competent and able to enter the guilty plea when he did. judge sullivan, are you continuing to accept responsibility for your false statements? general flynn, i am, your honor. that s what we ve gotten so far from inside the courtroom. also, we re told that the judge asked general flynn whether he believed that he was entrapped by the fbi. general flynn responding no, your honor. his attorney did, i should say, no, your honor. ari melber, what do you make of the exchange so far? this is judge sullivan calling bs on mike flynn s last filing. this is rare, i should note. a lot of federal judges don t approach it with quite this much rigor. judge sullivan known to be tough on everyone, definitely on prosecutors, but also in this case on a convicted felon who s pled guilty but then filed last minute material calling into question his own guilty plea, which many people thought, well, which is it? so what i think we re just seeing here in these notes we re
will will will a former department of justice prosecutor and a partner at law. dana, i m sorry, i just lost your feed. looks like i cannot hear me. let me read to you kim strassel tweets, she says the g.o.p. needs to do better calling bs on demands for fbi investigation. fbi background checks of nominee involve interviewing people and putting results in a fire. the report goes white house, senate solely for guidance. the fbi isn t absoluting
how they feel about this, but to quote emma gonzalez, one of the leaders from parkland, these kids, these two we just listened to are calling bs. they re saying there are lawmakers out there who have basically been bought and paid for by the nra. is that acknowledged in the halls of congress, the people get from nra and they must hold positions adhering to what they want? i believe that many people are misreading the power and influence of gun rights groups like the nra. i ve often said the nra s power is not money. its their members. they have large amounts of members who are very active politically and quite vocal all across the country. i think that is really their power. i ve said it s much less about the money. i would argue they re probably not the biggest financial players by far in the political system, but they have members,
this on the fbi director, jim comey. we have seen once an fbi director that was fired and typically that is not something that happens and we have seen one that resigned, and he was appointed by obama, and it would seem very unlikely donald trump would make that move to fire him, and at this point i think it would be difficult for this administration to come out and say they are confident in jim comey given the fact that jim comey, he used the big word, incredulous, which i guess, harvard folks understand. many syllables. break that down, and he s calling bs on what donald trump said, and that s what he is saying there, and we will see what sean spicer has to say today in the press conference. just to follow-up on what nia said, and it s not without precedent to have tension, and bill clinton fires williams, and
voice of reason with an open door policy to anyone who needed her. the former coworkers remembering g werks gwen as forward thinking and a talent of calling bs and a reporter never blinded by the glare of celebrity and just as excited to interview president obama as she was talking with smokey robinson. perhaps most importantly she stood on the side of truth, love, and acceptance. a legacy that we can all carry on as we embark on a new year and a new presidency without her. as we end the show, that s how we will end. earlier this afternoon, first lady michelle obama addressed the white house homelessness summit. here s part of her remarks as we head to break. we do not have that for you. instead that does it for me this