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Legislative agenda could bed a good as dead. one told me when they read comeys prepared remarks yesterday they said im not as worried. then they saw him go further today. one said he really came to do damage to donald trump, and he is doing it. there is just this sense that the administration doesnt have a good response. they dont have audio tapes to corroborate trumps version of events. you know, comey may be imperfect. he may have done himself some damage over the last year or so politically. ...

Pretty seasoned prosecutor testifying today, giving answers to tough questions for two hours, and almost 40 minutes under oath. >> peter baker, as i had mentioned at the top of the broadcast, seven months ago tonight was a bracing night. everybodys lead story was rewritten. its been a bracing seven months. the presidents twitter feed on any given day can be a bracing experience. and boy, was it bracing today to hear james comey call the president of the united states a liar. >> well, it was. an ...

Legislative agenda could bed a good as dead. one told me when they read comeys prepared remarks yesterday they said im not as worried. then they saw him go further today. one said he really came to do damage to donald trump, and he is doing it. there is just this sense that the administration doesnt have a good response. they dont have audio tapes to corroborate trumps version of events. you know, comey may be imperfect. he may have done himself some damage over the last year or so politically. ...

And the american people have the assurance that thats a bypass committee. richard burr, north korea, mark warner virginia are working very closely together. collaboratively and they are cooperating with the fbi. so, there is shall i say, they are the merits and then there are the politics. for the merits, allow the process to work, especially one other point. rod rosenstein was, as you know, confirmed by the senate by an overwhelming, virtually unanimously. why was that? it was because of his ca...

That the director told him on three occasions that he wasnt under investigation. they said mr. comey never gave mr. trump any such guidance which would violate long standing policies on criminal investigations in the bureau. one associate told the paper, quote, that is literally farc t ical. comey has been invited to a closed session ever thof the in committee tuesday. and were told acting director andrew mccabe will take his place testifying today. it is unclear how long hes actually going to...

Developing now in boston, a showdown between the prosecution and defense at the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing. the defense is expected to wrap up its case today and wants to call a high-profile death penalty opponent to the stand. sister helen prejean, her book was adapted into the movie "dead man walking" and won an oscar for susan sarandon for her portrayal of sister prejean. the prosecution is trying to limit or block her testimony. lets get the very latest from the federal cou...

Northeast part of the country and gotten help from the military in nigeria and chad but have not been able to eradicate the group. they have had success of capturing some members but they have not been able to recover the school girls and boko haram have carried out deadly attacks in the capital. but one quick point, libya, that is an important point to keep an eye on. if there is a link through boko haram, it could be through libya as weve seen in the past. >> ayman mohyeldin, good to see you. ...

House select committee is reviewing the 2012 attack that killed an an ambassador and three other americans. what lessons have been learned and applied to protect u.s. facilities and americans abroad. cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott joins us from washington with more. >> good morning, carol. this house select panel is the second hearing theyve discussed how to protect u.s. facilities abroad. theres been so much done about the attacks themselves and the aftermath and how the administ...

He says the cias brutal tactics have stained this nations honor. >> i believe the american people have a right, indeed responsibility to know what was done in their name. because we gave up much in the expectation that torture would make us safer, too much. obviously we need intelligence to defeat our enemies but we need reliable intelligence. torture producing more misleading information than actionable intelligence. >> lets talk more with national security analyst and former cia operative bob ...

Past him. >> athena jones, appreciate the reporting, thank you. believe it or not, its been four weeks to the day. i imagine the white house seems longer since obama care and the website was launched and then promptly crashed. next hour, that debacle faces blistering criticism on capitol hill. that as a federal administrator has to explain her agencys failures in creating that website. testifying today. and of course todays hearing an sets the stage for her boss, health and human services secr...