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Investigation was on his mind when deciding to fire james comey. appears to be in conflict with other statements from the administration about the reasons for the comey termination. joining me now to iron it all out newt gingrich former house speaker and the author of a new book understanding trump. good to see you this morning. >> the book is not entitled predicting trump because he isnt predictable. >> shannon: is that a plus or minus? >> i think its a great strength and a great weakness both....

Leeshd not afraid to take a bunch of opinions. youre right. could end up backfiring on sort of the chief around him wanting him to do this or that with his cabinet. could make a wildcar discussion because he likes to have all of these conversations. isnt predictable. cant tie him down ideologically. something zany could come from it. >> mitt romney. is that really a possibility? >> people we talked to last week said, this is not. more of him going in, trying to kind of be a peacemaker, but what ...

To the hill newspaper is be careful rnc, republican national committee, dont push me too far. why does that matter? basically because historically when you had a significant third party candidate, ross perot for example, it has taken away more republican voters than democratic voters. most people think bill clinton wouldnt be elected president if not for ross perot taking votes from george h.w. bush. i have to say really since trump took off i have had a lot of republicans privately say to me th...

Is preventable. were at the point where we cant protect ourselves from this. >> if i were in the administration, i would be telling the president every event isnt predictable and every event isnt preventable. when you have weapons had an open society and you have individuals who in an isolated way can become radicalized. you cant find them all, you have to minimize the damage and respond effectively. >> in chattanooga in a strip mall anywhere america. scary. >> it is. >> michael leiter, thank yo...

Concerned? >> well have a directive that asks our general to review safety at all of our facilityiesfacilities not just armory the store fronts like the one that was attacked on thursday. number one, two viewing where its appropriate for our officers to be armed to a better degree than they were in the past. both where thats appropriate and legal. one of the challenges we have is that many of our armories our facilities are federal facilities so we dont want to put our adjunct generals in an ord...

Doing as far as tennessee is concerned? >> well have a directive that asks our general to review safety at all of our facilityiesfacilities not just armory the store fronts like the one that was attacked on thursday. number one, two viewing where its appropriate for our officers to be armed to a better degree than they were in the past. both where thats appropriate and legal. one of the challenges we have is that many of our armories our facilities are federal facilities so we dont want to put o...