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His reasoning, he said that the investigation into russian meddling was on his mind. You think this is obstruction . Is difficulty of this can you prove obstruction based words president s own when we do not know if we can even believe this president. There are some who are close to comey who have a different take on that dinner conversation. I am not sure you can prove the case based on this, but if there are tapes, that would be the best evidence of what took place. Congress should get them. If congress if they are not willing to supply them willingly, then congress should subpoena them. The president should come clean about it. We should remind people that the president can fire the fbi director for whatever reason he wants. Would you join with the chairman of the committee to subpoena those tapes . I would. If those tapes exist, and they are not willing to provide them with an late, then i would absolutely ask to subpoena them. I think it is time for the president to speak about what happened at that dinner. If there are any tapes, they should be turned over. I doubt there are any tapes, that we need to clear the air there. But we need to clear the air there. You think it is the right director whoan fbi was lyrically elected i think it is now time to pick someone from within the ranks who has no political background at all who can go into the job on day one. Who does the fbi director work for . The president appoints a judge, but the judge is loyal to the law. The president appoints the fbi director, but the fbi director has to be loyal to the law. Under normal circumstances, he would be a great choice for fbi director, but these are not normal circumstances. The president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. I think he did his staff a disservice by changing the explanation, so i would encourage the president to pick someone that we can all rally around including someone who works in the fbi. On the subject of u. S. Foreign policy, secretary of state Rex Tillerson spoke about relations with russia on meet the press. Nikki haley previewed president as well. Verseas trip i do not understand why this is not a top issue for you to deal with with them . Work with them until we have a clean slate. At think it is important to understand that we are not trying to start with a clean slate. I think terms like having a reset are overused. Andcannot reset the past, you cannot start with a clean slate. So, we are starting with the slate that we have. That includes all the problems on that slate. We do not dismiss any of them, and we do not give any one a free pass on them. They are part of the discussion we are having with the russians. There are a large number of issues we have to address to put that relationship back together, if that is indeed ans if that is indeed possible. Is making in its ordinary trip. Arabia and to saudi others. His message is going to be about unity. He will show what American Leadership looks like. He is going to talk to them about where we can work together. Right now, the president understands that we have to get unity across the world. We have to make sure we are doing everything we can to unify everyone against isis. We have already started to be strong in our fight against them around the world. This is his way of solidifying our relationship with saudi arabia and with israel. With you talk about Oil Purchases he talk about Oil Purchases . I would not say anything is off the table, but that is not the reason why he is going. Tomorrow, we will see a preview of the president s trip to the middle east and europe. Coverage on on live cspan and cspan2. We need Health Officials who are competent, who are problem solvers, who are lifelong learners, team leaders, consensus builders, and who can share power constructively and gratefully. I would just hope that you understand what this responsibility means. That it means reaching out. It means caring about more than yourself. It means asking about we rather than me. Have the fortitude to do the right thing and not the easy thing. Do not be somebodys lapdog or sycophant. Have the courage to speak the truth even if it is unpopular. I want to talk to you about being open to the unexpected. About making room or the improbable and the unlikely. Past commencement speeches from the cspan video library. You can join us for this years commencement speeches as we hear from politicians, business leaders, and members of the white house. That will be starting on saturday, may 20, on saturday, may 27, and on memorial day. You can find that on www. Cspan. Org. Now, a look at the impact had latenight comedy has on the at administration of President Trump should this was a feature from washington journal. Think you very much for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Im happy to be here. Host lets start with your comedybout latenight and the effect with donald trump. Can you explain . Guest i never in my life had seen two sides so far apart in this country