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Comey, he can do that. If he wants to interview the president himself, he can, he can ask for the president s tax returns. Details on all of it on the Program Starting with chief National Security correspondent jim sciuto. What exactly does this mean . Hes in charge now . This is the fbi investigation were talking about . In one fell swoop, the Deputy Attorney generation has removed politics from the russia investigation, at least from the attorney Generals Office, the enormous concern had been, first of all on the hill, politics getting in the way, partisanship, but from the Justice Departmen...

Investigation and that's one reason why there was a lot of interest in seeing a special counsel appointed. >> you know robert mueller, what do you make of his appointment? >> boy, on a personal and professional level, this is profound for me, i had an office, director mueller was down the hall, i must have been involved in 1,000, 2,000 the decisions, for every american who feels turbulence, they can sleep tonight. 30 years around public service, i never saw anything like him, for any american who looks for integrity judgment, i saw him do personnel, political investigations that involved corru...

Hill mudd. how important is this? >> it's enormously important, but it's also i think a rare moment of unanimity and relief. because there is literally no more well respected law enforcement in the united states, when you look at his experience, 12 years as fbi director, head of the criminal division, u.s. attorney in boston, u.s. attorney in san francisco, appointed mostly by republicans, but occasionally by democrats, someone who has a reputation for integrity, for intelligence, for fairness. this is someone that both sides can trust. however it does mean that this is going to be a very seri...

Comey about the notes he was taking about president trump, we may not hear about that unless he is willing to testify and come forward? >> i do think he should testify, but i think congress is going to blow this. gloria pointed this out, people are not focusing on the criti l criticality, on what director mueller will do, did somebody commit a crime that merits indictment by the department of justice. the congress should be looking forwards, how do we protect the next elections, how do we talk about russia's cyber intrusions, in implicated moscow in the previous election and how to protect our...

Direct for and respected lawyer robert mueller as a special counsel is a positive development and will provides some certainty for the american people. will engage with director mueller and that he will engage with the committee as well. >> after last night when the president had told direct for comey, couldn't he give michael fl flynn a break in the investigation. many american people will want to know if that in fact happened. and the only way they will know if that in fact happened, unless it is so egregious and it was obstruction of justice and there's criminality there, the only way they ...