organization. they were either again inspired or directed by other people who wanted to do harm against civilians. i think the working hypothesis has to be tonight based on use of explosives, the fact that the individual went to a place where they knew there would be several hundred innocent civilians gathered there, that this wpers acts as part of a network. again, you will see all of these activities lead up to a targeting package understanding the cell of individuals that may have been connected to this individual and you see steel on argument and potential drone strikes in syria if it s connected to isis. jeremy bash, thank you so much for being art part of our coverage tonight. for those watching just when initial word came in from manchest manchester, we had been talking about a blockbuster story in the washington post which we are minutes away from getting to ourselves. that s when our investigative
presidency, he s had trouble of getting on the same page with his aides sometimes. he s called this a witchhunt, he underhandedly demeans the special prosecutor and what nikki haley is saying. this can go a long way in answering the questions and a lot of the questions in a way that people are satisfied, that people feel like we ve gotten to the truth and that the investigation wasn t compromised. because bob mueller running the investigation now is a man of such high integrity and is well respected in washington. in the meantime, you wrote a blockbuster story that has washington buzzing and was all weekend long, saying that the russia probe has reached a current senior white house official. that that person is a significant person of interest. tell us a little bit more about that, but let s go to the next step and what your sense is. so now you have jason chafefetz with the phone call today with comey. the senate wants to do an interview with comey.
zakaria s take. people that were likely dreading the 5:00 hour by tehe end of the week, it seemed a new blockbuster story would come out right about that time. joining me to discuss is an all republican panel. all conservatives. brett stevens in pulitzer prize winning columnist now with the new york times. george frum, ron kessler, a long-time investigative journalist, now author and opinion writer. where does this where do we stand in the investigation? how should we think about this? you should be prepared to accept that even if the most heinous version of the facts proves to be true, there may not
back to our top story this morning. the breaking news of the resignation of national security adviser michael flynn. it follows a blockbuster story in the new york times about chaos in the national security council and the fitness to lead in the times of crisis. the times reported, quote, several staff members said that mr. flynn who was a career army officer was not familiar with how to call up the national guard in an emergency, for, say, a natural disaster like hurricane katrina or the detonation of a dirty bomb in the american city. his primary responsibility is to set up the procedures that would allow the deputies to meet, the principles to meet in the national security council in order for them to move forward recommendations to the president of the united states who makes the final decision. as far as i know, none of those processes have been put in place. we re almost a month into this
goodell. i think there is a sense because deflategate was not well put together. howie: i have got 20 seconds. you live in the atlanta area. do you think the falcons have been overshadowed in the super bowl coverage? the falcons are opponents. they drive influence and inspiration from that it s not the cowboys. the falcons are a good team. howie: thanks for joining us from houston. the blockbuster story on steve bannon turned out to be riddled with errors. i wanted to know who i am and where i came from. i did my ancestrydna and i couldn t wait to get my pie chart.