In a tweet, the us president said general flynn had acted lawfully, but had to be sacked for dishonesty a charge mr flynn admitted on friday. The controversy comes after mr trump secured whats being seen as the first big legislative achievement of his presidency a wide ranging tax reform bill. Our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. Donald trumps started the day on a bullish note. He is on course for a much needed win on tax reform, he brushed aside questions about his former National Security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. What has been shown is no collusion, no collusion, there has been absolutely no collusion, so we are very happy. But then he issued another controversial tweet, one that could cause him a real headache. He said he had fired Michael Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Its a shame, he said, because his actions during the transition were lawful, there was nothing to hide. Many people are asking why Michael Fly
But had to be sacked for dishonesty a charge mr flynn admitted on friday. The controversy comes after mr trump secured whats being seen as the first big legislative achievement of his presidency a wide ranging tax reform bill. Our washington correspondent laura bicker reports. Dalton started the day on a good note, on course for a much needed win on tax reform. He brushed aside questions about his former National Security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. What has been shown is no pollution. No pollution. There has been absolutely, there has been absolutely, there has been absolutely no collusion so we are very happy. But then he issued yet another controversial tweet, one that could cause him a real headache. He tweeted that he had fired general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. It isa to the Vice President and the fbi. It is a shame, he said, because his actions during the transition were lawful, it was nothing to hide. Lock him up many
Coming up in the next sixty minutes violence escalates in yemen after the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh has killed by the rebels. So what now for the yemeni people caught in the middle of the battle for control of the u. N. Calls for a pause in the fighting. The u. S. Supreme court backs Donald Trumps travel ban on six mostly muslim nations. Smiles and handshakes but no deal yet british and e. U. Leaders fail to reach an agreement on that. Hello the killing of yemens ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh by Houthi Rebels has plunged the war torn country further into chaos the two sides had been allies until just a few days ago but this time switching sides led to the end of a man who had been president for thirty three years and navigated shifting alliances for decades well a few hours after sought after death who is the leader there years ive been manic and who with the maiden Live Television address describing sought after the my eyes as a victory against treason now yemens inter
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