comey don t have security clearances any more. they were read out as soon as they left the bureau. so the fact that they would do this at the potential to the detriment of what future officials might know, i don t think they care. i think this i think this is political. in this case. and it doesn t sound like there s anything really standing in their way from doing it. what jumped out at me, susan rice, who was president obama s national security adviser, she s on that list, as well. and i said to myself, why is she on that list? well, she was on one of the sunday talk shows yesterday, critical of the president. all of a sudden she s on that list. well, and you know, look, she s the previous national security adviser. you would assume that the current national security adviser and the previous national security adviser might want to consult with each other on issues of national security that both are informed on, because it makes sense. and this way, you cut off that
him as someone that would own the russia problems? because the more you look at the facts there, i don t know why they forced him to re-sign. it s a little bit confusing, right? so would mike flynn have taken it upon himself to call the russian ambassador and to talk to him about sanctions? that made it possible, you know, but it s also possible that he was directed to do so or that other people were involved in that decision to do so. so right now it s very isolated. michael flynn. i did notice that on one of the sunday talk shows yesterday, he was going a little bit tough on mike flynn saying, you know, sort of saying he wasn t shooting straight with them. he was misleading them and i wonder about pushing mike flynn too far on the way out the door because does he ever talk? is he going to be brought before congress at some point?
people like david who may have concerns? or did he just muddle the waters? now a lot of people are scratching their heads, including people on the sunday talk shows yesterday, politicians. does it help us with terrorism? look, i think what he said is we go to the fisa court, get a sign-off before our calls can be audited. i m all for it. the reality is, it s not going to move the needle much on this. i don t have a problem with collecting data. what i have a problem with is collecting it on the say so of the government without any kind of judicial review. and hopefully he ll do something to address that, but right now what i saw was a lot of words that probably will continue much of the status quo without really changing the rules on this. all right. i got to go, guys. very interesting debate today. julie, david, thanks so much. breaking news in the target security breach story. investigators making a huge arrest. but is this the end of all of our troubles? we will have a full re
indicate they might be willing to sign on to this. rand paul was on one of the sunday talk shows yesterday, taking well, if there are offsets, budget cuts offsetting the cost of extending those unemployment benefits for the long term jobless, he would be willing to go along with that. but gene sperling during this press briefing a few moments ago saying the president wants this passed with no strings attached. and wolf, one thing we noticed, keeping in mind, this is the first press briefing of the new year here at the white house and first we have heard from this white house really since president obama held that year and news conference late december. check out what was very different inside the white house briefing room, and that is the press secretary, jay carney. jay carney came out, sporting a beard. usually he is a clean-shaven press secretary. not so much, wolf, as you can probably tell. his facial growth there resembles a certain anchor at cnn. i m trying to think of the name.
possible. jenna: doug mckelway is live on capitol hill. doug, we mentioned the senate is not back in session for a few hours but the house is already back. has anything changed this morning to signal any sort of a break in this debate? reporter: wish i could say there was, jenna, but no, there doesn t appear to be that. very quiet up here in anticipation of the senate gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. we expect the standard opening prayer and expect remarks from senate majority leader harry reid. we expect him to say that he plans, this is conjecture, but it is likely, that he plans to table the two components of the house continuing resolution that democrats find abhorrent. that of course being the delay in implementation of obamacare for a year and also, the repeal of the tax on medical devices. if that happens, in all likelihood signals a government shutdown. senator richard durbin signaled as much on the sunday talk shows yesterday. here he is. i m afraid, bob, that we know what is goin