Pelley this is our western edition. His failure to disclose contacts with russia cost Michael Flynn his job as National Security adviser. Now, two key members of congress suggested it could cost him a lot more than that. The leaders of the House Oversight Committee Said today that the retired general did not get permission for a paid trip to russia, and they say failure to disclose the payment is a possible felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter when retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn traveled to moscow in 2015, he was photographed sitting right next to russian president vladimir putin, and he was paid almost 34,000 to speak. Today, House Oversight Committee Chairman republican Jason Chaffetz said flynn may have broken the law. As a former military officer, you simply cannot take money from russia. Reporter chaffetz spoke after viewing classified documents related to flynns security clearance. The top democrat on the committee, elijah cummin
Dueling memos. Ainsley House Committee voting unanimously to release the democrats rebuttal. Now its up to the president whether or not that will be made public. Brian so there is a memo, there is a memo and a followup memo. Griff jenkins is live in washington because he got the memo that we needed to start the show today. Hey, griff. Good morning, guys. Memo battle is on. The Committee Voting unanimously to release the democrats counter memo. Now the president has five days to decide whether or not to release it to the public. The same review period as the republican one. And the top democrat on the Committee Adam Schiff says this will better inform the public and he is calling on the white house not to make any redactions based on politics. Our memo, in terms of sources and methods, we want to make sure that those that are in the best position to vet that have the opportunity to do so. We want to make sure that the white house does not redact our memo for political purposes and obvio
Activity possible. I wonder, would we even be here if it werent for men like him . The passing of George Herbert walker bush reminds me of the recent passing of john mccain. Men and women unifies people. We try to forget about the other stuff when realize its pointless. People come and go on the planet and in our lives it helps to remember that all of us have something in common with the great ones. With the exception of a few chuckle buckets who use events to score political points, its a share loss that reveals how we really are. None of us tweets in the face of death. Kind kinder and gentler. A great person dies we can participate in the rituals. Its not a bad thing to use the passing of a great man has an excuse to make life better. Less fingerpointing. More handshakes. Im sure well get to our tribes but for now lets do the guy a favor. Be kind and gentle in case he is watching. Dana, i am sitting in your chair which i feel quite strange. Jesse so do i. Greg i dont like being this
Nickname for senator joe donnelly and hours after the president told Bloomberg News Jeff Sessions is safe in his job, donald trump saying in indiana tonight he wants the Justice Department to start doing its job threatening to get involved if the doj cant straighten itself out but this was about the midterms at the rally. As we marched to the midterms, Kristin Fisher will dive into the latest escalation in the war with the media. Chris star while standing by with expert analysis, the gop hoping to flip but we have Garrett Tenney live in evansville, indiana. This is the place to be tonight, the Campaign Says 12,000 people packed in for tonights rally and a couple thousand who couldnt get in watched on big screen outside. The president spoke for more than an hour, the big senate race, talked about immigration, ice, and made a bit of news. Just a few hours after saying Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until november he went back to laying groundwork for his dismissal by going af
French president emanuel macron is suspend ago fuel tax. Protesters who rocked paris with the worst rioting in decades may not be appeased. Defending the mission. Keeping the thousands of troops at the u. S. Mexico border until the end of january. 800 blank news with steve, ainsley and brian, fox blank, blank. What is and friends . Correct. Brian you are looking live in washington, d. C. The site this is washington, d. C. But that is the logo on our floor. This is the view that most of america has been taken in all ages across the country and the lines for people to spend that moment with bush 41 before his funeral today have been astounding. Even astounding to the family. He was beloved in 35degree weather people waited three and a half hours to get in to pay their respects yesterday. Steve a very long line. Only two hours to ellison barber. Good morning to you. In 2011 president george h. W. Bush was briefed on his funeral. The plans for this state funeral. According to his spokesper