instead of fears. even in 1941, we were geographically blessed to be isolated by two massive oceans. now the north koreans are moving to a position where they could obliterate seattle, los angeles, san francisco. and which is why this america first idea that we re going to retreat is the last thing that america need to be doing right now. we have to understand these alliances save us. john, thank you very much. coming up, special counsel robert mueller asked the top democrat on the house oversite committee to hold off. now that mike flynn has pleaded guilty, congressman cummings is going public about a potential major development in the russia investigation. he joins us to talk about it. plus bob woodward and andrea
flynn just moments after donald trump was sworn in communicated with a former business associate about plans to work with russia to build nuclear reactors in the middle east. flynn reportedly said one of the first acts would be, quote, ripping up the economic sanctions against russia. let s bring in the man who sent that letter, elijah cummings of maryland. he joins us on the phone. elijah, the whistle blower came to you? how did this come together? good morning. i didn t hear your question. i m sorry. tell us how this came together and how credible is the witness? the witness is very credible. this is a person who came to us back in june, and she came only because she felt duty bound as an american citizen to provide this information.
checkup. this president, to my knowledge, is departing that. we don t know what s going on, but this is a legitimate issue worthy of consideration. this is the man who commands america s nuclear arsenal. that video, that speech, that impairment is chilling. if this isn t the time to talk about it, i don t know what is. at the beginning before the slurring started, i said mika, look at him. this is not the person that we knew even three years ago. and you can go back. we showed you a clip from 87. we could show you a clip from 2007. there s a remarkable change. he seemed like he was almost hanging on to the prompter and hanging on to the words. something i don t know. you could definitely see the difference in the video we showed you, but in the entire presentation, there was a struggle happening. i think that s true.
blower s story, if it s accurate, that 11 minutes into the inaugural speech, the new national security adviser to the president of the united states was texting in the middle of that speech not about the massive inbox that our country had but instead to a business associate saying, hey, trump s going to lift. tear up sanctions, we re all going to get rich. we re going to find out what happened here, but i m impatient to connect the dots. i don t understand quite what it is that we re looking here, and what i would have asked the congressman is what s the insinuation he s making in the letter? is this a corruption issue or is it that the national security adviser to the president of the united states is a russian asset. is this a treason issue? there was an economic incentive for him to lie about his meeting with kislyak when
complex senate rules, something had to be made temporary. the corporates got it permanent. coming up, issues surrounding sexual harassment are part of a relatively new conversation, but not for congresswoman jackie speier who has been leading that discussion for years. she joins us next on morning joe. this holiday, the real gift isn t what s inside the box. it s what s inside the person who opens it.