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Of entertaining and bewildering to really terrifying. >>his is becoming a crisis in a way in that the world is watching this. this is diminishing the presidency and in the eyes of many people around the world, our democracy. >> now, rucker, don't think you're exempt from this because you're in a box in washington. does it sound familiar to you that a president would be angry with his press shop, take it upon himself to book a sit-down interview with a major network, answer off the cuff, and change the entire narrative that the structure of the presidency had been set up to answer? >> well, you...

Support within the fbi and still does to this day. i can confidently tell you that the majority -- the vast majority of fbi employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to director comey. >> let's bring in tonight's panel. white house bureau chief for "the washington post," a man whose name has been on some extraordinary bylines of late, philip rucker with us from washington. here in new york, nicole wallace, and the newest on-air host at this network, we are so happy to welcome back eli stokols. phil, you get to go first because you were the one, and talk about it a bit, who picked up on ...

>> i was going to fire comey. he'd made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and, in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. this was an excuse for having lost an election. >> are you angry with mr. comey because of his russia investigation? >> i just want somebody that's competent. i am a big fan of the fbi. >> so how is this white hou...

Trump and barron trump in new york, the president is essentially all alone in that 20,000 square foot mansion, all alone most nights. the reason why we wanted to tell this story was, you know, he doesn't sleep very much at night. he spends 10, 11 hours a day in the west wing. and what does he do with the rest of his time? we wanted to tell that side of the story. and the stwer answer is he hoste dinners just about every right, in this case with reporters but usually ceos, political supporters, cabinet secretaries, white house staffers, some combination therein. he'll give them a tour of the re...

Stated on his behalf by the white house communications staff? >> look, major, i'm not going to get in a back and forth that we have to have like a direct quote every single time. you guys want to get lost in the process. >> i don't think asking you a question and getting an answer is getting lost in the process, sarah, with all respect. >> and i'm answering those questions. it's very simple. the president decided to fire director comey. nobody else gets to make that decision, and he made it. he stands by it as do the rest of us. >> let's bring in our guest, former undersecretary of state for p...