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Those conversations that made james comey feel as though he needed to write down every single thing? were also going to wanto know, who else has seen those notes? who has been authorized to have access to his notes? we dont know other than a few high-level fbi officials that have seen them. we know about his written testimony that came out yesterday but we dont have anything in full. >> the question obviously, the big question politicized is whether or not what we learned yesterday rises to obst...

Meets the threshold that broadly read three times he was told he was not under investigation. but even comey is cautioning that could have changed at any time, correct? >> he basically said the fbi had not opened a counterintelligence investigation on president trump. that is a true statement. doesnt mean the issue isnt being investigated. comey basically said we have to not state anything publicly because we may open an investigation on you in the future. >> on an eve where everyone needs rest,...

Interactions and how they weave together for the president. you first briefed the president on the dossier on january 6th. interesting comey says in his testimony i told the president if it these were salacious, unverified allegations. he didnt say they were untrue. basically were looking into them. thats why the president kept telling him to lift the cloud and he knew that comey was looking into him. the president had not risen on the level of being under investigation. he had not met that thre...

Investigations and we produce many documents and director mccabe and i spent time every morning reviewing a stack of papers in which theyve determined appropriate to seek those orders. it would be time consuming and require, significant resources and probable cause. as you know, the probable cause showing required under the constitution in which privacy interests of americans are at stake and required by the fourth amendment, thats a relatively higher threshold than we require for foreign intell...

House -- theres also no standard of proof, its not a matter of beyond a reasonable doubt so you dont need all those courtroom standards to be cleared in impeachment, its actually a lower threshold. the threshold we saw used with president nixon for this, certainly if applied here would absolutely lead to such an article of impeachment in the house. >> well, its important to note that back in the 70s, the republicans didnt control congress, you know, im not an expert on politics and the winds are...

Was upset with comeys handling of the russia case and its hard to imagine that the president was calling dan coats and mike pompeo and mike rogers all whom people we barely know, he wasnt asking the same questions. jeff sessions knew about that when he signed up, there was a massive scandal and makes him, you know, really as attorney general. >> of course, were talking about it as a criminal case. in impeachment there is no system or standard. it is literally whatever the house -- theres also no...

Person takes that an innocent person would not. and why would the president ask people to leave the room? because he knows what hes about to do is illegal. this is obstruction of justice, endeavoring to influence an investigation. weve seen so much evidence of this, and were going to see comey talk about it as well on thursday. >> so you think this is, as a former prosecutor and theres been debate about what the actual statute and the criminal threshold is, the consciousness of the party involve...

>> so you think this is, as a former prosecutor and theres been debate about what the actual statute and the criminal threshold is, the consciousness of the party involved. but you think this is another -- this is an example of something that you think is on its face obstruction of justice by the president of the united states? >> yes. and the most damning evidence are the presidents own actions and words. no dispute he fired comey. no dispute that he told the russians that he did it to relieve ...

Morning reviewing a stack of documents with career agents and prosecutors in which they have determined its appropriate to seek those orders. it would be time consuming and require a significant commitment of resources and a showing of probable cause. as you know, probable cause showing that is required under the constitution in circumstances in which privacy interests of americans are at stake and its required by the fourth amendment, thats a relatively higher threshold than we require for fore...

Here. if these people didnt miss the threshold, there must have been other people thats more high risk. lets not forget, terrorist and the west minister attack months ago. the last few years, attacks have grabbed on to them. >> okay. well thanks for that. this is going to be a big topic in the coming days. certainly, attacks by british police. were hearing from some of the witnesses in the attack. well describe in horror. but also unity and bravery. >> people running. some scream. and people fro...