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Staff, non-partisan. what do you think the impact is going to be? this calls for your opinion -- inside the department where you worked? >> well, i can tell you right now they're shocked. i've talked to former colleagues both inside and outside the justice department tonight, and they are shocked at what happened. there is no one at the justice department who has lived through anything like this before. the last time this happens was in the '70s obviously. there's no one there today that was there for that. so i think what you're going to see is the career staff will be encouraged to double do...

Weeks is how does the justice department respond? how does the fbi respond? i'm not talking about jeff sessions. i'm not talking about rod rosen stein. how do the career prosecutors and line agents respond to what has happened tonight? that's going to be a really telling thing to watch. >> yeah, along with our conversations yesterday during our coverage, there's really two ways of looking at all these departments. there are had appointees at the top. top slot, the next two or three down. and then as you mentioned the friends you left behind at the justice department, the people who are there f...

Investigation into possible collusion with the russian government does. and so tonight you have seen that fundamental principle really trampled upon by the white house. and i think it's extremely concerning. i think what we are going to have to watch over the coming weeks is how does the justice department respond? how does the fbi respond? i'm not talking about jeff sessions. i'm not talking about rod rosen stein. how do the career prosecutors and line agents respond to what has happened tonight? that's going to be a really telling thing to watch. >> yeah, along with our conversations yesterd...

Russian government. we certainly seem to be getting closer to that moment. >> matthew, you worked with sally yates. tell us about her. >> i think what people saw yesterday was what we saw yesterday, she's fearless, non-partisan. someone who came up as an assistant u.s. attorney. >> wasn't she appointed by bob barrr. >> she's so impressive. >> a republican. >> not a liberal republican. >> worked for bob barr, prosecuted the mayor of atlanta and in jail. prosecuted terrorists, the olympic park bombing. a career person who became the deputy attorney general and she's fearless. >> you brought up s...

Be. >> chris jansing doing double and triple duty for us in washington today. appreciate it. i'm joined now by congresswoman terry toole. congresswoman, thanks for joining us. how did you hear about devin nunes stepping aside? >> we got a press release in the office. i'm very glad he stepped aside. i'm hoping it will cause a reset when it comes to the house intelligence committee and our ability to do our work. we've never stopped trying to do our work. i've been on this committee for four years, and i can tell you of all my committees, this has always been the most non-partisan. i'd like to t...