Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. MEMO: TRUMP ASKED COMEY TO DROP FLYNN PROBE
The U.S. president personally appealed to the FBI director to abandon the bureau’s investigation into the fired national security adviser, prompting a furious denial from the White House.
2. WHO IS SLATED FOR EARLY RELEASE
Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, is set to be freed from a Kansas military prison after seven years.