Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170511:19:01:00
Turmoil. less than a year ago, it hasn't recovered from that. >> monday, you met with the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is, i was going to fire comey, my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before -- >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. >> because in your letter, you said, i accepted their recommendation. >> yeah, well -- >> you had already made the decision? >> oh, i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. he made a recommendation, he's highly respected. very go...