Might never view this war the same way again. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Stunning news from the white house minutes ago about why it took the Trump Administration 18 days from the moment they were warned about their National Security advisers possibly having been compromised by the russians until the moment that President Trump finally requested the resignation of former Lieutenant General Michael Flynn. White House Press Secretary sean spicer said the white house did not know how to take the warning from then acting attorney general sally yates because they did not think she was a trump supporter. Its a stunning admission when you consider the high stakes of what yates was alerting the white house to and the petty partisan politics the administration apparently allowed to cloud their judgment. Yesterday was the first time that the public heard the story directly from yates on her surprise upon hearing that Vice President pence and other senior white
Playing sean spicer speeding around the streets of new york on the Briefing Room podium. Joining us now, is the former u. S. Ambassador to russia. And a former kgb spy whos the author of deep undercover. Good evening to all of you. Cnn learned today that Deputy Attorney general Rob Rosenstein doesnt see a need for a special prosecutor in the russian meddling, do you think thats the right decision . No, i dont. I think that the firing of comey and all the things that have happened in the last few days, just underscore the need for an independent prosecutor, or a 9 11 style commission, something that would elevate this to something that would have more credibility. Unfortunately, it looks like the republicans and the senate arent prepared to do that. I think theyre in effect bec e becoming accomplices after the fact to the trump administration. Look at these pictures, pictures like this with the foreign minister lavrov, joking about director comeys firing. Listen to this. Does the comey
Of those polled would prefer an independent commission or a special prosecutor. I want to bring in athena jones. What are you hearing . Reporter this is pretty remarkable, the fact that the president was surprised. He thought he would be applauded for making this move. And if you listen to what he sad judge janine peer ro on fox, he sounded surprised. I was surprised because all of the democrats hated jim comey. They didnt like him. They wanted him fired or whatever. And then all of the sudden they come out with these reports. Look, i thought that this would be a very popular thing that i did when i terminated comey because all of the democrats couldnt stand him. But because i terminated him, they say ah, we get political points, well go against trump. Reporter so there you hear the president saying hes surprised at the reaction but also sliming democrats for this reaction. One more exam. Is on wednesday within amidst the yup roar other his decision, he tweeted out a link that was a ma
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