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immunity. I want it in public. Lets go. He says he is ready. We have President Trump talking in a tweet about mike flynn saying mike flynn should ask for immunity and this say witch hunt. Excuse for big loss. Donald trump may have got even distracted when a reporter asked a question yesterday. Watch what the president did. Were you trying to tell the Justice Department to grant immunity to Michael Flynn . Was that your intention . The president left the room and not evening signing the orders. Asking the Vice President to take them. House intel chair devin nunes blaming democrats for the scrutiny he is currently under. This is all about the independent commission. They dont want this to be investigated by members of congress or senate. They want an independent commission which is code word for something that lasts a long
time and they can make political hay of it. We dive deeper into what we got 24 hours ago. The disclosures considering the Trump Administration were released in a friday document dump. How much are ivanka trump and Jared Kushner worth . Lets check in with kelly odonnell. Kelly, brief us on the figure that they are worth and the timing of the filings and release. Reporter this is a standard part of how white houses operate. They ruire anye working in the administration, whether this president or past president s, to get personal about finances. Typically, that picture isnt as intriguing, interesting or eye popping in some cases. The Trump White House brought a lot of wealthy people into government service. That is something we dont always see. Also, Family Members taking official roles in the white house although they are not taking a paycheck. That makes it interesting. It gives us a window into trump family assets and the Kushner Family which has an independent wealth in a Family Business there. So the forms are part of the ordinary course of business. They take on this trump interest level. We are talking not just about the family, but about 180 staffers at the white house who have to provide all of their information about themselves and spouse and Bank Accounts and investments and businesses. Part of why this stands out is we have seen that the team brought in by the president is one of the wealthy to serve in the white house. This morning, a rare look inside trump family wealth. Washington power couple and unpaid federal warniorkers, iva trump and Jared Kushner disclose their business and real estate
investments as part of a do documents release on friday. Making public financial disclosures. Despite taking themselves out of Management Roles of businesses, the president s daughter and soninlaw remain beneficiaries of holdings that could be worth more than 731 million. Ivanka trump also has a piece of the familys washington, d. C. Hotel. Her share valued between 5 million and 25 million. Assets of a different kind. Spot odd white house grounds friday, the top democrat adam schiff. Sources tell nbc news he had a private visit with President Trump. After schiff viewed the same Surveillance Information first shown only to republican chairman devin nunes who according to reports was tipped off by white house officials. People that probably knew about this. Knew about me being there. The fact of the matter, that doesnt make them the source of my information. Reporter President Trump injected himself into the fray by tweeting about his ousted National Security adviser. Michael flynn should ask for immunity. Calling the investigation of flynns ties to russia a witch hunt. The president had a different view last fall. If youre not guilty of a crime, why do you need immunity . Back then, flynn agreed. That means you probably committed a crime. Reporter now flynns lawyer says he has a story to tell and is interested in pursuing an immunity deal. Talking with sources involved in the work on the Intelligence Committees, im told the attorney for Michael Flynn has not made a formal request for immunity to the committee, but spoken publicly about seeking that protection for his client. We are told that the timeline for this is early. The committees are just getting
going on their work. They have to do more investigation before they would know what it is that Michael Flynn could offer or willing to consider immunity. We are ahead of the game here. It also is a case that there is a separate investigation being done by the Department Of Justice and the committees dont want to interfere with that. Immunity seems far off. Not completely off the table, but unlikely based on the people we talk to now. Thomas. I expect a good lawyer would get assurances over unfair prosecution. Kelly, thanks so much. The Senate IntelligenceCommittee Denied flynns Immunity Request so far. A senior official made the same offer to the Justice Department. For the Justice Department to agree to give somebody like him immunity means they want him to turn and testify against someone higher up in the food chain. Who is higher up in the food
there are Many Democrats watching this in a fever dream over what is taking place. They are letting themselves get the cart before the horse on this. From your perspective of the House Intel Committee and the reports we have and knowing that flynn was an unregistered Foreign Agent for the turkey government, is that a big concern for the United States and the Department Of Justice and the House Intel Committee to take a hard look at the actions of general flynn . I think the Justice Department will look at the registration and those types of things. I think obviously people are aware or were aware that general flynn was doing work with the turks. Whether that qualified for regulations remains to be seen. They need to look at the more serious issues. They need to look at the total involvement of the russians in
u. S. Politics and business and trying to influence what goes on here in the United States. They will take a hard look at what was going on in the last days of the Obama Administration with the various transcripts and various intelligence reports that included trump Transition Personnel and where they went and who had them and who authorized them about the unmasking. The Intelligence Committee both of them, will have a tremendous amount of work to do over the next 6 to 12 months. Do you believe russia interfered with the election and President Trump was the benefactor . Number one, i believe the russians were involved. I think this is an interesting thing. How were they involved in 2016 and 2012 and then 2008 . I think it is unclear there was
a single beneficiary. I think there were issues with james comey testifying a couple weeks ago. It is obvious they hated Hillary Clinton. We know that. There are also concerns about some of the policies that a potential President Trump would be involved in. You know, i dont get to that nexus yet that the director did. Oh, they hated hillary, so obviously they were for trump. I would like to see the intelligence and intelligence sourcing that the director of the fbi had. How close do we have human assets that provided information that enabled the director of the fbi to make that type of conclusion or is this something that do you not believe President Trump . What . Do you not believe President Trump . What do you mean . On the campaign trail. He said he had a Good Relationship with russia and vladimir putin. They do good things. You dont believe President Trump . Theres the evidence. Human evidence you are looking for coming from the president. He has a relationship with vladimir putin. He respects him as a world leader. That doesnt necessarily mean that putin is believing that i need to get this guy in here because i have a relationship with him. No, im looking for the specific intelligence that is only available to our Intelligence Community that enables the director of the fbi to come out and so definitively declare the relationship or the activities by russia clearly were to favor Candidate Trump in an election where every pundit was saying Hillary Clinton was going to be
the overwhelming victor on november 8th. Lets see the intelligence that enables it to be. Do we have that intelligence . I dont know. Former Congress Member pete hoekstra, thank you. Security officials are exploring the reason behind the sudden ban on laptops on flights from several middle east airports. Nbcs pete williams. Reporter now u. S. Officials say one reason for the restrictions is a Government Analysis suggesting that terrorists have developed the means to conceal explosives in laptops that could elude screening. U. S. Officials believe Terror Groups are using some Airport Screening Devices which turn out to be widely available to test their explosive designs. How big of a threat is this and will it impact you . Well talk about that coming up. I have ahma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my Asthma Symptoms kept coming back
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is willing to testify, but obviously want protections. It is too early in the investigation. You have seen both the senate and house side as well as the fbi are not willing to consider this yet because the investigation is not mature enough. They need to know more and investigate more. You are talking about a senior individual asking for immunity. That is a late stage decision for the investigators. It is not unusual in asking, but it is unusual in terms of the sequence. In flynns description of immunity last year, he constitutes immunity you get that because you have done something criminal. You think flynn and his team are surprised to be rejected by the sfet i senate Intel Committee . Probably not. I think his lawyers are savvy enough to tell him they want the offer on the table and dictate the terms of what happens next. Of course, what are you describing is the Public Perception of immunity in a politically charged investigation versus what it means to somebody on the other side of the table being asked the questions. Potentially in jeopardy of criminal prosecution. Now we dont know that to be the case, but you also have an individual who doesnt know what the investigators, especially in the fbi, are looking at. They could look at not just the russia issues, but issues tied to representing foreign nations and other activities. If you are in general flynns seat, you want as much protection as possible before sitting in front of the legalites. I think of this like an onion. Peel back the layers. Some say it stinks and others are crying. The terrorists may have learned how to hide bombs in laptop
computers. This is something we kind of covered before. They are looking to oneup and be more creative in targeting major airlines. The computer would power on to allow devices to pass through Security Check points, but then go to a resting mode. How big of a concern is this about large scale Electronic Devices from the middle east and north africa . This is a serious reminder that groups like al qaeda and isis are doing Everything Possible to intimidate methods. We know they operate from safe havens and developed expertise, especially from yemen. They are constantly ying to innovate or Security Measures. You have seen this over time. This is the latest. The shoe bomber and the liquid
bomb. The Underwear Bomb in 2009. The laptop plot that went off in an airline out of somalia last year. You had constant attempts to innovate around security pro toe tall cals. This is the latest. The reason you have the ban is the Intelligence Community had specific information about the attempts to circumvent that particular security which is why the ten countries where the ban is in effect are directly implicated. Authorities are very worried that you have innovation in those kinds of devices and trying to work around the Security Protocols. Juan, if we can show that again so folks can drink in the geography. What about security at other airports . Terrorists are trying to evade the Security Measures as they get the heads up about the ban
in place and they can fly in from somewhere else. You are absolutely right, thomas. This is a great issue with transportation security. You are only as good as your weakest link. The terrorists can adapt to whatever Security Protocols or rings. Including geography. Of course, put out the protocols and Security Measures. They will know where you are targeting and they will find other ways in. Part of the attractiveness of Hitting Airlines is not the human toll and economic investigaeffects and psychological. They can get on one or two flights and suddenly they are hitting the United States directly. We saw that with the underwear plot. The guy got on out of yemen, the nigerian, trying to blow him