>> senator warner: to meet that's troubling, chris. earlier in the week the president has said he fired comey because of the deputy attorney attorney generals memo. it implied that he was upset that they hadn't treated hillary clinton fairly last fall. i find it very disturbing that the president would fire the head of the fbi, who was leading an investigation into the president or his affiliates and associates having ties and connections with russia during the campaign and afterwards. to me it's absolutely unacceptable, the president's actions. >> chris: i want to pick up on that. here's the statement that you made this week at the senate intelligence committee hearing. here it is. >> senator warner: it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the president's decision to remove director comey was related to this investigation. that is truly unacceptable. >> chris: senator, i have a straight question for you. do you believe the president fired comey to interfere with the fbi investigation into russian interference in the election and a poss

senator warner: we feel very good. i think we will have an appropriate process in place. >> can you eliminate that as a possibility? senator burr: we cannot comment on that. that conversation took place supposedly between director comey and president. our job is to make sure we follow the intelligence where it leads and hopefully at some point we will be able to make a determination as to whether that statement is accurate. senator warner: i would add that i would refer you to mr. mccabe's comments about what traditional procedure would be. that would not be something in a traditional case would be discussed. said that this meeting was to set up the rules of the road. how would you describe with those are, and a director comey come up at all? senator burr: he did not come up. he was not the subject of it. though there are details to work out, there was acknowledgment and understanding of the need for us to be able to pick up the phone, share with them what we were likely to do, and could get immediate clearance on whet

warner for whatever he would like to say. sen. warner: thank you, mr. chairman. i think it is particularly great to see that you both more purple ties today. that color coordination gives a little extra -- >> so did the chairman. sen. warner: so did the hairman. it shows when there is a will, there is a way. [laughter] this chronic care topic is obviously extraordinarily critical, and i want to thank the chairman and ranking member for asking sen. isakson and i to work on this roup with you. sen. isakson isn't here, but as with so many projects he has been a great partner. thank you and sen. wyden. i echo what senator schatz and senator wicker said in terms of telehealth being a critical part of chronic care. he truth is, as a population ages and americans survive acute illnesses to an extent previously unimaginable, we need to make meaningful reforms to our health programs so we can move medicare into the 21st century, to ensure high-quality care. although the rate of increase in the national health spending may be slowing, our aging population and the uncertain

senator warner: i trusted jim comey. i echo with the chairman said in terms of his willingness to work with the committee. i thought he had made some mistakes last fall but i never called for his resignation. i thought he was a straight shooter. frankly, i'm offended at the president's comments today. this is a continued pattern of disrespecting the men and women who serve in our intelligence community. i think the president would be better served supporting the intelligence community rather than repeatedly calling into question the leader's integrity. senator burr: thank you. we have a very busy day. the senators were asked about the president's comments from an nbc interview where the president called the former fbi director a showboat. variety reporting that during the interview, the president said he asked director comey whether he was under investigation for ties to russia. he spoke to mr. comey once over dinner and twice by phone.

warner that is mark giving his prepared testimony now.ill be giving his testimony and then we will get into the question and answers portion. time for futures and focus. oil climbing for a second consecutive day. is the us from the cme chief market strategist -- thank you for joining, bob. why are we getting a slight bounce for oil when stockpiles are really giving us the impression that we should be getting a drop? bob: there's a couple of reasons. i'm not necessarily seeing this as a slight rebound. i'm seeing it as a respectable move. we've had the last four or five days up. some calling it a capitulation selloff. when you look at the overall macro analysis of crude oil, there is a lot going on. i think opec is 100% going to extend cuts. they may even attempt to add on to those cuts. i feel a bit played by saudi arabia, to be honest. sitting here this all-time calling the opec production cut a failure but all they are trained to do is have crude oil exist in this sweet spot -- trying to do is have crude oil exist in this sweet spot whe

i'll make that mark in blood right now if you want. >> what would ol' solomon warner do?pretty sure his great-great granddaddy would tell him to sit tight. he's positive the frontier merchant is somewhere off in the sunset, grinning. >> for him to know that his jeans that he left after his passing were worth $50,000, i think he would think the world has gone crazy. >> now, that's some tailor-made "close" from an heir not only left big shoes to fill, but a big pair of pants to boot. >> everybody has a pair of their favorite super-comfortable, worn-out jeans, right? these are mine. i can't believe i'm wearing them on a shoot, but i wonder what old levi strauss would think of clothing stores selling pre-ripped denim, often at two or three times the cost of a pristine pair. what's up with kids these days -- too lazy to wear out their own jeans? i'm jamie colby. thanks for watching "strange inheritance." and remember -- you can't take it with you. >> dad had a talent. >> there's nobody out there who does what he did. he was just that good. >> but it's lost on his son. >> when

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you heard mark warner elude to this. if you think andrew mccabe wasn't going to be in the hot seat, think again. the acting fbi director did not expect to see you here today. james comey is the elephant not in the room, at least this morning. i want to talk with bill cassidy, republican from louisiana and a member of the senate help committee. thank you for being with us on what has turned into a very busy news morning. i want to get your perspective on health care in a minute. but i want to get your reaction to what you're hearing from senator warner. hard to avoid the conclusion, just now, that the timing of james comey dismissal was related to the russia investigation. do you agree? >> no. you could easily come to a different conclusion. the reports that president trump thought of dismissing comey after the election. chuck schumer suggested comey should resign last fall. but what president trump did was first appoint an attorney general which took 2 1/2 months to get done and then ann assistant attorney general twho t

i'll make that mark in blood right now if you want. >> what would ol' solomon warner do?s pretty sure his great-great granddaddy would tell him to sit tight. he's positive the frontier merchant is somewhere off in the sunset, grinning. >> for him to know that his jeans that he left after his passing were worth $50,000, i think the world has gone crazy. >> now, that's some tailor-made "close" from an heir not only left big shoes to fill, but a big pair of pants to boot. >> everybody has a pair of their favorite super-comfortable, worn-out jeans, right? these are mine. i can't believe i'm wearing them on a shoot, but i wonder what old levi strauss would think of clothing stores selling pre-ripped denim, often at two or three times the cost of a pristine pair. what's up with kids these days -- too lazy to wear out their own jeans? i'm jamie colby. thanks for watching "strange inheritance." and remember -- you can't take it with you. lauren: breaking news this morning, president trump scoring a major victory as the house votes to repeal and replace obamacare but the skin of t

i was fascinated with what senator warner had to say.sition of we're going to give the president the benefit of the doubt, but he then raised about ten which, i think -- ten questions which, i think, need to be answered. this is not yet watergate, not a clear crime. on the russian issue, as senator warner and others have said, there are, you know, a thousand questions, and they should be answered. but there's no evidence that president trump at this point was somehow involved in collusion here. that's an important -- chris: what about his actions though? >> well, his actions are strange and unpredictable and impulsive, as always. but in the case of nixon, he had his former white house counsel, john dean, for four days testifying that the president corruptly and illegally led the. and you have nothing comparable. now, that doesn't mean, you know, we don't know where this is going to go. there is an immense amount of smoke. the other problem here as senator warner was saying, if there are tapes, he would like to get the tapes, the senate g

at least that is according to chairman richard burr and mark warner.y said that they didn't really discuss the firing. it was not really the purpose of the meeting. i asked whether or not mr. rosenstein had any concerns at all about the way the firing happened. we know that from our reporting that may be the case. the members burr and warner side stepped that question saying that this was not actually the point of the meeting. the point being that they wanted to talk about how to make sure that their investigation, the senate intelligence committee, does not conflict with what the fbi is doing, its own probe over russia and those ties that may have occurred with the trump campaign. both warner and burr emerged from this meeting, wolf, feeling confident that they're not conflicting with one another and they can move forward and one other point, both burr and warner took strong exception to the criticism the president just leveled against director comey, both saying that he's praising his service and mark warner even saying he was offended by the preside

mark warner made public disclose sure of that request today. it was hours after that that we got word that the fbi director had been fired. this is -- it's a fast moving story, he's right in the middle of it. but it's very hard to know where the investigate -- sort of -- the accountability, authority, and accountability comes from here on out if they keep canning people to get close toyota. >> please stay with us for a few more minutes, we'll bring in experts who know a little bit more than we do, you can present some of these questions to them. justice correspondent is joining us now. clint wauts, he's a fellow at the foreign policy research institute and former fbi agent. he's also an msnbc contributor. pete, where do we go from here, what does this do to an on going fbi investigation. we know that the director has to oversee a lot in the course of the day and there's someone at the fbi who is overseeing that russia investigation nonstop. does this in any way inhibit how that investigation proceeds? >> well, in a very practical way, no, but i

he was meeting with mark warner and richard burr. the question of a special prosecutor was brought up by mark warner. is a change for mark warner, who has been saying the senate intelligence committee should keep doing their work. after the firing of james comey, he is siding with his democratic colleagues, there should be some sort of special counsel. susan, hampton, virginia. caller: good morning. the whole thing should be dropped. every representative and every -- all the gone to information the fbi has they already the information and you would think if there was something to pinpoint, it would be out in public. i think they need to investigate before the election, the state of georgia, their voter rolls were hacked. states byd two other the doj. i think that should be investigated. host: kathy, you are on the air. tweet: when trump did his , i am independent. i voted republican many times. this investigation on trump and his affiliates is going on before the election. it had nothing to do with the democrats losing. a lady called

mark warner has done a very good job. i had some differences it would senator burr and in the last week, some people tell me he was very upset with comey's firing, and i hope it continues. they can't prosecute. the special counsel of the justice department has the ability to prosecute people for violations of wall. they go on in tandem. one shouldn't step on the other. i know they're talking to each other now, the fbi was with the intelligence committee to make sure no one's granted immunity. it's two separate issues. we very much need a special prosecutor, chuck, we need someone who is independent of the justice department to get to the bottom of this. i say one more thing. the silence of my republican colleagues on this issue is sort of deafening. this is not an issue of party, this is an issue of country, foreign interference in the elections is a very, very serious thing, and we should get to the bottom of it. where's the howard baker of 2017? we desperately need one. >> one of your democratic colleagues, sheldon sena

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i think senator warner clearly does. rosenstein was supposed to be the institutionalist that would protect the department of justice, protect its independence. and in the last few days we see he clearly isn't up to that job. senator warner pressed him privately, pressed him publically and will continue to press him to appoint a special council. >> let's take a look at how awkward this meeting was for senator warner. you heard senator warner say i still have concerns about mr. rosenstein. let's listen to the way he put that on this program. >> i voted for this gentleman based upon his reputation in maryland. but i am deeply disappointed. and if i could have that vote back, i would be voting a different way. >> paul butler, i've never heard a senator say i would like to take my confirmation vote back just weeks after that confirmation. >> and that's the wrong approach. look, lawrence, rod rosenstein, a man of utmost integrity got played by the president of the united states. the president asked him for his honest opinion a

warner says that he hopes that comey will testify soon. jonathan: senator warner weighing in on speculation about recording devices in the white house. press secretary sean spicer would not deny president trump is recording conversations in the oval office. this morning the president suggested in a tweet his conversations with james comey before the firing may have been recorded. it would tapes exist, be disturbing if they suddenly disappear. they should be preserved. judiciary,be more but we all to get a look at them. jonathan: maryland congressman elijah cummings sent a letter to the white house to turn over any recordings between the president and comey. alison: home appliance problems can be a major headache. >> they said, ma'am, we cannot validate the claim. alison: you may want to check the fine print. 7 on your side jonathan: an update from atlanta -- faster than anyone expected, the northbound lanes of interstate 85 that were destroyed by massive fire six weeks ago will now reopened a month ahead of schedule. the southbound lanes a

in fact, senator warner just said, we're going to get to the truth.r the fbi. there are over 10,000 special agents. there's now a very able acting director of the fbi. in fact, if anything, the issues with respect to his spouse that have been raised. i think we need to allow the fbi to do its work. my two tours of duty at the justice department, my role as independent counsel, i worked with countless fbi agents. the directors are always people of great integrity. i have complete confidence. it's a terrific guardrail. there are checks and balances in our system. let's allow the system to work. >> as you pointed out, you were an independent counsel. the law has expired. but the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein could appoint a special counsel. the democrats saying it is necessary at this point. does the fact that the deputy attorney general is involved in the firing, was asked by the president to come up with this recommendation or at least explanation for his decision, should he be appointing a special counsel? >> i don't think it causes any reaso

senator mark warner is the top democrat on the intelligence committee. he wants the democratic party to refuse to vote on the nomination of a new fbi director until a special prosecutor is appointed. >> there are a lot of democrats who feel that way. we have to discuss it as a caw kaus but i would support that move because who the fbi director is, is related to who the special prosecutor is. remember, the criteria for a special prosecutor independent in making day-to-day decisions from the hierarchy in the justice department and the white house, can only be fired for cause, has to report to congress, and very importantly can look into any attempts to thwart the investigation, are all really important criteria, and to have that special prosecutor, people would breathe a sigh of relief because then there would be a real independent person overlooking the fbi director. so i think the two are related. i think mark warner's idea is a good idea and i this i it will get broad support in our caucus. the key here of course is getting some of our republican collea

perdue: thank you. >> thank you, senator warner. senator warner: thank you, mr. chairman. secretary mnuchin, good to see you again. i don't want to belabor the point that senator van hollen was making, but i would just add beyond the fact that the health care legislation which i strongly oppose offered a massive tax cut for folks like you and me. it also, i say this as a former governor, is really just a transfer of obligation from the federal government, which used to share in the medicaid responsibility, to the states. it's an $830 billion transfer of responsibility back to the states. now, the states can cut their medicaid, or they can end up resulting in dramatic tax increases to continue to pay for that medicaid, which will slow the kind of growth that senator perdue and i would like to see. i know today is tax reform, but the health care debate is going to influence how many of us approach the tax reform debate because whether it's repatriation, other issues, i'm going to work with you. but we've got to do it in a way that is at least deficit neutral and doesn't foll

at warner music, that was a great success.ity holders back in the first nine month, we strengthened the company's competitive interest and rewrote the model in terms of creating 360 deals versus just record deals. and i think the music industry is back to a healthy growth and we'll see. but there's -- it's the most -- in a way, it's the most compelling consumer content. people sort think become and i think whether they continue to be independent or become part of a larger business is hard it say. >> what happened to spotify in there's been so many -- does it go public? >> i think it probably goes public. the deal they did kind of pushes them to go public and i think they probably will. >> you were one of the recall bidders on time ink. they decided not to sell. what was your thesis about time? >> i think it is aing zeen company,ing about, on and on and on, all of which can and should exist well beyond the mag glon world and doesn't. so iy z a huge opportunity there but i think it going to be really tough to do it in a public c

interference in last year's presidential election. >> warner: the author of the fateful james comey memo appeared on capitol hill today. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein met with the top republican and democrat on the senate intelligence committee. afterwards they said comey's firing wasn't discussed. but democratic vice chair mark warner remained skeptical: >> i think it was a productive session but i still have concerns about mr. rosenstein in terms of his role in the comey departure in terms of the memo. >> warner: rosenstein has said privately he did not initiate comey's firing. still, there are now nearly as many questions for the justice department's number two as there are for the ousted f.b.i. director himself. rosenstein graduated harvard law school in 1989. in 1997, he became an assistant u.s. attorney in maryland. in 2005, president bush appointed him the state's top federal prosecutor, a post he held until this year. in january, president trump nominated him for deputy attorney general. at his confirmation hearing, senators of both parties praised him. >> i know of

let's start with mark warner -- then you have john mccain, he also says -- have senator you bob casey of pennsylvania, who simply says he links to the twitter of all ryan. let's go to that. he says -- sam: of course, talking of clinton at the time. and then you have the president himself, at the time candidate trump saying that crooked hillary clinton and her team were careless in the handling of sensitive, highly classified ." ormation, not fit

she they'll be joined by our moderator for today's event, judith warner who's a senior fellow at action and who what out a paper just last week opening the gates, clearing the way for more women to hold political office. i urge you to pick up a copy. these join me in welcoming the congresswoman and judy to the stage. [applause]

i have a lot of confidence in chairman burr and senator warner to handle that whole matter. >> -- the seemingly endless -- >> i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating

>> i don't think that is up to senator warner and myself to make. the president made a determination that if any point he does not feel he is, a change would be made. reason the dag determined he could not carry out the job he would make a decision. we don't have the luxury of taking who we work with. we work on the pathways that s we accommodate the need work with. one last question. >> have you gotten a response to your subpoena? >> one last question. >> the president told leicester lester holt that he was going to fire director comey whether he had the recommendation or not and called him a show voter and grandstand her. >> i will not speak for senator warner. i will let her do that. i put out a statement on the director's firing. i found him to be one of the most ethical, upright, straightforward individuals i have had the opportunity to work with. he provided our andittee with more access information of the fbi. there were employees who disagreed with how he handled the clinton email announcement. the lines share of fbi employees respect to for

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was the senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr and the top democratic of intel mark warner on the right side of your screen. they are announcing a new round of subpoenas that they sent out today in the trump russia investigation. this targets mike flynn and specifically his businesses. now, we know that mike flynn is currently fighting the committee's subpoena to testify and to happened over the documents. the committee is hashing it out with flynn's lawyers in terms of what he's able to take the fifth on. but meanwhile, as of late this afternoon, they are sending subpoenas to his businesses and businesses that senator warner said they can't take the fifth. businesses are not people, my friend. d ifou needed any further assurance that the trump/russia investigation is all about following the money, it's very much about businesses and business ties and banking records and finances. also consider the late-breaking news today reported first by fox business and now confirmed by nbc news that the president has now chosen his private counsel who he will use to try to save his pre

but what we've done and the leadership of senator burr and senator warner is issued another request for documents from companies that he organized who

already requested additional information and i have a lot of confidence in chairman burr and senator warner to handle that whole matter ethically. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> let me just repeat what i said earlier interview this morning. i think would be able to have less drama. emanating from the white house. [inaudible] >> i said it publicly earlier this morning. [inaudible]

later, democratic senator mark warner.ng brazil as brazilian stock futures are down 10% as they open up. this is bloomberg. ♪ isa: the justice department ready to sue fiat chrysler. according to people briefed on the matter, a lawsuit could be filed this week. former executives at torture bank will help pay for fines imposed on the lender. the bank is close to an agreement with managers. he did not mention any names. autsche bank completed settlement over its handling of mortgage backed securities. walmart picking up steam in its fight against amazon. online sales rose 69% in the first quarter. walmarts brick-and-mortar stores were up 1.3%, better than expected. alix: with us to discuss consumer confidence and health of the u.s. economy are our gas still with us. it was a confusing retail season. some super bad comes some better, and retail sales were sought for april. what is your general take away from the consumer? in prettysumer is good shape your the first quarter was not a good quarter for the consumer. the labor mar

quotes senator rich are a burr, chairman of the committee, senator mark warner, vice chairman of the. saying comey committed to testify in open session before the committee. press release saying will opening hearing will be after memorial day. a statement from senator burr. the committee looks forward to receiving testimony from the former director on his role of the development of the intelligence community assessment on russian interference of the to 16 electi elections and i am hopeful it'll clarify for recent event broadly reported in the media. that statement from burr. senator warner added this, i hope that former director comey's testimony will hope answer some of the questions that have arisen since director comey was so suddenly dismissed by the president. i respect that director comey will be able to shed light on issues critical to this committee's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. our congressional reporter, manu raju is up on capitol hill. yet another major development unfolding right now, manu. this is going to be a hearing a lot of us feared i

partisan calls should not delay the considerable work of chairman burr and vice chairman warner, too much is at stake. >> there are a great many outstanding questions about the circumstances of director comey's dismissal, the status of the executive branch investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia, and what the future holds for these investigations. i will be requesting that the majority leader call a closed and if necessary, classified, all senators briefing with the attorney general and the deputy attorney general separately. >> our senior kopcongressional reporter, manu raju, is up on capitol hill. first of all, what else are you hearing from u.s. senators? >> democratic senators are weighing exactly how far to take this fight. i spoke to a number of them this morning after a closed-door briefing. and one thing they're considering is whether or not to hold up action in the senate. essentially grind the senate to a halt, until a special prosecutor is named in the russian probe. now, they're not certain they're going to go that route. some are concerned that could install

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warner: thank you. i have got a couple of questions that hopefully will require only yes or no answers. first, for the whole panel, the assembled leadership of the intelligence committee, the believe the intelligence committee assessment accurately characterizes the extent that the russian intelligence agencies responsible for the hacking and leaking of information and using of this information in order to influence our elections? a yes or no will suffice. >> yes, sir. >> yes, senator. >> yes, i do. >> yes. sen. warner: i guess the next presumption, i will not even ask this question, that community assessment was unanimous and is not a piece of "fake news" or evidence of some other individual nation state other than russia, so i appreciate that for the record. for the record. i warned you, mr. mccabe, i have to get you on the record. you have committed to informing this committee of any effort to interfere with the fbi's ongoing investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign? dir. mccabe

senator mark warner. all in conjunction with the story we have been report ing about the fired nsa chief general flynn who now we're hearing wants to lead the fifth. what did senator warner share with you. >> i asked him directly does that mean you may pursue contempt of congress charges. he would not rule that out. he said this is something we're going to discuss. he want s s to discuss this wit the chairman, the republican who does head the intelligence committee. but did raise concerns about michael flynn not complying with the request. but also acknowledging that that was expected that he would not provide that information. we also talked about this upcoming testimony that's highly anticipated testimony for james comey the former fbi director expected to come before the senate intelligence committee. this he said is expected the week after e memorial day. not next week, but the week after. he thinks that's when comey can testify in public. one thing i asked was whether or not comey's testimony may be

senator warner: thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for your leadership on this committee. i also want to welcome the witnesses. it is good you all. that impossible to ignore one of the leaders of the intelligence community is not here today. the president's firing of fbi director call me tuesday night was a shocking develop -- director comey tuesday night was a shocking development. the timing of his dismissal, to me and many members of this committee, is especially troubling. he was leading an active counterintelligence investigation into any links between the trump campaign and the russian government and its representatives and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russian efforts to interfere in our election. for many people, including , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the president's decision to remove director comey was related to this investigation, and that is purely an acceptable. we were scheduled to hear directly from director comey today in open session. we an the american people were supposed to hear straight from the individual re

i know senator warner has got additional comments. could you furnish us for the record two or three of the models that you think have been particularly good at picking up on this area that i'm talking about, the services that don't technically fit what would be called the medical condition? could you furnish that for the record? >> yes. >> senator warner, you'll be the last one. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that and recognize sometimes when a member comes in after a long hearing, i won't try to take my whole five minutes. but i want to at least -- >> that would be great. >> i want to start by thanking you and the ranking member and also for the wisdom of appointing johnny isaacson to serve on this effort as well. i think echoing what senator wyden said, we got a great product here. it may not be the whole enchilada but it's an area where we can find common ground. >> that's right. >> and i would commend both of you and commit anything i can do to assist in getting it other the finish line. not only the value of this produc