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dona tmp is no good for america. i saidhat from the time he was running till now, and he proved t me day after day. ha aooday. host: milwaukee county erf viclk being reported b other rk times" and outlets that he is taking a meland security job. reporti tt the sheriff who said host: we will hear that from

joe, and joe is in pennsylvania. republican line. caller: hello. host: you are on. go ahead. caller: thanks for having me on. i want to say i worked in the newsroom of "the baltimore sun post quote as an editorial assistant, and i worked in the the baltimore sun" as an editorial assistant and i worked in the media and other places. the one thing i want to say if comey made a note, the question is did somebody see him enter that note, or at a certain time -- is there a way to prove it wasn't something he did later? secondly, the thing about us -- people meddling in our affairs -- we did the same thing. this country did the same thing

in, like, the cia would go into south america, for instance. they would influence an election. that was out in the open that we did things like that, and when someone else does it to us, we play so, like "oh, man, this is terribly shocking." that is all i have to say. host: the deputy attorney general announcement of robert mueller leading the investigation yesterday. he will be on capitol hill today. a closed-door briefing been planned with all the senators to hear about the russian investigation, especially in light of this new news of the last 12 hours. again, that briefing will take place today. it is a closed-door briefing. we will not have access to camusso anything like that, but we will probably see stories, from that hearing, or that meeting as well.

adam, pensacola, florida. independent line. caller: thank you, sir before taking my call. i would like to say to all of the people out there who have their panties in a bunch over this, one of the pundits brought up how comey testified under oath two weeks ago that nobody has tried to impeach on any of under anyigations time that he has been in the fbi. note, or trump's little -- i'm sorry -- trump's little meeting he had happened, like, two months ago, so it doesn't really even matter? so what is comey going to do? is he going to go and lie and come up with a note now, or say what he said under oath just a few weeks ago? comey will be caught in a bind

here -- so komen is to come on and say something -- comey needs to come out and say something. host: steve. wyoming. caller: how are you doing? i have a comment about comey -- meeting that he had with loretta lynch. nobody really cares about that now. -- chicagolinois runs illinois. state blue.ed hillary clinton is from illinois. every governor would have had, almost, is -- has been in prison or is in prison, and obama and the going which were trying to sell their seat. nobody remembers this. democrats are acting like thugs -- far-let democrats, and it is getting out of hand. hisar as comey goes, he got

hand caught in the cookie jar, and he is going to go down for it. host: as far as what the special the "l can investigate, new york times" saying host: dorothy, hampton, virginia. , crestline. go ahead. -- democrats line. go ahead. you are next. caller: good morning. i would like you to pull out three statements that came out when donald trump fired comey.

the first one was from rosenstein. the second one donald trump tweeted. the third thing was when donald trump was talking to lester holt. would you please pull that up so america could see? said was thing was that he was fired because of hillary clinton comey -- hillary clinton. then donald trump came out and said he was fired because of that russia think. could you -- thing. could you pull that up so the american people could see what he is doing to america? ist man thatlying- we have ever -- host: i'm sorry. excellently cut you off. one more call -- earl. caller: i don't believe in a special counsel. there should have been articles of impeachment filed already. host: on what grounds?

caller: he has obstructed justice with the fbi director. thiss tried to intimidate individual. it has been proven he tried to intimidate him. he fired him while he was in california, and attempt to go through his office and secure his files. it is obvious he colluded with russia. there may never be evidence to tie into that because russia is a sophisticated nation -- they have expense in doing these things. they will not find evidence to connect him for collusion, but he has praised for vladimir putin, praise for russia, everything they do in russia. he had an interview on fox news and he said the united states also has killers in defense of r putin after he killed journalists and other -- vladimir putin after he killed journalists and other people. he does not have america in his

heart. he is at the precipice of white supremacy and tribalism. this is not about the united states. this is about the global entity of white supremacy. this is not about the people of the united states. it is about the institution of white supremacy. host: perl, you made -- earl, you made your thoughts. i will show you one more thing -- "time magazine," and its artist's depiction of the white house and the kremlin been merged as one. you can see it more online. we will change topics and talk about the topic of brexit over in the united kingdom. matthew elliott, the former head of the vote leave campaign will join us to discuss the effort and the impact brexit continues to have on u.s.-transatlantic relations, and then later on, california congressman brad sherman, the senior democrat on the house foreign relations committee. he will join us to talk about first overseas's

trip. more of that when "washington journal" continues. ♪ >> join us this weekend for our cities tour to trenton, new jersey. with the help of our comcast partners, booktv and american history tv feature that history and literary culture of the capital city. we visit the state library's rare book connection -- collection. temporary printing press was set up in burlington, new jersey, to print paper money , and alleges that you wanted it close so they can receive the printing of the money, and at the time they did that, they also did this book. so, this is the first, known printed book within new jersey.

>> and a conversation with the author of "crossroads of the revolution -- trenton, 1774 to 1783." >> washington spent more time in new jersey than any other state in as revolution, and his army spend more time here. the important thing to him was to keep the army in the field, and i believe new jersey in general, and trenton in particular, was very instrumental in helping them accomplish that goal. >> and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, we tour the new jersey state capitol building, which houses one of the oldest legislatures in the country, followed by trenton, new jersey's impact on the revolution with a look at some of the most iconic bridges in the nation. >> they are part of the fabric of what makes trenton trenton.

you see the sign. cities tour of's trenton, new jersey, saturday, at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv, and sunday at tv0 p.m. on american history , working with our cable affiliates across the country. "washington journal" continues. host: join us for a conversation on brexit and u.s.-transatlantic relations, and former head of vote leave, matthew elliott. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. officialere was an leave campaign and an of