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make a near full recovery after having emergency brain surgery to save his life. he did have another big scare over the weekend as he fell and hit his head again. he was trying to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night by himself which he isn't supposed to do. doctors performed a ct scan following the fall to make sure there wasn't any swelling in his brain and thankfully the results came back normal. this happened just after easton had thanked all his fans for the thoughts and prayers. >> hey, this is easton. thank you for the prayers. >> you starting to feel better, bud? >> ...

In the last year of his presidency, he placed loyalists and powerful posts atop the intelligence community and the pentagon rifling through -- that the deep state spid on his 2016 campaign and framed him for his dealings with russia and ukraine, acts for which he was investigated and impeached. joining us now is the author of the "new york times" op-ed, the mysteries of mar-a-lago, time weiner, national security correspondent for "the new york times." great to see you this morning. isn't some paper chase by the fbi or some, you know, collection of documents. what's so important here? >> this c...

As a historian of the fbi, somebody who watch what happened over the last two years what do you make of his role in this investigation? >> james comey is the guy who said no to president george w. bush when bush was misusing the powers of the nsa to spy on americans. he has the power and the will to say no to presidents. in the end it was the fbi who brought down richard nixon. and the fbi is sworn to the rule of law. if you had said to your audience a couple months ago that james comey and senator john mccain were standing between president trump and the survival of american democracy, your e...

About the behavior of that branch of government. that's how our rule of law works, right? late last night in the middle of the night the national security advisor to the president resigned, was fired? resigned? was fired? we don't know. he's out. national security advisor michael flynn. being national security advisor is a hard job. there have been a bunch of scandals surrounding the national security advisor position or the person holding that position over the decades. it's thought of one of those jobs that's hard to hold on to for a long time. a lot of turnover in that job. previous record ...

That's how our rule of law works, right? late last night in the middle of the night the national security advisor to the president resigned, was fired? resigned? was fired? we don't know. he's out. national security advisor michael flynn. being national security advisor is a hard job. there have been a bunch of scandals surrounding the national security advisor position or the person holding that position over the decades. it's thought of one of those jobs that's hard to hold on to for a long time. a lot of turnover in that job. previous record for the shortest term ever as national security a...