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Comey, he can do that. If he wants to interview the president himself, he can, he can ask for the president s tax returns. Details on all of it on the Program Starting with chief National Security correspondent jim sciuto. What exactly does this mean . Hes in charge now . This is the fbi investigation were talking about . In one fell swoop, the Deputy Attorney generation has removed politics from the russia investigation, at least from the attorney Generals Office, the enormous concern had been,...

Investigation and thats one reason why there was a lot of interest in seeing a special counsel appointed. >> you know robert mueller, what do you make of his appointment? >> boy, on a personal and professional level, this is profound for me, i had an office, director mueller was down the hall, i must have been involved in 1,000, 2,000 the decisions, for every american who feels turbulence, they can sleep tonight. 30 years around public service, i never saw anything like him, for any american who...

Hill mudd. how important is this? >> its enormously important, but its also i think a rare moment of unanimity and relief. because there is literally no more well respected law enforcement in the united states, when you look at his experience, 12 years as fbi director, head of the criminal division, u.s. attorney in boston, u.s. attorney in san francisco, appointed mostly by republicans, but occasionally by democrats, someone who has a reputation for integrity, for intelligence, for fairness. th...

Comey about the notes he was taking about president trump, we may not hear about that unless he is willing to testify and come forward? >> i do think he should testify, but i think congress is going to blow this. gloria pointed this out, people are not focusing on the criti l criticality, on what director mueller will do, did somebody commit a crime that merits indictment by the department of justice. the congress should be looking forwards, how do we protect the next elections, how do we talk a...

Direct for and respected lawyer robert mueller as a special counsel is a positive development and will provides some certainty for the american people. will engage with director mueller and that he will engage with the committee as well. >> after last night when the president had told direct for comey, couldnt he give michael fl flynn a break in the investigation. many american people will want to know if that in fact happened. and the only way they will know if that in fact happened, unless it ...

Informed the president of the united states that there was a special prosecutor looking into this, and this also happened with attorney general jeff sessions, that is almost more interesting than the white house not getting much advanced notice. but apparently after that order was signed and when this was all announced to the world was less than an hour, according to administration officials so that is why the statement from the white house came fairly long after this rosenstein announcement bom...