not being aware or being aware of flynn s affiliation to turkey, and then just kind of brushing it aside? well the world of registering as a foreign agent is very murky and the law is pretty unclear and rarely enforced. so, i could see how the white house might not have been aware that this was part of general flynn s business. i would say that, you know, flynn spent about one month on the job. had he not resigned over misrepresenting himself to the vice president, he d probably be forced to resign because of this story. after two months on the job. so either way, mike flynn probably wasn t going to be national security advisor for very long. what about the fact that donald trump has still made those claims that he was
won rural voters. this negatively affects those voters. does he risk losing the political capital he has with those voters for not only congress and those who are up for reelection in 2018, but for a potential reelection bid of his own in 2020. matthew. he does. and that s why it s important that he follow through in this idea of health reform in phases. this bill is basically a place setter. it says we re going shift away from the obamacare model and we re going to move tword a more center right model of health reform. it s important that trump follow through with some of the other reforms that he called for on the campaign trail, including the critical reform of being able to shop for your insurance across state lines. stay with us. we ll get to you later in the hour. coming up though, what did the president know about former national security advisor michael flynn s connection to turkey? we ll look at the conflicting messages from team trump and monday-will air a special town
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administration. today white house press secretary sean spicer said the president wasn t aware of flynn s work and foreign agent registration is a personal matter. there was no disclosure at the time. the sburd on the individual to seek the legal advice of personal expertise to decide what they have to file and not. this was a personal matter, it s a business matter, it s not something that would be appropriate for a government entity to give someone guidance on when they should file as a private citizen. senator chris murphy of connecticut joins me now. senator, thank you, first off. vice president mike pence called flynn s dismissal and the news of this an affirmation of flynn s dismissal, what would you call it? well, listen, sean spicer s job is hard because the hits keep on coming every single day. you know what it appears that the trump administration is absolutely determined to get michael flynn into this