okay, asha, what do you think? i mean, asian-americans certainly have made huge inroads in tech, silicon valley. >> they have. i think there is -- although, as margaret mentioned, i think there is a -- there's a difference in -- the asian-americans are a large -- sort of a large community. there's chinese americans, there is korean americans. and pacific islanders i don't think have made that much of an inroad as have maybe the indians, for example, in tech. i'm from india, originally, but what i see is that the asian-american population, in general, has made inroads in every regard, from college education to jobs in the tech industry to jobs in the creation of tech -- tech-industry jobs. and in venture capital, also, we see a lot of people of asian origin in positions of founding roles. so i think -- that has happened for sure, kristen. i think there might be a gap, though, between, i think, pacific islanders and some of the other groups of -- and i don't know how those numbers are, but i think i would like to see

asha, let's begin with you. coming off of phil's point a little bit rosenstein and the doj releasing the statement on behalf of him and then part of it reads as follows. "my memorandum is not a reason of statements to justify for-cause termination. my memorandum is not a survey of fbi morale or performance." if he knew that comey -- if he knew that the president was going to fire comey the day before he wrote the letter, then why write the letter with the recommendation? >> well, i think this gets to the issue of timing and motive for the president to fire the former director. and you can't look at this out of the context of some of these comey memos as they're being called in terms of the interactions that the president had beforehand leading up to the firing. so the president can fire comey for any reasons he wants. he can ask the deputy attorney general to give his assessment of a performance but i think the question is whether the decision to do it was for the reasons that were ultimately stated in the memo

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maria: joining me associate dean of admissions at yale law school, asha, good to see you, asha, thankfor joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. maria: what do you think? >> well, she lost the election. i think it makes sense that her team is going to be a postmortem and trying to find out where they went wrong and trying to find the gaps and blame other factors, what i do think though that the fbi is also doing certain amount of postmortem after the election as well because in making those statements both in july on the ongoing clinton investigation or the decision not to prosecute clinton for the investigation and the letter in october, the fbi was actually deviating from pretty strict protocols to not comment on investigations close to an election and it has property -- protocols to make sure that are insulated from allegations of political bias and objective of law enforcementy agency. the irony here is that i believe that director comey wasn't acting for partisan motives. i think that he actually was seeing those polls and thought clinton would win and i think he was tryi

. >> reporter: asha rangappa is a former f.b.i. counter-intelligence agent. >> this is the first time that we've really seen someone in president trump's inner circle become a focus of this ongoing inquiry. >> reporter: in a statement, his attorney said mr. kushner with congress what he knows about these meetings. he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. the foeb is already scrutinizing mr. trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn. former campaign chairman paul manafort. former foreign policy adviser, carter page. and longtime friend, roger stone. but none is as close to the president as kushner. >> it's significant in that he holds some keys, as far as the f.b.i. believes, that's going to help them get to the bottom of what they're looking for in terms of who was involved. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee believes fired f.b.i. director james comey may have answers. a week ago, committee said that he would testify after memorial day. anthony, we learned today that he

asha phillips says people should not live infearas she phillips says people should not live in fear asill run the 100 metres at the great city games here. there is this big dark cloud at the moment and to have an event like this, they do not want to be in their houses. you want to go and enjoy your time. it is after work, after—school. it is in the middle of the street and it is something you can do when you are passing. to perform in front of eve ryo ne passing. to perform in front of everyone is to feel like you can stand up to this and we can still enjoy our lives. ben stokes is in injury doubt against south africa in southampton on saturday. he injured his knee during his victory at headingley last night and will be assessed later today when he arrives. england 1—0 up in the three match series. a second practice session for this weekend's monaco grand prix has been getting underway. lewis hamilton was quickest in first practice. jenson button has written for one race standing infora button has written for one race standing in for a fernando alonso who is competing at the indianapol

asha philip, one of the rising stars, just amongst some of the names who will be taking to the stagend all of itjust a 5—10 minute walk away stage here in manchester, and all of it just a 5—10 minute walk away from the arena where that bombing took place on monday night. as you would expect, security is incredibly tight with armed police all over the square, hundreds of officers visible in the city centre. it will be interesting to see what effect this week's tragedy has had on the crowd is expected later here today. it is a free event and you don't need a ticket, so will people stay awake? i expect the opposite will be true, given the way that manchester has responded so far. that is because across the country some events have been cancelled, not just across the country some events have been cancelled, notjust because of a mark of respect and the increased terror threat, which is understandable, and entirely appropriate, that manchester has had to make a different decision. after consulting the police and security servers is, this event will go ahead, as will be great manchester run

half—past: ahead of this weekend's manchester city games, featuring olympians greg rutherford and ashan fear ahead of her race tomorrow. net long term migration — that's the number of people coming to the uk minus the number of people leaving — fell to below a quarter of a million last year. that was driven by an increase in eu citizens leaving the country. the office for national statistics said the change was driven by "a statistically significa nt" increase of 40,000 people leaving the country. there was a 36% increase in eu citizens leaving. on these latest numbers, the rise in population due to immigration is still more than double what the government target is, but they show it dropped substantially in 2016 compared to the year before. fewer people are coming to the uk and more are leaving. to arrive at a net immigration number, you take the number of immigrants arriving in the uk, 588,000, down more than 40,000, and take away the number of emigrants leaving, which was 339,000, which is up about 40,000. that leaves net immigration of 248,000, down by a quarter. we are determined

asha, thank you very, very much.eople are, you know, flying off the handle or getting crazy about this, look at the dow. getting stronger right now on the belief that this, too, shall pass. again, these guys are often wrong, but whatever knee-jerk fears they had earlier have been kind of dissuaded of late. >>> joe lieberman is emerging as top candidate for fbi director. senator joe manchin one of his earliest democratic supporters. >> joe lieberman is an absolutely wonderful human being. his my dear friend, okay? -- he is my tear friend, okay? and i think the world of joe lieberman. during these times exactly what lindsey graham said, maybe it should have someone who has no political connections whatsoever. someone to who comes out of the professional ranks. but met me be very clear if they don't and joe lieberman's the man, i'm going to vote for him. neil: all right. rachel day, capitol hill reporter. there was hope that the president would resolve this and pick someone before he leave ares. he's not going to do tha

. >> that ashas different undertone it. >> bffs, how about that? >> you there you go.k. >> thank you. >> you're shooting a television show, what kind of financial things did you learn? >> these are among stories people never heard. the truth is michael landon was one of the original entrepreneurs and small businessmen to take over hollywood. he was one of the first people to own, write, direct, star in the show. he was on "bonanza." he was actor on the show. realized to make a mint you had to own the show. he was also cheap as hell. he would, i cut quarters wherever he could. liz: frugal. >> he was frugal. so we had the dressing rooms, they were all the same size. his was like one of those little narrow dressing rooms you could barely get in. he was setting an example he was the biggest star he was not going to have a huge dressing room and huge entourage. he ran a very tight ship. he called me one-take missy, because i could get it done. in those days we used film, not digital. it was very expensive. he taught us the real work ethic, i was talking to melissa gilbert a

european sprint champion asha philip says people ‘mustn't live in fear‘ as she prepares to race in manchesterndoor championships in march, will run the 100 metres at the great citygames, in the city centre. manchester needs a light to guide them out of this big dark cloud at the moment and to have an event like this, they do not want to be in their houses. you want to go and enjoy your time. it is after work, after—school. it is in the middle of the street and it is something you can do when you are passing. to perform in front of everyone is to feel like you can stand up to this and we can still enjoy our lives. the second practice session for this weekend's monaco grand prix is under way. mercedes' lewis hamilton was quickest in first practice earlier. jenson button has returned forjust one race for mclaren — standing in for fernando alonso, who is competing at the indianapolis 500 this weekend. button's currently 12th fastest with hamilton in eighth. welcome back to manchester. people are arriving all the time with flowers. taking a lot of time to read the messages that have been left in t

ashas been characterized part news with an edge. vice news tonight was launched. hbo's first nightly news program. joining me is the founder and ceo of vice media and the executive producer of vice news tonight. also the executive vice president of news and the executive research of vice news tonight. i am pleased to have them both back on this program. tell me what it is in case i did not know? >> we started the magazine and montreal and we came down here as the dot com revolution and we movedwent bust and to brooklyn and started being a digital company. we were the first to do online video and native advertising and all that good stuff. and then got bigger and bigger and grew internationally. now we are in 80 countries and a -- and we have tv networks, online, mobile, you have agencies, record labels. at 5 billion?d >> last year. health netis libertarianism, -- hellbent libertarianism? and colorful literacy? >> i was lucky i got is in time with david. i loved him. we met when he was shooting page one and we butted heads in the making really good friends. i remem

. >> asha and nick, thank you for joining me this afternoon. we will be right back. seconds!♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ adult 7+ promotes alertness and mental sharpness in dogs 7 and older. (ray) the difference has been incredible. she is much more aware. she wants to learn things. (vo) purina pro plan bright mind. nutrition that performs. "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours point decisively with the step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. before fibromyalgia, i was a doer. i was active. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia

the european indoors went champion asha philip says people mustn't live in fear.tomorrow evening. the great city games brings athletics to the streets and she will run the 100 metres down one of the main thoroughfares in the city. manchester i believe need a big light into this dark cloud they are in at the moment. to have an event like this will hopefully bring that out in them. they don't want to be in their houses, i don't want to leave, you just want to go out and enjoy your time. it is after work, after school, on the way home, it is the middle of a street so it is something you can just do when you are passing. to perform here in front of everyone is not like a tribute, it is more that we can stand up to this and still enjoy our lives. formula 1 championship leader year linda sebastien vettel was fastest in second practice in the monaco grand prix qualifying. lewis hamilton was quickest in the first session but slipped down to eighth in the second. fellow britjenson button finished 12th. the 2009 world champion has returned tojust button finished 12th. the 2

treasury atacache assigned to the embassy that really paved the way for a whole series of treasurytle at ashas and also inthur that the fine angsing mec mmps that are in place with the banks are effective and becoming more effective every day. so let me finish with an anecdote. in 2015 i was invited to lunch by some friends of mine at the saudy ministry of intearier. and there was a lot of conversation in the press about the u.s.-saudy relationship and it would resolve around questions like did he like the president? did the president like the king? there was a lot of conversation about these points. the purpose of the lunch was these were senior people in the minister of intearier. and they said look, does the king like the president, does the president like the king? this is all noise. he said down here on the ground operationally, day to day, we are rock solid and getting stronger every day. that was 2015. talking to them today it's moved farther in that direction. if there's one mejs it's that the u.s. saudy counterterrorism effort is going from strength to strength. thank you very much. t

jump pit we will have greg rutherford and down on the track, as ha rutherford and down on the track, asha just a 510 minute walk away from the arena where on monday night that bombing took place. this is the first big event that manchester has had since that terrible tragedy. security is really tight in albert square here. armed police everywhere you look and bomb dogs checking out for explosives and checking out the threat. lots of it is routine but many more police than you would expect normally. security is very tight and it would be interesting to see how monday's tragedy affects the crowds coming down. it is a free event and you do not need a ticket. will people stay away? i imagine, given the response, the exact opposite will be true. there will be more people coming out to show solidarity and to enjoy the sunshine and enjoy the sport. having said that, the sport is a sideline. the message is the most rewarding thing. life here continues as normal. thank you very much. we will have more from you over the course of the afternoon as that gets under way. we will keep you up to date of

ashas been a divided nation president park was ousted from office.now are in a tight race. a liberal, centrist, and conservative are fine for the president. competing for the president. they are divided when it comes to dealing with north korea, relationships with united states and china, but also how to deal with reform of conglomerates that own about 27% of south korean business assets. geopolitical issues overshadowed the efforts for conglomerate reform? what has been done so far? geopolitical tensions have always been there, but different this time around, the u.s. foreign-policy is creating uncertainty. president trump signaled he would be honored to meet with the north korean leader last changeo that has been a for south koreans looking at foreign policy when it comes to the u.s. and north korea. when it comes to conglomerate reform, that has been out there for decades and decades. whether or not they will come through on that is another issue. there are dozens of reform bill sitting in parliament at the moment, but a lot of people saying we ma

ashas an incredible presence far as 13,000 access channels too small and midsized chinese companies.e express network where we deliver 19 million packages a day in 320 countries it and territories. one plus one equals a lot more than two in this case. sfx expressd that delivered 31 billion packages. that is pretty big. what initially will you be putting into the joint venture and what will they be putting into the joint venture? >> this will be an equal joint venture. we both put around $5 million into the joint venture. that is phase one. we will see where we go from there. the china market is so important to us. it is the world's largest e-commerce market. it is an incredible opportunity to provide customers even more benefit. david: initially, according to the report, this will be focusing on transportation of packages from china to the united states. what is phase two and three? how big could this become? >> we look at this is just the beginning. this could be very big to us. more importantly, to our customers. first is from china to the u.s. equally as impressed and looking forw

the details straight ashaed as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >>> live from newbusiness never sleeps, this is "squawk box." >>> good morning, welcome back to "squawk box" right here on cnbc. we're lynch at the nasdaq marketsite in times square i'm andrew ross sorkin along with becky quick. brian sullivan is hanging out with us today. joe is off. he will be back later. take a look at the futures at this hour. dow looks like it would open off close to 56 points down now. nasdaq will open off down about 2 points and the s&p 500 down about 3 1/2 points. brian? >> all right to your top story now. president donald trump firing fbi director james comey. many congressional members on both sides of the aisle expressing outrage at the surprise announcement. the white house now beginning a search for comey's successor. for more on this developing story we're joined by eamon javers in washington. eamon, it is fluid. there's a lot of news and a lot of criticism coming on both sides. >> yeah, that's right, brian. we'll get to some of that. this was a development last night tha