they could stop this conflict of interest scholar, christopher hill, all a who's served at the people's defense units and fight against isis. and syria gave us his take on why israel seems to be operating with impunity in the region now. and i do believe that there is some evidence to point to the fact that i had talked about something, right? yes. has had some maybe back door agreements with the is really but it seems that allowed it to carry out the operations that it did. whether it be intelligence or other i'm, i'm not sure exactly the full extent, but i do think that they don't want to aggravate the situation. and the reason reporting from today is any indication which is what we saw online that some of the palestinian infections we did, the syrian, the armed forces were told to basically put down their weapons and to no longer be part of any fighting force. i think that that shows that maybe there is going to be an attempt at normalization. regrettably, i think that the city and state as we know it, as we have known it, at least for the past 50 or so years is no more. i think that

next will be christopher hill, who is on screen over there. he followed tom as the ambassador to korea. he also came to this job with an incredible amount of experience but not so much in asia, as much as the middle east as ambassador to iraq and eastern europe, poland and i think he did a rare thing, which was combine his role of ambassador to korea with -- followed by his role in dealing with negotiations with north korea, particularly as head of the u.s. delegation. he has an exterior that most u.s. ambassadors didn't have, which was to span the relationship with south korea and north korea. next will be ambassador kathy stevens who, again, i think brought a very unique set of experiences to the job. she was ambassador during the obama administration from 2008 through 2011. i first met her when she was in the political section in korea and both of us experienced the moment that scott referenced in 1987. a formative moment for me as a journalist and i think it for kathy as a foreign service officer. she had come to that after having been a p

. >> that was kash patel making the rounds on capitol hill 24 hours after christopher wray announced he was resigning. he appears to have pretty good odds of nomination. part of it is fueled by eagerness among republicans to avoid incurring trump's wrath. same could be said for pete hegseth whose nomination seems to be back on trackish with senate republicans. senator john fetterman of pennsylvania became the first senate democrat to meet with hegseth. >> the news is we had a meeting and a conversation. and that's what happened. that is where we are at. there really is no new news after that conversation. >> it was a wonderful meeting. he is thoughtful and independent minded. defense is not political. >> joining me now is peter welch. i want to start with an opening question about the fbi background check process. i have seen people go through and it is so standard and such a core part of the process, that not just the top folks but down several levels are vetted. how is that process for you? >> it is crucial. the only thing with credibility. otherwise, it is the republicans taking a

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christopher wray is a great day for america. patel, who has been meeting with senators on the hill, once wrote, "the fbi has become so thoroughly compromised it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic measures are taken." mr. 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, sexua

donald trump was intent on getting rid of christopher wray and starting over at the fbi. and what we have seen on capitol hill, and i know lauren will probably talk more about this was a more receptive audience to this idea of getting rid of christopher wray and putting in kash patel more receptive audience among senators when it came to kash patel than even donald trump's transition team was expecting. and i will remind you that just a few days ago, donald trump was point blank. asked if he was going to fire christopher wray and what he said was, well, i'm putting up kash patel for the job. so it would seem that he has to have a job to take. there has to be an opening there, and we're going to get to that opening either way. and clearly the way christopher wray decided on his own accord was to leave with a resignation rather than wait for donald trump to take action and fire him. >> yeah, the writing was on the wall for wray. kristen holmes, thank you so much. let's go out to capitol hill now with cnn's lauren fox, because evan alluded to this a moment ago. lauren, lawmakers had kind of been telegraphing to

. >> we're getting brand new reaction on capitol hill to the news that christopher wray plans to step step aside as head of the fbi. he's essentially been fired by donald trump. and there's also reaction from kash patel, the man tapped to take wray's place. let's bring in cnn's lauren fox. lauren patel was on the hill today. what did he have to say? yeah. >> patel has been crisscrossing the hill all week for these very important confirmation meetings. but before today, it was really an interview for a job that didn't yet exist. but he had this to say about how he would be ready on day one. >> we look forward to a very smooth transition, and i'll be ready to go on day one. the senators have been wonderful and i look forward to earning their trust and confidence with the advice and consent process and restoring law and order and integrity of the fbi and in interviews with several republicans on capitol hill, including senator john cornyn, who is a senior member of the senate judiciary committee, there's really this sense of sort of relief that wray is deciding to step down on his own. >

he could have stayed and fought, and so there is some disappointment on the hill, but i do have great respect for christopherh him, but i think he has been a principled fbi director and stood up against, you know, far right extremism as best he could repeatedly, including against the former president who nominated him at different times. always tried to defend the fbi as an institution. that said, i think that these classic american values, right, and this notion of the rule of law and the constitution and the fact that we are not a nation based on the rule of man is going to have to drive all of us as we move forward into this incoming administration. i expect that that's certainly something we are prepared to do as house democrats. >> one of the core values of america has been the welcoming of immigrants, right? it is written on the statue of liberty. what you are now seeing is the trump administration, the incoming trump administration saying on day one they are going to allow i.c.e. to enter things like churches, mosques, funerals, there are religious organizations that are pushing back on that and sayin

christopher wray. as you can see, patel was on the hill. this is him meeting with senators.s had a much more disciplined approach, saying today, for example, that he knows he has to earn senators' trust. that is different from the tone he took in the past. in media appearances he promoted conspiracy theories including the false idea that the 2020 election was rigged. he said he wants to come after members of the media. it is a different tone on capitol hill and is earning the support of john cornyn of texas who said he is someone who thinks he can back. patel right now is trying to create an image of someone disciplined and focused on the job. he is having a good week but senators know this is a very important job and they are ready for these hearings we expect in january. amna: we know you have been tracking the patel is one of several key nominees. help us understand how the other nominees including the defense for defense secretary, pete hegseth, are doing. lisa: you could almost not walk down any hallway without running into, as i did, another nominee for a cabinet post.

pointing at christopher wray, i think he does have some support on capitol hill, but president trump it is up to the senate. it is another test of the senate, will they advise and consent, will they do a thorough review of every nominee, and this is another challenge. i think it is as significant as the matt gaetz nomination, so we will see what happens with the senate, but i will predict at this point. >> that is smart because it is hard to predict what they're going to do, particularly on this one. the fbi issued a statement, saying in part, "every day, the men and women of the i continue to work to protect americans from a growing array of threats." so, if patel becomes director and follows through on his bowels to follow through, how might we see career fbi officials respond? >> well, it's one of those things that like the career fbi agent is in the field. and they are doing the work that the statement comes out and says. they are the ones out there investigating. i have never been a headquarters fan myself. i have been out front, i ran operations in afghanistan in 2018 and 19, a

hill. >> what are you watching for? this comes as christopherounced he is resigning three years short of what he was supposed to leave his post. >> the interesting thing about the ray decision, the argument for why ray should have stayed, if you believe this powerful organization that people worked so hard to keep nonpolitical, that's the ten-year terms. if you believe that it should remain that way, then you stay and you fight and you make the president fire you, if he's going do that, rather than obeying in advance. the implications, we'll see immediately at the bureau. this clears the way for trump's nominee of kash patel, that wants to reform the bureau from the inside out. you asked those questions of mr. trump in the interview. the broader implications, if the fbi is not willing to fight for the safeguards, there's a question of, who will? >> it's a great point. peggy, pick up there. within the context of some of what we heard. some republicans feel like they are being pressured to get in line. and senator graham kind of said, well that's

christopher wray. as you can see, patel was on the hill. this was him meeting with some of the senators. he has had a much more disciplined approach, saying today for example that he knows he has to earn senators trust. now, that is different than the tone he is taken in the past. for example in media appearances where he has promoted conspiracy theories including the false idea that the 2020 election wasr rigged. he also said he wants to come after members of the media. but as a different tone he has on capitol hill and he is earning support of important senators like john cornyn of texas, who says he is someone he thinks he can back. now patel is trying to create an image of someone who is focused on the job and wally's having a good week, senators know this is a very important job, and they are ready for these hearings that we now expect. >> we know including the -- help us understand how the other nominees are doing right now. >> you almost cannot walk down any hallway without running into as i did accidentally another nominee for a cabinet post. but let's talk about pete haig said.

report thethe day after and thi debris got reporrst from inspecn christopher wray took the job,s theywh were spying on staff fro spcapitol hillwho one of those staffers where they were spying on? the barry guy who will take the job and clean up the o place,g, kash patel and i find that interesting too. >> laura: this will be interestincks.g to turn over the rocks. formerre fbict director and your buddy, andrew mccabe, is onng televisions, trying to downplay the report's findings. check this out.ce >> they had informants who traveled on they were owned by their own choice to participate in the rally. very few of whom ended up going inside. the fbi has many, manyat informants's in the extremist communities around this country. that is part of running anigen intelligence, a capable intelligence program.ning >> laura: congressman, is thiste just part of running a capable intel program? that is what mccabe is saying. >> laura: 17 entered restricted area and four anti-capital and one task to coy back for an inauguration thatho same year. we can sayt of that but i don't think people put a lot of stock of what andrew mccabe said andm

hill. >> amna, what will you be watching for as christopher announced. >> the interesting thing about theerful organization that people had, worked so hard, if you believe that it should remain that way then you stay, fight and make the president fire you if he's going to do that rather than obeying in advance and we'll see immediately at the bureau. this clears the way for trump's nominee of kash patel who has said he wants to basically completely reform the bureau from the inside out. he has an enemies list that he published in his book and you asked the questions in the interview. the question is if the fbi director is not one willing to stand up and fight for the safeguards, there's the question of who will. >> great point. peggy, pick up there and within the context of some of what we heard which is that some republicans feel like they are being pressured to get in line and senator graham kind of said well, that's what happens here. >> yeah. >> yeah. he didn't fight that. >> no. >> believe it was lisa purr muri said look, people are being put under real pressure. you better toe the l

kash patel, trump's pick to run the fbi, making the rounds on capitol hill today just 24 hours after current fbi director christopherst for now. patel seems to have pretty good on that confirmation. republican senators like thom tillis of north carolina thinks president trump campaigned on the promise to enforce our laws equally, fairly, and restore the integrity of the fbi. of course, some of that is fueled by eagerness among republicans to avoid trump's wrath. the same can be said for secretary of defense pete hegseth, whose nomination seems to be back on track-ish with senate republicans. today, senator john fetterman of pennsylvania became the first senate democrats to meet with hegseth. >> the news is that we actually had a meeting. we had a meeting and we had a conversation, right? that's what happened and that is where we are at. there really is no new news after that conversation. >> it was a wonderful meeting, he is thoughtful, he is independent-minded. defense, as i said, is not political. national security is important to democrats and republicans. i had a great conversation with the senator and that is a

christopher books in san francisco. independent book store. we have been here 33 years. the bookstore housed in a victorian [indiscernible] who runs the potrero hill archive. this space is used for number of different things. the pharmacy being one of them. what makes us unique is we maintained the original character of the space. if you look up here, you see the ancient retrofitting. these are the original fixtures of what was here in the early 1920's or so. one of my favorite parts is sitting in that chair out front and saying hello to people when they come in and one of my favorite parts is when someone asks me oo recommend a book. you have home, you have work, well a third place is a place where you look for community and you build community, and i think of christopher's and other businesses like that as a third place. i had kids who come in that i knew when they were born and they come in and introduce to their kids. that is how long i is are been here. that feeling of history and connection and family and just being a sole proprietor in one of the most amazing cities in the world. i still enjoy coming to work every day. >> we definitely have

christopher books in san francisco. independent book store. we have been here 33 years. the bookstore housed in a victorian [indiscernible] who runs the potrero hill archive. this space is used for number of different things. the pharmacy being one of them. what makes us unique is we maintained the original character of the space. if you look up here, you see the ancient retrofitting. these are the original fixtures of what was here in the early 1920's or so. one of my favorite parts is sitting in that chair out front and saying hello to people when they come in and one of my favorite parts is when someone asks me oo recommend a book. you have home, you have work, well a third place is a place where you look for community and you build community, and i think of christopher's and other businesses like that as a third place. i had kids who come in that i knew when they were born and they come in and introduce to their kids. that is how long i is are been here. that feeling of history and connection and family and just being a sole proprietor in one of the most amazing cities in the world. i still enjoy coming to work every day. >> we definitely have

trump would have to fire christopher wray in order to send kash patel's nomination up to capitol hilltalking about so much patel's plans to enact revenge on his own and donald trump's political enemies, including enemies within the republican party. i would imagine some republican senators might have real questions about that for him. but for now, the focus has been so much on hegseth, and i think that's part of the trump playbook, the sort of swarm of outrage and controversy that has followed him from the moment he stepped into the political arena. this has been part of the modus operandi of donald trump. >> you know what's been different, though, and i'm not following truth social, but donald trump is not as loud as he was during the transition. in 2016 and early 2017, we had all those -- everyone had to make the pilgrimage to bedminster and trump tower and he we always on twitter and talking a lot or tweeting a lot. he hasn't been so loud about these nominees. and they have been going to capitol hill or they have been just out there, and he's not coming publicly to pete hegseth's d

christopher wray. he said he's not thrilled with him and has named a possible replacement, kash patel. both are expected on capitol hill this week. jericka. >> nikole killion from west palm beach. thank you so much, nikole. >>> turning now to the manhunt for the suspected murderer of unitedhealthcare ceo, brian thompson. police have new evidence in the case. however, they still don't have the weapon. cbs' shanelle kaul has the very latest. shanelle, good evening. still so many questions in this one. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jericka. and despite police gathering over 200 images of the suspect and offering a substantial cash reward, authorities have not positively identified the person they believe carried out this vicious and targeted attack. >> these new images released by new york city police on saturday appear to show the masked gunman inside a taxi just 20 minutes after he murdered unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson. the only surveillance photos of the man's full face released by police were taken when he checked into a nearby hostile. investigators say he switched to a blue surgical mask before taking the

. >> kash patel is on the hill after chuck grassley sent a letter to the current director christopher down and he is seven years into a 10 year term and where do things stand with him? >> under the law, put in place to avoid exactly this scenario we see right now, christopher wray doesn't have to step down for three more years and he can be fired for cause by the president and president elect trump has indicated to kristen welker that he is prepared to do that when he takes office on january 20. but it is possible that christopher wray doesn't force his hand and decide to see the writing on the wall and stepped down and we will see if kash patel gets confirmed. the president elect has made clear what he wants kash patel the ducati go after the so- called deep state and go after the enemies to investigate people that he believes wrongly targeted him particularly in law enforcement and you see president biden and his team talking about whether they have some link it pardon to protect people like liz cheney or others on the receiving end over the last year or so and i think this is a fra

christopher books in san francisco. independent book store. we have been here 33 years. the bookstore housed in a victorian [indiscernible] who runs the potrero hillve. this space is used for number of different things. the pharmacy being one of them. what makes us unique is we maintained the original character of the space. if you look up here, you see the ancient retrofitting. these are the original fixtures of what was here in the early 1920's or so. one of my favorite parts is sitting in that chair out front and saying hello to people when they come in and one of my favorite parts is when someone asks me oo recommend a book. you have home, you have work, well a third place is a place where you look for community and you build community, and i think of christopher's and other businesses like that as a third place. i had kids who come in that i knew when they were born and they come in and introduce to their kids. that is how long i is are been here. that feeling of history and connection and family and just being a sole proprietor in one of the most amazing cities in the world. i still enjoy coming to work every day. >> we definitely have a lot

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we haven't seen him up on capitol hill yet obviously he was just nominated over the weekend and christopher wray hasn't even been fired however, we also know that it's probably going to be an uphill battle for kash patel. >> the confirmation process to watch, no doubt. kristen holmes live in west palm beach. thanks so much brianna. >> president biden announced the pardon of his son, hunter, one day after president-elect trump shared that he would be nominating patel to serve as fbi director, even though that position isn't technically open. fbi director served ten year terms, something that congress did in an attempt to establish the director as an independent official above political influence and the term of trump's very own appointee from his first term, christopher wray, doesn't expire until 2027. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is with us now on this. talk to us a little bit more about who kash patel is. >> well, kash patel has become very, very vocal, very influential in trump's circle. and he first got to the attention of of the former president back when he helped lead

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. >> reporter: he's already been making rounds on the hill, hoping to win over support to be confirmed. >> christophery just announced he is resigning. >> we look forward to a smooth transition. >> are you going to be seeking retribution against donald trump's political opponents, sir? >> reporter: now democrats this morning are sounding the alarm. fbi directors serve ten year terms in parts to avoid presidents being able to politicize the role. democrats are concerned about the independence of the fbi especially after donald trump fired his first fbi director for not being loyal enough. now he is forcing wray to resign. rebecca? >> rebecca: mary, trump's picked a loyalist and election denier as the next director of the voice of america. >> reporter: he has. kerri lake is a tv personality. she spread misinformation about the 2020 election. she ran and lost senate and governor races in arizona. she's also viciously attacked the press despite being a former reporter herself. donald trump has been criticized for trying to turn voice of america into a pro trump news service. he did in his announcement hin

christopher wray saw the picture and it is his time to go. he will step down as kash patel, the upcoming director if confirmed, on capitol hill.ector 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 where they are going to or who owns them. that really disturbs me. >> john: frustrations

director christopher wray, yesterday announcing that he plans to resign next month as president-elect donald trump takes office. we'll have more of wray's remarks and reaction from lawmakers on capitol hill. also ahead, we'll go through new reporting on trump's pressure campaign to build support for his controversial cabinet picks. and new york city police say they have more evidence linking luigi mangione to unitedhealthcare ceo. we'll bring you the latest in that ongoing investigation. >>> good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, december 12th, i'm jonathan lemire, we have a lot to get to this morning and we'll begin with the surprise announcement from fbi director christopher wray, revealing that she'll resign from his post before president-elect donald trump takes off on january 20th. wray made the announcement at an fbi employee town hall yesterday. >> 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. 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

christopher wray is great day for america, it will end weaponization of what has become known as united states department of injustice. trump's pick to replace wray is kash patel, he met with senators on capitol hill yesterday. hes his team will be ready to hit the groundun running. >> i'll be ready to dw on day one. >> have you talked to president-elect trump? >> several other nominees for trump's cabinet met with lawmakers on capitol hill, including kristi noem, tulsi gabbard, john ratcliffe and pete hegseth. pete hegseth is expected to meet with pennsylvania senator fetterman later today. >> todd: like to be a fly on the wall in that one, interesting one. >> carley: fetterman has moved to the center. >> todd: think how he got his position, far left. open hearts and minds, see what happens. firefighters battle ing wildfir in southern california. we are talking to one malibu resident who is helping fire crews as flames close in on his neighborhood. >> carley: evidence piling up again luigi mangione, full report on the latest from the investigation next. how easy is it to play the lottery with jackpocket? step one grab your phone. step two download jackpocket and start ordering tickets for your fa

christopher wray is a great thing for america as it will end the weaponization of what has become known as united states department of injustice, the picture replaced fbi director kash patel on capitol hillng with senators yesterday said his team is going to be ready to hit the ground running listen. >> -- we look forward to very smooth transition, with fbi i will be ready to go day one. >> have you talked to president-elect trump -- >> according to latest fox news polls americans approve more trump selection this time than 2016 asks voters if they would confirm nominees or not if in u.s. senate marco rubio best of those compared to to 35% saying they would not robert f. kennedy, jr., polled by pam bondi. >> reaction. >> well you know i will surprised got so allow in that list only 33% approved. >> people don't know the bordered public doesn't know him as well. >> that could be -- not a recognizable name may be not bad wray is going to be gone i was troubled by the fact fbi went to such a great he lengths to spy on or look after, those parents in virginia concerned, about what was happening, in their local school systems, how about that other case where that pro-life activist had his hom

fbi director christopher wray announcing he plans to step down from his post ahead of president-elect trump's inauguration. meanwhile trump's pick to replace him kash patels was on capitol hill with senators yesterday. his team is going to be ready to hit the ground running. >> resignation. >> we look forward to a very smooth transition at the fbi and i will be yesterday to go on day one. thank you. >> have you talked to president-elect trump? >> carley: patel vocal support from key g.o.p. lawmakers including house speaker mike johnson. so, do you want to be an influencer? well, some college classes are teaching students skills like this. >> you have had soy milk and almond milk try the hot east new craze it's like almond milk that's been squeezed through tiny holes in living cows. >> milk? >> no. >> now it's beef milk. the "new york post" reports influencer classes are growing in popularity among gen z students who believe they could make big money from content creation. one university of texas online 10,000 students from 1 170 couny enrolled. a director of that u.n. partner program telling the hill it is one of the most successful courses. how about that, guys? so i actual

christopher wray, i think, are two. first, he had the audacity to speak the truth on capitol hill and call january 6th what it is, domesticith regard to opening cases simply because a group or a person is an enemy of donald trump. there should be deep concern about not only a diminishment of resources that had been beefed up to fight domestic terrorism as chris wray says is the most lethal form of domestic terrorism is the far right hate based terror but spinning the rest of the resources on to far left. the problem with that is i've yet to see the actual legal predication in a far left organization. it's not to say we didn't see violence and riots that we didn't see people that might call themselves antifa doing violent things. but to the full-blown cases investigation i've not seen that on a solid organizational structure. what is going to happen? you have to fabricate the predication. i wouldn't put it past the nominees for a.g. and director to do just that. >> what does that look like, though? i mean, you can't do that on your own. where do you find partners for an effort like what you're describing, rank inside the f

kristi noem will be on the hill next week pam bondi as well the pick for ag also kash patel the president elect's choice for fbi director, although we should say that christopherray still has three years left in his term. we just read that the national police association is expressing support for patel um, he doesn't have the allegations of personal misconduct that hegseth is facing, that gaetz faced. but he has said that he wants to prosecute anyone who he believes is a political opponent of the president elect. people that said that the election was fair they say it was a stolen, which is a lie. what do you expect next week? as he goes to the hill and meets with republicans i think there's two things we'll be watching for. >> i mean one, the way that these nomination, these these meetings have been going with some of the candidates facing some of the biggest headwinds. matt gaetz, who withdrew as the attorney general nominee, and pete hegseth the trump team has been watching how that played out. the people who are going to be working with kash patel have been watching how those played out. uh, you know, they know that the showing for showing of force, willin

hill. alayna treene cnn, west palm beach, florida earlier, cnn spoke with andrew mccabe. >> he's a former deputy director of the fbi and worked with director christopher wray during the first trump administration. here's what he had to say about kash patel qualifications and what trump may be trying to do with the agency the fact that kash patel is profoundly unqualified for this job is not even like a matter for debate. >> um, so i think what we should what we should really be thinking about right now is what does this signal in terms of donald trump's intent for the fbi? the installation or the nomination? i guess we should say, at this point of kash patel, the fbi director can only possibly be a plan to disrupt, to dismantle to distract the fbi, and to possibly use it as a tool for the president's political agenda and, you know, as an organization, we know what that what that looks like. this country has been there before right? the pre-watergate fbi, the j. edgar hoover fbi struck fear in the hearts of americans across the spectrum of politicians people in entertainment, people in the civil rights community. because the director operated at the di

director christopher wray stepping down from his post next month, republicans do appear to be falling in line behind kash patel, who is trump's pick to lead the bureau. patel is back on the hillting with more gop lawmakers. here's what he had to say ahead of a meeting with senator cruz of texas. >> all i can say is we had a wonderful first week on the hill meeting with so many great senators, almost 20 of them. it has been a humbling process to receive their advice during the consent and advice process. i'm looking forward to continuing that during the confirmation process, as i learn every day, as i go, and i'm thrilled to be president trump's nominee for the director of the fbi. and i'm very excited to see senator cruz who is one of most brilliant constitutional minds we have. thank you. >> joining us now, senior political correspondent for "the guardian," hugo lowell. good to see you. i know you're covering the transition here with a particular focus on kash patel, trump's pick to lead the fbi. so to this point, he has benefited, it seems, the spotlight was focused on matt gaetz. very much so on pete hegseth in recent weeks. now with director wray announcing his resignatio

director christopher wray stepping down from his post next month heard he announced that this week. republicans are falling behind kash patel, he was back on the hillan say is that we've had a wonderful first week, meeting with so many great senators. it has been a humbling process to receive their advice during the consent and i look forward to continuing that during the confirmation process. and i'm thrilled to be the nominee for director of the fbi and i'm very excited to see senator ted cruz. >> kash patel is viewed by many people as the most controversial of all of trump's choices. and seems to publicly be getting the most broad support from republicans. if he could get all those votes on those republicans who came out and supported his choice. what do you make of this dynamic? he has called for the jailing of the members of the press and people he perceives to be part of the deep state and part of the enemies list at the back of his book. the choice, again, getting widespread support from the hill. >> i was talking to a senior aide yesterday who was very bland. this pick, kash patel is not only the most controversial but could change american

hill have repeatedly clashed with top officials at the justice department and the fbi over the riot, most notably over suggestions that the fbi informants or employees actually helped instigate the attack. fbi director christopher wray has flatly rejected the claim that the bureau orchestrated the violence. the inspector general also found that the fbi did not gather intelligence from all of its field offices. some of that intelligence from informants could have helped the u.s. capitol police and other law enforcement agencies be better prepared for the protests that day, and the bureau actually inaccurately told the congress that it had actually done that. now, no informants have been charged with any crimes, according to the inspector general. evan perez, cnn, washington. >> amazon has confirmed to cnn that it's planning to donate $1 million to donald trump's inauguration, and it will make a $1 million donation in-kind by streaming the events on amazon video. company founder jeff bezos is expected to pay a visit to trump in the coming days. bezos and other tech leaders are seeking a closer relationship with the president elect. after years of friction. on wednesday, meta confirmed that it donated $1 million t

christopher books in san francisco. independent book store. we have been here 33 years. the bookstore housed in a victorian [indiscernible] who runs the potrero hillarchive. this space is used for number of different things. the pharmacy being one of them. what makes us unique is we maintained the original character of the space. if you look up here, you see the ancient retrofitting. these are the original fixtures of what was here in the early 1920's or so. one favorite parts is sitting in that chair out front and saying hello to people when they come in and one of my favorite parts is when someone asks me oo recommend a book. you have home, you have work, well a third place is a place where you look for community and you build community, and i christopher's and other businesses like that as a third place. i had kids who come in that i knew when they were born and they come in and introduce to their kids. that is how long i is are been here. that feeling of history and connection and family and just being a sole proprietor in one of the most amazing cities in the world. i still enjoy coming to work every day. >> we definitely have a lot of amazin

hill, michael snell. great to have you on board this morning. >> david, how dangerous is this election? let's get this straight, right? since christopher wray is the fbi director. not like he nominated matt gaetz to be a.g. he put this on truth social. he has to fire chris wray first, a fbi director he appointed himself. if he fires chris wray, which many republicans senators have already expressed concern about and then he moves on to someone like kash patel or say kash patel specifically, how dangerous is that for the united states law? >> it's an unprecedented to politicize the fbi. i've been reading kash patel's memoir. the memoir is very black. he worked as a public defender in florida. he talks about federal prosecutors conspiring against hem and his clients and he works for the justice department in the national security division. again, there are people in the justice department and judges who are ruling against him. over and over, it's this dark simplistic vision of conspiracies. he is nominated now to be the head of the most powerful law enforcement organization in the united states. and it's just a critical moment. he endles

christopher books in san francisco. independent book store. we have been here 33 years. the bookstore housed in a victorian [indiscernible] who runs the potrero hillrchive. this space is used for number of different things. the pharmacy being one of them. what makes us unique is we maintained the original character of the space. if you look up here, you see the ancient retrofitting. these are the original fixtures of what was here in the early 1920's or so. one of my favorite parts is sitting in that chair out front and saying hello to people when they come in and one of my favorite parts is when someone asks me oo recommend a book. you have home, you have work, well a third place is a place where you look for community and you build community, and i think of christopher's and other businesses like that as a third place. i had kids who come in that i knew when they were born and they come in and introduce to their kids. that is how long i is are been here. that feeling of history and connection and family and just being a sole proprietor in one of the most amazing cities in the world. i still enjoy coming to work every day. >> we definitely have a

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christopher wray stepping down from his post next month. he announced that this week. republicans are falling in line behind kash patel, president-elect trump's pick to lead the bureau. patel was back on the hill yesterday meeting with republican lawmakers. here with what he had to say ahead of a meeting with senator ted cruz of texas. >> all i can say is we've had a wonderful first week on the hill meeting with so many great senators, almost 20 of them. it has been a humbling process to receive their advice during the consent and advice process. i'm looking forward to continuing that during the confirmation process as i learn every day as i go and i'm thrilled to be president trump's nominee for the director of the fbi and i'm very excited to see senator ted cruz who is one of the most brilliant constitutional minds we have. thank you. >> jonathan lemire, kash patel is viewed by many people as perhaps the most controversial of all president-elect trump's choices here and yet he seems to be publicly anyway getting the most broad support from republicans. it seems at least from the republican side anyway that he would breeze through if he could get all of those votes there from the republicans

hill yesterday trying to lobby senators . we know there is real, growing opposition to him because of allegations coming from the new yorker and other places. we also have senator saying, why is christopher wray being fired? he's done a good job. let's not forget, he himself only to post because trump fired james comey because he was meddling with the russia investigation. what's got to be a stressful time for these republican senators. >> jonathan, this is going to be a real test for republicans who have faced a number of controversial nominees that trump has appointed to the most high-profile and powerful positions in the government. yesterday pam was making rounds on capitol hill, at least compared to the rest of the crew picks, is one of the less controversial choices that trump has made. as we spoke about extensively, there still a handful of others who rank up there with cash patel in terms of the conspiratorial and controversial view. republicans on the hill so far are loath to come out hot on this and out right deny and say that they are not going to support certain nominees. they want to at least have the appearances of going through a fair and thorough process. that's why think