our democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an f.b.i. director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. that removal being done by a man, rod rosenstein, who they repeatedly and effuse civilly praised. mr. rosenstein recommended mr. comey's removal for many of the reasons they consistently complained about. two investigations are currently ongoing. the senate intelligence committee's review of russian active measures and intelligence activities and the f.b.i. investigation disclosed by director comey. today we'll no doubt hear calls for a new investigation which could only serve to impede the current work being done to not only discover what the russians may have done; also to let this body and the national security community develop countermeasures and war-fighting doctrine to see that it doesn't occur again. partisan calls should not delay the considerable work of chairman burr and vice chairman warner. too much is at stake. deputy attorney general rosenstein was just confirmed on a bipartisan vote 94-6. 94-6. and that s

the f.b.i., just to give you an abstract example. if the f.b.i. wants to interview someone who they think is a key witness and they really want to structure that interview in the way they do to get to the answers, they might call up congress and say, hey, that open hearing you want to do next week with that guy, can you please put that off because we have that process up? that's not a bad thing for the congressional hearing. look, it's a good thing the f.b.i. is now going to proceed with a guy like bob mueller who is profoundly respected on both sides of the aisle but, yeah, there's going to be a need as we move along to make sure we don't step on each other's investigations. host: does that mean the public won't get to hear from the former f.b.i. director james comey anytime soon? guest: well, most of us have a bias. i know ranking member adam schiff does. we all have a bias to doing as much as this in the public arena as we can. you know, this is part of the problem here is that this is all happening in the murky world of, you know, ambassadors

but firing an f.b.i. ctor in the middle of an investigation, the only precedent in our history was president nixon sacking the special prosecutor, archibald cox, during the watergate investigation. that's what this one look likes. and this is no time to be putting on the brakes on the investigation. we have to step on the gas. >> woodruff: senator tim kaine, thank you very much. >> absolutely for the record, we asked every republican senator who voiced support for president trump's move, but they declined our invitation. we will continue to invite them to join us for an interview. but for now, two different perspectives on mr. trump's controversial decision and what this means for the president's relationship with the f.b.i. we are joined by benjamin wittes. he's the editor in chief of the brookings institution's lawfare blog. and george terwilliger. he served as deputy attorney general under president george h.w. bush. and we thank both of you for joining us tonight. i'm going to start with you, benjamin

the f.b.i. has an acting director, that's andrew mccabe, set to testify today before the senate intelligence committee. the papers this morning also talk about potential people to serve as interim director of the f.b.i. in light of the firing. pictures also included in the "washington journal" street this morning, they include adam lee, an agent in charge of the richmond office, michael anderson, in charge of the chicago office, andrew mccabe, which you just heard, serving as acting director, and he was the deputy f.b.i. director der james comey, william evanina, serving as counterintelligence executive at the office of the director of national intelligence, and paul abbate, in charge of criminal and cyber crimes at the f.b.i., also potentially could serve as next director. some of the people also highlighted in other papers about possibly serving, new jersey governor chris christie, soon-to-be retiring congressional member from south carolina, trey gaudy, and milwaukee county sheriff david clark, amon

we know the president's willing to fire an f.b.i. director because of this investigation in his own words. it makes all the sense in the world to have a special prosecutor who can only be fired for cause to lead the russia investigation. that would help protect the integrity of the investigation by insulating it from the white house which at the very minimum is overreaching. given the circumstances, these requests are reasonable. they're modest. i hope, i really pray that my friends on the other side of the aisle will see that now is the time to put party considerations aside and do what is right for our country. i know that several of my colleagues, senators from maine, tennessee, arizona have expressed concerns. a few have gone further and endorsed some of the actions i have mentioned. it's a good first step, but it is not enough. in the past 24 hours, there's been more movement among republicans in the house than here in the senate. the senate by its traditions should be leading this effort, not following. more of my republican fr

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keep an eye as to whether or not there were leaks out of the f.b.i. if there are maybe those agents are talking anonymously but still talking. if there are no leaks for the next week or two this may all be behind us. keep an eye on that. president trump sounding the hypocrite alarm showing video of democrats demanding james comey be fired questioning why they're outraged why they fired him in turn. talk to the panel today. the search is on for the next f.b.i. director. who is on that short list? talk to senator mike lee on that in a moment live straight ahead. >> shannon: a major healthcare provider pulling out of the obamacare exchanges in numerous states. dr. ease equal emmanuel will join us to talk about whether the law is actually imploding. >> thank you very much for this great honor and privilege. i am honored to become a wildcat. >> shannon: secretary betsy devos delivering a commencement address to a chorus of views. students even turned their backs on her. >> congratulations to all of you. crafted interior. all of these are feats of engineerin

f.b.i. and congress. they have investigators as well. but an investigation like this that is so wide-ranging, that involves foreign intelligence, is going to be done much more ably by the f.b.i. because they have the resources and the experience. soledad: nice to see you, peter zeidenberg. thank you for the 101 of the f.b.i. i appreciate it. peter zeidenberg: my pleasure. announcer: next on "matter of fact." he made policy at the white house. now he's running for office. >> there's a pay cut involved. announcer: find out why this millennial took the leap into politics anyway. still ahead. a mother's gripping story. >> we were told the disease would take her life before her first birthday. announcer: and the little girl who beat the odds. could she face a new crisis if no one will insure her? soledad: just before he left office, president obama delivered a farewell speech in chicago and issued a call to action. pres. obama: if something needs fixing, lace up your shoes and do some organizing. [applause] if you're disappointed by your elected off

now, this is also an f.b.i. director who was conducting an investigation into possible ties between the president's campaign and russia. there will be, i'm sure, conspiracy theorists. i'm sure there will be allegations is were they looking for a reason to do this. >> woodruff: up until now president trump has given every indication that he wanted james comey to continue. >> although today, very telling, perhaps telling, we don't know, there was... after the letter was sent, he had to correct some of his testimony to the senate regarding the e-mail investigation, a separate instance. ers sean spicer was asked, does the president still have the support of the president. sean said, "i have not spoken to the president since this development. i would be reluctant to say that now without speaking to the president first." >> woodruff: but john yang, this story breaking as we're sitting here this evening. it broke just 15 minutes before we went on if air at 6:00 eastern. from the white house, the president has fired the

that's a really important power, given the recent reports about an active f.b.i. investigation into general flynn. i am heartened by the news of mr. muller's appointment, but in no way it diminishes the need tn active role in helping to get to the bottom of recent events. intelligence committee chair burr, ranking member warner should still pursue the congressional investigation into these matters with just as much vigor. that investigates has been proceeding in a -- that investigation has been proceeding in a bipartisan way, and it absolutely should continue with such. we should still seek testimony from mr. comey in both the judiciary and intelligence committees to discuss the events surrounding his dismissal and be given access to his memos and any transcripts or tapes of his conversation with president trump. mr. comey was central to the events of the past few weeks. we still need to hear from him. i want to thank the bipartisan leadership of both the intelligence and judiciary committees for requesting both the records and public testimony of director comey.

let's bring an f.b.i.tor we can all have faith in and move forward. >> shannon: the reasons all date back to the things that made the democrats unhappy last year. why not fire him day one of the trump presidency. their beef is these things existed months ago, why fire him now? >> the letter from mr. rosenstein gave a reason to fire him. maybe we should have fired him when schumer said to fire him. you don't want to democratic leader in charge of the f.b.i. the democratic leader called for his firing. maybe that's when we should have done it. i think it's better to have a letter from the deputy attorney general who gives us a reason as to why we need a new leader rather than a politician calling for him being fired. you have two choices, listen to chuck schumer the politician and you need to fire comey or the deputy attorney general who is a professional prosecutor and follow his counsel and advice. i think the president chose wisely. >> shannon: where do we go from here? are you confident the russian inves

f.b.i. director james comey. he did this in the middle of an active f.b.i. investigation into possible links between the trump campaign, trump associates and the russian government. this action should worry every member of the senate. and i know it worries the people we represent. my office has been flooded with calls since this

f.b.i. and congress. they have investigators as well. but an investigation like this that is so wide-ranging, that involves foreign intelligence, is going to be done much more ably by the f.b.i. because they have the resources and the experience. soledad: nice to see you, peter zeidenberg. thank you for the 101 of the f.b.i. i appreciate it. peter zeidenberg: my pleasure. announcer: next on "matter of fact." he made policy at the white house. now he's running for office. >> there's a pay cut involved. announcer: find out why this millennial took the leap into politics anyway. still ahead. a mother's gripping story. >> we were told the disease would take her life before her first birthday. announcer: and the little girl who beat the odds. could she face a new crisis if no one will insure her? introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs spee

firing an f.b.i. director who's investigating the president's campaign, disclosing classified information to a country that wishes us harm and just finished undermining the integrity of our elections, we need our republican colleagues to join us in standing up to put country over party and work with democrats to get the truth of director comey's firing, to protect the integrity of the investigation into russian interference in our election and to get to the bottom of yesterday's report. searching for the truth is not a partisan thing to do. it is the patriotic thing to do. we need more than words from our republican colleagues. we need action. senator durbin. senator durbin: november 8, 2016, is a day that will live in cyber infamy. the russians did everything in their power to invade the government of the united states of america and to corrupt a presidential election. those words are not mine alone. they are words that are backed up by every major intelligence agency of the united states of america.

you know, one could make a request of an f.b.i. agent or for that matter the immediate oe f.b.i. ot done for an improper purpose it would not be obstruction of justice. if done for an improper purpose, it would be. >> yang: michael, anything you want to add to that or take away from that? >> i think that's correct. the in fact legally the president can, for example, fire the f.b.i. director is true, but not if it was done for corrupt purposes. and, you know, i have a right to drive a car, but not to drive a getaway car. and so that is the kind of fact-based question that prosecutors and juries have to look at. and, also, the court of public opinion needs to look at. mr. mueller has a legal brief, but ultimately, as your story showed earlier, conclude has a very significant role to play in looking at the broader set of questions, including this. >> yang: then do you think what the president has done or alleged to have dne with-- with james comey and his discussions with mr. comey, does that constitute obstruction of justice in your mind, michael? >> again, assuming that the allegat

>> democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an f.b.i. director whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. >> the president wanted to stop or stifle this investigation. >> tonight the f.b.i. defending the move saying it has been on the president's mind since day one. why now? what is next? scott thuman is joining us for what he found out. scott? >> yeah, one of the big questions tonight. why the change of attitude toward comey? he lavished praise at it time over the former director for six months but the white house asked about it and said that was candidate trump. not president trump. there is a difference between the two. >> the white house besieged with demands from angry constituents and questions from the reporters. what are behind james comey's firing. >> he wasn't doing a good job. not doing a good job. >> he once praised comey having guts and doing the right thing on the clinton e-mail investigation. quandary that the director wrestled with. >> it makes me mildly nauseous we might have had an impact on the election. b

f.b.i. director robert mueller as an independent special counsel to investigate the trump administration and allegations of russian interference with the presidential election. the chairman of the house oversight committee tells cbs news he expects fired f.b.i. director james comey will testify next wednesday. the stock markets fell sharply in the turmoil. the dow down 372 points, almost 2%. the nasdaq fell by more than 2.5%. mr. trump complained today that it has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. >> reporter: the tipping point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f.b.i. director james comey had taken notes about his february meeting with president trump. the meeting took place the day adter national security adviser michael flynn was fired for lying to the vice president about his contacts with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. nn his memo, comey wrote that president trump said, "i hope that raised the specter of obstruction of justice. and today, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein decided that the justice department could no longer run th

the republicans do and they can vote on a party line for an f.b.i. director. the question is are they going to have an appetite to make it partisan or do they want to make sure that the f.b.i. director is something that both the democrats and the republicans agree on to make sure that the american public knows that they are above politics, that they are fair and impartiality and -- impartial and add hearing to the -- and ad ad hearing to the law, not any republican party. it remains to be seen who donald trump nominates and how that process plays out. >> rose: foreign policy. first, north korea. >> yeah. >> rose: the principal challenge to this presidency right now. north korea just had another missile that they -- a large one they put on a rocket, and it sort of had the same kind of parabola that an icbm would have, suggesting this was a successful firing of a medium-range missile. >> yeah. >> rose: the president says he has a very good relationship with the chinese, the chinese are doing more, and that he's promised he will do less in terms of demand about t

one, he was under an f.b.i. n. >> shannon: he is not personally under investigation. >> people around him are. the f.b.i. -- >> shannon: so far democrats and republicans alike they have some seen no evidence of collusion. >> they're currently in the middle of an investigation. we know the f.b.i. asked for more resources for this investigation. >> shannon: actually no. the acting f.b.i. director yesterday said that's not true. >> they asked for more resources? >> shannon: he said under oath when he testified before the senate and you're calling him a liar then. >> number three is we know that donald trump asked james comey for his personal loyalty and james comey said no, my loyalty is to the law and not to any political party. >> shannon: let's bring in mercedes. "the new york times" stands by that account. >> let me deconstruct this explanation. first of all, remember that bill clinton was the one who fired an f.b.i. director. >> that guy was ethics violations up the -- it is not similar. >> shannon: give merced

f.b.i. director james comey. he did this in the middle of an active f.b.i. investigation into possible links between the trump campaign, trump associates and the russian government. this action should worry every member of the senate. and i know it worries the people we represent. my office has been flooded with calls since this decision became public. americans are asking why this firing happened now, why the firing happened at all, and they are right to ask. officially, president trump said the f.b.i. director's dismissal was necessary to restore, quote, the public trust and confidence in the f.b.i. that is laughable. anybody who knows director comey or knows the f.b.i. knows that that statement is completely false. i have had my issues with the decisions that director comey has made over the past months. i've never called for his removal, but i know that he did not have a negative effect on morale at the justice department or in the f.b.i. i have worked for a deputy attorney general of the united states. i'm so disappointed in the tone of the letter writt

ti our democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an f.b.i.irector whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. >> reporter: democrats do have a history of slamming comey over his handling of the clinton investigation. >> the f.b.i. director has no credibility. >> reporter: but pennsylvania democrat bob casey argues it's the timing of comey's dismissal that's problematic. >> once the world knew that this t vestigation was under way, you min't fire the investigator in >>e middle of an investigation. >> reporter: several republicans agreed, including the chair of ite senate intelligence committee, richard burr. fo the timing and the reasons for this decision made little sense to me, and i don't think i've heard anything since last night that would clarify that in any way. >> reporter: he and his democratic counterpart mark warner have asked the now former f.b.i. director to come before >>e committee next tuesday. >> reporter: i think jim comey ought to have his, if not his day in court, at least his day on the hill to be able to lay o

rapidly developing investigation into whether the president tried to shut dunn an f.b.i. investigation of his administration. among the developments late today, the department of justice just announced it will appoint former f.b.i. director robert mueller as an independent special counsel to investigate the trump administration and allegations of russian interference with the presidential election. the chairman of the house oversight committee tells cbs news he expects fired f.b.i. director james comey will testify next wednesday. the stock markets fell sharply in the turmoil. the dow down 372 points, almost 2%. the nasdaq fell by more than 2.5%. mr. trump complained today that been treated worse or more unfairly. it has been another day of momentous events, and jeff pegues has the latest. >> reporter: the tipping point came yesterday when it was revealed that former f.b.i. director james comey had tak

director comey publicly oath that there has been an f.b.i. unter intelligence investigation into there was collusion between trump campaign and russia. the president fired the f.b.i. of that because investigation. the president admitted that on national t.v. he president told that to the russians of which "new york times" reported an account of does not white house deny. as former prosecutor, that leads of lements of obstruction justice, really is no other way to call this than that the influenced, impeded, obstructed or tried to obstruct anmpede or investigation into him or his associates. is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. affect his is agenda? absolutely. legitimacy of the trump administration is at stake collusion last year this affects the legitimacy of is violating f. he the law in terms of social justice, it will affect his amake republicans and democrats not want to support hat he does if we know we have a problem violating federal law. by the way, lies repeatedly to the american people. host: congressman, ted lieu w

. >> reporter: well before he joined the trump campaign, page was named as male one in an f.b.i. case that led to the 2015 arrest of russian spies in new york. court papers allege the russians tried to recruit page. there are now questions about whether he was properly vetted by the trump campaign. >> reporter: people knew me very well going back many years, so not directly within the campaign, but people i knew. >> reporter: democrat eric swalwell is on the house intelligence committee. >> carter page is certainly an individual who we would like the hear, from as we would like to hear from any individuals who had contacts with the russians at the time of the interference campaign. >> reporter: this afternoon the house intelligence committee issued seven subpoena, including to michael flynn, and donald trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen. jeff, cohen tells cbs news that he plans on cooperating. >>>> glor: jeff, thank you very much. you can see a live interview with carter page tomorrow on "cbs this morning." a tweet by the president apparently incomplete baffled users and imme

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there is an f.b.i.oing on now with all things related russia done by the career professionals at the f.b.i. who will continue to be career professionals and the acting director said the other day no one has tried to impede that investigation. a lot of work is being done. that's the proper role of the legislative branch in conducting oversight of the executive branch and we won't try to play to the crowd or try to meet timelines. we'll do it the right way and follow the facts wherever they may lead. >> is it time for an independent commission? >> bill: the first question about whether or not there was intimidation of the f.b.i. director and confidence in the president. here is what the house speaker just said. we need the facts. some people want to harm the president, he said, before rushing to judgment we need to hear from the f.b.i. director james comey. why did he not report it at the time? that was the question house speaker paul ryan presented there. he said no speculation, no innuendo insisting the

by the way, we have an f.b.i.tor who has been told not to testify by the special counsel who never took any one of those scandals to a conclusion and prosecuted anyone in his entire career. kimberly: it's baffling. it really is. i'm going to hold out hope for jeff sessions and the prosecutors that work with him to see what in fact they may decide to do especially as it relates to hillary clinton. everybody knows there is evidence. this is like an open secret there is evidence there, especially that she mishandle the destruction of property. lou: we should point out the attorney general jeff sessions today issued a stern warnings to sanctuary is saying the funding for grants to cities and municipalities and jurisdictions that become sanctuaries in violation of federal immigration laws. they will lose their homeland security fund and department of justice funding period. kimberly: good. why should they be allowed to flagrantly violate the law? are they a nation unto themselves? this is how they act. lou: let's roll

f.b.i. did, in fact, have an impact on the election. at's worse is that while all of this was going on in the public spotlight, while the f.b.i. was discussing its investigation into senator clinton's email server in detail, i cannot help but note that it was noticeably silent about the investigation into the trump campaign and russian interference into the election. in june 2016, the press reported that russian hackers had infiltrated the computer system of the democratic national committee. in response, then candidate trump and his campaign began goading the russian government into hacking secretary clinton. two months later, in august, on twitter, roger stone declared trust me, it will soon be podesta's time in the barrel, end quote. he then bragged that he was in communication with wikileaks -- this was during a campaign -- the campaign in florida, he told a group of florida republicans that founder julian assange and that there would be no telling what the october surprise might be, end quote. clearly he knew what he was talking abo

f.b.i. director james comey. in anent refuted reports that the firing came at the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. >> you made the decision before they came in room? >> i was going to fire comey. there is no good time to do it. by the way. >> in your letter you said i accepted their recommendation. you already made the decision. >> i was going to fire regardless of the

f.b.i. office in richmond, virginia. mike rogers supported by an association of f.b.i. agents. and former george w. bush security advisor townsend. the president is heading for saudi arabia by friday. >> highest level. >> even that's possible but we don't know how likely. democrats are having problems with picking a new f.b.i. director. one problem that jeff sessions who recused himself from the russia investigation is leading the search. here is senator mark warner yesterday on fox news sunday. >> i think it's inappropriate that the attorney general who was supposed to recuse himself for anything dealing with the russia investigation. i don't believe he should be part of this review process if he will have a true recusal. >> some said democrats are insisting before they'll consider the nomination of an appointee for f.b.i. they want a special prosecutor to look into the russia affair. >> shannon: the conversation over the weekend, there are always rumors that there is another shake-up coming. what do you make of it? >> the reports were the president is unhappy with a lot of st

founded on the rule of law, and a part-- an important part of that rule of law is we have an independent f.b.it, when i had the honor of working in the white house and traveled with president obama all around the world, uniformly, we heard that the united states was the beacon of hope for that democracy. so it's not just important to the american people. everybody's watching us. and so my hope is that the replacement for comey is somebody who has integrity and character and a track record of demonstrating that they are an independent thinker and actor. and i hope that that person is-- has the opportunity to appear before the appropriate committees in congress, in the senate, and make a good case. and that we, the american people, have a chance to listen and watch. >> trevor: you worked with the president for so many years. president barack obama. and it's no secret that james comey's views and president barack obama's views differed at times, especially towards the election and the end of the campaign. when you look back at that, did barack obama have full confidence in james comey? >> look, w

. >> th >> democratic colleagues complaining about the removal of an f.b.i. irector whom they themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. >> the president wanted to stop or stifle this investigation. >> tonight the f.b.i. defending the move saying it has been on the president's mind since day one. why now? what is next? scott thuman is joining us for what he found out. scott? >> yeah, one of the big questions tonight. why the change of attitude toward comey? he lavished praise at it time over the former director for six months but the white house asked about it and said that was candidate trump. not president trump. there is a difference between the two. >> the white house besieged with demands from angry constituents and questions from the reporters. what are

f.b.i. was conduct an investigation into russian interference in the 2016 elections and possible connections between the russians and the trump campaign and administration. last night grand jury subpoenas were issued to associates of michael flynn seeking business records. director comey was supposed to testify before the senate intelligence committee later this week. according to news reports, director comey last week went to the justice department and requested more money and veers to devote to the russian investigation. sally yates, preet bharara, james comey, three justice officials who led investigations that appeared to be getting close to the president and his inner circle. all three fired by president trump. president trump's firing of director comey made history. not since watergate on the evening of october 20, 1973, a saturday, known affectionately as the sat did i night massacre -- as the saturday night massacre, has the president dismissed an official in -- in its 109-year history, only one f.b.i. director had been fired. f.b.i. director william sessions was dismissed for seriou

first shutting down the claim he was wiretapped from president obama and confirming an f.b.i. counterintelligence investigation. but despite that, trump writing as he announced comey's firing i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. >> that is a tell. that shows we have a deeply insecure president who understands that the noose is tightening because of russia investigation. that is why i believe he has let jim comey go. reporter: trump tweeting comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in washington. republican and democrat alike. when things calm down they will thank me. >> democratting colleagues complaining of the remova themselves repeatedly and sharply criticized. >> now new information that director comey requested more money and manpower from the department of justice for the russia investigation just days before he was fired. democrats alleging a cover-up. >> the inescapable conclusion from the circumstantial evidence here is the president wanted to stop or stifle this investigation. >> there appear to be c

with all these reports of attempts to interfere with the investigation, we cannot have an f.b.i. director who has political background, who doesn't seem right down the middle, who doesn't seem to be a director's director, a prosecutor's prosecutor, an investigators' investigator. no politician or candidate with insufficient impartiality should be selected by the president or confirmed by the senate, and we democrats will stand very, very strongly for that. given the almost daily reports about potential -- potentially meddling and misconduct by this administration, congress must exercise its oversight authority in order to keep this administration in check. both the executive branch and the congressional investigations must proceed. and this is not about politics or political advantage. when a foreign power, particularly an enemy of our country like putin and russia, try to interfere in our elections and will probably do it again in the future, we have to know everything that happened, who participated and make sure it doesn't happen again. and if people who participated in it, if

f.b.i.'s interaction with dr. king, and draw from it anerstanding of the dangers of falling in love with our own rectitude. and the importance of bein immersed in that design of the founders with oversight by the courts and congress so that we don't fall in love with our own view of things. >> cbs money watch update sponsored by lincoln financial, you're in charge. >> quijano: good evening. a new study shows the average starting salary for 2017 college graduates is just under $50,000 a year. wal-mart and target report earnings this week. and americans are expected to spend a record $23.6 billion on mother's day. i'm elaine quijano, cbs news. ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can ca