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Having tremendous credibility and power by a man who spoke directly to the american people and broke the republican/democratic standards of decades and said someone who is almost an independent can win the white house toss someone who is transitioning believe it or not to be a laughing stock. you think anybody in the white house took this seriously? of course it's a threat. the question is whether the president has the credibility to back it it up, and the answer is no. he doesn't. >> why do you say that? >> because people in the investigation are three or four levels below the director of the...

Of the fbi. >> there was no evidence that came -- that roses to that level at that time that found its way into the intelligence community assessment which we had pretty high confidence in. that's not to say there wasn't evidence, but not that met that threshold. >> reporter: and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, he recommended james comey's firing. he's expected to brief senators on the matter next week, someone unlikely to be on the hill next week, james comey who a source tells me is unlikely to testify despite and invitation from senators in the intelligence community to do so. i...

Today the president flatly denying there was any request for a loyalty oath. >> reporter: did you ask that question? >> no, no, i didn't, but i don't think it would be a bad question to ask. i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. i mean, you know, it depends on how you define loyalty. number one. number two, i don't know how that got there because i didn't ask that question. >> reporter: but the source close toss comey says trump did ask for loyalty and instead comey pledged honesty. after details of the dinner surfaced, president trump tweeted ominously jam...

Press briefings? we want to welcome our viewers from the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight, president trump escalating a spike with fbi director he fired just days ago, appearing in a tweet to threaten james comey. the president insinuated he has recordings of his conversations with comey and when asked about it later, mr. trump said, i'm quoting him now, that i can't talk about. in the same tweet storm, the president defended the conflicting accounts of comey's firing, given by the white...

Intelligence investigations because they are criminal investigations involving u.s. persons that u.s. intelligence agencies shouldn't be involved in. that should be made clear. the person with the most broadest comprehensive view with the intelligence and in the vin gaest ga investigation and the fbi and the occupant of that seat no longer has his job. >> tonight the nation's former top spy says that he has never ruled out evidence of collusion between trump associates and russia during the campaign. directly contradicting president trump who tweeted just hours earlier, when james clapper hims...