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Terms of this immunity offer from michael flynn. theres a chance he may not even be interviewed by either of these committees at least according to the ranking democrats. fredricka, theres no doubt there are mean who believe flynn is a central character in this entire investigation into just what role the campaign may have played in their interactions with russia leading up to the election in the fall. >> ryan, thank you so much for that. adam schiff, the ranking democrat investigate russian med...

An immunity deal for michael flynn could be a hard sell. the former national security adviser has said through his lawyer that he is willing to testify to the congressional committees investigating russia but only if he is immune from prosecution. the democratic ranking member of the house intelligence committee releasing a statement saying in part, as with any investigation, and particularly one that grows in severity and magnitude by the day there is still much work and many more witnesses and...

Smokes person and senior policy adviser for the counterextremism project, also a former cia military analyst. so, tara, why is flynn offering immunity? why is his offer not being accepted at this time, and what more information or discovery would the senate intelligence committee need before accepting general flynns immunity offer, if ever? >> sure. well, im not a lawyer, but it seems like if hes asking for immunity, theres something for which hes asking to be immune from prosecution for. thats ...

Proportion." white house press secretary sean spicer amplified that message. >> he believes that mike flynn should go testify. he thinks that he should go up there and do what he has to do to get the story out. >> reporter: the immunity offer for flynn was rebuffed by the senate intelligence community and drew skepticism from congressman jason chaffetz who took issue with the presidents characterization as a witch hunt. >> no, i dont think its a witch hunt. its very mysterious to me why all of a...

Happened. take whatever precaution you want or however your legal counsel advises you. >> nbc news was first to report that the senate intelligence committee is not willing toake an immunity offer to michael flynn. at least not yet. a senior congressional official said michael flynns lawyer was told it was wildly preliminary, and that immunity was not on the table at the moment. and the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff said, quote, there is still much w...

Subterfu subterfuge, if thats what it was? maybe theres an innocent explanation here. i dont understand it. >> reporter: now, both the house democrats and the house republicans are trying to finalize witness lists, poppy, for people that they actually want to interview going forward, and theyre trying to come to some sort of consensus on who they can interview publicly and privately. the question now also that michael flynn apparently wants some immunity in exchange for testimony, that is someth...

Virginia and women responded. >> i was a hillary supporter for so long. but i really like what bernie says. so, yeah. its, so its -- im struggling right now. im struggling. >> new today the number two republican in the senate wrote to loretta lynch to appoint a special prosecutor of clintons e-mails. two senate panels are offering an immunity offer. >> is any clinton rally close to where we see bernie sanders? >> she will have a few hundred, several hundred at various states around the country. ...

Go that far to take contempt. i think their lawyer will have him testify. if they do refuse to comply once the immunity offer is granted, well, sean, i think that ratchets this up even higher. >> this rarely happens. i can there is a lot of excitement here because the last time this happened was in 2007. >> well, 33,000 e-mail were wiped out by the secretary of state. thats what rarely happens. >> no. what rarely happens is the immunity order that is entered. the last time that happened was in 2...

Criminal proceeding. >> he hasnt been offer immunity yet. >> i dont think theyll have to go that far. if they do refuse to comply once the immunity offer is granted, that ratchets this higher. >> this rarely happens. i think there is a the love excitement here. the last time this happened was in 2007. >> 33,000 e-mails were wiped out by the secretary of state. thats what rarely happens. >> no. what rarely happens is the immunity order. so there isnt something that happens every day. >> it happen...

Significant. hes probably going to testify. i suspect the most significant thing were going to find out, if you look through all his interviews yesterday, is his concern about somehow giving evidence against roger stone. that was really the one thing that stood out to me. came back over and over again. he was worried about setting up roger stone. >> two things. roger stone, which he was very emphatic about. number two, i think we can play this sound, he also disclosed in the interview to me that...