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Fbi chief is attacking a sitting president, especially so publicly and considering the things that james comey said during that interview. now, a lot of it echos what was said in his book. of course, this is a president who is a penchant for television. just to give you a sense of what james comey said, here is a clip of what he -- his answer was when he was asked if he thought the russians have anything on president trump. >> do you think the russians have something on donald trump? >> i think ...

Beautiful. it echos up here. >> 78th army marching band out of ft. dicks. it feels like a drill weekend for me. ive been in the national guard for many years, when you wake up early in on the weekend. >> maybe we should stand at attention the next time they start playing. >> i should. i didnt but i should. >> that was the marine marines . theyre going to be playing all weekend long. >> its about those who paid the personal sacrifice. we honor the military every weekend. send us the photos of tho...

Up, the one thing we didnt talk about is the new explanation he provided for why comey was fired. >> oh, gosh, youre right. >> in the midst of the fox interview, he says, by the way, the reason that comey was fired is because he wouldnt say that trump was not under investigation. that under cuts everything that the white house has said about that. but what it does do is it echos what comey says in the memos. comey laying out. and while i now the stormy daniels thing is more salacious, that may a...

That this is all much a do about nothing but there are very, very significant developments. >> reporter: absolutely, wolf and the white house was on its heels after these indictments came down. the president appeared to be blind-sided though by perhaps the biggest thing today, the plea deal with george papadopoulos. behind the scenes im told papadopoulos is described as an overse louse volunteer. >> the white house trouted out a staff of misleading talking points to down play the big move by rob...

Lines and hell decide where the lines are proechblt at some future date. and it is a warning. a warning to the special counsel that he sees, the president sees limits on his authority and his ability to conduct this investigation. you mentioned that he talked about conflicts of interest. why does he use that phrase? the president has the authority to direct the justice department to fire a special counsel if they are determined to be conflicts of interest. so he is laying the ground work here to...

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President will have his work cut out for him if he hopes to win here again. mitt romney currently leads the president 47% to 43%. one of the first orders of business will be to adopt the party platform. it echos president obamas call for higher taxes on wealthier americans while backing same-sex marriage and abortion rights. it says the economy is growing again and that al qaeda is at its weakest since 9/11. >> mike barnicle, youve been here doing the type of reporting youve been doing for decad...