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Some say he should step down, some say he should recuse himself. The latest here in whats at stake at the Justice Department where Catherine Herridge is. Were setting the scene here. There will be a twominute warning that Jeff Sessions is about to speak. I want to set the scene. Weve seen a highly series of un usual events today. This press conference was called with less than an hours notice. Highly unusual with reporters of every News Organization descending here on the Justice Department. The...

Comey where the president is said to have asked for the dismissile of charges against Michael Flynn. We issued a statement with his reasoning. My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What i have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public enter requires many to place this investigation under a person. He headed the fbi starting one week before the september 11 attacks all the way throu...

Twi devices that the fbi has not been able to detect. They have the laptop turned on long enough to get past the airport screeners. They tested varieties of the laptop bombs using the explosives to assess how difficult it would be for the airport skreecreeners to detect them. They found that the airports would have a far harder time to detect these. And how do they perfect their skills on this . Well, they have themselves very Handy Technology in all of this, anderson, the intelligence indicatin...

Conversations. He obviously made a decision to stick that into the letter to make that public. Were there any concerns he had that kind of conversation . No, charlie. How important was it to stop the leaks . I think thats probably one of the many factors. You cant deny somebody that that wasnt a problem. So i think that was one of the many reasons he no longer had the confidence of the president or the rest of the fbi. Can we expect more firings from the Justice Department. Not that im aware of ...

They have the laptop turned on long enough to get past the airport screeners. They tested varieties of the laptop bombs using the explosives to assess how difficult it would be for the airport screeners to detect them. They found that the airports would have a far harder time to detect these. Using tsa rated machines, the testers found they have a far more difficult time testing these types of bombs. And how do they perfect their skills on this . Theyve gotten themselves very Handy Technology in...

Chair and rankings of the Oversight Committees that we were taking additional steps of the Clinton Administration because i testified under oath repeatedly that we were done, that we refinish there. With respect to the russian investigation, we treated it like the clinton investigation. We didnt say a word about it until a month into it. I would expect we are not going to say another peep about it until were done and i dont know what will be sent when youre done, but thats how he handled the cli...

House chief of staff. He is a Great American and a great leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my administration. So this means that current chief of staff Reince Priebus is out. Whether he was fired or resigned, well is to find that out in a few minutes. As breaking news comes the day after White House Communications director Anthony Scaramucci publicly blasted priebus as a paranoid skiz forensicic. Were going to get to the Health Care Col...

Absolutely. Good evening. Im lawrence odonnell, and i didnt get fired today. And if you didnt get fired today, you had a better day than Reince Priebus. Reince is doing a fantastic job at the white house, and i believe he has the president s confidence. Reince is a good man. John kelly will do a fantastic job. That war of words between Reince Priebus and Anthony Scaramucci ending very well for mr. Scaramucci. His promise that reince would be out by the end of the week coming true. Im beginning t...

Battle within itself, making Party Leaders in a few states, ones with close elections tuesday, a little nervous. Ive seen some things in my time. In the firestorm that greeted donna storms allegations that the Democratic National committee ranked last years primary to favor Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, the most pointed assessment offered to reporters on the White House South Lawn came from a man who spent much of last year ascending to the pinnacle of american politics by decrying it as ...

And that does it for me this hour. Im chris jansing. Ali velshi is here. Ill pick it up. Good afternoon. Im ali velshi following two big stories this hour. Right now the president is getting ready to meet with congressional leaders working to avoid a Government Shutdown. Nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer agreeing to meet with the president today after canceling the meeting last week. The other big story were following is resignation of minnesota senator al franken. Earlier this afternoon an emotion...