2016 and the russian government. That eventually the investigation will bear that out. He said to be fair because of it. On top of that, he turns to Hillary Clinton and the deleted emails. He was asked by the New York Times reporter whether the department of justice should investigate that matter again . To that, the president said, what i have done is, i have absolute right to do what i want to do with the Justice Department, but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, i have stayed uninvolved with this particular matter. The president also moved on to some other domestic issues and said he is willing to work with democrats on daca. Its a provision under the Obama Administration to protect the socalled dreamers, the illegaly brought to the United States as children. They want to Work Together on daca, but he wants democrats to agree to build a wall on the southern border and to end a chain migration. The president also turned to International Matters in his i
Good morning, everybody. Welcome to your new day. Its friday, december 29th. 8 00 in the east. Bill weir joins me. Its almost the new year. Almost 2018. Trump tells the New York Times he thinks mueller will be fair to him, but he says the russia investigation makes us look bad. Mr. Trump insisted 16 times there was no collusion between his campaign and russia. Trump telling the times he has a absolute right to do whatever he wants with the Justice Department, and he boasts about how much he knows the bills being passed through congress. Lets begin in west palm beach, florida. We will not get an end of the year press conference, and i guess this is the next best thing . Reporter i guess so. The president yesterday was fresh off of the golf course and really interested in talking to a New York Times reporter, and he went on for 30 minutes talking about the russia investigation to his knowledge of the tax bill and of health care. He said some interesting things in this interview about his
Good morning, im Rick Leventhal on this last friday of 2017. Well ring in the new year together. Good morning. President trump railing against north korea and china in a New York Times interview. The president sounding off in the special counsel investigation and indicating he has faith in Robert Mueller and the outcome saying lets just say i think that bob mueller will be fair and Everybody Knows that there was no collusion. Rich edson is traveling with the president live in West Palm Beach, florida. Hi, rich. Good morning, julie. He brought up that investigation and denied that there was any collusion between his campaign and the russian government during the 2016 election. Did so about a dozen times in a 30minute interview. He also then asked about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her deleted emails saying what ive done, i have absolute right to do. What i want to do with the Justice Department. But for the purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, i
Under renewed scrutiny. Good morning and welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Good friend, my friend. Good morning to all of you. 4 00 a. M. In east. Much of what we want ton we w to know is behind bars with special Counsel Robert Mueller recommending no jail time for president trumps former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn because of, quote, substantial help in the russia probe. Much of what flynn told the special counsel remains shrouded in secrecy. The report was heavily redacted, but mueller says, quote, flynns early cooperation convinced others to be forthcoming and that flynns lies about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador in late 2016 were repeated by senior Trump Transition Team members. Flynns full account of events has been one of the bestkept secrets in washington as mueller puts together the final pieces of his case. More now from cnns sara murray in washington. Reporter good morning. President trumps former National Security adviser Mic
Michael flynn has provided, quote, substantial assistance to the russia investigation and should not get jail time. Thats the big news from special counsel Robert Muellers court filing on tuesday night. Now the filing, a sentencing memo, comes after flynn has cooperated with muellers team for more than a year. Sitting for 19 interviews with the special counsel and other Justice Department offices. The memo appears to show that flynn help the Justice Department with at least three ongoing investigations. References to two of the investigations are almost completely redacted. Flynn also cooperated with the special counsels investigation into links or coordination between the russian government and members of the Trump Campaign as well as interactions between the Trump Transition Team and russia. This amid the flurry of activity from the special counsels team. Last week Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress. Prosecutors accuse former chairman Paul Manafort of lying to the spec