have the fbi back off, if he knew he had violated the bag, he had violated the logan act, if he knew mike flynn violated the logan act and poeshlgly knew mike flynn lied to the fbi about because remember, he wasn t fired when sally yates gave the warning. that would meet the standard that prosecutors have to show. he wasn t asking the fbi to back off because he thought mike flynn was a good guy. he was asking the fbi to back off because he thought mike flynn had broken the law and mike flynn could point the finger and testify to the president himself had broken the law. danny, is there any concern from a prosecutorial standpoint of leaning potentially leaning so much on a witness like general flynn who in court this morning admitted to lying to the fbi? this is a standard problem with any cooperating witness agreement. i mean, routinely the government and state prosecutors, too, will
welcome back to news room. i m george howell. there are reports that at&t is in talk toes buy time warner. that is the parent company of cnn. there s speculation a deal could come as soon as this weekend. brian stellter has more on what could happen if this deal goes through. this could be one of the biggest media mergers of the decade. we re talking about at&t, one of the biggest wireless providers in the united states, poeshlgly coming together with time warner, the parent company of cnn, hbo and warner brothers. right now, neither sides is commenting on these talks, but according to the wall street journal and bloomberg, these talks are now very serious and a deal could be struck as early as monday. according to the journal, there is a desire to get this done by monday morning because at&t is concerned about other potential bidders for time warner. so let me unpack what s going on here. a couple years ago, rupert