Good morning. On today’s show, Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) joins us to talk about Michael Flynn flipping on Trump, Jared Kushner’s involvement in the Russia scandal, and the indefensible Republican tax bill, which is clearly a precursor to cutting social security and other services.

Today Sam, Kelly, and Matt break down NBC’s Commander-in-Chief debate hosted by Matt Lauer. The waste of time by Lauer on email questions. Lauer’s total lack of follow-up questions. Gary Johnson asks “What is Aleppo?”