deceit was more extensive than an isolated error in judgment. he delivered a message to moscow that arguably undermined his own government, then provided false accounts about that conversation not only to the fbi but to vice president pence. trump transition spokesman sean spicer and our reporter for the washington post. as you investigated flynn and the russia next, what was your biggest takeaway? well, i mean, first i want to go back to that clip from president trump. i mean, what he s saying there is not true, that nobody said flynn didn t lie. i mean, i think the agent said he didn t show the manner of somebody who was trying to deceive or lie, but they knew because they had transcripts of what he told the russian ambassador, that he in fact, had lied. nobody from the justice department has excused him of that, and he s pleaded guilty to it. it s really important to get that out there. i think that for me i had known flynn for a long time, well more than a decade, and so he, to
he bought stock in a medical company and then introduced legislation that would have directly benefitted that company. chuck schumer is now calling for a probe into this case. dr. sanjay gupta is live in washington with the latest. good morning. that s going to be a big topic of discussion today but also the fact that congressman price has been releasing his own version of a replacement of the affordable care act for the last several years. that will be a topic as well. we wanted to dive more deeply and talk to people that have known him the longest. reaction about allegations regarding his stock purchase is swift. i m extremely troubled. he has a steep mountain to climb. i ll wait to see what he says at the hearing but it s going to be hard to dig himself out of the hole. a trump transition spokesman called the allegations quote adding any effort and legislation by dr. price and
this month, secretary kerry called the israeli settlements a barrier to peace. the obama administration has ended a tracking program from the bush area that could have been used by incoming president trump to carry out his previously proposed muslim registry. the national security entry exit registration system confidence created after 9/11 but wasn t been used since 2011. basically been dormant. the department of homeland security said it s quote outdated, obsolete and redundant and that new systems let the department achieve the same goals but more efficiently. a trump transition spokesman said the incoming administration will have a response to the move as part of a broader plan on executive orders. as you know, president-elect donald trump rarely makes an apology. but he got one yesterday. as his former surrogate, ex-house speaker newt gingrich went around making stamgts like these. you say you ve been working on these issues. others might say you ve been working in the swamp
radical islamist countries, state-sponsored, that are cutting deals with mexican drug cartels, for some of what they call the lanes of entry into our country. and i have personally seen the photos of the signage, okay, the signage along those paths that are in arabic. before you respond, i want to say that cnn hasn t been able to corroborate this. the border patrol union told cnn that they weren t aware of any signs and a trump transition spokesman declined to comment on this. so how is washington reacting to flynn, as stories like this trickle out? this is one of many things about general flynn that have people alarmed. not just democrats, a lot of republicans, as well. and don, a lot of it as doug mentioned, you hear a lot of generals coming into the trump administration. a lot of his former colleagues in the military are also concerned about general flynn. we have asked the trump campaign to please tell us where these signs are. if general flynn has seen these
the senate votes to consent. he ll get that waiver, right? he s going to get that. oh, if he didn t get that waiver, there would be a lot of angry people. and both general mattis and donald trump there alluding to this legal battle that they have ahead in congress that mattis needs to have a special waiver from congress in order to be considered for this year. the fact that mattis is only retired from the military for three years. and there is a statute on the books that requires officers in uniform to be out of uniform for seven years. trump sending a little warning sign, a threat to congress, you better get this passed through. in the meantime, donald trump will take to the road tomorrow to des moines, iowa. and he tolds another one of these thank you rallies friday in michigan. george and alison. republicans are using a short-term spending bill to speed up its nomination of mattis. they re adding language to the