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Like we made it up or certainly like adam made it up. at harvard, they announced last week that no longer will there be fines on your overdue library book, which is $0.50 a day, by the way. $0.50 a day because we understand how much pressure the harvard student already has on him or her. you dont have to pay your overdue book fine. >> tucker: the obvious question, final question to you adam, since you didnt go to college and did just fine, what did you send your kids to college? >> great questio...

President says comey told him three times he was not under investigation. >> you were the centerpiece of the trump campaign. >> i know that im not under investigation. me. personally. im not talking about campaigns. im not talking about anything else. im not under investigation. >> so, by all accounts, if james comey told that to the president, he should not have. it was wrong to do so. the president asking could be seen as active interference in the investigation. the overall question becomes h...

A foreign power. he thinks it should be laughed off and this is a general and he is a good guy. it should be fine. have lavrov into the white house. lets kick out the u.s. reporters. oh, its amazing how the russians tricked us. it never occurred to him the russians could do this. >> he said in the interview, if russia hacked. when lester holt points to the 17 intelligence agencies. he says i dont think we have 17 intelligence agencies. >> he is wrong. to hear from the president directly is power...

Explicitly say i recommend the termination. >> you want to hear from him. obvious question is what did you think they wachwanted this for? they want your thoughts on why comey has to go. he should speak for himself. errol, how big a crisis is this? you can really look at it two ways. we need to be objective. one is he can fire anybody he wants. fire the fbi director. nobody liked the handling of the e-mail. trump did not like how he handled the russia investigation. if nothing comes from the inv...

He tells us it is nothing to it. it is fake news. he keeps bringing it back up. he tweeted yesterday he thinks the u.s. is tearing itself apart and russia is laughing at us. he seems to not be consistent and he is really concerned about it in a way that is not quite comfortable. the question is about checks and balances and institutions. everybody should be concerned about that. how are they working in. >> appreciate it. another bad headline for united airlines. the passenger dragged off the fli...

This is a got ya moment? absolutely not. this is the open window into the open and honest decision to thwart an investigation into russia and get rid of the man he didnt trust to conclude it the right way. how big a deal is this? >> it is a big deal. within that it is worth keeping in mind, chris, he is talking about somebody worried about his personal position. he is not saying manafort had nothing to do with it. he is not saying michael flynn was okay. he is not saying everything was okay with...

At this time. im aligning for the possibility it could have been mi misinterpret misinterpreted. >> lets get a check from the bird-like man sitting to your left. phil. >> i think david is right. it is not just a question of whether someone is a subject of the investigation. the inappropriateness is a dinner with the fbi director whos hwho has a ten-year term. are you loyal? this is not appropriate. you captant do that. >> i agree with that. people are focused on the wrong thing. will the investi...

Attack. i know some folks over there. the morale is rock bottom. there is a question of what is going on and what they will do to rescue institution. look, j. edgar hoover was there from 1969. 40 years later, he is still dominating it. that is where the idea of the ten-year term to insulate them from politics. i think people dont understand. this is like the white house butler or something like that. you can be fired or changed around. this is an important institution that is supposed to be held...

He was going to intensify the investigation. i dont think there is much question. >> chasing the ill legality is ill advised, but not wrong? >> here is how we know it is wrong. if there was a conversation of resources and he appoints somebody who is a crony. the crony says we have too many resources and cuts it down. i hope he doesnt do that. i hope he appoints somebody of distinction and not a crony. >> professors, thank you for the perspective. poppy. smart minds on the show this morning. th...

And perhaps president trump himself? that is the question. it was as clear to me as day for him to say to lester holt that ive got nothing that -- i asked myself about russia. i use that as the reason to fire him. to me, it is game, set, match. that is why theres been so much frustration within the white house. they dont speak with one voice. the president counters everything said. >> and david gregory, we talk about the contradictions of the white house, et cetera, et cetera. senator markey, a ...