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>> yeah, and the heavy lifting is policy and tax reform, and they are spending the political capital before they need it. and its interesting the fact that he was the guy sent out to defend general flynn and was lied to, and somebody in the white house decided lets not talk to mike pence, and if i am mike pence i want to know how that happened? how did they decide to leave me out of the loop and twisting in the wind, and he was upset about this otherwise it would not have triggered what happened...

White house itself and folks going on who know whats going on. we have folks in the u.s. senate, mitch mcconnell and richard burr calling for investigation because they have not been kept in the loop. until we have an independent investigation not including jeff sessions and a private committee investigation, we will not know what happened. >> we have to leave it there. we are going to have you back next hour. we are not done by a long shot. so much to talk about. >> still to come, another provo...

Out from michael flynns resignation being a crisis for the white house. president trump knew that flynn mislead his administration for weeks we now know. why was vice president mike pence kept out of the loop and allowed to speak about this publicly? joe johns live at the white house with more. >> good morning, allison. lies about ties to russia now part of the shockwaves here at the white house quite frankly as the administration tries to deal with what is next. >> its what lead the president t...

The administration about mike flynn that flynn had discussed sanctions. he vouched for the original version on this. and apparently it turns out that mike pence according to his spokesman only found out the truth when he read it in the newspaper. bill, as somebody whose been inside these administrations, what do you think is playing out there right now in terms of mike pence? the conversations hes having, what this does for his trust with him and the president? >> if you look at those stories, m...

Question about the trump white house and president trumps feelings about russia and putin. this was a conversation with the russian ambassador. what is going on here, why did it happen? and what did he say? are we going to see these transcri transcripts? >> we dont know that yet. kellyanne conway came out and said general flynn had the full support of the president of the united states. she said that an hour before sean spicer said the complete opposite. heres what she said. >> general flynn doe...

All of that means the president has known about all of this for nearly three weeks. still, spicer says it was yesterday when the president finally lost confidence in flynn. >> he needs to rely on a national security adviser to give him advice and i think at a certain point, that guidance, t that trust eroded and the president as he does on all matters ultimately decides when hes ready to make a decision, he execute executes. >> reporter: now, getting back to white house official confirming that ...

Security adviser here who may have lied to the president or possibly forgot information or a conversation he had with the russian ambassador. >> whats surprising to me, he not only lied to the vice president. >> general flynn said he didnt have that conversation when he did. >> he lied to the country. when youre the national security adviser and you blatantly lie to the country and your vice president. that diminishing your ability and influence. they have to move right away. >> hes very controv...

Cant recall. >> how many times does she go out and say things that arent true. >> blatantly false. >> how many times? >> willie, it happens time and time again. >> i could not interview her. its giving people dishonesty. >> she goes out and lies and you find out about those lies. >> its not worth the interview. >> a couple hours later. if shes not lying, willie, she is -- ive heard she is so out of the loop. >> totally. >> shes in none of the meetings. she goes out without talking without having...

>> general flynn has said he cant recall. he about 30 phone calls with i guess leaders at the time, arched since then 70 im told with different leaders. ill just leave his comments at that. >> by saying he enjoys the full confidence of the president, are you saying he did not have those conversations, that he did not mislead the president? >> no, those are two different questions you asked me, and ill repeat the answer, does he have the full confidence in the president. yes, he does. then youre ...

Nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. ally. do it right. told you not to swat em. welcome to the first edition of a brand-new segment normal or not. probing stories that may have gone under the radar during the week. president trump defending his travel ban in court and ruling he may issue the new ruling as of monday. you might remember top homeland security officials briefed at the last moment, the legal okay on the last possible day and congressional players saying they were in...