Topping this hour of 360, we have breaking news in the fallout of Michael Flynns departure and reportedly Constant Contact between trump advisers and russian contacts. The what do you know, jim . For the time being, barring new information, the fbi has decided theyre not going to charge Michael Flynn for those calls. Mr. Flynn has been forthcoming and truthful in his conversations with the fbi, were told, and why he may not be able to remember all the details they dont believe he was being infinancialtensionall misleading and that has led them not to file charges against him. His clearance hassan about take takeen away, correct . Its suspended. En told that th im told that standard when questions are raised. So it could be reinstated at a later time, but it does show the seriousness with which the Intelligence Community is treating these remaining questions here. Im toad th im told this by an official in the defense Intelligence Community, its the dia, the department he used to head. N
When he speaks tonight, mr. Trumps words and tone could go a long way toward determining how much of his ambitious agenda gets through congress and how many of his Campaign Promises he can actually keep. Lets check things out with wolf blitzer, whos standing by. Wolf . The president is signaling a dramatic shift on his signature issue of immigration. He personally told me and other news anchors today that he believes the time is right to pass a new comprehensive immigration bill. It could allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay here in the United States legally. We may hear more details on that in the speech thats coming up. Also the president will renew his call to congress to repeal and replace obamacare, but its not clear if theyll give gop lawmakers the direction they are hoping for as they struggle with details that are complicated. As the president addresses National Security challenges, tonight a senior white house official says mr. Trump now believes that north korea
Done was particularly striking. Director comey is a respected career Law Enforcement official, Public Servant. He was fired essentially through the press. He found out that he had been fired while he was speaking to fbi personnel in los angeles. There were press reports that a letter had been delivered to the fbi headquarters. Thats about as brazen and aggressive a way as you can fire somebody. As you referenced here, President Trumps letter saying you have told me three times im not under investigation just seems to protest too much the idea that theres nothing going on here other than sort of clearing the decks. I will remind you, director comey is just in the third year of his tenyear term. If this really was the reason for his firing, why wasnt he fired in the first few days of the Trump Administration . What happens now . Democrats can wring their hands and say there should be a special prosecutor. How does that happen unless its from the department of justice, from Rod Rosenstein
One point on the timeline after another, one tweet, one letter, one prior statement after another, all of it casting doubt on the official line. In fact, we learned that director comeys firing came as he was seeking more resources for the russia probe. We saw reports citing people close to the president , including one by the New York Times in which russia figured highly in mr. Trumps decision. And again, we dont have to guess here. We know the president s thoughts about the investigation because as we know, the president likes to tweet, again and again including just two days ago. Quote, the russia trump collusion story is a total hoax. When will this taxpayer funded charade end . If he means the half does investigation going on in white house, the answer likely will not please him. Pamela brown joins us with that breaking news. I understand you have new information about the congressional Russian Investigation about the comey firing. Thats right. In what is the first formal call by a
National security adviser Michael Flynn. His words, according to director comey, i hope you can let this go. This was the day after comey himself had that flynn himself had resigned. Now, again, if true, this memo is a clear sign yet of president ial interference with the investigation into whether members of his Campaign Team colluded with russian officials. And the news comes a day after the revelation that the president revealed covert classified intelligence to russias ambassador and their foreign minister. We have a team of correspondents on this. Pamela brown, jake tapper, jim acosta at the white house, jim sciutto, Phil Mattingly on the hill. Pam brown has new reporting. She starts us off. What are you hearing, pamela . Well, andon, according to sources speaking to myself and my colleague jake tapper james comey the former fbi director wanted to document a specific conversation he had with the president in february where he alleged that the president asked him to end the probe i