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From capitol hill is out to the public. joining us now is correspondent catherine hair raj. >> reporter: hai herrdge. >> reporter: they documented the number of times james comey couldnt answer questions or said he couldnt recall or didnt have that information. he said i dont remember 71 times, i dont know, 166 times, and i dont recall eight times according to the congressman. that brings is up to 250 times and just for context, this document is 254 page long, so thats about one for every page t...

Here because one of the issues which seems a somewhat surprising to me is how little director comey said he knew about the british intelligence officer, christopher steele. christopher steele was the intelligence officer who was paid by fusion gps or commissioned by fusion gps, the firm thats the co-founder of glen simpson to put together the dossier research and if you can bear with me here, i have some of the fisa applications here and huge sections of that surveillance warrant application tha...

In his view that there was no abuse of the fisa process and reportedly asked a lot about hillary clinton and her emails and the server and why theres no investigation of that. we will have the very latest on this, stay with us, we will get reaction and analysis as soon as the transcript of his interview yesterday that lasted several hours is released. plus, remembering infamous day, 77 years later. >> today we pay tribute of those members of greatest generation who is rose to the challenge in th...

Comment on. >> mr. comey, can i ask you a question on fisas abuses. did you have total confidence [ inaudible ] to secure surveillance and also the subsequent renewals? >> i have total confidence that the fisa process was followed and that the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by doj and the fbi. i think the notion that fisa was abused here is nonsense. >> as a private citizen, how do you think bob muellers investigation is going? >> as a private citizen, as someone who kn...

>> i cant comment on that. >> do you have total confidence in the dossier when you used it to secure the warrants? >> total confidence that the fisa process was followed and the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by doj and the fbi. i think the notion that fisa was abused here is nonsense. >> as a private citizen how do you think bob muellers investigation is going? >> as a private citizen and someone that knows the justice system, i see it proceeding incredibly quickly and...

Interference and shutdown specific lines of questioning. did that happen and what topics were not discussed? >> when you read the transcript, i think you will not see that happening. >> in addition, fox news was able to ask him a question about the anti-trump dossier. the research funded by the dnc and the clinton campaign. if you look at the surveillance warrant paperwork, you can see from the redactions this is a significant element of the surveillance application. just a few weeks before the ...

>> thats not something i can comment on. >> director comey, can i ask you a question on fisa. did you have total confidence in the document when you used it to secure a warrant and -- >> total confidence the fisa process was followed and the entire case was handled in a thoughtful way by doj. the notion it was abused here is nonsense. >> how do you feel bob muellers investigation is going? >> as a private citizen, as someone who knows the justice system, i see it proceeding incredibly quickly an...

It was postponed. i can tell you one of the reasons was that the deputy attorney general was under the impression that it was going to be about a 30 minute interview of his knowledge of this alleged conversation about wiring, wearing a wire to record the president pursuant to the 25th amendment. when he found out that our intention was to ask him details about the comey firing, his role in that, the aftermath of that, the appointment of special counsel, the scope of special counsel, his role in ...

I can tell you one of the reasons was that the deputy attorney general was under the impression that it was going to be about a 30 minute interview of his knowledge of this alleged conversation about wiring, wearing a wire to record the president pursuant to the 25th amendment. when he found out that our intention was to ask him details about the comey firing, his role in that, the aftermath of that, the appointment of special counsel, the scope of special counsel, his role in the fisa process a...

>> theres political risk here also in what charles is detailing, and heres how i see it, which i think is also being ignored although it doesnt matter as much as what charles is talking about, which is being ignored. you think youre doing kavanaugh a favor by tearing her down and by questioning her story and the time and the ability to put it together and the fact the judge says it didnt happen. but remember what that does to kavanaugh. one, he says this didnt happen. but you are attacking the a...