possible that chris cristie recommended this guy to donald trump, yeah, i think so, a sign that chris cristie may be having his voice listened to, sure. but, look, broadly speaking, forget christopher wray for a second. why is donald trump announcing this pick, which has been about a month and a few days since jim comey was fired? because we have rod rosenstein, because we have dan coats on the hill today, because we have jim comey on the hill tomorrow, because there is a whole slew of negative stories out there. remember, donald trump is essentially a tv producer. he understands that you have to offer some counter programming, and this is an attempt at counter program sglg and it is a good move. >> it is working. >> it's got us talking. it is relevant information and just as a little bit of a sidebar, to put this to bed once and for all, this was told to us on twitter. so if you want to know whether or not the president regards tweets -- >> that's right. >> -- as official policy statements because that's what this is, a policy change, he's going to put in a new person, it is a big ma

he represented chris cristie in the bridgegate scandal and helped chris cristie escape any charges in that case by the justice department. he also has a history at the justice department back in the 2000s, he was part of the push administration, ran the criminal division, including leading the prosecution, the enron case. one of the things he brings is the fact he is well known inside the justice department, inside the fbi. we are hearing already some people seem to be reassured that after a month long search by the president he settled on somebody who is a serious person, someone who is going to get some support from democrats even probably. he worked with saudi aids, the former acting attorney general, who of course has been at the center of some of this confrontation with the trump white house. so he knows a lot of people here in washington who will be able to vouch for him. one small episode from the past that may come back up is back in 2004 you remember the hospital incident where james comey had a show down with members of the bush white house over a surveillance program. well,

he was governor chris cristie's personal attorney during the bridgegate situation.arded man. he does have a pretty interesting and deep government history. but the cross-suscrutiny is now about to begin. little controversy that the president is bringing someone from outside the agency. >> his name was never floated. among all the names we have heard about, his was not one of them, so we'll dive into all this. the white house is facing two critical days as congress gets set to interview james comey. what is it like for the obama administration to watch all this play out. here with us is valerie jarrett. she has a new initiative we will get to as well. >> so nice to be in the studio. >> great to have you in the studio. that really helps. what it like for you and president obama to watch the trump administration unfold? >> well, i think it is the same as it is for the american people. we're all watching and we're obviously concerned about some of the steps that have been taken that have a devastating impact on the american people. so, for example, the health care bill