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Indelible fashion that, were i removed quickly, reassigned, fired that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. >> joining me now, democratic house majority whip james clyburn. good to have you with us this morning. as you hear the words from andrew mccabe talking about his concerns that the russia case be on solid ground and that it not be closed or vanish in the night. what are your thoughts? >> a little bit chilling. we started noticing a couple of years ago or a c...

Remarkable it is to have an on the record interview with the man who ran the fbi in the early days of the russia investigation describing essentially all of our reporting but now doing it on the record. lets take a listen to more about why he says he was so desperate to preserve the evidence and information, worried that it can all be wiped away. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassi...

>> the next day, i met with the team investigating the russia cases and asked the team to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need to take going forward. i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in a fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure our case was on solid ground and if some...

Of the fbi, the man who opened the investigation, the early investigations into russia back in 2016 or as of 2017. he describes not only the turmoil within the fbi and the justice department at the time, the chaotic time after james comey was fired but he goes on to explain how he sought to preserve the record on russia. take a listen. >> i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly, reassigned or fired...

A good thursday morning. president trump firing back at former acting fbi director andy mccabe . he calls him a pubppet for jame comey. the justice department is also weighing in this morning after mccabe claims there were discussions had within the d.o.j. about removing the president using the 25th amendment and why he was worried the russia investigation would disappear without a trace. >> mccabe says he launched the probe into the trump campaigns ties to russia because he feared the investiga...

Obstruction of justice and counter intelligence involving the president? >> i think the next day i met with the team and asked them to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need to take going forward. i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that, were i removed quickly, reassigned or fired, that the case could not be close d or vanish in the nigt without a trace. i...

Absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned, fired, that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away dpr it, th from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they made that decision. >> join us now, i know you were able to listen to that sound which cbs just released. the...

After president trump fired james comey, talking about his former boss. >> i was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency. and won the election for the presidency. and who might have done so with the aid of the government of russia, our most formidable adversary on the word stage. and that was something that troubled me greatly. >> reporter: in an interview with cbs, mccabe detailing the lengths he went to to secure the russia investigation in the days after comeys firing. >> i wa...

Team to go back and conduct an assessment to determine where are we with these efforts and what steps do we need to take going forward. i was very concerned that i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in an indelible fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired that the case could not be closed or vanish in the night without a trace. i wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground and that somebody came in behind me and closed it they would not be able...

Mccabes book is about to hit the shelves and on 60 minutes sunday. mccabe talks about the worry after the president fired his boss, james comey. he returned from a meeting so disturbed, they ordered the agents to expand russian meddling to include the question of whether the comey firing was an attempt to obstruct justice. >> i was very concerned i was able to put the russia case on absolutely solid ground in a fashion that were i removed quickly or reassigned or fired, the case could not be clo...