christopher wray made things worse, not better. so now you'll see a very consistent theme from the incoming trump administration. they're trying proven, trusted outsiders who know they intend to reform things. when donald trump said drain the swamp, he was over the target. and this time he's finding outsiders who are very committed to that. >> trump described wray as a man of impeccable qualifications. when he nominated him, he got confirmed by the senate 92 to 5. what is it that you say? he objectively did wrong? >> he failed to restore trust in the fbi. he was clearly politicizing it. they were weaponizing the fbi against all kinds of folks. remember not long ago it was a conspiracy theory to say that the fbi was working with tech companies to silence a, you know, political opponents. and then elon musk bought twitter, rebranded it as x, and we had matt taibbi come testify before the house weaponization committee the very day he's testifying before the committee. the irs serves a warrant to search his previous tax returns. they w

. >> will you fire the current fbi director, christopher wray? >> the fbi director resigns before donald trump takes office. >> christopher wray announced that he will leave by the end of the current administration. >> the resignation of christopher wray and the major implications it has for trump's second term. plus, the historian who wrote the book on j edgar hoover on white trump's new pick could be worse. >> we look forward to a very smooth transition. >> next hour, we will walk through the process of taking out an incumbent u.s. senator. >> all in starts right now. >> good evening, one of the most important independent officials in the entire executive branch and u.s. government, the director of the fbi is leaving his job before the end of his term. and in doing so he is taking one of the most important remaining guardrails in our democracy with him. earlier today christopher wray gathered employees of the bureau together and told them that he will not stay on for the last three years of his 10 year statutory term. "after weeks of careful th

trump already picked the man he wanted to replace christopher wray. he met with republican senators today. >> so far most members of congress have reacted along party lines with republicans saying that it is new time for new leadership at the fbi and democrats saying they are thankful for remax service. i want to bring in an msnbc senior national security analyst. i have to get your reaction because this is not like a cabinet position where a new president comes in and picks a new team. christopher wray has a 10 year appointment and there has been a ton of public pressure. he is choosing to step down. is it fair to say that trump's pressure forced him to do it? >> this is an important point that the public needs to understand. a 10 year term is a deliberate for all fbi directors to prevent a director taking too long, hoover was there for 40 years and to assure that this was a political assignment. 10 years was the designated term. what christopher wray decided to do was to really do something that further politicizes the fbi. he is attaching his decis

why is christopher wray resigning? he has christopher wray resigning?velyjumped before he was pushed. donald trump had made no secret of the fact he did not like christopher wray and wanted him gone, and i did and wanted him gone, and i did a lot of that animus comes back to the raid by the fbi on on on from's mar—a—lago resort. they were part of the investigation into the alleged mishandling of documents from the white house, classified documents, and christopher wray was tied to that investigation in the eyes of donald trump. donald trump has a degree of history on this. he sacked christopher wray�*s predecessorjames comey wray�*s predecessor james comey after wray�*s predecessorjames comey after he lost faith injames comey, and i think what is interesting is that if you look at the terms that fbi directors are appointed for, it is normally for ten years, to enslave them from the rest of politics, and yet again what you've seen here is the fbi director effectively being dragged into politics. what is trum - dragged into politics. what is trump saying

one of his biggest obstacles was christopher wray. he was facing enormous pressure to resign from trump's republican allies who are mad at the fbi for among other things searching trump's mar-a- lago home to recover the classified documents he stole and were definitely there. on monday, senator chuck grassley, the top republican on the senate judiciary committee sent wray a letter blasting his leadership writing, quote for the good of the country, it is time for you and your deputy to move onto the next chapter in your lives. pressure on wray also intensified after trump's named the guy he wants to run the fbi. that is kash patel, an a loyalist who hosts conspiracy theory podcasts and vowed explicitly to, quote, come after anyone critical of trump including folks in the media and other politicians. on capitol hill today, patel took wray's resignation is a green light for him to take the job. >> we look forward to a smooth transition. i will be ready to go on day one. >> reporter: have you talked to president-elect trump? he issued a s

of christopher wra. ., and his view of christopher wra.in the fi wray. now, this is a big job. a lot of power in the hands - wray. now, this is a big job. a lot of power in the hands of. lot of power in the hands of who�*s in charge of the fbi. so who�*s in charge of the fbi. so who might take his place? who's in charge of the fbi. so who might take his place? well, donald trump — who might take his place? well, donald trump says _ who might take his place? well, donald trump says that - who might take his place? well, donald trump says that he - who might take his place? well, | donald trump says that he wants to dominate a guy called kash patel to take over. kash patel started the career as a public defender and then prosecuted terrorism cases and held various behind the scenes roles within the last trump administration. ultimately, he ended up as chief of staff to the acting defence secretary. but i think what his critics would say about kash patel is that the defining characteristic as far as they�*re concerned is that he is seen as a t

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christopher wray pushing him out ahead of the time that he takes office. so at this hour, we know that the fbi director is talking to to fbi employees. he wanted to make sure they heard the news from him, while he also tries to make make it clear that he plans to get out of the way before the new president takes over. boris. >> yeah, it's a real politicization of the fbi, even as people argue. oh, it's been politicized. so there needs to be change. it's sort of this wheel in a way that keeps going on this issue. evan, i wonder if you have a sense of how people working inside the fbi are feeling about this and the effect that this may have internally on those folks who are doing this work day in and day out. >> there's a lot of there's a lot of concern inside the fbi. look, chris wray is actually pretty popular inside the inside the bureau because, you know, one of the things he has done is he has tried to lower the temperature for the fbi. there's a lot of criticism from from the previous leadership of the fbi, james comey, and the way how he handled the o

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first of all i am glad christopher wray resigned remember spied on american bank transactions without essenceored laptop story, wray's fbi is mom and dad going to school board meeting you need to be investigated the ones did memorandum to richmond field office said pro-life catholics extremists raided president trump's home when you think about it earlier this week, the inspector general released a report that says christopher wray when he first got the job spied on congressional staffers, zbhous one of those staffers was being spied on by christopher wray fbi? kash patel going to take his place clean up as kash was explaining on your show from a few weeks ago. >> how did this happen congressman, i remember 2k0urg 16, 2017, 2018 kash patel devin nunes on my show this program as well as "sunday morning futures" on fox news told us, we've been spied on everybody mocked them, so what happened to the fiscal impact that politicized it so much decided they could spy on anybody they wanted, if they didn't grow with their politics? >> jim comey lisa page peter strzok andy mccabe in russia col

christopher wray clearly fears trump and stepped down. your thoughts? >> yeah, i mean, i wish he had not done that. i wish christopher wray had not done that for the reason that you say. professor's schneider's quote on tyranny. i wish he would have gotten fired so we could point out and it would illustrate how extraordinary this situation is where the president of the united states, who is a convicted criminal, an indict -- what is been indicted on federal charges, is firing the fbi director for the stated reason that the fbi director conducted a search based on probable cause found by a united states district judge to search for stolen secret classified documents that he hid from the fbi and lied about, and then lo and behold, the documents were right where the search warrant said they were. >> go figure. >> this seems, you know, this seems -- me, me, me, all about trump. he has the lawful power to fire the fbi director, but let's see him do it and let's have him explain that it was all about him and the fact that he committed a crime and he got calle

christopher wray was appointed fbi director by mr. trump in june of 2017, after mr. trump abruptly fired then director james comey in a controversial move that, of course, resulted in the naming of special counsel robert mueller to investigate whether trump obstructed justice and conspired with russia. and that was only the second time in history that an fbi director had been fired before serving a full ten year term. mr. trump has now essentially engineered the third such ouster. lester and ken, as you noted, kash patel then is would be next in line based on the former president's statements regarding the next leader of the fbi. what more do we know about what he might face in his bid for a confirmation? yeah, it's a real challenge for kash patel. he doesn't have any obvious scandal looming over his nomination, as was the case for matt gaetz, for example, the failed nominee for attorney general. but he's got a history of making inflammatory and controversial statements, even promising to use the fbi and the justice department to go after mr. trump's enemies to go af

. >> good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle and today, fbi director, christopher ray announced he will resign when donald trump the man who appointed him for the job, reenters the white house. it clears the way for trump to put his current pick, kash patel in charge of the euro. peter alexander start us off with that story tonight. >> fbi director ray revealing that he will resign before president trump takes office. >> i decided the right thing is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in january and then step down. >> ray was selected by trump in 2017 but he's leaving three years before his 10 year term is up. after trump made clear that he wanted ray out. >> this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray well reinforcing the values and principles that are so important and how we do our work. >> trump has spent years attacking the fbi and justice department for what he says has been person prosecutions against him and slammed wray in an interview with christopher walker over his role in the classified documents investigation. >> i

christopher wray, who appointed? >> well, i can't say i'm thrilled with him. he invaded my home. i'm very unhappy with the things he has done. >> the directive mission is not about american policy or people . it's about he got in trouble for materials which they had to search for and they were there. might have been a different call if they did a whole big search and they didn't find the material, right? well, they have that authority, but here, they were vindicated on that. whether or not it went on to trial, he is the president- elect. frank, based on your experience, you did the bulk of your work in this organization. how do you think this place within the bureau which is looking into someone like patel coming in? >> the culture of the bureau is really to not like an unsure future, instability, and that is exactly what they have. the anxiety level goes up. i think they have respect for chris wray. many wish he was out there more pounding on the podium talking about the great work in the fbi but i think

trump said about christopher wray. it'll end the weaponization. know what happened to him and they've done everything to interfere with my success the success of the american people and the country. christopher wray was appoint bid trump and he was a republican and wreaked h havoc and the mar-a-lago was one of the worst things and going back to the bad old days with jay edgar hoover and my question to you, let me ask you this, so you're christopher wray and fbi director and if you're you're attorney general, biden's mer garland says to you, i want a dawn raid of mar-a-lago and go everywhere possible including into mrs. trump's private belongings and so forth. does the fbi director have to do it? going for merrick garland and it's cornated with terrible views and it's going to be -- coordinated views aning for the lawfare going over the course of two years and it's important to take a step back and going over the hunter biden laptop and pre-bunking debacle that took place and going to told them and it was a russian hack and leak operation going for

he even brought it up over the weekend when he was asked about christopher wray. now, in that same interview, when he was talking about christopher wray, he was asked if he was going to fire him. he alluded to the fact that, yes, he would say that if i've already put forward kash patel, there's reason to believe he would have to fill somebody's job and that job would have been christopher wray. now it seems clear that wray had understood that there was two pathways here. one was resignation, two was being fired by president elect donald trump when he came into office. but when i'm talking to trump's team, they feel very pleased that this is the path that wray chose because they believe it paved the way for kash patel, who they say is doing very well on capitol hill in these various meetings with senators. kristen holmes, cnn, west palm beach, florida. >> the leader of canada's most populous province says there will be blowback if the us president elect goes through with his threat of new tariffs. donald trump has said he'd slapped 25% tariffs on all goods from can

patel, christopher wray just announced he's resigning. what is your reaction? >> we look forward to a very smooth transition. and i'll be ready to go on day one. >> reporter: are you going to be seeking retribution against donald trump's political opponents, sir? but democrats are concerned about the independence of the fbi. >> there was a reason we put in place the idea that an fbi director would serve for ten years. so that you weren't subject to the whims of a particular president. am i worried about that independence? you bet. >> reporter: david, kash patel making the rounds on the hill today. but another trump nominee was here, as well. pete hegseth, his embattled pick for defense secretary, meeting with senators, including republican susan collins. she told me they had a constructive, substantive meeting on a range of topics, including the allegations against him of excessive drinking, sexual misconduct, and financial mismanagement, but david, she's waiting to see his fbi background check. >> david: mary bruce up on the hill for us tonight. mary, thank yo

christopher: she concurred. concurred, so the court acknowledged the freedom of association first amendment value was a very important value , and the court distinguished in particular what that jc's were advocating was what they call it freedom of expressive association, that they were coming together in order to not only communicate with themselves, but also indicative convey certain ideas to the public, and the supreme court accepted that premise but concluded that expressive association function would not in any way be undermined by the inclusion of women in the organization, that that jc's had not shown the message about community support and supporting people who were entrepreneurs and engaged in business -- fairly general government, good citizen-type values would not in any way be undermined by including women. but on the other hand there was a compelling interest in terms of women's equal participation in the public sphere, society, their community to have access to this organization that was so importa

christopher wray.t depends on whether we can see the confirmation of kash patel or anyone else. >> true. perry, this is not kash patel's first go around for being considered for a position. trump floated the idea of making him the deputy director of the cia or fbi. bill barr, trump's then attorney general wrote, mr. patel would become deputy director over my dead body. >> look, right now, what we have seen from trump's nominations so far, i mean, gaetz, that imploded. he is appointing his -- who he views as his biggest and best loyalists. we are seeing that -- how people are reacting to that. you just showed clips from the sunday morning shows. it seems like republicans in the senate are saying okay. let's go for it. in the first term, you are right, there was a lot of resistance and pushback to getting people like kash patel to run these big agencies or to have big leadership positions in them. >> let's all listen to kash patel. this is on the sean ryan show podcast earlier this year. sharing his thou

>> christopher austin pleaded not guilty, but according to these police documents, he says he was flown to los angeles by robert baker, saying that the two men entered the mantiply residence with clothing that concealed their identity and attacked fabio with a knife. austin, admitting to stabbing him in the neck and holding him down, while robert baker stabbed him. but why would these two men want fabio dead? >> statistics about how these things usually work is that it's someone close to that individual, is usually the person who is responsible for their murder. >> investigators would soon learn that robert was monica simon, tilly's racquetball instructor. there was a lot of communication going on between the two, far more than you would expect between somebody in their racquetball instructor, and they determined that monica and robert were having an affair. >> and i can't wait to get home to see my family. >> now, christopher austin tells police of a possible motive. fabio's $1.6 million life insurance policy. >> you take a look at his wife and you realize that she has a lot to gain. t

the question to you, christopher, how do you see this playing out?so, the idea of the ten-year terms came after the death of director hoover, who was the director for over four decades. actually one of the reasons was to limit the terms to ten years but also still provide that continuity of leadership for the organization. so, having a director who can lead an organization throughout administrations and making sure it stays outside of politics, i'll point back to director mueller was the only one who exceeded that when they actually -- congress universally nominated him to serve an extra two years because they saw he was doing such a good job and the country needed him. i think cutting the term short does a disservice to the fbi and the men and women because their leader is removed without cause. that's number one. i think it does a disservice to the country because what it does is allow administrations to put their guy and it brings the fbi back into politics. it's been -- it has been talked about. it is important for the fbi to remain independent.

general christopher cavoli: thanks.t's a very important question because i share general keen's general view that there's a lot of work to be done and there are big challenges looming. some of them are right in our face right now. in my case, it's really the chronic threat of russia. that's the immediate press. of course, in a global sense it's well connected to china, increasingly so, so in europe, what we've been doing in the nato alliance since the madrid summit in june of 22, just after the second russian invasion of ukraine, heads of state and government instructed sacker, which at the time was todd walters, but a week later it was may to immediately implement a strategy to deter russia and to defend the alliance's territory, which was an enormous sea change. that was the business we were in during the cold war, but after the cold war, it was no longer necessary and we turned our attention to out of area operations, those out of area operations. think kosovo, the balkans , afghanistan tended to be small scale. they

christopher clements was a known sex offender with a long criminal record. police were looking for him because he was living too close to a school. when they found him, he said he'd been at a bar with a friend the night isabel disappeared, the lead fizzled out. it seemed like police were getting nowhere. two years after isabel's disappearance, another girl, 13 year old maribel gonzalez, goes missing. her body is found within days, but there's no killer in sight at the time. police wonder are the two cases connected? even with the passage of time, issa's father can hardly contain his emotions. >> more than anything. i am so sorry. i am so sorry i couldn't protect you. i wasn't there, i wasn't there to stop this from happening to you. i'm so sorry. >> i'm so sorry. >> please, please, please hear us. i'm so sorry. i can't protecu. >> when we come back. five years after isabel disappeared, a prisoner offers to lead investigators to her body. >> you told us where she was. >> so i know tha you know a lot more. you have to. >> if you're living with moderate to seve

look at what christopher wray has done and personally targeted kash patel. he also created a whole new division within the fbi to target january 6ers including nonviolent, you know, grandmothers he's targeted grandmothers over the face act this is someone who targeted catholic churches you remember that fbi memo saying that catholic churches are, you know, breeding grounds for terrorism as well. targeted parents at school board meetings as well. the list goes on and on so christopher wray is not good guy but corrupt and tried to sow doubt saying that donald trump could have been a bullet maybe it was shrapnel and saying it was a bullet so christopher wray is a very bad guy he needs to get out of there and kash patel is not a threat to democracy but bureaucracy. >> but this one in particular, obviously, everybody is freaking out about -- a cnn senior reporter said kash patel an agent of the agenda and goes on to say presidents don't do this coming in because of the fact that the fbi is supposed to be apolitical. have you ever heard of james comey that name ri

today, fbi director christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump 7 1/2 years ago, announced in worldwide meeting with fbi agents that he would make it easy for donald trump. christopher wray decided to save donald trump from having to put another lie in writing about why he was firing another fbi director. the fbi released a full transcript of what christopher wray said and the fbi released a partial video of some of what the director said. director wray told the fbi today, quote, i want to address a topic that has been the subject of a lot of speculation and that is my future as fbi director. since the moment i started in this job seven plus years ago, my focus has been on trying to do what i think is best for our institution, the bureau, and ultimately, for the american people we serve and what sets us up best for success, not just today but the long run. then director wray said this -- >> after weeks of careful thought, i have decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in january and then step down. my goal is to kee

christopher wray announces his resignation effective jan january 20, 2025 the first day president trump takes office making way for the president-elect , kash patel to lead what is america's most important law enforcement agencies, christopher wray is out as it passes the nda defense bill and the rising threats from china, russia and iran that includes mysterious drones over new jersey and new york with no government explanation whatsoever as to what they are or what they're after, where are joe biden and alejandro mayorkas. what are they hiding, president trump will be ringing the opening bell to new york stock exchange as new socks shows fixing the economy remains top of mind for americans we are getting into already long as the trump rally has been strong futures indicated a decline at the start of trading take a look at a riproaring year, the dow industrials 91 the nasdaq is down 51 and yesterday the nasdaq rallied above 20000 for the first time ever after yesterday's inflation data the nasdaq sitting at 20034 right now with again yesterday at the close up 347 points, the nasdaq was

christopher wray closed his remarks to the fbi today this way. remember that you chose and earned this job. you chose and earned the privilege of serving your country. the fbi needs you. the american people need you. so thank you for making that choice. thank you for earning that privilege. leading off our discussion tonight is senator to sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island, a member of the senate judiciary committee, and he chairs the subcommittee on federal courts. he's also a member of the senate finance committee and and is the chair of the senate budget committee. begins his fourth term in the united states senate next month. senator whitehouse, the contrast we see there between what christopher wray had to say and what kash patel had to say in that same collection of comments, kash patel is saying he wants to destroy the intelligence division of the fbi. the people who are preventing the next 9/11. >> in fact, the intelligence division operation of the fbi was set up to remedy the problem of the firewall between the intelligence co

look at what christopher wray has done and personally targeted kash patel. he also created a whole new division within the fbi to target january 6ers including nonviolent, you know, grandmothers he's targeted grandmothers over the face act this is someone who targeted catholic churches you remember that fbi memo saying that catholic churches are, you know, breeding grounds for terrorism as well. targeted parents at school board meetings as well. the list goes on and on so christopher wray is not good guy but corrupt and tried to sow doubt saying that donald trump could have been a bullet maybe it was shrapnel and saying it was a bullet so christopher wray is a very bad guy he needs to get out of there and kash patel is not a threat to democracy but bureaucracy. >> but this one in particular, obviously, everybody is freaking out about -- a cnn senior reporter said kash patel an agent of the agenda and goes on to say presidents don't do this coming in because of the fact that the fbi is supposed to be apolitical. have you ever heard of james comey that name ri

trump going to have to fire christopher wray.: right about that. >> steve: he has fired an fbi director in the past. he probably doesn't want to do it again. that statement that came out on truth social announcing kash patel clearly that was to send a message to the fbi director, hey, i want you out. but if christopher wray doesn't want to go and they put out a statement. the fbi put out a statement, it's going to be a problem. >> yeah. that's where it's going to get very interesting in a political standpoint is you can kind of tell trump with his statement is saying wink, wink, you might want to step aside. this is the guy i want in the job. but if the fbi and christopher wray have both essentially said we're not going anywhere. we're going to keep doing the job. and chris wray himself has said he has no intention of resigning. we all remember what happened with jim comey. when trump fired him i remember the helicopter following his suv when he got fired in l.a. at the fbi office that day. trump has shown is he willing to fire t

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reporter: president-electee celebrating the word that christopher wray will be stepping down in january. president-elect said to go to new york tomorrow, he will ring the bell at new york stock exchange in morning. as newly minted "time" magazine person of the year. larry: peter, a great story. the steks stock exchange story and time man. the year, do you know if mr. trump will be overnight in his new york apartment or in bedminster, if he is in new jersey that is where drones are, or else they are angels. reporter: a great question, if he was at bedminster there are a lot more aerial assets that the president and president elect would have around them, they have helicopters, that are flying low, they have fixed wing aircraft that fly high. over where a president or president-elect prod would be it would be a real test of the united states' abilities to detect and catch or destroy or deter or whatever they need to do with the drones -- if they are drones, we have not been told where he will stay. and since butler, pa they have kept details about his whereabouts a lot more close to the v

christopher wray described it, as we played., i guess, skeptical is the kindest thing to say about her. harriet hegman. >> mr. wray, from the twitter files, missouri versus biden disclosures, the durham investigation and report, and exposure and collapse of the russian collusion hoax, the american people fully understand that there is a two-tiered justice system that has been weaponized to persecute people based on their political beliefs and that you have personally worked to weaponize the fbi against conservatives. director wray, what are you prepared to do to reform federal law enforcement in a manner which earns back the trust of the american people? >> first off, i would disagree with your characterization of the fbi and your description of my own approach. the idea that i'm biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background. as to how we are approaching our work of protecting the american people and upholding the constitution, it starts with me having emphasized to all of our folks o

christopher white from the national _ boost. christopher white from the national catholic - boost.n corsica. before we go — there's just time to bring you these pictures we've had in from mexico city. it's an annual event — where hundreds of competitors — their children, even pets dress up as santa claus and run through the capital. they run along two routes — of which the longest is ten kilometers. that costume is compulsory. hello there. much of the country today had a fine and largely dry one, and it was milder than it was yesterday, despite the lack of sunshine. now this mild theme is here to stay, certainly for the first half of this upcoming week, but it will be dominated by low pressure, so it will be wet and windy at times, and then all areas will be turning colder from thursday onwards, with an increasing chance of wintry showers on hills in the north. at the moment though, we're in this wedge of milder air, rather cloudy skies because of a lot of moisture there. and on this boundary between the mild and colder air across northern scotland, we've got a weather front which

christopher wray has announced his resignation.made the announcement at an all hands meeting hours ago saying he will leave when the biden administration comes to an end, saying this, after weeks of careful thought, i've decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in january and then step down. my goal is to keep the focus on our mission, the indispensable work you are doing on behalf of the american people every day. in my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work. it remains to be seen whether the fbi can even attempt to avoid being dragged deeper into the fray, as wray seems to be suggesting or whether his resignation will plunge deeper into uncertainty leaving the workforce without its leader. wray have three years left on his term. it was put in place to ensure departures don't line up with the end of a current administration. independents from the

it depends on what happens with christopher wray. he is currently serving a 10 year role as fbi director and he would have to resign or trump would have to fire him for patel to replace him. it does seem he is resonating with the senators that need to support him to be confirmed. we are seeing that would not only kash patel and also with pam bondi. it is interesting to see after what happened with matt gaetz, the senators are coming around. matt gaetz was a personal thing and this seems to be different and discussions seem to be going well. >> there's lots of nominees nobody is talking about that will be confirmed. marco rubio, others will get confirmed and they're not necessarily controversial in that way. i don't understand the kash patel because he is a qanon advocate and has an enemies list in his book. why is this the reaction? >> you have to take yourself into the life of a republican senator. when you go to your stay, you hear about the deep state and fbi and heather out to get fbi. what kash patel has said is pretty mainstrea

christopher wray is walking away perhaps clearing a path tore trump's pick for f.b.i.ector to take his place. >> if you care about the institution, and i think mr. wray does, i think it was the wise thing to do. >> harris: reaction from the president-elect ahead and lisa boothe in "focus" next. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. ♪ [music] i could open the garage ♪ ♪ for sam's band entourage ♪ ♪ protect them from the rain ♪ ♪ ♪ my garage i'd be closing ♪ ♪ while i'm hiking in wyoming ♪ ♪ if my home just had a brain ♪ >> harris: a parting gift from president

>>> well, kash patel is on the way in and christopher wray is on the way out. there should be a warning sign of what is to come in the fbi and beyond. sheldon whitehouse is a member of the senate judiciary committee and he is coming up first. plus, tech billionaires align up to kiss the ring as they try to play catch-up elon musk. a congressman who represents silicon valley has unique insight into how these guys operate and he joins me live in just a few minutes. >>> and later, is making polio great again really what we are doing now? rfk jr.'s top confidant who wants a petition to the fda to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. the new york times reporter who broke that story is standing by here in studio to talk about what she found. >> [ music ] >>> okay, with the news this week that christopher wray lanced resign as fbi director, it felt like it was kind of worth revisiting a white wray was even in this job in the first place. the story starts in earnest in july 2016 when the fbi under james comey opens its investigation into russian interference in the 20

tell me about christopher growing up. what was he like? >> mom's joy. i don't know how else to say it. he was just a good boy. >> church has always been at the core of chris's family. his parents, connie and ron, are co-pastors of the grace church in chester, illinois. >> christopher. just a good kid, good student, good, good athlete. i went in the marine corps right after he graduated in the marines. >> chris was a dog handler, and it was at a canine training seminar where he met the love of his life, sherri weiss, an mp in the u.s. air force. so when did the children come along? >> right away. that was the reason they got married. >> oh, there was already a child on the way. >> yes, that would be garrett. his little brother gavin was not far behind. >> what a joy. they were just two little boys that were just full of each other. >> chris had an important six figure job as the bodyguard for world famous christian televangelist joyce meyer, a longtime family friend. >> it's perfectly okay for you to go ahead and have a good time while god's working on y

wray but nonetheless christopher wray saw the picture and it is his time to go. step down as kash patel, the upcoming director if confirmed, on capitol hill. the director right now making this announcement to an all staff meeting. we are waiting to get some warning of his comments. not a complete surprise this is how he is ending his career at the fbi. i will notice, john, sandra we don't have an exact and date that obviously before inauguration sometime in january. but they are still working out the details, john. >> john: yet to be determined whether kash patel makes it through the confirmation procest looks pretty good at this point. david spunt to kick us off, now this. >> thank you. >> it was the most amateur hour assessment of what is happening in the state of the new jersey. they don't know anything. according to the gentleman from home security spoke to us that it has to go through the legislature, the federal legislature and what are we waiting for question what it has been happening two weeks. >> they don't know where these drones are coming from or whe

also tonight, a seismic development in the president elect's efforts to replace fbi director christopher wray with the trump yes man. director wray announces he will step down. and would a member of the senate judiciary committee make of that move? plus a mystery in the night skies over new jersey. swarms of drones with no clear answer. where they're coming from or why they're here. good evening. thanks for joining us. new york police now say they can directly tie luigi mangione to the sidewalk execution in midtown manhattan exactly one week ago this morning. >> first, we got the gun in question back from pennsylvania. it's now at the nypd crime lab. we were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in midtown. at the scene of the homicide. also able at our crime lab to match the person of interest. fingerprints with fingerprints that we found on both the water bottle and the kind bar near the scene of. >> that's new york police commissioner jessica tisch acknowledging what cnn was first to report today, that the fingerprints matched those of the suspect. luigi mang

. >> harris: this is breaking his moments ago, fbi director christopher ray says he was step down, bradleynde of presidents biden's term in february -- january president-elect trump already nominated cash but talk to replace them, is still facing a senate confirmation hearing, ray was told -- was telling an fbi town hall the men and women of the bureau's side will be successful, "long into the future we are all over this ". also breaking news. new video just in f pentagon choice pete hegseth after meeting with the republican senator who could be key in his confirmation battle, they are going to play you that it now, after the break. stick with us. ♪ like a relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for in

christopher ray was confirmed by a vote of 92-5.re you concerned about president-elect trump putting forward someone who might not have that type of bipartisan support? >> i can't stress to you enough that when i was a young person, i wanted to be an fbi agent. i would watch it every sunday. it was a great show. i admire the fbi. it's way off track. they used it to get warrants against american citizens that was fabricated. they accused president trump of being a russian agent when there was no credible evidence to suggest otherwise. they have come after people on the pro life community. they suppressed information that would have been relevant to 2020. the laptop was real. they said it was false. 50 intell people signed a letter saying that laptop was russian disinformation. none of us trust these people anymore. >> senator, a little bit of a lightning round. we have two more questions. president-elect told me he thinks the members of the january 6th committee should go to jail. do you agree with that statement? >> no. >> okay. tha

trump would need to fire current fbi director christopher wray, whom he appointed in 2017 after firing james comey. patel will then need to be confirmed by the senate before becoming the director of the fbi. trump also has named his pick for ambassador to france. he nominated charles kushner for the role. kushner is the father inin law of trump's daughter ivanka. he is a real estate developer on social media. trump called kushner a tremendous business partner and said he will be a strong advocate to represent america. back in 2005, kushner was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion. witness tampering and making illegal campaign donations. trump later pardoned kushner in 2020. the san jose state women's volleyball team season has come to a close, and as you likely know, we've been reporting it's been a difficult season because of controversy surrounding a member of their team. yesterday, the spartans lost their final match in the mountain west conference tournament, and it's an ace for colorado state. the rams rewriting their legacy. the spartans battled the colorado state ram

>>> tonight, the director of the fbi, christopher wray announcing his resignation under pressure from president-elect donald trump. the fbi chief telling employees at a bureau town hall he will resign at the end of the current administration with three years left on his ten-year term. it comes after the president-elect announced plans to replace wray with hard-lined ally kash patel and after i criticized wray in his nbc news interview. >>> also, tonight, the new evidence in the murder of the ceo. police saying the suspect's gun matches shell casings at the scene and his fingerprints match those found on a water bottle and a wrapper nearby, and the writings allegedly found in the suspect's notebook discussing his plans to kill. >>> the explosive wildfire in malibu destroying homes. 20,000 people forced to evacuate. among those fleeing, the flames stars like dick van dyke and cher. >>> the strong storms impacting millions up and down the east coast. the flash flood threat in new england and wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. >>> the growing mystery over the drones spotted over new jers