keeping his lips sealed. he plans to plea the fifth. and not comply with the subpoena. from the senate intelligence committee. i m disappointed. i question whether there s legal basis to not produce any documents. and we ll be looking into that and i think the committee is still going to pursue all its options. reporter: flynn s lawyer said flynn has more than a reasonable apprehension that any testimony he provides could be used against him. tonight, members of the committee are considering their options, including holding flynn in contempt of congress. we have to honor the constitutional rights. but we have to get to the facts. reporter: during the campaign, both flynn and trump blasted hillary clinton s aides when they took the fifth. fifth amendment. fifth amendment. fifth amendment. horrible. you see the mob takes the fifth. if you re innocent why are you taking the fifth amendment? reporter: the man who once ran the trump transition team said he tried to warn the pres
james comey is getting ready to speak out, set to testify in an open hearing before the committee in the coming weeks. according to the new york times, less than 24 hours after firing comey, president trump boasted about his decision to top russian officials in the oval office. telling them, comey was crazy, a real nutjob. reportedly adding, i faced great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. so let s get to mary bruce live on the hill tonight. mary, the bottom line here, retired general michael flynn now plans to plead the fifth but former fbi director james comey said he ll testify before the american people. no word on when comey will testify. today, we learned that he wants to consult with the new special counsel robert mueller before he goes public. comey wants to know exactly how much he can say before he speaks out here on the hill. david. thanks, mary. we turn next tonight to the
correspondent jonathan karl, traveling with the president. reporter: donald trump couldn t have asked for a warmer welcome in the holy land. coming off air force one to an elaborate red carpet ceremony, and a greeting from the prime minister and his wife, who remarked that the netanyahus and the trumps have something in common. the majority of the people in israel, unlike the media, they love us so we tell them how you are great and they love you. reporter: trump then became the first sitting american president to visit one of jerusalem s most sacred sites, placing his hand on the western wall and following jewish tradition, leaving a written prayer. with him, his wife melania and daughter ivanka. white house hopes this trip will turn the page from the russia investigation back home, but today it was the president himself who spoke about the controversy. as an event with netanyahu was wrapping up, trump told reporters to stay. he had something to say about that infamous oval offi
we can t worry about your feelings, you re president of the united states. how his feelings affect decision making. i m going to take another risk here. my lord. there have been many today. i think it s kind of like why people watch the show. sometimes we say things and our mics blow up rhetorically. but if you read the rest of those stories after he finished venting about the, quote, illegals and telling a lie, what do they say? he had really good exchanges with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. i know. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer have known donald trump for a long time. we should be shocked. we should that s the story. we should be shocked. that should be the story, the fact he s liked. i m telling you the practical effect of yesterday s meeting is schumer and pelosi rolled their eyes yet they are building a
better relationship with donald trump. that s the net net of that meeting. we should be shocked and stunned and deeply saddened by the lies. but the net net so far. it undermines it in the press, doesn t undermine with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. they know who donald trump is. plus one. that s the net net. if we really want to know the impact of that meeting. willie. some developing news out of great britain, landmark ruling from britain supreme court, the uk government must get parliament s approval to trigger article 50 to leave the eu. nbc news foreign correspondent lucy kafanov joins us from london. lucy, what does this mean for brexit going forward? willie, good morning. a setback for the government, one they were prepared for. quite frankly it s not going to change much when it comes to brexit. to be clear this ruling is not about whether brexit will happen. it will. but rather the legal process how britain will lead european union. simply a question who has t