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Its a story that could have stunning political implications. the "wall street journal" reports the special counsel. >> rob: effort mueller is investigating the plan involving the fired michael flynn and his son, michael flynn jr. being offered $15 million if they forcibly removed a turkish cleric living in the united states. mueller and his team interviewed four people about the alleged plot. cnns justice correspondent is following the late breaking details for us. what can you tell us? >> the o...

The rendition back to turkey, flynns son is also alleged to be part of the discussions. you have the flynn intel question about bringing money in and laundering it and not reporting your taxes and all the same stuff that manafort was indicted for. you have the son and the father on this and as we know his parents. you protect your children. if mueller can leverage flynn senior by saying we are going to bring charges against your son, maybe he gets the cooperation from flynn he needs to communica...

People who participated and 20 plus years. very serious charges. mueller is looking at it because flynn is at the heart of this and flynn is at the heart of his collusion or marries that are always out of investigation. he cant not look at flynn. this may be distinct from collusion, but it shows the interactions that flynn is having with people that mueller has to inquire of to determine whats flynns motives here. >> earlier in the week, cnn reported that michael flynn was nervous that mueller w...

Meeting. background here that muslim cleric has been living in the united states since 1999. president erdogan accused him of masterminding a failed coop in 2016 and trying to get him back to turk tow charge him. muellers team is investigating this alleged offer and notably its a deal that was reportedly proposed at the 21 club in new york city in december 2016. that of course was during the transition and a few week after michael flynn accepted the position as national security adviser. wolf? >...

>> thats why robert mueller is looking into this and interviewed others who have knowledge about this case as well. >> a lot of leverage points that mueller will be taking advantage of. >> its heating up big time. president trump and president putin shake hands at the opening of the cooperation summit in vietnam. what should the message be? thomas pickering is the former ambassador to the united nations. los to discuss when we come back. a soft bristle brush for a feathery-soft lash experience. ...