Ewe Harris News Today

>> harris: real quickly, mark kasowitz the presidents personal attorney is in the building. we are told this is coming up very quickly. hes going to speak. i know the question wes would be asking. i dont know if he will be taking questions. were just now getting a two minute warning. were going to work with that. at any moment we will toss there. >> heres what frank wants. hes the communications expert of all communications expert tweeted earlier. the president is not a liar is almost as bad as ...

Modern times. thats how they -- and this goes back years, in terms of his over the top pursuit of frank quatrone, scooter libby. said comey essentially siccing his buddy, special prosecutor patrick fitzgerald on scooter libby, karl rove and dick cheney even when he knew they werent behind the leaks. >> harris: i could go on. >> we want you to. >> harris: couple housekeeping notes for you. james comey is now in a private behind closed door meeting with senators. as soon as he departs, well show y...

James comey? >> no, but i understand jim comeys thinking. its better to end the conversation than go toe to toe with the man in the oval office over his choice of word. >> harris: were going toe to toe with a commercial but were coming back. stay with us.

Presidents attorney to give a response, we understand theres a two to three minute written statement, i can tell you this is his long time attorney. he has seen him through a lot of different things. i want to go right now to judge napolitano. you know the history of this men. >> i do. i do both of them. mark kasowitz office is just a block from here. one of the premiere litigators in new york city. not necessarily a person with a great deal of experience in criminal law or in dealing with the j...

Stated in three hours. i dont know that a statement like that is gonna do it, but im gonna wait and see. >> harris: theres much more here. it may change even. >> to that point, should the senators both on the democrats and the republicans done more to push jim comey? it seemed as if watching that hearing, that it was very short. they did not go into a lot of detail with him. they could have drilled down a great deal more. because if he accuses the president of the united states of being a liar, ...

Were speaking today at that hearing with james comey. senator rubio exchanged about, look, if you really thought that there was a problem with this president, why didnt you go to the white house counsel? why dont you take care of it then? >> good question. >> harris: lets watch that and then well discuss it. >> did you say anything to the president about that is not an appropriate request? or did you tell the white house counsel that is not an appropriate request? someone needs to tell the presi...

Were better for you being here today. >> very kind to say that. high stakes day. >> harris: lets start with the news. he said he was put under unrelenting pressure at a point. james comey said president trump pushed him repeatedly in private conversations to drop the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. but in an exchange with senate intel cherair richard burr stopd short of saying the presidents actions amounted to obstruction. watch. >> did you sense the president...

On the hill. so now if you want to go on -- >> its very fascinating. >> she was on a roll. >> can i say something? you and i really i think we spend a lot of time outside the belt way and media. there are a lot of drinking games. lot of people celebrating putting what i wouldnt think is incredibly great taste events that were going on while watching this. the average american is at work all day not paying much attention. how much of this do you think has legs and will hijack trumps agenda? >> no...

It does point out the devastating effect that the general impression, not the specific little items that were addressing. thats what we do for a living. the general impression of director come kwraoes testimony was very very negative for the president. they have to get their narrative out there before the news cycle turns or this general impression will fill in, sit in with the public unrebutted. >> harris: this is an tune for mark kasowitz to step up and not just give his statement, but if he t...

Midterms. its coming fast. trust me. >> harris: you can call them bombshells. another one out of todays testimony. comeys take on that infamous tarmac meeting between bill clinton and loretta lynch during the private server investigation. what lynch told comey to do that he did not like at all. [team member] so, how can i help you? [customer] have you ever walked into the paint store feeling like you should really know more than you know? satin versus semi-gloss, and...i dont know! [team member]...