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The opprobrium is coming more bipartisan. the other point i would just make, because there was a phrase that stuck out to me from non- -- it was director clapper's statement and senator burr, the republican chairman of the senate intelligence committee. both of them in their statements used this phrase to describe the firing. "a loss for the nation." a sign -- this is what i'm hearing from career folks inside the bureau as well. that this is not about party. that this is about process and the system and conflict of interest and that you have folks who are career employees of the bureau, et cet...

A sign -- this is what i'm hearing from career folks inside the bureau as well. this is not about party. this is about process and the system and conflict of interest. you have folks who are career employees of the bureau but also of both parties, democrats and republicans, who look at this not as a political issue but as a nation's issue. a process issue. that's what you are beginning to hear from more than just the democrats. >> more reaction on another breaking item. everyone who cares about independence and rule of law in america should be troubled by the timing and reasoning of comey firi...

Itself. the underlying conduct of general flynn president not only did we believe the russians knew this but they had proof of the information and that created a compromise situation. a situation where the national security adviser could be blackmailed by the russians. it's my understanding from the testimony received yesterday that the white house knew of this compromised situation for 18 days and didn't fire him until the revelation turned up in "the washington post." is that right? >> that's right, shep. you saw sean spicer get grilled about this in the day's briefing. he was traying to tur...

The way he is close to reince p priebus. there is no active move. the president focusing on manning the bend. >>. >> you and i have been talking to staffers are at the white house and they are expressing their frustration that they have to deal with this that they keep asking about it. it is your sense this is becoming a real distraction for the white house? >> as much as everything is a white house. if it is not just talking about making america great again. there has been a combative posture and this is one of them. the idea being this is what you might here from the administration as a proc...

President assad? where's the strategy to end this war? where is the diplomatic and political strategy in the months ahead? that's another question that rex tillerson may have to answer here in moscow. it's a question the russians too will want answered. richard. >> bill, thank you so much. nbc's bill neely for us in russia. joining us representative democrat from california also sits on the house committees on the armed services and budget. thank you for being here, representative. the president just issued a letter to congress. we were just mentioning at the top of the hour it reads in part h...