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The big story is michael flynn. michael flynn today it was reported told the fbi and both congressional committees he will flynn was president trumps closest adviser on national security throughout the campaign and was named national security adviser by trump, but only lasted a month. he was fired in mid-february after lying about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. that coming weeks after acting attorney general sally yates had warned the white house that flynn was vulnerable to b...

Lasted a month. he was fired in mid-february after lying about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. that coming weeks after acting attorney general sally yates had warned the white house that flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by the russian government because of the nature of those conversations and the falsehoods he used to describe them. tonight after news broke that he offered to testify in exchange for immunity, flynns lawyer released a statement reading, in part, general flynn ...

He sent a firestorm of tweets that made serious allegation about his predecessor. a spoke man for president obama released a statement reading in part that he nor the white house ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. joining me now, congressman jim himes from connecticut. good afternoon to you. lets start with this. the presidents claims appear to be based on reporting in conservative media of two fisa warrant. one if ju in june that was denied and then another in fall that may have tar...

President-elect released a statement reading in part, quote, to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president ive decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways. the new york attorney generals office is putting the brakes on the plan. a spokesman for the foundation says that the foundation cannot legally close until an investigation into the foundations charitable practices has been completed. ryan nobles is following the story from washingto...

Aimed at tightening the nations gun laws. those actions already being rebuffed by republicans. how speaker paul ryan released a statement reading in part at a time when the country wants the president to lead the fight against islamic terror this is yet another attempt to define and distract from his failed policies. moments ago, we have white house press secretary josh earnest speaking about the upcoming actions. take a look. >> we have to do something in this country to address the consequence...

Opened fire on rice killing him. now, it has been reported the officers did not know that second part of the call that the individual who called the police said that he was probably a juvenile and that the gun was probably fake. as he reached toward the right waistband, he was shot and eventually died from his injuries. according to his reports, that was enough to justify these shootings. the fbi said the weapon in question is not relevant to a constitutional review of the actions. rices family ...

Earnest said three investigations were under way. understandably doctors without borders is shyly skeptical. its latest statement reading "with such constant discrepancies in the u.s. and afghan reports of what happened the need for a full transparent investigation is ever more critical." united nations human rights chief said the incident could amount to a war crime. joining me now, spencer ackerman, national security editor of "the guardian." heres my understanding of what we know now. origina...

But today commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general john campbell offered a notably different explanation. >> we have now learned that on october 3rd afghan forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from u.s. forces. an airstrike was then called to eliminate the taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck. this is different from the initial reports, which indicated that u.s. forces were threatened and that the airstrike was c...

Friend reading in part whoever shows enmity to a friend of mine that i have declared war against him. a family member said he jokingly called himself the muslim redneck, the shuler family releasing a statement reading in part, there are no words to describe our shock, horror and grief. >> reporter: the family said the gunman had money problems had rented a mustang convertible just before the shooting and had been driving through this area at excessive speeds. were told federal investigators are ...

Dozens of other bike gang members on their way to waco to exact some kind of revenge. what do you know about this? >> that is certainly a concern for local law enforcement officials here. i spoke to the spokesman for the waco police department who says that is a very real and credible threat, threats from these biker gangs who sort of want to like you mentioned a revenge attack against uniformed police officers. we have yet to hear more details about that, but they do say thats adding to the ten...