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Will be heavily involved in. to date, yes, comey made decisions. hes been faulted for those decisions. but in each of the ig investigations hes been found essentially to be a credible witness. and i think mueller found him to be a credible witness too. so nobodys questioning -- nobodys questioning comeys honesty and i think thats matters the most to comey. its one of the things that matters most to comey. i think so far that particular aspect of his legacy has not been damaged. but weve got anot...

In the politics lead. former fbi director, james comey absolutely unleashed on president trump and republicans just moments ago. comey said president trump has damaged the fbis reputation with his, quote, constant lies, and he attempted to shame republicans for staying silent about it. >> republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. the words of a president matter. the rule of law matters and the truth matters. where are those republicans today? at some point, someone h...

Strzok and lisa page were compromised in one direction toward a democratic presidential candidate and against another, then that also speaks to his emotional incompetence. he couldnt read people and couldnt ask basic questions about the funding of a compromised document just shows that he wasnt a competent person and he would have been fired by either administration. >> and he was asked by our bret baier whether or not there was any bias at the fbi. specifically from peter. he said no. how can y...

Revolutionary guard. all these can be targets if tensions between iran and israel flares into further conflict. netanyahu has long said his military will not tolerate iran establishing forward bases in syria. back to you. >> thank you. >> jon: breaking news this morning. former f.b.i. director james comey firing back at president trump during his first live interview since the launch of his new tell-all book. he calls the firestorm of recent tweets an example of how mr. trump misunderstands or d...

>> julie: the fact that he had these conversations number one claims that he had memos that he had recorded right after the conversation, and then leaked to the press shortly thereafter, it does really question his credibility in this book and it seems its just complete speculation and its a fiction. it sounds like a fictional stor story. >> even some clinton supporters such as the former special counsel to president bill clinton when he was an officer of the commentary in the journal questionin...

. now we turn to tonights special report. there are leaks that after donald trump fired jim comey, he immediately began questioning comeys replacement over political views and what seemed like tests of loyalty. this report adds detail to donald trumps past attacks on that man, mr. mccabe, whos a public servant not a household name. >> reporter: the president tried to steer attention back to his claims of bias against him at the fbi. taunting deputy director andrew mccabe. >> trump has accused ...

That thats not right. >> so the way you see it t is incumbent on the fbi director to tell the president of the united states that is out of bounds, you are being inappropriate, not on the president of the united states to stop himself from asking something inappropriate of the fbi director. >> didnt ask. you see, thats the problem. you keep spinning it to an ask, instead of an expression of an aspirational expression. trumps lawyer was absolutely correct. senator risch from idaho was absolutely ...

. as weve discussed, the president accused james comey of lying to congress and the presidents lawyer yesterday disputed comeys account that the president asked for loyalty and comeys account of the president asking him to drop the michael flynn investigation. resolving those he said/he said disputes is a critical job for investigators for the legal side of this drama. on the political side this is important. team trump is questioning comeys credibility. but not once did any republicans on the...

Part of it. as is his attorney general, brian. >> julie, where is the cavalry? if the president really had as good a day in that hearing room as some of the republicans who have been on television tonight would have it, where is the support? is it still tenuous for this president? >> well, it was really interestg in listening to the questions from republicans on the intelligence committee and also the broader reaction from the gop. you know, outside of republicans working in the administration, ...

>> julie, where is the cavalry? if the president really had as good a day in that hearing room some of the republicans who have been on television toght would have it, where is the support? is it still tenuous for this president? >> well, it was really interesting in listening to the questions from republicans on the intelligence committee and also the broader reaction from the gop. you know, outside of republicans working in the administration, you didnt actually get a lot of gop lawmakers ques...