welcome back to the 11th hour. it s a question we have asked repeatedly on this broadcast, why such devotion from the president for his former national security adviser mike flynn, what is it? today, yahoo published a report that flynn says he got a message from the president late last month to quote, stay strong. and the daily beast reporting that trump had to talk flynn into taking a white house job and hopes flynn can it l.a..er return to yet another white house role. adding to the palace intrigue today questions about how much mike pence was kept in the dark on flynn s transgressions. officially, the white house has denied yesterday s new york times story that the trump transition team knew flynn was under investigation as early as january 4th. but a source tells nbc news
into taking a white house job and hopes flynn can it l.a..er return to yet another white house role. adding to the palace intrigue today questions about how much mike pence was kept in the dark on flynn s transgressions. officially, the white house has denied yesterday s new york times story that the trump transition team knew flynn was under investigation as early as january 4th. but a source tells nbc news pence knew nothing about any of this, citing a potential pattern of not informing the vice president and calling that pattern, malpractice or intentional. either are unacceptable. we welcome back to the broadcast, and let s bring in our panel, msnbc anchor and co-host and exactly 50% of the new very well she and rule, which will premiere on this network saturday at 12:00 eastern. ali velshi and matthew news balm, white house reporter for politico whose lates piece got her attention, quote,
someone who has no law enforcement experience at all, really, beyond being attorney general of the state of connecticut. does that human exist right now, given how partisan things are? i like ray kelly. i mean he s on the short list. the thing that trump has to do is find somebody, i agree, that says this is a good pick that both sides can say we agree, back to business with the fbi, not to be a circus, to focus on upholding the law. if it s not lieberman, kelly, other good names there have been. one of the things i find disconcerting about this choice lieberman has ties to a law enforcement in new york that represents donald trump. i think that s unfortunate. and i know the firm a reputable firm, done some work with them but i think that gives it a taint that you don t need. there are plenty of people who are career professionals here who could do this job. okay. we re going to take a break. next, as the russian investigation escalates, a source tells nbc news that vice presid
national security adviser mike flynn. what is it? today, yahoo published a report that flynn says he got a message from the president late last month to quote, stay strong. and the daily beast reporting that trump had to talk flynn into taking a white house job and hopes flynn can it l.a..er later return to yet another white house role. adding to the palace intrigue today questions about how much mike pence was kept in the dark on flynn s transgressions. officially, the white house has denied yesterday s new york times story that the trump transition team knew flynn was under investigation as early as january 4th. but a source tells nbc news pence knew nothing about any of this, citing a potential pattern of not informing the vice president and calling that pattern, malpractice or intentional. either are unacceptable. we welcome back to the broadcast, and let s bring in our panel, msnbc anchor and