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Engaged a lot of folks are in this presidency, maybe more so than in the election. >> all right. thank you. senator james rischs question to james comey, stay with us. in the country, n e we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you i was thinking around 70. to and before that?re? you mean after that? no, im talking before that. do you have things you want to do before you retire? id really like to run with the bulls. wow. hope youre fast....

You watch? >> reporter: so that just gives you an indication that while the president may not have been mentioning comey by name, he certainly is in that hunkered down and fight mentality, wolf. >> sarah murray reporting for us. lets talk more about the comey testimony, the reaction republican senator james risch is joining us. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> 2 1/2 hours of testimony of the former fbi director said president trump told him in one of those criticall...

Donald trump are in fact inadvertently colluding with the russians to help them do that. so they should stop. >> martha: i am leaving there. his act, mark, great to see you both. we are watching what should be a shocking election. exit polls show theresa may code blues of the parliamentary majority that she has. a life report coming up on that. but one of the most talked about moments today. the former fbi director leaked information personally to the press. did he break the law given that those...

Seeing that flights are safe. when it comes to fighting terrorism, they have the same interests we have, and that is to say that they arent attacked by terrorism, also. this story about flightsafety, as you know, you guys have had it for weeks, about what is happening with -- computers. to get together and do, how can we do this paper, this is what he was elected we president for. this is what he took the oath of office four. >> martha: senator jim risch, thank you very much for your time. good ...

This quickly moving story tonight. the senate select intelligence committee member james risch is with us. plus, former senior advisor to president george w. bush, karl rove, is here. at house judiciary committee member trey gowdy will join us moments away with all of their reactions to this. but we begin tonight with chief white house correspondent john roberts, who joins us at the white house. john, a busy night once again. >> oh, my goodness, martha. let me walk into the genesis of all of thi...

How much capital they want to spend propping up assad. theyve obtained a reputation for attempting to do that. theyve got to decide now where theyre going to go with that. >> melissa: theres so much news today. i dont want to let you go without asking you for your reaction on the confirmation of neil gorsuch. >> im obviously unhappy with it. im modestly conservative. weve selected a man -- the president selected a man, weve confirmed a man who has just impeccable qualifications as a judge. certa...

Lets see if he addresses the attorney general controversy thats now erupted. contacts with the russian ambassador to the united states. calls within his own republican party for sessions to recuse himself from any investigations involving russia. republican senator james risch, a key member of the foreign relations committee. there you see him up on capitol hill. hes standing by to join us live when we come back. sugar, were letting you go. what? whos replacing me? splenda naturals? look, shes s...

Ford. were standing by for that, well bring you his comments live. >> the calls for the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions to at least recuse himself from an fbi probe between ties and the trump campaign and russia, those calls are growing louder and louder, sessions is under fire for failing to disclose two meetings with a top russian diplomat last year. lets bring in senator james risch. senator, thanks for joining us. >> sure. >> your republican colleague congressman jason ch...

Department of defense, department of labor, i mean, theres a lot of -- areas -- this is a -- can implement the agenda and vision that he has put forward. >> there are perhaps some nuances here. you just heard my conversation with senator risch, with russia interfering in the u.s. election. does the president-elect still doubt that russia actually interfered? >> you read his comments earlier. of course he does. but again, i am sort of perplexed why were spending another segment talking about some...

I will give a readout tomorrow on the schedule for the day. >> well be anxious to see that. talk about this "new york times" report that former senator bob dole who endorsed donald trump, worked for six months, supposedly, on planning the president-elects phone conversation with the president of taiwan. the paper reports doles lobbying firm set up meetings between donald trumps national security advisors and taiwanese officials and has forms showing that doles firm was paid upwards of $140,000...