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Hes very, very distracted. he basically i dont think is able to carry out the duties of the president right now because hes so concerned about his personal survival. >> you saw the comey interview on abc. he said that the -- this was a quote, its possible that the russians had compromising information on this president is is that why hes so wishy washy with them? >> we dont. yes, it is possible there is cop pro mizing information. its also possible he loves putin as he loves a lot of the other d...

Thats what were waiting on mueller to find out. yes, it is possible theres compromising information, but its also just possible he loves vladimir putin like he loves a lot of other dictators. were still waiting on that answer. >> the cia director reportedly meeting with kim jong-un over the easter weekend at pyongyang. what do you think of that? >> well, i mean i think its very good that they were having some back channel communications so that trump doesnt go into the summit of kim jong-un cold...

Administration. >> heres what they were recording, that he was furious -- but he signed off on it. >> i suspect what happened is he did not follow the oral briefings. if he had read it, he probably didnt pay a lot of attention. he was briefed in passing. lets not forget one other major factor here, don, trump is drowning in scandal. he can barely focus on syria and russia because hes freaking out because his attorney got raided. hes afraid that mueller is coming for him. thats what hes focused o...

And in this interview and in this book compared to the president who has just made up a fantasy about the tapes in the oval office. there is just not -- i mean, his consistency in his story, which is most important in the way is impressive. >> his accounts were corroborated by the first intel briefing with the president james clapper who is also in the room said the same thing but jeffrey toobin, i know that, you know, we can talk about another washington poll who wants to make money off a book ...

Did this morning. >> you mentioned susan page who is with us. you spoke with comey last week on friday. comey seemed to go a bit further when you talked to him about the possibility that russia may have compromising information on the president. tell us what he told you. >> he said we couldnt rule out the possibility that russia is holding compromising information over the head of the president of the united states. this is an extraordinary charge. he said he didnt have hard evidence of that. he...

Obstruct justice? >> well, he was asking the director to get rid of a case that the director was involved in. we just dont do that in america. our president doesnt tell the fbi director, the independence of the department of justice, who they do and do not investigate. and, you know, ana, he may not have been under investigation back in january and february of 2017, but i would sure be surprised today if he -- if that was the still the case. >> comey has talked a lot about the russia investigati...

Director of the fbi, briefed on some of the intelligence behind that at least opineed in this interview it is possible russia has such information. it is a sobering assessment from james comey briefed on the early intelligence that russia could hold compromising information on president donald trump. >> i think its possible. i dont know. these are more words i never thought id utter about a president of the united states but thats possible. >> thats stunning. you cant say for certain that the pr...

The fast-moving criminal investigation of the presidents lawyer michael cohen is slowing down a bit. a judge ordering the government to let cohens legal team review his seized records to determine if they include any privileged communication between him and his client. that would be the president of the united states. cohen revealing in court also the identity of another client, the fox news host sean hannity whose name he was trying to keep secret. this hour were also following the reaction to ...

Shaved the beard. >> tanned. i miss the beard. >> we like the clean-shaven dave briggs. im christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. we will be live in moscow shortly. a former fbi director james comey speaking out. calling the president morally unfit to be president. and the kremlin has compromising information on president trump. comeys interview with george stephanopolus with abc news. >> he says anyone who treats women like pieces of meat and lies about everything is not fit to be presi...

Question out there for more than a year now. does russia have compromising information on him? listen to this exchange. >> do you think the russians have something on donald trump? >> i think its possible. i dont know. these are more words i never thought i would utter about a president of the united states but its possible. >> thats stunning. you cant say for certain that the president of the united states is not compromised by the russians? >> it is stunning and i wish i wasnt saying it but it...