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Terrible loss democrats had under hillary clinton. Were going to get to the bottom of the activities. Theres so many aspects that were concerning. He with drew the nomination to be labor secretary. Are other cabinet nominees in trouble. I think that if we Work Together we have a shot. This is new day with chris cuomo. Welcome to your new day and asking the Justice Departments Inspector General to investigate leaks of classified information following the firing of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The president defending the man calling him wonderful and saying flynn was treated unfairly by the media. Theres another high profile exit from mr. Trumps cabinet. All this as the president is breaking with decades of u. S. Foreign policy on the middle east. We are in day 28 of the Trump Presidency. Lets begin with joe johns. He is live at the white house. Good morning, joe. Good morning, allison. So much has happened. Theyre looking for a new labor secretary this morning as well as looking to settle on the name of a new National Security adviser. Its been a brutal week for this new administration and its not over yet. General flynn is a wonderful man. I think he has been very, very unfairly by the media, as i call it the fake media in many cases. President trump defending the man he just fired. National security adviser Michael Flynn and slamming the Intelligence Leaks that exposed flynns lies about his communication with a Russian Ambassador. Its very, very unfair what happened to general flynn the way he was treated and the documents and papers that were illegally, i stress that, illegally leaked is. Reporter now threatening to effect their agenda. Of course im concerned. Reporter but some republicans are towing the president s line showing more interest in the legality rather than flynns ties to russia. We need to find out who the leaking moles are. Reporter the chairs of the House Oversight committees directing an immediate investigation into whether classified information is mishandled. Theres going to be a bipartisan investigation. All of this is going to be in the context of that and were looking for facts and were looking for everything and were looking for details. Reporter a Small Bipartisan Group of the Senate Judiciary committee is calling for an expanded investigation asking the department of justice and the fbi for a briefing and release of transcripts for flynns conversations with russia as democrats call for a larger independent investigation. The American People have a right to know. Reporter but key republicans continue to exist. On the flynn issue we need to ask questions first and find out whether the scope of that investigation speech. The turmoil over flynns resignation also overshadowing the high profile visit from benjamin netanyahu. Seth the president breaking from decades of u. S. Foreign policy abandoning a solution to middle east peace. No longer insisting on the creation of a palestinian state and making it clear he isnt giving netanyahu a blank check. As with any successful negotiation both sides will have to make compromises. You know that, right . Reporter and in another blow the president s pick for labor secretary with drawing his nomination a day before he is set to get a hearing over eroding support and his Business Record and personal character issues. On top of all of this were still waiting to hear the extent of which the administration will revise or rewrite the controversial travel ban thats been tied up in the courts. The president today holds a listening session with members of congress. Joining us now is jim jordan from ohio. Important stuff to talk about, about the potential future for health care and then we have the news of the moment. The president putting out word that he believes that Michael Flynn is a wonderful man and that it was the media treating him unfairly. He just fired this man. Compelled his resignation. Does this tape by the president concern you about what you still dont know about that situation. Staff cant mislead the people they work for. So i understand that and why mr. Flynn is no wonder working at the white house. I get that. Second lets let the Intelligence Committee do their work. If further investigation is warranted and im open of that. Supportive of that if thats what the facts point to. Lets do that but lets also as they said yesterday lets also look at this leak issue. Lets get all the information for the American People. Lets start first with the Intelligence Committee and lets get the facts from them and then we can proceed. Now part of the facts here already need to be highlighted because there is political speculation going on on the side of lets look at the leaks. Why was Michael Flynn wiretapped. We do not know that Michael Flynn was wiretapped but it keeps being said by people that want these investigations into the leaks and it deserves to be called out. Also what deserves to be called out and im interesting to see if you agree with this. You want to look at the leaks but you do not look at the under lying substance that lead to the leaks. Im open to all of that but lets proceed in a deliberate way here. Lets let the committees get the fact. If the committee wants to do more im willing to do that. We did that in the last administration and ive never been one accused of not being tough in our own party. You can ask former Speaker Boehner about disagreements we had. Im willing to do that but lets proceed to get the facts from the American People including how this leak happened. How classified information was given to the press. How that is out there and as you point out the wiretap and everything, what was behind all of that as well. I dont know if there was a wiretap. Weve always had leaks and thats not something thats new and certainly this president just because we always had it doesnt make it right. Lets get to the bottom of it. Look im not. Mentioned him as much as he could and thats politics. You encompass half a dozen probes by five different committees. The formation of a select House Committee, 33 hearings. The Foreign Affairs committee. The Oversight Committee had hearings for a long, long time. It was years after and when you get to the point where he is misleading the American People and we know secretary clinton mislead the American People thats what warranted it. You know that the white house is saying you have the president thats blaming the media. You have discrepancies of fact here and you have broad or broader implications of National Security when you dont seem as urgent about it. And chris, no. Im going to take the same approach we took with the example you brought up in benghazi affair. Well take the same approach. Lets get the facts. If the Oversight Committee needs more work well do that. If theres a requirement im open to that as well and lets proceed in the same manner we did. Which was when you started to sniff out political resistance to getting to what you saw as the truth you went to a bigger situation. And an independent spirit. And cant waste time having republicans investigate republicans. You guys are in control of all of these committees. The idea that it would be done divorced from partisanship is hard to see given the lack of curiosity from republicans about the flynn situation thus far. Theres not a lack of curiosity on my part. And lets do this in the right way the American People deserve. And we just havent seen the political capitol being expended here that would give confidence that you want to do it. And saying they have valentines Day Breakfast with their spouses. And he was joking but its because the whole thing is a joke. Its a very serious issue both what happened with the communication and the leak itself and i think we should get to the bottom of it and proceed in a straightforward fashion and if further investigation is warranted im open to that as well but lets proceed like we should and get the truth. Should the transcript be put out . Im open to that too. Lets see but we want to make sure that its put out in the right way and redacted if theres serious classified information there. So im open to that as well but lets proceed through this in a deliberatio deliberative fashion and lets go to all accounts. Ill take you at your word about how we proceed on Michael Flynn. Well see what you do and dont do and well take the scrutiny from there. The president may say the media developed this. We both moe thats not true on the face of the facts. This is about what Michael Flynn did, how it was dealt with within the white house and how it became exposed but were not talking about getting people jobs, about a tax agenda and all the things supposed to be done that waved in the Trump Presidency. How much of a distraction it coming from the white house. Conservatives unveiled it. Thats michael. You guys are talking about the flynn situation. We could be talking about the press conference on a key issue. One that the American People do repeal a law thats a complete disaster where the American People were lied to about what this law is going to do. Like your plan, keep your plan. Deductibles will decline. Emergency room visits will decline. We were also told the coops were going to be wonderful. Everything they were told was a lie and we have come forward with a plan to repeal it and past the same legislation we passed a year and a half ago. Just like on president obamas desk. And then the plan put forward which is free market and patient centered health care. Thats what we want to put in place. I want to talk about it as a qualification because its a matter of National Security because if you flipped parties and you had a russian spy ship off the coast you have been buzzing the u. S. Navy ship and the president of the United States as a democrat said nothing and you would be going nuts. We had what mike flynn did. Theres plenty of questions and it doesnt matter to the American People. Will you repeal the things you need to. Estimates go anywhere from 20 to 25 of premium increases. Youre removing a lot of revenue mechanisms. How are you going to keep costs down. We want a marketplace to form again. We want a marketplace to form again. The only way you can do that is to repeal all of obamacare and then put in place the kind of Insurance Market that will actually bring down costs. Right now we dont have a market out there. You encourage Health Savings accounts and allow interstate shopping for insurance. Much more high deductible plans that dont have all the mandated coverages in them. Plans cheaper and high deductibles are what youre trying to avoid. Not high deductibles catastrophic plan but you put in a market that will allow those kind of things to happen. Thats what is going to bring down costs. Right now theres so much mandated coverage in every single plan, some people dont need all the coverage but they have to buy a plan that drives up the cost. Preexisting conditions werent getting covered. Caps were closing people out of treatment they needed. Those protections are not just popular. They were important. They are important and theyre part of the plan that mr. Stanford and senator brock brought forward. If you had insurance you cant get kicked off. And oh now, you have to ensure me . That drives up the cost for all family. If youve been responsible you cant get kicked off and theres no lifetime caps on the coverage you can get if you have insurance. Thats going to be a tricky opposition to tell people about when you become sick and you need something maybe you cant get it. These are complex questions. Were going to have to talk them all out and to your point to start this interview it deserves attention. Youll get more time to discuss this situation than anywhere else. I promise you that. I look forward to it. Thank you very much. As we get more detail lets hash this out. Are you giving away answers. I do like a free lunch. Democrats demanding answers about Michael Flynns communication with a Russian Ambassador before President Trump took office. Some lawmakers think theres more here than meets the eye. A member of the Judiciary Committee tells us what theyre looking at next. Weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. 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That was President Trump defending the man he fired as his National Security adviser for the Senate Judiciary committee is asking the fbi and Justice Department to brief them on Michael Flynns contacts with russia and the release of transcripts from those communications. Lets bring in a member of that committee. Hes also the vice chair from the Senate Select committee on ethics. Good morning. Good morning allison. Whats a bigger deal . Michael flynns contact with the Russian Ambassador or the leaks that told the media about it from the Intel Community . Well, the allegations that the Trump Campaign at the high yes levels was in regular contact with russian intelligence are the big deal here and its striking that President Trump is now criticizing what he calls the fake media for having attacked the man he just fired. Man he fired from lying to him or to be more concise. A man he fired at weeks after he knew he lied to him but only fired him after it became clear in the press that he had lied to the Vice President and the president. I encouraged the Senate Judiciary committee on a bipartisan basis is going ahead to find out whats behind general flynns contacts with russian intelligence. I know that you all had an emergency meeting to try to figure out what to do about this. Your republican colleagues dont seem that inclined, some of them, in the house to investigate the substance of the allegations of the connections between the trump team and russia. Theyre more interested in figuring out who is leaking. What do you do as a democrat. As you just heard in a previous interview you have House Committee leaders that found the time to have them in the incidents in benghazi. And through a Concerted Campaign of contacting the Trump Campaign and getting and leaking and directly undermining our democracy. Thats very concerning. I am hopeful that the senate Intelligence Committee which is proceeding on a bipartisan basis will get access to all the relevant information. All the reportings of conversations and emails and move forward to investigate this. I am on the Senate Judiciary committee and Foreign Relations committee. Both of which have indicating a willingness to pursue this as it goes. And defending our constitutional order. The people that have seen the transcripts that there isnt a smoking gun and you dont hear Michael Flynn say yes when we get into the white house we will ease sanctions. Its not that clear. So if its something vague like the Russian Ambassador, you need to talk about sanctions. He says well get to that. Michael flynn ought to be called to testify with come my tees and congress. Im not going to comment on the specifics that youre referring to. I think theres a lot to look at here. Its important that we proceed in a thorough way. You sound like you know something. Have you seen transcripts. You heard about the transcripts. I think its important that we have general flynn testify but theres a lot of information here allison and its misleading for folks to site one transcript. If theres a large body of data connect the dots for me. The Trump Administrations relationship with russia is what . Well, thats exactly the question we need to get to the bottom of. Its interesting and important here. Not just what the Current Trump administration with russia is and will be and whether that complicates our National Security and what the Trump Campaign had with senior levels of the russian government or officials. Its reported in many sources that four senior Trump Campaign officials were already under investigation by the fbi. And we need to let that two where it goes and then make sure on a bipartisan basis and does not impact our National Security. And its encouraged a bipartisan bill thats called restraining russias aggression. And both republicans and democrats including republicans and democrats in leadership and it is a show of bipartisan concern about complicated relationships between President Trump and russia. Certainly one of the areas throughout the course of the campaign and the first few week of this Trump Administration that caused real concern for our allies in europe is mr. Trumps repeated statement of praise for Vladimir Putin that is a thug and murdered journalists and his political opponents and invaded neighboring countries and sought to undermine our democracy correctly. So why does he want to look into it. Thats a great question allison. And i think President Trump rather than attacking the real news such as cnn and rather trying to change the subject should be calling on his allies to fully investigate this matter. President trump and Vice President pence ought to be coming clean in directly addressing this matter so that we can all move on or so that it can be appropriately resolved and addressed. Please come back when you have any more information to share with us. Thank you. Thanks for being on new day. President trump tweeting about leaks again but not about what we learned about the ties to russia. Is he focussing on the wrong thing . We discuss what might be going on strategically, ahead. Knowing where you stand has never been easier. Except when it comes to retirement. At fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. And well help you make decisions for your plan. To keep you on track. Its your retirement. Know where you stand. To keep you on track. Just checking my free credit score at credit karma. What the . Youre welcome. I just helped you dodge a bullet. But i was just checking my. Shhhhh. Dont you know that checking your credit score lowers it. Just be cool. 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Serve taking their stance on whether leaks are good or bad predictably but theres two things going on. One is connections to russia which you can have an issue with and we can investigate that and there is the issue of a systematic leaking campaign because the Intelligence Community decided they dont like this and that can be dangerous as well. And both can be alt the same time. Which is more important . Getting to the substance to leaks. Theres republicans in the house going to focus on the leaks with their precision. You have to do both. You have to at least do both. I do think a lot of the headlines about the russia stuff are more salacious than what looks like a lot of circumstantial evidence in the actual reporting. Protect fbi whistleblowers in no consequence and close proximity to when he had a plan to go after hillary clinton. He said we have so much stuff to last us two years and it happened that the fbi had been leaking about that investigation and fuelling a lot of speculation about it. Now we dont like leaks. Do you see a bit of hypocrisy in this. Of course theres hypocrisy but this is exactly what Mary Catherine said. Its all fun and games until theres you. Im sure wikileaks started leaking his tax returns and stuff like that. We talked about yesterday he was embracing Julian Assange or appeared to at one point. These are all things that when the tables are turned politicians dont tend to like. So he is not calling for an investigation into these leaks. I know he might have an independent broker come in to look at the intelligence agencies. This is all something, ive seen this movie before. Right. We have seen it half a dozen times. He had half a dozen repeated Committee Meetings and hearings and investigations into benghazi. 33. 7 million of taxpayer money so why, to your point, why wouldnt he launch an investigation into the substance of the allegation. I think he may even actual dloi that. I heard him telling you guys were open to where this heads but i think you do have to expect that no, the Oversight Committee is not going to do what they should do every single day. Thats just a fact of life. To a republican, you flip the parties here you have a spy ship off the coast, planes buzzing our ships and missiles being launched and the president says nothing and theres Constant Contact between that president s staff and russia. I can imagine jim jordan saying we need to proceed with all deliberate speed here. Lets take it easy. Welcome to washington. This is the reality. I do think its disruptive. This is just reason. You said you were going to clean it up and it wasnt selfserving anymore. And with president obama despite the fact that people died in benghazi many folks say why are we investigating that . I also think this is worth investigating and people man their battle stations and here they are. It doesnt mean that its good. It means its going to be part of the game in the democratic presidency and perhaps we should be upset about both of them. Your excusing current behavior a little bit but part of this is what happens and what should happen. I see it objectively. I dont know how you can be look at these questions if you certainly would if you flipped parties. Im with you on that. What i am say as good that it does strike many on the right and its a trust issue with the media. It does strike many. Why are we pretending theyre brand new that they existed before and theyre running around with their hair on fire about every single issue of a Trump Campaign, Trump Presidency when they did not do the same about something as big as benghazi is an issue. And people are within their rights to look back and go wait a second. You guys werent making a big deal about it when obama came around. I regret its not a big deal now. Im not running around with my hair on fire. Ill tell you that. It is flammable. The president breaking decades of u. S. Foreign policy backing off the twostate solution. Does that mean its dead . What does that mean . We discuss it next. So they can keep watch over operations below the sea, even from thousands of feet above. Because safety is never being satisfied. And always working to be better. A two state solution in the middle east. Take a listen. Two state and one state and i like the one that both parties like. Im very happy with the one that both parties like. I can live with either one. The israeli Prime Minister is laughing. Is that good . Lets discuss with with aaron david miller. He has helped numerous secretaries of state formula u. S. Policy on arab negotiations. And the International Center and you worked with both sides of the aisle with left and right stripe so the premise is this my friend. What we have done to this point has yielded no peace. Why not throw it all out and say well go with whatever works. It will lead you to that conclusion chris. Its a prime directive. To disrupt without thinking through carefully. And kaushlly the implications of what it is theyre doing and yeah the two state solution is in deep trouble. The problem is to unmoor it from american policy now without an alternative i think is neither wise nor warranted. Again in another universe you have an administration that would have a policy review. They do consultations and they do their Due Diligence and then explore their options so in this case its very similar to other things. When china, nato and sometimes they end up, this administration ends up circling back to embrace the very concept that they have rejected. So the criticism is some what the same and then takes on an additional layer which is yeah but it didnt work and this is a largely academic reckoning that you have of a constipated process that yielded nothing. Trump is a deal maker and he said whatever you guys want is fine. Figure it out. Well help as we can and that sounds pretty good to the uninitiated here. What do they need to think about in order to scrutinize what they have heard about our course forward as the United States. Well, you know, u. S. Foreign policy isnt like ordering off of a chinese menu in an old style Chinese Restaurant where you basically choose between one from column a and one from column b. The u. S. Has a policy clearly a two state solution is largely not because of what the u. S. Has done or not done but because the israelis and palestinians are unable to create their own environment for a negotiation. I would argue its the least bad option but there maybe others and the Trump Administration is going to explore the possibility of engaging the arab state which is is smart. The problem is you cannot escape the reality that israelis and palestinians caught in this conflict and living on top of one another are going to have to figure out a way to deal with their proximity problem and to date the best and most logical strategy is some sort of separation through negotiations into, well, two states. Living side by side in peace and security. Hard to implemented, chris, but it seems to me, without having another alternative thats compelling you end up essentially break down the house before youre prepared to construct another and just one additional point, fiction and illusion can be very important. Millions of people in this country believe in angels and millions of kids believe in the tooth fairy. That can be useful. Take it easy. They can be very useful and i think in this case, the two states solution is worth keeping until you can identify an alternative im not sure you can. To disstrakt you from destroying my childrens belief system let me take you to another belief of the American People right now which is fatigue. We had it. It doesnt work in the middle east. Its always the same generation or iterations often accented by violent conflict and on going terror but this is the way it is. Why should it be such a big focus for the United States anyway. Maybe trump is right. Let them figure it out. If you ask me to identify the three core american interests in the middle east right now put Israeli Palestinian peace as much as i care about it and work to try to accomplish it would not be one of the top three objectives. Protect the homeland but do it in a smart way. Not by invading other countries or engaging in trillion dollar social science experiments. Number two, maintain an access to oil. Energy security and independence to the degree youve been created and doing everything you can to prevent the you are jens with a nuclear weapon. Without exaggerating the iranian threat. Those are the things we should care about because those are the three things that concern American Security and american prosperity. We can play a role. Lets do it. But why should we undermine our credibility by chasing after a problem when the israelis and palestinians arent willing to take the decisions required to end their own conflict. Doesnt add up chris. Appreciate it as always. Great to be with you. So you want to hear this spelled out in more detail . Of course you do. Please check out the oped on cnn. Com right now. Vladimir putins regime kicked our next guest out of russia. What does he want to tell President Trump about russia late senator thats next. For millions of baby boomers theres a virus out there. A virus thats serious, like hiv, but it hasnt been talked about much. 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President trump avoiding questions about any link between his campaign and russia. Multiple sources say high level trump advisers were in, quote, constant communication with russian officials during the Trump Campaign. Our next guest, david sadder is the author of the less you know the better you sleep. He is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a scholar of russia. He has the distinction of being the only american journalist to be expelled from russia since the cold war. Mr. Satter, thanks for being here. Thank you. What did you do to arouse the eyre of the kremlin . Of course, its hard for me to know whats on their minds, but i think it was more a question of what they thought i was going to do on the basis of what i had reported and written about in the past. I wrote about the role of terrorism in the creation of the putin regime which is a very sensitive topic for them. Its actually very important for us, now that were talking about a partnership with russia and the war on terror. Of course, its very important to know who our partners are and how they feel about terror. So what does your journalistic sense tell you about this confluence of circumstances we find ourself in right now . Most recently, spy ship off the coast, russian planes buzzing u. S. Ships, missile being launched. No word on any of that from a president who said the obama days of weakness are over, im all about talking tough. The president s long list of protecting and insulating russia here in what has become a bizarre kind of affinity to putin and the kremlin. Whats your take on all of those circumstances . Well, for one thing, the buzzing of american ships, the provocations, the invasion of airspace, thats been going on for a long time. That was going on during the obama administration. Its also notable that the russians threaten nuclear war after the annexation of crimea. That also took place before trump was elected president. It may well be that he hasnt had time to react or has not yet formulated a policy. Whats really worrying, at least for me, is the constant talk that russia can be an ally and we can Work Together with russia against the islamic state. Whats wrong with that . Why cant the u. S. Work with russia against isis . There are a lot of reasons. For one thing, russia wages war in a manner thats completely different than the way in which a western power would wage war, and its unacceptable to us. It involves massive civilian casualties. They carpet bombed their own city in 1995. 20,000 dead in five weeks. And in aleppo and in syria, the casualty rate from russian bombings is eight times as high as it is the civilian casualty rate, as in the case of western air operations. Russians bomb indiscriminately, and if we were in a partnership with them, their crimes would be attributed to us. The other point is, in fact, they cooperate with terrorists. How does that apply itself to isis . Again, help people understand because the notion is, well, we saw what was happening in syria. Russia was dedicated to going after isis there, so they could be a good ally. Youre saying aside from their methods, do you believe theres an intentionality there on russias part to want to deal with isis . I dont think there is. I think ever since their intervention in syria began, theyve been talking about a war against the islamic state. But the people that theyve been fighting have not been the islamic state. Theyve been groups that have been, if not allied with us, groups that we feel are a better alternative than either assad or the islamic state. Whether thats right or wrong is beside the point. The russians are not cooperating with our view of the situation, and they wont cooperate. I know you say that you believe mr. Trump is dangerously naive. He often watches our program. What would you say to donald trump to get him to see putin the way you do . Well, there are a number of things. One thing, he ought to look at the 1999 apartment bombings that brought putin to power. The bombings were attributed to chech interrorists. Theres no evidence and never has been ever evidence that they were carried out by chech ins, but were carries out by the Russian Security services to bring putin to power. In fact, three fsb agents were arrested in september 1999 putting a bomb into a building that didnt explode. He should also look at the tsarnaev case. Putin mentioned that he gave an order to the head of the russian fsb telling them not to provide any further information to the United States, including the state, including that the older of the two tsarnaev brothers spent six months in dagestan and was in contact with islamic extremists. What are the chances that he could get a different putin, a more friendly putin, a better putin than weve seen in the past . Putin isnt going to change because trump smiles at him or because weve this theory has been tried out by every president except Ronald Reagan since the second world war. And its never worked. You cant deter a russian leader whose first concern is controlling his own population by smiling at him or being nice to him. He wants respect only because its so much different from what he really deserves. David satter, thank you for all of your expertise in this field. Very interesting to talk to you. Well speak again. Thank you. Bye. Following a lot of news this morning. Lets get right to it. General flynn has been treated very, very unfairly by the fake media. We need an investigation and we need to have questions answered. Paul manafort and general flynn must testify. Papers are being leaked, things are being leaked. Its criminal action. These leaks should be investigated, but theyre being used as misdirection. Thats the art of the deal. Im looking at twostate and onestate. I could live with either one. Israel stands with you. There was a pretty massive cloud hanging over puzder. Andrew puzder will not be the next labor secretary. This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Up first, the Trump Administration wrestling with several crises. Two House Republicans asking the Inspector General to investigate leaks of classified information following the firing of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Equal urgency to look into the substance that led to those leaks, and all these questions about contact with russia in the Trump Administration not so much. A lot of republicans are refusing a broad probe of this situation. In another bizarre twist, the president is defending the very man he ousted, calling him a wonderful man and seeming to blame the media for why flynn had to go. This is not the only highprofile exit, by the way. Trumps labor nominee withdrawing his name because of ethical issues. We are in day 28 of the Trump Presidency. Lets begin with cnns joe johns live at the white house. Joe. Reporter chris, there are kwo continuing calls for a special investigation on capitol hill. The president this m