sources familiar with the matter that flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal egs poeb of his son who like his father is currently under scrutiny by special counsel robert mueller. flynn s concern could be a factor in decisions about how to respond to mueller s ongoing investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign as well as the business dealings of key trump campaign advisers. i m told as well, don, that flynn s wife lori she shares his concerns about their son s possible legal exposure and that you can well imagine. and what legal questions is the special counsel focusing on regarding flynn? so this is somewhat revealing. i spoke to two witnesses interviewed by the special counsel investigators and they tell me that the questions regarding flynn focused on his and his son s business dealings, including their firm s reporting of income from work overseas. there is a log. it s called the foreign agents registration act. it requires those americans
for taking advantage of the u.s. on trade? good morning and welcome to early start. big reversal from the campaign rhetoric. it s a long way. thursday, november 9th4:00 in the east, 5:00 p.m. in beijing. we start with republicans trying to regain their footing. if the party can get anything done legislatively and if the gop can avoid a disaster. exit poles show anger at the president. republicans appear divided about what drove their defeat. frequent trump critic john mccain scolded his fellow republicans said i predicted this and unless we get our act together we re going to lose heavily. then, the anti-trump wave. they wrote democrats came out in droves to send a message to donald trump. the cliché is not to reach too much into an off-year election, this defeat was broad and deep enough to show that republicans will struggle to hold congress next year. others pinning it more an fru frustration on the party s base. ko we need to start making our legislation match
trade front and center. president trump softening his tone against china. general flynn has express said concern about the potential legal exposure of his son. he s under enormous pressure to cooperate. the jig is up. the best thing he and his son can do is just to be truthful. this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. one year after this historical election, a new cnn poll offers a sobering score card of the trump presidency. a majority say they are less confident than when he took off. he republicans are wrestling with a tough decision between brace or rebuke. the president s rhetoric and handling of the issues. house speaker paul ryan concedes they are under more pressure to get tax reform passed. but there is a problem for republicans. their plan appears to break two key promises. president trump making a major switch in his china trade position. he went from blaming them for cur
denied the allegations and the president says he believes him. live in hanoi this morning and our international corresponde correspondent. lets start with jeff, what do you know of what the president said in that discussion with vladimir putin? good morning, we are hearing this from president trump who flew just arrived in hanoi a couple moments ago. he did talk to reporters on air force one and he said specifically about his conversation with vladimir putin, he said he had a brief conversation. i am going to read you some quotes that we had from president trump. this was off camera. this was just some comments the president made. putin said this, he did not medel and he did not. you can only ask him so many times. he absolutely did not meddal in the election. every time he sees me, i believe him. victor, this is a bit of a sound track of the last several months of the trump s presidency. the reality is, all u.s. intelligence agencies agreed there was. the fact that t
national security adviser, general michael flynn, is worried. he s concerneded about the legal fate of his son, michael flynn jr. both men are under scrutiny by robert mueller. fly flynn s concern for his son could be something crucial. could factor into cotoop rater with mule s investigation and as to whether he shares everything he knows about business dealings, the president himself. these are crucial things. flynn jr. is his dad s chief of staff and was actively involved in his father s consulting and lobbying work. he was with his father during a trip to moscow where flynn dined with putin. flynn jr. is defiant. he just tweeted this weekend, the sgw, that would apparently refer to the social justice warriors, are out in full this morning. the disappointment on your faces when i don t go to jail will be worth all your harassment. meantime, general flynn, the father of course was fired as the president s national security adviser 23 days after president trump took office a