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Was speaking around 2:30 to a group of employees at the l.a. field office. he's talking to them and in the background, the television screens, as you were saying, start flashing that comey is fired. now, comey tells the group, oh, what a prank. he says, oh, this is a prank, and he laughs. but then his staff starts scurrying off to the side. they come up to him, and they say something to him. he stops speaking. he then shakes the hands of the employees in the room and then goes into a side room. and i'm not sure what happens then, but at that point, the letter from the white house had still not...

Fired. now comey tells the group, oh, what a prank. he says oh, this is a frank. and he laughs. but then his staff starts scurrying off to the side. they come up to him, and they say something to him. he stops speaking. he then shakes the hands the employees in the room, and then goes into a side room. and i'm not sure what happens then. but at that point, the letter from the white house had still not arrived at the fbi. >> robert costa, you were at the white house tonight. inside the west wing. there are reports the communication shocked all the employees there, the employees were there late....

Reporter ashley parker, "washington post" national political reporter robert costa. and michael schmidt reporter for the "new york times" who covered national security. michael i'll going to begin with you. let's go to the scene of where this took place. tell us the circumstances that comey learned he was fired and what they assumed at first when word filtered through the room where he was speaking. >> so, comey actually started his day in florida, where he addressed some police officers. he then flew to california and was speaking around 2:30 to a group of employees at the l.a. field office. ...

Kind of going down that road. >> i think there are potential concerns about the approach he's taken there, of you help us on north korea and i'll make a deal on trade. one is the message it potentially sends to other countries in the asian region. the question is, okay, is everything now transactional for the united states? >> right. >> if it is, what else might they be willing to trade? the fear here has always been, the u.s. and china go to a side room, cut deals amongst themselves and what's that mean for the rest of snus? domestically, this is a president who campaigned on china, huge econ...

He has used in the past, which is chemical weapons. >> it always struck me, this is a man who is a trained doctor, an ophthalmologist. it's so hard for me when i see these videos. the most incredible atrocities, barrel bombs of chemical weapons, you know, killing everybody in sight, gasping for air, their heart muscle. >> you know, it's so strange and surreal. when i went for that interview, he greeted me at the door to his office, wanted to chat in a side room, asked me about the fate of the news media, told me what he likes to watch in the news media. you know, polished guy. this is a guy wh...