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Hill. the president accusing comey of lying to congress about their private conversations, and hes willing to go under oath to prove it. kristin fisher is live in branchburg, new jersey w the very latest. kristin? >> reporter: yeah, well, all of washington is really focused on comeys testimony on thursday and what the president said yesterday. the president is dealing with the situation in afghanistan. he has been briefed by his national security counsel, so has the vice president, and he spoke ...

To investigate potential obstruction of justice. >> lets bring in brian noble, scott, kelly torren, joey jackson, cnn legal analyst and tom. thank you for being with us. ryan, i want to start with you first because the president is taking on that defiant tone we heard, accusing comey of perjury. help us look ahead. what is next in the investigation? >> it seems both intelligence committees on the house and senate side want to get clarification about this game of he said/she said between the pres...

Alive look at new york city as the protesters are gearing up there. the controversial group ask for america said they are speaking out over human rights violations they believe are committed under sharia law. they are anti- muslim is what critics call them. president trump volunteered to testify under oath about his conversation with fired fbi director james comey, the president accusing comey of lying to congress in his testimony on capitol hill, thursday. president trump also said there will b...

Critics slammed the move questioning administrations rational for dismissing the director. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein pointing to comeys mishandling of the clinton e-mail investigation. >> secretary clintons personal use of e-mail -- >> in this letter to the president. even though then candidate trump applauded comeys moves during the campaign. and as recently as last month saying he had confidence in the director. >> i have confidence in him. we will see what happens. >> today at th...

Everyone is looking to pick sides and to blame. >> as you mentioned, this is a guy who engendered strong feelings. ritics -- i quoted one, though not by name, on our broadcast about a week ago, accusing comey of having crocodile piety. his critics really didnt like him. >> welcome to washington, brian. you know, and it really is too bad because its very hard to do a really good job in washington these days. its really hard no matter what your motive. and, you know, a misstep can be fatal. but i ...

Highly classified intelligence. >> as part of the gang of eight, we want to be informed on a periodic basis. >> reporter: this intelligence set to be extended to all members of the house intelligence committee. prior to the meeting, taking issue with comey saying he hasnt been forthcoming with intelligence regarding russias interference in the election. >> clearly we have some questions about whether or not last year we were read into everything we should have been read into. >> theres no way we...

Were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> reporter: the inspector general determined those statements "violated long-standing department practice and protocol" since she was not being charged. the report also taking aim at that october surprise, comey announcing that he was reopening the clinton probe just 11 days before the election. >> secretary clinton, any reaction to the fbi investigation? >> reporter: hillary clinton believes it cost her...

Transcript, he says of comey, look at his testimony. his testimony is loaded up with lies, okay? so hes accusing comey of perjury. you and i have both noted that comey in terms of kind of his bearing and demeanor has been someone people have said could be muellers son in terms of washington veterans over the years. we established that he kind of updated his view of the second pull aside meeting with putin at the dinner but he also updated his view of the meeting trump tower, don junior a year ag...

It for the purpose of letting him know had he something on him in effect, bargaining the implication is for his job. now, you know, this is the first time weve heard him say that certainly in public anyway. and it adds a new complexion to that episode. >> and peter, more than that, im reading from your transcript, he says of comey, look at his testimony. his testimony is loaded up with lies, okay? so hes accusing comey of perjury. you and i have both noted that comey in terms of kind of his bear...

Him to do, counter-punching, accusing comey of lying, giving this bell coast statement. and thats what trump went out and did himself today. i think we were all a little impressed with trumps discipline saying off twitter for 24 or 36 hours like he did. that could only go so long of the it broke this morning. and then he kept going this afternoon. >> quite something to watch. shannon, i want to talk to you about loyalty. not yours personally. you are new to the broadcast. but i want to talk to y...