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Appropriate value is significant saying we should first acknowledge what a grave and momentous ste it is for a former national security adviser to the president of the united states to ask for immunity from prosecution. the president is backing flynn's ask for immunity saying in a tweet this is a witch-hunt, excuse for big election loss by media an der media and dems of historic proportion. >> i don't think it's a witch-hunt but it's obvious to me why general flynn is out there now wanting to say he wants immunity. >> reporter: the immunity request could interfere with an fbi investigation. >>...

>> is the clear option a good idea? >> you have somebody out there for 20 hours testifying. each senator on that ask committee had over an hour to question this man about his qualifications. many of the same people admitted before the hearings they were going to fill burt didn't fulfill their entire hour. for them to say he didn't answer questions is ridiculous. you had one senator yesterday, duckworth say i'm voting against him because he didn't come by' see me. that's pretty petty. in about 30 minutes, hillary clinton is going to speak on the state of women in the politics. but with michae...

Want or however your legal counsel advises you. >> nbc news was first to report that the senate intelligence committee is not willing to make an immunity offer to michael flynn. at least not yet. a senior congressional official said michael flynn's lawyer was told it was wildly preliminary, and that immunity was not on the table at the moment. and the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff said, quote, there is still much work and many more witnesses and documents to obtain before any immunity request from any witness can be considered. but the congressman ...

Certainly there's -- no one's rushing to embrace this on the senate side. >> i think that's -- what you just said, if you're looking at the one decision point for how serious they take an immunity request, it's senate republicans f. you're a democrat, neither the house or senate, you see no incentive to do this. if you're a house republican or chairman of the house intelligence committee, that program has been so compromised with the kind of loop de loop that just happened, the white house came to ask me to get information that they could have given the president. so how would immunity work? i...

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