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Real ammunition he needed to pull the trigger on this thing. >> martha: thank you very much. i want to bring in catherine herridge who is standing by with some new reporting on all of this. chief intelligence correspondent during this now. >> i've spoken to nearly half a dozen former fbi officials who told me that people at the bureau and headquarters here in washington were essentially blindsided by this decision and there was nothing this afternoon that was being telegraphed within the fbi that the fbi director was going to be fired up by this president, and the emphasized to me that if dire...

Commentators question the legitimacy of his victory. >> i didn't take that comment at all like that. i felt like he was saying the idea because he felt so strongly that the fbi should not have any influence and he knew that there has been so many roller coaster moves that made people feel that way that that was what made him nauseous. i don't think he was suggesting the trump presidency made him feel that way in. >> i don't think he was either. i think instead of saying i don't think i had in the impact, i just wonder if has long history of he had just laid out from the white house. this goes ...

People look at rod rosenstein or whoever else is involved in this and their explanation of what they go forward with, let the chips fall where they are but will they have confidence at the right thing was done? we don't know that today. the pressures on a lot of people and rod rosenstein, acting director of the fbi and whoever the president chooses to be the permanent director, lots of pressure in all three of those individuals. >> martha: as he said, made a very difficult choice today, one that he's going to have to explain as you say in a lot of detail. so thank you. stand by. going to bring...

Thompson, former attorney general, alberto gonzales, former attorney general eric holder, former clinton justice official about how he had violated these fundamental rules and of course, rosenstein did his review, did his due diligence, presented the president and the president acted. for chuck schumer to have opposed and said i have no confidence in october and comey and today be trying to find some deep dark cover-up, i thought that was a smear and a libel that was unbelievable. >> martha: but that's exactly what the charges going to be from the left. they're going to say why now? we just lo...

Discussion and pressure that that's why the president fired him. >> i don't know what jim comey has told him but from press reports, the deputy director who i hope it does not the acting director apparently according to news reports i guess their true. i've never heard otherwise. the deputy director told the chief of staff at the white house month and months ago "this whole thing about russia is a bunch of b.s.." what's going on here? i don't know. it defies logic. >> martha: chuck schumer, senator schumer now in front of the microphone paired let's listen. >> firing director comey. i told the...