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make a near full recovery after having emergency brain surgery to save his life. he did have another big scare over the weekend as he fell and hit his head again. he was trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night by himself which he isnt supposed to do. doctors performed a ct scan following the fall to make sure there wasnt any swelling in his brain and thankfully the results came back normal. this happened just after easton had thanked all his fans for the thoughts and pr...

In the last year of his presidency, he placed loyalists and powerful posts atop the intelligence community and the pentagon rifling through -- that the deep state spid on his 2016 campaign and framed him for his dealings with russia and ukraine, acts for which he was investigated and impeached. joining us now is the author of the "new york times" op-ed, the mysteries of mar-a-lago, time weiner, national security correspondent for "the new york times." great to see you this morning. isnt some pap...

As a historian of the fbi, somebody who watch what happened over the last two years what do you make of his role in this investigation? >> james comey is the guy who said no to president george w. bush when bush was misusing the powers of the nsa to spy on americans. he has the power and the will to say no to presidents. in the end it was the fbi who brought down richard nixon. and the fbi is sworn to the rule of law. if you had said to your audience a couple months ago that james comey and sena...

About the behavior of that branch of government. thats how our rule of law works, right? late last night in the middle of the night the national security advisor to the president resigned, was fired? resigned? was fired? we dont know. hes out. national security advisor michael flynn. being national security advisor is a hard job. there have been a bunch of scandals surrounding the national security advisor position or the person holding that position over the decades. its thought of one of those...

Thats how our rule of law works, right? late last night in the middle of the night the national security advisor to the president resigned, was fired? resigned? was fired? we dont know. hes out. national security advisor michael flynn. being national security advisor is a hard job. there have been a bunch of scandals surrounding the national security advisor position or the person holding that position over the decades. its thought of one of those jobs thats hard to hold on to for a long time. a...

For a long time. a lot of turnover in that job. previous record for the shortest term ever as national security advisor, though, was something like two and a half years. that was the previous shortest term ever. michael flynn lasted 24 days. and there are a number of things about the nicers sudden departure last night which make no sense. weve got adam schiff, the top democrat on the intelligence committee to help us sort this out. we have time weiner, the foremost modern historian of the fbi an...

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Youre not alone in feeling that way. behold, here is your validation from a pulitzer prize winning journalist who even before michael flynns resignation was calling the fbi and cia counterintelligence investigation of general flynn "the most politically charged intelligence investigation since the cold war." joining us now the time weiner, author of two definitive books on the history of the fbi and the cia, mr. weiner, very nice to have you here, thank you. >> hello, rachel. >> first let me get...

Foremost modern historian of the fbi and the cia. time weiner will be here to help us sort this out. but there are just some baseline fundamental questions we dont have an answer for. or that we have answers for that make no sense. first theres the direct simple question of mike flynn and how he got to be national security advisor. how he lasted 24 days at that job. its wudly reported general flynn was under investigation by counterintelligence community at the fbi and by counterintelligence inv...

Congressman schiff, the top democrat in intelligence, just mentioned as a factor here, a question mark that it seemed i think congressman schiff implying there or suggesting that we dont necessarily know whether director comey is likely to lead an impartial investigation here. as a historian of the fbi, somebody who watch what happened over the last two years what do you make of his role in this investigation? >> james comey is the guy who said no to president george w. bush when bush was misusi...