welcome to fun city. paul: all right. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel, thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot, and we hope to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ kelly: the search is on to replace ousted fbi director james comey. fox news now learning the justice department is interviewing at least six candidates today. hello, everyone, welcome to a brand new hour inside "america's news headquarters," i'm i'm kelly wright. julie: and i'm julie banderas. the announcement on the replacement could come as early as next friday. listen. >> quickly because almost all of them are very well known, and, you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known, highly respected, really talented people. and that's what we want for the

fbi. julie:alson barber is live -- allison barber is live from the justice department. >> reporter: we believe there are two left at this point, and one of those two just arrived here at the department of justice, his name is judge michael garcia. he's a judge from new york. fox news also learned of one interview added within the last hour, another judge named henry hugman. when we started this morning, we were only expecting four people to come to the department today, people have been added within the last few hours. now the candidates reportedly interor viewing are hudson, a judge from virginia, garcia, a judge from new york, sitting texas senator john cornyn, alice fisher, a former assistant attorney general and be special agent adam lee. lee walked out of his interview right by the cameras but did not answer any questions. when fisher arrived early this morning a little bit before 7:45 a.m., she declined to comment as well.

sources say acting director andrew mccabe's interview was scheduled from 2-3 p.m.. we watched two suvs come to the department of justice around that time but couldn't see inside them. sources are telling fox news there are at least 12 candidates being considered for this job, and we expect the vast majority of those interviews this weekend at least to take place today. we are told by sources that they really don't expect to have any more interviews tomorrow, so we're waiting to see since they've added people before today if they're going to add a couple more before this evening's over. julie? julie: is anyone talking about their meetings? >> reporter: so far not very many. senator john cornyn did release a statement saying, quote: i have the distinct privilege of serving 28 million texans in the united states senate, and that is where my focus remains. he left about the same time judge garcia was coming in, and he did not stop to talk to to reporters. julie? julie: thank you very much. kelly: comey is reportedly

turning down an offer to tell congress his side of the story in private, saying he'd prefer a public hearing over a closed-door session with the senate intelligence committee. joining me now is christopher bedford, editor in cheer for the daily caller news foundation. again, former fbi director james comey surprising a lot of people when he refused to testify before the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors x now the fired fbi director raising expectations among the media, some members of congress and even some americans who are curious to hear what he'll have to say when he testifies publicly. what are your thoughts about all of this drama surrounding his dismissal and now his upcoming appearance? >> now, this appears to be missing puzzle piece. like you said, we're wondering why wouldn't comey want to come and talk to the senate intelligence committee where he's been invited? this is the missing piece, and now it all makes sense. he doesn't want to be misquoted. as we know and as we've seen,

republicans and democrats will sit in these meet beings with intelligence initials -- meetings with intelligence official, and they'll come out and their aides or themselves will leak directly the narrative they want to hear. i think comey wants to keep a close hand on this. and it's not great news for donald trump. donald trump may have made an unforced error here. comey's someone who both sides of the aisle have called to be fired in the last six months. they've said something like that. they created some sympathy for him and made him a figure that got put upon the way his firing was handled. so democrats are going to do a lot of grandstanding, and we're going to see a lot of partisanship, i think. kelly: as we speak, fox news, as you just saw in our report there from allison has learned of another candidate to be fbi director who will be interviewed at the department of justice today along with five others, that's henry hudson, u.s. district judge at the u.s. court for the eastern district of virginia.

will president trump have to move on in naming a new director to the fbi, and what impact do you believe comey's testimony will have on the investigation into rush. >>'s interference in the election? >> well, i think trump's been surprised. part of that was because trump kept the decision to fire comey to close to his chest so it didn't leak, but surprised at some of the backlash. trump likes to dominate the news cycle, so if he got in front of the american people and put up a new director who had bipartisan support like hudson or garcia from new york who has a quo mow nomination -- cuomo nomination or kelly, some of these people, that would put it behind him, i think. and polls have shown that 67% of the american people either don't care or support donald trump's decision. so he could -- as long as he puts this behind him quickly, that'll be good. and i think, i suspect judging by comey's past actions and his character, his public testimony will probably try to put the

affair to bed. i suspect that he's going to say something like it's the president's right to dismiss me, and that will probably help donald trump. it's going to be aired on the networks the entire time, so the american public's going to be able to have a front row seat if they turn on any of their tvs, i think. kelly: let me ask you this, the confusion to the firing, it continues to grow. it's out there in the public now, and it comes from some republicans, but mostly it comes from the democrats on capitol hill who perhaps see this as their opportunity to pounce on the president yet again, claiming the timing of the dismissal is are suspect. what do you make of the create similar of the -- criticism when so many of them had openly voiced their desire for comey to be fired? >> john podesta is the greatest example tweeting at 11 in the morning the day that he got fired that americans were nauseated to be hearing james comey talking on their televisions. seven hours later he was

referencing coups and saying this was something that president trump had done that was going against democracy. and it's so shrill to hear some of the democrats coming out. i think americans have been hearing for the path 110, 120 days that democracy is going to die in darkness or that this is a coup or some kind of next step, and none of that's been happening. how could it possibly be a constitutional crisis to fire the director of the fbi if it's constitutional to do it? i think there's some overreach there. and the quagmire that donald trump finds himself in is there is no really appropriate time for him to be able to do this and escape criticism no matter what. if it was day 1 or 200, he was going to be attacked for sacking someone who works for him. and i don't suspect the democrats will be letting up anytime soon. kelly: chris, before i let you go, what problems lie ahead for president trump in dealing with this issue? you mentioned that you believe he's kind of boxed himself into a corner with this, so what would this do in terms of him moving forward with his aggressive or ambitious

political agenda for repealing and reforming health care as well as moving on to tax reform? >> well, that's the issue here. it's another side show. and donald trump is getting good ratings. he's in the news. everybody's talking about him. this has worked well for him in the past, but when he's president, i think it's different. he's got to allow paul ryan and mitch mechanic connell to -- mcconnell to focus on things the agenda that's pushing forward, tax reform, obamacare repeal. these are massive things that donald trump has set up for himself, and if he's going to continue and actually get these things through, he's going to need staff that works together and them being able to focus. kelly: we all will be watching. christopher bedford, thank you for joining us today, sir. >> thank you. cel cl all right. for more on all of this, turn in with justice with judge jeanine tonight for her in-depth interview with president trump. that's at 9 p.m. eastern right here on fox news. julie: speaking of president

trump, the president addressing the the graduating class of 2017 at liberty university in virginia today. president trump reflecting on his president i so far, and kevin corke has more from lynchburg, virginia. >> reporter: a glorious day here on the campus of liberty university nestled neatly in the rolling hills of the commonwealth of virginia. site of the president's very first commencement address as commander in chief. and as you can well imagine, he sort of did what most commencement speakers do, he talked about, frankly, congratulations for making it this far. and he kind of took a little, you know, shot here and there at the students and their wayward lives as undergraduates. he even made fun of liberty's football team there and their ambitious future schedule. but i think what the president tried to do most of all was encourage the students here -- and there were thousands and thousands of them -- to think about your life moving forward. you are the author of your personal narrative.

encouraging them most of all to be bold and to be themselves. >> nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. because they're people that can't get the job done. but the future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. >> reporter: in addition to saying congratulationses to the great many students in attendance here -- by the way, about 50,000 people were in and around the stadium for the president's remarks -- he also tried to remind them to be thankful for the people who have been special in their lives. moms, of course, it's mother's day on sunday. thankful for the veterans. and he also tried to remind everyone to be confident even if they call you the outsider. >> carry yourself with dignity and pride. demand the best from yourself and be totally unafraid to challenge entrenched interests and failed power structures. does that sound familiar, by the

way? [laughter] the more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. >> reporter: julie, among the shoutouts the president offered today, he thanked veterans for their support -- and, by the way, there were thousands of them graduating here today as well -- he also said, don't forget, it's sunday coming up, it's mother's day. thank you to the moms for being to supportive. but in particular, there was a heartfelt congratulations to jim kelly. you may remember he was the quarterback of the buffalo bills awz those many years ago. he's beaten cancer twice. his daughter among the graduating class of 2017, a day she won't soon forget, and i think that would certainly be the case for the many thousands who were near attendance. julie? julie: kevin corke, thank you. ♪ ♪ kelly: a massive cyber attack now being described as

unprecedented in its sheer size, hitting dozens of countries around the world. the victims include fedex in the u.s. and many hospitals in great britain. security experts racing to contain the fallout. bryan llenas joins us live from our new york city newsroom with more details. >> reporter: hi, kelly. hackers used a microsoft windows flaw to launch what appears to be the largest cyber attack of its kind in history on friday. the flaw was leaked online, it was secretly used as a cyber weapon by the u.s. national security agency. hackers exploited this weak point to infect windows computers with ansomeware -- ransomware. it locks your computer, holding your data hostage until a user pays a ransom. this is a screen shot of what the vie russ dubbed wanna cry looked like at a surgery center in northern england friday. this attack is alarming because of the sheer size and speed hitting more than 70 countries including the u.s., u.k., india,

china and russia. it affected all types of industries from the fedex corporation in the u.s. to the russian interior ministry to british hospitals and medical centers. many of those hospitals forced to cancel or delay routine procedures like x-rays, vital procedures like cancer treatments. now, no one has claimed responsibility yet, but cybersecurity experts like at ibm are working overtime to restore data and shore up defenses. fact is, these hackers could use the same methods to attack crucial infrastructure like nuclear plants next. >> their only intent in this particular attack was to get some money. of so they locked up some systems and requested a ransom. but the point is they were able to get code onto these systems. to answer your question, they could have pivoted that code to do any number of different things. you know, in this case they wanted to lock up the systems. maybe they wanted to exfiltrate data. what if they wanted to change or manipulate data?

>> reporter: microsoft had released a security update to protect against this very attack back in march. all microsoft windows users are urged to download it. kelly. kelly: bryan llenas, thank you. julie: well, pope francis in portugal to name two more statements to the catholic church, but it's his comments about his upcoming meeting with president trump that are grabbing headlines. a live report coming up ne plus, senate democrats stepping up their demand for a special prosecutor after the fighter of james comey. is so will it happen? -- firing of james comey. so will it happen? our panel will debate, fair and balanced, coming up next. unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country.

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♪ ♪ kelly: welcome back. time for a quick check of your headlines. a federal judge ruling that'd cummins accused of abducting his 15-year-old student will remain in jail this his trial. the fbi says he and elizabeth thomas were planning to kayak to mexico before police found them this northern california. finish cummins could face at least ten years in prison if convicted. northbound lanes on a collapsed highway reopening in atlanta six weeks after it was damaged by a fire. official say southbound lanes are expected to reopen tomorrow. and treasury secretary

steven mnuchin says his counterparts now say they're more reassured about president trump's trade policies. this after a two-day summit of g7 finance ministers in italy. the talks also covered cyber security and fighting tax e evasion. julie: pope francis addressing his upcoming visit with president trump today, saying that he will not try to convince trump to soften his policies on immigration or the environment when they meet at the vatican next week. john huddy is live from jerusalem with more. hi, john. >> reporter: yeah. well, julie, president trump will be meeting with pope francis on may 24th at the vatican, as you just mentioned, and a little while ago on his flight back to rome, the pope talked with reporters and journalists onboard that flight saying as he said, he's not going to try to convince president trump to soften his policies on ingration, on -- immigration, on the environment. they've had vastly contrasting views on many of these issues. but again, the pope saying he's

not going to try to change that. instead, they're going to try to look for common ground and things that they have in common. here's also what pope francis said in part. listen. [speaking italian] >> translator: i never make a judgment about a person without listening to them. i don't think i should do that. during our talks, things will come out. i will say what i think, and he will say what he thinks. but i have never, never wanted to judge a person before hearing what they have to say. >> reporter: now, the pope's comments came after a big day in portugal where half a million people attended the canonization of two shepherd children who say that they saw visions of the virgin mary a hundred years ago. hah sin toe was 7, francisco was 9 at the time, they say they saw the apparition six times between may 13th 1917 and october 13th, 1917, along with their older

cousin lucia. now, they died in 1918 but were cannonnized for a her cl that was attributed to them. pope francis also spent time with a palestinian-iraqi family in fatima. this is the second time that family has met with the pope, and their grandmother told pope francis that they hoped to see him again at some point here in jerusalem. the last time pope francis was here, as you may recall, was back in 2014. and president trump will also be visiting jerusalem and israel later this month, on may 22nd and 23rd, before then heading to the vatican for his may 24th visit with pope francis. and when asked tonight onboard that flight what to expect from the meeting, julie, the pope had one word, what the world can expect from that meeting, the pope had one word, that word being peace. julie? julie: john huddy, thank you so much. kelly: it's mother's day weekend, and in a city plagued

by crime and violence, one organization has found a special way to lend a hand to single moms in need. we will tell you how coming up. plus, the firing of james comey sparking calls for an independent prosecutor. will it happen? our panel debates next. >> i don't want to be in a position where it's not done correctly. so let 'em do it correctly. let 'em take their time -- >> you're talking about the house, the senate and the fbi? >> i'm talking about the house, the senate, the fbi. >> so no independent commission? >> i don't think you need it. t g keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. i count on my dell small for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪

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>> but they're playing politics, can't you see it? it's stepping on -- >> i see a lot of -- >> yesterday the department of justice nullified the eric holder and obama marijuana drug policies. >> i know. >> yesterday 1400 gang bangers arrested in the biggest sweep -- >> and you don't read about it. that's on page 10. >> and all of this is being subjugated to ridiculous -- >> i be honest with you? i think the people are seeing it, i really do. julie: president trump talking about his decision to fire fbi director james comey amid growing calls from democrats to name a special prosecutor to oversee investigations into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race. joining us now to discuss, doug schoen, a former advise arer to tom president bill clinton, and balad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush. thank you both for talking to us. >> sure. julie: whoever is appointed to the fbi, you can trust the fbi

is going to do their due diligence. but does a special prosecutor need to be appointed in order to continue and pick up where james comey left off? doug, i'll start with you. >> yeah, i think we need a special prosecutor. there are so many different investigations going on, two in the house, the fbi, that i think with all the questions that have been raised with firing of mr. comey and the problems with the house investigation that we would do well to have either a special prosecutor or a special committee of the house and senate to get to the bottom of what happened with the russians and the trump campaign, was there collusion. julie: okay. but, brad, do you believe that a special prosecutor needs to be appointed? and then with that in mind, considering president trump wanted an answer and an investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails and james comey himself came out and said there were hundreds of thousands, then it turned down to five, then could it be argued that a special prosecutor needs to be appointed to investigate and reopen that investigation?

>> no, i'm not in favor of a special prosecutor. i believe that the congress should not subcontract their constitutional obligations to others. their answerable to the people, and the people elected them. they need to do the job x. the house, the senate can act independently, they can share information between them. independently the fbi and the justice department do their work. i happen to believe the more eyes, the more capable people doing this work going to be in the best interests of the american people. transparency is what we need. we don't need people to be doing things behind closed doors and have total autonomy and not be directly answerable to the people. no special investigators, let congress do the work they're elected to do. julie: doug, senator dianne feinstein said trump's startling decision to fire comey now is beyond surprising. i understand timing of it is a bit, let's say, ironic, the fact that james comey had continued

an investigation that clearly president trump did not want to continue. however, i also find it's a bit ironic that democrats are so up in arms considering the fact that they pretty much wanted to put james comey on the stake after he revealed that he had opened an investigation just 11 days before the election regarding hillary clinton's e-mails. >> well, to me, the issue was really one of timing. had president trump fired jim comey when he was sworn in, i don't think we would have any of these problems or questions. but the fact that the issue of comey's service and his subsequent removal from office came after he asked for more resources and subpoenaed information from general flynn, the former national security adviser, i think, raises real questions. and i think notwithstanding what brad said, all good points, that the best way to come to closure is with an independent counsel or with a special committee of the house and senate to pull

everything together and once and for all figure out what did or did not happen with the russians in the trump campaign. julie: okay. so the senate intelligence committee basically wants to continue its probe into russia and how it might have interfered with the election. we want to reiterate once again so far up until james comey's firing, he did admit there was no evidence of collusion between russia and the campaign. but, brad, let me ask you, what happens next moving forward? i mane, this investigation -- i mean, this investigation has turned up nothing. at what point do they finally stop and say, okay, there's no evidence? >> when they're satisfied. julie: when are they satisfied? >> when they've had enough interviews, hearings and when they come to consensus with republicans and democrats that this hearing has no further value and should be concluded. but i think the best way to put this thing behind us is to get a new fbi director confirmed by the senate as quickly as possible. as quickly thereafter the

president nominating. and there's no doubt that once we have a new fbi director working in both unison with congress and also independently, we will get this behind us. julie: okay. and, doug, what do you make of james comey who basically has said he will not come in and testify unless it's before the public? >> well, i think that makes sense. i think it's a good decision former director comey. i think there should be, as brad said, full transparency. and, julie, this is an investigation that is at the start, it's not at the end. we have to get to the bottom of the whole issue of what contact there was between the trumpcamp, particularly with general flynn, the role of paul manafort. all of these are issues that require far more scrutiny and attention than they've gotten, and we've got a long way to go before this issue's resolved. julie: i think a lot needs to be resolved as far as any information that was exchanged between the trump campaign and russia. we already know that michael

flynn had went ahead and had meetings in russia under the obama administration. the question then lies, did michael flynn do anything wrong? president trump believes that he should have advised mike pence. he failed to do so. collective memory or -- selective memory or he forgot be, i don't know, but nonetheless, he's gone. so now what do you do -- i mean, where does this go? so there's no evidence. we don't know how much longer it's going to take for them to get information. but you do have flynn who, by the way, under the obama administration they clearly could have removed his security clearance at any point. and then there's word that, you know, obama and others had warned the trump administration that flynn could not be trusted. if they couldn't trust him, i doubt that he would have been shaking hands with putin under obama, you know, and their security clearance when he met with the ambassador. it all just kind of seems so political. and then the unmasking, you know, and the names that were

unmasked, that's perfectly fine and good. but it also could potentially be legal if it's political. and, brad, it seems toll politics -- politics play a major role in all this. >> you bet. that's part of what washington is. that's why i believe it's best to be played out in front of the american people, not by a special prosecutor who's going to do a lot of their work in secret. no. let's get to the bottom of it, let's get people under oath and testify. julie: yeah. i think at this point it should be in the public. we've got to go -- >> absolutely. julie: we read about it every single day, i say, heck, open up the courtroom and let us all watch. >> couldn't agree more. i think we all agree. julie: transparent i is -- transparency is definitely needed. >> absolutely. julie: thank you both, doug and brad. thank you both. >> thanks so much. ♪ ♪ kelly: well, in case you hadn't noticed, tomorrow is mother's day, always a very special day

for the women who strive to love and nurture all of us. for some moms in chicago where the crime and murder rate is extremely high, mothers, especially single parent moms have needed some extra help in helping to raise their children. and they are finding that help at the metro achievement center for girls. for the past 17 years, in fact, 100% of those girls attending the center have graduated high school and college. that says a lot. as they seek to live beyond the dream. >> value in all work. make sense? okay. so keep that in mind. but, again, i want you to dream big, right? because we all have different skills and potential and ways that we can then contribute to society. kelly: they are young, brilliant, talented and gifted. and they are determined to achieve their dreams. they're known as the metro girls. they attend one of the most successful after school programs for girls in the city of chicago. the metro achievement center. for 30 years metro has been

achieving great results in the lives of girls growing up in the tough inner city neighborhoods of chicago. metro serves as an oasis of hope, an ark of safety and learning for young girls. >> many of our families know people who have been killed due to gang violence, and many of them who are involved in family members, friends involved in drugs, gangs. and so we do our best to help them see the good and to stay on positive paths. kelly: this girl is now completing her master's degree in sociology. she grew up in an immigrant family that didn't know the language. metro helped her overcome the language barrier which helped her excel. >> my mom, i remember, was telling me that she wanted me to continue metro not just because of the academic, but because they had the same values that

she was trying to instill in me. kelly: the programs provide mentoring, tutoring, character development, friendship and fun. it also provides valuable support to parents who only want the best for their children. >> my dream for my daughter is actually to be able to stand on their own without me and to be able to be wonderful citizens, giving back to the environment. >> i want them to just really be wonderful people. and care about where they live. kelly: what do you think you will be able to do after coming to metro and having a great mom be like yours? >> i know where to put myself, not in situations where i get hurt or people come at me in a certain way. i know who to hang around with and who not to hang around with. kelly: laprix you farred recalls recalls -- recalls growing up in a crime-ridden area.

at 13, her mother died. her uncle and aunt took care of her and enrolled her in metro. now a junior in college, she's majoring in social work, plus volunteers at metro. she says the organization helped her realize the value of all people coming together to help each other achieve their dreams. >> come to metro, and i see people who aren't just your race, and it opened to my eyes that, wow, there are people out there who care and not just your complexion. and for me, that was just really important. it just made me happy every time i came here. kelly: and that's the beauty of metro, all races coming together to help the young girls of the inner city of chicago. president trump also said today at liberty, deep faith and humble beginnings can take you far. that's what those girls are experiencing. happy mother's day to all of you in chicago. julie: we are just learning for the second time in just one week, this week alone, a russian fighter jet has flown up close

to a u.s. navy reconnaissance plane over the black sea. now, this happened in international air space. about 30 miles from russia. the russian jet coming within just 40 feet of the u.s. aircraft. now, earlier this week another russian plane flew within just 20 feet of a u.s. jet. what message are they trying to send? we'll have more details as they come in. kelly: president trump now peeking about claims -- speaking about claims he asked for former fbi director comey's loyalty at a private dinner shortly after taking office. was it a fair question to ask? >> i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean, it depends on how you define loyalty. ♪

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yeah, 'cause i got allstate.? if you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand new one. that's cool. i got a new helmet. we know steve. it's good to be in (good hands). kelly: fox news alert, a police officer in jerusalem wounded in a knife attack. a police spokeswoman says the officer was walking down the

street when the 57-year-old jordanian attacker rushed towards him and stabbed him. the officer then shot and killed the man who short authorities say had entered israel days earlier for a visit. the officer is expected to be okay. julie: well, president trump sitting down with judge jeanine pirro here on fox news, the conversation turning to fired fbi director james comey and a report claiming he asked comey to pledge loyalty. watch. >> i read that article. i don't think it's inappropriate, number one -- >> did you ask that question? >> no. no, i didn't want, but i don't think it would be a bad question. i think loyalty to the country, loyalty to the united states is important. you know, i mean, it depends on how you define loyalty. number one. number two, i don't know how that got there, because i didn't ask that question. julie: let's bring in mike basic, former cia covert officer and president at diligence llc, a global intelligence and security firm and one of my favorites. mike, it's always great to see you. thank you so much.

>> thank you very much, that's very kind. julie: i just adore you. >> i had no idea. julie: i know, i don't say nice anything to anyone. ask kelly -- >> well, that's all the time we have. [laughter] julie: thanks, mike. comey's firing, while shocking to many, not surprising to others, he was botching up the job left and right. i mean, from revealing way too much information into the midst of an investigation to then revealing information that wasn't even factual, what's your take on this whole thing in. >> right. well, i don't think anybody who was following the ins and outs of washington and monitoring what was going on and understands, you know, politics to any degree would have been surprised that james comey was let go. i mean, look, he would have had a much shorter shelf life if hillary clinton had won. nobody could make -- julie: oh, you think? [laughter] >> so this shouldn't have been a stunning surprise to anybody.

but much like a lot of things that we end up talking about when it comes to this administration, the trump administration, it's another self-inflicted wound. they, i don't think, seem to understand the importance of optics and messaging and discipline in that messaging. so could they have handled it better? well, of course. but was it time for director comey to go? i think he probably was surprised he stuck around this long. julie: i think a lot of people are surprised. i don't know why the democrats are so surprised considering they would have loved to have seen him go a long time ago, but, of course, they're using this as a scapegoat to say, oh, now he's being fired because he refused to met down on the russia-trump association. but something has to be said about this man's job because never, i believe, ever -- correct me if i'm wrong -- has there been an if fbi director who has been involved with investigate not one, but two presidential candidatings. it's not -- candidates. >> right. and that was part of the problem and one of the reasons he was

doomed to go, was because he had become the story. he was out front of everything. and be that, in part, wasn't his fault because of what you pointed out. it was an untenable situation, in a sense. you're going to irritate one side of the aisle on capitol hill or the other. he managed to irritate both and, you know, in very quick fashion. and as you pointed out, democrats, you know, were howling for his head up until the point where trump let him go, and then it became in their political interests to rally behind comey and talk about what a wonderful saint he is, and he's a great man. he's a very good guy. he's a dedicated, smart, loyal public servant. but this should not have been the story that it is -- julie: no. >> and i say, again, it's because of the way the white house tends to do things. >> create these, again, these self-inflicted wounds. julie: i mean, he was grabbing the spot -- light, and you don't want -- spotlight, and you don't want -- in law enforcement you don't hear a detective coming

out and talking about all the evidence they've collected. they wait until they've collected it, then they go to trial, then they press charges. >> i'm sorry. there's no conflict between, southern, some of the press is reporting that mccabe, the acting director now, you know, contradicted this idea that, you know, james comey had lost, you know, the affection of the agents at the bureau. look, the agents at the bureau, you know, personally like the guy. but, you know, operationally speaking were they upset with the way things had gone, with the way some of the business had been conducted under his leadership? well, yes. julie: right. look, he lost credibility, that's what he lost. you can't come out and say there's hundreds of thousands of e-mails that were found on huma abedin's computer and then later say, oh, no, no, i mean, i'm not good at math. i meant five. >> right. julie: there's just a handful. and they came from her blackberry. classified documents are classified documents, and she should have known better, and that investigate certainly

should not have been closed because somebody needs to be held accountable. you don't share them. that's the whole point of classified. >> absolutely. julie: the fbi's got to clean up their reputation. who's the perfect person for the job? >> of the names that have been floated, personally, i'd like to see ray kelly. he's in his mid 70s but, you know, by all accounts he's, you know, he's still, you know, going strong. i think that they need somebody who has no political bent, who has not been involved in the trump campaign or the current trump administration. they need somebody who's distant and independent. now this story about president trump in january asking for a loyalty pledge, again, one of those issues we shouldn't be talking about, but the way that it came out and the lack of discipline in the white house messaging, i don't believe he did that. and what we need in that position, we need an absolute independent, aggressive, strong-minded director.

julie: somebody are saying somebody within the fbi, adam lee, there's a name that just came out today. >> yeah. id love to see -- i would love to see them bring somebody up from inside the bureau, but i don't think that'll happen. julie: mike baker, thank you very much. good to see you. kelly: there are now six names tossed in the mix to take over the reins of the fbi. a closer look at the candidates vying for the job ahead. eing cod for your viewing convenience. i finally switched to geico. oh yeah? ended up saving a ton of money on car insurance. i hear they have a really great mobile app. the interface is remarkably intuitive. that's so important. ♪ real cheese people are they're hot and cold. big and bold. but they would never make a sandwich with pasteurized process cheese food.

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kelly: one of the country's busiest airports is getting major makeover. lax in los angeles shuffling around about a third of its airline terminals this weekend. so now passengers are bracing for possible delays. will carr is there live to bring us up to date on how smooth or difficult things are going. will? >> reporter: and, kelly, this is major undertaking considering that lax has more than 700 flights come in and out every single day. so the transition started just after mud night last night. that's when they brought out the big boxes and moving trucks. over the next five to six days, 21 airlines will change terminals x it's no easy task because lax has more than 80 million passengers come through here every year. the airlines have been planning for this for more than 12 months, and passenger say so far they haven't experienced any confusion or delays due to the project.

>> my wife is traveling in a wheelchair today, and there was someone to take us right out and bring us here, picked up our luggage, and we're just sitting here. they're printing our boarding passes and everything, taking us to the gate. it's been a piece of cake. >> reporter: the transition's being led by delta which is footing the bill, a cool $60 million to move into terminals two and three. the reason that these terminals are set to be part of a $14 billion upgrade to lax. >> we move come next wednesday, the real hard work begins which is this $2 billion investment in trying to, over the course of the next five years, phase in what we think will be a best in class customer experience. >> reporter: throughout the course of the day, passengers have been notified in pretty much every way possible that their terminals may have changed, x the biggest complaint was from one passenger who said he was upset in the new terminal that doesn't have his favorite restaurant.

kelly: oh, that's not bad at all. will carr, thank you. [laughter] i like lax. well, that will do it for us. more news at the top of the hour with eric shawn and arthel neville. julie: and i will see you on "the fox report" at 7 p.m. eastern. kelly: really? julie: and you're going to be driving back to d.c., so drive safely. kelly: i have to say hi to my wife. loretta takes the cake, she gets flowers every day. julie: i have a couple down in the lobby. thank you so much. so sweet. [laughter] i'll see you on "the fox report." ♪ ♪ mr. wise man ... ... you wish to know how to protect your sterling credit score. my credit is off to a good start, but knowing so many things can go wrong with it... kinda freaks me out. well, unfreak yourself out... and download the free creditwise app from capital one. creditwise gives you a credit score, and alerts you to changes. even if i'm not a capital one customer? nooooo!

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