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Rosensteins letter said. it was about the russia investigation. and that is inappropriate and potentially open to exposure for obstruction and that -- >> obstruction of justice. >> and that should have a very wide implication for this president of the united states. its as if hes oblivious are to the fact that the words that he speaks must match the ones of his spokesman and that they have to connect in order to give a compa coherent excan x. plan nation. >> you know a lot of people are drawing ...

Stands, what people know -- >> all right, nia, sorry to interrupt. nia, hold that thought. lets go to our manu raju, live with senator marco rubio. >> thats a question other people are going to ask, no doubt about. >> reporter: do you want comey to testify in an open hearing? >> id say in a closed hearing first and potentially in an open one as well. look, i already told people, i never had a problem with james comey. i know he was in a tough spot and by his own acknowledgement made some decisio...

The senate intelligence committee and said i just met with the new deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and told him i wanted to expand the investigation, we need more money. we know now that means he wanted more prosecutors and we wanted to accelerate it and step it up. comey had been waiting for rod to come into office. comey had a great deal of respect for rod that is a career prosecutor. that is the groundwork and the baseline for what folks in the senate thought was happening. days later...

Flabbergasted. the president mr. comey told associates was outside the realm of normal even crazy. ron, you work for him, do you think thats something he would say? >> you know, would jim comey utter that in a private moment with some close adviser, you know, i would think so, because first, the implication of a wiretap domestically, implicates the fbi. it suggests that fbi followed a political order blindly, which they would not do, and jim comey would not do, and the people below him wouldnt d...

There was an implication that reporters were getting caught up. until they had sat down with lester holt, president trump had hunkered down. he wasnt making public appearances. we hadnt seen them rough because its sitting for days. the white house said hes prepping for the meeting next week. its people who work for the press office and the jar nneka. its important to know that the information youre getting is accurate. >> lets get to the third question which i think is a tough one, the president...

United states who the run ones investigating this case. this is amazing. i mean -- >> does this affect their morale? obviously i misspoke. >> no, no. >> what happens to them when the head of the bureau is fired for a variety of reasons? what happens to their investigation? >> nothing happens to their investigation. >> are you sure? >> i mean, you know, you can say through implication that the president of the united states shot a warning shot across their bow but this particular division of the ...

We had a pleasant call. thank you guys. >> that was senator richard burr, the top republican on the senate intelligence committee. somebody who when news of this firing broke said he was troubled by the timing and reasoning of the dismissal of james comey. we have a lot of news from that brief interaction you saw. there was no need for a special prosecutor but he said this firing may incite people to believe that there is a coverup, although he doesnt believe thats happening. and you heard him s...

Contributor or a family of a united states government official. what the kushner family did fell just short of soliciting where they are suggesting if you invest in their program and their projects, you will get the visa. the clear implication was that you are more likely to get the visa by investing with them as opposed to other programs, other projects that qualify. >> the reason i ask about the program in general before i get to the kushner involvement and how close to the president and all o...

Elected in france. 39-year-old emmanuel macron. the oldest since napoleon. macron got 66% of the vote over le pen who the american president was backing. what are the implications? lets bring in christiane amanpour. he was seen as having an edge, but 2 of 3 votes? what is the implication? >> reporter: its big. he got a bigger total than they expected after the first round. that says a lot for him going forward. it says a lot for marine le pen losing. it also says the center held here in france. ...

I think the implication was very clear, this is conduct very, very close to the line with respect to the criminal bribery st statutes. they should be excluded from this program from participating in this program going forward. thats really the only answer at this point. >> let me just read again what jared kushners sister said. she said my brother recently moved to washington to join the administration. she then went on to show the slide showing president trump as the, quote, key decision maker ...