occasionally cooperate on counterterrorism issues. in 2011 the fsb warned the fbi that an immigrant from russia living in boston had associated with islam militants. two years later, they detonated the homemade bombs at boston marathon. that said believed that cia tried to sway the election in favor of mr. trump. as you pointed out, the conversation between the two presidents marks the second time this week the two men have spoken. republicans are set to make their final push to try and deliver a legislative victory to president trump for the holidays, they look to approve the biggest revamp of the tax code in 30 years. house committee is scheduled to meet today for rules around the debate around the gop tax bill when it heads to the house floor for a vote. house speaker has signaled it could happen as early as
welcome back, everybody. before we toss it over to morning joe, let s talk about the stories you ll be hearing about in the day ahead and the week ahead. kelly o donnell has more. reporter: the new week brings big priority force president trump. today he will deliver a speech on the national security strategy, an out line of the threats as he views them around the world. tomorrow the house is expected to vote on tax cuts, something the president has looked for after months in office, a victory on a new policy legislatively. we ve seen other attempts come and go. this time, republicans think they have enough votes to deal with tax cuts. also there are new concerns about the special counsel investigation. when the president s lawyer for
when you look at what s gone on with the fbi and with the justice department, people are very, very angry. white house counsel, ty cobb, made a statement clarifying the president s remarks. quote, for the record, there is no consideration at all for a pardon for michael flynn at this time. the president again declined to answer when he new about flynn s time which he has not personally clarified since tweeting he knew flynn lied to the fbi when he fired him. the lawyer claimed the president did not even write that tweet. russian president vladimir putin called president trump yesterday morning and thanked him for cia intelligence that helped russia allegedly stop a bombing in saint petersburg. the kremlin was the first to reveal the call. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders confirmed it via twitter. stressed the importance of
have been tampered with in order to create this kind of chaos and confusion. delta airlines headquartered in atlanta announced last night 300 more flights will be canceled today. most of them are early morning, inbound flights to atlanta. president trump s legal team raised new complaints about the investigation into russian metaling in the 2016 campaign. a top lawyer for the trump transition team accused a government agency of unlawfully turning over thousands of e-mails. saturday s letter from trump for america argues the general services administration which hosted the e-mails did not own or control the records that it provided. alleging that the special counsel s office, quote, has extensively used the materials in question, including portions that are susceptible to claims of privilege and did not notify trump for america or take precautions to protect rights and privileges. a spokesman for mueller s office said sunday morning we have