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Here you have attorney general jeff sessions will be part of, we understand that interview process taking place today at the department of justice. the very person who had to recuse himself from investigations as it relates to russia and the white house. so how is it that jeff sessions can be part of interviewing any of these four people we understand who may potentially be up for the director position. >> look, there's been pointed questions raised even more about attorney general sessions involvement in the decision to dismiss director comey because that seems to more directly infringe on hi...

Going on. >> we got to leave the conversation there but there's more to discuss as we are trying to put the pieces together. shimon and julia thank you both. reminder we are monitoring what's happening outside the deputy of justice. six people have been interviewed today for this fbi director position, we are told a seventh person is likely to be walking in and out as well. you're looking at the six that we know about, senator john cornyn, andrew mckaib, alex fisher, judge garcia and adam lee, senator hudson. senator trump has said he's basically the first person as when he was in the first ...

Conversation. chris, i'm going to start with you. you served under william sessions when he was fired 25 years ago, only other fbi director who was fired and that's the only other time in u.s. history, by the way, that the director of the fbi. what does it take to fire, to have a director fired? >> yeah, i always thought that ten-year term was a little bit stronger and i thought that congress intended to take politics out of the fbi director position, but my sense is you have to have cause. i really don't think it's an at-will position. i think you have to have pretty solid cause to fire an fb...

Chris swecker, former fbi assistant director for the criminal investigative division and former fbi agent, stuart kaplan. also cnn counterterrorism analyst philip mudd. gentlemen, good evening. i can't wait for this conversation. chris, i'm going to start with you. you served under william sessions when he was fired 25 years ago, only other fbi director who was fired and that's the only other time in u.s. history, by the way, that the president has fired the director of the fbi. what does it take to fire, to have a director fired? >> yeah, i always thought that ten-year term was a little bit s...

As a democrat got approximately $700,000 from terry mcall if, very closely aligned with the clintons, there were concerns raised about -- >> 700 grand? >> i think that's the approximate number. there were concerns raised about andy's involvement with the clinton investigation. and apart from whether there was an ethical violation or certainly a legal violation, i think that's being examined by the inspector general. but there is a perception issue. and to me, despite andy's great capability, to me that's disabli disabling for andy to be considered for the director position. certainly a capable...