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Really doesn't make sense unless they intend to fight every single battle along the way, and that's a recipe -- what a year we're going to have if that's the case. >> that's what i don't understand. if flynn made a mistake, just help the people investigating that mistake. they don't need to cover up for michael flynn. the government is set to run out of money on saturday, but there are signs the risk of a shutdown is abating, the white house possibly delaying the timing on the main sticking point, funding, a down payment along the wall on the mexico border. >> is president trump willing to s...

Done, which is we've got to get rid of flynn in this case. i think it's important to note flynn has done great things for the country in iraq and afghanistan, but his ties to russia have always been a question from even the beginning of the campaign. >> are you confident that the president did not ask flynn who was then his national security advisor to contact the russians to discuss rolling back the sanctions? >> well, i'm not confident of any of this because i don't know. i think it's one thing. if you go back to the actual conversation that happened, i think had general flynn come out right...

Facing as a result of those comments? >> truthfully, not very much from the people who they care most about, their constituents. you know, these are republicans and pretty much across the board except for a handful in the house who are in very red districts, very -- districts that donald trump likely won with a very large margin. the question i think is the senate, which, of course, is also controlled by republicans where the republican majority leader sang a different tune today and was much more open about the idea of investigating, not just the whole idea of russian meddling in american ele...

You react to information they already know. for example, in this case they would have reviewed the transcript to see if there were conversations with the russian ambassador about sanctions. they might then ask an open-ended question. general flynn, did you ever speak about sanctions? if his answer is, no, not only do they know that he's not telling the truth, that's a federal violation. lying to a federal investigator. so, be clear about what these investigations are about. they're not just fact finding. they're to determine whether the subject, in this case general flynn, is being truthful to...

Us, a member of the foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> you bet. thanks. >> the white house is pegging this on a trust issue. why didn't president trump lose trust in michael flynn on january 26 when he found out from the justice department that flynn had lied about the call to the russian ambassador? why did he only lose trust in him once this all became public? >> i think that's a question only he can answer. obviously i haven't talked to him about this, so, why the time -- i don't know if they were checking out more sources or whatever it came down to. but the ...