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Did he disclose it as part of his security clearance form? we dont know whether this request for immunity is because he is concerned about something involving his conversations with kislyak or the russian investigation or something else. its really hard to ultimately at this point say where this goes. but, but i got to say, at the end of the day, if the committee is -- are going to do their job, theyve got to hear from michael flynn. >> well, the thing is -- >> he is the one witness, he is the o...

Up contacts and ties between trump officials and the russians. in fact, one of the reasons why i think there ought to be a special prosecutor is because of those connections and even possible collusion between the trump team before or after the election. it is incontrovertable at this point that the russians interfered with our elections, bedrock of our democracy. that investigation could well have picked up some contacts between the trump transition team or even the election team before the ele...

Wolf? >> pretty surprising that he was, in fact, out of the loop until february 9th for all practical purposes. jim, what about spicer? what did he say about whether flynn intentionally lied or misled about the information to anyone inside the white house? >> reporter: i think its a key question, wolf, because they repeatedly said today the reason why flynn wases let go, or forced to resign,s was that he misled top officials inside this administration including the vice president, but sean spice...

The kremlin denies reports flynn and the ambassador discussed sanctions calling the information, quote, incorrect. a key question, whether flynns communication with the ambassador influenced russian president vladimir putins decision not to retaliate after the new sanctions were imposed. the obama administration also kicked out some 35 russian diplomats out of the country in response to russias meddling in the 2016 election. >> after the obama administration went ahead with those sanctions, norm...

>> told cnn that investigators were monitoring calls between flynn and ambassador sergey k s kieslikok. it was concerning. at the same time, the u.s. was conducting a broader investigation of russian activities in the u.s. officials who spoke to cnn at the time stressed no determination of wrongdoing on flynns part had been made. a u.s. official confirms flynns communication with the russian ambassador included discussion of sanctions in at least one phone call first confirmed in the "washington...

>> that head to a difficult place, too. >> investigator were monitoring calls febetween flynn and the ambassador, the content captured was concerning. at the same time, the u.s. was conducted a broader investigation of russian activities in the u.s. officials who spoke to cnn at the time stressed no determination of wrong doing on flynns had been made. a u.s. official confirms the case with the russian ambassador included discussions with sanctions during at least one phone call. the kremlin den...

60 votes now required to break a democratic filibuster. >> reporter: as donald trumps choice for the supreme court made the rounds on capitol hill, senate democrats were struggling with this key question. how hard should they fight the selection? of judge neil gorsuch to serve on the high court. trump warning that his party may try to cut out democrats altogether. urging senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to allow just 51 republicans to confirm gorsuch rather than the 60 votes required now. ...

Our senior congressional reporter manu raju is up on capitol hill. whats the very latest up there, manu? >> wolf, tonight democrats are splitting along idea logical lines over how hard to fight the gorsuch nomination. liberals are pushing very hard to fight tooth and nail and to filibuster this nomination, while moderates are reserving their judgment right now and they are hoping to pickup eight democrats to break a likely democratic filibuster. as president donald trumps choice for supreme cour...

Know exactly who were talking about? could you sing -- hum a few bars? >> i would never do that. we want to give him respect right now for what he just did to help the passengers. the last thing we should do is insult him by me mimicking him. >> i also appreciate you thinking of the viewers here. >> always. daisy fuentes is another big name. >> i know daisy fuentes. i just wanted to hear richard marx songs. >> i guaranteed that camerota in acid washed jeans once shimmied to richard marx. >> all ...

Deals is going to take time. i think about an office building on avenue of the americans where trump is carrying a $950 million loan. the bank of china is one of the lenders. hes got to start thinking about how to put that wall up between trump business and trump president, doesnt he? i mean, he is running out of time? >> thats right. its not clear how much work has been done on that aspect of the transition even as trump, you know, is starting to stop his administration. another key question is...