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Ainsley: lets listen to this. this is comey testifying. you found this sound bite. do you want to explain it. brian: tucker played this last night may 3rd, unbelievably in a precent move james comey was asked do you ever feel pressure to drop a case. if you did, how would you act? listen. >> if the attorney general or senior officials at the department of justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt that fbi investigation? >> in theory? yes. >> has it happened? >> not in my experience...

Also, mccabe, the acting director, comeys deputy director. he apparently had no knowledge of this either. he was asked, has anyone tried to interfere with a rush investigation, absolutely not. to me, if this was so important to jim coming at the time, he thought that he was being pressured by the president of united states, enough to write a memo, you would have thought he would have told somebody at the fbi, that he had an obligation, according to the justice department. when he was questioned ...

What goes on inside that meeting today? i ask because youre living in a town thats filled with leaks. >> there are many secrets in this town. my guess is whats said in that meeting will be made public eventually. >> sandra: what you expect we will learn today? >> elizabeth: nothing. well have leaks. thats the problem. that will drive the narrative. i want to see evidence, i want to see facts. my thoughts and opinions are facts, that he is to stop. may 3rd, james comey testified. he said we are t...

You a meaningful or prudent answer. i would want to see the context in which it was stated, the contents of all of the memos. the tone of the languages wage and whether or not his observations stayed the same over five month period during the which there is five memos. im not avoiding your answer. im basically saying i need to know more before saying yes or no. brian: the date is may 3rd. question about a similar situation that might come up. and the question really focuses on attorney general o...

Or specific attorney general. >> he said that would be a very big deal and it hasnt happened in my experience. ainsley: he just said that few weeks ago. >> he said that may 3rd which is many months of a this comey memo that we still dont have eyes on. we dont know exactly what mr. comey was trying to tribe about his conversation with president trump. but i would say with the independent counsel and i warn everybody, i remember bill clinton and i remember ken starr. he starterred with white water...

Mr. comey for a pledge of loyalty at that dinner and the director offered only honesty. the anonymous source is referring to a dinner between the fbi director james comey and the president earlier this year. its important to note that recent congressional testimony on may 3rd, republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee pressed mr. comey on his media contacts. >> director comey, have you ever been an anonymous source in news reports about matters relating to the trump investigation or ...

James comey and expecting new developments the brand new acting fbi director andrew mccabe, set to testify on capitol hill one hour from now. weve got a great panel to help us break it down. let me start with nbcs peter alexander who is live at the white house for us. peter, on wednesday, the white house was pinning this decision on deputy attorney general rod rosenstein saying it was his recommendation that comey be fired and that trump just basically followed that recommendation. what are they...

I want to go to something that reuters is reporting that is very important, saying attorney general jeff session and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein had wanted a heads-up from comey about what he would say at a may 3rd hearing about his handling of the investigation about hillary clintons e-mail serve and so forth. and john, that looks like the deputy attorney general reaching in to james comeys territory in a very uncomfortable way for comby. >> yes. in a way that has wide by been consid...

Close to donald trumps in size and scope. i have to say, have i this feeling, and i think there was one of the stories, i cant remember which one that the moment that really set donald trump on fire was when comey stead he was mildly nausea by the idea, made mildly nausea of the idea that maybe he helped elect donald trump that is the cardinal sin for donald trump who ask super sensitive about his election. and the idea that comey wouldnt have been proud about helping elect him, he couldnt take ...

>> so its the white houses assertion that rob rosenstein decided on his own, after being confirmed, to review comeys performance? >> yes, and i think america had decided on their own that director comey was not the person that should be leading the fbi based on numerous comments weve heard from the house, the senate, members of the fbi and across the board. >> rosenstein sa, it is said, w told something different. >> heskedim to put that recommendation in writing but they came to him on their ow...