andrew mccabe.e now know there is a grand jury convened and he may be just the person many officials who are about to be in serious legal trouble. buckle up, it is time for the friday edition, news breaking, opening monologue. ♪ he totally wrecked the economy, more debt than every other president before him combined. he failed to stop the rise of isis. billions of dollars to the iranians that were chanting "death to america." he ignored putin's massive power grab, crimia, ukraine. neglected the simmering crisis in north korea and, yeah, he's back, just in time for midterm elections, and he wants to tell you to vote. earlier today, barack obama delivered this so called warning to america. let's take a look.k. >> i'm here today because this is one of those pivotal moments when every one of us, as citizens of the united states, need to determine just who it is that we are. just what it is that we stand for. and as a fellow citizen, not as an ex-president, but as a fellow citizen, i'm here to deliver a

if andrew mccabe can't do it maybe someone else does it. so rod wanted something. there was something going on and now the fact that also andrew mccabe went ahead and wrote this memo about it, again, we've seen memos before. james comey, other department of justice officials, other people at the fbi who have written memos. certainly extraordinary. this all now is with the special counsel. what are they doing with all of this information? >> gloria is with us as well. let me read the second paragraph in this "new york times" article and just a reminder of yours, rosenstein is only two weeks on the job when all of this was unfolding. mr. rosenstein made these suggestions supposedly about recording the president secretly and invoking the 25th amendment. he made these discussions in the spring of 2017 when the firing of james comey plunged the white house into turmoil. over the ensuing days the president divulged classified intelligence to russians in the oval office and revelations emerged that mr. trump had asked mr. comey to pledge loyalty and end an investigation o

two of their sources, one is andrew mccabe and another is lisa page, although, lisa page is not on the 25th amendment side of this. we know mccabe is a known liar. we have other sources telling fox news that rod rosenstein's remarks were made sarcastically. "the new york times" is standing behind the story and the seriousness of rod rosenstein's remarks. take a look at this. >> it wasn't a flip want remark. he was very serious. the circumstances are very different than what's being put out by the government. it is important that your listeners understand something, as i was pursuing this story for a very long time people were reluctant to talk about it because of the gravity of the story, that there was concern that if it got out, that rosenstein had wanted to actually wear a wire and suggested to andy mccabe, the deputy director at the time wear a wire, that rod might get fired. people were sincerely concerned about this, not because he made a flippant remark, because of the seriousness surrounding the remark. >> rod rosenstein, "the new york times" is standing by their story. andrew

jim comb comey, andrew mccabe all signed off on it. tonight we can report that fired deputy deputy director andrew mccabe is facing a real serious criminal investigation. we know tonight a grand jury has been impanelled by federal prosecutors, multiple witnesses have been summoned as the former deputy director is accused of using his position to advance his personal political interests. if justice is served, the mccabe investigation should just be the tip of the iceberg. everyone who committed this fraud on the fisa court using unverified information, the steele dossier by a trump hater probably should be investigated and prosecuted. that would mean comey and the guy that did the last one, rod rosenstein. multiple republican lawmakers now demanding the president declassify and unredact parts of fisa documents. the 302's that relate to the gang of eight material. we're expecting the president could make this information available as early as this weekend. we're talking about everything that the gang of eight had. we know the specific pa

jim comb comey, andrew mccabe all signed off on it. tonight we can report that fired deputy deputy director andrew mccabe is facing a real serious criminal investigation. we know tonight a grand jury has been impanelled by federal prosecutors, multiple witnesses have been summoned as the former deputy director is accused of using his position to advance his personal political interests. if justice is served, the mccabe investigation should just be the tip of the iceberg. everyone who committed this fraud on the fisa court using unverified information, the steele dossier by a trump hater probably should be investigated and prosecuted. that would mean comey and the guy that did the last one, rod rosenstein. multiple republican lawmakers now demanding the president declassify and unredact parts of fisa documents. the 302's that relate to the gang of eight material. we're expecting the president could make this information available as early as this weekend. we're talking about everything that the gang of eight had. we know the specific pa

andy is a reference to then deputy director andrew mccabe, who temporarily took over for comey. page replied we need to lock in redacted in a formal chargeable way soon. in his public testimony, strzok did not clarify the text, sending a connection to mueller's work. >> consistent with the department's policy on ongoing investigations, i'm not authorized to discuss ongoing investigations. reporter: the former fbi official strzok and page did not respond to requests for comment. tonight there is no public timeline for the release of the russia records. in the last few minutes, we have gotten new information from a source who is familiar with the timing. they told fox news they expect some records to be released within days or sooner, specifically the fisa application records and bruce ohr302s. they expect text messages from the other fbi officials to come somewhat later just because of the sheer volume involved. lou: the sheer volume and of course, it is a direct, a direct order by the president of the united states to the dni, to the department of justice and fbi. they look to m

two of their sources, one is andrew mccabe and another is lisa page, although, lisa page is not on the 25th amendment side of this. we know mccabe is a known liar. we have other sources telling fox news that rod rosenstein's remarks were made sarcastically. "the new york times" is standing behind the story and the seriousness of rod rosenstein's remarks. take a look at this. >> it wasn't a flip want remark. he was very serious. the circumstances are very different than what's being put out by the government. it is important that your listeners understand something, as i was pursuing this story for a very long time people were reluctant to talk about it because of the gravity of the story, that there was concern that if it got out, that rosenstein had wanted to actually wear a wire and suggested to andy mccabe, the deputy director at the time wear a wire, that rod might get fired. people were sincerely concerned about this, not because he made a flippant remark, because of the seriousness surrounding the remark. >> rod rosenstein, "the new york times" is standing by their story. andrew

and all text messages as well related to the russia investigation, from james comey, andrew mccabe, peter strzok, lisa page and bruce ohr, and to do so without redaction. chris farrell and judicial watch have been at the forefront of the fight to expose fbi and doj corruption. he joins us here tonight. >>> also, president trump has warned china to take seriously his intention to balance the trade relationship between our two countries, and for china to end its $600 billion a year theft of u.s. intellectual property. to that end, president trump has just slapped tariffs on another $200 billion of chinese exports to the united states. we will take up the details with white house trade policy director peter navarro tonight. >>> and democrats trying to use a decades-old allegation of sexual assault to derail the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. in a late-breaking development tonight, hearings for kavanaugh and his accuser are now set for monday. >> he's an outstanding intellect, an outstanding judge, respected by everybody. i wish the democrats could have done this a

that andrew mccabe took it seriously enough he had to put this in meethese memos. in terms of rod rosenstein, he released a statement, saying the story is inaccurate. and here's what he said in a statement. that the "new york times" story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. i will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the department and advancing their own personal agenda. but let me be clear about this. based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. and, you know, evan and i have talked about this all day. this is sort of like a denial/nondenial type of statement where he doesn't really address the wiretap issue, whether or not he wanted to eavesdrop on the president. he does address the fact he wants this country to know and the president to know that no way does he see him as being unfit and that this story is completely inaccurate. look, there is obviously big concern that this will lead the president to ultimately now make this final move, which would be

the discussions between rosenstein were documented in memos authored by fired fbi director andrew mccabe. the story first broke in "the new york times." adam goldman joins me now by phone. walk us through, adam, what you learned, what actually happened. >> well, let me just start by saying, you know, this story took months to report, okay? this wasn't a -- this wasn't a timed leak. we worked on this story for months, and we started gathering information and building up a picture of these chaotic days at the justice department and fbi shortly after james b. comey was fired as fbi director on may 19th, 2017. and so what we learned is on may 16th of 2017 there was a meeting, and in that meeting, the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, wrote in a memo that rod had brought up the 25th amendment. and he memorialized that in a memo. and then in a separate meeting rod had raised the idea of wearing a wire in the white house. our understanding of the events in the room where rod had raised the yofd wearing a wire or secret listening device in the white house exposed dysfunction. so the two

schools who was the senior justice department career official who would later approve the firing of andrew mccabe. what the officials there say is that at one point in this meet in a secure facility at the justice department, mccabe and rosenstein got into an argument and at one point in an exasperated voice rosenstein said what do you want me do, wear a wire? in other words they say and a couple other people have said that the wire comment, wear a concealed recording device, was made sarcastically. on the question of the 25th amendment, they say that while there is one single reference according to them in an drdrew mccain's notes that dag raises 25th amendment, there is no mention in the notes that lisa page made. and they also say that it wouldn't have made sense at the time for rod rosenstein to talk about trying to talk to job kelkeljohn kelly about this since he barely knew kelly and was just new in the job. so what you have is a strong push back from the justice department about this story and the account people have given to the "times." and also a suggestion from them and some others tha

the discussions between rosenstein were documented in memos authored by fired fbi director andrew mccabe. seen here on the left. the story first broke in "the new york times." correspondent adam goldman joins me now by phone. walk us through, adam, what you learned, what actually happened. >> well, let me just start by saying, you know, this story took months to report, okay? this wasn't a -- this wasn't a timed leak. we worked on this story for months, and we started gathering information and building up a picture of these chaotic days at the justice department and fbi shortly after james b. comey was fired as fbi director on may 19th, 2017. and so what we learned was on may 16th of 2017, there was a meeting, and in that meeting, the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, wrote in a memo that rod had brought up the 25th amendment. and he memorialized that in a memo. and then in a separate meeting rod had raised the idea of wearing a wire in the white house. our understanding of the events in the room where rod had raised the idea of wearing a wire or secret listening device in the w

he covered up for peter slok, lisa page and andrew mccabe. he recommended that mueller become the head of the fbi and he personally appointed bob mueller as the special counsel to investigate this president. >> tonight, the president briefly referenced this issue with the secret recording. let's batch. >> we have great people in the department of justice. we have great people. they are people, i really believe, you take a poll. i have to be at 95%. you had some real bad ones. you are seeing what has happened at the fbi. they are all gone but there is a lingering stench. we are going to get rid of that too. >> kendall, a lingering stench. your thoughts there? who is he preferring to pray tell? >> obviously, he is concerned about rod rosenstein. i think he should be. i don't think we can make "the new york times" the judge and jury of rosenstein's fate. the challenge is to find a very accelerated framework for getting to the bottom of this. i don't think the president needs to, for example, ask the justice department to investigate itself. i th

andrew mccabe, the statement on rod rosenstein.hing more important to the integrity of law enforcement and the rule of law than protecting the investigation of special counsel mueller. i sacrificed personally and professionally to help put the investigation on a proper course and subsequently made every effort to protect it. to be clear, i had no role in providing information of any kind to the media stories about events following director comey's firing. if the rumors are true, i am deeply concerned that it puts that investigation concerned that it puts that investigation at risk. again, that comment coming from andrew mccabe just a few moments ago, we're going to take a quick break and be back to update you in just a few minutes. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is at the whit

newly hired, he had gotten to know the people in this room, there was an aggressive stance from andrew mccabeut pushing back against the president, and that rosenstein basically was annoyed by the way that mccabe was behaving in the room. sad, what do you want me to do? do you want me to wear a wire? something along those lines. jonathan, when you think about that, and the tension of the moment with james comey not being fired days before, the activity in the room, what does it say to you? >> what it says it's a matter of interpretation, that interpretation could have considerable consequences. i have a column in "the hill" today talking about how trump could use this as a way to fulfill what he's wanted for a long time. not only to replace rosenstein but also replace sessions. he could say this is a case of insubordination, not obstructio obstruction. go ahead and fire rosenstein and replace him potentially with a person he wants to become ultimately attorney general. if you follow that course, he would end up with an attorney general who had direct control over mueller's investigation. that

rosenstein denies this purportedly memos written by andrew mccabe from the story.ard lawrence jointly live in dc with the latest. >> this was a bombshell two hours ago or so. they talked about a meeting that happened in june 2017 is what is this is referring to. you mentioned that rod rosenstein use the 20th amendment to the president from office also wearing a wire. anonymous source of the room told foxnews quote, said this, i remember this meeting and remember the wire comment and the statement was sarcastic and never discussed with any intention of recording the conversation with the present. the new york times relied on anonymous sources were briefed on the meeting and memos the former deputy director andrew mccabe wrote during that period an attorney for mugabe said he wrote those memos in order to remember important conversations and not to say they turn it over to the special counsel. lisa page, former fbi attorney who was mccabe's government at the time was also in the meeting and also documented it in memos and in her memos and she writes about the 20th am

andrew mccabe's attorney has also responded to the "times" account which cited his memos. in a statement that reads in part the attorney says mccabe gave all his memos classified and unclassified to the special counsel's office. a set of those memos remained at the fbi at the time of his departure late january of '18. he has no knowledge of how any member of the media obtained those memos. mccabe, you will recall, fired earlier this year after relentless attacks by the president in an apparent effort to discredit the bureau's work on the russia investigation. during a rally in springfield, missouri, earlier this evening, the president had this to say about federal law enforcement. >> just look at what is now being exposed in our department of justice and the fbi. look at what's going on. look at what's going on. and i want to tell you, we have great people in the department of justice. we have great people. these are people i really believe you take a poll, i got to be at 95%. but you have some real bad ones. you've seen what happened at the fbi. they're all gone. they're a

director andrew mccabe.he source says -- this is a direct quote -- "the statement about secretly recording the president was sarcastic andec was never discussed with any intention of recording a conversation with the president." you might imagine that democrats and republicans on capitol hill are worried that this could lead to the deputy attorney general's firing. but so far tonight, at least publicly, the white house is not weighing in. >> tucker: a conversation behind the scenes, i would think. >> i imagine so. >> tucker: thank you for that. republican congressman matt gaetz represents florida. thank you for coming on. this is no defense against rosenstein who never struck me as someone i would trust personally. but does it seem odd that the "new york times" and andrew mccabe clearly would like the president to fire rod rosenstein? what does that tell you? >> we are only going to find out the truth if we can get rod rosenstein under oath to find out what he said in the context. there appears to be no deni

also andrew mccabe is not somebody that the president has treated as a reliable source in the past, andabe may have an ax to grind because he was fired from the fbi just hours before his scheduled retirement, and he now has a book coming out. eva. >> and, david, president trump is backtracking on a plan to declassify documents related to that russia investigation. >> reporter: that's right, eva. this is a rare about-face from the president. you'll remember that just last week i believe it was he suggested that the fbi -- he called on the fbi to release unredacted text messages about the russia investigation from james comey, andrew mccabe and others. now he is backing away from that saying he's not going to release them, not going to declassify them but he reserves the right to do so in the future. guys. >> all right. thanks, david wright, there in new jersey. >>> and out to the escalating turmoil over if, when and how supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser will testify. >> overnight senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley granting another extension to christine blasey ford to

former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe fired for lying and he may face serious legal issues.his grand jury that we have confirmed is convened, we will look at everyone who committed a fraud on the fisa court, who signed off on the unverified, uncorroborated, phony russian, clinton paid for dossier. and the lies by omission like not telling the court, even though they knew it, that hillary plate for it all. andrew mccabe's attorney responding to it, brushing it off. standard procedure, we all know better. this is why elections matter. if elected, 61 days, democrats, they will obstruct the president's efforts to drain the swamp. just like they are trying in vain to obstruct the nomination of judge kavanaugh, and today senator cory booker threatening to leak confidential documents about kavanaugh to the general public. our own a shannon bream and others reporting, however, the documents had previously been released. not only that, cory booker was told they were released. so still he had to put on a show based on what he already knew was released for his adoring fans because he i

andrew mccabe's attorney responding to it, brushing it off.othing more than the standard procedure. we all know better. this is why elections matter. if elected, 61 days, democrats, they will obstruct the president's efforts to drain the swamp. just like they are trying in vain to obstruct the nomination of judge kavanaugh, and today new jersey senator, likely presidential hopeful cory booke cory booker, threatening to leae confidential documents about kavanaugh to the general public. our own shannon bream and others reporting, however, the documents had previously been released. not only that, cory booker was told they were released. so still he had to put on a show based on what he already knew was released for his adoring fans because he is running for president. i don't have time to run it now, but then he went on to call his actions today "a spartacus moment." even though he did zero, nothing courageous. he broke no rules, faced no consequences, just a blatant play to his base, just so he can run for president in 2020. but in his mind, he

bruce ohr, peter stzrok, lisa page, james comey, andrew mccabe who is publishing a book.t do you expect to happen with the text messages? >> that is where there will be damning information on leadership of the fbi. we have seen it with page and stzrok. the fbi academy, every communication you do in the bureau whether it is email, text message or any type of thing, you write that and draft that like it is printed in the new york times the next morning. we will see if they did that are not. it will be interesting to see. heather: i'm interested in the text messages the bruce ohr specifically, after he was fired, the connection with bruce ohr, his wife nelly ohr with fusion gps, it will be very interesting, appreciate it. it is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. facebook is under fire but this time even liberals are hitting the unfriend button. they are accused of hiding this time. >> the actions that we have seen from the white house, we have to defend the fundamental values and ideals of the american democracy. heather: two years after historic election laws hillary cli

and the discussions were documented, at least in part in memos, by former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. those memos are now in the hands of the special counsel, and robert mueller's investigation is being overseen by rod rosenstein. he calls the story, quote, inaccurate and factually incorrect. jim acosta is "outfront" live at the white house for us. jim, what is the president's reaction tonight? >> reporter: you know, kate, it's interesting, the president has had no reaction so far. he has not spoken to reporters, reporters were asking this question as he landed in missouri for a rally later on this evening, and that rally could happen any moment now. and given the fact that the president has been going down this rabbit hole of late to complain about a conspiracy against him, complaining about a deep state, you would think that this rod rosenstein story would fit neatly into that narrative, but the president has not taken advantage of that, his sources or his officials, top officials here at the white house have not taken advantage of that but i will tell you that sources close to thi

former acting fbi director disgraced andrew mccabe with a new book deal. we're told is "the threat." how the fbi protects america in the age of terror, wait for it, and trump. according to the publisher, mccabe will write about the, quote, actions of this president and his administration to undermine the fbi and the entire intelligence community. oh, and we all thought the corrupt fbi, intelligence community and justice department were subverting this president. mccabe, it took a disgraced former deputy director of the fbi to straighten us out. good on him. well, joining us tonight, former federal prosecutor sydney powell. sydney is the author of the book "license to lie." this is about, that's right, corruption in the justice department. it's available in paper book, preorder now wherever books are sold, including a amazon.com. the book is "license to lie." let me ask you something. we're exploring how many people from the fbi, the intelligence committee has ever had book deals before. we think this is a record, what do you think? >> it's record behavior

this might have been designed by andrew mccabe to get him to over-react.d the special robert mueller is oversees his budget and one of the president's lawyers said this might mean a pause to the probe. watch. >> this looks to me like a low moving saturday night massacre. it seems like the only question is whether these steps take place now or take place after the mid-terms when the president believes he will pay less of a political price. >> the review has to be thorough and complete and include an investigation with all of these allegations go back to strzok and page and bruce ohr. >> if rosenstein exits next in line is noel francisco and then steven engel. both are more conservative than rosenstein. rosenstein will learn his only fate thursday. there is other stuff in washington happening on thursday. the kavanaugh hearing and rosenstein. >> martha: yes, brett kavanaugh and his accuser dr. ford. >> a dramatic few days. we don't know the half of it yet. >> martha: thank you very much. joining us now former congressman matt gates. good to see you. thank yo

as reporter: an attorney for andrew mccabe said he had no idea how these memos were released this week with you important to remember mccabe ors fired by the f.b.i. back in may for misleading investigators in an internal justice department investn subsequently referred to the u.s. attorney in d.c. for possible criminal charges. jeff? >> preed in the middle >> glor: all right, paula reid, in the middle of that rally. paula, thank you very much. one week after hurricane florence slammed ashore, the cape fear and waccamaw rivers are still rising. in south carolina today, new evacuation orders were issued to hundreds of people. in north carolina, there are concerns about a possible environmental disaster. here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: florence's floodwaters are raising fears. this afternoon, this dam was breached at a north carolina duke energy plant. environmentalists worry the toxic coal ash stored here could spill into the cape fear river. acfull week after the storm hit, thousands in south carolina are under new evacuation orders. some of the stranded in mullins had to be rescu

now, "the times" says then acting fbi director andrew mccabe took notes of rosenstein's comments.ot removed those notes, those memos. but sources tell us the memos were given to robert mueller's team. rosenstein emphatically denies ever talking about taping the president or trying to get him removed from office. with us now, a former fbi special agent julian zelihar. are you surprised that rod rosenstein is still on the job? >> yes, i am. if you believe in the deep state, this would be the story you hook your firing onto. that said, i think the president, and i always think this, likes having a foil. i think he doesn't mind at some level having this story out there and being able to go to his supporters and say, i told you so, look what i have investigating me. >> so asha, should rosenstein keep his job? >> i think he should. so, you know, this was a year ago, and it's still not clear exactly what was transpiring. if you remember the time immediately after james comey was fired, that was -- i mean, it's been normalized now, but that took everyone by surprise. my phone blew up from

that he may do that, another point it was suggested perhaps the now fired former deputy director andrew mccabe somehow recorded the president. really, you know, what this article sort of points out is that the chaos that was unfolding in the days and the weeks after the former fbi director james comey was fired, the department of justice, rod rosenstein, in a statement denies this, says that the story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. he said that he would not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the department, are advancing their own personal agenda. of course, you know, erica, this all brings up what will happen? what will the president now do about this, about the idea that rod rosenstein had suggested that someone, perhaps an fbi official, someone interviewing for the fbi director interview -- that is, secretly record the president. we will see what happens. so far obviously no word yet from the president. >> no word yet from the president. jeremy diamond, as we noted is at the white house. are we hearing anything from the white house

included from fbi director, andrew mccabe memos and reports that rosenstein proposed secretly recording i need to see the memos. i need to ask rod what he said and i will get to what he meant. those may or may not be the same thing. i appreciate the president talking to him this week and we will talk to him. i want to know what he said and i want to know what he meant. mike: we are live in washington with more. what has the president said about the deputy attorney general and what are democrats saying about all of this? >> well, there was speculate the president was going to fire rod rosenstein last week. but the united nations, the president said it was his preference not to. democrats are standing by the deputy attorney general, who has denied a new york times article that said he considered wearing a wire to record the president and that he brought up the topic of the 25th amendment with cabinet members. democrats say rosenstein removal now would tarnish the mueller investigation into russian collusion. >> rosenstein must stay there to defend the integrity of the investigation until

that is one more reason that this argument, while it was sarcasm, an off-hand quip, clearly andrew mccabeldn't have put this in a memo if he didn't take it seriously. now there's a question is what is mccabe's role in this. this is a rubik's cube of political motivation here. because mccabe is now under criminal investigation. is this something he's trying to put out there to get on the right side of the justice department or to get on the right side of prosecutors? or the right side of president trump. he's been a whipping boy for president trump for over -- for months now. you've really -- this is shakespearean in the complexities of this story, of who leaked it, why they leaked it, the political impact it will have and when you have chuck schumer attacking the story and trump supporters praising the story, politics makes strange bed fellows. >> jon: the statement from rod rosenstein you don't find to be all that vehement, shall question say? >> it's very careful. again, he could have said i never did this. anything was just a quip. he never said he didn't wear aware. when it comes to i

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andrew mccabe is under a lot of heat and that's what we are seeing right now.senstein statement? >> i'm sure it happened. kristin: we are all in agreement on this. >> it was ill-advised joke. it raises the serious things at the administration at the time, this was just after comey's firing, there was a lot of chaos and internal questions about how the president was handling the situation. but to your original question, i think it's very important that he does not make this firing, that he allows the investigation to go forward and does not allow him -- kristin: right, president trump very careful not to mention directly at the rally last night though he did refer to the lingering stint at the justice department, he left it at that. >> let's see how long he can stick to it. kristin: jeff, kevin, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. kristin: leland. leland: officials pointing aim at the united states, at least two dozen are dead, iran blaming terrorists and their, quote, u.s. masters for the attack, with that we bring in gordon chang, author of nuclear showdown, n

all text messages from james comey, andrew mccabe, peter strzok, lease page, and bruce orr related tosia investigation. >> what they are trying to argue and have been trying to argue for, what, almost two years now, is that this was a political investigation from the start. and presumably whatever they have here they're not releasing something that negates that. presumably they have information beyond what we know of in public record that can back that assumption up. >> david axelrod, what do you make of the timing of this decision? first of all to release sensitive fisa, the foreign intelligence surveil ant act information, that's almost unprecedented. >> it is. but so much of this is almost unprecedented. i make of the timing of this that this investigation is reaching its peak. we know that paul manafort has pled fwiguilty and is cooperati with the special counsel. there's a report that michael flynn will be sentenced at the end of november which suggests that we're nearing the end of the investigation. there's enormous anxiety. the president's project since the beginning was to im

miller i suggesting that the leak in that meeting was andrew mccabe and this is going to come back too bite rosenstein. no way of predicting how that's going to work. >> dana: mccabe just announced he has a new book coming out december 4th. of course judge andrew napolitano. stick around. we'll be right back. you need a partner that is willing to break free from conventional thinking. we are a different kind of financial company. we are athene, and we are driven to do more. our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! i needthat's whenvice foi remembered that my ex-ex- ex-boyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him. he didn't call me back! if your ex-ex- ex-boyfriend isn't a lawyer, call legalzoom and we'll connect you with an attorney. legalzoom. where life meets legal. ito address my fellow veterans, because i know so many of you have served our country honorably. one of the be

the "times" report relies on memos written by former fbi director, andrew mccabe. mccabe, whose memos have been handed over to special counsel's robert mueller's team was fired earlier this year, following an onslaught of twitter attacks from the president. a justice official tells cnn, they're skeptical of mccabe's description of events, suggesting mccabe has credibility issues and wanted to do what he could to lay the ground work for the appointment of a special counsel after comey was fired. another close to the situation believes mccabe had no incentive to lie while taking those contemporaneous notes. today through his attorney, mccabe denied any knowledge of how the "times" got its hands on the details of his memos. saying when he was interviewed more than a year ago, he gave all of his memos, classified and unclassified, to the special counsel's office. a set remained at the fbi at the time of his departure in late january 2018. he has no knowledge of how any member of the media obtained those memos. >> so help you god. >> reporter: rosenstein took charge of

just reading andrew mccabe's notes are insufficient. andrew mccabe is a known liar. rosenstein and from the people in the room why the deputy attorney general of the united states felt it was appropriate to even joke about wearing a wire on the president while he is supposed to be overseeing an investigation that obviously involves the president. >> bill: perhaps it was just sarcasm. >> let's assume it is. we can't take it at face value. i want lisa page and other people in the meeting to share with us the context and understanding. this is not something to joke about. when this president is facing all these threats internally and external lehe does not deserve to have his own deputy attorney general wearing a wire. we may be taking a vote on his impeachment if we don't get him in a hearing this week. if we don't get answers. here is the problem right now under the current structure of our house calendar they plan to send us home after friday and saying stay home in your district and campaign through the november election. some things are more important than election

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this addition of text messages from james comey and andrew mccabe and bruce ohr. >> the president ofnited states has final say on whether a document is declassified and when that stuff is very close to the vest, what we know from the steel dossier thing and the russia investigation is this is not security classification but a political operation. the more information comes to the american public the better it is for the american public and very good for donald trump as well. heather: we have key democrats saying donald trump is releasing material he knows will benefit him, selectively releasing certain material and what does that tell you? that somebody's worried about it? >> that is right. they must know that is in there and why they don't want it out there. would it be great if this came out 12 months ago. more information is better. if you have an allegation the 2016 election was corrupted by that. i am not sure how much the american people trust the experts in washington dc anymore. >> on both of these issues. >> that is what we are having on monday. >> we need to have you back t

andrew mccabe, that could be interesting. lisa page and peter strzok, i don't know if we want to read those texts. >> we know they went after donald trump when there was nothing to go after. lisa page and peter strzok had their own agenda. kennedy: they had an ax to grind and the foundation for launching the investigation by her own admission before congress was pretty flimsy. it doesn't sounds like reason enough and strzok admitted that in some of the effects to pace paramour. why has it taken so long? is he worried about the deep state faultout? >> i don't think so. i think he's ready to put a giant spotlight on everything that's gone wrong in the doj and fbi. we know peter strzok was involved in having a conversation with mike flynn. we know he had an ax to grind. what we are going to find is did anybody who signed that fisa application to the judge, did they disclose the information which was that this false dossier was paid for by the clinton campaign? i have a feeling they didn't. what else were they not truthful to the