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Forward that he is in real legal jeopardy and that this will end sooner rather than later. on the "sooner rather than later" piece, i don't know that we know that that is to be the case. i thought the flynn plea deal was telling in that regard. the fact that flynn pled to what we assume was one of the lesser charges against him suggests that mueller thinks that flynn has some -- a story to tell, presumably about people above him. there aren't that many people above him. i would assume that means it's going to go on for a little longer. but again, with trump, he's calm now. at 8:00 p.m., at noo...

Developments. good morning, sara. >> good morning, alisyn. look, we are told privately that president trump has been less agitated about the special counsel's investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials and that the president is even telling some friends and allies that he expects a letter of exoneration from mueller. now, part of this stems from conversations the president is having with his legal team, and his legal team has a very optimistic view that in the coming months, relatively quickly, mueller will clear the president and the white house of...

That is that they thinks that mueller has licked the problem, pretty much. because if there were people with anti-trump bias in the investigation, he's gotten rid of them or made moves to begin to get rid of them. >> one he moved on, one he -- >> but strzok, he moved on and if he gets rid of the other one, basically, problem solved. >> the flynn plea deal to me just stands out there. why do that? michael flynn, from all the cnn reports we know about, there were ties to turkey. there was a lot there and he pled guilty to lying to the fbi. now, i mean, i don't want to plead guilty to lying -- it...

Thinking about it, because he is. >> but he did sound subdued in those comments. they weren't fiery comments. but either way, that hasn't stopped -- if he's feeling more sanguine, it hasn't stopped his team from making the -- trying to put chinks in the armor of the mueller investigation. so latest are these e-mails, okay? the transition team says that mueller's investigators got them through ill-gotten ways, but they were dot gov e-mails which are in the public sphere. those are government e-mails that theoretically, i think, according to jeffrey toobin, we are all entitled to know about. >> ...

Out of here. it's been a complete nightmare. >> there is no evidence to suggest that the fire was caused deliberately. >> i just want to get home. >> i don't know with we're going to do. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> all right. good morning and welcome to your "new day." it's monday, december 18th, 8:00 in the east. and we begin with a cnn exclusive. multiple sources the telling cnn president trump is expressing new confidence about the outcome of the russia investigation. this as his personal attorneys are preparing to meet with the special counsel t...