Presidency. Would they pass legislation to protect Robert Mueller . And tracking u. S. Trumans. Fitness trackers count our steps and our calories and how many hours we sleep. Could they also reveal the locations of u. S. Troops . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Snmpblt a stepping down immediately. It comes on the eve of the state of the union address. Our specialists are standing by with full coverage. Was Andrew Mccabe fired . It certainly seems he was forced out. Fbi direct or chris wray said he was forming a new team and mccabe was not on it. The white house insisting it didnt have anything to do with the exit from the bureau but thats not the full story. The president has taken the extraordinary step of criticizing mccabe on twitter. Coming from the white house aimed at high level officials in the russia investigation. One day before the state of the union speech, the president is dealing with this. The president wasnt part of this Decision Making process. The president has made it clear for more than a month, he wanted mccabe wrong. Tweeting about the Deputy Directors wife who had run for the Virginia State senate. How could Andrew Mccabe be given chb 700,000 by the clinton puppets during investigation . And Andrew Mccabe is racing the clock the retire with full benefits nifl days to go. Mccabe is the latest to feel the president s fury. Former dre the president s attempt to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, i know what mr. Trumps wishes to get rid of Deputy Attorney general he rob rosenstein. It sounds like there were multiple people at multiple levels who have been fired. I would say what ive said a hundred times before and continue to say, ill sure a hundred times today that the white house has been fully cooperative and will continue to be fully cooperative. Sarah sanders erers concede white house has put pressure on officials. It is so that you guys can focus on what Americans Care about. Making sure everybody gets russia fever out of their system once and for all. That youre all reminded, there was no collusion. No obstruction of justice. Nothing improper sense the president came into office since hes come into office. And theyre convinced the russia probe has been politicized. The white house side stepping whether the memo should be released. To answer your full question. We want full transparency. The latest question comes as the president is about to deliver his first state of the union speech. What is the state of the union . I think it is incredible. Youll hear that tomorrow night. We have an economy booming. So isis is on the run. Talking about providing a path to citizenship for thousands of immigrants. For many years, theyve been talking immigration. They never got anything done. Well get something done and we hope it is bipartisan. The republicans dont have the votes to get it done. It has to be bipartisan. The white house sources say the president hopes to deliver a unifying speech with a heavy focus patriotism and a healthy u. S. Economy. But they said they stepped on the message by all but forcing out Andrew Mccabe. The russia fever still in place. Thank you. In the middle of the turmoil, the deputy direct ors sudden departure. The House Intelligence Committee is meeting at this time. Lets bring in our correspondents. First to you. Whats the latest on this Intelligence Committee meeting . Right now theyre meeting behind closed doors with republicans and democrats on the house tense committee. The members going in are sort of in the dark. Sever of the members including republicans like trey gowdy who are helping with the russia investigation said they didnt know if there would be a vote tonight. If they did vote to release the memo, it would give five days to object to the release. And if they didnt, it would become a that be document. We do expect the there is a vote, would it probably be successful. Along party lines, the republicans would vote to give the president the opportunity to decide whether or not to object to the release. The Top Republican who is running the russia investigation did tell me that he did believe that probably there will be this vote tonight and he said there will be discussions happening between Justice Department and devin nunes. The chairman of the staff who drafted the memo. This after the fbi director came to capitol hill to review the memo after the jarlt itself said it would be reckless to release it without getting a chance to review the document. Now there is no word whether or not the review by wray satisfied the concerns for the Justice Department. Separately theyre trying to release the memo. They put it together based on their review of the classified intelligence. What schiff will put out today is for the committee to agree to allow the full house to access this memo at a classified setting. That, too, is expected to pass. Publics are saying that they will vote to allow it to be reviewed by the full house. Well see if it becomes public. This is all being discussed behind closed doors. Do we understand there is a meeting between the House Republicans and the department of justice . Thats the Inspector General of the department of justice. Michael horwitz who is conducting his own investigation into fbi conduct with the 2016 elections. I am told that he will meet behind closed doors with two separate committee whos are investigating their own investigation to fbi actions. The House Oversight committee, as well as the house judiciary committee. They plan to meet behind closed doors to get the update on his own investigation. And that is highly anticipated. It could be released in the coming weeks and they want to see if there is any intel to essentially given they will more ammunition for their investigation going forward. Stand by. Evan, the Inspector General at the department of justice. Were now hearing he may have played a role also in the sudden removal of Andrew Mccabe. I think what he is referring to helps explain what we are seeing today. They are expecting it will come out in march or april. Thats the guidance that they have given. I think that there is a certain number of factors that have come into this. But chris wray, the memo that he sent to employees within the last hour, hinted at the fact this ig, the Inspector General report was coming out and suggest that had might have played a role to lead. It appears there is a mix of being pushed and nudged out of fbi and mccabes own realization that perhaps he doesnt have to handle, to sit here and take thought abuse anymore. He could leave because he has time leave early. So coleave and chris wray certainly made it clear that it was time for him to go. Were standing by to see if the House Intelligence Committee releases the very secretive classified memo. The department of justice to the chairman says it would be extraordinarily reckless if they did so. Well see what happens. We now know they have convened. Well see what happens during the meeting. Everything indicates that will come out and thats part of what the fbi will do. They need to get out of the headlines to be able to do their work. Dont they have to scrub it first to make sure theres no classified information . Under normal circumstances, thats what is supposed to happen. Devin nunes has decided it is no longer the case. And they believe he there have been abuses so you have the Justice Department which works for donald trump in the middle here trying to figure out how they can navigate all of this. Thank you. Well get back to you. Joining us now, ted lue of california, a member of judiciary and foreign affairs. Thank you for joining us. What role do you believe President Trumps criticism, rather lively over many months, played in his departure . I think it had a significant role. The president has been repeatedly attacking those investigating him. Not only is it unseemly and wrong. It is demoralizing. Andrew mccabe who i interviewed behind closed doors, i believe he is a good man who gave his lifes work by the fbi and to have the president criticize him is enappropriate. Youve read the classified memo. The theyre voting to determine that it should be made public. Does it raise questions about Andrew Mccabes behavior . I cant discuss the contents of the memo but i can say it is worse than a nothing burger. It is like having nothing mustard. Factual inaccuracies, it is misleading. If theyre going on release the memo then they have to release the democratic memo. And that does what . The democratic memo would be a response to this highly partisan fourpage memo devin nunes and his staff wrote. So youre saying if the democratic memo is being release, they should be released simultaneously. Does that too have classified information . Both memos are classified. I urged that none of them be released. If theyre going to release one, they have to release the other. Or else it is just partisan talking points. What about the clinton email probe . Thats a sensitive issue. We anticipate some Sensitive Information. I know the republicans are trying on impeach Hillary Clintonful she is not the focus so i think we need to focus on who is the president. Im happy to review the Inspector Generals report when it is released. And i urge that Andrew Mccabe is called to testify. He is about to back private citizen. Today was his last day at the fbi. He resigned immediately. So presumably, he would be able to appear, right . Absolutely. And keep in medium you ever a number of fbi officials left or retired. And it that is a reason to have them come up and testify, they can speak their mind and let the American People what they saw. House republicans, on your committee, the house judiciary committee, will meet with the enspector general tomorrow. Is this simply a republican get together . I was not enviinvited. Keep in mime this is about Hillary Clinton. I think it is important to know whether the president conspired with the kremlin. Christopher wray did read the fourpage nunes memo over the weekend. They finally gave the fbi director access to it. Does that address at the Justice Departments concerns that it would be extremely reckless to release it without letting the department of justice and the fbi review it . I agree the Justice Department that it would be extremely reckless to release the memo. I think it is important fong there is reporting that the Justice Department does not want this released. The fbi director has read it. Keep in meenind, it is highly inappropriate to release it without the democratic response. Presumably they would both be released. The president of the United States has authorized to declassify whatever he wants. You know that, right . Yes. He could. If he wants the republican memo released, irrespective of the others, the president could overrule it and say release and it then it is released. Thats correct. The president can declassify. You have seen in the past the president has given up top secret information when talking to foreign nationals. He that power. On a separate issue, is the Trump Administration complying with the law that you passed overwhelmingly last year in the house and the senate. The president reluctantly scene the it. If he vetoed it, it would be vetoed. Thopefully by midnight, they will start implementing it but theres no reason for the president of the United States to thumb his nose at it. 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Now you have these calls from both democrats and republicans on capitol hill saying Congress Need pass legislation to protect him. To put some safeguards on the books. There have been renewed calls in recent days to revive two pieces of legislation that were first proposed over the summer that would call for review if the special counsel is fired. Among Republican Leaders theres simply little appetite. Even Lindsey Graham said over the weekend that although he thinks it is needed, he doesnt think it is needed right now. It is something that even republicans are discussing. I think mr. Mueller is the perfect guy to get to the bottom of all this. Give them space to do it. I intend to do that. It probably wouldnt hurt to pass one of those bills. I dont think theres a need to protect mueller. Right now theres not an issue. Why create one when there the isnt a place for it . I would encourage my republican friends, give him a chance to do his job. And you heard from one of the members, essentially pouring cold water on the fact this legislation might have any true traction on the hill right now. That said, some democrats will try to force this issue. Senator schumer, minority leader, their office tells me that he will try to add protections for mueller in the ongoing budget negotiations going on right now. Of course, these negotiations in and of themselves are not uncomplicated so well see how forceful democrats to try to force the issue. All right. Thank you. Coming up, were learning the behind the scenes details about todays sudden and surprising departure of Andrew Mccabe. A top fbi official who has repeatedly been a target of trumps criticism. Whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over. 200 sites to find you the. Hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazi, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Oh theres one. A the sea cow manatees in novelty ts . Surprising. Whats come at me bro . 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