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Of witch hunt, you would say it's money wasted. >> the president, unprompted, in speaking with reporters after his call to the troops, brought up james comey. listen to this. >> everybody hated comey. they thought he did a horrible job. the democrats hated him. they were calling for his resignation. they were calling for his firing, including schumer. including nancy pelosi. until i fired him. and once i fired him, everybody said, oh, why did you fire him, why did you fire him. >> he's trying to prove a larger point but i wonder what it means, if it means anything, that the president, unprompt...

It, renovated by -- renovated or brand-new by election time. he said that today. did he just make clear what this is really about, his reelection? >> you know, sometimes he, you know, blunders by actually telling people what he really thinks, which is insightful and frustrating. but i think the biggest problem is, is that he doesn't really level with the american people about the complexity of the problem. he does see this as a political issue. we know that he was close to a deal with the democrats and with the republicans last week in congress. and instead, what he got was, you know, hassled ...

Some say comey cost hillary clinton the presidency by revealing that the fbi was reviewing additional e-mails. in the abc interview comey says he thinks his belief that clinton would win the collection was a factor in his speaking out then. >> i don't remember consciously thinking about that but it mouf be must have bun. i'm sure that it was a factor. i don't remember spelling it out but it had to have been, that she going to be elected president. if i hide this from the american people she'll be illegitimate the moment it comes out. there if you knew it would elect donald trump you would stil...

Even if there is nothing to hide. it gives off the appearance it is. once again with comey in the middle of all of this, we have a moment. this is going to side line nominations and herring. the decision he made impulsively will echo for a year and maybe forever. >> you aided the cia director and his transition during the transition period and the election. i wonder fits unnerving to the people you know in the current, serving in current national security capacity to watch what appears from the outside like very unsteady leadership from the oval office? >> well, i think what concerns the natio...

Gets installed there will be a trump appointee, will have no one left, comey is so steeped in the investigation. >> sanders was asked in her briefing today who would be in charge of running the investigation now. we have her answer. we don't have it, but what she says, that would fall to rod rosen ste rosen steen. >> this isn't about democrats and republicans. obviously the stakes are different. look what james comey has done since the election. he announced a russian inquiry into whether a foreign adversary colluded with associates of donald trump to tip the campaign, tip the collectielect. f...