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The first time as president. you can see air force i taking off right there. that's video from a few moments ago. hanging over his head is the investigation into russia's involvement in last year's electio election, questions about his potential interference in the election and his firing of fbi director james comey as well as his advisement about the investigation of michael flynn. i'm here with the secretary of defense and also the senior adviser to europe. evelyn, let's start with you. it's quite a bit of turmoil to be hanging over the president's head as he embarks on a pretty important tr...

I expressed -- and this is where the chairman and i just disagree in terms of the needs for this narrowly tailored independent council. i expressed that concern to mr. rosenstein. he took it under advisement. >> joining us matt miller an msnbc contributor. also joining us paul butler, a law professor at georgetown university and a former federal prosecutor. matt, you know how these meetings get scheduled. i have to say, i was quite struck to see this kind of meeting occurring in the middle of a hearing in which both of the leaders of that committee had to get up and leave this very important h...

Narrowly tailored independent council. i expressed that concern to mr. rosenstein. he took it under advisement. >> joining us matt miller an msnbc contributor. also joining us paul butler, a law professor at georgetown university and a former federal prosecutor. matt, you know how these meetings get scheduled. i have to say, i was quite struck to see this kind of meeting occurring in the middle of a hearing in which both of the leaders of that committee had to get up and leave this very important hearing. it seems to put it mildly, peculiar. >> yeah. it's very peculiar, especially because i th...

I was very disappointed. i still find the timing of mr. comey's dismissal, with sally yates testimony on tuesday and jim comey was supposed to be in that hearing today. very troubling to me. it's one i expressed to mr. rosenstein. >> what do you mean that he took it under advisement, special counsel? i think he listened. i felt this is an individual that listened carefully and i think he's -- he -- >> on the worldwide threat report, mr. coats described a rising threat from russia, their cyber power seems to be able to mess up elections worldwide. what's your reaction to that? >> i think that's...

To some response there from senator richard burr and senator mark warner. they just met with the deputy attorney general. let's go back and we can listen again. >> we wanted to make sure we had a way forward that both the vice chair and i understood and felt comfortable with. >> let me add to that. i voted for this individual. he comes with a solid record. i was very disappointed. i still find the timing of mr. comey's dismissal with sally yates' testimony on tuesday and the fact that jim comey was supposed to be in that hearing today very troubling to me. i want to express that. >> reporter: ...