Could be blackmailed by the russians. Listen to this. The russians also knew about what general flynn had done. And the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the Vice President and others. Not only did we believe that the russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information. And that created a compromised situation. A situation where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. So, having listened to that, pamela, break down some of what we heard today from sally yates and from the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. She laid out the chain of events, don. She revealed that she discussed Michael Flynn with don ma gcginn two separate occasion. She called to express the concern that flynn could be blackmailed by the russians. And she wanted to visit him at a secure location. When she met with him, she explained that she couwas conced that flynn could be blackmailed but lied to it to Top White House offici
Page to infiltrate the campaign. That investigation looming over President Trumps first 100 days in office. A milestone the president now calls, quote, a ridiculous standard. He sure seems eager to have a very busy week. Plus, britains royals as youve never seen them before. Kate, william and harry in a candid conversation about what it was like for the princes to lose their mother diana. I always thought to myself, whats the point in bringing up the past, something thats going to make you sad. When you start thinking like that, he said to me, youve got to sit down, think about those memories. For me, it was like, i dont want to think about it. Well get right to our exclusive breaking news. Cnn has learned that russia pamela brown has been following this from the very beginning. What can you tell us . Weve learned that the fbi gathered intelligence last summer that suggested russian operatives tried to use agents like carter page. One factor in this was carter pages critical speech aga
Charlie dan of pennsylvania. And if health care wasnt bad enough for the President Trump the fbi director confirms his agency has been investigating the president s campaign and its potential ties to russia for months. And whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. Ill talk to the leading democrat on the senate intel committee, mike warner of virginia. And this piece of advice for President Trump. Dont fight everybody. Pick your battles. I sit down with jerry brown of california. Joining me for insight and analysis are, tom brokaw of nbc news, joy reid, host of a. M. Hh hewitt and Ileana Johnson of politico. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longestrunning show in Television History celebrating its 70th year, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning by any standard, that was the most consequential week in Donald Trumps young presidency in the span of just five days, mr. Trumps credentiality with
And philip mud, cnn political comment air and michael moore, the former u. S. Attorney for the middle district of georgia. Panel, were going to start with you for the news on you. The latest on the state of the russia investigation tonight. Did he break his the law while he was an advisor to the Trump Campaign . Members of the House Oversight Committee Say its likely he broke the law. They said after reviewing the documents, they see no proof showing flynn received payment for the Foreign Government payment for both russia and turkey and that he didnt fully disclose the more than half a Million Dollars his phone was given when he applied to reinstate his security clearance before he became the National Security advisor and didnt disclose the 40,000 he received from russia for a speaking arrangement. It appears he may have broken the law here, don. He spoke to armanraju. Personally, i see no data to sonority notion that general flynn comfly would the law. That is he was supposed to seek
Ongoing investigation by this time. Yes, exactly. Just astonishing. And the one thing that congress likes to look into, ever since watergate is money. And on this its like 40th on the list. Maybe well get to it. So rachel, you broke the news tonight about Donald Trumps statement about north korea which im holding in my hand. Yeah. And its got to be the most explosive thing he has said as president. There is a chance we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea absolutely. Were going to go into this during this hour with reaction to that. Good. But it is a stunning statement from an american president. Its a stunning statement for my American Public official. But for the president to have thrown that line up before hitting the button on his desk to order a coke, its worrying stuff. Im glad youre on it, my friend. Thanks, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Michael isikoff is going to join us tonight. He did an interview with Michael Flynn last summer, which is now crucial, abso