good morning. i want to starl you're watching cnn. the most trusted name in news. with you, kyle. february 14th the day after then national security adviser michael flynn resigned. this is how white house press secretary sean spicer characterized what sally yates told them. >> just to be clear the acting attorney general informed the white house counsel that they wanted to give, quote, a headup to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what the -- he had sent the vice president out in particular. the white house counsel informed the president immediately. the president asked him to conduct a review whether there was a legal situation there. that was immediately determined that there wasn't. >> so spicer characterizes this as a heads-up but sources tell cnn that yates's warning was more than a heads-up, kyle. >> it seems a little more severe from that. from what we are hearing she didn't outright tell the white house that michael flynn could be fired but strongly implied