This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Heres our breaking news on the russia investigation. The new court filing from the special counsels office recommending no prison time for former Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn. Muellers team cites the benefit the government has thus far obtained from the defendants substantial assistance. It goes on to say some of that benefit may not be fully realized at this time because the investigations are ongoing. Flynns pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about conversations with the former Russian Ambassador. He is the first high ranking trump advisor who agreed to cooperate with the special counsels probe. Lets bring in cnns sara murray. Good evening to you. Whats your biggest take away from this memo . Its got to be the words substantial assistance and the memo for all it is redacted it does lay out how much Michael Flynn cooperated. Hes been cooperating for over a year. The filing shows he sat for 19 interviews with the special counsels offi
Its irrelevant if democrats or trump or many in the Government Shutdown because the reality is the American People are the losers when elected leaders cant fulfill one of the most basic elements of their jobs. Funding the government. This morning, trump tried to keep the focus on the border, threatening in three separate tweets to completely shut it down. As if that didnt whip up adequate frenzy, trump said word is a new caravan is forming in honduras. Though trump and congressman and women hyping imaginary border threats want to get paychecks and worry about losing their heat, it would do them some good to face the immediate reality of their own ineptitude. Maybe instead of threats and chaos, theyd come up with a plan to reform our nations broken immigration system. Instead of harming workers who did their jobs. Trump and Congress Need to start doing theirs. Here to help us break it all down, eli stoeckels, White House Reporter for the new york times, and at the table,al sharpton, hos
Threatening in three separate tweets to completely shut it down. As if that didnt whip up adequate frenzy, trump said word is a new caravan is forming in honduras. Though trump and congressman and women hyping imaginary border threats want to get paychecks and worry about losing their heat, it would do them some good to face the immediate reality of their own ineptitude. Maybe instead of threats and chaos, theyd come up with a plan to reform our nations broken immigration system. Instead of harming workers who did their jobs. Trump and Congress Need to start doing theirs. Here to help us, eli stokols, White House Reporter for the l. A. Times. At the table, reverend al sharpton, host of politics nation and president of the National Action network, former dnc Senior Adviser Doug Thornell and jonathan lemire, White House Reporter for the associated press. So at this stage in the game, it almost seems like donald trump is reveling in the dysfunction that hes causing. And this report in the
To this. Farberware neat nest™. Stacked intact™ this is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Heres our breaking news on the russia investigation. The new court filing from the special counsels office recommending no prison time for former Trump National security adviser Michael Flynn. Muellers team cites the benefit the government has thus far obtained from the defendants substantial assistance. It goes on to say some of that benefit may not be fully realized at this time because the investigations are ongoing. Flynns pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about conversations with the former Russian Ambassador. He is the first high ranking trump advisor who agreed to cooperate with the special counsels probe. Lets bring in cnns sara murray. Good evening to you. Whats your biggest take away from this memo . Its got to be the words substantial assistance and the memo for all it is redacted it does lay out how much Michael Flynn cooperated. Hes been cooperating for over a year. The filing shows he