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Just let americans know what happened. >> all right. 37 pages. hey, the weekend is a perfect opportunity in which people can do that, take the time to read it, because its important to know whats going on in this country, right? all right, steve hall, david rhode, thank you to both of you. newly uncovered group text messages reveal the florida school shooter was obsessed with race and guns. this as the fbi makes a stunning admission conceding it missed a major warning sign. details next. dial ...

The country is the lack of response to this. punish the russians. we dont have a whole of government approach to defending ourselves against further such attacks. and the russians are going to keep coming at us. >> so, david, really, that is more of what you were saying. there really is no outrage. we havent seen, felt, heard any kind of outrage really coming from the president. >> no, and this is sort of a wake-up call, you know, for all of us. you know, it was the russians this time. it can be...

Actions, and i think thats one of the biggest challenges we see. its very easy, as many people have said in the past, to get into a war, but the policymakers and the military officials should really be judging more what would it take to get out of it and what are the effects. what does this look like, if it happens, and another war on the korean peninsula would be catastrophic in terms of not only the region but also loss of life. i think that has to be considered and diplomacy needs to continue...

We can certainly have some strategy which affects north korea and iran, if we play this smart, but right now, they seem to be a little bit disjointed. >> david, i think the argument that senator graham is making partly overall is that iran is watching to seeu.s. acts on north korea, and north korea is watching to seeu.s. acts on iran. and the argument being made elsewhere in that interview by senator lindsey graham, david, is look, the trump administration can use these protests to argue that th...

This very much still front of mind for many americans and for this administration. barbara starr at the pentagon, happy in you year and thank you. >> happy new year. we bring in cnn global affair analyst david rhode is here and mark hurtling, retired general from the u.s. army, nice to have you here. lets begin with iran, this is front and center right now as well as north korea. david, to you. the president of iran points his finger, rouhani is pointing his finger at outside forces, namely th...

So the cooperation might help flynn, you know. we dont know what hes being asked and, you know, kushner might be defending him in these meetings, to be fair. >> why would muellers team be so interested in a plea deal with flynn if he didnt have something big to tell him, john? >> i dont think they will be interested in a plea deal unless he does have something big to tell him. they dont -- they probably have not put flynn in front of a grand jury at this point. they havent really probed him to s...

>> yeah. john, michael, david, thank you very much. i appreciate it. when we come back, a tale of two scandals. matt lauer fired within hours of after just one allegation of sexual harassment. president trump who has been accused by 13 women is a very different story. its whats insident the person who opens it. give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. save 30% for the holidays at ancestrydna.com. ayep, and my teeth are yellow.? time for whitestr...

Purposeful misleading, purposeful lies. and id be very surprised with kushner with the capability that abby lowe brings to the team that kushners going to find himself in a 1,001 false statements trap. >> david, tell us about what we know about the relationship between kushner and flynn. >> they were very close during the campaign and i think thats part of why they were speaking to kushner today. its been amazing sort of, you know, kushners position is sort of up in the air but they sort of rose...

If it was done knowingly and intentionally and involved a material aspect of the inquiry. if he makes a mistake thats correctible and he corrects it later on, thats not likely to give rise to a false statements prosecution. so false statements really is purposeful misleading, purposeful lies. and id be very surprised with kushner with the capability that abbe lowell brings to the team that kushners going to find himself in a 1,001 false statements trap. >> david, tell us about what we know about...

-- indications that there maybe plea deal working out because baus his lawyer has stopped sharing information with other lawyers in the case. kushner has voluntarily cooperated with all of the relevant inquiries and will continue do so. and its worth noting here that, as i said before, in this case he was being treated as a witness, providing information about michael flynn and typically a defense attorney would not allow a client to go in front of special counsel in this capacity if the belief ...