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>> so for him to be disparaged the way the president did -- >> for him to be disparaged as a show boat as the president told lester. thas not how iould characterize him. >> everyone has their own view, but that is dprobably the last description that i would assign to jim comey. >> mike flin, controversial, he was fired, we knew him as an esteem esteem esteemed intelligence officer, and you were the one that had to fire him. >> yeah, he was a tremendous officer. an architect of the find, finish, fix that is a standard

Officer in the government, and you're asked by the president for dinner, i think it it professional courtesy. you're in after difficult position to refuse to go, but i do know he was uneasy with it. for just for the appearance of compromising the independence of the fbi which is a hollowed tenant in our system. >> what we're hearing from the fbi in our reporting contradicts what the president told lester holt. he says that he was appealing for his job and the president said am i under investigation and he said three times, twice on the phone and once at the dinner, no, i can assure you you're ...

Firing. but it comes from people that heard about the dinner at the time like general clapper and others he spoke to afterwards. these are all people outside of the fbi that talked about it. they tell us the same thing. number one, he did not ask for the dinner, he was invited to the white house. who calls the white and says can i come over for dinner? and second, the president said can i have your loyalty? according to these people, comey said i can't pledge my loyalty, but my honest loyalty. >> this from those who know the way the president operated in business, he was very keen on loyalty. ...

I have taken a prettyd stand on this sentimenthathe media is the enemy of the people. i don't think anything could be further from the truth. the fact of the mat seter is th media is an essential part of this democracy. as a person that has been raked over the coals many times, i still greatly respect the men and women of the media. the job they do is absolutely essential to make sure that those in power are kept on the straight and narrow. and so again, i think these -- i would hope the president would continue to kind of try to build the bridges back to these institutions, and realize they a...

President trump this morning defending a series of confli conflicting acts on james comey's firing saying as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for them to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. maybed best thing to do would be to cancel also future press briefings and hand out written responses for the sake of accuracy. >> joining me now, elise jordan, and jorsh ernest. the whole notion of channelling the white house press briefings, whether or not they should be on camera or not, it is not the whole press briefing, and some people thought that political...