Intelligence he suggestions. Thats the big argument. This has been such a contentious issue we saw the whole drama play out with the House Intelligence Committee and their Top Republican leader devin nunes came, saw the material. Out of the protocol of that committee and them adam schiff, came and looked at the same material. Theres answers about this coming from the white house first from the Deputy Press Secretary who says there was no attempt to keep adam schiff responsible. Not that im aware of at all. I think the bigger point is theres something there. Wed love to come see it which is exactly what we said. It turns out if theres something of substance for him to know about, we want him to
see it. Frarjly i think if there wasnt something of sub stns, he would have walked out that moment from the white house and come out and declared that this was a big waste of time and a big dog and pony show. He didnt do that. He doesnt do that. Its very telling in what he probably saw on friday.
administration, the trump administration, was conducting foreign policy before they took the helm. before the inauguration. and so that could be a theoretical violation of the logan act but that s not what s been alleged here. even that, if even if there was to be an allegation that the logan act was violated, that doesn t go to the heart of what the special counsel was constituted for, which is, to look at whether or not the trump campaign was colluding with russia in order to defeat hillary clinton. and get donald trump elected. troy slaton, we appreciate your time and perspective on this, thank you. thanks for having me. so, for a member of the inner circle, confidant to now a key witness, how michael flynn s ties to both russia and president trump could be major damage for this white house.
when flynn walked into court. general you betrayed your country! we re united! the questions they re shouted to him as he walked in, and as he walked out, there were chants of lock him up this after he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi with russian officials last year. flynn is cooperating with the special counsel s probe and his personal ties to russia and u.s. president donald trump could make him an important piece of this puzzle. our tom foremarn explains. reporter: the working relationship between michael flynn an donald trump now goes back almost two years. but it is flynn s contact with various russian interests that are citing so much interest with the investigator and in the white house as well. for example, we know in 2015, he spoke to a russian airline company that he paid more than
this is really where the rubber hits the road, if you think about the president s rhetoric, during the campaign, his rallies, his appeal is meant to be to working class america. to the ordinary american, and yet what we re seeing in this tax bill, and again, there are a lot of detail here that i don t think even those who have voted on it have had a chance to consider it. it s the least deliberated tax reform that we ve probably seen in the nation s history, so there s a lot still to be told. it looks like the cuts are going to benefit corporate america. and a number of benefits that the average american have experienced looked like they re going to be rolled back. that individual tax cut has got a time limit on it. but also things like college tuition. the ability to take a deduction for interest rate on college loans. tuition. a number of things that are really important to average americans. a lot of changes with respect to
is good to have you with us. i m george howell with the headlines we re following this hour. the u.s. senate has passed the republicans massive tax reform bill. it stretched well into the night. republicans say it will benefit millions of americans. democrats, though, call it a tax cut for the rich. the congressional budget office says it will add nearly $1.5 trillion to the deficit. the former senior white house official michael flynn has pleaded guilty on friday. guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts last year with russian officials. flynn was fired as national security adviser in february, but he is now cooperating with the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. cnn has learned that president donald trump is likely to announce next week that the u.s. recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. the united states has been legally required to move its embassy to tel aviv to the ancient city since 1995. however, like successive