at least preliminarily that he died from trauma to the head. Full results wont be ready for several weeks. Meantime, we dont have many answers as to what transpired. The fbi as you imagine dont have much to go on, that area where it happened is essentially in the middle of nowhere, 12 miles from the nearest town, pitch black. Theres no camera footage as far as we know, may not be any radio communications. And one person the fbi knows would witness at least part of it, the other agent injured says he cant remember a thing. Last thing he remembers is going into work. Beyond that, nothing. At this point a week later, it remains very much a mystery. And tragic at that. Scott mclean, thank you for that. Coming up, stunning video of a north Korean Defector running for his life under fire crossing the border into south korea. See what happened to him and swift reaction that the kim jongun regime is having. The u. S. Official sharing this photo showing north korean troop digging a trench, planting trees near the spot where the soldier escaped. That brave soldier is being praise by a man who knows who he may have gone through. A former director sat down with cnn to describe the brutal condition inside north korea and why a young soldier would risk his life getting away. You can see him moving at a good rate of speed. Speeding down on a deserted road at the dmz, a soldier experiencing something that no one have ever done before. You can see the soldier coming out of this building here as the vehicle quickly moved passed him. Reporter under arraign of bullets, he runs across the line. There is many defective but this is the feirst one i want to praise his bravery. The 32 years old kang rihyuk would know. He never imagined pulling such a daring escape. Instead, he crossed the border into china and made his way to thailand and to south korea four years ago. Thats where he met his wife whos also a defector does not want her identity revealed fearing for r tthe safety of he family back in korea. The u. N. Is sending rice and fe fertilizers all for the ranking officials. Many soldiers died from diseases because there is no medical treatment. The latest defector suffered serious injuries from bullet wounds. He lost more than 50 of his blood and almost dead. While surgeons were operating, they discovered dozens of pair s p parasitic worms. Malnutrition is still a major problem. While north korean soldiers are treated better than civilians, life is still a constant struggle. This exclusive footage obtained by a south korean christian mission, here they go through bird nests hunting for chicks presumably to eat. The pastor rescued hundreds of north koreans. It is not hunger that motivate defectors but rather the desire for freedom. North koreans are thirsty for the outside world. Those who defect including soldiers are hunger for information and have a strong desire to get out. Kyung says he wants a better life especially for his family. Now working as a journalist, he occasionally has messages for his fellow defectors. I wonder if you heard my broadcast and help with your decision. I hope we can meet. Ana ambassad ana coren, cnn, seoul. Tax reform is front and center as senators returning back. Dont miss the debate, theyll debate how much you should pay in tax every year, thats tuesday night at 9 00 here at cnn. chris the very first time i met bruce i saw on his lapel hes got a purple heart. bruce we started talking about the service. 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