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Sausage is usually delicious. go ahead, catherine. do your work. >> okay. so we were not able to hear what senator mccains read out on this was with the deputy attorney general. but we just heard from one of his senate colleagues, senator dick durbin. what he said, hes given us a date. he said based on the briefing that the deputy attorney general knew on may 8 that james comey would be fired. i have to grab my calendar to understand how that syncs up with the other data points here and the timi...

American people and justice system ahead of a political party. in that sense, i think comey will do what he thinks is right and i think mueller will do what he thinks is right. i dont think youre going to see any -- >> here is senator marco rubio. >> all of those are in the hands of director mueller. he is widely respected and hell conduct a fair and thorough investigation. i have full confidence in the counterintelligence side of the matters. >> based on the briefing, senator, is it your belief...

Heard, he believes it is crossing that threshold. this will limit congresss ability to conduct an independent investigation because almost every once he said will want to understand what the jeopardy may be with the special counsel, shep. >> shepard: wow, criminal investigation. sounds like a very sober tone, catherine. >> it was. look, just for some context, a counter intelligence case is one of the most highly classified that can be run by the fbi. its a way to gather information, gather intel...

Threshold of impeachment. >> sean: here with reaction, lou dobbs. i have identified five groups of people that want to destroy this president you agree with me. if the media, the democrats, the deep state, establishment republicans that cant fight over shutting on the government and in the never trumpeters that want relevancy. >> sean: this is what you said in a powerful monologue. >> the term and forces of evil that surround this white house are trying to destroy the trump presidency and it app...

Certainly there is the possibility that jeff sessions could be one of those who is being looked at or may be looked at as part of this criminal investigation. it doesnt mean hes done anything illegal. or that hes the focus of anything. but he was the head of national security matters for the trump campaign. and that may or may not figure in part of the fbis investigation and we should keep it in mind. i dont want to task any apersions only to say that its relevant and one of the reasons he shoul...

Congressional investigations. he wants to give robert mueller the opportunity to de-conflict. he generally obviously expressed a design to cooperate with the congressional investigation. >> senator lindsey graham said he thinks this has crossed an important threshold from a c.i. case to a criminal case and may limit congress ability to get witness and bring in witnesses to testify. >> i mean, lindsey is a former prosecutor. ill let his comments speak for himself. what i sensed from him was an ov...

I have to go. >> thank you, senator. >> shepard: lindsey graham speaking on capitol hill. so much to get through. catherine herridge is live with us. catherine, to you. >> senator graham was in the briefing with the deputy general. his bottom line is that based on what he heard from the deputy attorney general, that this fbi investigation has crossed a critical threshold. it has moved from a counter intelligence investigation to a likely criminal investigation and senator graham said this will l...

>> all the matters are now in the hands of director mueller. so i have full confidence in him. he is widely almosted for his professionalism. he will conduct a full investigation. and. >> senator, does it put things to a back -- >> do you believe this has crossed a threshold -- typically does not flult criminal charges to a criminal matter and that will impede -- >> i cant comment. >> to call witnesses and obtain evidence? >> so i cant comment on the justice departments efforts. it is now in the...

As a citizen, i now would like to see an independent commission. i think sadly the congress has kind of waived its right to show us they can fairly do this. i think we need an independent commission of some convinced w special prosecutor because we havent met that threshold yet that a crime likely was happened. so i would have an independent commission. if we reach that threshold, then we get a special prosecutor appointed. but in my mind the way that congress is taking sides, right and left on ...

Branch. we are going to do with the right way and follow the facts wherever they may lead. >> law enforcement source separately confirms that the former fbi director documented at least one meeting with president trump that made him uneasy. its not clear from our reporting this morning whether it was the mid-february meeting cited by "the new york times" or dell where the president -- or the january meeting where the president asked comey for his loyalty and in response, comey said he would alwa...