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Blue collar backgrounds. they both went into the law and other things. why? >> i imagine if he worked in the white house these first six months as he has, tried real hard to push the policies and seen them flop as well as how trumps administrative policies have so far. you see the need to respond to reporters in a way thats less hostile than sean spicer did. >> and one of the issues that he has to communicate, he was kind of given a pass today, but trump stories about him in the newspapers, find...

Ongoing. so he could make an argument that he still cant comment on ongoing investigations. but since hes been fired it strikes me that hes dying to talk and dying to tell everyone about what happened and, of course, he has those memos that he made at the time that he can refer to that apparently very detailed in impactly what went on between him and president trump. >> april, director comey, we understand is in constant contact with special counsel robert mueller to solidify what he can and can...

Talk and i believe this president for the optics and for the sake of letting this play hell let james comey speak. >> at the end of the day, though, its a he said/he said. will anything that director comey has to say clarify the question of obstruction of justice if theres no evidence behind it? >> well, thats an excellent question and im very curious as to what exactly former director comey will say because just days before he was fired he testified in front of a senate committee and wouldnt co...

If we collected intelligence by the russian igs officials saying hey jerad smith has come to us and said he wants to set up a secret channel, immediately the counter-intel skbrens and security professionals at the agency would ask several questions. first, was this authorized by his boss. second is did he try to conceal it from others? and third is dide he disclose any classified information? if they got any troubling answers to those questions they would bring in the fbi and launch a full count...

Security professionals at the agency would ask several questions. first, was this authorized by his boss. second is did he try to conceal it from others? and third is dide he disclose any classified information? if they got any troubling answers to those questions they would bring in the fbi and launch a full counter-intelligence investigation. they may revoke his clearance during the pend dentsy of the investigation or may not. they may not want to tip him off. it depends. here in this case we ...

Not be handed over today. that was the initial deadline. its unclear when the memos might be handed over if at all. to that end, senate judiciary chair chuck grassly said he is considering calling a meeting with robert mueller along with senator diane feinstein. senator grassley said he want to know whether the investigators might keep the memos for their own investigation and not hand them over. >> thank you. the panel weighs in. have incidents done damage to u.s. relationships with allies? w...

Directly to rob rosenstein, the deputy attorney general in these closed door briefings with the house members last week. anderson, he did not comment about jeff sessions role. that could be a question for rob mueller, the special counsel to look at. expect those questions to continue going forward. >> thanks. more on the larger russia investigation. jessica snyder reports on how its affecting the efforts to obtain james comeys memos conversations with the president. >> lawmakers are waiting for ...

Russia probe. he has retched trump for more than 15 years. he represents a russian bank and a russian business tycoon with ties to vladimir putin. the white house is resetting its sp for an fbi director after wide ranging dissatisfaction with the leading candidate former senator joe lieberman. all while paul ryan put forth a muted defense of fired director james comey. >> you know the former fbi director. does it concern you the president referred to the former fbi director as a nutjob? >> i don...

Former doj officials in this town and washingtoni. im confident hell conduct an investigation and restore confidence and justice also with the american people. you have the house senate intelligence investigation and now bob mueller and i -- i know well get to the bottom of this. these are very very serious accusations. >> yeah, you totally disagree with president trump who said this is a witch hundred, fake news or hoax. you see this as a very serious threat to the united states ? >> i think th...

Investigation acceptable was well-founded and needed to look into those issues. >> how concerned are you chairman about that statement? >> well, its a serious allegation. ive said before adversary powers are trying to enter our elections and policies. its an american issue and i got the briefing at the time, it was classified but its come out publicly that in fact the russians were trying to influence our elections. i think it need to be investigated, i think the truth needs to come out. i think...