of reporters here who have been covering this story very closely from the beginning. pam, you've been covering this story from the beginning as well. really a momentous day in this investigation and for this administration as well. >> that's right, because michael flynn is the first official that was in the white house to be charged in the investigation, and so what happened today really brings the focus on the others in the white house, too, how this might impact them. gloria borger, the big question, how does this deal threaten president trump? >> we don't know the answer to that yet, but what i can say is, first of all, we know that flynn has flipped. so this takes mueller into the oval office, into somebody who was in the west wing, and he has cooperation from somebody in the west wing. the white house has always said that it was misled by flynn about his russian contacts. so now we have to ask the question, is that true? were they misled? of course it gives us a whole new view of the time the president went up to comey, pulled him aside, told other people to leave the room and