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Administration, let them make that decision. there may not have been a lot of practical effect about all of this but the question for investigators may well be, was the money that michael flynn was paid from turkish elements part of his decision-making process. did it influence him on what he was advising the president to do? brooke? >> so, bob, barbara brings up all of the right nuances of this story regarding turkey and the white house and syrian raqqa. is it also a definition of a conflict of...

Might. >> senators told reporters that the deputy attorney general was very careful with some of the questions because he told them he didnt want to say anything that might jeopardize the work of robert mueller. >> bret: what the senators said after the briefing, did rosenstein know president trump was going to fire the fbi director before he wrote that memo concluding comey mishandled the clinton email matter? >> senior democrat said definitively that on may 8 the deputy attorney general alread...

Those countries are going to be preceding him with the news that hes got a special counsel on his tail now, that hes been assigned a criminal tail, someone to catch him in the act of a crime. thats what you name a special counsel for, to look for criminali criminality, and he has to explain to his hosts. >> last week after all the news about the firing of james comey, the conversation with lester holt where he made it clear that the russia investigation played a role in his decision-making proce...

Enter agency processor some kind of formal decision making process in advance of that meeting with the russians? >> as you know the president, it is wholly appropriate for the president to share whatever information he thinks is necessary to advance the security of the american people. thats what he did. as to your question on had that information been shared previously, im not sure about that. >> when did he make the decision to share the information? >> he made the decision in the context of t...

Suggesting he may have taped conversations here at the white house including those with james comey but more broadly, the comments he has said on the issue of russia and what role that may have played in his decision making process. >> well be digging into all of that throughout the hour. peter alexander, thank you for that reporting. appreciate it. now i want to go to congresswoman stacey plas ket. she joins me here. thank you so much for being on set. >> appreciate it very much. >> thanks fo...

They moved to solid fuel from liquid fuel. greater mobility which allows for greater predictability on their part. this is a big deal. they have more in scope and scale and more in sophistication. the other changes south korea now has a new president. things are changing dynamically. what i heard in china which was a shift is they are concerned about north korea in a different way because they realize that with the capacity that north korea now has, they could actually attack china as well. i th...

This past week? >> many foreign leaders are wary of the president. theyre not quite sure well keep our word. but i think hes got a better on policy team, and the decision-making process is better than it has been on the domestic side. let me just say something about these press briefings. in a democracy, we entrust an enormous power to the president of the united states. and theres got to be some form of accountability. in britain, they have a different form, they dont have daily press briefings...

Runs through the fbi and so of course, it would be appropriate that the attorney general would have something to do with and really make one of the key recommendations to the president on who the next fbi director is going to be. >> you cannot ask that candidate about russia, can you? >> i dont think he will ask about it per se but any candidate would want to say, i am not sure of all the facts, i am not sure but i can tell you that i would be fair and honest and i would try to wrap it up as qui...

Trumps comments evolved any further on his decision to fire comey and this private dinner that happened just seven days after inauguration? >> reporter: a really hasnt and the president didnt offer any insight into his decision making process here at liberty university focusing just on a message of encouragement for the graduates here. so were still left to wonder exactly what the president was talking about in this tweet that really sent shockwaves through washington where the president wrote, ...

>> these are outstanding people very well known, the highest level. we could make a fast decision. >> before the trip next week do you think possibly? >> even that is possible. >> and that was president trump onboard air force one just a short time ago hinting that he could name a new fbi chief within just days. lets bring in republican strategist noelle and peter emerson, who has worked for two democratic administrations. with a welcome to you both, peter, i want to reach out to you first becau...