Acknowledge flynn is now cooperating with Robert Muellers team. General flynn, do you feel you have betrayed your country . Will your son be indicted . Will trump pardon you . Flynn issued this statement, quote, after over 33 years of military service to our country, including nearly five years in combat away from my family, and then my decision to continue to serve the United States, it has been extraordinarily painful to endure these many months of false accusations of treason and other outrageous acts. Such false accusations are contrary to everything i have ever done, and stood for. He goes on, but i recognize that the actions i acknowledged in court today were wrong, and through my faith in god i am working to set things right. My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the special counsels office reflect a decision i made in the best interests of my family and our country. I accept full responsibility for my actions. We begin, jim acosta at the white house for us for their re
And a decorated former green bray who killed a taliban bomb maker now facing murder charges on death row. How President Trump is stepping in. And sending a message the plan to tax Text Messages, that just got deleted. Fox and friends first starts right now. Been a long night for me somewhere because i said in september and it is december. December 17th almost christmas by the way, good morning to you. Youre watching fox and friends first on this monday morning. Im heather thanks so much for starting your day with us. Lets begin with james comey who is back in the hot seat today. President trump firing become at the ousted fbi director and russia probe this all comes after explosive allegations made in the case of Michael Flynn. Griff jenkins live for us in washington and to sort all of this out for us including what month it is. Good morning chris how are you . Happy december, back in the hot seat when former director sits down with House Republicans theres no shortage of new things to
Donald trumps lawyers have begun preparing him for the special counsel. This is the biggest hint yet that hes preparing for an interview with Robert Mueller and his team. The president has said multiple times, at least publicly, that he wants to sit down with mueller. Mr. President , would you still like to testify to counsel mueller . Would you be willing to speak to counsel mueller . 100 . Are you going to talk to mueller . Im looking forward to it, actually. To reach a higher standard, you would do it under oath, correct . I would do it under oath. Trumps own advisers fear it could expose him to charges of perjury. Lets get straight to pamela brown on this cnn report. Obviously, the lawyers are saying, no, no, no, all kinds of parameters, but if theyre going ahead with preparations for this interview, that is significant what youre reporting tonight. What do you know about these preparations . Clearly theyve entered a new phase with this. Preparations between the president examine h
Fbi was a crime and that he did not wish to challenge the circumstances under which he was interviewed. Judge sullivan telling flynn, quote, you sold your country out. Can i make a really quick point . Yeah. Remember, it was in the last 24 hours that his lawyers were pushing a different narrative that he didnt understand that it was a crime to lie to the fbi. At least trump has been pushing that narrative pretty hard. Flynns attorneys have pushed that out. Nbc intelligence and National Security reporter ken delanian and justice correspondent Pete Williams are live outside the court. Here on set former u. S. Attorney for Southern District Andrew Goldman and danny cevallos. You put your coffee down, turn your volume up and try to understand what just happened. Ken, for anybody who has just joined us, who hasnt been with us for the twists and turns of this over the last 90 minutes or so, what happens happened and is this a good or bad day for Michael Flynn . Its not clear. The hearing did
And on the clock. With time running out to avoid a partial Government Shutdown, the white house signals flexibility on its wall demands. At the end of the day, we dont want to shut down the government. We want to shut down the border. Today with the president probably hoping his christmas break would hurry up and get started. He just suffered through a pretty rough 24 hours. He will have to fold, it looks like, on his border wall funding demands. He watched his former National Security adviser get smacked down by a d. C. Judge. Oh, by the way, his Charitable Foundation forced to close its doors after trump was accused as using it as a personal piggy bank. And hes still got two more days before hes expected to head to maralago. I have a great team to help me break it down but first i want to take a step back and explain exactly what were looking at here. Right now President Trump is on the cusp of a 16day vacation. When he gets back, democrats will be in the control of the house and wit