tea. basically saying he made that point clear to president trump. the bottom line today, why did 18 days pass between sally yates warning and president trump ultimately firing his national security adviser? all right. i want to bring my panel in. mike pesca, with slate, bill cohen with vanity fair and auth of hy wall street matters and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and d.o.d. as well as an msnbc national security analyst. jeremy, i want to start with you, president trump is sort of saying no new news, but while he says this, he keeps yesterday s testimony in focus. two important pieces of news that came out of yesterday. first, on three separate occasions, sally yates, the attorney general, in an acting capacity, when to the white house and said we have a problem on our hands. not only did the national security adviser mislead the vice president, second, his underlying conduct, his conversation with the russians is problematic to use her words, in and of itself
we haven t even this is ridiculous. and jimmy kimmel is back, after his emotional health care speech. i saved health insurance in the united states of america. i didn t? i didn t save it? they voted against it anyway! plus, riot at the gate. the wild scene in florida after one airline cancels multiple flights, give new meaning to spirit airlines. [ bleep ]. we begin with president trump pushing back against former acting attorney general sally yates and former dni james clapper after with the two described giving the white house detailed warnings about russia s influence over mike flynn nearly three weeks before he was fired. here s the question, why is the president saying the testimony actually helped him? we re going to find out and we have the best team in the business to break it down. first to nbc s peter alexander