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The big story is michael flynn. michael flynn today it was reported told the fbi and both congressional committees he will flynn was president trump's closest adviser on national security throughout the campaign and was named national security adviser by trump, but only lasted a month. he was fired in mid-february after lying about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. that coming weeks after acting attorney general sally yates had warned the white house that flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by the russian government because of the nature of those conversations and the falsehoods ...

Lasted a month. he was fired in mid-february after lying about conversations he had with the russian ambassador. that coming weeks after acting attorney general sally yates had warned the white house that flynn was vulnerable to blackmail by the russian government because of the nature of those conversations and the falsehoods he used to describe them. tonight after news broke that he offered to testify in exchange for immunity, flynn's lawyer released a statement reading, in part, general flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it should the circumstances permit. h...

He sent a firestorm of tweets that made serious allegation about his predecessor. a spoke man for president obama released a statement reading in part that he nor the white house ever ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. joining me now, congressman jim himes from connecticut. good afternoon to you. let's start with this. the president's claims appear to be based on reporting in conservative media of two fisa warrant. one if ju in june that was denied and then another in fall that may have targeted a server tied to a vush sh russia bank. do you know anything about this? >> well, i don't kn...

President-elect released a statement reading in part, quote, to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president i've decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways. the new york attorney general's office is putting the brakes on the plan. a spokesman for the foundation says that the foundation cannot legally close until an investigation into the foundation's charitable practices has been completed. ryan nobles is following the story from washington. so ryan, what are the details behind this? >> well, suzanne, shutting down his charitable foun...

Aimed at tightening the nation's gun laws. those actions already being rebuffed by republicans. how speaker paul ryan released a statement reading in part at a time when the country wants the president to lead the fight against islamic terror this is yet another attempt to define and distract from his failed policies. moments ago, we have white house press secretary josh earnest speaking about the upcoming actions. take a look. >> we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congress' failure to act. and look, there are more than 30,000 americans who die every year as...