every member, including andrew mccabe, said yes. mccabe also told marco rubio the fbi won't stop the investigation despite the firing of james comey. final thoughts from my panelists? >> russia is still very much in play. subpoenas going out. investigations continuing. it's not going to be a topic we leave aside. >> you saw in a nutshell trump's problem. every single intelligence agency director saying russia was behind it. trump still refuses to say that. >> mccabe saying no effort to impede our investigation. that's a lifeline for the white house. >> thank you all for joining us here on a whirlwind hour of msnbc live. i'll turn it over to my colleague chris jansing at the headquarters at 30 rock. >> thank you so much. good morning, everyone. i am chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters. we have been watching acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying as a senate hearing. of course, he's replacing former fbi director james comey and was immediately asked a key question about what president trump claimed in his letter firing comey.

andrew mccabe is just walking in. we are expecting testimony from three people, chairman bert, vice chairman mark warner and the dni -- let's get to kevin cirilli joining us now from outside the hearing. tell us what we expect to hear from the prepared testimonies. that: we are anticipating acting fbi director andrew mccabe will begin his testimony in just moments. i'm outside of the senate intelligence committee room where the hearing will be underway. i spoke with a senior aide to senator mark warner who told me that next week in a closed briefing, the former fbi director james comey will be meeting with the committee leadership to again assess the situation. there are questions circulating about the timing of president trump's decision to fire james wasy, particularly given he the individual leading the charge to investigate russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. are stickingans close to the white house and arguing that this was the type of shakeup that was needed to "drain the swamp." the communicati

and the president's views supported by new acting fbi director andrew mccabe. mcabe today testifying that many of them were angry and frustrated with director comey's decision not to prosecute hillary clinton. the mainstream left-wing media has always been claiming that comey had asked for more resources to expand the russian investigation just days before he was fired. but you will not be astonished to learn the new york times, the washington post, among others, misrepresented the truth. catherine herridge with our report. >> the acting fbi director testified the russia's case is on track and confidence remains strong in his old boss. >> director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. and still does to this day. i can confidential tell you that the majority, the vast majority of fbi employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to director comey. >> testifying alongside the leadership at the national security threats hearing, the fbi's acting director andrew mccabe was pressed on the bureau. but his answer critics the message the white house seems to b

fire fbi director james comey and expecting new developments the brand new acting fbi director andrew mccabe, set to testify on capitol hill one hour from now. we've got a great panel to help us break it down. let me start with nbc's peter alexander who is live at the white house for us. peter, on wednesday, the white house was pinning this decision on deputy attorney general rod rosenstein saying it was his recommendation that comey be fired and that trump just basically followed that recommendation. what are they saying now? >> well, now the story is shifted which is to say that initially we were told the impetus was that memo that the president received, it was concurred by the attorney general jeff sessions, but now it appears the president has been thinking this for a much longer period of time, well before that memo was received. here very simply is the timeline that we know. dating back to day one, the white house we are told says the president was considering firing its fbi director. we know that on may 3rd after comey's senate testimony that the president was, quote, inclined to rem

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andrew mccabe: we consider it to be a highly significant and then sedation. -- investigation. host: that statement right there from andrew mccabe, acting director or for the fbi contradicts what the white house said earlier in the week. we are asking all of you this morning -- who do you trust with this investigation? let us go to don in virginia. what do you think? is a waste ofk it money if they bring in a private. it was a witchhunt with hillary. the democrats were mad because it would cost all of this money when that was a real focus. she sold uranium to the russians and then pocketed, in her foundation. she did not close down her foundation as secretary of state. she did not even know how to run her computer. what kind of secretary does not know how to use a computer? host: getting back to your earlier point, do you think this is all a waste of taxpayer money? this is just a political witch hunt? at how many committees are already investigating this. sure the cia i am and the committees in congress. how many people have got to investigate this? even comey said this. won,

moments from now we'll hear from the acting fbi director, andrew mccabe. intelligence committee, and this was supposed to be james comey who was going to be at this hearing. he was fired. so now we can expect mccabe to face blunt questions about the future of the fbi investigations into alleged russian connections to the trump campaign. >> and this is right before the president is apparently going to go to the fbi this week to try to boost morale there, and all this is happening as we learn new details about him and how incensed he has been over the russia investigation. the mood inside the west wing right now, we're covering it all with our reporter, cnn senior congressional reporter, manu raju, chief political correspondent dana bash and justice correspondent evan perez. nice to have you all here. evan, let me begin with you. there has been a lot of movement. the senate intelligence committee subpoenaing the documents around michael flynn. are you sensing and hearing that this probe is really, really accelerating? >> well, certainly, the fbi investigatio

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remember back in 2015, andrew mccabe's wife, jill mccabe ran for a state senate seat in virginia and in the process got $700,000 from virginia democrat democrats. including the governor, terry mcauliffe. long-standing ties to hillary clinton. what bothered the foot soldiers that i know in the bureau is that they felt it was clearly a conflict or at least had the appearance of a conflict. because mccabe was providing resources to the email investigation but not directing it. the fbi concluded it was not a conflict and it was okay because mccabe had a more directing role in the investigation after his wife had lost her state senate race. they said to me, this shows that there was -- the culture was kind of broken. the leadership is not good. there seem to be special rules for director comey and that senior circle of leadership. that did not go down very well. >> i have a question about what is to come next. director -- or former director fbi comey was supposed to testify on thursday on capitol hill. can he voluntarily do that? what are his plans for that and a broader picture, the fbi

remember back in 2015, andrew mccabe's wife, jill mccabe ran for a state senate seat in virginia and in the process got $700,000 from virginia democrats. including the governor, terry mcauliffe.e. long-standing ties to hillary clinton. what bothered the foot soldiers that i know in the bureau is that they felt it was clearly a conflict or at least had the appearance of a conflict. because mccabe was providing resources to the email investigation but not directing it. the fbi concluded it was not a conflict and it was okay because mccabe had a more directing role in the investigation after his wife had lost her state senate race. they said to me, this shows that there was -- the culture was kind of broken. the leadership is not good. there seem to be special rules for director comey and that senior circle of leadership. that did not go down very well. >> i have a question about what is to come next. director -- or former director fbi comey was supposed to testify on thursday onme capitol hill. can he voluntarily do that? what are his plans for that andd a broader picture, the fbi has

on capitol hill today the acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe directly contradicted that. what led you and the white house to believe that he had lost confidence of the rank and file of the fbi, when the acting director said that's the opposite. >> ky speak to my own personal experience. i have heard from countless members of the fbi that are grateful and thankful for the president's decision, and i think that we may have to agree to disagree. i'm sure there are some people that are disappointed, but i have certainly heard from a large number of individuals. that's just myself. i don't even know that many people in the fbi. >> if i could, to what you were saying about the democrats. clearly they didn't like james comey too much after the october 28th pronouncement that he was reopening the investigation into hillary clinton. their point now is timing is different. that this was in the middle of an investigation. do they have a point? >> not at all. mr. mccabe made that point far better than i could today when he said that there's been no impediment to the investigation, an

andrew mccabe couldn't answer that question. i think what mccabe was able to do in this hearing was say listen, this investigation is going to continue, the men and women are focused on this woman despite the fact that comey is gone, does mean the investigation will change. i think that's an important message to send to the administration. for the white house, americans aren't going to agree with the president. comey had to go. the democrats are using this as political leverage in trying to make the case. >> harris: how do they get away with that? how do democrats get away with being on tape and that was a little bit of that two-minute tape and then having the face to be able to say or the gall to say, the president shouldn't have done it? >> pete: the media lets them get away with it and on every public's are tough enough to stand up. you asked what crime the president committed. what crime has anyone committed? this is investigation and search of a crime. the media gets away with it. i blame republicans. we should be out there

andrew mccabe who serves the role of his previous boss in the last 36 hours.abe is in, comey is out. what will he say and what approach will the senators take? we'll take you live to the hearing at the top of the hour here. >> shannon: u.s. now seeing a major drop in illegal border crossings out of central america. all coming after three years where you remember the numbers were ballooning hitly roughly 80,000 people annually. we're reporting live from the border in the city of mission, texas, to tell us more. good morning. >> shannon, the question is why, right? the push factors haven't changed. the violence and poverty in central america. border patrol isn't doing anything different. it appears the president's mere threat of enforcing the law and the media scare around it have turned back thousands. >> you can see the river is right there. so as soon as they run through that gap within two or three minutes they're in the house. >> the rio grande valley where texas dead ends into the gulf of mexico but to central american immigrants it's a new beginning. >> t

host: mark on twitter wants to get your thoughts on andrew mccabe and whether he is independent. andrew mccabe takes over the fbi now as acting director after the firing of james comey. guest: mr. cumming and tim the us -- mr. comey named him the assistant director before he was fired. he was his deputy. he has a certain amount of confidence in him. i'm sure he's going to do his best to keep the investigation intact. a new director will have to go before the senate and they can confirm him with 51 votes. they can do that without a single democrat. i think those republicans are going to be mindful that they are going to face the voters again sometime. who is install someone going to pledge to shut down the investigation into russia, i don't think that's going to pass muster. host: from the nbc news story on the background of andrew mccabe, who has been with the bureau for 20 years, joined in 1996 as a special agent working out of new york, focused on organized crime , promoted to a unit focusing on , and in 2016ism promoted to deputy director of the fbi. randy is in wisconsin, rep

calling on the fbi, however this new fbi director will be, even as the interim fbi director -- andrew mccabe -- should be calling into the investigation of the leaks. it looks like director comey wanted to have his cake and eat it too. he kept playing both sides. there was a lack of intent because they didn't want to prosecute hillary clinton because of this lack of intent to prove that she was going to do anything wrong with the classified material. you don't need to prove anythin anything. the fact that she mishandled classified materials through gross negligence is enough to prosecute. that should have been left up -- even if loretta lynch would have prosecuted her, that should've been left up to her to make that decision and not director comey. this is why the deputy attorney general right now is making this decision and asked the president to fire director

are you confident in andrew mccabe or does it have to be somebody else? >> right now i believe that would fall to the deputy attorney general, rob rosenstein, and we are incredibly confident in his abilities as i believe you can tell the rest of the senate, including democrats, are as well. given the fact he was confirmed 94-6 and had overwhelming praise from both sides of the aisle, i think there is complete confidence in him. and another reason, frankly, for director comey to be out of the way so they can have somebody

that tape was all the bureau had to keep the curious lookers out. >> and presidethe acting direct andrew mccabethe trump administration is not interfering with the bureau's russia investigation. much of mccabe's testimony contra dedicting a number of claims. the latest from manu raju on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning, christine and dave. the fbi trying to reassure the senate intelligence committee that the investigation into the trump campaign and contacts that may exist with russian officials is still moving forward despite the stunning firing of fbi director james comey earlier this week. the new acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe testifying before the senate intelligence committee saying there is no interference by the white house saying they have enough resources to move forward and they plan to do just that. also contradicting the white house by saying this is a highly significant investigation even as the white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders said earlier this week this is not a high priority for the fbi. at the same time, mccabe strongly pushing back at the white

director andrew mccabe met with the president today. e white house said that the president wanted to discuss bureau morale. scott, tomorrow mccabe will be on capitol hill testifying at a previously scheduled hearing. w pelley: jeff pegues, thanks. now, earlier we mentioned the memo from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the white house is pointing to that memo to justify president trump's decision to fire comey. rosenstein, who has been the number two with the justice department for just two weeks, specifically criticized a news conference that comey held last july on the hillary clinton e- mail investigation. chip reid has more on this. >> our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> reporter: on july 5, 2016, then f.b.i. director james comey, in a highly controversial press conference, said he would not recommend prosecution of hillary clinton, but at the same time, he launched a scathing attack on her private e-mail system, calling it "extremely careless." >> any reasonable person in secretary clinto

. >> no comey's deputy andrew mccabe will head the bureau until attorney general jeff sessions apipes an interim director. >> they have asked the justice department to save all dock thes related to the investigation on russian. >>> the president is welcoming russia's foreign minister to the white house. >> now, james comey had recently said he intended to serve his tenured term and we're told he was caught completely off guard. >> comey's termination came in a one-page letter from president trump saying it's essential to find new leadership to restore trust and confidence in the fbi. late afternoon washington, d.c., the president's personal assistant hand delivers that letter to fbi headquarters. james comey is 3,000 mileswa angeles. he first learns he's been fired by seeing the reports on tv. >> james comey that he has been terminated. >> reporter: he thinks it's a joke. he's pulled into a private room where the letter is read to him over the phone. one official saying comey was really surprised. comey abruptly cancels the rest of his visit to l.a. leaving for the airport, his motorc

acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying before congress on u.s.curity and sitting in for his boss who was on the witness list. here is republican north chuck grassley of iowa. he is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. senator, thank you so much for joining us. we know that andrew mccabe is being considered as comey's possible replacement. what are your thoughts on that? >> i have raised questions about whether or not he is independent enough to be involved in some of the negotiations that are going on because of political conflict. because of his wife getting, i think close to $700,000 from mcauliffe who was veries close to the clintons. and being involved in these negotiations. i asked for judgment about the independence. i didn't really get a very good answer except he came back and said there was no conflict of interest. that does not satisfy me. melissa: of course there are reports that former fbi director james comey was asking for more resources to more deeply investigate the russian hacking. that is why he was fired. what do you

and that's what drives us everyday. ♪ liz: acting fbi director andrew mccabe at the senate intelligenceee hearings flat out saying and assuring the committee the russian probe continues. he was also pinned down on the president's firing of his predecessor james comey. mccabe's claim, comey enjoyed broad support at the fbi, seemed to conflict with the white house assertion the rank-and-file lost faith in the former director, however mccabe when pushed many in the bureau questioned some of comey's decisions. >> there were folks within our agency who were frustrated with the outcome of the hillary clinton case and some of those folks were very vocal about those concerns. liz: democrats on the hill continue to clamor for special prosecutor to take the reins of russian ties to the campaign. we're joined by one congressman in that call, making that call, representative joe crowley of new york. you're the chair of the democratic caucus committee and house ways and means committee, you are a member. >> great to be here with you. liz: let me tackle this part first. andrew mccabe when asked says

one of them is the andrew mccabe, one is alice fisher. she's very accomplished lawyer, there is some controversy from her time in the george bush administration from her connections to the prison at guantanamo and interallegations at guantanamo. another candidate is judge michael garcia. he's an appeals judge in new york state and a former federal prosecutors and ins commissioner from the george w. bush era. that's three. and then the fourth candidate who was reportedly being considered to run the fbi is senator john corneyn of texas.

andrew mccabe is kind of an interesting guy. he's a career agent. the problem with mccabe is he had some political history that would be a problem for him. his wife has ties to the democratic party. he had some controversies several months ago when he was at the white house and he's talking about the investigation when the white house asked the fbi to knock down some of these reports, he was there, he was present and word was he basically was telling the white house, oh, none of this is true. it is going to be interesting to see what's happening here. today maybe we'll get some indication of who and which way they are leaning. >> all right, shimon prokupecz, thank you very much. >>> the world's largest christian college to relish being an outsider, he compares his victory as an outsider to what they may experience in the world. what he says, it is okay. >> in your hearts, our strive of values of services and sacrifice and devotion. now, you must go forward into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action. america has always been the land of

answered by this white house and by the department of justice. >> reporter: acting fbi director, andrew mccabe met with the president today. the president wanted to discuss bureau morale. tomorrow mccabe will be on capitol il testifying at a previously scheduled hearing. >>> earlier we mentioned the memo from rod rosenstein, the white house is pointing to that memo to justify president trump's decision to fire comey. rosenstein who has been the number two at the justice department for just two weeks specifically criticized a news conference that comey held last july on the hillary clinton chip reid has more on this. >> our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> reporter: on july 5, 2016, then fbi director james comey in a highly controversial press conference said he would not recommend prosecution of hillary clinton, but at the same time, he launched a scathing attack on car private e-mail system, lling it extremely careless. >> any reasonable person in secretary clinton's position should have known that an unclassified system was no place for that conversation.

especially because just yesterday the at ten -- attendee list swapped out james comey and put in andrew mccabeuestioned and a bit of a background on mccabe. he's a veteran of the fbi, he's been there 20 years. his experience on espionage and comey when he elevated him to deputy director referred to him as andy colloquially. he has a good reputation in the bureau. but this is his first public appearance. in prior years, this specific hearing has covered everything from cyber security to human trafficking to state actors and we'll see exactly what the testimony of these intelligence leaders contains in it in a few minutes. carl? >> got a whole lot more interesting over the last 24, 48 hours. thank you. we'll of course take you there thrive as soon as the q&a starts. and president trump is set to sign an executive order on voter fraud. our eamon javers has more on what we can expect there. good morning. >> yeah, good morning. we began at the white house with no public events on the president's schedule today. absolutely nothing where we were going to see him and then just now the white house is s

in for charles payne, you are watching "making money." >>> bombshells from acting fbi director andrew mccabefying before the senate intel committee on capitol hill following the firing of his former boss james comey. the white house saying mccabe is on the short list to replace the ousted fbi chief but mccabe's testimony seemed to contradict some of president trump's appraisal of turmoil at the fbi under comey watch. take a listen. >> is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey? >> no, sir, that is not accurate, and it has been the greatest privilege and honor o

this is something that andrew mccabe today said he was not aware of and he believes the resource leveladequate. here's what he said moments ago. >> sir, if you're referring to the russia investigation, i do. i believe we have the adequate resources to do it and i know that we have resourced that investigation adequately. if you're referring to the many constantly multiplying counter intelligence threats that we face, they get bigger and more challenging every day and resources become an issue over time. but in terms of that investigation, sir, i can assure you we are covered. >> now mccabe's role right now might be short-lived in that acting interim fbi director role. we know that they are actively interviewing replacements right now for an interim fbi director. but that said, he did vow when he was pressed by many democrats on the committee today, he vowed that he will not update trump or anyone in the white house on the status of that russia investigation. he also said that he would alert the senate intelligence committee if anyone tried to interfere or influence the probe. sunlen, q

so i do think there are real contradictions and two to highlight from andrew mccabe here. the rank and file question, something that sarah huckabee sanders was pressed about yesterday by somebody sitting in front of me about why they continue to say that the rank and file had concerns about james comey when frankly the reporting on the ground from members of our team and other teams did not seem to back that up. sarah huckabee sanders stood by that assertion even though that is now different from what andrew mccabe is saying and talked about the magnitude of the russia investigation and how serious it was. again, that is not something that we've heard reflected from this podium. >> and, hallie, you're standing by for the briefing. >> yes. >> while you do bring in charlie sikes, radio commentator and host of msnbc contributor, how is this playing in the heartland? you're in milwaukee. >> well, i agree with what joe scarborough just had to say about the real challenge to congressional republicans here. i think a lot of people are wondering, you know, when are republicans goi

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acting fbi dreshlgter andrew mccabe will be speaking before the committee. while the investigation into the president's alleged links with russia accelerates. >> he was not doing a good job. >> president trump continued to defend his firing of james comey wednesday night. >> i think it would not be a bad thing for the american people if he did step down. >> calling on this video calling for the fbi resignation in the past. it came on the same day that comey wrote a farewell letter to his bureau. writing, i have long believed the president can fire an fbi director for any reason, adding, i will be fine. >> the white house has cited comey's handling of hillary clinton's e-mail scandal as a determination. comey had recently asked attorney general rod rosenstein more resources into the fbi probe, examining possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> he feels the dragnet tightening on the russian investigation. i believe that's why he let him go. >> at least one republican, utah representative jason chaffetz called on the department. >> we have t

we have been watching acting fbi director andrew mccabe testifying as a senate hearing. of course, he's replacing former fbi director james comey and was immediately asked a key question about what president trump claimed in his letter firing comey. >> director mccabe, did you ever hear director comey tell the president that he was not the subject of an investigation. >> sir, i can't comment on any conversations the director may have had with the president. >> then moments before that, here was senator mark warner. take that listen. >> it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the president's decision to remove director comey was related to this investigation. and that is truly unacceptable. >> and this is going on while the white house is once again on defense, assisting comey's firing had nothing to do with the fbi's russia investigation. >> nothing to do with the investigation into russia. the president had been thinking about this since november, since he was elected president. this was something he had considered. he had never been solidly on board with keeping comey f

we're hearing that the acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, he was james comey‘s deputy will tv at theirman, senator richard burr said he hoped to get the same level of co—operation from andrew mccabe, but an interpretation in the access we have to documents and personnel would be harmful to our investigation. he's talking there about the senate intelligence committee's investigation into possible, possible russian meddling in the us presidential election. so, the chair of the senate intelligence committee basically admitting that the events of the last 24 hours may delay that investigation. chuck schumer gave his reaction, saying there must be an investigation into why james comey was sacked. 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. so i will be requesting that the majority leader call a closed and if necessary classified session, all senators briefing — sorry. i will be requesting that th

he will now be replaced by acting f-b-i director andrew mccabe. but according to reports - comey has been invited to testify before the committe next tuesday. no word yet if he has accepted. with comey out at the fbi, mccabe has taken over the investigation of russian interference in the multiple new developments - coming up at 5:30. meantine we want to get to some breaking news... sam sweeney is at the live desk. autria, happening right now under the dark of night and police protection... crews in new orleans are removing a statue of jefferson davis. these are live pictures coming into our newsroom. we've been following this story for the last several weeks. city council in new orleans voted to remove for four controversial statues. during the first removal, protests and violence broke out. demonstrators showed up with assualt rifes. around 2;30 this morning, police cleared protestors out of the area. they hope to have the statue down by sunrise. larry back up stairs to you. dissapointment this morning across the district as the curtains close on

he said if it was standard procedure, it would be the deputy director andrew mccabe. andrew mccabe would come to this position, critics would argue, with a lot of baggage. that goes back to 2015 when his wife received $700,000 for a state senate run that she eventually lost, and that money came from virginia democrats and specifically a pac controlled by a longtime clinton ally, terry mcauliffe. if mccabe was jumped over, the next person in line would be an associate deputy director, and he is someone who doesn't seem to have any sort of touch with the email or russia probe. served himself well in the san bernardino investigation. if you want to call this the room into piece of intelligence, one name seems to be circulatin circulating. it's a name that's coming to mind with some former career fbi officials, and that is john pistol. he is a former tsa administrator. he left that job a few years ago. the reason they are talking about that name is because he has decades of experience as an fbi agent and he is an indiana guy. pretty tight relationship with the vice presid

pero tras su despido la ocupaba andrew mccabe- quien lo remplaza temporalmente como director del fbi.reguntaron si el despido de comey perjudicara la investigacin. a lo que mccabe contest. s/ andrew mccabe, director interino del fbi (nat) que el trabajo del fbi continuar a pesar de las circunstancias. y asegur que nadie ha tratado de impedir la investigacin. s/eduardo soto, analista político "su prioridad mayor va a ser preservar la integridad de esa agencia ahora que hay la impresión entre muchos aquí en washington que el presidente está interfiriendo con una investigación que lo implica" este mircoles el diario washington post revel, que el mandatario tom la decisin supuestamente porque comey estaba dndole mucha atencin a la investigando sobre rusia y no a la filtracin de informacin a la prensa. pero la casa blanca recalc que la razn fue que comey no estaba haciendo un buen trabajo. s/randy serrano el comité de inteligencia del senado le pidió a james comey que testifique a puerta cerrada la próxima semana sobre dónde quedó la investigación en torno a rusia al momento de su despido.

thank you so much, hena. >>> acting fbi director andrew mccabe also said the firing would not delay the investigation of the possible coordination between the trump campaign and russian. mccabe described it as low priority. he called the probe highly significant and said he would not tolerate interference from the white house. >> you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people and upholding the constitution. >> it's uncertain if mccabe will remain the head of the fbi. the trump administration is int interviewing other candidates for job. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who wrote the memo the president said was the impetus for firing comey has been invited to brief senators next week. democrats want to ask him about the circumstance leading up to the memo. democrat senator chuck schumer says he wants answers by monday. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," president trump's firing of james comey has been compared to actions by president nixon. we'll talk to cbs news political contributor bob schieffer who covered the nixon whit

case today. >> he came right out and said -- >> that was one of the first things we heard from andrew mccabe>> todd shepherd investigative report for the washington examiner joins us. >> was there anything else that sort of surprised you. >> no, but certainly the fact that mr. mccabe did counter so many things that had been put forward by the administration. it certainly put the administration, if you saw the white house press briefing today they spent almost the entire time trying to reconcile these corrections and look, as long as you're spending a whole day in the white house press briefing room trying to reconcile these stories that's another day that you're not advancing your agenda and, you know, forward these different stories may have. worked for the trump -- for the trump campaign, it's a lot different when you're in administration at the white house. >> sure. >> how much of this is sort of the lack of institutional knowledge and sara huckabee sanders has the not been in d.c. for a long while sean spicer certainly has. did it seem that there was that disconnect between what was said

andrew mccabe is a place holder. he's keeping the seat warm because he's got a lot of baggage, critics say. during 2015, his wife, dr. jill mccabe, took nearly $700,000 from democrats in virginia for a state senate race including a close aide to hillary clinton or confidant to hillary clinton, the virginia governor, terry mccullough. it wasn't called a conflict but republicans on the hill showed it was bad judgment by the fbi leadership. so the bottom line, the justist department is searching for an interim fbi director. we could have a new person in that position by the end of the week. this again is only temp. they will be the place holder until president trump settles on a nominee to send to the senate for confirmation. so we could be looking at several weeks, if not months before we have a new director in place here on pennsylvania avenue, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge outside fbi headquarters. ahead, the president's meeting with the top russian official a day after firing the top fbi director that was inve

as charlie pointed out, also andrew mccabe.he new york times" article, it mentioned that comey had mentioned this memo and this meeting with the president in february 2 senior fbi officials. guess what, mccabe is the acting fbi director. i think it's fair and reasonable i needed for everyone to be skeptical of what everyone is saying regarding this, because you've had so many untruthful actors in the sense of one, comey has taken so much heat from the left and right, given his handling of the clinton investigation. you have the media who has been wrong about so many things, even regarding the comey firing and saying he was fired because he asked for additional resources which turned out to be true. there's also reports rosenstein wanted to quit which was not true. basically there is no credible sources left. >> tucker: everybody is lying. we are almost out of time. charlie, obviously the mueller appointment seems like a good one. would you be worried if you were the trump people? >> yeah, absolutely. in the near term, it's a go

andrew mccabe testifying before congress saying it is extraordinary important to the fbi.nteresting that when the president moved to sack him, there has been a drawing together at the fbi. whatever divisions there were i think have really eased as people wanted to defend their bureau and its integrity and independence. what specifically was president trump seeking in that dinner that, as you report, the white house called and james comey did not call it. it contradicts what president trump told lester holt. what kind of loyalty did he want? did he specifically reference the russian investigation? >> comey had been appointed by obama in 2013. seven days into his presidency, january 27, comey gets summoned to the white house. he doesn't want to go but he doesn't think he can turn the meeting down. right off the bat, trump goes after the issue of loyalty signaling to comey this was the reason he wanted to talk to him. comey sidestepped it and said, look, i'll give you my honesty. he doesn't give that loyalty approach. trump kept on coming back to it. they eventually get to th

everybody knows that. >> reporter: but on capitol hill, acting fbi director andrew mccabe shot down one of the white house's excuses for axing comey. >> is it accurate that the rank- and-file no longer supported director comey? >> no, sir. that is not accurate. director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi and still does to this day. >> reporter: but mccabe also said he was unaware and could not confirm reports comey had asked for more resources to investigate trump campaign ties to russia, alleged ties, before he was fired. >> that said, we don't typically request resources for an individual case. and as i mentioned, um, i strongly believe that the russia investigation is adequately resourced. >> reporter: deputy attorney general rod rosenstein came to capitol hill himself to meet with the heads of the senate committee doing its own investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> so that when we had witnesses that we needed to talk to we made sure we weren't stepping on top of anything that might be an active investigation. >> reporter: rod r

andrew mccabe game acting director of the fbi when comey was fired. comey appointed him to the top job january of last year. mccabe has held leadership positions in the washington field office as well as the counterterrorism and national security divisions. he joined the fbi as a special agent back in 1996. he began his career in the new york field office, investigating organized crime. >>> now to our weather, we're still tracking rain across the region and there's more of it on when the rain is going to move out and whether it will happen in time for mother's day this weekend. doug? >> i think mom can breathe a sigh of relief there and maybe the kids too. because it does look like we see some sunshine. some clouds and rain between them. couple days of rain. you can see the rain over the last few hours. it has moved on through the region. and you notice from the earlier shots, the dark greens, the yellows, now we're just dealing with lighter rain across the area and still it's just about everywhere. but we are starting to see some breaks in most of thi

i want to play little more of what we played from andrew mccabe. the work of the fbi continues. been no effort to impede our investigation today. do you feel like you have the adequate resources for the existing investigations that the bureau is invested in right now to follow them wherever they may lead? invested in right now to follow them wherever they may lead ?m invested in right now to follow them wherever they may lead? if you are referring to the russian investigation, i do. referring to the russian investigation, ido. i referring to the russian investigation, i do. i believe we have the adequate resources to do it. i know we have resource that investigation adequately. he also said this investigation is highly significant. it is directly in line with what the white house has been saying. the president last week said it was a tax payer funded, basically waste of time. that has been the line from trump for a while. not a lot of republicans acknowledge this was an issue worth looking into. they say it is more about russian hacking as opposed to allege it ties with the trum