democracy, brand-new president, in change for dirt on a political opponent. the president tried to self-deal. tried to bribe the president, president zelensky, for his own political gain. dr. hill said it so i thought interestingly and i ll paraphrase it only, but she said it was a private domestic errand that mr. sondland and others were on. mr. giuliani were on. for the president of the united states. and she realized that she was on a very different path. she was on a path b about sh national security. ironic that secretary of state pompeo is talk iing about natiol security. the threat was from within. it was from this very administration. withholding aid from an aid from a friend who is under invasion by our foe and their foe. withholding military aid in order to bribe a meeting, bribe dirt on a political foe. it s just grave damning evidence so i look forward to getting
support facility central to america s ability to protect power in the region, including in the war in afghanistan end quote. after that briefing, the president wasn t interested in the troops on the base or war in afghanistan and probed two questions, they were quote are the people nice and are the beaches good? this expo say from time magazine, the intelligence community sounding the alarm how the president is not only uninformed but uninterested in details krcritical at the natiol security. it is a terrifying portrait but perhaps not a complete surprised when paired this with. the news outlet got hold of the priva private schedules and show the president spent 60% of his time in quote unstructured executive time. which is code for watching cable news and talking with his
so sort of a mixed bag there for michael flynn. joining me now to discuss, avery freedman, a civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney joining us from las vegas. good to see you as well. richard, you first. if you are his attorney, how do you interpret that? is that a mixed bag of kind of good news/bad news and maybe no news? if i m flynn s attorney, i m happy and telling everyone, he s got a story. you want to hear him out because you want to get immunity for him. fred, he s a three-star army general, form eer head of natiol security. many meetings with russian ambassador kislyak. you think he s got information. as his attorney you want to protect him. the problem is comey is really leading the charge with the fbi investigation and the department of justice. whether or not they ll bring criminal charges against flynn. i think they eventually will bring criminal charges, and that s why they want to get the immunity.
a disservice to american citizens. by having tillerson make this trip to asia, doesn t that automatically mean he matters? if. not necessarily. look, i think rex tillerson is a capable personf. not necessarily. look, i think rex tillerson is a capable person. not necessarily. look, i think rex tillerson is a capable person not necessarily. look, i think rex tillerson is a capable person who ran one of the largest koorcorporations. but it s not clear what kind of relationship does he have with the president, can he speak for the president of the united states, is he one of those few people who can can go out in the world and do that. is he someone who has a plan and vision in skuculpting the natiol security. and so right now he looks like an ornament, not someone who is part of the trump machinery. james mattis does and there are certain other people close to the president. but tillerson needs to sell himself and he s just done himself an incredible self inflicted disservice b