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Appointment. it basically runs out in two and a half weeks, on may 3rd. as this case unfolds, that is so directly about the president, the president now has a choice to make, between now and may 3rd, he could nominate jeffrey berman to the senate, keep berman in that job. berman is recused from the cohen case, the cohen case would presumably go on as it has been. or the president could decide to not leave jeffrey berman in that job, perhaps he doesnt like the fact that berman is to inconvenientl...

>> mark: well, two years ago i did a piece about the state prosecutor dana seetahal was shot dead. >> mark: when state prosecutor dana seetahal left the ma pau car park just before midnight on may 3rd, she had no inclination that it would be her last moments alive. >> anthony: when mark began to look into the murder of the prosecutor an informant told him there was a 20 thousand dollar contract on his life. >> mark: they had people following me over a period of time, some law enforcement officer...

Is now examining the statement. >> the president weighed in, as any father would, based on the limited information he had. >> reporter: the "times" reports mueller is also aware of unsuccessful attempts by the president to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. >> reporter: according to the "times", mr. trump ordered white house counsel don mcgann to lobby sessions against recusing. when mcgann was unsuccessful,...

An invention of the liberal media and big lions in the republican party, robert dole was the chairman of the republican party in that era, he said that watergate was basically a made-up -- today what we could call fake news. so it is hard at this stage almost to see who the heroes might be because it takes time with the revelation of what the president knew and when did he know it, the famous howard baker line, to see republicans moved more by their conscious than by the political concerns at th...

Did a piece about the state prosecutor dana seetahal was shot dead. >> mark: when state prosecutor dana seetahal left the ma pau car park just before midnight on may 3rd, she had no inclination that it would be her last moments alive. >> anthony: when mark began to look into the murder of the prosecutor an informant told him there was a 20 thousand dollar contract on his life. >> mark: they had people following me over a period of time, some law enforcement officers and so on. so my company put ...

Story, and white house also declined to comment. >> thanks evan. before going further on the impact of the news, it is worth looking back at reminder of stories of what went down in the firing of james comey and scramble to justify it. in many ways the genesis of what we see now and will see in weeks ahead. >> loss of confidence in the director. >> may 3rd, six days later president donald trump fired fbi director james comey. that much was clear but reason he was fired was anything but. hours af...

Documents that he had from the campaign and the transition and these related to any contacts to russia. these are the same documents that kushner had previously given to congressional investigators, jake. >> pamela, this obviously, this is the first time that we are hearing about what theyre asking about kushner. weve known that people have been interested in him in the mueller investigation, but now we know like more of an idea of why. >> thats right. so this appears to be the first time were l...

Power dynamic. hes talking about a drunken one. the rationale is only as good as its proof. >> you have to hear this story. two women stranded at sea for five months on a storm battered sailboat. they remember rescued by a u.s. navy ship 900 miles off japan. ivan watson spoke to the women and joins us live from okinawa. how is this possible, ivan? >> reporter: its pretty incredible. i mean, and the scenes when they arrived on shore here at a u.s. naval base aboard the uss ashland were of euphori...

Welcome back. two sailors and their dogs have been rescued after spending nearly five month adrift in the pacific ocean. heres cnns dan simon are their story. >> reporter: it was supposed to be an amazing adventure between friends and their dogs botch a month into it, they -- dogs. about a month into it, they hit turbulence. when their boat was badly mangled, they thought they would never be found. [ barking ] two friends and their dogs rescued at sea. jennifer appel and tasha fuiaba along with ...

Because i honestly believed we were going to die within the next 24 hours. >> it all began on may 3rd, a planned voyage from hawaii to tahiti. but a few weeks in, they would run into bad weather, crippling the boat. the mast and the engine, broken. veering badly off course, daily distress calls were useless. they were too far away for anyone to hear. but at one point, they had some company, sharks. >> i went downstairs with the boys and we basically laid huddled on the floor and i told them not ...