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Fbi, the president attacking the fbi over the weekend with a tweet after years of comey with the dishonest clinton investigation and more its reputation is in tatters, worst in history. we will bring it back to greatness. interestingly, since this came out over the weekend, people who have come to the fbis defense include the former attorney general eric holder, the fbi agents association, republican senator lindsey graham and the sunday talk shows, people no one has heard from yet, though, desp...

>> youre talking about general flynn. >> because of lying to the vice president? >> yes, but everything plays into it, but we fired him because he said something to the vice president that was not so. >> so this tweet adds a layer to the interview that the president also knew he lied to the fib at the time. >> exactly. and then they would know that flynn was in much bigger trouble than just lying to the vice president, who then went on television and repeated that lie. and then you have to wonde...

For weeks, possibly months. they set up a perimeter and gathered supplies, including more guns. >> i know he didnt take firearms up to oregon with him. but his daughter brought him a couple of firearms. was that you? >> that was me, yeah. >> and why did you take him guns? >> protection. it was his right to protect himself. not that he wanted to use it. its not something hed want to do. >> were also trying to understand why you have a loaded rifle here and how far will you take this? >> i have no...

The director of the fbi gave him con kurnsicurrence to do so, an think that coordination was lacking. >> and all reporting is pointing to the fact that there was not coordination between the trump transition team and the obama administration. what about "the new york times" reports saying russians were using the nra and christian and gun groups? is that the m.i.a. for the russians? >> it certainly is. the russians have a lot of soft power. odd to say, but their weapons industry is one element. s...

Which he had refrained from exhalation. he never asked the russian ambassador on a separate occasion to vote against the pending u.n. security council resolution targeting his release elements. flynn falsely told agents that he never had a response to the request. flynn admitted he made materially false statements and omission on forms is his work as a lobbyist. all those omissions could work against prosecutors if they seek to use flynn on the witness stand against more senior fingers including...

Of people just wouldnt stop staring at mckenzie. what did you say? >> i just said how dare you? its rude. its rude and its ignorant. she has a condition and if you had any class, you would ask instead of pointing. those are the days i wish i could trade places with her, in a heartbeat. >> shannon says her shy, quiet daughter would rather hide behind her shield than talk to people about her condition. she thinks mckenzie needs to learn how to speak up for herself. >> her father and i wont always ...

Into court, taking the oath and pointing at the defendants in the courtroom and saying thats the guy that did it. >> danny, thank you so much. carol, thank you. matt, ken and hansz at the white house, a big thanks to all of on you this friday. fired fbi director james comey also reacting to the news of mike flynns guilty plea on twitter, of all places. ill talk to jim comeys former chief of staff on the other side of this break. and how does michael flynns guilty plea impact congresss investig...

Want to read this to you, its interesting, one source close to the president attempted to mitigate the severity of the charge against flynn by pointing out that everyone lies in washington. the source will not comment on the record, seemed to be trying to figure out the implications of the charge along with everyone else. although the source maintained he was not worried about any potential cooperation between flynn and the prosecutors, if that were to be the case. that again, jeffrey, while i h...

Or increasing taxes would happen. lets bring the panel. jonah goldberg. leslie marshall. charles hurt. quite something to see this today. seems like the impetus is there to get it across. >> it does. the incentives are pointing in the right direction. i think they all believe it would be disastrous for them if they didnt get something passed. i think they are probably about that. i am so jaundiced i literally cannot listen to anybody being outrage about deficits at this point because i remember ...

Administration was talking big, its been gutting the state department. we dont have people like wendy sherman, who is extremely competent on issues like this, to go in and to work for that diplomatic explosion. and in the end i think thats going to cost us. >> ambassador sherman, what would have happened in a previous white house in a situation like this? >> i think whats davids pointing out is really critical here, which is you have to have an all of government, all of the world strategy. im gl...