plus, showdown between the u.s. and north korea. at the united nations. will kim jong-un earn his way back to the table? or bring us closer to the brink with another nuclear test? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. stunning but no longer surprising remarks from the president of the united states this morning in which he seemed to dangle the possibility of a presidential pardon for a cooperating witness who has already pleaded guilty to the crime of lying to the fbi. earlier today, president trump was asked about former national security adviser michael flynn who has admitted he lied to federal law enforcement agents about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. i don t want to talk about pardons for michael flynn yet. we ll see what happens. we ll see what happens. he doesn t want to talk about pardoning michael flynn yet. we ll see what happens. it s a remarkable thing to say about special counsel robert mueller s star cooperating witness
flynn pardon. this isn t the first time, you know, they have been on the same page. but what do you read into that, the let s see, and not yet? well, i think the one thing we have seen time and time again from donald trump is use of the phrase we ll see when he s not ready to make a decision. what s that about? i don t know, i think one of the default phrase gs th phrase likes to use, like huge, that he likes to throw in his speech. i don t necessarily see a flynn pardon coming down the pike any time soon. although that said, there is stuff that flynn pled guilty too, they are more of a process crime in terms of the russia investigation, and anythithan a did tore jeopardize security of america. a crime is a crime is a crime. so what you saw from dumt is