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Attacks but also which encroach on the liberties that those of us who live in democratic societies enjoy which is one of the things terrorists are hoping to increase the tension there. as this continues, it will be interesting to see how the threats play out. >> moments ago, prime minute is theresa may put out a statement. all our thoughts are with the victims and families of those who have been affected. we have been told there would be a press conference 20 minutes ago. we are waiting. obvious...

The fbi has five days to put it into a file and thats what comey was doing and he was done for doing that rngs lets accept that as truth for now. why do you think, phil mud, that comey didnt go to the doj if he had any type of reasonable concern that the president was trying to influence the investigation? i get why he would document it. but if it was real, why wouldnt he go to the doj? >> well, first he cant go to the attorney general because the attorney general has recused himself of the inve...

About vladimir putin, are we ready to believe for certain even if there is a transcript that that is exactly the nature of what went down in that meeting? it is just very -- and again as matthew reported, it was said in a broadly joking context, so it is not clear that that exists. but even if it did exist, im not sure that thats the evidence donald trump is going to be looking for to exonerate himself. >> but, phil, maybe this is a threat actually, a vailed threat from vladimir putin. maybe he ...

President than we have seen their reaction so far. >> this is a bomb shell. i want to bring in phil mud, worked with the cia and fbi. if this is true, phil, what does it tell you about the trump administration and this russia investigation? >> i think we are just seeing the fw the beginning piece of this. what it is telling me is what the fbi is saying about morale is incorrect. why are the fbi or other officials leaking this? when i was told about the fbi an their relationship about the white h...

For you. mary joe white, who is obviously the former united states attorney in the southern district. phil obviously mentioned john pistol. hes got a relationship with vice president pence because theyre both from indiana and john pistol could be one and the third and my dark horse and a man universally revered, tim murphy, who is retired. he retired at the deputy director and as a man i think that is quite bipartisan and enjoys support from both sides of the aisle. >> phil, thank you very much....

With regards to an investigation. >> what do you think about that? because thats the one that people have having a hard time getting passed. >> sure. >> would the fbi director have met with the president to ensure him he was in the the target of an investigation? >> i find that highly unlikely. its like the president puts some evidence in the letter to say, see, i said you said this three times and you bdidnt rebt that. what that does to the fbi, i think, the way the director was sent out, i thi...

Committee that starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern. so were following that. here to discuss is phil mud and james scalliano. james, what is the mood inside the fbi today? >> id say that the fbi agents are certainly down about this, mostly related to the way it transpired. if you look at the juxtaposition of the letter that the president sent and the letter that james comey sent out last night to my fbi colleagues still in the burrow, the juxtaposition was startling. one was full of grace and humility. ...

Ball is firmly in the white houses court. i take phil muds point on this. and i think hes right. it is possible that this was simply, well, you know, sally yates, we dont necessarily trust her. it maybe took them some time to do some investigating of their own. although, i would note flynn was fired as a result of the washington post story uncovering this. but regardless of the reasons, the white house has to do more to explain the why. if it is that reason, if they wanted to conduct their own i...

>> it is. it is very vague so we dont totally know what this means. senator graham was asking about the broadest possible time range here. he said, was this ever a concern for you. at the time that clapper was in position. as director of intelligence, so this creates more questions. leaves us with more questions about what could he possibly mean, what business ties is he referring to. and we dont know because there is this ongoing investigation. >> he could have simply said no. he didnt say no. ...

Needs something to show for the 100 days that donald trump has been in office, and theres not very much aside from getting neil gorsuch confirmed to the supreme court. in terms of legislative progress, there hasnt really been anything to point to, so they want to show at least if they cant show we have accomplished x, y and z, they want to at least give, especially their supporters but also americans more broadly, a preview of what will come later on. certainly this sort of thing takes time. you...