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Information, i think, and i think its why you keep quiet when you haesh theres an investigation going on. >> when you hear immunity, you said usually people dont ask for immune tip -- the president did this -- unless youve done something wrong. >> thats correct. >> and with this development? >> it leads united states down the road that flynn was worried about exposure and that he did something wrong. i want to be clear. not everybody who asked for community has done something wrong. usually, the...

Russia, which i might add is not necessarily a united states ally. that is clear. but to what david said about the vetting, best-case scenario is that michael flynn went rogue, they did not vet him correctly, and the white house is going to try to cut him loose. the worst-case scenario for the white house is -- and again, its not proven by any stretch of the imagination now -- is that michael flynn is seeking immunity, we know that hes seeking immunity, and why is he seeking immunity? page could...

China to rape our country, and thats what theyre doing. china is responsible for nearly half of our entire trade deficit. >> reporter: the presidents son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, expected to play a key role in the two days of meetings. kushner rapidly becoming the presidents foreign policy point man, making a surprise visit to iraq over the weekend. all of these diplomatic meetings come as the cloud of russia continues to hang over the trump administration. the president continu...

Hired more people. loyally the front and center in any of the hiring he will have. but there are hundreds of positions still open. >> thousands in fact. i think you mean the hundreds that require senate confirmation. whats so staggering, when you have to think of the work the senate has to do. >> so, michael flynns immunity request. do you think he gets it and if he does, how significant is it? >> not yet. this isnt about michael flynn. this is routine fbi process. theyre not going to give him i...

Chu -- actual indicator he has information. if he could take down prominent members of the white house, he would be negotiating privately with folks in the justice department to hammer out a deal. the fact that him and his lawyer have gone public with this immunity request means that its more likely that itretheyre tr to stir up pressure to give him immunity from whatever prosecution could end up happening. i think its important not to overstate the significance of his request there. >> kevin, t...

Theres a lot we need to learn from other witnesses but i start off with a healthy skepticism. >> that is how the top democrat on the house intel committee said hes approaching mike flynns immunity request. he is saying here its too early in the investigation to consider that. the lawyer for president trumps former national security adviser said his client has a story to tell. no one has taken him up on that story yet. this was the reaction from the kremlins spokesperson. >> you yon certained abo...

The three ongoing russia investigations being carried out by the senate, the house, and the fbi under his own justice department as a, quote, witch hunt. two congressional sources told nbc news the senate intelligence committee has rejected flynns immunity request. one official saying it was wildly preliminary and immunity was not on the table at the moment. a top democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff, said in a statement its too early in the process to consider f...

Incidental, but they are putting forward everything they can to put an increased amount of attention on that especially given the news about michael flynns immunity request. julie: you know, democrats are also putting a lot of attention on whether or not there was collusion between the trump transition team and russia, and so far there has been no evidence, but yet that continues. top democrat adam schiff actually has a real problem though with chairman nuñes announcing the contents of that int...

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...

Russia. quote, mike flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt, excuse for big election loss by media and dems of historic proportion. spicer also struggled to explain why the president referred to the three ongoing russia investigations being carried out by the senate, the house, and the fbi under his own justice department as a, quote, witch hunt. two congressional sources told nbc news the senate intelligence committee has rejected flynns immunity request. one official saying ...