Sources familiar with the matter that flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal egs poeb of his son who like his father is currently under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller. Flynns concern could be a factor in decisions about how to respond to muellers Ongoing Investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 campaign as well as the business dealings of key Trump Campaign advisers. Im told as well, don, that flynns wife lori she shares his concerns about their sons possible legal exposure and that you can well imagine. And what legal questions is the special counsel focusing on regarding flynn . So this is somewhat revealing. I spoke to two witnesses interviewed by the special counsel investigators and they tell me that the questions regarding flynn focused on his and his sons business dealings, including their firms reporting of income from work overseas. There is a log. Its called the foreign agents registration act. It requires those americans acting as agents for Foreign Companies or countries, they have to publicly disclose those relationships with those entities as well as any financial compensation they receive for such work. I should note that flynn jr. , he was central to flynns business. He served as his fathers chief of staff. A top aide, actively involved in his fathers consulting and lobbying work at their firm, which was known at the time as the flynn intel group. And that included joining his father on some of his over seas trips, one of them to moscow in december 2015 when flynn famously diepd with russian president Vladimir Putin at a gala for rt. Thats the Russian Television net work. I should note that flynn sr. Is also under legal scrutiny for undisclosed lobbying during the campaign on behalf of the turkish government as well as flynns alleged participation in discussions about forcibly removing a turkish clerk who has been living here in the u. S. In pennsylvania in exile. I should note as well in the past that a spokesman for flynn has denied that those discussions took place. So moving forward, what happens next in the investigation, jim . So clearly Robert Mueller is working hard here. Theres no sign that this is going to end anytime soon. I should note that the Flynn Investigation has been going on for some time. His business dealings have been subject to federal investigation since november prior even to muellers appointment in may of this year. And its not clear that either of the flins will face charges once that investigation is complete of the i should note that we reached out to flynns attorney. He did not respond to multiple requests to me for comment. Flynn jr. s lawyer, he declined to comment. But i might draw your attention to a tweet from flynn jr. Just this past sunday when he said, quote, the disappointment on your faces when i dont go to jail will be worth all your harassment. So quite a defiant response there to the former National Security advisers son. I want to bring in now cnn contributor john dean. Good evening, gentlemen. Welcome to the program. John, you heard jim say that flynn is concerned about his son and that could factor into how he responds to the mueller investigation. Is that an indication that he could flip against the president . Well, its certainly possible. We have not heard much news about mr. Flynn in a long time. This is the fist time in some thought he had flipped. This indicates that hasnt happened. So thats one thing we do take off the table, but it certainly looks like the special counsel is putting pressure on him to do so by leaning on his son. And that would be a very strong tool and not one unfamiliar to hard ball prosecution. The potential charges, how serious are they . Theyre very serious. You know, with regard to mr. Flynn, youre not only talking about, for example, failure to report that hes a foreign agent, which of course is a federal crime. Its a felony. But, you know, that really explosive charge that you spoke about a moment ago is that he was receiving a lot of money from the turkish government in exchange for pushing certain policies, you know, while he was in the Trump Administration. Thats the sort of thing not only juries dont like but i think a judge would very seriously want to publisher if he was convicted. So, you know, if im Michael Flynn, im concerned about my own liability. Im concerned about whether im going to go to prison for some period of time and also as john and you were talking about a moment ago, im concerned about my son. I will tell you, don, when i first saw the tweets from Michael Flynn, jr. , some days ago, i was thinking, okay, clearly this guy thinks hes getting a pardon because thats the only rational explanation for what is otherwise completely irrational behavior. Because in addition to the tweet you showed, you know, he was blasting mueller and making all sorts of unfair and false charges against mueller. That is not something you typically do when you get indicted and go to prison. What todays news telgz me is things are more normal, more like what i would expect as a former federal prosecutor, which is that mr. Flynn is very concerned and he may cooperate with mr. Mueller, whats called vicarious cooperation in exchange for leniency for his son. Thats interesting. Its not clear whether either flynn will face charges once the investigation is complete. But how concerned should the president be about this . Well, he certainly was concerned about flynn when he talked to comey. So we know its been on his mind that he thought that flynn should get a pass, which would probably include his son. Another thing, don, is the seriousness of the crimes. There also happened to be, with the exception of the foreign agents registration act, state offenses. So these are beyond a pardon. And that should trouble trump also because he cant give them any grace and let them have a pass. And this wouldnt send a smiling Michael Flynn, jr. Off to his new twitter account either. Remember it was trump who asked former fbi director james comey to go easy on flynn in the oval office. Thats according to comeys capitol hill testimony. Flynn has been a central figure in all of this early on. Thats for sure, don. And what it suggested is that the president had a close relationship with Michael Flynn and took an intense interest in his investigation. I mean, it takes a lot for the president of the United States to interrupt a busy day for and obviously a lot of very serious concerns and weighty concerns to personally talk to the fbi director and ask him to drop the case against mr. Flynn. So that is something that is very unusual. And in addition to that, i will say, you know, one issue i would be thinking about if i represented the president is if he does pardon flynn, if he does pardon flynns son, is that evidence that mr. Mueller is going to use in support of his obstruction investigation. And we know that is ongoing as well. Theres also, john, theres this. We learned from carter pages testimony that Corey Lewandowski okayed carters trip to moscow as long as it wasnt affiliated with the campaign. Corey told politico back in march i had never met or spoken to carter page in my life. Well, here is what corey told fox news. This was last night. You have to remember in the context of the campaign world, now, my memory has been refreshed, but to be clear, from what i understand and what i recall, that email was sent on june 19th of 2016. So about 18 months ago. It also happened to be fathers day on a sunday. And it also happened to be the day prior to me being terminated from the campaign. So with all due respect, there were many other things on my mind that day other than trying to understand why a volunteer was telling me he may or may not be traveling outside the country. He went from saying that he never spoke to carter page in his life to his memory being refreshed. In fact, they had exchanged emails. Yeah. Ill tell you, don, its amazing how federal criminal investigations tender to sharpen ones memory. I think that you know, a lot of people have had refreshed recollection as of late. I know at a certain point attorney general sessions also seemed to have his memory refreshed. One thing i will say is what this should tell viewers at home is that all of these individuals are making a big mistake by talking on television, talking on twitter, talking to anyone, frankly, about whats going on here. What theyre doing, every time they speak their words can be used against them. When i was a federal prosecutor and im not telling you a secret here. This is something that rod would talk about how he would get video take place of my public appearance. His offices lawyers would get those videotapes as potential exhibits against him. And so, you know, those statements can be used against him. And mr. Lewandowski and others could potentially get themselves in legal trouble if they keep speaking inaccurately about what they did and what they said. Does coreys refreshed memory hurt him, john . Well, ill tell you, amnesia is not a good defense in front of juries. It was tried in watergate. Its been tried in many, many federal cases. And it does not impress juries. So refreshed recollections helps as the process of the investigation go along, and they can save themselves from getting in trouble. But when it all is flattened out at the end, youve got to be truthful and forthcoming and appear that way all the way along. John dean, reign add dough, thank you. I appreciate it. Just ahead, more on our breaking news. Michael flynn expressing concern about the legal fate of his son in the russia investigation. Also, the democratic upset on election day one year after Donald Trumps stunning victory. The Election Results are a referendum on his presidency . Im going to ask legendary journalist dan rather. My shoulders carry a lot of names some i deserve others i dont but in the end only one name really matters because shoulders were made for greatness, not dandruff looking for a hotel that fits. Whoooo. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over. 200 sites to find you the. Hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazi, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Here is breaking news tonight. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn expressing concern about the potential legal exposure of his son in the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. I want to bring in now dan rather. I cannot wait to read it. Number one on my reading list. I think im going to get to yours first, mr. Rather. Welcome to the program. I want to talk to you about this new reporting. Thanks, don. Absolutely. Robert mueller may be putting pressure on former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn and his son are both under scrutiny by mueller. Is mueller trying to get flynn to flip and testify about russian interference or possible collusion to protect his son . Well, first, obviously i do not know for sure. But having covered prosecutors over the years, its pretty obvious that and juskel so that the Mueller Operation is trying to get various people to flip. And putting the pressure on flynn, frankly, don, for the last couple of weeks ive been saying to myself we havent heard much about flynn. Now its out. You can bet that special counsel mueller and his people have been talking to flynn a lot more than is apparent in what we know from the public prints. And now we have this information that in addition to putting the pressure on flynn himself, putting the prush on his son. But a key question that needs to be continually asked as the Mueller Operation goes on is one thing to put the pressure on flynn and increase the pressure by mentioning his son as somebody who possibly could be indicted and put in prison possibly but how much does flynn know and does what he know tie the collusion question directly to the president . I think theres a widespread belief, suspicion with most of the media and i would include myself, suspicion that flynn knows a lot. But they have to leave open the possibility that no matter how much pressure you put on him, he may not know as much as we think he does. Second thing is theres always the lure of the pardon. The president has this tremendous pardon power. And if youre in flynns role or for that matter his sons role, you have to keep asking yourself well, am i better off to fully cooperate, tell him everything i know or to stay loyal, put that in quotes if you want, and better in a pardon. So thats where we are with that. What ai night last night. I want to talk about the election and get your perspective on that. The results were a sweeping victory for democrats, mr. Rather. It was supposed to be very tight in virginia. What happened in your view . Well, i think what happened first of all, this is a big deal. This is a big win for the democrats. No other way to read it. They among other things particularly in virginia, the republicans found out that running a trumpism kind of campaign without trump himself campaigning directly for you doesnt work. And also this campaign in the end the republican candidate for governor, thinking he was behind, began to run a very dirty campaign. As i said before, this campaign was nasty enough to gag a buzzard. That didnt work. So by any reasonable analysis coming out of last night, good news, very good news for the democrats in not only virginia but new jersey and other places. They did it the oldfashioned way. They really got organized and they got people out to vote. You know, the book you mentioned, what unites us, i wrote it because im optimistic about the future. I think it will take us awhile to get there. I wanted to talk about hope. But hope and optimism, they only work if people are willing to act. So its a very old story. What counts the most is the vote. And in this case the democrats worked hard to get their vote out. They were in a climate i think generally speaking that people want the country to be united. And much of the rhetoric and the tone coming from the Trump Administration has been to divide us. Right. You know, race against race, in some cases religion against religion. And thats contrary to our history and the natural american spirit. And i think thats some of what moved these battle to go democratic last night. But any reasonable reading of those results, a lot of republicans who are up for reelection next year, their fingernails will begin to sweat now given these returns. But you and i know, don, that in politics overnight is a long time. A wook is forever. And the 2018 off year elections are still a long way away. So the democrats need to go out let me ask you because im going to put our poll up. Its a very troubling numbers for President Trump here. Only 34 of americans say the president is honest and trust woty. 64 think he is not. One year in, i think thats pretty astonishing. What forces are at work here . Well, you know, general speaking with the Trump Administration his problem, and its a growing problem with the electric tort and for i think the country as a whole is the tone of his administration. You know, with some policies you can see well, hes not that far out of the mainstream b ut its the whole tone of the presidency that i think what he says, what he tweets. People want a president to be strong, but they want him to be noticeable or at least from some noble instincts. And these are pretty hard to find with this presidency and its beginning to tell at the polls. Mr. Rather, can we talk a little bit more about what unites us, your book. Reflexes on patriotism. There it is. Why is it so important . You said you wanted to talk about bringing the country together and whats really important in america, but take us behind the story. Why did you do it . Well, you know, don, there are things that through our history that have held us together. And one of those things, for example, is we are an empathetic people. But we have a pleef in the vote. One person, one vote. We argue about this in some policies in our efforts to even though keep certain people from going to the polls, primarily on the basis of race. But the fundamental american belief has always been, you know, one person, one vote. Certain people, only white men who owned land. Women were kept from it for a long tile. My point is this. We need to have a discussion about what patriotism is here in the second decade of the 21st century. I have my own ideas about patriotism, but the books goal is not to be a not to preach to anybody. Just say we need to have a conversation about what patriotism is. And i would say, don, very important to understand the difference between patriotism and nationalism. And some of the extreme nationalism thats being preached now, including trouble with what the president and his aides say is extreme nationalism of the its economic nationalism and its racial nationalism. And that we know from history is very dangerous. So the book makes an effort to point out some of those things and say, you know, lets have a civil discussion when we can while standing for our principles and lets get back to listening to one another and see if we cant get the country back on a steady course. Dan rather, thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you, don. Always appreciate it. Absolutely. The book is called what unites us, reflexes on patriotism. And well see dan soon. When we come back, our new cnn poll that the president should be paying attention to. Were going to break down the startling numbers about his reelection chances one year after the president shocked the world and won the white house. Do americans have buyers remorse . Manolo youre so cold, come in whats wrong . Its dry. Your scalp . Mine gets dry in the winter too. Try head and shoulders dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and. Keeps you up to 100 flake free head and shoulders dry scalp care one year later President Trump is still touting his massive Electoral College win on twitter, but today its the democrats who are celebrating. Here to discuss cnn political commentator jason miller. Senior Communications Adviser to donald trump during the campaign. And bill burr t