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He decided that the situation had become unsustainable for him. >> lot of questions this morning. like, why did president trump wait weeks after being told by the justice department that flynn had communicated with a russian ambassador about sanctions and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail. joining us now, we have cnn terrorism expert phil mudd and bar ra starr. david zdo you believe that it's possible that michael flynn went rogue and had conversations about sanctions without the permission or knowledge of the vice president and president? >> well, it's certainly possible that the vice p...

>> republicans in congress beginning the process of repealing obamacare. the party has yet to coalesce around an alternative plan. two senators on monday unveiled their idea for how to replace obamacare and they join us now. good morning, senators. >> good morning. >> senator collins, let me start with you and just see if i can get my mind around your plan, at least the main tenets of your plan without getting too far in the weeds. as i understand it, you would leave it up to the states. the states for which the affordable care act is working well, they get to keep it. the states who want to s...

Advance their own financial interests or those of others in the trump administration. >> his defense, senator, offered in part by fellow congressman chris collins who suppose thely gave him the inclination to want to invest in one of these companies, one, it was all legal. two, he never had legislation that directly affected that company. they are not in the u.s. market. is that about well it could have affected someone but it didn't and if it doesn't affect anything that he was legislating on, is that good enough? >> first of all, chris, there are a number of investments that have raised conc...

Were participating in a private placement offering. >> it was lower than was available to the general public, correct? >> i don't know that it was. it was the same price that everybody paid for the private placement offering. >> well, congressman chris collins, who sits on president-elect trump's transition team, is both an investor and a board member of the company. he was reportedly overhead just last week off the house floor bragging about how he had made people mill on airs from a stock tip. congressman price, in our meeting, you informed me that you made these purchases based on conversat...

Were participating in a private placement offering. >> that was low are than was available to the general public, correct? >> i don't know that it was. it was the same price that everybody paid for the private placement offering. >> well, congressman chris collins who sits on president-elect trump's transition team is both an investor and a board member of the company. he was reportedly overheard just last week off the house floor bragging about how he had made people millionaires from a stock tip. congressman price, in our meeting, you informed me you made these purchases based on conversatio...