Cnn senior analyst jeffrey toobin is here with us, and cnn political correspondent dana bash. listen, i realize some of this is politics and some of this about the investigation and the white house. on ther speech hearing her say no doubt this is a coverp, the firing of james comey, what do you think about that? it s a big statement, but when it comes from elizabeth warn, is the ultimate, frankly, icon of bernie sanders on the left when it comes to elected officials, it s going to be viewed through a political prism underably so. having said that, i know from talking to republicans this will probably surprise some republican out there, but talking oo some republicans who were on the judiciary committee who say that she actually is pretty down the middle visa vi the way she approaches the
Politicized from the previous administration whereby a highly politicized department of justice written loretta lynch actually sat on a tarmac in a private meeting with the former president billclipten why his wife was running for the president of the united states while she was under investigation for the e-mail server. but candidate trump agreed was agregious and was the reason why he fired comey but then president trump praised. how do you phrase that? he made a adjustment call. i think the reason a lot of people s hire is on fire today is because there s been this nonstop rampage about alleged dulution between hillary clinton losing the election because of russia. there is zero evidence, and so once again i think there s a string to try and make this look like this has something to do with trump being afraid of the
Secretary is revealing more of rosenstein s reasoning that led president trump to act. it has to do with the comey s unprecedented news conference when he announced he would not be charging hillary clinton in an investigation of her e-mails. list now to sarah huckabee sanders. he s questioned director comey s reason for needing to stay at the fbi. he s had countless conversations with members within the fbi. i think one of the big catalysts we saw was last week on wednesday. director comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had, essentially, taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the department of justice by going around the chain of command when he decided to take steps without talking to the attorney general or the deputy attorney general when holding a press conference and telling them he would not let them know what he was going to say. and that is simply not allowed.
Personally, but if she gets a sizable vote, it raises more tremors here on the idea that the old idea of the european project, the idea of trading, looking outward rather than inwards, can be it s in danger because of hard right opposition from those who claim nationalism. now, without linking le pen to trump specifically, donald trump has expressed admiration for her. and on top of this, it appears that we ve got russian interference in the french election as we may have had russian interference in the u.s. elections. so, it s that combination of hard politics, influence operations with genuine worries about the economy and the future of europe and france that are the backdrop to this election. it is important to see how this plays out. just an editorial note, though. at this point, french officials not pointing the finger directly at any specific power, though there have certainly, scott, been many parallels drawn, many people looking at what happened in the u.s. with the hacking
From long time clinton aid on the computer of her then husband former congressman anthony weiner. it was that discovery that lead him to write his 11th hour letter to congress. thank you. susan rice declining to testify at a senate committee hearing. they tell cnn that rice s first thought was bipartisan. then she heard from the ranking democrat on the panel that he had not signed off on the letter sent by republican chairman lindsey graham so she decided not to testify. the source says rice considered the invitation in an attempt to divert attention from russian election hacking. at one point president trump alleged rice broke the law by requesting the normally routine unmasking of americans involved in a hacking investigation. president trump vowing to broker peace in the middle east
Leland: make sure you stay tuned right after our show. house speaker paul house speaker paul ranked fifth on an exclusive interview to talk health care. what is then, without of the bill in the budget. in another exclusive one-on-one, chairman david núñez on that hacking investigation and the wiretap investigations all starts at 2:00 eastern, about 42 minutes from now. elizabeth: this fox news alert we told you about earlier in the show. army soldier shot and you did in and helmand province. the latest on the suspected shooter. what can you tell us? reporter: hi, elizabeth. we understand the afghan army who fired at this u.s. soldiers. the soldier was killed by coalition troops nearby. we understand the soldiers are now receiving medical care.
Is not inside trump tower but outside but registered to trump no evidence of any criminal activity that would warrant any kind of prosecution of anybodyki in the trump team. that was a very short-lived investigation.n. there were also a separate fisat an overall fisa i don t have as much information on much information on that. that was a general fisa that covered a whole hacking investigation. whether or not there were people connected to that, we don t really know. we know that the warrant to look into trump server found nothing criminal in that investigation. sean: wasn t one fisa and one not? exactly, the server was not a fisa, it was a regular warrant, the fbi had a traditional investigation when they went into that server. it was very short-lived. they didn t spend a lot of time in the server, they went in there, didn t find anything.
Our sources is that the investigation into trump server is not inside trump tower but outside up at register two trump no evidence of any criminal activity that would warrant any kind of prosecution of anybody in the trump team. that was a very short-lived investigation. there were also a separate fisa, an overall size of the don t have as much information on tha that. that was a general fisa that covered a whole hacking investigation. whether or not there were people connected to that, we don t really know. we know that the warrant to look into trump server found nothing criminal in that investigation. sean: wasn t one fisa and want to not? exactly, the server was not a fisa, it was a regular warrant, the fbi had a traditional investigation when they went into that server. it was very short-lived. they didn t spend a lot of time in the server, they went in
Members shot off about an appointed, not an elected president. ultimately, we all have to make this presidency a success. it is now the law we live under. john s a good man. i think in time he will change his position to find ways to work with this president. but i can understand his grief and his pain. he fully expected hillary clinton to win. he, like many people, thinks, well, donald trump couldn t possibly win. i m a native of ohio, but i m a californian. in california where more than 4 million more people voted for hillary than voted for donald. it s hard to understand how he won. but when i go back to cleveland and i look at the people who voted for him so he carried ohio and michigan and wisconsin, i do understand it. i would hope in time that he does. so we have a situation now just turning now to both the russian hacking investigation, but also the fire that the fbi director is coming under.
Obama care through trying to get all the democrats on board back at the beginning of the obama in the beginning of the obama years was when americans have a benefit, it is going to be very hard to take it away from them. coming up, a programming note. be sure to join us tonight for history made. the legacy of michelle obama. it s a cnn special report chronicling the first lady s journey from chicago. up next, today handling russia. i m going to speak with two members of congress, a republican and a democrat, who are briefed today by intelligence official on russian meddling in the election, and i ll ask what they are told about that hacking investigation. and about the srussian allegations against president-elect trump first reported by cnn. stay with us.