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Actually been involved in the interviewing and selection process of the person at the fbi, the new director who will be responsible for this investigation that jeff sessions has recused himself from. >> and, you know, the regular folks at home and the people that i talked to last week on our recess, what they say is you cant fire the person investigating you. and if you are recused from an investigation like jeff sessions is, you shouldnt be a part of any decision made in that investigation. it ...

Into memos by james comey. he has been, you know, very focused on the infiltration of the russians intour election and the extent to which the trump campaign was engaged with the russians, in trying to mess with our election process. >> are you a little concerned, congresswoman, and im out of time, but a lot of these meetings happen private i will. does it become a case of he said/he said, one versus the other, who has more credibility? >> well, i think just if history serves, as well, documents...

Follow the tone that he sets. and so far it looks like hes letting senator burr do what he wants. and he and senator warner are like minded with how they are going to proceed forward with intel committee. so, i think that while republicans are wary of what the results are going to be, theyre keeping their distance because they just dont know whats going on. >> but ultimately, this is a question of a foreign government infiltrating, trying to manipulate, trying to attack, if you will, our soverei...

Senators have sent a letter, elizabeth warren, richard blumenthal, ed markey, it goes on, tammy duckworth, asking for the inspector general of the department of justice to specifically investigate jeff sessions involvement in the firing of james comey and whether that violates jeff sessions recuse federal the russia investigation. do you think it violates the terms of his recusal? >> yes. i dont understand how you can be recused from an investigation but be part of a decision to remove the chief...

Then he gives classified information to russia and this happens after an election where an intelligence community found russia interfered in the election process. all of this has to -- lets just raise those questions higher. to raise questions about why the president doesnt look at this country as his entire intelligence community does as a threat. >> and dont forget the attorney general reaccused himself from the russia investigation, devin nunes who had to step down from the investigative part...

Scrutinized. and damage control needs to be done if it hasnt already. i think its important for people to keep this in context. we have three investigations into russias involvement into our election process. we are in odds with syria and certainly over ukrain. and we have a president who doesnt appear to have a careful nuance to understanding the information and the intelligence that hes getting, if hes even getting it every day. >> when we come back, much more on our breaking news tonight. the...

Its not like the russians to hack into his e-mail. he gave them the information voluntarily. >> should this investigation be part of the investigation into president trump or the then candidates trumps campaign? >> i dont know if -- we have three now investigations going on. but i think it needs to be carefully looked into and scrutinized. and damage control needs to be done if it hasnt already. i think its important for people to keep this in context. we have three investigations into russias i...

In the process. you probably know the press secretary sean spicer said today that the process is running completely as it should when he was asked specifically about criticism of the attorney general jeff sessions involvement in this selection process. do you believe he should be involved in the selection process because as you know he recused himself from anything probe involving the 2016 campaign? >> wolf, more importantly the attorney general committed to us that he would recuse himself from ...

Accusations of russian interested interference in their election process. what does id say to them that the president fired the man at the agency that was looking into the very problem theyre dealing with, russian interference and the democracy? >> chuck, from what i hear from leaders of the other nations, europe and more broadly the subject of russia comes up in all of our conversations is all the other nations want the u.s. and russia to work towards improving our relationship as well for all ...

Charge of this russia investigation. those people dont have a chance to weigh? >> its interesting that ivanka trump and jared kushner has been out of the picture since this unfolded. going back to where e wither ooh the and the upcoming search for the new fbi director, whats the latest? >> reporter: the latest from the president, he said this on air force one, he predicted this is something they could make a move on quickly. maybe even before he leaves on friday for this first foreign trip. but ...