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Team that he was under federal investigation two weeks before the inauguration. lets bring in our panel to discuss that. we have senior political report nia-malika henderson and gloria borger here with me in washington and dana bash. weve got the full team. gloria, ill start with you. why this continued loyalty from the president to general flynn despite many missteps on his part? >> well, currently of course general flynn is an orphan with no parents. with people from inside the administration....

Essentially for turkey. your reaction to that? >> let me say hearing that story -- >> were going to go right to new york now because the press conference beginning on the this incident in times square. have a listen. >> today here in times square. were going to provide you with information. i want to emphasize up front this is preliminary information. obviously investigation under way. theres a lot we will learn in the coming hours. but were going to give you the information we have at this poin...

>> okay. and the fact that theres now potentially a criminal investigation under way would not prevent him from coming before the senate to give public testimony about this? >> i dont think it would prevent him. i think it might sort of describe the detail or the questions that he would deal with, but he is, again, very knowledgeable lawyer himself. i dont think he would do anything that would either jeopardize an ongoing investigation or in some way complicate the process of justice. >> you kno...

Investigating it. preliminary is an accident, one. did he appear to be intoxicated. and isnt it our reporting that he has a history of drunk driving? is that right? >> thats what sources are telling cnn. he did have a history of drunk driving and its possible he was in fact intoxicated when this crash happened. and again, to give you a quick landscape of the area where this happened, its really just one street that this car could have gone down as you heard this witness say. the car was definite...

By some public comments, that this might put a damper on that. do you think thats an accurate assessment of how this might go forward? >> that might be impossible, but i think the best news is for the american people. they were increasingly worried about the direction this investigation was taking. would it be partisan. would it be a series of accusations back and forth. now with director mueller in charge i think everyone can have confidence that theres a professional with great integrity who u...