Attorney general for, quote, taking charge. Seeming to indicate that bob barr, bill barr had a direct hand in the Justice Departments move to undercut prosecutors recommendations to sentence trump ally roger stone. They wanted stone to spend 7 to 9 years in prison for convictions, we should note, on several charges including lying to congress and witness tampering. Hours later, trump called that very unfair and the sentencing request was watered down. Now four prosecutors who won that conviction have quit the case. Clearly we have a lot to get to. Lets begin with the results in New Hampshire. Phil mattingly is here. What do you think we should focus on when we look at how this all shook out . I want to start with the top two. If you go back to 2016, Bernie Sanders just dominated New Hampshire. This was a different race, a different field. Different money, different organizations. Different results. But theres a reason Bernie Sanders won. Bernie sanders won the three largest townships i
Doesnt even have to think twice. Look what he did with this intelligence briefing to congress. He didnt even wait long enough to hear about the part about Bernie Sanders. I think there is a legitimate question. If he knew a month ago was he allowed to talk . I wonder why we didnt hear anything. He said it was intelligence he didnt want to say anything. Listen, i dont know. Why didnt he say anything . I dont know. Its good to know. It would have been good to know a month ago. Exactly right. Loyalty test. This loyalty test is straight out of voldemorts book. Are you with us or not. Its not supposed to be about that. When they came after this person i didnt say anything and that person. And that person. Finally nobody left. You know who will be there when they come for you. Not you. The vanilla gorilla. You know what, im not going to deny that. Vanilla gorilla is right. The color purple. You shol is ugly. My beauty is on the inside. Boy, bye. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Thank you s
Drop in the unemployment rate. Why do they believe the numbers now when they called them phony in the past. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. The former National Security adviser was fired for apparently lying about his russia contacts now creating more controversy for the Trump Administration. The white house bombarded with questions about Michael Flynn. And his work as a registered Foreign Agent representing turkishs agent even as he was advising thencandidate trump last year. Sean spicer confirming that the president was in the dark about this and dismissing allegations that flynns foreign lobbying work should have raised red flags. Also following the investigation of President Trumps claim that his phones were wiretapped by the obama administration. Top lawmakers say they have not seen any evidence to support mr. Trumps claim even offer the closed door meeting with comey. Adam schiff telling c
Susan rice says she never leaked anything and never used intelligence for political purposes. Health care rebill, the Trump White House tries once more to persuade conservatives going along with a plan to replace obamacare but any chance that conservatives may consider a nonstarter foreanybody else . And north koreas kim jonguns regime linked to Cyber Attacks in banks around the world. Are the funds used to fund nuclear and Missile Program . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. The house and Senate Intelligence committees both go behind closed doors as new investments come to light in their probes of russian meddling in the u. S. Election. A congressional intelligence source says investigators are looking into the timing of meetings between people close to donald trump and russian officials during the transition and whether they talked about easing us u sanctions. The ranking democratic adam schiff says his investigation
100 days on a curve. Theres a very extreme emphis placed on this 100 days, joanie. When all in starts right now. Happy take your kid to work day. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. How and why did President Trump allow a literal Foreign Agent into the situation room . That continues to be the big question facing the Trump White House nearly 100 days into office. Today, we found out there is a new investigation to get to the bottom of it. That Foreign Agent, of course, is disgraced National Security advisor Michael Flynn, seen here leading a lock her up chant at the Republican National convention, who last month retroactively registered with the Justice Department as a Foreign Agent for his lobbying work on behalf of the turkish government. Lobbying he was doing for half a Million Dollars secretly last year while and this is quite crucial simultaneously advising trump on foreign policy. This is just one of the bright red flags about flynn. He was also paid nearly 34,000 to spea