ready to transport the bush family to capitol hill and the funeral procession will pass in front of the white house later on this morning. bret and martha. bret: john, thanks. martha: let s bring in chris wallace in the studio. your thoughts on the news we got last night as the sentencing memo for general michael flynn was released. everybody going through that with a fine tooth comb today. yeah. it s a little hard to go through it because all the good parts are blacked out. but obviously it must be concerning to the trump legal team. we don t know exactly what he said or what at all he said. but the fact that there is so much there that s blacked out and also mueller s reaction, which is to say flynn provided substantial assistance in 19 interviews. so much so that they have asked for no jail time for him at all means they think they got a lot out of flynn and they re responding in kind. this is substantial. i think one of the other points is that flynn, by pleading
i also got a follow-up statement from his lawyer who is ready to take this to court, saying he embraces and welcomes an open hearing, but because of this abuse of process, mr. comey will resist in court this abuse. we don t know yet how loretta lynch the former attorney general, will respond to this, but it all may be for naught when democrats take back the house in january. laura, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst jennifer rodgers. thanks for coming on the show. off the bat here, comey is tweeting he is happy to testify but not behind closed doors. this is concern about selective leaking justified? it definitely is. there s no question there has been massive leaks with hearings in the past, and comey insists before to testify in public. so i think his concern is right. i think his insistence on a public hearing is right. he hasn t been fbi director for a long time. there s really nothing that hasn t been already gone over with a fine tooth comb. this looks mo
are a fine tooth comb. they don t want the president to write something that will get him in further legal jeopardy. that s why they re not doing the questions face-to-face in part because the president has the tendency to e lap ration. yes, the lawyers are writing the questions. elaborate. i like that word. is that what the president does? i think according to many people, what he does lie. and i think that maybe is a b bigger problem. we could play word games all day. let s be precise. the president says he hears this whole mueller investigation could be wrapping up soon. the first point, we don t know. this investigation has been incredibly successful at keeping news the dark. lodgely, you would say if you are up to interviewing the principle in the case, that you must be getting you know, logically, you would say you re getting near the end.
with that let s bring in our leadoff panel on a friday night. while there s plenty of time to talk about the politics, first let s talk about this investigation and this lightning fast arrest. jim kavanaugh is back with us a retired special agent in charge for the atf, the explosive experts at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. malcolm nance a special ops homeland security, 35 years on the job working in counter terrorism and intelligence. and ariana berg a former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. jim, anytime you ve been on i ve listened carefully. you ve taught me over the years that every criminal eventually makes a mistake. we are thankful this criminal made apparently more than one. if there s a strange blessing to any of this, he left us with so much to go on. they had over a dozen pieces of hardware spread out in a lab to go over with a fine tooth comb, correct? that s right. he was better at leaving
with that let s bring in our lead off panel on a friday night. while there is plenty of time to talk about the politics right now. first let s talk about this investigation and this lightning fast arrest. jim kavanaugh is back with us, retired special agent in charge of the atf. malcolm naans is back with us. 35 years on the job working on counter intelligence and a former assistant for the southern district of new york. well, jim, any time you have been on i listen carefully and you taught me over the years that every criminal eventually makes a mistake. we are thankful that this criminal made aparticipantparen than one. he left us with so much to go on. they had over a dozen pieces of hardware spread out in the lab to go over with a fine tooth comb, correct? last rigthat s right brian.