the attacks over the weekend. a meeting potentially at the u.n. could be one of those off ramps to a deescalation. zarif seemed to rule it out there was not going to be quiet talks on the sidelines. do you think that changes in the next five days? it all depends on what happens on the ground in terms of the escalating rhetoric and potential opportunities for back channel discussions as well. they don t necessarily have to meet at the u.n. also on the iranian side the ultimate decisionmaker for their national security policy is not the president, it s the supreme leader. if the supreme leader s perspectives with the irgc are not factored into these conversations with whomever meets with the u.s. delegation, at the u.n. or somewhere else, that could be a missing part of the equation. here s what congressman jim rich, chairman of the foreign relations committee had to say. the united states does not want war with iran. these guys beat their chests all the time and talk that way, b
the dangling of that pardon to him in volume two that is described as one of the potentially criminally obstructive acts by the president. if the president is now going to grant flynn the pardon, that means the obstruction investigation, the investigation, the president potentially being implicated in that, trying to effect what he might say to investigators, trying to interfere with any investigation flynn might be helping with. that makes the obstruction issue live once again. at today s open hearing in the house intelligence committee on the counter intelligence implications of mueller s report, there was further light shed on the counter intelligence implications of what michael flynn got in trouble for in the first place. michael flynn used secret back channel discussions with the russian ambassador tore in effect undermine the obama administration s ongoing foreign policy. so my question is, what counter intelligence concerns arise from this type of back channel coordination be
suspenseful element to the weird case of mike flynn, right? but it also means the case of mike flynn is not a historical case. it s not over. the reason mike flynn features so prominently in volume 2 of the mueller report, it s about his contacts with the russians in volume 1, but the dangling of that pardon to him, in volume 2, that is described as one of the potentially criminally obstructive acts by the president. if the president is now going to grant flynn the pardon, that means the obstruction investigation, the president potentially being implicated in that, trying to affect flynn s cooperation, trying to affect what he might say to investigators, trying to interfere with any investigation that flynn might otherwise be helping with, well, that makes the obstruction issue live once again. at today s open hearing in the house intelligence committee on the counter intelligence implications of mueller s report, there was further light shed on the counter intelligence implications of
senators, moderate republicans, that group within the chamber, they are really looking to each other. no one really wants to be out there as the isolated person taking a political stand that s very dramatic, perhaps lone vote in a way that breaks away from your party. so they re looking to each other. a lot of back channel discussions tonight where are people really going to go. taking a political stand. imagine that. cynthia oxney, as dispassionately as you can, how did i m out. you have the wrong girl. a good lawyer can argue both sides. you were with us all the way through the coverage. starting with her, she was outstanding as a witness. she was raw. she made every effort to be fair. she worked very hard for instance, i remember one specific time when the question came up about who pushed her into the room, and she was concerned that somebody would think she was testifying judge kavanagh pushed her she
senator corker one of the possible swing votes, republican retiring said he would support kavanagh. it seems to be moving toward kavanagh, but a lot of votes still in the air. we hear this reporting, bob, those on the fence, the collins, murkowski, flake may vote. in both the democratic party and the republican party, all of the senators, the red state senators, moderate republicans, that group within the chamber, they are really looking to each other. no one really wants to be out there as the isolated person taking a political stand that s very dramatic, perhaps lone vote in a way that breaks away from your party. so they re looking to each other. a lot of back channel discussions tonight where are people really going to go. taking a political stand. imagine that. cynthia oxney, as dispassionately as you can, how