understand is the contortions that everyone goes through on what should be basic principles. remember, this memo, when it was first not yet released but released to congress, was going to be damaging to national security, damage to go the fbi. turns out then everyone who is saying that is now saying it means nothing, it s meaningless. it s neither of those things. what it is is important. and it s important because we have to protect our democracy. this is a threat to our democracy. i want to say also, everybody supports the fbi and the department of justice and those who sacrifice so much to keep our country strong and safe. but these instances undermine the integrity of the agencies, the integrity of our court systems and ultimately our democracy and it needs to be addressed. congressman mike turner of the house intelligence committee, thank you for your time, sir, appreciate that. in just about 20 minutes, the democratic view of the memo released. i ll be speaking with virginia
looking at. the fact that flynn kept secret his interview with the fbi i don t think is a big deal. sally yates was fired because she refused to comply with the president s executive order on immigration. you really think that s why sally yates was fired? yes. it s obvious she refused. she s within the department of justice. it s her obligation to carry out executive orders. you in no way think that the white house or don mcgahn, there s no way he would have told the president that sally yates had told them about mike flynn, had urged them about interference, no chance that happened? why would they then take a step to fire somebody and bring even more and for that kind of reason, and bring even more potential trouble upon themselves when it was obvious that the reason sally yates was fired was because she refused quite publicly to comply with the president s executive order. how about the context of the entire administration being
our offices here are doing a great job to keep us secure. reporter: the 2 million spectators for the ball drop will enter through a dozen entry points with multiple layers of security. magn magnetometers, wands, and bag inspections will once again be the price of entry. everyone wants to be here be on tv. reporter: cement barricades, trucks fill wed with sand and blocker vehicles are now part of the tradition. this year, the square s high-rise buildings, the backdrop for its neon glitz will have spotters and snipers after new york s massacre in las vegas. detectives are assigned to each hotel here and working with their security squads. and you will see more k-9 units, specially trained vapor-sniffing dogs able to detect explosives, even under many layers of winter clothes. yet for all the reminders of potential trouble, some are focused on the spirit of the night. it brings a lot of people together. and i think just that, that unity, really it brings a match to this place, y
republican lawmakers, particularly in the suburbs where, in particular, republican women have strayed, or where support is waning. in virginia, you saw say very energized democratic party, sort of remarkably, the same thing in alabama, where democrats haven t elected someone in a very long time to statewide office. so there certainly are a lot of signs out there of potential trouble which is what people here in washington are looking at, which is why you have people in marginal districts announcing that they re retiring and things like that. josh, as you look at some of the reporting, the article from the a.p., for instance, saying it s not as bad as the democrats are making it, and it s not as good as what the republicans are making it, we re talking about the tax plan. if that reporting comes to be
he met with the president and vice president, and i m told they were not happy that this situation was consuming so much air time. shepard: this potential trouble for president trump s national security advisor comes as north korea has successfully tested a midrange missile. this is different than in the past. this happened near the city of kusong, which is about 70 miles north of the capitol. it flew about 300 miles and crashed into the sea of japan. north korean officials say kim jong-un was at the test site. they released this picture of kim jong-un looking at things. he says the test used a new kind of fuel, new to them, solid rocket fuel that could make it easier to launch attacks from mobile launches and harder for americans to detect. what are officials telling you about this missile test? u.s. officials say it was a