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Now with the people first warranty. be staying in their home countries, but they have no choice other than to leave. for some reason, refugees are a favorite scapegoat for fear mongers because we all know

Scapegoat and a sacrifice. and i think thats a really good way to put it. there is something about this moment in which senator franken finds himself that if we were talking about this two months ago or two months from now things might be different. but he is where he is. and we are where we are. and i think thats reflected in opinion here in the state of minnesota. >> yeah. im with you on the resignation is a resignation is a resignation. but my goodness next tuesday is going to be interesting....

Self-centered beliefs. attitudes and practices that michael ultimately couldnt get behind, so he continued his search. two years ago michael heard about a new religious group forming in detroit. called the satanic temple, it promoted seven tenets designed to inspire noble action and thought. where compassion, wisdom, and justice always prevail. christians believe that satan is the ultimate arbiter of evil, that he is behind insidious things like murder and robbery and rape and lying. but you say...

Happened today? >> really the speed. you know, just as youre saying, we havent seen a scandal that unfolded so quickly and also, we havent seen an investigation that was this fast. you know, this is during the first year and this reminds me very much as it has others of john dean at the time of watergate because in the spring of 1973, richard nixon was doing a pretty good job of covering up watergate. it was only because his white house counsel john dean was worried he would be the scapegoat and...

And michael flynns guilty plea on friday hasnt changed that view. according to russian meade ya, one russian politician said flynn was just a scapegoat. another called the situation a sack of smoke. but flynns legal predicament is serious and could face years in prison. we get the very latest now from cnns jim sciutto. >> the ongone russia investigation has reached president trumps inner most circle. trumps former national security adviser, michael flynn, said he is cooperating with the special ...

Magnitude of what happened today? >> really the speed. you know, just as youre saying, we havent seen a scandal that unfolded so quickly and also, we havent seen an investigation that was this fast. you know, this is during the first year and this reminds me very much as it has others of john dean at the time of watergate because in the spring of 1973, richard nixon was doing a pretty good job of covering up watergate. it was only because his white house counsel john dean was worried he would be...

Who are interviewed by the special counsels office or by the senate intelligence investigators or congressional investigations going on. any time these individuals are interviewed, they are potentially exposing themselves to charges of fault statements if they are not truly to investigators. >> thank you you all. we appreciate your time on this weekend especially. coming up russian lawmakers are dismissing michael flynns guilty plea calling it a sack of smoke. why they say hes just the scapego...

Flynn is a scapegoat and this is really just an attack on the u.s. president. so the little reaction that weve had so far seems to be following the previous russian insistence that nothing untoward happened, there there was no collusion and essentially to paraphrase, this is merely fake news. the truth is, though, that with all this evidence stacking up and this confession of flynn, those stories, those lies are starting to gradually, in fact very quickly inravel. >> you, i recall went and tried...

Trying to be strategic with that. number one, hes saying this happened back then and it was perfectly lawful. hes starting to call flynn a liar. hes going to go ahead and take the position if this guy does say something about me and my team, hes not credible, you cant believe him. what this tweet really raises is the question of why did he lie? if he didnt do anything unlawful? if there was nothing to hide? why did he lie to the fbi and put himself in this jeopardy? it doesnt make sense. >> that...

You know, this is during the first year and this reminds me very much as it has others of john dean at the time of watergate because in the spring of 1973, richard nixon was doing a pretty good job of covering up watergate. it was only because his white house counsel john dean was worried he would be the scapegoat and he decided to cooperate with the investigation and he was the one that was able to go to the senate, go to the prosecutors and say, this is what the president said in private. he i...