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Integrity, people are very upset about the way he was treated. >> lets get a wider view now of those comments with my panel now. jay newton small. presidential historian allen liktman and cnn intelligence security analyst robert bear. good to see all of you. you heard clapper say hes very worried about the climate. its very troublesome. not because of comeys representation, but because of the way in which he was fired. during the selection process now is it your view that trump still has a real ...

Common sense would tell you that. >> does it make sense hes involved in the selection process for comeys replacement? >> i think it does not make sense. youre talking about somebody who arguably is going to, we hope, continue to investigate, and i think along with we ought to have a special prosecutor do that. but the notion that the ag is involved in selecting when he said he wasnt going to be involved, it defies what he said. >> why havent you been able to convince your colleagues about this s...

You look at whats happening in the western european nations, france and germany and italy and 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 othe...

Worked with for years. he is is a former fbi agent. what were looking for in our next director and we feel is important for us to have a voice in this selection process and thats why im here today. its not normal for us to come out this publicly on things. but we feel its important that we have that voice because the next director we want to have that person have the principles of understanding the centrality of the fbi agent and knowing what fbi agents do on a daily basis and how their work is ...

Thomas oconnor joins us now, the president of the fbi agents association. thomas, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, guys. happy mothers day to everybody out there that fits that category. >> all right. ill pass that on to christi. >> thank you! >> i heard you forgot it earlier. >> i did forgot. thanks for bringing up old stuff. tom, get to the topic we are here to discuss. youre endorsing mike rogers and so is your group. you did the same thing in 2013 when now former director james c...

Appearing on "face the nation." joining me now, molly hooper and jeremy peters "new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor, big welcome to you both. start with you first, jeremy, is the president looking for independence or loyalty in the next fbi director? what are you hearing? >> well, the selection process as he whittles down the list alex is going to be driven im told by a desire to pick a candidate who is independent of the president. you look at the list, the people who are rising to t...

The other with regard to this investigation? >> well, it doesnt look good now, but we have to move beyond that. this is to me about russia, about a foreign government that we know was engaged in unprecedented way in our election. that should be troubling to every american, goes to our core values and the most fundamental aspect of the american democracy, which is our election process. this is not about partisanship. this is the time for folks to stand up and say we are going to put country ahead...

The rs are on one side and ds on the other with regard to this investigation? >> well, it doesnt look good now, but we have to move beyond that. this is to me about russia, about a foreign government that we know was engaged in unprecedented way in our election. that should be troubling to every american, goes to our core values and the most fundamental aspect of the american democracy, which is our election process. this is not about partisanship. this is the time for folks to stand up and say ...

Hallucination out of our president. in the same way this flows with the constitutional crisis with the firing of the fbi director. youre right it comes from a tweet, his claim that he really won the pop lawyer vote that there were 3 to 5 million illegal voters that nobody noticed. and that must be rampant in the land. in that late night tweet to this now taxpayer finance investigation is a straight line. unlike other looks at the election system, its not bipartisan in any meaningful way. as you ...

Attempts to influence the united states election. and thats one investigation. i think the second, this false narrative that we con to fight every day that has been debunked by intelligence individuals. members of congress have been briefed over and over again. thats where i think hes growingly concerned as well as a number of american people who are growingly concerned that theres a false narrative out there. thats, i think, the nut of this. >> talked to a former fbi official today who said the...