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It also would have impacted voters opinions. they would have seen leaders coming out against the candidate and said to themselves something is wrong here. that in a sense almost works against republicans in washington who were concerned about roy moore for all of the controversial and incendiary things he said before the revelations. i was on the phone with a voter, john, before we went on the air, somebody i spoke to in september when i was down there covering the senate race, he voted for roy ...

Adviser michael flynn and his son that involve the possible forcible removal of a muslim cleric from the united states and a possible $15 million payday. jessica schneider has the details on this. jessica, what are you learning? >> john, a lot of questions about this, about the plot and the fact that it was allegedly proposed at a meeting in new york city last december at the height of the transition after michael flynn accepted the offer to become national security adviser. t"the wall street jo...

Him? no. >> reporter: so its interesting to note woolsey there referring to the september 2016 meeting and now, of course, "the wall street journal" reporting on a followup meeting to that in december where flynn was reportedly offered $15 million. now flynns attorneys have previously denied that he had discussions about the muslim cleric but the "journal" is reporting the fbi now investigating and, of course, weve reported that michael flynn and his son are under scrutiny from special counsel m...

All republican leaders but it is not a unique occurrence either. this is from john, the state auditor who said there is nothing to see here. the allegations a man in his early 30s dated teenage girls. "the washington post" report said he never had sexual intercourse with any of the girls and never attempted sexual intercourse. so hes saying you know what, i read "the washington post" story and i dont care. you know, how will that play in alabama? >> well, look, i think the -- one of the things w...

The way to the hotel room and trump laughed it off. it went into the room. let trump into his room. schiller, trumps former bodyguard, was waiting outside the hotel room, waited for several minutes and left. he told the committee he could not account for what happened afterwards. now the reason why this is significant is investigators are trying to figure out with whether or not russians had any compromising material on trump, particularly the time that russia was trying to meddle in the electio...

Look past what, as amber said, as detailed and specific an allegation as you can get. look, i think from the point of view of the senate republicans there is a self-interest question here beyond the moral question, which is if he wins in december, which i dont think is guaranteed after this, i think that, you know, its not as though he is 20 points ahead, its not inconceivable he could lose, if he wins they will have to deal with the question of how do they deal with him as a sitting senator and...

Assignments, he could very much alienate a big, large chunk of his republican conference. meaning republican senators such as john miccain and others who said regardless roy moore should not be here in washington. put it on the table most of the republican senators here in washington dont want roy moore here. everyone talks about him being the 52nd vote and how they need him for tax reform and what have you, roy moore is not a guarantee on anything quite frankly. hes somebody who shoots from the...

John. >> cnns manu raju own capitol hill, manu, thank you very much. want to discuss all of these developments with cnn national security and legal analyst susan hennessey. thank you for being with us. help me understand the myriad legal issues that could be at stake from this reported meeting or meetings that michael flynn had with people of turkish interests of somehow removing this turkish cleric from u.s. soil possibly in return for money? >> yeah. there are -- theres a lot of concerning d...

The united states and should not be released. defense secretary chuck hagel citing bergdahls poor health as the reason president obama used his executive authority to sign off on the swap. national correspondent steve centanni live with more. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, arthel. some are questioning the move to release bergdahl. five ranking taliban fighters were freed from guantanamo prison. while expressing satisfaction that bergdahl is finally free senator john miccain, a former p.o.w. himself...

The u.s. senate. >> allegations, if true, to me, means he needs to step aside. >> if theyre true he should step aside. >> and senator ted cruz, who is one of the very few senators who actually endorsed judge moore in his race, he came out with a statement late last fight saying, quote, these are serious and troubling allegations, if they are true judge moore should immediately withdraw. however we these to know the truth and judge moore has the right to respond to these accusations. but some str...