meanwhile, they fire sally yates. they fire the woman who had come up from the justice department to the white house to warn them directly about their national security adviser and him lying about his ties to a foreign government and the prospect that the russians might be black mailing him. they fire her. they keep flynn. they keep him on and on and on and on. meanwhile, luckily, journalism continues on this subject. on february 8th, "washington post" asks flynn directly if he had discussed sanctions with the russian government. quote, asked in an interview if he had ever done so, he twice said "no." that's the 8th of february. then the the next day, he issues a new statement saying, when flynn said "no" yesterday, what he actually meant was more like he can't remember. might have done, might not have done. by february 10th that story blowing up in the "washington post" is getting not only serious about flynn but it's starting to get seriously weird that the white house hasn't commented on it. >> what do you make of

. >> can we talk about sally yates because he's going to testify. what does that mean? >> look, sally yates knows an awful lot about conversations. >> she was a deputy attorney general. >> she was fired because she was insubordinate. and look, she knows a lot about where bodies are buried, about conversations that were held in the white house. she went to the white house counsel and said look, there's lot of funny stuff going on, conversations that shouldn't have been had between transition officials and who knows, r russians. and pam can speak to this better than i can but sally yates is smk that democrats want to hear from probably more than republicans. and she's now viewed as a partian figure because she was insubordinate and she did get fired. but we would want to know what she actually said to the white house counsel when she said wait a minute, these intercepts that we've listened to, there may be something in them. >> pamela, go ahead, gloria said you could speak to that better. >> sally yates, as gloria said was fired by president trump for being insubordinate.

can we talk about sally yates. sally yates is going to testify. what does that mean? >> look, sally yates knows an awful lot about conversations. >> she was the deputy attorney general before. >> right. deputy attorney general. she was fired because she was insubordinate. and she knows a lot about where bodies are buried, about conversations held in the white house. she went to the white house counsel and said, you know, look. there's a lot of funny stuff going on here. conversations perhaps that shouldn't have been had between transition officials and, who knows, russians. she knows what the intercept said. and pam can speak to this better than i can, but, you know, sally yates is somebody that democrats want to hear from probably more than republicans. and, you know, she's now viewed as a partisan figure because she was insubordinate and did get fired but we'd want to know what she actually said to the white house counsel when she said, wait a minute. these intercepts that we've listened to, there may be something in them. >> yeah. pamela -- gloria said you can spea

the former obama justice official, sally yates, warned before michael flynn, the former national security advisor may have been susceptible to black meal by the russians. you will probably see a lot more partisan bickering if that does not happen. >> congressman from connecticut, i want to ask you about chairman nunes stepping down, is your confidence restored about the house's ability to conduct an independent investigation? >> from the inside the investigation was actually proceeding pretty well. as late as yesterday or the day before, we had reached agreement on a witness list. inside we were doing pretty well. very clearly, chairman nunes ability to lead this in a way that would be perceived as impartial was badly damaged by the whole white house ex sca paid. i do think mike conway assuming

kislayak, now the former acting attorney general sally yates who alerted the white house about flynn's conversation with kislayak will soon testify in front of the senate judiciary committee about russian interference in the election. >> we'll ask her about what she knew about russia, was it an administration effort to unmask people for political purposes, we're going to get to all things russia, in terms of what the administration did and what russia did. >> and the gop chairman of the senate intelligence committee says the panel wants to question flynn. >> is there any way you give flynn immunity to testify? >> no, there niece way, no. >> pamela joins us. now there are continued calls for an independent investigation into russian interference, is that looking at all likely at this point? >> it can certainly happen, just today, anderson the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was confirmed in the senate so now he will oversee the russia probe for doj, and he has told senators according to senator

now, you'll remember, sally yates was a key figure in the ouster of michael flynn as national security adviser. >> meantime, house lawmakers are continuing to examine these classified documents, those transcripts related to flynn. let's get straight to our senior congressional reporter, manu raju, on the hill. so, she will speak not once, but twice in this testimony before the intel committee and then the judiciary committee. interestingly, lindsey graham, the subcommittee that he leads, is the one in which she and former dni clapper will testify in front of. >> reporter: yeah, no question lindsey graham has been a sharp critic of vladimir putin, the russian government and that judiciary subcommittee which he chairs is leading a separate investigation into russia and russian interference, separate from the house and senate intelligence investigations. now, the house intelligence committee after weeks of turmoil did agree to bring sally yates forward in an open session. the exact date uncertain, but that's expected to happen after may 2nd. of course, this is significant, given sally yat

so you believe that people will be even more eager to sally yates? >> of course this is going to be an open hearing. this won't be any sort of classified information being discu discussed. so that limits what yates and clapper especially are able to discuss as it relates to not only russia's interference in the election but potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. but both of these witnesses will have a lot to offer and i think the administration is probably less than pleased that this testimony is going to move forward. obviously they did everything they could to try to quiet sally yates when she was in place still as the acting attorney general. so i'm sure the administration is not looking forward to this testimony on either end. >> sean spicer claimed at the time that he was okay, that the white house was okay with sally yates testifying. but that was after the fact. the most interesting thing is the idea this is expanding beyond the roll. shifting gears over to europe right now, ivanka trump, daughter of the president, official

going to talk to sally yates and james clapper about russiagate, what do you want to know from sally yates? >> i would like to know what the administration's response to her when she brought these disclosures and the potential violations of law, very, very serious information about his breaking the law to the administration. by the way, i asked that his security clearance be reviewed in a letter that i wrote back in december a long time ago and others were aware of this kinds of evidence. so we really need to know from her as well as director clapper why the administration stonewalled then, and apparently is continuing to stonewall now. >> and i think a lot of people look at this and say wait a minute, you have a guy who was fired by the defense intelligence agency, by the previous administration. he was taken out of the administration, he comes in, as you said you asked for his security clearance to be revoked and you also have paul manafort, the former security adviser, also at issue. this pattern in the administration all seems to be pointing to connections to russia, deals with r

sally yates knows a lot about what the u.s. intelligence community collected on ties between trump associates and russia. she also knows about what mike flynn was up to. she had some concerns about flynn. she said he was blackmailable. we know that she told the white house that he misled the vice-president about his contacts with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. we don't know what else there is, did she have any other concerns, so that's interesting. yates along with cia director john brennan and dia director james clapper, the question is what can they say in public in an open hearing, nonclassified setting about this stuff, greta. >> you know, ned, a lot of people are probably thinking why are we talking about mike flynn. he's gone. tell the viewers why this is important. >> well, mike flynn is gone, but if you remember for the last month we have been talking about aspects of this that have absolutely no relevance to the broader question of russian interference and intervention in the campaign. frankly russian potential

what might sally yates contribute here? >> this morning we got confirmation that they'll have this hearing and it will be led by the republican senator lindsey graham and that will be on monday, may 8. there will be public testimony from yates as well as a former director of national intelligence, james clapper what is not clear right now is whether this will be the pair's first or second appearance on capitol hill because they're also supposed to testify before the house intelligence committee sometime in early may and then these congressional turf wars, often the intelligence committees take precedence over the judiciary committee. sally yates, all of the unmasking was done at the fbi and the justice department level and she will have a lot of insight into the apparent inconsistencies between what flynn said to investigators, what they knew from the transcripts and what the white house was saying publicly about this russia contact. >> thank you, catherine. the situation is unprecedented. never in american history a man so

the former acting attorney general sally yates and the former director of national intelligence james clapper are now set to testify a second time. may 8th on russian interference in the presidential election. they're going to be testifying on may 8th before the senate judiciary committee. earlier they were both testifying before the house intelligence committee, but senator lindsey graham, he's the chairman of the subcommittee, what is he saying about yates's testimony? this could be very significant? >> senator graham is saying he's interested in a couple things. one, he's interested in why the former trump campaign, national security adviser carter page was a subject of a fisa warrant requested by the fbi. he wants to know what was behind that. where that may lead. that's key to him. and keep in mind you will have the former acting attorney general sally yates, the former director of national intelligence james clapper like lie to testify before three committees. you have the senate and house intelligence committees doing their own investigation. senate hasn't released their list y

sally yates, who was the acting attorney general during their time when they came into the white house went to donald trump, to the white house, to the president and warned him that michael flynn was a problem that he was having these dealgs with russia that he wasn't mentioning. is it possible, probable in your view, this could all be something donald trump knew nothing at all about, meaning michael flynn's activities? >> i have no idea what president trump knew. but there are people high up in this administration who offensely know what's going on with the russians and aren't disclosing it. and we need to get that information. all of the relevant documents concerning flynn and the russians need to be turned over to congress right now. and if they are not turned over, congress needs to subpoena them and enforce the subpoena. it is critically important get all of the information out. i do not know what president trump knew about this, when he knew it. i do not know. but we need to find out. and we need to find out who in this administration was cooperating with the russians, and conduc

we want sally yates to come back in, we need the majority so sign. they said they were just postponing, but we have not gotten their exitment menmen mt to do so. >>> a shake up at the national security county till, all big questions for president trump today. all of that and more coming up on "andrea mitchell reports." what's that? drop and give me 50. what's in it for me? sir! excuse me! well, thanks to hotels.com i've gotten used to being rewarded. that's right. what did you just say private? he's a captain, sir! a captain? where? on tv. following orders isn't always rewarding. but hotels.com is. who are you talking to? unlock instant savings now and earn free nights to use later. hotels.com. let's take a look at some numbers: 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom... is a stroke. 80 percent of all strokes and heart disease? preventable. and 149 dollars is all it takes to get screened and help take control of your health. we're life line screening... and if you're over 50... call this number, to schedule an appointment... for five

the critical testimony of sally yates? >> that needs to happen and that was after a fall low up meeting. some of the information we'll have to receive in a classified setting, and the hearing with sally yaets, that was supposed to be an open hearing. i think one of the real issues that we had is that he closed and canceled that hearing, so i hope that is put back on the calendar so we can get back to work. >> is sally yates on that witness list? >> yeah. we can't go into names, but that one has been agreed on and it should be the next one that we have. >> do you think you will be get the cooperation from the white house? last we knew adam schipp said he had seen the materials, he was given access to the materials, but he was not allow to share them with other members of the committee, are you going to be able to see and other members of the committee to see what the chairman has seen. >> we have, but i can say that they made a mess of this. and often times i learned as a former prosecutor that the way that someone acts aft

what about sally yates and her allegedly saying michael flynn could be subject to russian blackmail? >> we'll ask her all questions about russia what, she knew about trump ties. was there any administration effort to unmask people for political purposes? we're going to get to all things russia in terms of what the administration did and what russia did. >> reporter: now despite all these congressional inquiries, wolf, most americans actually want an independent investigation into russia's role in the elections. nearly three-quarters of a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll say they do want an independent investigation, and one person who may make that decision rob rosenstein who oversee the probe once he's confirmed by the senate this hour. he can make the decision of whether or not to install an independent investigator and told chuck schumer, the top democrat, he would do that if it seems like it is necessary. wolf. >> manu, thank you. manu raju up on capitol hill. >>> now another legal blow for president trump and his threat to cut off money for so-called sanctuary cities throughou

so we finally get to hear from sally yates. testimony from john brennan, james clapper, and former acting attorney general sally yates, the one who reportedly went to the white house with disturbing news about the national security adviser having communication with russian government officials that he was lying about. these three had been scheduled to testify in an open hearing last month before the hearing was abruptly cancelled by the committee chairman devin nunes. devin nunes has since recused himself from the investigation. the administration tried to desuede sally yates from testifying. but as of today, she's been reinvited to testify. her lawyer last month said she wanted to testify. now we're waiting to see the house intelligence committee set an actual date for that hearing. they'll set a date sometime after may 2nd, but they haven't set it yet. watch this face. there's nothing more than my vacation.me so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it. they

whether sally yates can testify about that in public is an open question. >> all right. ken, thank you so much. >>> the white house has stepped back from the brink of a potential government shutdown over funding the border wall as the president turned his attention now to changes in the tax code today. bloomberg reporting this, that the plan will include a repatriation tax of 10% to lure in the more than $2.6 trillion in earnings that american companies are believed to have stockpiled offshore. the a.p. reporting president trump's plan will increase deductions that americans can claim going significantly higher than the $6300 standard deduction for individuals and $12,600 for couples. but a "usa today" report suggests lawmakers are reportedly looking at removing the upfront tax deduction for the traditional 401(k) retirement plan contributions. mitch mcconnell weighed in on the report yesterday. >> i'm sure everything will be floated in the context of comprehensive tax reform. it will provide plenty of opportunities for you all to write stories about would is being rumor

so we finally get to hear from sally yates, john brennan, former dni james clapper and former acting attorney general sally yates, the one who reportedly went to the white house with disturbing news about the national security adviser having communication with russian government officials that he was lying about. these three had been scheduled to testify in an open hearing last month before the hearing was abruptly canceled by the committee chairman, devin nunes. devin nunes has since recused himself from this investigation. we later learn the administration tried to dissuade sally yates from testifying publicly at that open hearing. as of today, she's been reinvited to testify. her lawyer last month said she wants to testify. now we're just waiting and watching like hawks for the house intelligence committee to set an actual date for that hearing. all they've said is that they'll set a date for some time after may 2nd, but they haven't set it yet. watch this space. on your big day the only tears you shed should come from joy... ...not allergies. flonase allergy relief helps block 6

they will actually hear testimony from sally yates and james clapper to discuss a number of issues. i just spoke to lindsey graham, who's the chairman of that senate judiciary subcommittee and he tells me he wants to learn about this fisa warrant that apparently the fbi obtained to listen the trump adviser carter page during the presidential election. also want to hear from sally yates about what she privately said that michael flynn could have been susceptible to russian blackmail if he continued as part of that position of national security adviser before he was dismissed in february. this investigation on capitol hill broadening to a variety of other committees besides the house and senate intelligence committee. seen the house oversight committee get involved today on the michael flynn matter as well as the senate judiciary committee. hoping to hear more information about those russia ties to any trump associates. >> manu raju for us on capitol hill. this was a cloud and it appears it will continue. let's first get at the idea that you have the -- you see bipartisanship number o

and then after that, sally yates, the acting attorney general who was supposed to testify all of a sudden she's canceled by the intelligence committee. so there are a lot of things that are happening. bottom line, no immunity. not from the house. not from the saenenate, not fro the fbi. >> fred? >> go ahead, richard. >> to answer your question. how do they know? they give him what's called typically a queen for a day where they bring him in with his lawyer and they say to him, okay, whatever you say today, you know, we're not going to use it, but what are you going to deliver? to get immunity, what are you going to tell us? and they sit down and they do it through the attorney. he has an attorney proffer or he sits there and tells them, this is what i will say under oath if given the opportunity. then they have to determine what other crimes he committed. do they even know the scope of the crimes he committed. >> what potentially is the crime that he could be afraid of? >> well, he could be afraid of treason, aiding and abetting and treason. he could be afraid of failing to disclose finan

that sounds like their problem now. >> is the trump administration speak to have sally yates not testify before your committee? >> look, you guys are just speculating. i'm sorry, whenever there's time we'll do a press -- >> so did they ask you to cancel the hearing yesterday? >> come on, guys. >> seth: come on, just -- i hate this so much, you guys. [ laughter ] it's like, answer your question and then i walk and you keep following me and asking me more questions and i don't think my uber is ever going to show up. [ laughter ] and the white house is clearly growing frustrated with the mounting scrutiny over its russia ties. and today white house press secretary sean spicer tried unsuccessfully to push back. >> you've got russia. you've got -- you've got wiretapping. you've got -- >> no, we have that. you -- you -- i don't -- >> investigations on capitol hill -- >> no, no, i get it. but you keep -- i've said it from the day that i got here until whenever that there's no connection. you've got russia. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his d tonight, somehow that's a russian c

yates testifies. but that isn't going to happen. police is going to be the piece deresistan deresistance. we don't want him toin give up manafort. we want it to be bigger. that's what everyone is looking for. >> what did donald trump do when questioned today about his michael flynn tweet? well he didn't sign the two executive orders he was there to sign despite mike pence's efforts to get him to do so. take a look. >> today i am signing two executive orders. you are going the see some very, very strong results, very, very quickly. thank you very much. >> president today with your tweet were you trying to tell the justice department to grant immune to michael flynn? were you trying to did that mr. president, was that your intention mr. president sir, was that your intention mr. president, was that your intention, sir? if you're taking prescription medications, does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can cause cavities and bad breath. over 400 medications can cause a dry mouth. that's why there's bi

the government is not forgetting about it. >> it's finally time sally yates is able to testify. she was stopped from testifying -- her testimony was stopped previously, so i think that, you know, we've been waiting a long time to see what she has to say because when she was removed from the administration that was very controversial with a lot of different things happening in terms of the russian investigation, so i want to hear what she has to say, what clapper has to say. because we have to get to the bottom of what happened. it's not really a partisan issue for me. it's about making sure that the integrity of our democratic process remains intact and russia really interfered with that. that's been confirmed and the question we don't exactly know all of the details yet to prevent it from happening again. >> do you think that's why it took so long, tim, the integrity of the process, they wanted all their ts crossed and is dotted or more the chaos in washington that's held it up? >> i don't know the answer to that question. i do think that the senate has been extremely backed up

we finally get to hear from sally yates. james clapper, and former act attorney general, sally yates, the one who reportedly went to the white house with disturbing news about the national security adviser having communication with russian government officials that he was lying about. these three had been scheduled to testify in an open hearing last month before the hearing was abruptly canceled by the committee chairman, devin nunes. he's since recused himself from this investigation. now as of today she's been reinvited to testify. her lawyers said she wants to testify. now we've just waiting and watching like law of attraction for the house intelligence committee to set an actual date to that hearing. they'll set a date for sometime after may 2nd, but they haven't set it yet. watch this space. >>> imagine running for president as a hologram. that's not him. it's a hologram. the nation of france is holding round one of their presidential elections. eleven candidates. if nobody clears 50% of the vote, the top two will go fo

we have already had meetings with sally yates. we meet with comey, rogers, clapper a number of times in executive sessions, private sessions. so i don't know really what more we could get out of it at this stage. what i would be asking general clapper is that as far as he knew as director of national intelligence, there is no evidence of any collusion between the trump campaign and russia. as far as john brendan -- again, i have to watch what i say because we have had a number of executive session hearings behind closed doors. i have not seen any evidence yet that leads the trump campaign to russia. >> even not with general michael flynn. >> not as far as any collusion, no. >> you know that he was speaking to the russians, but you're saying that was not to the benefit of the trump campaign? >> no. there is no evidence i have seen yet. now, there may be something there, but i have not seen it. there was no secret that general flynn has been in russia. there were pictures of him with putin and the fact that he was talking to russia,

. >> adam schiff said they're back on track, they're scheduling sally yates. getting past the nunes era. the whole russian hacking investigation has all been submerged by the concerns of nuclear weapons, north korea, iran. >> and another reason it has been on the back page, congress is not here. congress comes back, and i think the russia investigation, the committees, you'll start seeing more of that action. there has been a pause because they have not been here, not holding as many hearings and things like that. if you're the trump administration by the way you're ending your first 100 days next weekend, and then the sally yates testimony, not the best way to start your second 100 days. this sunday, chuck has an exclusive interview with nancy pelosi. coming up here, hillary clinton staffers fighting back against a new book highlighting the dysfunction in her 2017 campaign. the coauthor, jonathan allen, joining me next here on andrea mitchell presents. "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is

now acting attorney general, sally yates, who warned the white house about the conversation will soon testify before the senate judiciary committee on russia's interference in the election. >> we will ask her all questions about russia whab she knew about trump ties, an effort to unmask people for political purposes. we will get to all things russia in terms of what the administration did and put what russia did. >> and gop chairman of the intelligence committee says the panel want to question flynn. >> is there any way you give flynn immunity to testify? >> no. >> no way? >> no. >> and the judiciary's hearing add together field of investigations into russia including fbi and house oversight committee and today richard burr of senate intelligence committee who you just heard down played the committee saying they are dragging feet with investigation, amoid criticism that the pace is too slow. wolf? >> pamela brown reporting for us. thanks, pamela. >>> now more with senator james rish, senator of foreign relations committee. senator, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> our

we finally get to hear from sally yates. james clapper, and former act attorney general, sally yates, the one who reportedly went to the white house with disturbing news about the national security adviser having communication with russian government officials that he was lying about. these three had been scheduled to testify in an open hearing last month before the hearing was abruptly canceled by the committee chairman, devin nunes. he's since recused himself from this investigation. now as of today she's been reinvited to testify. her lawyers said she wants to testify. now we've just waiting and watching like law of attraction for the house intelligence committee to set an actual date to that hearing. they'll set a date for sometime after may 2nd, but they haven't set it yet. watch this space. when you have allergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. luckily there's powerful, 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin. it provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. live claritin clear.

yates will be testifying and also former intelligence committee member james clapper have testified before an open committee. how important is it for you to have open hearings as opposed to closed hearings, obviously you can learn a lot more from a closed hearing, they can talk about more than they can in an open hearing? >> they'll be con trained from talking about classified information and being a government official, they may have information they can't discuss in public, but as many of these hearings as possible happen in the open, so the american public can see what we're seeing in an investigation. we can't have an investigation that ends in six months and how people are going to know what lines of inquiry we need to follow. this one, i think will be particularly interesting, you'll recall four, five, six weeks ago, with chairman nunes's race to the white house, it was preseriopr pre -- we were all set and ready to go, and then boom, it just disappeared. we may learn when they finally do testify, main why it was so important that that open hearing be cancelled back when it wa

sally yates was in the justice department so she's under the judiciary committee jurisdiction, the other two are probably on the intel jurisdiction. but my committeemm is ready to move forward with public testimony of brennan, clapperly and yates and i would asktt brennan, clapper. did susan rice ever come to any of your organizations and ask that names be unmasked? >> bill: and that's a simple question yes or no. now we assume that when ambassador rice gets called before any congressional committee, the house is investigating, she's going to take the fifth just like lois lerner did. >> i'd be surprised.t she said she did nothing wrong but we're trying to build the case here i suppose. just in the old-fashioned way. the people in charge of the collection need to be asked if susan rice ever asked for anything you collected to be unmasked and if she did, what did she do with it? and if she takes the fifth, that would be stunning. >> bill: why would it be stunning, though? don't you feel she's in a precarious position right now andr don't you feel her attorns are going to say listen, there'

it is time to bring sally yates before the committee and before the people so she can state her case. >> reporter: jake, republican source on the committee saying they are open to having yates and others come by and testify but importantly they are not committing to a public hearing just yet and that's what democrats are demanding. we'll see if that ever happens. >> on the hill for us, cnn's manu raju. thanks so much. let bring in the political panel to talk about this. bill kristol, let me start with you. what do you make of president trump saying that susan rice he thinks committed a crime? i know of no evidence that she committed a crime and, of course, i'm not even sure with all due respect to the president with he's familiar with what unmasking is. >> what's so annoying about the whole susan rice unmasking controversy is this is resolvable. this is -- these are facts. there are documents. if an intelligence report came to susan rice, said i would like to know who is that was, that's on paper and goes back -- tony knows about with this more recently. goes back to the national secu

yates. >> that was supposed to be may 2nd, right? >> you know, i can't remember what -- the original date i think we asked the two directors to come in. a closed session was the 2nd. i think they were available a later date that week. so that we anticipate is going forward. >> it sounds like the schedule is changing. are there still problems with the republicans? we remember devin nunes, the chairman, he has recused himself. you've got a new acting chairman as far as the russia investigation. is that cooperation back? is it working? are there still partisan divisions? >> actually it's been very good. very productive. i think mike con away is doing his very beast ast and we're tr to get this on an even keel. we are inviting witnesses before the committee. we're rescheduling hearings that were deferred or canceled. we're working with the agencies to get the cooperation of the agencies we need. so we are now fully back on track. >> i want to be precise. the fbi director james comey, the nsa director admiral mike rogers, they will testif

yates and the comey interview supposed to still be behind closed doors. have there been any agreements on the timetable? >> that's one of the interesting things about this change in leadership in the investigation. remember the comey-rogers meeting so urgent was proposed to be scheduled right on top of that open hearing exactly at the same time the open hearing the deputy attorney general was supposed to testify. that had the effect of canceling the open hearing sadly i think was part of the intent. in my mind, in fact was that closed hearing with rogers and comey really that ur 2gent. we'll see where he goes with this. >> paul ryan said he had confidence in nunes and now he says he respects his decision to step aside as the issues become a distraction. >> chairman nunes, where he goes from here is in the hands of the ethics committee. we will see where they come out and we'd like that to proceed in as nonpartisan a fashion we can. one characterization i'd like to take issue here, you were running comments of sean spicer characterized chairman nunes' beha

sally yates, for our committee and testify in public, we'll see if we can do that. >> bill: and can you compel them to come to your committee? can you compel them to do it? they only want to come once. in the testify once in an open hearing, once in a closed session. that got to cordate this with the intelligence committee to find out who's in charge. sally yates was in the justice department so she's under the judiciary committee jurisdiction, the other two are probably on the intel jurisdiction. but my committee is ready to move forward with public testimony of brandon klapper and yates and i would ask brendan klapper to susan rice ever come to any of your organizations and ask that names be unmasked? >> bill: and that's a simple question yes or no. now we assume that when ambassador rice gets called before any congressional committee, the house is investigating to come she's going to take the fifth just like lois lerner did. >> i'd be surprised. she said she did nothing wrong but were trying to build the case here i suppose. just in the old-fashioned way. the people in charge of the

yates, who was the acting attorney general. and now the house intelligence committee in effect flexing their muscles saying we're going to be a player here and we're going to do our job. >> jim sciutto, thank you, sir. >> thank you. >>> and when we come back, fareed zakaria will join us on the policies towards moscow. automatically adjusts to your weight, shape and temperature. so you sleep deeply, and wake up feeling powerful. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com >>> we have breaking news for you right now. president trump has agreed tonight not to terminate nafta at this time after speaking with the president of mexico and the prime minister of canada. fareed zakaria is here, the host of fareed zakaria gps. so let's just get the highlight here, the headline, trump agrees to not terminate nafta at this time. he spoke with the president of mexico and prime minister of canada, the leaders have agreed to move swiftly with their required procedures to renegotiate nafta, deals that benefit all three countries. but just e

chairman conaway tells me that i will be ready. >> martha: there was some discussion that sally yates had presented some of this evidence with regards to michael flynn to the president, that she may have made someone in the white house aware of it. is that a question you need answered? if it's not answered in a public forum, do you think the american people will feel like they have heard the whole story? >> at some point, the american people learn everything we have learned. it is just a question of win. having grown up in a courtroom, the judge tells the jury, you can decide the facts until the last witness has testified. she is one of the first witnesses. i would ask everyone to withhold judgment until every wetness that has relevant information has talked. i knew former general yates before she was the acting attorney general. i have a wonderful relationship with her. she was a very good prosecutor. to the extent she has information that committee would be interested in, i'm sure she will be forthcoming. >> martha: what about on the senate side? there has been speculation that they

we also attempted to reschedule the open hearing with sally yates and clapper and brennan. we're in the process of talking with their team to try to set that up. of course, there's also a hearing that's going to go on with at least a couple of those witnesses in the senate. we're doing our best to coordinate. i think we'll learn more about what went into michael flynn's firing. i think the public will learn a lot more about the nature of the russian intervention in our election and one of the reasons why i think the open hearings are so important is we can't conduct this investigation solely in private session and at some later point throw open the doors here's our report, america, believe it. we need to bring the country along with the investigation. let them understand in general outline who we're talking to, what issues we're exploring, what progress we're making to the degree we can, obviously some will have to be done in closed session. it's very important to keep the public informed the best we can. >> another big issue on your agenda you introduced a bill in congress

yates and i've been told that every effort has been made to make the documents available to all of us. i'm scheduled to go to one of our agent sis tomorrow to review those documents so i'm expecting to be able to do that. we'll see if that actually happens. >> you'll go to ft. meade, the headquarters of the national security agency, to review the documents. >> i'll go to wherever they may be resident. obviously the chairman and the rank member reviewed them at the white house. i will go wherever i'm told to review those documents. >> congressman, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> up next, on the eve of president trump's crucial meeting with china's leader, north korea fires off yet another missile, but is the u.s. sending mixed messages to kim jong-un? and i'll speak with the former director of the cia and national security agency, cnn's new national security analyst, general michael hayden. you vee him right there standing by live. ♪ ♪ ♪ wanna get away? now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars one-way. yes to low fares with nothing to hide. t

highs: 84-87 winds: s 5-15 mph former acting attorney general attorney general sally yates will be back on the hill next month. she will testify before senators about russia's alleged meddling in last year's election. last month-- yates was expected to tell lawmakers about phone calls between former trump adviser michael flynn and a russian ambassador. but house intelligence chairman devin nunes abruptly postponed that hearing. he later stepped down from the investigation amid concerns about his connections to the white house. some good news for president trump as he makes a new push to pass health care reform in congress. according to a report in the washington post, white house the house freedom caucus on a health care bill. according to white house officials, that they were ready to support a new plan after the last bill failed to garner enough support among republicans. every democrat voted against it. according to the post, the revised bill would allow states to opt out of some insurance regulations in the affordable care act. a member of congress is making a unique pitch to pay fo

what might we hear things from sally yates? >> charlie, mike's absolutely right that once an investigation starts on any of these kinds of issues, it goes in directions you can't anticipate, you know, it's peeling back the layers of the onion and, certainly, sally yates will have some interesting testimony about general flynn. the other thing we just don't know is all the aspects of the various people that they've already identified who are going to come in to testify, many of whom have said they want to testify voluntarily, we don't know what those private interviews will be like and what those will reveal and therefore what will come out in public. things will be known force weeks if not months before they become out in a public session. so we're in for a very, very long -- a very, very long time before we really get anywhere close to answering most of these questions. the issue of immunity for general flynn seems to, i think, everybody, to be way premature given where these investigations are. neither the senate nor the hous

we want sally yates to come back in. we need the majority to reschedule the hearing. they said that they were only postponing, but as yet we have not received their commitment to do so. >> and it goes on. late today congressman schiff also slamming the president suggesting susan rice committed a crime. first pot as slan derz president obama. now susan rice. who is next? lousy way to run a business, much worse way to run a country. >>> with me congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york who serves in the house foreign affairs committee. good evening, sir. >> good evening. good to be with you. >> congressman, what do you make of the fact that congressman schiff seems to be out there making statements all the time this investigation is ongoing, do you have any problem with that? >> well, you know, i hear wha congressman schiff is saying. we have a presint that kps trying to shift what we should be doing. so, the president is the one that comes up with something that's incredible and shifting, trying to shift the dialogue and take the focus off of what the focus of th

it also follows the announcement today that former acting attorney general sally yates will testify before the senate judiciary committee on may 8th. yates informed the white house in late january that flynn might be compromised because of the way he described his russian contacts, misleading the vice president and others about the nature of his conversations. i'm joined now by u.s. congressman mike quigley of illinois who sits on the house intelligence committee which is investigating russia. mr. quigley, let me get to the bottom line of what we think about -- at least i do a lot, which is what was russia doing in our election last year, and what role might the trump people have played with regard to that? clearly, general flynn doesn't want to be put in prison. so he's talking about immunity. his lawyers are talking about some kind of deal. how does this information that he failed to comply with these disclosure requirements about his dealings over there and the money he took from russia and rt -- how does that put him in a position where he may want to talk about those above him, i.e.,