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Nobody thinks coats was involved in the firing of james comey. there is a question beyond that of whether or not the white house, the president himself maybe, tried to pressure the fbi into dropping their investigation beyond just the threatening and firing of james comey. "the washington post" reported on march 22nd, president trump asked dan coats, the director of national intelligence in person in the oval office if he could contact the fbi and try to get them to drop the russia investigation...

Imperative, it should also be noted the report from "the washington post" says there was a witness to that conversation between the president and dan coats. there was somebody else in the room when president trump reportedly made that request. it was cia director, mike pompeo. with all these gigantic lists of people whove been advised to get lawyers and told to get ready for their interviews with the special counsel and be prepared if subpoenaed. mike pompeo was a direct witness to one of the mo...

In the firing of james comey. there is a question beyond that of whether or not the white house, the president himself maybe, tried to pressure the fbi into dropping their investigation beyond just the threatening and firing of james comey. "the washington post" reported on march 22nd, president trump asked dan coats, the director of national intelligence in person in the oval office if he could contact the fbi and try to get them to drop the russia investigation. if that reporting is true, if t...

Clearly -- i mean the obama administration was criticized for not catching up to reality fast enough and making this kind of move even earlier. clearly the implications for chinese and russian business expansion in cuba have been there for more than a decade. its already happening. european companies as well. the business imperative and the pressure from hoteliers, and others, the travel industry to get into the that business existed and still exists. this is going to be, i think, a long time to...

Welcome back to the "lead" and news from "the washington post" that the president is now under investigation himself for possible obstruction of justice. joining us now is adam schiff. what dou you make of this repor and does this change at all what the house intelligence committee will be investigating? >> i cant comment on what bob mueller may or may not be investigating, but in terms of our own investigation, i can say that if theres an effort to interfere or impede the investigation at all o...

Never going to happen. to a certain extent this is a classic kind of strategic move to say hey, we really need to finish this really soon with the reality being that if they blow through this deadline maybe theyll at least get it done by august. because if they set the august rece recess deadline, who knows. it could keep going and going. if youre mitch mcconnell you want to be able to say you did something on health care, its better than doing nothing. youve been promising americans if seven, e...

Fix it. >> one of the things he testified about, he said he was in a room with president trump. president trump told his attorney general and son-in-law to get out and he said president trump told him he hoped he would let it go regarding the flynn investigation. my question for you, a lot of people are arguing, "hope," that means he didnt order him. but if your superior, your boss, or when youre little your parents say, i hope you do something, isnt that imperative that you do it or is that not...

Have you heard the term birdbath? where they birdbath inside the cell? these guys made their own shower. you stick it in the end there and hit the button. and they sit over the toilet and wash themselves off, you know. >> pretty handy. >> youve got to improvise, you know? thats a trip, man. >> the restrictions of a lockdown and the realities of prison life require new rules of etiquette in order to survive within a cell. >> you have to be compatible with your cellie. you have no know who youre d...

Where they birdbath inside the cell? these guys made their own shower. you stick it in the end there and hit the button. and they sit over the toilet and wash themselves off, you know. >> pretty handy. >> youve got to improvise, you know? thats a trip, man. >> the restrictions of a lockdown and the realities of prison life require new rules of etiquette in order to survive within a cell. >> you have to be compatible with your cellie. you have no know who youre dealing with. two grown men in a ce...

Likeliey lies, and i think maybe media may be distorted some things, not getting both sides. >> do you think mr. comey should go to jail? >> i think mr. impression of comey of this, he was kind of l.a.-kind of guy, like martha stewart. especially with his testimony today, he is more like ian flemming where he wants to be the next novelist, a lot of things he came up with things he was more inclined to fiction. >> he was in the room with the president, the attorney general, he told his son-in-law...