Ambassador dennis ross. And then common Core Education standards split inside the gop. It is local School Boards and higher standards. How can anybody disagree with that. The debate of common core. Governor greg abbott and former education secretary bill bennett. And the president wants to spend billions more on new programs. Our sunday panel weighs in. And our power player this super bowl sunday former profootball player john riggins and his legacy on and off the field. I came to play the game and have fun and i think i accomplished that. All right now on americas news headquarters. And hello again from phoenix news in washington. We begin with breaking news. Jordan has renewed the offer to trade a prisoner for a pilot after there was a release of a murder of a japanese hostage. Well discuss that with key players on this issues. But first conor powell is live in the middle east newsroom with the latest. In just about every corner of the region there is cause of concern of the growing
Ambassador dennis ross. And then common Core Education standards split inside the gop. It is local School Boards and higher standards. How can anybody disagree with that. The debate of common core. Governor greg abbott and former education secretary bill bennett. And the president wants to spend billions more on new programs. Our sunday panel weighs in. And our power player this super bowl sunday former profootball player john riggins and his legacy on and off the field. I came to play the game and have fun and i think i accomplished that. All right now on americas news headquarters. And hello again from phoenix news in washington. We begin with breaking news. Jordan has renewed the offer to trade a prisoner for a pilot after there was a release of a murder of a japanese hostage. Well discuss that with key players on this issues. But first conor powell is live in the middle east newsroom with the latest. In just about every corner of the region there is cause of concern of the growing
Apparently, and now poised to be a star witness in the russia probe. Among the Big Questions tonight, what is flynn telling Robert Muellers team and how damaging could all of this be for the president and those closest to him, including his soninlaw Jared Kushner . Sources tell cnn that kushner directed flynn to reach out to the Russian Ambassador last september in one of several conversations that flynn lied about. Court document also show that prosecutors are making a case that flynn and other trump advisers coordinated contacts with russian officials, contacts i ammed aimed at influencing International Policy before the president took office. Tonight a senior white house official tells cnn a president ial pardon for flynn is absolutely not under consideration. A source close to the administration is warning that the president and his aides are in denial about the severity of the russia probe and that the flynn deal should be a red alert for them. Were joined with our panel of report
Apparently, and now poised to be a star witness in the russia probe. Among the Big Questions tonight, what is flynn telling Robert Muellers team and how damaging could all of this be for the president and those closest to him, including his soninlaw Jared Kushner . Sources tell cnn that kushner directed flynn to reach out to the Russian Ambassador last september in one of several conversations that flynn lied about. Court document also show that prosecutors are making a case that flynn and other trump advisers coordinated contacts with russian officials, contacts aimed at influencing International Policy before the president took office. Tonight a senior white house official tells cnn a president ial pardon for flynn is absolutely not under consideration. A source close to the administration is warning that the president and his aides are in denial about the severity of the russia probe and that the flynn deal should be a red alert for them. Were joined with our panel of reporters here
Have our guests. Republican Communications Strategist and msnbc political contributor, rick tiler and author and nbc news president ial historian, michael. Michael, let me start with you. It did ring of Richard Nixon, didnt it . Weve played that Richard Nixon clip before when mike pence said one year of these investigations is enough. Last night, it was donald trump channeling the ghost of Richard Milhouse nixon. Maybe not for the first time. I guess the difference is, joe and mika, in nixons case, at least he had the selfrestraint to wait until the end of the speech. In trumps case it came very early on. In trumps case, it was tied to a threat. I have never, for all the state of the Union Address i know of, i have never heard a president deliver a threat like that, unless you relieve me of these socalled ridiculous partisan investigations theres not going to be any legislation. Thats a new one. That isnt in the state of the union but what he said before democrats were sworn in the beg