claiming asylum at the southern border. sullivan arguing restrictions were a, quote, violation of the immigration law. the department of justice could appeal sullivan, the judge that postponed national security adviser michael flynn sentencing and accused him of selling out the country. senator jeff flake s protection bill was shot down a third time by republicans, the bill backed by chris coons and cory booker aimed at protecting bob mueller. they argue the bill is unnecessary since they don t think the president will fire mueller. flake will retire next month lose the as a republican serve six years. jillian: christmas is a few days away but some special kids just got a visit from santa obama. we wish you a merry christmas and happy new year rob: looks like a fun day,
them far more access to your data than it disclosed. and an amazing rescue for the ages caught on video in texas. two deputies rescue a man from a burning car. it is an extraordinary news wednesday. we ve got the michael flynn sentencing delayed. we ve got criminal justice reform in the trump administration also shuttered. big news. welcome back to early start. i m dave briggs. good morning, i m alison kosik. wednesday, december 19th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. and new this morning, the new york times reporting that hackers infiltrated the european union s diplomatic network monitoring this communications monitoring its communications for years. the messages were discovered by the cybersecurity firm area one. and they expose the biggest, most serious concerns of countries around the world. so what s in them, and who broke into the eu s diplomatic system? samuel burke live for us in london. there is the closest thing to being a fly on the twul
documents in. what we know from the court order is that it is a country with which we have no treaties for assistance. those could be a country like russia where we don t have that. we also know that these types of cases often involve financial institutions. so this well could be a russian financial institution. that would make sense in terms of the mueller investigation. but as to who that organization is, it s speculative at this point. i want to get to michael flynn sentencing that was delayed and the dramatic hearing yesterday. the sentencing delayed until march. flynn s brother tweeted that general flynn pled and cooperated and kept his mouth shut for two years thinking this was the best course of action to ease the financial burden. the benefit of his cooperation did not materialize yesterday. we are in an alternative
on the hill, but we will stand by. it is interesting because the democrats have taken this hard left turn. they are saying obamacare has failed, too. they think we need a single payer government run with higher taxes, fewer choices, and along the lines appear shannon: we got to leave it there. thank you for coming in. a stunning turn of events for the president s former national security advisor, michael flynn beer to some scathing statements including at least one, a big one he had to walk back. correspondent catherine herridge in the courtroom today. the michael flynn sentencing was postponed, but the status report in 90 days pending a case that is unrelated to the special counsel. today, the judge would not rule out jail time. president trump s former national security advisor michael flynn arrived with his wife on his side and his legal team.
found troubling personally. but flynn has declined to do so, and sentencing has now been postponed for another 90 days, harris. harris: catherine herridge, thank you very much. i want to bring in robert ray, former whitewater independent counsel. you took over the kenneth starr case and wrapped it up. so you see the beginning of the ends of things. i want to get an idea from you is this the ending or is this just the beginning for general flynn? i think there was just a simply a pause today. that doesn t mean that things weren t accomplished today. the judge, first, had to determine you and i raised this in our prior interview on fox about the question of whether or not to, really, there was cause to withdraw a guilty plea. the judge wanted to be sure before he proceeded forward to sentence that the defendant knew that making statements to the fbi was unlawful. because there is some suggestion by virtue of the fact that he wasn t advice. we now know, intentionally so,