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. bret: it has been an incredibly busy week, the last few weeks for the airline industry, not in a good way. in the past week, fights have broken out at an airport in florida and on a plane in southern california. many feel customer service may be at an all-time low. we spoke about all this and also infrastructure with transportation secretary elaine chao. i first asked her about firing of fbi director james comey. when you first heard that, what were your thoughts? >> that's not in my lane, to use a highway hyperbole. what i understand, the president thought it was in the best interest of the...

The president achieve his objectives, be successful and i have to earn his accomplishments every day with how he goes about his affairs. >> reporter: the reasons for it or the sifting explanations in the days that followed. when the president appeared of jumbotron, the stadium literally erupted. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: if one of the reasons for comey's firing was the president's frustration at the lingering presence of the russia investigation, axing comey appears to give opponents more reason to keep russia in the headlines. >> there is a need to get to the bottom of this. there's ...

President trump elected, now mike lee signed on, mcconnell signed on. is this gaining traction here? >> it could, it's a possibility he gets bipartisan support there. will be a push by people like senator graham, who is on the judiciary committee, to appoint somebody from within, someone who understands the sense of upheaval. bret: the culture of the fbi? >> exactly how it works. and cannot be a household name. i think that's really going to be a push. so instead of someone from the outside coming in, having a learning curve, that someone who knows exactly what the cross currents have been in ...

With full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the truly stunning revelations from the fired fbi director james comey. let's go to our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, take us through comey's statement to the senate intelligence committee. >> reporter: well, wolf, today in the simplest terms james comey contradicted the president of the united states. on may 18th when asked whether he had urged comb in any way, shape or form to ease up on the flynn investigation, trump said at a news conference no. he repeated no and then told reporters to move on to the n...

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