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>> he knew the day before. >> did he indicate he was pressured into writing the memo? >> no. >> democrats pressing rosenstein on the scope of muellers investigation, why sessions was involved in the firing and why the attorney general was playing a role in choosing comeys replacement. then theres the approach of the investigation going forward. some lawmakers interpreted rosensteins brief as saying the investigation had crossed from a counterintelligence probe to a criminal one. >> has the inves...

Russia probe. rod rosenstein held a briefing on capitol hill behind closed doors this afternoon. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge was there. good evening, catherine. i want to ask, did deputy attorney general rosenstein give senators a sense of the scope of kneelers investigation? >> every senator said its extremely serious and the newly appointed counsel robert mueller has a broad mandate. some senators told us that they think the ongoing fbi case has crossed a threshold from...

>> the investigation against the fbi director is that he damage the fbi because he addressed the bureau into politics and with that in mind, my contacts are pointing me to that specific language that fbi -- the director had told him on three occasions that he was not subject to the counterintelligence probe into russia contacts with the campaign. this is so important because it is most improper for the fbi director to ever discuss who the subject of an investigation is even with the president of...

>> well, its absolutely appalling, what hes done too, because its not only that he didnt offer any evidence, but its in direct contradiction to the statements of people who are in a position to know, including former obama director of national intelligence james clapper, the former acting cia director under the obama administration, and the heads of intelligence committees essentially saying other ones, the other heads saying that there is no evidence of collusion. but you put this out there, yo...

Counterintelligence probe. >> i disagree. i think the investigation is going to be undergone by the press and the fbi is going to be leaking stuff and so is the cia out of frustration. there is no legitimate political process. there is a political process. but nobody has the courage or the nerve to take it on. i think the press is going to continue to do this. this is going to completely destroy the presidency. not the trump presidency, but the entire presidency. it is going to take us a long ti...

>> well, its absolutely appalling, what hes done too, because its not only that he didnt offer any evidence, but its in direct contradiction to the statements of people who are in a position to know, including former obama director of national intelligence james clapper, the former acting cia director under the obama administration, and the heads of intelligence committees essentially saying other ones, the other heads saying that there is no evidence of collusion. but you put this out there, yo...

Circumstances. >> senator schumer went on to say its unseemly to be moving forward so fast on the confirmation "while this big gray cloud of an fbi investigation hangs over the presidency." regardless, today was day two of neil gorsuchs confirmation hearings. and the democrats went and theres plenty to say about the balls and strikes of that hearing and how the hearings have been going and all the questions he successfully avoided but to a certain extent, those things seem like the trees when th...

Avoided but to a certain extent, those thing seem like the trees when the forest here is this president is under fbi investigation in a counterintelligence probe. until thats forest is this president is under investigation in a probe. should we really be going ahead putting somebody on the supreme court for life. last year president obama nominated mayor ime merrick gar. the republicans wouldnt federal budget speak of considering his nomination. the republican objection, their whole problem with...

Schumer today. >> you can bet if the shoe were on the other foot and a democratic president was under investigation by the fbi the republicans would be howling at the moon about filling a supreme court seat in such circumstances. >> senator schumer went on to say its unseemly to be moving forward so fast on the confirmation "while this big gr cloud of an fbi investigation hangs over the presidency." regardless, today was day two of neil gorsuchs confirmation hearings. and the democrats went and ...

Investigation which was publicly released to everyone at the end of last year about russian efforts to disrupt the electoral process in the country and then based on what we heard this morning, there is this counterintelligence probe, doesnt mean it is in conflict with the intelligence investigation, but it is its own entity and continues to look at whether there were inappropriate contacts between members of the trump campaign and the russian government. as i said, just to my ears, when he answ...