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good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts at msnbc headquarters in new york. it's 9:01. we have new polling out on how the public is viewing the president, some of his latest moves as well. is he still getting broad support from the people who voted for him? we'll explore that. the start of eight is enough. we have eight different candidates interviewing for the fbi director so far. we'll tell you who the frontrunner may be. what's the line between service to the president and service to the country, sir, for you? >> you'll hear more from rex tillerson there. among the firing, are more members of the trump administration looking over their shoulder? we start with the secretary of state. north korea launches another missile. this time it's a success and it travels for hundreds of miles

and lands where you might not expect. we've got details coming up in a live report right here on msnbc. but we do begin with politics, and new this morning, a poll out just now on president trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey. according to the new msnbc poll, 29% approve, 38% disapprove and 32% don't have enough to say on this matter. the poll also says the president's job approval is dropping from 54% to 39% in the last month. he was asked whether he will ever do an independent review on russia, and here's what he said. >> i want to get to the bottom if russia or anyone else is trying to tamper or play with our election. to me it's really important. >> so get it out of the white house. do an independent commission and then you can get your agenda out there. >> i tell you what, you have it before the house and you have it before the senate. i know some of the people in

those commissions are highly -- they're very ethical people, very talented, very smart people. i think let them just do it. to the nbc wall street journal poll, a whopping 78% of americans want an independent commission or a special prosecutor to investigate russia's involvement in the 2016 election. compare that to 15% who say congress should continue with its own investigation. also new today, secretary of state rex tillerson weighing in on whether the firing of james comey worries him about the level of independence he gets from president trump. here's what he told my colleague chuck todd in an exclusive interview that airs later today on "meet the press." >> i have a great relationship with the president. i understand what his objectives are. when i'm not clear on what his objectives are, we talk about it. >> what's the line between service to the president and service to the country, sir, for you? >> i'll never compromise my own values, chuck, so that's my only

line. and my values are those of the country. >> so for more from the white house today i want to check in with nbc's kelly o'donnell. let's begin with the search for the fbi director. we believed it was four candidates but eight was confirmed yesterday. >> reporter: what happened was they had slated for and a decision was made sort of looking at the timeline of attorney general jeff sessions and his deputy rod rosenstein. they decided they could expand their workday. so it was about an 11-hour day and they brought in the additional candidates, so they doubled it. eight was interviewed in this first wave. i'm told that could be it, but it might be possible the president wants to hear from or see someone else. then they have an interview with the president. how quickly could that happen? the president has a fairly busy week. could it happen as early as today? it's mother's day, it's sunday. not sure how that will play but we're asking those questions. what the president is saying is he wants to be able to move

quickly, and while there is a lot on his plate in the week ahead, the firing of james comey has had fallout that has surprised even the president and so one of his big decisions, one way or another, he will be working on it in some fashion today, looking for a new director. the search is on for a new fbi director. >> how did it go? >> reporter: a string of contenders visited the department of justice saturday, arriving on foot and behind darkened windows. president trump says he will make a decision soon, possibly this week. >> very well known, highly respected, really talented people, and that's what we want for the fbi. >> reporter: eight candidates with legal and law enforcement backgrounds completed round 1 of interviews while the former director fired by president trump, james comey, was briefly spotted at home saturday. he has not spoken publiclily. after the president's provocative tweet suggesting tapes may exist of his conversations with comey.

president trump did not respond when i asked if tapes exist. mr. president, are you recording any of your meetings in the white house? are you recording any of your meetings, sir? in an interview on fox news saturday night, the president said he is firing by the comey following fallout. >> look, i thought that this would be a very popular thing that i did. all of the democrats couldn't stand him. but because i terminated him, they said, ah, we get some political points, we'll go against trump. >> reporter: frustrated by media coverage, the president responded to reports he's considering a shake-up of his communications team and called press secretary sean spicer a wonderful human being. >> he's doing a good job, but he gets beat up. >> reporter: will he be there tomorrow? >> he's been there from the beginning. >> reporter: the president found a friendly, quiet environment delivering a commencement address at liberty university.

>> in my short time in washington, i've seen firsthand how the system is broken. >> reporter: and gave students advice with a familiar ring. >> being an outsider is fine. embrace the label, because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference. >> reporter: and the president will deliver his second commencement address as president later this week for the u.s. coast guard academy. and when we're talking about a timeline for a decision for a new fbi director, one of the factors is that on friday, the president leaves for a trip to saudi arabia, israel, italy and belgium. that will last more than a week, there will be a lot of different areas on which to focus while he is there, and so there is some thought that if he can make a decision prior to departure, that would be a good thing to try to resolve that issue and get the confirmation steps that would need to take place from the senate rolling. but at the same time, the president says it is possible it could happen this week, it could

happen quickly, but we have to just see how the next phase unfolds. thomas? >> kelly o'donnell at the white house for us this morning. kelly, great to see you. thank you so much. we do have new details on that new missile launch by north korea. a missile fired off last night from north korea's kasong region, and it's believed to have traveled 400 miles before dropping into the sea of japan, which drew immediately negative condemnations from america and south korea. janice, what more do we know about this launch? >> reporter: well, we know that it happened near the northwestern see of kusong. this is the site of a launch in february. and it dropped in the sea of japan closer to russia than to japan. now, japan's government took note of the altitude, saying it reached 1250 miles. so likely not the intercontinental ballistic missile that north korea has been threatening to test, but most likely an intermediate range missile that's still

capable of reaching u.s. military targets in the pacific, including guam. looking at the timing of this launch, obviously a challenge to the new president of south korea who was sworn in just last week. he said today it was deeply regrettable because he had said from minute one that he was willing to talk to the north if the conditions were right. that echoed president trump, and a couple of days ago, a top north korean envoy saying the regime would be open to that. so the timing seems strange, but if you do look at north korea's track record for posturing, it could be they're trying to increase the stakes, knowing that talks may be inevitable. but this could be construed as an embarrassment for china. xi jinping hosting a big summit in beijing starting today. 29 heads of state, including russia's president putin. >> janice mckay friar, thank you so much.

we'll be talking about this later this morning, but a deeper dive into the circumstances as well as the diplomacy happening behind the scenes. joining me now, director and fellow of new america, susannah heading a group of north americans in the city of oslo last week. first up, on saturday, the chief north korean diplomat you met on sunday said talks could happen under the right conditions. explain what that means, because after this meeting we then find out about this missile test. >> reporter: well, i think the chief nuclear negotiator for the north koreans seems to be echoing from what we heard from the new president of south korea, president moon, and trump himself that all sides now appear to be open to talks if the conditions are right. the question is, what are those conditions? how do we figure out what's going to work for all sides? i myself am not surprised by

this test. it's one of the biggest bargaining chips they have is their testing program. they're certainly not going to give it up before they get to the table. in fact, they're going to make every effort to advance their program as far as possible so when they do get to the table, in their minds they'll be negotiating from a position of strength. >> suzanne, as you mentioned, the leverage they wanted to have prior to this there remains americans detained by north korea. i believe it's now four. from your conversations, do you have any specifics or any characterizations that you can make about what the north koreans and the counterparts expressed that they're interested in discussing with the u.s.? because it seems as if they continue -- the white house says they're a menace in their behavior. >> well, i can't go into specific details of what we discussed because the talks were off the record, but let me say this. i think that, of course, any movement on releasing the four u.s. citizens that are being

held in north korea would be a major first step and gesture from the north koreans to indicate that they are serious about talks. short of this, i really think it might be difficult for the administration to engage with them. based on what i surmise, the north koreans now are seriously considering whether or not to enter into talks, and i would advise first to follow what happened with the talks with the iranians. there was a series of low-key discussions held almost in secret between american and iranian diplomats to discuss first what talks could look like, what would be some of the non-negotiables, what could be some of the objectives at the end of that, and i think that would be more helpful at this point rather than launching into negotiations. once we get to negotiations, if that happens, we certainly would need to work closely with our allies, both seoul and seoul and

tokyo, but also in beijing and moscow and possibly even with the europeans. >> suzanne, president trump saying last week that he would be honored to meet with kim jong-un. for those counterparts in north korea that you met, how did they, i guess, accept that type of statement from the president? was that any type of opening salvo for them to feel encouraged? >> they acknowledged the comments from the president but offered no specific comment. i think judging by ms. che's response, they took it into their consideration. and again, as i said before, now comes the test. all three of the major players have said that they are open to talks under the right conditions. we now have to find out what those conditions are for each side, and is there any overlap? >> can you brief us on a timeline about when that might happen? >> i think judging by the trump

administration that focuses on getting results probably want something sooner than later, but let's not kid ourselves. if we go to the table with the north koreans, this is going to be one of the toughest diplomatic negotiations. we've been down this road before. other attempts have failed. we can learn from those attempts, but i think it is going to take some time. there may be a few quick wins that could happen first to build trust. that's the process i would advise. but this is going to take a big diplomatic effort. and we have to ask ourselves, at this moment when the administration is cutting back on a state department, not filling senior posts, not filling our ambassadorial posts in the region, this is a time we should really be strengthening our diplomatic side because this issue cannot be dealt with in a military way. we have to solve it diplomatically.

>> it seems, though, military consideration, at least sabre rattling continues, so what's winning right now, sabre rattling or diplomacy? >> right now i think the sabre rattling is certainly leading, but at the end of the day, there is a realization if we go that route, the end result could be catastrophic, certainly could lead to a broader regional war, if not a global war, not to mention inflict numerous casualties in seoul. so i think the time is always -- has to be judged is one to pivot to the engagement side, and based on what we're hearing, we should be considering that sooner than later. >> suzanne dimaggio, nice to have you back. thank you for your insight. >> you're welcome, thank you. the president thought the firing of james comey would not be negative on all sides. you'll hear how it is not panning out as he expected.

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i thought that this would be a very popular thing that i did when i terminated comey. because all of the democrats couldn't stand him. but because i terminated him, they said, ah, we get some political points, we'll go against trump. >> president trump, they're slamming the reaction to his firing of james comey for being political. this was in a fox interview that aired last evening. joining me now is democratic congresswoman and she sits on the forming committee. from the president's standpoint and the outrage that the democrats expressed because of what he revealed about hillary clinton and hillary clinton feels it did cost her the election, do you understand the president's point about thinking this would be popular with democrats? firing comey? >> well, good morning, thomas. first of all, let me say happy

mother's day to all the mothers out there, but i tell you, the firing of director comey has really been baffling for a lot of different reasons. to use an excuse or bring up secretary clinton's name as a part of the reasoning, that particular investigation or incident has been out there for months, so -- and the fact that the president still continues to struggle or develop a consistent story as to why he fired the director is also still baffling. i believe the president still does not understand the magnitude of the office in which he holds and that his actions have consequences, dire consequences. his words have consequences and they matter. and we're still waiting to kind of clearly understand the actions that he took and why now. >> well, you make a great point about his words and his actions matter. in that interview with judge danine, he talks about how the democrats would widely praise

this as being popular, and the interview that happened with lester holt on thursday, he did explain, too, that getting rid of james comey might button up the everlasting russia investigation. then the president had tweeted out about james comey, saying he hopes -- comey better hope that these tapes that none of our conversations exist about this. the wall street journal was out with a piece today that former employees saw trump tape his conversations. i spoke with a high level source that worked for trump for years that also reported seeing that type of behavior. if they do exist, do you think congress can get them? >> well, i know we certainly will try our best to get them. but let me just say this. thomas, as you know, i served as a police chief, and looking at the trump-russia investigation, director comey, certainly now in his new status, becomes one of the most important witnesses, if you will, in that investigation. for the president to, first of all, have dinner with him, to ask the status of the

investigation and then to demand loyalty from him all in the same breath really kind of smells of the same corruption that the fbi was created to deal with in the first place. and then could you imagine me as a police chief meeting with a witness about an investigation and then basically threatening him or her, saying you better hope there are no tapes because -- in other words, watch what you say. it's just totally inappropriate, and i know that congress -- we're going to do everything that we can to get to the bottom of it. >> and we know that the comey firing comes more than nine months after the fbi opened this investigation into alleged ties between trump associates and russia. do you think other people have spoken out about the fbi continues to march on, the work that the brave men and women of the fbi do continues to march on. do you really think this sends a chill down the spine of those that are working on this investigation or that they can

continue without impediment? >> thomas, let me say this about the fbi. i've had an opportunity to work alongside of them as a career law enforcement officer. i worked on parallel investigations with them. while we know no agency is perfect, i can tell you that the fbi is pretty dog gone close to it. they've always been a premier law enforcement agency and laser focused on their investigations and their mission, and i believe the men and women, in spite of the unnecessary controversy that go going on right now, will stay focused on the mission that has been put before them. >> quickly, i just want to switch topics with you because of this breaking news we had overnight about the fact that north korea has test-launched this missile. do you see this as a direct provocation of trying to have diplomatic talks with north korea that the white house is calling their behavior a menace? >> well, i certainly believe that it appears yet once again

that north korea doesn't have any intentions at this point of working with the united states or japan or south korea, and i believe that we have to stay focused on our mission, which is to keep north korea from developing a missile or a nuclear weapon or any missile that can reach the united states, and we must continue to work with our allies to do that and send a clear message to north korea that there is going to be zero tolerance for any actions to the contrary. >> we know that north korea media is saying the u.s. continues to drive the situation out of control by warmongering. as a member of the homeland security committee, what do you say is our position? i know you just said we do not want any type of nuclear missile to reach our shores, but the capabilities they're demonstrating, how concerned are you, not just for our own safety here in america but for the allies in that region who are directly sharing borders with north korea? >> certainly very concerned,

thomas, and we have to take north korea and any actions that they're engaged in very, very seriously. and i believe, as i said, we must continue to be laser focused, work with our allies and continue to stay focused on keeping north korea from developing any missile that would affect our allies there or reach the united states. >> congresswoman val demings of florida. we'll let you get back to what looks like a beautiful day in washington, d.c. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we will talk about one of president trump's biggest secrets he kept since his first day in office and why there might be even bigger leaks in the oval office. plus jokes of the people of "saturday night live."

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need to do is try to push the conversation away from the russia investigation. we need to see president trump not tweeting about it so much and try to keep his tweets to more statesmanlike position and try to move on from the investigation. but if he keeps sensationalizing it, he'll get worse. >> you would think he could kind of make that go away since it remained an ongoing issue. we now have the white house shelving the trip to the white house headquarters thinking he may not be welcomed with that, we have the eight interviews that happened yesterday. where is, i guess, the tone in d.c. with the fbi and the president? has he basically hit a hornet's nest? >> yes, i would say he is hitting the hornet's nest wrigh now. >> kate, hold on a second. i want to ask dina that.

>> it seems like he is hitting a hornet's nest. he certainly thought getting rid of director comey would solve some of his problems, and the investigation into his trump/russia connections goes on and on in the work of some great investigative journalists. your viewers would be well advised to look at an article in the american interest by a financial journalist named james henry. googled the names bay rock this morning. there are reports from the netherlands in giuliani was involved in setting up some -- a company in the netherlands that was involved in moving russian money around. >> so shell corporations? >> yes, exactly. so these things are going to continue. getting rid of the director of the fbi when the fbi was known

to be looking into not just, i think, the hacks but these other things that have been going on in new york and in the real estate world. i think that these things will continue, and i think with his low poll numbers, you've got a problem because the republicans are not maybe going to, in the house, continue to support him, and i think we've got a problem. >> everybody can google that in nbc news not independently verifying what those reports are lending credibility to, but we know there are investigations, certainly financial investigations that are taking place trying to connect any untoward dots. kate, we have this poll out now that the system is basically failed with the comey firing, trump pushing the buttons on this. it is a self-inflicted wound, and now the people who had to come out to defend this, whether it's sean spicer or sara huckabee sanders, how does their

credibility rebound after suffering so much over a one-week period? >> i think their credibility is at stake right now and that's why we're seeing such volatile white house press briefings. i think nina hit the nail on the head when she said it depends how government supporters support him. if they start peeling away more and more, if we see people calling for a special prosecutor, i think that is a big indication that there's more problems to come. i think what i'll be watching for most, let's say they do go with an independent third party to investigate this. if they go with an independent commission, the point of that is to just come out with a report. they can't do any prosecution. they can subpoena people. but if we have a special prosecutors involves, it will be a problem with the administration, it will be a problem on capitol hill because we'll see more people peel away from their support of president trump, and that's the issue.

we'll have a peeling away for support of the deputy. >> we have more about reporting of president trump considering doing a shake-up, a huge reboot that could involve taking out chief of staff reince priebus, steve bannon. also talking about expanding the communications team, even hiring producers from fox news to help with this. do you think that is really going to help this white house in the tough weeks and months to come? >> fox news, i don't know. desperation. is it going to help? it certainly -- obviously there isn't a lot that they can do in terms of controlling the obsession with this trump/russia connection other than to work with their communications. they can't -- getting rid of

director comey, we have reports that that might slow down the investigation, but at the same time, there is so much material in the work of these journalists. david k. johnston, james henry, that this material is out there, and it's impossible, i think, in the long term for the republicans in the house and for people like sean spicer to continue to ignore it. you can hide in the bushes for only so long. i just want to say happy mother's day before you get me off here. >> no, no, that was good. we saw the ear tug there but it wasn't in the bushes, it was on the side of the bushes. >> in the dark. >> so we want to be accurate about where, near the landscaping it happened. nina burley, kate martell, great to have you here. thank you so much. the testimony before congress about what james comey

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at 39 past the hour, this is what we're watching today. senator lindsey graham is weighing in on what the president told him about the firing of fbi director james comey and what graham wants to see next. here is graham on "meet the press." >> the president called me about the firing and he referenced the comey testifying last week and the judiciary committee about how bad it was, so that's all i know. but i think it's time to call the fbi director before the country at large and explain what happened at that dinner. if there are any tapes they have to be turned over. you can't be cute about tapes. if there are any tapes of this

conversation, they need to be turned over. i doubt if there are, but we need to air there also. >> also new reaction from senator mark warner, vice chair of the senate intel committee. >> the president and this administration said there is no there there continues through their actions that they are afraid of where this investigation is headed. the dots seem to be fairly obviously connected that there is more than smoke here. i'm trying to give the president the benefit of the doubt until we finish this investigation and reach conclusions. >> we want to bring in former fbi special agent specializing in counterterrorism investigations. asha, it's great to have you with me and let's dive in when fbi director comey is able to speak up about this investigation. how much can he talk about specifics that he wasn't able to as the fbi director? >> he can't reveal classified information. even after you leave the fbi,

you're bound by the rules of classification. in the counterintelligence investigation, that would be held pretty close to the chest. he can't compromise the integrity of an ongoing investigation. >> let me rephrase because i didn't mean to put you on the spot there with classified information. what i mean is the fact that he was kind of hedged in before in his ongoing role as fbi director and fbi investigation, what is his private citizen leeway to be able to give those nuggets of details maybe about that dinner or more that we did not get prior to his termination? >> well, look, he's a private citizen now, so in many ways he doesn't have to maintain that veneer of impartiality in terms of giving his own opinions on things. and for things that aren't directly related to the investigation, for example, his conversation with the president, usually that would be covered by something called executive privilege. but if that privilege has been waived because the president

himself has put it on the table, then that could open it up for him to be able to give his version of events. >> i want to get your take on this because i want to play for you what the president of the fbi association had to say about former director comey and the new endorsement from the association for the replacement position coming to mike rogers. take a listen. >> sure. >> our information and contact with our membership is that director comey enjoyed a very strong support. we follow the rule of law, we follow the constitution, and that is something that we want our next director to be so strong with. the rule of law and following the constitution and supporting the agent population. and that is why we picked mike rogers. >> i want to just point out, though, the agency also endorsed mike rogers -- or endorsed comey back in 2013 when he was being considered for this position. what do you make of mike rogers potentially in line, one of the top candidates to take over? >> so the most important thing

is to restore the political independence and impartiality of the bureau. if there is anything we've learned in the last year, it's that politics and the fbi are a toxic combination. so this is deeply engrained in the bureau, whether it's somebody who is coming in with former experience as an agent or as a prosecutor, it's got to be somebody who understands how investigations work, that you leave your political beliefs at the door when you approach investigations, you leave no stone unturned and you state the facts as you see them regardless of how it's going to impact any political party. >> has trump positioned himself on the wrong side of the fbi? >> i don't know that he's really warmed the waters by what he's done, but, you know, again, the fbi is going to be politically impartial, and whoever comes in next is going to need the buy-in of all the agents. we're talking about 14,000

agents, 56 field offices with heads of all of those. this is a bureaucracy that they're going to need to trust that the leader is on board with what they do. >> there for the right reasons. >> that's right. >> asha, great to have you here. former special agent, asha. are the dems a really big problem for him right now or is he getting in his own way? corp and it's explained why some want special investigations into the firing of james comey. (vo) more "doing chores for mom"

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i also don't think they could win any more elections unless they start changing their tune. but they have become very obstructionist. hopefully what will happen is in '18 we will elect some republican senators because we only have a margin now of two. we will elect some more republicans and be able to do it without having to go through that situation with schumer because honestly they just want to stop things. they want to clog up the wheels and we can't let that happen. >> president trump slamming democrats in that latest interview that happened with judge jeanine. i want to bring in our panel. and a mother, so happy mother's day to you, crystal. >> thank you. >> did you get breakfast in bed? let's start with that.

did the kids make breakfast? >> thankfully, no. i dodged that bullet. >> let's start with the president talking about democrats there and saying they are obstructionist. do you agree with that and do you support that? >> well, i hope they will be obstructionist, particularly going forward given what we're dealing with this russia investigation. they should do everything they can to gum up the works until we can guarantee an actual independent investigation because it's just hard to overstate how unprecedented, how important this potential collusion and what's going on between the trump campaign and russia is. we usually the end to overstate how important the day's news is. but with this you really cannot wrap your head around how historic this moment is. so i hope they take this moment to gum up the works as much as they can. but ultimately, thomas, republicans are in control of everything. they control the senator. they control the house. they control the white house.

so if trump is mad at anyone for not getting his agenda through and not moving forward, he should be mad at himself. >> it sounds like the president wants to hold on and expand the gop majority next year. do you think it's that simple? >> yes and no. i want to talks about the politics of the policy. donald trump is very smart. he's talked to a very conservative audience in fox news, so he's preaching to the choir for that. i can't think of one specific policy that the democrats have put the choke hold on, if you will, to stop policy f you will. i can't think of anything right now. when you take a look at the affordable health care act, republicans are the ones who put the cog in that wheel a couple weeks ago. when you take a look at pieces of legislation out there, it is really the republicans and the conservative republicans that are slowing things down for a

few moments. i keep saying this, but the president is not a bonofied conservatives in the eyes of conservative policy when it comes to economic policy and so forth. i'm still trying to figure out what his policy truly is when it comes to taxes. >> so he is. >> when it comes to foreign policy, i don't know if there is a trump doctrine. i'm trying to still figure this out. >> i think we all are and the president is, too. he harolds his own flexibility about this and the president has to come up with who is going to replace james comey at the fbi. we know that there was the eight contenders brought in yesterday and this might be the only eight that we see. do you think that there is a person there that is the likely candidate? >> i don't know who the likely candidate is at this point and who knows with donald trump what he's ultimately going to do, if he's going to throw out that list and come up with somebody

else entirely. i think it is going to be very hard for anyone to give you, given the pressure. not just talking about democratic elected leaders, but people out there in the country are very, very upset about what is going on with our democracy with this firing of former fbi director james comey. you are going to see unbelievable public response, the likes of which we haven't seen since the backlash over the president's muslim ban. you are going to see marches and angry people at town halls and i think it is going to be very hard for anyone to get through until we have some kind of movement towards a truly independent investigation, which cannot happen with the president's own pick. >> all right. so real quickly, though, i want to get this in. a new article telling "politico," robert, that president is still in this honeymoon period and he's getting a pass on a lot of things that may be a big deal

down the road. >> the honeymoon period was the press and american people were giving the president leeway to learn the job. this is now serious. and the president himself is saying we have to talk about infrastructure. we have to talk about the affordable act. we have to talk -- he himself said we have to talk about the politics of 2018 and getting more republicans elected to the house and senate. the honeymoon is over. this is real. the president leaves to go to saudi arrabia. there is no honeymoon here. this is real, raw politics and policy that the president needs to get his arms around to move this country forward. >> do you agree with that? >> i think so. the honeymoon is over. we want a divorce. at this point we're more than 100 days into this

administration. he's 70 years old. we know what this man is. he's completely incompetent. he is a menace to the democracy and we need to think about moving forward. >> you set me up for some real shade there and i am not going to take that easy route. great to see you. coming up next, the top democratic explains why he is calling for special investigations on the firing of james comey. everyone, have a happy mother's day. talk to you laterment i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze air effects with odorclear technology cleans... ...away odors like never before. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up... ...to 30 days. breathe happy with new febreze.

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