members are already home and say they aren t going to come back to vote on anything. sandra. sandra: what does the president say about mexico not paying for the wall right now? he was just addressing this on twitter where he wrote this. i often stated one way or the other mexico was going the pay for the wall. this has never changed. our new deal with mexico and canada, the usmca is so much better than the old costly and anti-usa nafta deal. just by the money we save mexico is paying for the wall. and lawmakers here are normally motivated by weekends or holidays just to get stuff done. there is a lot of real serious talk about them being here on christmas, sandra. sandra: all right. thank you. bill: want to get back to the developments on the michael flynn matter and see where it s going. here is the judge, andrew napolitano. you ve read through the story and seen the documents. was michael flynn set up? i think he probably was. the f.b.i. was knocking on his
part of the manafort case that may endangerle a big d.c. law firm and two big d.c. pr firms. prosecutors from the southern district of new york now aggressively pure pursuing that. the new york times reports today a different set of federal prosecutors in the eastern district of virginia are also moving ahead with a case that relates to the michael flynn matter. the times reports today that a senior federal prosecutor in the eastern district of virginia has empanelled a grand jury and is looking into illegal lobbying associated with the nation of turkey. and this appears to be some sort of offshoot of the michael flynn case. so all of this stuff is happening all at once. and actually, in just a couple of minutes, we re going to be talking another couple of developments that arose today at the justice department itself. one potential candidate to be attorney general just floated by the white house. the other big justice department development today is something that is a really big su
that was reported in the daily beast yesterday. so, all of these things seem to be sort of wrapping, right, or coming to important benchmark moments. manafort is going to have a big day tomorrow. cohen is going to have a big day tomorrow. george papadopoulos is free tomorrow. the butina case seems to be wrapping up right now. in addition to that stuff we mentioned on last night s show, the a.p. has reported prosecutors in the southern district of new york appear to be moving forward quickly now with something related to the paul manafort case. the paul manafort illegal lobbying in ukraine case. and the way they are moving forward with it, it appears to be the part of the manafort case that may entangle a big d.c. law firm and two p.r. firms. federal prosecutors from southern district of new york aggressively pursuing that according to the a.p. in addition to that, the new york times reports a different set of federal prosecutors in the eastern district of virginia, they are also movi
jon: divesting himself and participation of running his business is not enough for you? it s not about me or you, i think it is about how do the american people see it and what are the rules of law? if you ask the american people right now, you see it s about 35% or so say he is not draining the swamp, another 30% or so say there is no change. only about a quarter of american people say donald trump came to washington and is draining the swamp. with regard to the law, the law previously this is a big issue. the president cannot benefit from the presidency in this way in terms of his is this activity. jon: of course there is the michael flynn matter. i don t want it to sound too harsh, but obviously michael flynn did not disclose some of the income he had and ties to russia on some of his national security forms.
in an interview with fox news, donald trump jr. seems to corroborate james comey s events in the michael flynn matter. flynn says he never told comey or even suggested for him to drop the flynn probe. here s donald trump jr., though. you and i have both known my father a long time. when he tells you to do something, guess what? there is no ambiguity in it. there s no, hey, i m hoping. you and i are friends. hey, i hope this happens but you have to do your job. for this guy, a politician, to then go back and write a memo, he felt so threatened, but he didn t do anything. sally, the only problem with that is he seems to confirm, at least comey s testimony. that s not what his father said. his father said he didn t have that conversation. he didn t seem to confirm, he confirmed it. he said, that is what my father said. and did you notice the terror in his eyes when he talked about, when my father says do something, do something?