president trump, himself, deny tack christopher ray threatened to resign in the wake of pressure from attorney general jeff sessions to make changes in the senior ranks at the bur ro. and in our new cnn poll, nearly eight in ten people say president trump should testify for mueller, if asked. there is a lot i know i gave you right there. so i will get right to cnn's chief correspondent jim scuitto and robert mueller's former special accident that to the doj. again, good evening. that is a lot we need to get to. jim, i got to get to you first. so much to get to. but let's start with the cnn breaking news here. new signs that former paul manafort deputy rick gates may be negotiating with mueller's team. what do you know about that? >> here's what we know. cnn has learned the former campaign aid rick gates has offered a white collar defense attorney to his team. >> that attorney was seen last week at special counsel mueller's office, suggesting that there is an ongoing negotiation between the defendant's team and the prosecutor's. at this stage with gate's charges filed and bail set, the

to resign if he was removed. >> did christopher ray threaten to resign? >> no. >> he did not threaten? >> no, not even a little bit. >> thank you, everyone. >> are you concerned about leadership at the fbi. >> the white house is denying the story, but in their denial they released a statement calling comey and other fbi officials politically motivated and said they appointed director ray to "clean up the conduct at the highest level. that's what some might see as a conservation vailed in denial. if it is true, this is the president who is being investigated demanding changes to the fbi while the agency investigations his campaign. let's dig into this a little bit. i want to square in on this first. start me with the mueller interview news which is it says weeks. but have been told if he sits down with the president, it is a sign that the investigating part of him is over. >> sorry, in december, doesn't it feel like a year ago? it was only a few wooks. when we first reported on this we were told by several legal experts that if the president is getting sbu

well something changed in the last twenty four forty eight hours christopher ray who is the director of the f.b.i. said that he wasn't going to fire andrew mccabe he wasn't going to move his position now according to the new york times across his desk came a report from the inspector general which talked about how the hillary clinton investigation into a private use of an e-mail server was handled was certainly part of that investigation in its initial stages until you recused himself according to the new york times mccabe was then told look we were thinking of moving year to another part of the f.b.i. deputy director number two in the organization he saw that very much as a demotion and then said well look i'll just go no and retire in march eighteenth as i'm jus to do and that seemed to be accepted by christopher re certainly donald trump has been attacking andrew mccabe over the last few weeks because of his links to his wife obviously because his wife ran for a post in virginia. as a democrat received some contributions close to seven hundred thousand dollars from people who woul

amos a lot. >> christopher ray has read the memo.fter he read the memo as director of the fbi we have mccabe stepping down, leaving early. >> now to decide whether the american people are safe. jillian: republicans arguing americans deserve to know whether or not our law enforcement agencies have been politicized which is why they want the memo to be released. dan is outraged by the attempted cover-up coming from the left. >> where are the democrats on this? i thought -- the constitutional republicans we know cannot exist if the fourth amendment is subject to the d in front of your name. there scurrying like roaches when the light come out. they know what happened. to spy on someone in the united states is legal if you can produce probable cause using legal means, of a crime or someone acting on behalf of a foreign agent in violation of some united states crime. none of that has been produced, not a single democrat, republican or anyone else has produced a scintilla of evidence that anyone on the trump team, we are not talking about

>> the president was part of the decisionmaking process and refer you to the fbi where christopher rayved as director, last week, i will repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and put the decisions in his hands. >> democrats blasted both the decision to release the memo and mccabe's departure. former fbi director jim comey weighed in tweeting the, quote, small people were trying to tear down the fbi. jillian: much more to come on that. mccabe, a long line of recent shakeups at the fbi and doj. in 2017 donald trump fired james come a mac. peter strzok was removed in august. lisa page left special counsel's office, associate deputy attorney general bruce or was demoted in december. the same as general counsel james baker was reassigned. steve of staff left earlier this month bringing us to the latest shakeup, deputy director andrew mccabe being removed from his post. rob: fears of another terror attack after an erratic driver hits one person thankfully with his car. it is not clear if more people were targeted. another driver was able to block the car with their own

the new trump director, christopher ray had threatened to resign in order to protect andrew mccabe against this white house effort to push mccabe out of his job. christopher re christopher ray does not seem to have resigned. he was going resign rather than see these other fbi officials pushed out of their job -- if you were thinking christopher ray was going tory zine rather than let that happen, andrew mccabe is out today. rod rosenstein overseas robert mueller's special counsel investigation into the russia matter since jeff sessions recused himself. the reason i go through that list is just -- i mean to be blunt about it, the president has fired or tried to fire everybody in an oversight role in the russia investigation up to and including the special counsel himself. rod rosenstein is really the only one left he hasn't fired or tried to fire yet. but rod rosenstein we are now told today is increasingly the focus of the president's intentions and not in a good way. he really has tried to fire everybody else in the russia investigation except rod rosenstein. three years ago this week in

of congress regular this week against deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray because they failed to produce documents related to discredit the trump dossier, today deadline they set to hand over the documents, so far rod rosenstein and ray have not complied, they did meet with speaker ryan on the hill, our special guest tonight, one of the brightest young leaders of republican party, congressman ron desantos, he is demanding answers for american people, and president trump delivering a straight forward counter attack against won of his ormer -- one of his former aides, saying steve bannon lost his mind when bannon attacked president's family, we take with up, shockingly personal attack against the this president with ed rollins. iran's ayatollah decides best response he could conjure to a week of antigovernment protest in iran is how about a pro government rally? state television with video of orchestrated counter demonstration with government employees required to attending. president trump said it could not be clearer that people of iran are trying to over t

where christopher ray serves as the director which as i said last week you know repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and has put the decisions at the f.b.i. in his hands he along peace talks between the colombian government and rebels have been called off off to a series of bombings over the weekend president on monosyllables has blamed muxes rebels for the attacks on police stations and three cities the government has agreed to hold a referendum in may on liberalizing abortion laws it's a bad in all cases except where there is a specific threat to the mother's life due to her pregnancy. documents from australia's cabinet show that a top minister trying to stop hundreds of refugees from starting a new and permanent life in the country the papers for a deal that in two thousand and thirteen be banned and the question is to scott moss and the country's national security agency to delay checks on seven hundred asylum seekers he wanted them to miss the deadline for a permanent protection visa that would then only limit them to stay in the country for three years thos

yes it is possible to do and it starts with the director what christopher ray was ever and literally there in front of the to do this ration i have no what is you what usually up to they need somebody that what. they need an attorney that was actually served in the intelligence services has a background is not tied to the bureaucracy and could go up and clean up and bring in whoever they want that would be the way to do it and that would be and it will remain an institution so you have to clean it up or they're just going to let it run amok as it has been for so many years and then as far as graduating to the special counsel we know no in spite of this memo whether it's released or not the only thing they're going to charge is either trying to trip up the president on a perjury charge from going to interview or simply money laundering and financial impropriety from people like me in a fort and flint and if i were the president and advising him right now to kill the collusion story once and for all i would just advise him to say hey look at my campaign team at the end of the day if th

>> i spoke a couple of hours ago with adam schiff, and he said christopher ray, the fbi director, advised him earlier today to not move forward tory leasing this memo. he urged people on the house intelligence committee to follow that plan. that didn't happen, of course. they decided to release this memo to the public in the coming days. and now you see people in the intelligence community and law enforcement community they wonder if this intelligence is so susceptible to being released to the public, it could raise questions in those different orbits. >>> new reporting tonight on the russia front and new reporting "the new york times" about the first lady's role tomorrow night. that right after this. >>> the state of the union address is still most of a day away and they are already dealing their first crisis. that would be the state of the uniom, the misspelling was discovered with enough time to get them reprinted. this one on the house of representatives. it's their chamber after all. it was announced today the first lady will be in attendance tomorrow night. all eyes have been on her

i can tell you it's interesting timing christopher ray, the current director of the fbi said he would quit before being told to fire andrew mccabe however last week he came in to the white house and read a memo that was written by the house intel committee, the republican side of that, gop staffers in that memo we think it says or sources have said that it talks about how the investigation into the wiretapping of the trump campaign possibly was politically motivated. after reading that memo, it seems now that christopher ray has pushed andrew mccabe, the number two in the fbi out of his position effective immediately >> sounds like president trump now has five days himself to declassify that memo you mentioned. andrew mccabe taking a bit of time ahead of his expected retirement in march. he's taking leave. will he be sitting back on his couch tonight watching the state of the union you think >> i don't know if you will be watching that. he's been the target of the president's ire for a long time. he will not be at work he is taking what is called a terminal leave so he's basically ste

where christopher ray serves as director which as i said last week and i'll repeat again today, the president has full confidence in him and put the decisions at the f.b.i. in his hands. reporter: does the -- did the president at any time convey he wanted to fire robert mueller to anyone on staff here? ms. sanders: not that i'm aware of. reporter: no one at the white house contacted the f.b.i. about minnesota cabe? o one -- about mccabe? no one had any comments about his tenure at the f.b.i.? ms. sanders: nothing about mccabe, nothing about him stepping down today, that is what is being reported. reporter: what would you say to critics who believe this white house and this president have had almost sort of a steady pressure put on the justice department, put on the f.b.i., since president came into office on this special counsel investigation? whether it be conversations with jeff sessions' office about recusal, whether it be this desire for robert muler to go away, and now with andrew mccabe? there were reports that rob rosen stein was also feeling pressure from the white house. it sounds li

mccabe, but just now the "new york times" is reporting that christopher ray was indeetd g pressure onrew mccabe, that he suggested he move to another position which would have been a demotion rather than stay wheree is. >> again, i'm not sure i know the basisf that "new york times" reporting. i think that's why, at least in our investigation, the lastpa remaining isan investigation, you know, i want to hear from director ray. i want to hear why mr. mccabe stepped downarly, before i weigh in. >> woodruff: what does it say to you that tde pre has been either critical of or actively trying to fire the very top officials at the justiceth department an f.b.i.? >> frankly, judy, it's unprecedented. w went through that litany before, whether comby or rosenstein, his concerns with sessions, now mccabe, individuals connected to the investigation don't se to last very long, but what is even as troubling if not more troubling -- and this we see more from some of the president's allies in the hous-- is that people are willing to go out and basically impugn the very integrity of the whole f.b.i. a

as is jim comey and christopher ray. as are a large number of fbi special agents and top brass at an agency he's described as being, quote, in tatters. >> it's a shame what's happened with the fbi, but we're going to rebuild the fbi. it will be bigger and better than ever, but it is very sad when you look at those documents and how they've done that is really, really disgraceful, and you have a lot of very angry people that are seeing it. >> bear in mind the president isn't slamming the interior department here. he's not publicly attacking a deputy under secretary of state or assistant energy secretary. he's not accusing staffers of political bias. the president of the united states is attacking the public servant, even cabinet members who have had roles or should have bigger and friendlier roles in the various investigations of donald trump j. trump. more on the mccabe part of the news later, but let's focus first on the house intelligence committee eruption. adam schiff joins us. jessica schneider joins us. what's the

as yorted, deputy attorney general ready rosenstein and fbi director christopher ray were at the white house on monday to make their case in person to the chief of staff john kelly. what does it mean that they felt the need to go public this afternoon or today withthat statement? >> frankly in some ways it meanh expect they have already lost this the ba el. as you saw in the preside's atement on the congressional floor last night, as you see in oankly the body languagf many public officials in the administration and on the hill, everyone involved inhis really expect this memo will come out very soon. and i think as much as the statement is an attempt to say e reasons why it shouldn't come out, i think it's also yrankly a statement to the public to on't assume what you read here is the absolute truth. this may not be, and obviously the fbi is saying it isn't, this isn't an accg rate account what we do and how we do it. >> because of the underlying documents or what this is based on, they can't-- they are constrained on what they can say after it's released, is that rit? >> right, part o

one of the things that the president has done is appoint christopher ray at the fbi because he wants to change the culture of that agency and he thinks he's the right person to do that. by the way, sanders also said the president wanted to make it clear he doesn't think anyone should be above the law. let's talk about foreign policy because the president had a lot of tweets on that front as well. ument tweeted his support forth anti calling the regime brutal and corrupt and warned that the us is watching. protests are being stirred up by his country's enemies which is shorthand for the united states. the trump administration is calling on iran to unblock instagram and other social media sites not for the cat pictures or the other pictures. but for other issues the white house was very careful today. we support them giving basic rights to the people of iran and we support them topping being a states sponsor of terror and we want to see those actions take place. president trump also focused on the money the us has spent on other countries and pakistan is giving save haven to terrorists

reverend king's son and fbi director christopher ray will speak at the remembrance. his daughter will hold a separate service in atlanta. >>> king day service events are scheduled all across the philadelphia region. at the ronald mcdonald house in new jersey volunteers will spend the day interacting with critically ill children and their families. the volunteers will be preparing meal, making beds and leading fun activities. >>> and in cumberland county volunteers will spend part of king day cleaning up one of the warming centers. you can joint the event at st. andrews episcopal church on commerce street. >>> new jersey governor elect phil murphy and lieutenant governor elect will honor dr. king's life and legacy with a statewide call to action. an entire incoming administration will participate in activities all all of the statement's 21 counties. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now with a check of the roads. start things off right here with the lee high valley. at lee high street, no problems reported there. you can see the east and wes

where christopher ray serves as the director which as i said last week and i'll repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and has put the decisions at the f.b.i. in his hands in colombia peace talks between the government and rebels have been called off after a series of bombings at the weekend president juan manuel santos has blamed marxist rebels for the attacks on police stations in three cities the breakdown of the year long dialogue comes eighteen months off the president secured a deal with colombia's much larger fock guerrilla group audience government has agreed to hold a referendum in may on liberalizing abortion laws the majority catholic country has some of the tightest restrictions on abortion in europe it's currently banned in all cases except where there's a specific threat to the life of the mother due to pregnancy and more than one hundred migrants have been rescued off the coast of libya after they became stranded trying to cross the mediterranean in dangerous conditions the country's coast guard said the group was brought to a naval base in tripoli f

justice department is that.f you know, one of the things that he president has done is appoint christopher ray at the f.b.i. because he wants to change the culture of that agency. thinks he's the right person to do that. >> what does the president see iran? end game in does he like -- would he like to see regime change? the ultimate hink end game would be that the iran ns and the people of are actually given basic human like and he'd certainly to see them stop being a state sponsor of terror. i think that's something the to see.rld would like >> is there a rifshg by encouraging these demonstrators that there could be a backlash them from the iranian government? >> no, and you know, i think one and i think ings even hillary clinton outlined this when she said that the administration was too restrained. the 2009 protests and said that won't happen again. once, she's right. and we agree with her because president trump is not going to silently like president obama did and he certainly supports the iranian people and to make that clear. matthew? >> thanks, sarah. another question on one of this tw

live in a very intellectually corrupt unmoral world that's what i think here in a legal you had christopher ray came out of his office and kind of wandered up i guess it was to the capitol and he looked at this memo here and reports say that he was surprised or shocked i don't remember the exact world word why in the world. the head of the f.b.i. surprised about material that the deal way the f.b.i. gave to congress i have to wonder what's going on with the head of the f.b.i. if he is shocked and we all are in a very worrisome place here go ahead lee well let's talk about the real problem here the problem is not rogue agents the problem is institutional the problem is i'll use the term deep state you could also call it the persistent state it is not a shock at all that the cia is involved in this because the fact is whoever is in the white house whoever's in congress there is a persistent group of people who stay from administration to administration it's an unelected fourth branch of government and bats what's happening this is an institutional thing and what ever you think of donald trump wha

yes it is possible to do and it starts with the director what christopher ray was ever and literally there and what is needed to do this trish and i have no idea what actually up to they need somebody that what. they need an attorney that was actually served in the intelligence services has a background is not tied to the bureaucracy and could go up and clean up and bring in whoever they want that would be the way to do it and that would be and it will remain an institution so you have to clean it up or they're just going to let it run amok as it has been for so many years and then as far as graduating to the special counsel we know no in spite of this memo whether it's released or not the only thing they're going to charge is either trying to trip up the president on a perjury charge from going to interview or simply money laundering and financial impropriety. to you from people like me in a fort and flint and if i were the president and advising him right now to kill the collusion story once and for all i would just advise him to say hey look at my campaign team at the end of the d

yes it is possible to do and it starts with the director what christopher ray was ever and literacy in there and what is needed to this ration i have no idea what actually up to they need somebody that what. they need in an attorney that was actually served in the intelligence services has a background is not tied to the bureaucracy and could go up and clean up and bring in whoever they want that would be the way to do it and that would be and it will remain an institution so you have to clean it up or they're just going to let it run amok as it has been for so many years and then as far as graduating to the special counsel we know no in spite of this memo whether it's released or not the only thing they're going to charge is either trying to trip up the president on a perjury charge from going to interview or simply money laundering and financial impropriety. to you from people like me in a fort and flint and if i were the president and advising him right now to kill the collusion story once and for all i would just advise him to say hey look at my campaign team at the end of the day

where christopher ray serves as the director which as i said last week and i'll repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and has put the decisions at the f.b.i. in his hands. the long peace talks between the colombian government and rebels have been called off after a series of bombings of the weekend president. has blamed the boxes rebels for the attacks on police stations and three cities arlen's government has agreed to hold a referendum and may on liberalizing the abortion that's currently bad in all cases except where there's a specific threat to the mother's life due to the pregnancy. documents from australia's government show that a top minister tried to stop hundreds of refugees from starting a new and permanent life in the country the papers revealed that in two thousand and thirteen and then immigration minister scott morrison asked the country's national security agency to delay checks on seven hundred asylum seekers he wanted them to miss the deadline for a permanent protection visa that would then permit them to stay in the country for three years those

has also learned that attorney general jeff sessions has been pressuring current fbi director christopher ray to fire mccabe. ray resisted. mccabe is expected to reap tire in march. >> parents. students. teachers, everyone who lives around marshal county high school in kentucky remain in shock this morning. they have no answers as to why a 15-year-old boy would open fire in the school. two students were killed. 18 others hurt. some of them critically. it was the 11th school shooting this year. and it is only january 25th. adriana diaz reports. >> reporter: the shooting has sha shaken this close knit community. police yet to identify the shooter or motive. investigators including the fbi and atf are trying to figure out why the student walked into a school and opened fire. still doesn't feel real, doesn't feel like it happened. >> moments after arriving at school. teenagers were scrambling for cover as their fellow student began shooting. >> sounded like a fight. some one hitting on the window. took out my headphones. turned around. everyone was just broken up. >> the school immediately went i

chief of staff and senior counselor to christopher ray will testify with the house oversight and judiciaryommittee. this comes after private text messages with top investigators reveal possible anti-trump bias in the clinton email probe. steve bannon will talk with special counsel robert mueller, the chief strategist to avoid testifying in front of a grand jury at least for now. deal comes just hours before he is set to return to capitol hill to face questions about the russia collusion investigation. former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski appearing in front of the same committee and refusing to answer certain questions. the silence triggering democrats who are now calling for more subpoenas. >> inconceivable you would come to an investigative hearing on these issues and prepared to answer questions about any event that took place during the campaign or thereafter that is relevant to the issues we are asking. >> chief of staff rick deereborn in the hotseat but cooperated and answered all questions. a former republican senator, bob dole officially receiving the congressional gold m

yes it is possible to do and it starts with the director what christopher ray was ever and literacy in there and what is needed to do this trish and i have no idea what actually up to they need somebody that what. they need an attorney that was actually served in the intelligence services has a background is not tied to the bureaucracy and could go up and clean up and bring in whoever they want that would be the way to do it and that would be and it will remain an institution so you have to clean it up or they're just going to let it run amok as it has been for so many years and then as far as graduating to the special counsel we know no in spite of this memo whether it's for at least or not the only thing they're going to charge is either trying to trip up the president on a perjury charge from prince interview or simply money laundering and financial impropriety. from people like me in a fort and flint and if i were the president and advising him right now to kill the collusion story once and for all i would just advise him to say hey look at my campaign team at the end of the day if

this announcement just hours after fbi director christopher ray and deputy attorney general rob rosenstein with house speaker paul ryan in a closed-door meeting, the fbi has been accused of anti-trump bias by top agents during the hillary clinton and russia investigation. we will keep an eye on that today as well as paul man the laser before it fighting back against robert mueller and his russia probe. donald trump's former campaign chairman filing a lawsuit claiming the investigation has gone too far. man exhibit afort who was indicted along with his deputy on money-laundering charges that he was wrongly charged and mueller overstepped his boundaries since the alleged crime happened years before the 2016 election. man's of afort and gates have pleaded not guilty. switching gears the powerball jackpot searching overnight to half $1 million after another drying yields no winner. the grand prize is now at an estimated $550 million which would be the eighth largest lottery prize ever and the next drawing will be saturday. the $418 million mega millions drawing will happen tomorrow. it is a re

the probe into hillary clinton's private email server, chief of staff and senior counselor to christopher ray is expected to testify to the house oversight and judiciary committee after private text messages between top fbi investigators reveal possible anti-trump bias in the email probe. >> donald trump speaking with kim jung un to confront the nuclear threat telling reuters, quote, i would sit down but not sure sitting down will solve the problem. they talked for 25 years and taken advantage of our presidents, our previous presidents, it comes as north korea and south korea agree to march together in next olympics and plan a joint hockey team. >> reporter: donald will make history by becoming the first sitting president to address the march for life event, the annual rally in washington protests the roe versus wade decision which lifts restrictions on abortions in the us. >> the president will speak from the rose garden through a satellite feed. mike pence will hold a reception for pro-life supporters and leaders. 9 minutes after the hour, brand-new proof of why we need donald trump's borde

christopher ray threatened to resign under pressure with sessions. all of that ahead. and as the washington post reporting mueller wants to speak with the president himself in the next couple of weeks. what we don't know is if the president will cooperate. here is what he said back in june a day after comey testified when asked if he would be willing to give his version of events under oath. >> 100%. >> so if robert mueller wanted to speak to you about that? >> i would be glad to tell him. >> weeks ago he was asked again and said this. >> we will see what happens. when they have no collusion, it would seem unlikely that there would be an interview. joining us now is pamela brown. >> reporter: the president is a key figure in the obstruction of justice probe, and this is a signal that that probe is nearing its end. sources tell myself, my colleague gloria borger that mueller's team has reached out to the president's lawyers asking him to request him on a couple of areas on the obstruction of justice umbrella. investigators would want to talk to the president ideally for

this comes after his boss, the fbi director christopher ray made a sunday visit, went to capitol hillhe got a look at the house intelligence committee memo. in the case had been planning to retire in march though not that far away and now he's got a little earlier. president trump has repeatedly criticized mccabe repeatedly criticized the case and accused them of bias in the past because of his political connections with the clintons and an fbi investigation that produced no criminal charges against hillary clinton and her e-mail server scandal could the white house said the president had nothing to do with the ouster of mccabe. cheryl: well, tonight is the big night here president trump to layout the two and 18 agenda in his first state of the union address. he's also expect it to tout his big achievements. >> i think you hear this speech most presidents hope they can give, which they can get, which is we are doing well with a lot of things we've accomplished in 2017. unemployment is at a 17 year low. we just overhauled the entire tax system for the first time in 31 years. a great ju

new out tonight reporting that jeff sessions has pressured christopher ray to andrew mck mccade.u -- what do you both think of this report? >> this is painful. i know him personally. there is a different question. the question is if you're in the federal service you're required to take steps every year to certify that you're not involved in the political process, that you don't participate in any particular candidate. i have one question for you. does it mean that your spouse because that's what the issue is here. if you serve for a republican president does that mean you have to tell your family that you can't participate in the american democracy? tell me one thing he has done in this investigation that's wrong beyond his spouse participating in the process by serving as a candidate. >> and to be clear his wife ran, she lost and it was two months later he was reported deputy director at which he had some oversight. that's the essential charge here is trump making really a base less accusation that management was compromised because his wife two months before lost the state sena

coming days after threatening to hold the doj and fbi in contempt, this announcement hours after christopher raygeneral rob rosenstein met with house speaker paul ryan in a closed meeting. the fbi's accused of anti-trump bias by top agents during the hillary clinton and russia investigation. paul manaforte is fighting back against robert mueller and the russia probe. donald trump's for my campaign chairman filing a lawsuit claiming the investigation has gone too far. manaford was indicted on money laundering charges, says he was wrongly charged and mueller overstepped his boundaries since the alleged crimes happen years before the 2016 election. manaford and gaetz pleaded not guilty. >> should unemployment be drug tested? the trumpet ministration looking to bring back and expand on a pool that was killed by congress last year to do just that. is this a good idea? here to debate it is gop strategist devon kearns and democratic alex lawson. i want to start with you. tell me the advantages of a rule like this that forces a drug test to claim your unemployment benefits? >> donald trump made it clear

the fbi director christopher ray said he asked for the opportunity to come before the committee. am wondering how can republicans say they are for transparency but not want to hear from them. >> i am not sure that is entirely correct. my understanding is he did review the memo in question. and there was no changes of any factual information so they have had eyes on that memo. >> not true that the fbi wanted to come and address the committee. >> that is not what i am saying. i am saying the director did have an opportunity to review the memo. they were given the opportunity to edit and no factual errors that needed to be corrected. >> but that doesn't necessarily mean that he wanted it to release. he saw it. but why not allow the fbi the opportunity to do that? >> i don't make that decision. i would be okay for them to come and brief us. they have briefed us on a number of items there. is an assertion that he did not see it and he did. given the opportunities to make edits but no factual material edited or changed in any way. >> the democrats asked for both memos to be vetted by t

we can't trust christopher ray, the head of the fbi, rob rosenstein to do their job and act honorably and stand up to the president. >> it's important, though, if you go to the hill today and you were talking to people, that's exactly where they're at. we don't want sessions but it's six and a half or a dozen of the other. the problem with this administration is there's no viable path for sessions at this point, he may stay. >> let me jump in really quick because we talk talking about this notion of comey dirt, who asked for it. i want to read from "the new york times." two days an aide to mr. sessions approached a capitol hill staff member asking if the staff member had any derogatory information about the fbi director. the attorney general wanted one negative article a day in the news media about mr. comey according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. now, we knew that the white house instructed rosenstein and others to find cause to fire comey, but going to dig up dirt so there's negative news stories day in and day out, your reaction. >> it's very scary we are even discussi

sessions, we will hear him in a few minutes, and other people who are not on the dais but mister christopher raycome but we want to thank him and hopefully next year he will be able to. honorable jesse lou, the district of columbia, waving back there. mister ed callahan, principal deputy assistant attorney general, national security division, us department of justice. esther andrew vale, assistant director in charge, washington field office of fbi. there are a number of other people, i found out who some of them are, a lot to say everybody's name. i will tell you some of the people who helped us a lot this week and this month since frank has left us. and didn't realize how much he was doing. dick mark -- marquis, he will take over sending us all emails all the time. and a number of people who are not here i want to mention them, frank always used to call him the little viper. as retired prosecutor in the department of justice and heather cartwright with him, i want to tell you don't quit your day job, our pay isn't as good as what you get. anyway, i want to say how much i miss frank, his wife is

we're told he and fbi director christopher ray met with house speaker paul ryan about the russia investigation. the meeting was at rosenstein's request. other angle around the closed door testimony. the research firm that commissioned the dossier. and accused republicans of selectively leaking parts of their testimony and called on them to instead release the full transcript. a spokesperson for chuck grassley, he released a statement saying the transcripts won't be released right no to avoid tainting the memory of other witnesses. the statement also claimed the cofounders were invited to testify in open committee hearing, but it was them that actually refused using their fifth amendment against self incrimination to negotiate a closed door interview. the committee says the invitation to testify publically remains on the table. >>> back with us, jonathan swan. good to talk to you once again. we have been on the record saying don trump junior and jared kushner at the trump tower was treasonous. they sort of reported to the fbi at the time. what do you think this says about the russian investigat

christopher ray threatened to resign over that. the president has continued to publically attack the fbi, department of justice and the intelligence community. president trump appeared to address some of these actions. let's listen. >> now they're saying, oh, well, did he fight back? you fight back, oh, it is obstruction. >> earlier, i talked about the president's remarks there with john dean, the former white house counsel that flipped on president richard nixon. >> the words fight back are not words you want to use in front of a grand jury or a prosecutor because as a potential target or as a defendant or as somebody under investigation, fighting back can really mean obstruction. what you have to do is respond to the process. it is not the same as being in a courtroom. it is not the same as being on the street fighting. your subject to -- you are not allowed to do anything to disrupt the criminal justice process. otherwise you are involved in obstruction of justice. >> a lot of discuss here. so, paul, moments ago we heard john de

you know, one of the things that the president has done is appoint christopher ray at the fbi because he wants to change the culture of that agency and he thinks he's the right person to do that. >> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders today responded to more than one question about donald trump's latest tweets including the suggestion from an american president that individuals working for his political adversaries should be jailed. >> is the president requesting that the department of justice investigate huma abedin, and how did he reach this conclusion she should be in jail given that she hasn't been indicted or convicted of any crime? >> look, obviously the facts of that case are very disturbing. and i think the president wants to make clear that he doesn't feel that anyone should be above the law in terms of any investigation, that would be something the department of justice would need to decide and i would prefer you to them on whether or not they move forward. >> the president of the national iranian-american council, msnbc national security analyst ned price for

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it's his fbi director christopher ray.hese are people who report to him it's the trump administration, these are his people. i find it odd he's attacking his own government. >> you think the american public can trust the fbi? >> yes, i do. i do. i believe -- again, i have agents in my own community who are involved in all sorts of sensitive matters, and i have a lot of confidence in the men and women. i think they're all very professional. do they have political opinions? do all people in government have political opinions? of course they do. we like them to keep it to themselves. they have a right to vote, make a campaign contribution. we know that. when they're on the job, we expect them to be thorough, fair and professional and not let whatever political views they have interview with their work. i believe that's true with virtually most everybody in the fbi. there might be some exceptions, but i think that's just the way it is. >> congressman charlie dent, we appreciate talking to you. anks for being here. >> thank you

last month, christopher ray told congress he would not let outside forces including president trump influenceons. >> there isn't a person on this plant that can get me to drop a properly predicated investigation or start an investigation that's not properly predicated. >> meanwhile, house intel committee chairman devin nunez announced the committee reached a deal with the justice department about outstanding document and witness request related to involvement in the trump dossier. nunez said he spoke with rod rosenstein wednesday and expects to receive the additional documents in the coming days. >>> back with us from washington, daniel litman, coauthor of the political playbook. good to see you again. what's the appetite like for an investigation into hillary clinton and washington. how much of this is seen as sort of an effort so distract away from the russia probe. >> a lot of both democrats and moderate republicans see this as nothing new. trump and his supporters have been talking about the clinton foundation for years. nothing has been proved on that front. what you'll see is the fbi wi