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you know that james comey -- maria: james comey himself said that it was not accurate. james comey himself said that later. >> no, no, he didn't. he said that it was raw intelligence but we're losing the forest through the trees here. james comey probably handed the presidential election to donald trump so this idea that the fbi and james comey somehow were working hard against donald trump is just absurd on the face of it. maria: let me ask you something congressman because i've got this report here that you and your colleagues have said that you have hard evidence of collusion between the president and the russians. are you going to tell us what that hard evidence is? >> what report is that? i've not seen that report and i don't believe we do have hard evidence of collusion. i'm not sure what it is you're referring to. maria: you have said the committee has said you have more than circumstance um stan shall evidence occlusion. where is that evidence? >> there's far better than circumstance um stan shall. we have the president's son inviting russians to trump tower and
you know that james comey -- maria: james comey himself said that it was not accurate. james comey himself said that later. >> no, no, he didn't. he said that it was raw intelligence but we're losing the forest through the trees here. james comey probably handed the presidential election to donald trump so this idea that the fbi and james comey somehow were working hard against donald trump is just absurd on the face of it. maria: let me ask you something congressman because i've got this...
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james comey doesn't oversee the operations. there's only been one fbi director in the 110-year history of the fbi, that was willie freed. and it doesn't stop the investigation. that might have been what the president thought and if that can be proven, we'll find that out when the report comes out from mueller. >> i just want to review the tweet of president trump. a couple minutes ago. >> he wrote, wow, just learned in the failing "the new york times" that the corrupt former leaders of the fbi almost all fired to leave the agency because of very bad reasons opened up an investigation on me for no reason and no proof after i fired lying james comey, a total sleaze. "the new york times" laid out the reasoning why they had to begin an investigation. to all of us, was it overreach, or was it duty? >> again, christi, i read through that "the new york times" piece and it was pai painstakingly reported. and two pieces in that piece where the authors of the piece pointed out they interviewed people close to the investigation and people
james comey doesn't oversee the operations. there's only been one fbi director in the 110-year history of the fbi, that was willie freed. and it doesn't stop the investigation. that might have been what the president thought and if that can be proven, we'll find that out when the report comes out from mueller. >> i just want to review the tweet of president trump. a couple minutes ago. >> he wrote, wow, just learned in the failing "the new york times" that the corrupt...
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they got together after james comey was fired. they figured out what they could do to make his life miserable. it's worse than that. they tried to imbed their bias within the mueller investigation going forward. i have been in these interviews. you continue to see it. there is no collusion. to suggest that the president is a russian spy, there was plenty of spying go on, in his campaign but not by him. >> sean: this is the premise of your book. the scheme to clear hillary clinton of crimes we know she committed and frame donald trump. worse than we thought as mark penn said. >> this is an all-powerful, out of control agency. rogue agency. frankly, it's time that it be halted in its tracks and reorganized and replaced with a new organization that has legal restraints imposed upon it and accountable to somebody, when the boss of the fbi rod rosenstein is in bed with his subordinants, investigating a counter-intelligence case against the president is no probably cause or credible evidence. it's time that the fbi be halted. >> sean: t
they got together after james comey was fired. they figured out what they could do to make his life miserable. it's worse than that. they tried to imbed their bias within the mueller investigation going forward. i have been in these interviews. you continue to see it. there is no collusion. to suggest that the president is a russian spy, there was plenty of spying go on, in his campaign but not by him. >> sean: this is the premise of your book. the scheme to clear hillary clinton of...
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james comey had something to say about this too. i ask you to judge me by the enemies i have made. comey echoing the fdr's words. >> the white house is keeping you busy this saturday. geoff, thank you so much. >>> let's bring in michael schmidt now. one of the authors of that blockbuster article. michael, the white house commented on this report last night and the president has obviously been active and concerned about this on twitter this morning. we follow this stuff every single day but for people who are at home and they're just now joining us, michael, why is this report such a big deal? >> our collective understanding of the mueller investigation, of everything looking at the president has been one about obstruction of justice. did the president obstruct justice in a criminal sense? and that is what we have focused on for the year and a half that it's been since mueller was appointed. what this information that we put in the paper today shows is that the investigation, at least initially of the president was far broader, it was considering a far larger question which was what
james comey had something to say about this too. i ask you to judge me by the enemies i have made. comey echoing the fdr's words. >> the white house is keeping you busy this saturday. geoff, thank you so much. >>> let's bring in michael schmidt now. one of the authors of that blockbuster article. michael, the white house commented on this report last night and the president has obviously been active and concerned about this on twitter this morning. we follow this stuff every...
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so now james comey has already told the president he is under investigation. the president exercises his constitutional authority and fires james comey. >> sean: which comey acknowledges he has a right to do. >> yes. then they open up a counterintelligence investigation with the united states. now ask yourself, if three days before, he said there was nothing there, why in the world would they can open up a counterintelligence investigation? if they did this, it's not only an abuse of process but it shows you it's a pattern of action. i want to focus on that pattern because it sounds like asian history. but remember how all this started. the steel dossier. who put the steel dossier together? fusion dps. nellie ohr, the wife of bruce ohr who was talking with christopher steele and glenn simpson w in his wife was workig on the -- but here's what happens. then you have the irregularities in this investigation which are legendary. we have filed at the american center for law adjustment, justice and freedom of information acts against various agencies. in one of the
so now james comey has already told the president he is under investigation. the president exercises his constitutional authority and fires james comey. >> sean: which comey acknowledges he has a right to do. >> yes. then they open up a counterintelligence investigation with the united states. now ask yourself, if three days before, he said there was nothing there, why in the world would they can open up a counterintelligence investigation? if they did this, it's not only an abuse...
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lying james comey. all the greatest hits. >> usually he saves these for the encore but is opening up with the hits this morning. >> all four. >> and probably more to come. this is, again, historical perspective how significant it is, but it also casts light the battles this white house is battling, sort of facing every day. it is part of it and we, of course, don't know how "the times" came across the story. credit to them, it's terrific reporting. whether this came from the newly installed democratic house or not, i think the white house should be prepared -- i know they're taking steps to prepare -- that now that the democrats have control, it's going to be leak after leak after leak in an effort to win these public relation battles to put the white house even further on its heels as the mueller probe is heading to the second-year anniversary. >> tim, "the washington post" had a great tweet that there's a forecast for snow with a high chance of tweets today in washington, d.c. let's talk about the cat
lying james comey. all the greatest hits. >> usually he saves these for the encore but is opening up with the hits this morning. >> all four. >> and probably more to come. this is, again, historical perspective how significant it is, but it also casts light the battles this white house is battling, sort of facing every day. it is part of it and we, of course, don't know how "the times" came across the story. credit to them, it's terrific reporting. whether this came...
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the president going as far as to suggest that robert mueller is protecting james comey. and in a separate portion of his tweet storm, the president at one point suggested that no one has been tougher on russia than he has. many would suggest that that is certainly not the case. ana? >> boris, i'm going to put up another full screen for our viewer, a picture of the president, and the russian ambassador, the former russian ambassador, to the u.s., the russian foreign minister, also there, in that may of 2017 meeting, inside the oval office. now, remember that was the day after the president fired james comey from the fbi, called him a nut job, and he told the russians that sacking comey relieved great pressure on him. he was also at this meeting in which the president said he was said to have given the russians classified information, that was provided to him by israel. >> that's right, ana, that meeting with sergei kisliek and lavarov as well raised quite a few eyebrow, the president offering references to american intelligence assets and suggesting that pressure would be
the president going as far as to suggest that robert mueller is protecting james comey. and in a separate portion of his tweet storm, the president at one point suggested that no one has been tougher on russia than he has. many would suggest that that is certainly not the case. ana? >> boris, i'm going to put up another full screen for our viewer, a picture of the president, and the russian ambassador, the former russian ambassador, to the u.s., the russian foreign minister, also there,...
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tonight we can report the walls are closing in on james comey. we have, yet, another major development in our "hannity watch" on the deep state. former fbi general counsel james baker of the man who served as jim comey's top lawyer, he, too, like others, is under criminal investigation for leaking to the media and baker has long faced scrutiny over his ties to "mother jones" reporter david corn. remember, corn was the first journalist to report the existence of christopher steele's dirty dossier in the lead-up to thehi 2016 presidential election. so, let's keep trackkn of comey's leadership at the fbi. you know, mr. integrity. okay, now, of course we know comey himself was fired by president trump. his second in commandan andrew mccabe was fired for lying. andrew mccabe is now currently under a criminal investigation. comey's top investigator, peter strzok, was fired for his obvious political bias. he may soon be under criminal investigation as well as his ex-girlfriend, top fbi lawyer lisa page. she was forced to resign over her bias. then have
tonight we can report the walls are closing in on james comey. we have, yet, another major development in our "hannity watch" on the deep state. former fbi general counsel james baker of the man who served as jim comey's top lawyer, he, too, like others, is under criminal investigation for leaking to the media and baker has long faced scrutiny over his ties to "mother jones" reporter david corn. remember, corn was the first journalist to report the existence of christopher...
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james comey is a nut job and a crazy guy according to the president of the united states. joining us now, washington bureau chief for mother jones. glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor. both are msnbc analysts and joining us frank montoya who served as the national counterintelligence executive. this, frank, is a counterintelligence investigation. there are two kinds of investigations that the fbi does. most of what we talk about are criminal investigations. counterintelligence investigations serve a different purpose. what was this for? >> exactly that, to determine if there were intelligence activities that a foreign power was conducting, in this case russia, against the united states, and that perhaps americans of some sort witting or unwitting were enabling or helping or facilitating that interference or that intelligence collection. >> glenn, that's a high bar and a big decision for the fbi to make, to go after or to look in to a president of the united states. in fact, according to the article, i want to read a little more from the article. there was a debate wi
james comey is a nut job and a crazy guy according to the president of the united states. joining us now, washington bureau chief for mother jones. glenn kershner, former federal prosecutor. both are msnbc analysts and joining us frank montoya who served as the national counterintelligence executive. this, frank, is a counterintelligence investigation. there are two kinds of investigations that the fbi does. most of what we talk about are criminal investigations. counterintelligence...
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according to the times, the fbi opened the inquiry after firing of james comey. rudy giuliani blasting the report. >> 22 days and counting. the government shutdown is now the longest in history. friday was the first missed paycheck for 800,000 federal workers. he backed away from declaring a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, but there's no agreement in sight with lawmakers that have gone home for the weekend. >>> a massive explosion rocked paris, killing two firefighters. police say ten others are in critical condition now. the blast leveled the ground floor of a bakery, trapped people in nearby buildings. authorities believe a gas leak is to blame. firefighters were on the scene investigating when the explosion took place. >>> two of the nfl's hottest offenses in action as football's divisional playoff round gets under way. the rams featuring the top offense host the cowboys tonight, and the indianapolis colts head to kansas city to square off with the chiefs. you can watch all of the pregame coverage, followed by the colts, chiefs game
according to the times, the fbi opened the inquiry after firing of james comey. rudy giuliani blasting the report. >> 22 days and counting. the government shutdown is now the longest in history. friday was the first missed paycheck for 800,000 federal workers. he backed away from declaring a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, but there's no agreement in sight with lawmakers that have gone home for the weekend. >>> a massive explosion rocked paris, killing...
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james comey was fired because he's a disgraced partisan hack. and his deputy andrew mccabe who was in charge is a known foreign advisories push americans. many of his actions towards the beginning of the administration especially were looked at through the lens of these allegations of russian collusion. the mueller probe still ongoing. the white house has continually said that nothing will come of that probe. the president did nothing wrong and they've downplayed the criminal charges levied against those close to prd trump. of cour and such as michael cohen his former lawyer, and paul manafort, his former campaign chairman. and the white house is certainly bracing for mueller's final report to come out in the days ahead. it's not clear yet whether or not that will be made public. whether the white house will put up a fight to keep that quiet. certainly, this adds another complication to president trump's agenda. as he struggles to pull out of a government shutdown. christi. >> sarah, appreciate the update, thank you. >>> this morning, a massive
james comey was fired because he's a disgraced partisan hack. and his deputy andrew mccabe who was in charge is a known foreign advisories push americans. many of his actions towards the beginning of the administration especially were looked at through the lens of these allegations of russian collusion. the mueller probe still ongoing. the white house has continually said that nothing will come of that probe. the president did nothing wrong and they've downplayed the criminal charges levied...
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after president trump fired fbi director james comey, law enforcement officials were so concerned about the behavior of the president of the united states that they began investigating whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. that's according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. agents were reportedly also trying to find out whether the president was knowingly working for russia or was being influenced by moscow. there's so much to discuss. i want to bring in the former director of national intelligence. that's mr. james clapper. good evening, sir. appreciate your time beforehand. listen, we have been talking about counter intelligence, counter intelligence investigation into whether the president of the united states constituted a possible threat to national security. put that in to perspective for us. >> well, i think, don, it's obviously explosive just to read it in print. but it's not surprising. i think, in fact, i'd go so far as to say the fbi would have been dirwrong to not have considered tconside considered it. the 27th of
after president trump fired fbi director james comey, law enforcement officials were so concerned about the behavior of the president of the united states that they began investigating whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. that's according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. agents were reportedly also trying to find out whether the president was knowingly working for russia or was being influenced by moscow. there's so much to discuss....
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comey. >>> the longest shutdown ever. as hundreds of thousands of americans go without pay. president trump saying he has a plan, that he and democrats could end this in 15 minutes. >>> and the mall shooting chaos. a fight, and then gunfire erupting inside a busy food court. shoppers running for cover. were gangs involved? >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin tonight with the winter blast, blanketing millions with snow. and the storm now turning deadly. take a look at roads in missouri. up to a foot of snow on the ground. state police there responding to more than a 1,000 stranded motorists. more than 700 crashes. at least four fatalities. that we know of. at the airport in st. louis, an army of snowplows in overdrive, trying to keep the runways clear and keep delays and cancellations down. tonight, that system barrelling east with heavy snow expected tomorrow in the mid-atlantic, including the nation's capital. rob marciano will join
comey. >>> the longest shutdown ever. as hundreds of thousands of americans go without pay. president trump saying he has a plan, that he and democrats could end this in 15 minutes. >>> and the mall shooting chaos. a fight, and then gunfire erupting inside a busy food court. shoppers running for cover. were gangs involved? >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin tonight with the winter blast, blanketing...
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james comey was fired because he is a disgrace. andrew mccabe who is in charge of the time is a known liar fired by the fbi unlike president obama who let russia and other foreign adversaries push america around, donald trump has been tough on russia. max, they appear to be saying this is partisan. this is deep state. would the fbi launch an investigation of this magnitude for something like snab. >> that-- that? >> that's ridiculous, don. the white house partisan spin that the white house puts out gives it credence. they're trying to smear the investigators. they can't address the substance of the charges and us is stisuso she scream the nutty conspiracy theories. they try to align people which suggests they don't have a very strong case. and, in fact that, is the case. what is striking to me listening to steve and gjim clapper early very down the middle intelligence professionals, they're voicing the same suspicions that the president of the united states could be compromised by the russians and nothing that donald trump has done
james comey was fired because he is a disgrace. andrew mccabe who is in charge of the time is a known liar fired by the fbi unlike president obama who let russia and other foreign adversaries push america around, donald trump has been tough on russia. max, they appear to be saying this is partisan. this is deep state. would the fbi launch an investigation of this magnitude for something like snab. >> that-- that? >> that's ridiculous, don. the white house partisan spin that the...
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remember how chaotic the period was following the firing of james comey. two specific episodes that alarmed some of these security officials and fbi agents in the wake of that. explain what they were. >> well, obviously the firing of comey and the referencing of the russia investigation laying out why comey should be fired. the second aspect to that was -- i believe it was the next day, the lester holt interview on nbc news, he says he did it because of russia. and, you know, the fbi is watching this, and they say, well, he's telling us why he did it. he did this on behalf of russia. and, you know, within days of that they've opened up this -- you know, they've opened up this -- they've opened up this multi-tiered investigation that has a criminal aspect and a counterintelligence aspect to it. >> and then when the president had the oval office meeting with the russian ambassador, i believe it was, where he bragged about firing james comey and called him a nut job, that was in their minds a vindication for the investigation. >> caller: yeah, a vindication,
remember how chaotic the period was following the firing of james comey. two specific episodes that alarmed some of these security officials and fbi agents in the wake of that. explain what they were. >> well, obviously the firing of comey and the referencing of the russia investigation laying out why comey should be fired. the second aspect to that was -- i believe it was the next day, the lester holt interview on nbc news, he says he did it because of russia. and, you know, the fbi is...
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she goes after james comey, calling him a disgraced partisan hack. . the secretary of state was interviewed today for one of the sunday morning talk shows. a full interview is scheduled to air tomorrow. today the secretary of state dismissed this reporting in the new york times and the suggestion of the president could be whether wittingly or unwittingly, an agent whose russian interests, listened to mike pompeo now, calling the story ludicrous. >> i'm not going to comment on new york times stories. the idea that president trump is a threat to american security is ludicrous about i've answered this question repeatedly, on your show. the idea that's contained in the new york times story, that president trump was a threat to national security is silly on its face and not worthy of a response. >> we will likely hear more tomorrow. as for president trump, you pointed out that tweet, there were a barrage of tweets the president sent out today, not only attacking james combing, but aiming at hillary clinton as well suggesting robert mueller is protecting jam
she goes after james comey, calling him a disgraced partisan hack. . the secretary of state was interviewed today for one of the sunday morning talk shows. a full interview is scheduled to air tomorrow. today the secretary of state dismissed this reporting in the new york times and the suggestion of the president could be whether wittingly or unwittingly, an agent whose russian interests, listened to mike pompeo now, calling the story ludicrous. >> i'm not going to comment on new york...
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the new york times and cnn reported that they launched aun inquiry to fire james comey. to find out whether he had done so to correctly benefit the russian government. the president defending that decision. zbli guess th >> i guess they started it because i fired comey. the people doing that investigation were people that had been caught that are known scoundrels. i guess you could say they are dirty cops. >> the president initially justified the firing by saying he had an ax to grind with the russia probe. >> when i decide today do it i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> over this past weekend the president didn't give a direct answer when he was asked whether he was working on behalf of the russians. >> are you now or have you ever worked for russia mr. president? >> i think it is the most insulting thing i have ever been asked. i think it is the most insulting article i have ever had written. if you read the article you could see they found absolutely nothing. >> white house is also scamabling for answers after the washingto
the new york times and cnn reported that they launched aun inquiry to fire james comey. to find out whether he had done so to correctly benefit the russian government. the president defending that decision. zbli guess th >> i guess they started it because i fired comey. the people doing that investigation were people that had been caught that are known scoundrels. i guess you could say they are dirty cops. >> the president initially justified the firing by saying he had an ax to...
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after james comey was fired, a panicked f.b.i. gets in touch with ohr yet again and says you have got to get us back with christopher steele. why? because they were desperate to verify the dossier they had used and hadn't verified. >> sean: but here is a bigger problem. with andrew weissmann himself being briefed, being the lead guy pitbull of robert mueller, this now paints the whole investigation. if they were looking for the russia collusion they knew where to go to hillary. here is the point. that means if he knew the entire time that mueller knew the entire time that the dossier was bought and paid for by hillary clinton, using russian lies, to influence 2016 election, that means that the entire thing is topsyturvy and twisted. >> absolutely. in fact, robert mueller should have taken of all of this, he is aware of it all, and he should have said i will investigate the f.b.i. now. >> sean: is this go to jail stuff? >> it absolutely should. >> sean: all the people warned? that they did it anyway when you lie to a court like thi
after james comey was fired, a panicked f.b.i. gets in touch with ohr yet again and says you have got to get us back with christopher steele. why? because they were desperate to verify the dossier they had used and hadn't verified. >> sean: but here is a bigger problem. with andrew weissmann himself being briefed, being the lead guy pitbull of robert mueller, this now paints the whole investigation. if they were looking for the russia collusion they knew where to go to hillary. here is...
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the president's plan to send a letter to james comey about his firing, but never did in which mr. trump explicitly mentioned the russia investigation. the second, the apartmepresiden interview with lester in which he appeared to fire comey because of the russia probe. >> knowing no good time to do it. i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani pushing back. telling nbc news if the fbi investigation obtained any evidence, it would have to result in action being taken or they are imperiling the national security. this shows how out of control they are. and press secretary sarah sanders in a statement to nbc calling the report absurd. and "the times" reports the mueller team has taken over the investigation into where mr. trump is a russian asset. "the times" says it is not clear if the team is still pursuing it. alex. >> geoff at the white house. thank you. joining me now is former fbi official is chuck rosenberg and criminal attorney ashley mercha merchant. chuck, you fir
the president's plan to send a letter to james comey about his firing, but never did in which mr. trump explicitly mentioned the russia investigation. the second, the apartmepresiden interview with lester in which he appeared to fire comey because of the russia probe. >> knowing no good time to do it. i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani pushing back. telling nbc...
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he has the ability to fire james comey. he was asked a lot of other questions about when a president might be obstructed justice. one of those topics was whether he was floating the idea of a pardon in order to get people not to talk. that would be affecting testimony and obstructing justice. he did not rule out that it would be obstruction of justice if a pardon was used to affect testimony. a story in busby is getting attention. the president directed michael: july 2 congress. that is reporting from buzz feed news. is that anything that might speak to the concerns raised in that story? i spoke directly to this at the hearing. this has prompted the committee chairman to say they would be looking into whether he directed michael cohen to give misleading testimony. in that memo, he set a president can obstruct justice and be guilty of it. the democratic senator from minnesota asked him about those words. he said yes, if he directed somebody to give misleading testimony, that would be obstruction of justice. connecticut is ne
he has the ability to fire james comey. he was asked a lot of other questions about when a president might be obstructed justice. one of those topics was whether he was floating the idea of a pardon in order to get people not to talk. that would be affecting testimony and obstructing justice. he did not rule out that it would be obstruction of justice if a pardon was used to affect testimony. a story in busby is getting attention. the president directed michael: july 2 congress. that is...
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meanwhile, the "new york times" reporting back when james comey was fired, the fbi felt compelled to investigate whether the president was actively working to benefit russia. the headline is devastating. my view is the story raises more questions than it answers. and i'll explain. plus after cancer surgery, justice ruth bader ginsberg missed her oral arguments 25 years and will remain out next week, where the 85-year-old justice is still working. i got an idea how to keep her looped in. >>> america is going greenlt at least when it comes to legalizing pot. the author of a new book is here saying advocates are experiencing serious mental health and societal side effects. plus, listen to this 911 call. >> one of the patients just had a baby. we v had no ideaed he was pregnant. >> a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state since 1992 gives birth in a facility. they are forcing every male to give a dna standard. is it legal? and this moral dilemma. the families of the victims of the los vegas massacre are going to receive all the proceeds from the killer's estate. but, should his huge cac
meanwhile, the "new york times" reporting back when james comey was fired, the fbi felt compelled to investigate whether the president was actively working to benefit russia. the headline is devastating. my view is the story raises more questions than it answers. and i'll explain. plus after cancer surgery, justice ruth bader ginsberg missed her oral arguments 25 years and will remain out next week, where the 85-year-old justice is still working. i got an idea how to keep her looped...
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james comey was fired because he's a disgraced partisan hack, and his deputy andrew mccabe, who was in charge at the time, is a known liar fired by the fbi. unlike president obama, who let russia and other foreign adversaries push america around, president trump has actually been tough on russia.
james comey was fired because he's a disgraced partisan hack, and his deputy andrew mccabe, who was in charge at the time, is a known liar fired by the fbi. unlike president obama, who let russia and other foreign adversaries push america around, president trump has actually been tough on russia.
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a couple days after the firing of james comey. with us now, john sale. john, he seems very much to be his own man and he could understand the firing of comey back then. but he seems to call them as he sees them. am i misinterpreting? what do you think? >> no, his confirmation is virtually done. when it comes to recuse sal, when senator harris tried to pin him down, he's not recusing himself. it's quite clear what attorney general sessions went through, you have to be on mars to realize that the president is not going to appoint somebody or nominate somebody that he thinks is going to recuse. the way -- >> neil: he did support at the time sessions recusing himself, right? this is a different circumstance. >> well, no, the president didn't. i'm talking about president trump did not support it. what he put sessions through, so he's not going to take this job. i'll give you a quick historical parallel. i was part of the watergate prosecution. when leon jaworski took the job, he was the same age as bill barr. he was a powerful lawyer. he said i've had a great
a couple days after the firing of james comey. with us now, john sale. john, he seems very much to be his own man and he could understand the firing of comey back then. but he seems to call them as he sees them. am i misinterpreting? what do you think? >> no, his confirmation is virtually done. when it comes to recuse sal, when senator harris tried to pin him down, he's not recusing himself. it's quite clear what attorney general sessions went through, you have to be on mars to realize...
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comey. the white house and president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, both blasting the report. >>> 22 days and counting, the government shutdown is now the longest in history. fridayst was the f missed paycheck for 800,000 federal workers. president trump has backed alay from decng a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, but there's no agreement in sight with lawmakers who have gone home for the weekend. >>> a massive explosion rocked paris this morning, killing at least four, including two re fifighters. another first responder is fighng forlife. police say at least ten others are in critical condition. this explosion leveled thend grouloor of a bakery, and it trapped people b inldings nearby. authorities believe a gas lea is to blame. >>> and two of the nfl's hottest offenses are in action today, as football's divisional playoff round gets underway. the rams and the cowboys annight. drew luck and the colts head to kansas city to square off with patrickahomes and the chi
comey. the white house and president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, both blasting the report. >>> 22 days and counting, the government shutdown is now the longest in history. fridayst was the f missed paycheck for 800,000 federal workers. president trump has backed alay from decng a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, but there's no agreement in sight with lawmakers who have gone home for the weekend. >>> a massive explosion rocked paris this morning,...
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comey that it opened an investigation into whether the president was working for russia. the white house and president trump's lawyers slamming the report overnight. what is the fallout and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're live with the story that has stunned the nation. >>> dismal record. this morning the government shutdown is now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at one another. >> staying it is immoral to have the walled. it is immoral to have all these people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine.
comey that it opened an investigation into whether the president was working for russia. the white house and president trump's lawyers slamming the report overnight. what is the fallout and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're live with the story that has stunned the nation. >>> dismal record. this morning the government shutdown is now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at one another. >> staying it is immoral to...
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james comey, and whether that had some impact on national security. so it's a little disingenuous to have that blowing across the screen, saying that he was checking -- that the fbi was looking into whether he was secretly working with the russian. >> why? >> that's just not reported. let's start -- that's not what was reported. >> wait a minute, that's exactly what's -- i'll read it to you. >> it's not. >> law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president's behavior, they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia against american interests. >> okay, so -- so when you look at that -- but goldman walked that back, just earlier, as we were -- as -- during an interview -- >> i think that's your interpretation. >> as we look -- james baker looked at the conduct -- james baker testified that they were looking at the conduct, as it related to the firing of comey. but let's move on from that. you asked me another question. let's talk about if obstruction and some of the public comments that he made. so the public commen
james comey, and whether that had some impact on national security. so it's a little disingenuous to have that blowing across the screen, saying that he was checking -- that the fbi was looking into whether he was secretly working with the russian. >> why? >> that's just not reported. let's start -- that's not what was reported. >> wait a minute, that's exactly what's -- i'll read it to you. >> it's not. >> law enforcement officials became so concerned by the...
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just like james comey a week ago. he was interviewed by congress, and you know, , unfortunately, people didn't see it because the republicans with paul ryan unfortunately they didn't put him out there. but when he said was either he's a bad liar or his grossly incompetent. unfortunately, people didn't say it but you can read the transcript. [inaudible] >> what? [inaudible] >> you know how i feel. okay. we will see you in -- what? [inaudible] i'm not looking -- this is a simple cup you shouldn't have to pick now, i have the absolute legal right to call it, but i'm not looking to do that because this is too simple. the democrats should say we want border security, we have to build a a wall otherwise you cannot border security and we should get on with our lives. the democrats are stopping us, and they're stopping a lot of great people from getting paid. all they have to do is say, we want border security. that automatically means a wall or a barrier. thank you. i'll see you in new orleans. [inaudible] [background sounds
just like james comey a week ago. he was interviewed by congress, and you know, , unfortunately, people didn't see it because the republicans with paul ryan unfortunately they didn't put him out there. but when he said was either he's a bad liar or his grossly incompetent. unfortunately, people didn't say it but you can read the transcript. [inaudible] >> what? [inaudible] >> you know how i feel. okay. we will see you in -- what? [inaudible] i'm not looking -- this is a simple cup...
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and part of the irony here is that one of the reasons trump grew fed up with james comey, or at least and fired him, was that comey refused to say that trump was not personally under investigation as part of this effort to figure out what russia was up to and what links to the people around trump in 2016 might have been. that comey wouldn't publicly clear him and say trump himself is not suspected of wrongdoing and trump gets mad and fires comey as part of the interaction and that leads to the fbi to open a file directly on what is trump himself doing and what is trump as an individual relationship with the russian government and its ongoing interference operations here in the united states. >> elisa, because you don't get to sit next to those folks look our good friend here charlie does to get the tips and hear about how the story is developing. so when you found out about the story, what was your reaction? what i saw the headline come across i was like -- am i reading what i'm reading. >> right. but we've had that happen for the last few years, right? i mean everything that keeps ha
and part of the irony here is that one of the reasons trump grew fed up with james comey, or at least and fired him, was that comey refused to say that trump was not personally under investigation as part of this effort to figure out what russia was up to and what links to the people around trump in 2016 might have been. that comey wouldn't publicly clear him and say trump himself is not suspected of wrongdoing and trump gets mad and fires comey as part of the interaction and that leads to the...
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in other words, does the collusion extend to things like the firing of james comey? i'm not going to connect more dots because we don't know where the investigation went. but i will end with this point. a president -- how would a president compromised by the russians behave? and give me any moment in the last two years where trump has behaved differently? and that's what i took away from this story. >> so, adam, you're there, right? can i bring you back in? >> sure. >> so i want to get the white house response because moments ago the white house responded and said this is absurd. james comey was fired because he's a disgraced partisan hack and his deputy andrew mccabe that was in charge at the time is a known liar fired by the fbi. president trump is actually been tough on russia. well, many people think that they would say that trump has been anything but tough on russia. >> what do you say to that response? >> i'm not sure that response has anything to do with my reporting. >> the facts are what they are. and if you think about jim baker at the general council for
in other words, does the collusion extend to things like the firing of james comey? i'm not going to connect more dots because we don't know where the investigation went. but i will end with this point. a president -- how would a president compromised by the russians behave? and give me any moment in the last two years where trump has behaved differently? and that's what i took away from this story. >> so, adam, you're there, right? can i bring you back in? >> sure. >> so i...
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how and why he got rid of james comey? something he bragged about with the russian foreign minister t the day after he fired him. we don't know. and until and unless we hear from the interpreter, we're not going to know because there are no notes. >> you heard the president saying this morning that he has not worked for russia. do you think he's compromised? >> why did i have the e recollection of richard nixon saying to the president you need to know if the president is crook an i am not a crook. >> do you have any evidence? do we have evidence? >> we're about to get some, aren't we? that's another reason why i think we have to have the interpreter come before our committee. we don't know what robert mueller knows. ipg we're going to discover this soon. the, we know from some of the alarm bells rung by the senate intelligence committee there's this fire behind the smoke. i'm not going to say donald trump broke the law or he collude d with the russians, we don't know that. but there's plenty of smoke leading to evidence th
how and why he got rid of james comey? something he bragged about with the russian foreign minister t the day after he fired him. we don't know. and until and unless we hear from the interpreter, we're not going to know because there are no notes. >> you heard the president saying this morning that he has not worked for russia. do you think he's compromised? >> why did i have the e recollection of richard nixon saying to the president you need to know if the president is crook an i...
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just like james comey a week ago . he was interviewed by congress and unfortunately people did not see. the republicans with paul ryan unfortunately they did not of them out there. what he said, either he's a bad liar or he's grossly incompetent. you can read the transcript. [indiscernible] >> you know how i feel. we will see you. i am not looking to call a national emergency. i have the absolute legal right to call it but i'm not looking to do that because this is too simple. the democrats should say we want border security. we have to build a wall otherwise you can't have border security and we should get on with our lives. the democrats are stopping us and stopping a lot of great people from getting paid. all they have to do is say we want border security. that automatically means a wall or barrier. >> today is the 24th a of the partial government shutdown. president trump continues to demand democrat survive money for a border wall while nancy pelosi and chuck schumer insist the government be reopened for further n
just like james comey a week ago . he was interviewed by congress and unfortunately people did not see. the republicans with paul ryan unfortunately they did not of them out there. what he said, either he's a bad liar or he's grossly incompetent. you can read the transcript. [indiscernible] >> you know how i feel. we will see you. i am not looking to call a national emergency. i have the absolute legal right to call it but i'm not looking to do that because this is too simple. the...
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how chaotic the period was following the firing of james comey. there were two specific episodes that alarmed some of these security officials and fbi agents in the wake of that. explain what they were. >> obviously the firing of comey and the investigation of the president. the second half back to that was the next day of the lester holt interview. he said he did it because of russia. the fbi is watching this and they say and telling us why he did it. he did it on behalf of russia. they opened up his multi tiered investigation that has a criminal aspect and an intelligent aspect to it. >> and when the president had the oval office meeting with the russian ambassador where he bragged about firing james comey and calling him a nut job, that was in their mind of vindication for the investigation? >> yes, well, a vindication, they bolster the reason. then it comes out of that meeting and he says took the pressure off of comey. that itself was -- the people saw it is reactivation of the region opening on the president. >> counter investigation indicat
how chaotic the period was following the firing of james comey. there were two specific episodes that alarmed some of these security officials and fbi agents in the wake of that. explain what they were. >> obviously the firing of comey and the investigation of the president. the second half back to that was the next day of the lester holt interview. he said he did it because of russia. the fbi is watching this and they say and telling us why he did it. he did it on behalf of russia. they...
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on the one hand, that trump when he fired james comey, was quote somehow followi ining direction executing russia's will. the other view was that trump was quoting baker, completely innocent. and as we're learn iing about ts debate, "the washington post" is reporting president trump has been hiding information on five face-to-face meetings with russian president putin. on one occasion, reportedly, even taking the notes of his own interpreter and directing him not to discuss what happened with other officials. so let's start this hour with garrett graph, author of the threat matrix inside robert mueller's fbi and the war on global terror. so garrett, always great to have you on. good to see you. just starting with today's extraordinary headline, you know that the fbi questioned whether the president of the united
on the one hand, that trump when he fired james comey, was quote somehow followi ining direction executing russia's will. the other view was that trump was quoting baker, completely innocent. and as we're learn iing about ts debate, "the washington post" is reporting president trump has been hiding information on five face-to-face meetings with russian president putin. on one occasion, reportedly, even taking the notes of his own interpreter and directing him not to discuss what...
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james comey's firing was one catalyst, according to the report. this was another. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came into the room. >> i was going to fire comey. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an execute by the democrats for having lost an election. >> this story fundamentally changes our understanding of what has been and what is being scrutinized. it has the president firing off tweet after tweet after tweet after tweet this morning. on msnbc last night, michael schmidt explained what led the fbi to start this inquiry. >> there's a long standing relationship that trump has with russia. there is all these things going on and they decide to go forward with the monumental historic decision of opening up a counterintelligence investigation into the president. is the president tied to the adversary? >> it's important to take this new information and dovetail it with what
james comey's firing was one catalyst, according to the report. this was another. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came into the room. >> i was going to fire comey. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. it's an execute by the democrats for having lost an election. >> this story fundamentally changes our...
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it was this interview with nbc news' lester holt, which occurred two days after james comey's firing. the president said this. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> this rusher thing. now "the times" notes special counsel robert mueller took over this inquiry into president trump when he was appointed, just days after the fbi opened it and it is unclear whether mr. muller is still pursuing the counterintelligence matter. no evidence has emerged publicly that donald trump was secretly in contact with or took direction from the russian government. let's just be clear about that. but one final note that caught our eye in this bombshell "new york times" report is that fbi officials felt that their decision to open a counterintelligence investigation was validated, "when a comment the president made to visiting russian officials in the oval office shortly after he fired mr. comey was reve
it was this interview with nbc news' lester holt, which occurred two days after james comey's firing. the president said this. >> regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> this rusher thing. now "the times" notes special counsel robert mueller took over this inquiry into...
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>> guest: the only only mistake trump was made was not to fire james comey. james comey would go about sticking a knife in his back to what comey did is the same thing that enter mccabe did. they have both wrote these secret memos to themselves documenting these meetings they had. anybody with any experience in the corporate world knows that the self-serving memos written by you have limited value. you are probably doing your basic cya making it the version you one of the most favorable making the other person with data by the way i don't think it's any accident that comey's book is going to be published right on top of my book "killing the deep state." all the mainstream media and all the enemies from abc. "the news york times" the fodder for the book. it will be viewed as a martyred a victim newbie portrayed as having a higher honor. none of them will dare to interview me to look at killing the deep state or that's why it's pretty remarkable the book has already become number one in various categories by amazon and is one of the better selling books, maybe
>> guest: the only only mistake trump was made was not to fire james comey. james comey would go about sticking a knife in his back to what comey did is the same thing that enter mccabe did. they have both wrote these secret memos to themselves documenting these meetings they had. anybody with any experience in the corporate world knows that the self-serving memos written by you have limited value. you are probably doing your basic cya making it the version you one of the most favorable...
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james comey said i ask you to judge me by the enemies i have made. echoing fdr who delivered those words back in 1932. president trump's decision to fire comey is a central focus in the mueller probe obstruction of justice portion of his inquiry. what's interesting about the times reporting is we don't know yet whether or not this counter intelligence investigation is still being carried out as part of the russia probe. >> you did a great job. this was something to the last point made by jeff. it's something the public was not supposed to have any knowledge of especially with the magnitude of this inquiry and whether the president's actions are a threat to his own country. put this into perspective for us. how explosive is this? >> alex, it's hard to put this into perspective because there's so h thing many things we have president do that are surprising. there's some that are surprising, shocking and there's bombshells and then there's this. this is like an atomic bombshell. if we take a step back and talk about the difference between a counter inte
james comey said i ask you to judge me by the enemies i have made. echoing fdr who delivered those words back in 1932. president trump's decision to fire comey is a central focus in the mueller probe obstruction of justice portion of his inquiry. what's interesting about the times reporting is we don't know yet whether or not this counter intelligence investigation is still being carried out as part of the russia probe. >> you did a great job. this was something to the last point made by...
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this all started after the firing of former fbi director james comey. the question behind both parts of the investigation was, was the president helping russia
this all started after the firing of former fbi director james comey. the question behind both parts of the investigation was, was the president helping russia
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james comey. he said he gave his notes a with a nfrgs he had with the president of the united states to a friend of his to leak the press so he begins the appointment of a special counsel which low and behold happens. that's what i wants everybody focusing on tonight. a consistent pattern of leaking u, it's not the f.b.i. fbi someone explain this to me there are emails or text messages miss from the time that they were at the special counsel's office. the resource officer, at the special counsel's office says well, we didn't really check the material. one phone was left and the other phone was recirculated and no one checked the text messaging. so, look, again, i am glad that bob mueller's office issued a statement. it was called four. it was due. it was the appropriate thing to do. but, there are a lot of questions that are still not answered by the activities that have taken place here. now, again, it's a good day -- great day for the president and great day for the country. not such a great for
james comey. he said he gave his notes a with a nfrgs he had with the president of the united states to a friend of his to leak the press so he begins the appointment of a special counsel which low and behold happens. that's what i wants everybody focusing on tonight. a consistent pattern of leaking u, it's not the f.b.i. fbi someone explain this to me there are emails or text messages miss from the time that they were at the special counsel's office. the resource officer, at the special...
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but you rook at what's going on, you know, i fired james comey. i call him lien james comey because he was a terrible liar, and he did a terrible job as the fbi director. look at what happened with the hillary clinton e-mails and the hillary clinton investigation, one of the biggest screw-ups that anybody's ever seen as an investigation. and what happened after i fired him? andrew mccabe, peter strzok, his lover, lisa page, they did it. and, you know, they're all gone. most of those people, many, many people from the top ranks of the fbi, they've all been fired or they had to leave are. and they're all gone. this is what they were talking about. and, obviously, nothing was found. and i can tell you this, if you ask the folks in russia, i've been tougher on russia than anybody else, any other -- probably any other president period, but certainly the last three or four presidents, modern day presidents. nobody's been as tough as i have from any standpoint including the fact that we've done oil like we've never done it, we're setting records in expor
but you rook at what's going on, you know, i fired james comey. i call him lien james comey because he was a terrible liar, and he did a terrible job as the fbi director. look at what happened with the hillary clinton e-mails and the hillary clinton investigation, one of the biggest screw-ups that anybody's ever seen as an investigation. and what happened after i fired him? andrew mccabe, peter strzok, his lover, lisa page, they did it. and, you know, they're all gone. most of those people,...
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comey. now others are coming to the defense of the president including secretary of state mike pompeo who on a sunday morning talk show called reporting in "the new york times" ludicrous. listen to this. >> i'm not going to comment on "new york times" stories, but i'll say this, the notion that president trump is a threat to american national security is absolutely ludicrous. >> just to clarify, since you were cia director, did you have any idea that this investigation was happening? >> margaret, margaret, margaret, i've answered this question repeatedly, indeed on your show, the idea that is contained in "the new york times" story that president trump was a threat to american national security is silly on its face and not worthy of a response. >> the press secretary, sarah sanders, also weighed in late on friday evening, putting out a statement that called james comey a disgraced partisan hack and also said that the reporting in "the new york times" was absurd. boris sanchez, cnn, at the wh
comey. now others are coming to the defense of the president including secretary of state mike pompeo who on a sunday morning talk show called reporting in "the new york times" ludicrous. listen to this. >> i'm not going to comment on "new york times" stories, but i'll say this, the notion that president trump is a threat to american national security is absolutely ludicrous. >> just to clarify, since you were cia director, did you have any idea that this...