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Administration handled former national security adviser michael flynn's resignation. on february 14th, 2017, just 25 days into trump's presidency, sean spicer stood at the white house podium to announce that flynn had been asked to resign over an erosion of trust. watch this. >> i want to adoctor tess events of last night first and foremost. we have been reviewing and evaluating this issue with respect to general flynn on a daily basis for a few weeks trying to ascertain the truth. the evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a series of other questionable instance...

Trump reportedly said say that i ask for his resignation. they compiled a memo laying out his misstatements. >> there is not a legal issue but rather a trust issue. >> he briefed congressional leadership about the counter intelligence investigation he launched into president trump. >> the purpose of the briefing was to let congressional leadership know what we have been doing. a case of this nature -- >> and that no one raised concerns. >> did you tell congress? >> i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone object? >> no one objected not on legal

>> the white house counsel review and determined that there is not an illegal issue but rather a trust issue. >> reporter: the report coming amid headlines that andrew mccabe, who was fired last spring, briefed congressional leadership about the counterintelligence investigation he launched into president trump. >> the purpose was to let our congressional leadership know exactly what we had been doing, opening a case of this nature. not something that an fbi director, not something an acting fbi director would do by yourself. >> reporter: that no one raised concerns. >> i told congress what we...

Told what are you really talking about here? because there may be places where everybody can agree, yeah, a wall makes sense there. the problem is he's stilling this as the wall or nothing and we're going to keep the government closed. that's not the way we make policy in this country. >> and the problem, kasie hunt, is his style is to lie and bully and not be trusted. what's the thing withle room that democrats would offer in any scenario. i think that would be incredibly risky. he has proven to be unpredi unpredictable and not care. if he's agreed to something in a room, he'll walk out of th...

Strong response already. you just heard from lindsey graham and the former ambassador to saudi arabia. here is marco rubio responding to if they did this, here is what happens to our relationship going forward. senator rubio. >> the bigger issue here becomes the role they play in our middle eastern strategy. the administration wisely had built them as a keelin much pin against iran against their ambitions and expansion in the region. that's in danger now. if they did this it makes it impossible for us to work with them until something is done about that in the short term. >> there is a huge tr...