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Inappropriate. >> did you ask that? comey no i didnt, but i dont think would be inappropriate to ask. >> bill: others would argue he has the right to answer the question or pass, what is your view of that? >> the reason why this is important, as you know, the fbi director takes an oath to the constitution. there is a reason and fbi director is a nonpartisan figure, serves a 10-year term, trent says the and presidential politics. thats important. donald trump does not have experience in politics ...

Inappropriate. >> did you ask that? comey no i didnt, but i dont think would be inappropriate to ask. >> bill: others would argue he has the right to answer the question or pass, what is your view of that? >> the reason why this is important, as you know, the fbi director takes an oath to the constitution. there is a reason and fbi director is a nonpartisan figure, serves a 10-year term, trent says the and presidential politics. thats important. donald trump does not have experience in politics ...

Think it would be a bad question to ask. >> some people throughout the entire day were offended by that and others would argue he has the right too answer the questin oror pass. what is your view of that? >> the reason this is important, this loyalty question is because as we know the fbi director as do other government officials, take an oath to the constitution, right? there is a reason that an fbi director is a non-partisan figure. he serves a 10 year term, transcends the presidency and presi...

And what the people watching at home should take away from this we talk a lot about process. but process here really matters. because if you have -- its a credibility issue. right. and that matters in terms of not only promoting policy here domestically, but what it means abroad. and when other members of the trump administration are dealing with other people, the credibility issue here really matters. >> all right. so finally, i want to show this new study that has been published by "the atlant...

With foreign policy, those implications are huge. whats interesting about the interview that the president gave yesterday was that he not only contradicted his own white house staff, but he confirmed the reporting that had been done through places like the "washington post," "the new york times," other outlets. so, to then call the media fake news when youre actually confirming reporting that you saw is problematic. the reason that its important to have everything coming out at the podium as acc...

Way to back him up. the wiretapping claims are always good example of that. so the credibility issue is one that will get to the heart of the communications staff. when can you believe what they say in front of that podium? when will they be contradicted the next daily or the next hour or the next minute by either the interview with the president of the united states or potentially a tweet. >> it has been a story the first 100 plus days and it will be a story until they can resolve this. >> we a...

Astounding moments in that comey hearing. his testimony provided few answers but raised a host of new questions about the independence and objectivity of the fbi. two former agents of the fbi join me on whether the fbi has a credibility issue next.

They favored president trump, and it seems to me that in order to answer that question, any investigation into whether the trump campaign or trump operation colluded with russian operatives would require a full appreciation of the presidents financial dealings. director comey, would president trumps tax returns be material to such an investigation? >> thats not something, senator, im going to answer. >> does the investigation have access to president trumps tax returns? >> id have to give you th...

Interference in our elections, and also writ has put susan rice in the hot seat, in terms of who unmasked various names and how those got out into the public. what do you think is the next step there? >> well, susan rice has a credibility issue. and we saw it with the u.s. ambassador chris stevens when she went on tv and said that his staff was illicited by video and a spontaneous demonstration. we know that was not the truth. that it was a terrorist attack that was coordinated. now weve seen he...

Last week. i want to get to the credibility issue and moments ago we were having a conversation earlier about the lack of republican unity and the organizations that have spent the last eight years opposing president obama and the say no organizations. the president this morning tweeted democrats are smiling in d.c. that the freedom caucus with the help of club for growth and heritage have saved planned parenthood and obamacare so you are noting during the break when we were reading this the oth...