Thats supposed to provide the particulars. Wait until you see whats in that document. Lets get after it. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The special counsel again saying that general Michael Flynn gave such good cooperation, so substantial, he should serve no time in jail. How did we get here . 2017, Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi to the department of justice about his contacts with Russian Ambassador sergei kislyak. Flynn has been cooperating ever since. The special counsel answers a very early informative question. Did flynn cooperate right away how much was he into cooperating . There has been so much speculating and reporting that he was dragging his feet, he didnt want to cooperate. The special counsel said none of that speculation was true. That he was one of the first with longrange understanding of the campaign and the interactions with russia and other entities to come forward and to cooperate. Thats a key point. He also said Something Else in here. And i t
Security posts a memo about the border wall, and its missing a few words, but dont worry . President build wall high. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. While his personal lawyer and fixer is heading to prison, President Trump is trying to shift the blame and spin the story claiming he did not direct Michael Cohen to break the law which is, of course, a complete contradiction with assertions made by the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york which stated directly in court that the illegal hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and to Karen Mcdougal were done in coordination with and at the direction of President Trump. Mr. Trump also today questioning if the mcdougal payment was ever even made, and technically the president might be correct in that while mcdougal was paid for her silence by the National Enquirer Parent Company ami, theres not yet any evidence that mr. Trump or his organization paid them back. The wall street journ
Melania trump, as she visited soldiersit on two military bases aboard the uss drug, george w. Bush. Heroes that will protect our freedoms as we enjoy the christmas holidays. Just moments, we will show you the highlights of the interview i did an exclusive oneonone interview with the first lady herself. Lf please stay tuned. We will bring you the latest on the sentencing of Michael Cohen and wel will reveal disturbing details surrounding what is really absolutely shameful treatment of a 33 year veteran of this country, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn. Also over at conspiracy tv msnbc, liberal morning joe, part of that team is a very hot water tonight. Well tell you why. Also later, a dangerous terrorist on the loose in france. We will bring you an update on that manhunt and some migrants actually from honduras now demanding reparations from you, the u. S. Taxpayers. Buckle up for you tonight from d. C. , the swamp, tonights breaking news opening monologue. Today i was fortunate enough
Through official ports of spree from seeking asylum. Its the nations biggest rivalry since 1890. Armarmy vs. Navy. We are rivals and after that we are teammates. I just want to feel this moment i just want to feel this moment. Ed the president will see some of those teammates. We have a new teammate on the couch this morning. Welcome dr. Nicole saphier she wore her army green this morning. I do like green. Im going to be neutral today. Pete i cant be. Twine you we have red and green im going to be neutral. Ed he is going to pull you to the army side. I will stand up to the navy today. Pete well done. Absolutely. Im so excited to be here this morning. Pete we will hear more about dr. Nicole saphier today. Maybe you can send us questions. She does know a lot of things. Ed we also are going to see a lot more of this exinterview pete had about b. Netanyahu the Prime Minister. This is a very busy news morning. Pete sometimes we say that and today we mean it. Really big day. Ed special couns
There is so much to process, but were all over it, so lets get after it. All right. The mueller and prosecutor memos are out. The president has never been more wrong than when he tweeted tonight that the new documents from prosecutors totally clear him. In fact, he has never had more to deal with, which is probably why hes attacking the probe and misleading people about the findings. We now know a lot more about where mueller is heading and who must be next. What did Michael Cohen do to get on such a bad side of prosecutors here in new york . And how did he help himself with mueller . We have answers. And then Paul Manafort lying about contacting russians during the campaign and about his contacts with the administration after the campaign. Multiple alleged crimes concerning multiple people and questions about what might connect them. We have the Perfect People to look through all of these pages. We have former u. S. Solicitor general neal and michael. Chief investigative correspondent