Who do youns trust in these russian investigations . Start dialing in so we can get your thoughts on this. Who do you trust . Withdent trump sat down lester holt yesterday and he had this to say about any investigation into russian ties to the Trump Campaign. Let me ask you about the termination letter. I greatly appreciate you informing me. He told me that. Mr. Holt he told you that . Was it in a phone call . President trump i had a dinner with him. Holt President Trump we had a very nice dinner. At that time, he told me that you are not under investigation. Which i knew anyway. When you are under investigation, you are given all sorts of documents. I heard it was stated at the committee at a Committee Level that i was not. And then during the phone call, he said it and in another phone call. He said it once a dinner in twice during phone calls. Did you call him . Andn one case i called him in the other case he called me. Wouldd if it was possible you let me know if i am under investigation. And he said you are not under investigation. He has given sworn testimony that there is an investigation into the Trump Campaign and possible collusion with the russian government. You are the center of the Trump Campaign. I know that i personally and not under investigation. Host President Trump in his interview there with lester holt. We are asking you as called increase on capitol hill from democrats to have some sort of independentsel investigation outside of the work being done by the senate and house Intelligence Committees, the Judiciary Committee as well as the fbi. Who do you trust in this . Josh meyer is on the phone from politico. Let us walk through the current investigations happening now. Beginning with the house side. Good morning. There are several investigations going on and all of them have challenges to put it mildly. On the house side, the investigation has been gearing up in recent months. The Senate Intelligence committee is also doing an investigation as well as the f dei. All three have some interface with each other but all is the fbi. The two congressional panels will also be calling witnesses. Host why do you say there are challenges . You have some serious andrtisan splits and rancor some of the republicans have been quite vocal about saying that they think the focus of the investigation should be on who is leaking information about the investigation and not the investigations themselves. Some democrats have been quite strident and that they believe it is a serious threat to democracy. Chuck schumer has been saying that for quite some time. And that we really need to find out if russia meddled in the election and whether the Trump Campaign and later, Trump Associates in the administration were somehow colluding with russia to do that. Host what is going on with the house Intelligence Committee . Chairman. The where are they in their efforts . They claim they are back on track. Remains to be seen if they are. I think things are moving along and witnesses are being scheduled and there is going to be some hearings but again, a lot is driven by what the fbi is finding. They are griping they are gathering the evidence. Hillcase like this, the can call people into testify but it really is the fbi that is doing the investigation. Jeffrey eisenach and on the senate side host over on the senate side, they appeared together at the microphone. To have ad they want bipartisan effort here however, senator warner in the last few days has changed his tune a bit. Trying to the were portray themselves as the adults in the room saying do not trust the House Committee or you cannot trust a House Committee and the nunez thing was a fiasco. Was he a transition official for the Trump Campaign administration and was he just trying to provide cover for the president and his administration doing that he could not run the investigation . The senate side has had some hiccups. Has been vocal about saying he was troubled by the firing of the director of the fbi. It remains to be seen at the republicans are troubled enough to do something about it like perhaps support a special prosecutor or independent prosecutor or if they are just saying we are concerned and move along. The Senate Committee is trying to get back on track but they have had some rocky couple of weeks. , seniorsh meyer Investigative Reporter with politico. Thank you for letting it all out on the table. Let us get to all of you. Raymond in new york. A democrat, you are up first. Good morning to you. Who do you trust in these russian investigations . Isler this investigation like, really crazy. I trusted comey. He was a good man. Through everything thoroughly. His timing may have been a little bit off but donald trump, i do not trust. He is trying to make america into russia. He is trying to mess with the judicial. He is trying to mess around with congress. He is doing all of these subversive things that have never happened i am 61 years orce. Nd i am exair f and i cannot support him as commander in chief. , with james comey gone from the fbi, do you think it should stay in the hands of that agency . The fbi are i think dedicated people like all of the people in the military. We know our jobs and we know what we had to do. If we lose one commander, then we trust that the next commander will stand up and do the right thing by his soldiers. Host the next commander in the fbi is the acting director Andrew Mccabe who was on capitol hill yesterday testifying before the Senate Intelligence committee. Here is what he had to say about the fbis investigation into russian interference. Andrew mccabe yesterday, the White House Press spokesperson said this was one of the smallest things on the plate of the fbi. Is that an accurate statement . Andrew mccabe we consider it to be a highly significant and then sedation. Investigation. Host that statement right there from Andrew Mccabe, acting director or for the fbi contradicts what the white house said earlier in the week. We are asking all of you this morning who do you trust with this investigation . Let us go to don in virginia. What do you think . Is a waste ofk it money if they bring in a private. It was a witchhunt with hillary. The democrats were mad because it would cost all of this money when that was a real focus. She sold uranium to the russians and then pocketed, in her foundation. She did not close down her foundation as secretary of state. She did not even know how to run her computer. What kind of secretary does not know how to use a computer . Host getting back to your earlier point, do you think this is all a waste of taxpayer money . This is just a political witch hunt . At how many committees are already investigating this. Sure the cia i am and the committees in congress. How many people have got to investigate this . Even comey said this. Won, comey would not even have been in there the day after the election. They are all worried about President Trump firing him when he should have been gone back when he cleared hillary in all of that mess. She created that. Host what do you mean the former director said that there is no there, there are code caller he said there was no collusion. Of the was in front committee, two or three times. He could not find anything wrong with Trumps Administration with trumps in ministration. What happened with general flynn obama put him in there. And grant him through an investigation to see if he was able to lead and make sure his clarence was right. And they even said his clearance was good. And yet mr. Trump figured he must be a good guy and he had been for years and years. Look how many years general flynn had been there. Here on you know, it cspan, we have covered these hearings with director comey including his most recent appearances and those before talking about this issue and answering questions from members of congress about, as much as he can about these investigations. I urge you to go back or if you have missed it, go back for yourself to cspan. Org and listen to the director in his own words. In his most recent testimony before the hill. Usa todays board right host stephen in st. Louis, missouri, you are on independent. Tell us what you think. Caller t well for taking my for takingnk you, my call. I have been through this. I am 69. I know how long this stuff takes. This will drag out for years. Number two, i cannot remember when our nation is aching for the truth. Conversationic of among everyone i am with. I dont care if i met a party or getting a beer with my buddies. Everyone is talking about this. We the people seek the truth so badly on this issue. Host how do we get it . Who delivers this truth . Caller i do not have a lot of confidence right now in the reviewf representatives that is going on. I just think there have been some problems. I do have more trust in the senate. I respect both of those gentlemen. I do trust the fbi and let me tell you why. Host we are listening. Tell us why. Caller ok. I trust the fbi because we are think thate, if you these fbi agents, especially with the fbi having some problems now and people questioning credibility, which i do not. I was a staunch supporter of comey. I think he is a man of integrity. Did he do some questionable things . Yes, i guess you could argue both sides of that. But i will see i will say this. Let the fbi do their job. There is no trump or congress that will buy off the fbi. I will tell you why. It will come out through leaks. If you think these fbi agents are going to risk the hard work that they are doing and let this all get shoved under the carpet, no, it will come out in volumes if there is anything going on. I want to make one other point that has been curious. Something that maybe people can chew around with. There has been all kinds of leaks, there have been comments in the papers about all of trumps associates including roger stone and others. And there has been little pieces that you can to on and say why did he say this or why did men fort have all of this money. I have yet to hear any leaks about from himself. Anything ato see the New York Times or Washington Post where they have been able to say trump was at a meeting in october last year and he was meeting with a guy. That puzzles me a little bit. I am not trying to defend trump on this. I am saying that everything ares to go by i say we breeding associates with donald trump who are trying to make a buck. That is serious to me. That is my comment. Host before you go, given what you just said, how do you feel to president has reacted possibly people around him behaving in a greedy way . Caller not very well. I do not think he thinks things through. I think he is spontaneous. I want to believe him. I want to believe. I will be honest with you that i want to believe the president of the United States is ethical. I do. I think all of america really wants to believe that. Are there doubts among us . Yes, there are doubts. Host stephen, he says he believes it should stay in the hands of the fbi while democrats want a special counsel. Democrats could get what they want from the firing of comey. Say that if the president wants a new fbi director then agreed to a new head investigator into russia. Including john mccain and bob corker of tennessee. We will see what happens next. We want you to weigh in and tell washington what you think of this. Who do you trust . Who should be leading any sort of investigation . Pop from salem, oregon. You are next. Share your thoughts. Remindsthis presidency me of purchasing a brandnew car and all it does is break when you take it off the lot. Hypothetically, you are the president of a bank and you are embezzling funds. Fire him so he cannot open his mouth and turn you in. The only other point i have is that hillary won by 3 million votes and lost. Wow, unbelievable. I do not think i will purchase a new car again. Host hello, paul. Forer let me just say that the past several months, i have probably watched more cspan than i have in the past few years. I merely, because the networks are having so much biased commentary. I really enjoyed what you all do. Lthough, washington journal tends to be on the biased side. Let me say this. The president needs to employ a as soon asector possible. There is no way that the acting director can be objective in giving and unbiased approach to the investigation. I merely because his wife is tied so tightly to the dnc and connection to her election efforts. That has to bleed over on him. Without got to be done further delay. Had he been working under hoover, he would have been fired. The ussr anymore. This is the Russian Federation and it is engaged in a form of cannibalism, not marxist theory anymore. ,hen they made this conversion many Business People went over there and work with russian to proceed to switch them around to more of a capitalist type society and economy. Clintons wentd over there because they saw an opportunity to make money. They are trying to tie that Economic Federation work into some kind of political conspiracy with regard to matters in this United States. I totally disagree. I do not believe the special prosecutor is necessary. Fbi can do a great job. Just get the political, fbi supervisors out of this area. Were youterday, watching Andrew Mccabe when he testified on capitol hill . Caller yes, i did. Host what did you think when he said that the former director, james comey, enjoyed broad support within the agency . Caller i disagree with that statement completely. And i have spoken to fbi supervisors who have retired as well as fbi agents because of my role in Law Enforcement pursue isy years that in fact, that an incorrect statement. Host paul, you were referring to Angela Mccabes wife. Let me read a story on cnn about that. They quote senator senate Judiciary CommitteeChuck Grassley of iowa saying he has concerns with the fbi Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe coming acting director in the wake of comeys termination. He has troubles because Terry Mcauliffe helping his wife. I do not think he is a person that should be taking over. Democraticcabe was a candidate for Virginia State senator in 2015. She was defeated. Assumed thee position of acting director on tuesday by statute after mr. Comey was fired by letter earlier in the evening. One newspaper is reporting this morning that when Andrew Mccabes wife entered politics, he consulted with ethics lawyers at the fbi, notified them of her intentions and was allowed to stay on with current investigations he was doing at the time. What do you think . Who do you trust in these russian investigations . Fromwas paul, republican, jasper oregon. Saying we should stay with the fbi while democrats are saying we should have an independent investigation, a special prosecution. What do you think . Caller first, i want to tell you straight i have been supporting donald trump from day one. But the last couple of days, the an is ad comey is disappointment to me. I know the russian fiasco may have something to do with the business relationships with the clintons. The United States has been strong because its foundation is strong. Is this how the American Democratic system should work . No, it is politicized. The agendas are now on the back burner. We do not talk about the economy anymore. If there was anything you legally done, let him finish his job. Why do we need another independent investigator . We cannot find anyone. The sad thing is that all of us are feeling. God for bid anything worse happens to our country. Why do we need democracy . If there is no free media or independent review. That is why i am very disappointed. Host where are you from originally . Caller ethiopia. We have never seen democracy in our country. I have seen many president s. If you tell me this is the one party system for china, i would believe it. Our infrastructure is falling apart. Ride the normal train in new york city. If you tell me now that russia is manipulating this, i would never buy that. I am going to leave it there. Let us listen to the president in the sitdown with lester holt on why he fired james comey. He is a showboat. A grand standard. The fbi has been in turmoil. You take a look at the fbi a year ago it was in virtual turmoil. Left than a year ago and it has not recovered. With rod, you met rosenstein. Did you ask for a recommendation . I was going to fire comey. My decision. I was going to fire him. There is no good time to do it, either way. In your letter you said i accepted their recommendation. You had already made your decision. Recommendation. He is highly respected. A very smart guy. The democrats and republicans like him. He made a recommendation. But regardless, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. Host that was the president yesterday in the interview with lester holt. The official versions of events unraveling. It says in the New York Times that earlier the white house had said that President Trump had acted only after Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein had come to him and recommended that mr. Comey be dismissed because of his hand like of last years investigation into Hillary Clintons female. In the letter terminating mr. Comey, mr. T