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After with the president about his discussion with jim comey and later have a conversation with mr. sessions dont leave me alone with the president again. >> do you think hes honored his recusal for any russian matters i eluded to his sitting there when they fired comey who was fired because of the prosecutor and the russian connection and didnt have the attorney general sit there and go along with it, the firing. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. how do you honor a recusal that says i wont be ...

Would be nice, wouldnt it be nice to keep it in perspective? >> pretty hard to do. but listen, its true the secretary of state had another argument against this deal as others did in the administratio administration, that is good government. if the president needs to get contrarian views on national security, something i pay a lot of of attention to, there is constant disagreement over how to deal with the iranians, how to deal with afghanistan, what are we going to do in syria? thats good gover...

>> the president is the ultimate decision maker. he will let us know. katy? >> the president tweeted that tax reform is going well but you just said that he got very frustrated with the lack of progress in the senate. does the white house still stand by its august deadline on tax reform? >> just so were clear, theres two separate issues. one is the talks that secretary mnuchin and other members of the staff have had and the reception that theyve gotten to the presidents bold tax reform proposal ...

Replace michael comey but spicer would not say whether they are finalists. >> the president is the decision maker. when he makes his decision as to who is the best to lead the fbi, he will let us know. >> tonight the decisions are stacking up, quite frankly. bi director is one. the decision whether to stay in the stay or go in the paris climate accord is another as well as the decision whether to send more troops to afghanistan. all of those stacking up on this presidents desk as well as his leg...

In the business community. but i think obviously part of -- as i just mentioned that the previous question, part of the reason he is frustrated with the senate rules is because when there is a majority of support on key issues or key people, he thinks its standing in the way of progress that the american people have asked for. >> let me ask you about the fbi director before the foreign trip joe lieberman was the leading candidate identified by the president. joe liebermans out. where does the fb...

Executive and how can we tell when someone comes into the room with their hair on fire whether they are chicken little or cassandr isnt that corre cassandra? >> whats the answer? >> there are things that happen in every case. if the thing you are warning about has never happened before, people will not believe it. if the thing you are warning about has been a hollywood movie, asteroids coming to the earth. biological weapons killing everybody. that sort of thing. it is outlandish in the eyes of ...

Show them. thats the difference between an effective leader and great leader. >> be a quick decision maker. you never want to be the roadblock in your company, ever. >> absolutely, j.j. that is so important. you need to be the kind of leader that knows when to make decisions, but make it right away. if you are sitting on a decision, people see you as a leader that is inactive, not really a leader. a leader takes a actions. >> a leader makes quick decisions. you need to be a quick decision maker....

Will he be put in these situations. >> and if youre in those meetings, whether its health care, fax reform, are they less likely now to trust what the vice president tells them thinking thats the president? that hes speaking for the president? or is he speaking for mike pence? >> hes still got a relationship with a lot of people on capitol hill. i dont think its they dont trust him. the question is is that the conduit to the decision maker and that puts him and the lawmakers in a similar boat . ...

Subsequent to that dinner, at another meeting with director comey, he asks, others in the room to leave the room. he then has a conversation where the president asks him to drop the investigation of michael flynn. this is the course of the last couple years of events just involving one person within the russia investigation. and i think it underscores not only the seriousness of why this investigation has to go forward but why we have to ensure it is fully independent both in terms of our oversi...

President tried to obstruct justice, then i do believe that the congress will go down the road of impeachment. >> i think the rule of this is go to the nearest mens room, ladys room, write down every single word that the president said because youre going to need it sometime soon. thank you very much. two republican members of the senate intelligence committee reacted to the decision to appoint a special counsel on the russian investigation. lets listen to them. >> to bring in someone like rober...