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. bret: it has been an incredibly busy week, the last few weeks for the airline industry, not in a good way. in the past week, fights have broken out at an airport in florida and on a plane in southern california. many feel customer service may be at an all-time low. we spoke about all this and also infrastructure with transportation secretary elaine chao. i first asked her about firing of fbi director james comey. when you first heard that, what were your thoughts? >> thats not in my lane, to u...

The president achieve his objectives, be successful and i have to earn his accomplishments every day with how he goes about his affairs. >> reporter: the reasons for it or the sifting explanations in the days that followed. when the president appeared of jumbotron, the stadium literally erupted. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: if one of the reasons for comeys firing was the presidents frustration at the lingering presence of the russia investigation, axing comey appears to give opponents more...

President trump elected, now mike lee signed on, mcconnell signed on. is this gaining traction here? >> it could, its a possibility he gets bipartisan support there. will be a push by people like senator graham, who is on the judiciary committee, to appoint somebody from within, someone who understands the sense of upheaval. bret: the culture of the fbi? >> exactly how it works. and cannot be a household name. i think thats really going to be a push. so instead of someone from the outside coming...

With full coverage of the days top stories. lets begin with the truly stunning revelations from the fired fbi director james comey. lets go to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, take us through comeys statement to the senate intelligence committee. >> reporter: well, wolf, today in the simplest terms james comey contradicted the president of the united states. on may 18th when asked whether he had urged comb in any way, shape or form to ease up on the flynn investigation...

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Uncomfortable, whether or not trump asked for a pledge of loyalty. i think we should also note that comey testifying just in and of itself will get under president trumps skin. when he fired him, he said comey is a showboat, and comey has been running his mouth and speaking on the hill. that will be interesting to see how the president reacts. so far he hasnt tweeted much about the russia probe. im not sure if that has to do with the special outside group thats being put together to handle inqui...

Nonsense but does look like there could be changes in the messaging apparatus very soon. bret? bret: john roberts live in the north lawn, john, thank you. we now know of more than a dozen people believed to be in the mix to replace james comey as the head of the fbi. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge takes a look at the list tonight. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions and his deputy rod rosenstein have interviewed eight candidates to be the next fbi director, less th...