[gasps] chuck? you were in here the whole time? chuck?reams] [door slams] so everything went fine. nothing weird happened. good-bye. - you opened it, didn't you? - yes, i'm sorry. if you didn't want anybody to open it, why would you paint it red? just leave it regular door colored. - what are you implying? that i wanted you to open it? why, so i could air my secret shame finally and tell my story? and there you have it: erik and lyle menendez convicted of murder in the first degree. i just reported the crap out of the menendez brothers, and i was the heir apparent for the "nightly news" desk. women wanted to be with me, and men wanted to hear news from me. whoo! and then, just when i thought things couldn't possibly get better, i got a call from a very special lady. madame tussauds? it was like i had achieved immortality. there i was between kurt cobain and austin powers. people came from far and wide to see my statue because

- that's chuck. - oh, god.ms] - chuck's a scaredy-cat. - i tracked down the editor who used to cut chuck's footage into something usable. he's at the witherbelle mental asylum for the insane. i guess he became an orderly when he didn't want to edit anymore. why is it making so much eye contact? - stop. - oh, katie. [both laughing] this reminds me of the time i drove you and your little friend with the grey tooth to the prom. remember? what was his name? ah, something ethnic. - ryan. - ryan, yes. he left with another girl because katie wouldn't give it up. - mom. - that's not a problem anymore. right, trip? wink. [both laughing] - it's so funny to see you getting along with my boyfriend, mom, considering you had the last one deported. - he got a free trip to the dominican republic. people have to go on "wheel of fortune" to win that. speaking of trips, who wants to go to six flags this weekend? fair warning, i'm too short to go on any of the rides. - oh, that sounds fun. count me in. - really?

>> they're just part of that broader landscape of conversations, chuck. the real impact is it serves yet again to undermine the trust between the united states and russia. as i have said and the president has said, you know, we're at a very, very low level of trust between our two countries right now. so what we're exploring is how do we begin the process of restoring that trust? ultimately, it will touch on all these issues. >> i want to give you a chance to respond to an op-ed senator john mccain wrote, where he invoked your name, sir. in a recent address to state department employees, secretary of state rex tillerson said conditioning our foreign policy too heavily on values creates obstacles to advance our national interests. mccain goes on to write, with those words, secretary tillerson sent a message to oppressed people everywhere. don't look to the united states for hope. our values make us sympathetic to our plight and when it's convenient we might officially express that sympathy. pretty tough words from senator mccain. what do you say in respons

about chuck. he made a pass at me.d at my job. - hey...don't let him steal your power. you are a strong, modern woman. you need to march right into chuck's office, grab that jerk by the collar, and kiss him on the lips. - what? - it's your only move. if you tell chuck you're not interested, you'll embarrass him. but if you kiss him and then push him away and be like, "i want this so bad, "but you're my boss. we could never be together, mr. roker," then your problem's solved. - but that doesn't sound very modern or empowered. - it is. it's like when phones got big and then small and then big again. - okay. no. no. i am never kissing chuck pierce. - well, you better think of something, because if chuck feels rejected, he's not gonna want to work with you. he won't even be able to look you in the eye. - oh, no, and then i'm gonna be stuck doing stupid fluff pieces with por...shh... i'm sorry--i couldn't think of anything. [hip-hop playing] [overlapping chatter] [muffled music continues] - [singsong] yoo-hoo! greg, what ar

. - [in chuck's voice] "i'm chuck. where's my pudding cup?" [applause] - well done. - nice. - well, as usual, i'm the real victim here. gram's idea for "the yellow digital suite" is ruining my life! now let's see what you, the viewer, had to say about the new epa regulations. all right, twitter user funnydude49 says, "chuck pierce looks like fred savage from the future "came back to warn present-day fred savage that when he's old, he'll be a meth addict." [downtempo news music] - well, if you don't like the new way our show is run, then you're all very welcome to leave. - i'll never leave. - how did you get back in here? scram! - okay. [upbeat news broadcast music] ♪ - you need to take a firmer hand with your staff. - gram, morale is already low. worse than when we had our staff retreat at that sewage plant. - well, i suppose you told them morale would be even lower if they lost their jobs? no? oh. [clicking tongue] - could you please not make that sound? - i'll make whatever sound i please. [clicking tongue] [dramatic quirky music] ♪ - hey, c

i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there.

i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. senate democratic leader, thanks for coming on "meet the press" to share your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shake-up. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do a little more housecleaning in one part of the west wing. as we go to break, a moment from president trump's commencement address this morning at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine, embrace the label. it's the outsiders who change the world and make a real and lasting difference. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ p3 planters nuts, jerky and whaseeds.at? i like a variety in my protein. to

good morning, chuck bell. >> good morning, melissa and everybody.often to a cloudy start. super mild start. already 72 degrees in washington. that's already one degree above an average high for may 1st. south winds at 15 miles per hour. it will be toasty warm this afternoon. highs into the low to mid 80s with breaks of sunshine. a real issue will be a chance of strong to severe storms this afternoon and particularly this evening. it will be a weather alert day starting at 4:00 p.m. have your nbc downloaded. find any or all of us with your storm team 4 favorites. we'll help keep you ahead of the storms. we have an enhanced risk. that's the second step up in the categories. you can see the rain across ohio and kentucky. future weather brings thunderstorms into the shenandoah valley. the severe storm threat moves in between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. primary threat today will be damaging wind gusts. heavy rain, frequent lightning. there's at least a chance we could see an isolated tornado. know it will be an impactful weather evening today. for more on that, l

crying chuck.ur next guest says the democrats comey is sound and fury significant fuse nothing and joining us now, michelle, host of michelle investigates on crtv.com. you've got to love senator grassley, the head of the judiciary mmittee. i love it. who can say it better? other than perhaps you, michelle. >> that's right. well, i hope when i age that i age as sharply as chuck grassley put it and said it and has. all i can say is bravo. the entire cacophony as i said is sound and fury, signifying nothing. a big nothing burger doused in russian paranoia on the part of so many of these hypocritical democrats. i mean, this has to be a full employment act for chiropractors, lou, because the whiplash i'm experiencing on the rolle roller coasters of twists and turns of people like crying chuck schumer. funny. i used to call him chuck the clown schumer. lou: the president has put his label on him again. let's turn to, if we can, the president sitting there with ambassador kislack and the foreign minister

chuck grassley released a statement. "over the course of the last his decisions on controversial matters have prompted concern across the political spectrum and from career law enforcement experts. the handling of the clinton email investigation is a clear example of how comey's decisions are called the questions the trust and political independence of the fbi. leadership hasis been slow or failed to provide information that comey himself pledged to provide." president trump has fired fbi director james comey. we are expecting senate democratic leader chuck schumer to speak about fbi director comey live on c-span in just a few minutes. -- ale murmer] [indistinct crowd noise] >> president trump is fired fbi director james comey. we will have more as the night goes on, including taking your calls at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. we are waiting for democratic leader chuck schumer to step to the mic to react to the firing. we are going to show you some of last week's hearing where director comey testified before the sena

good morning, chuck. >>> quick core rex.he nationals are in pittsburgh for that game, but it will be nice weather in pittsburgh as well. already thinking about your weekend around here. both saturday and sunday looks nice outside. keeping the rain chances out of the weekend. by the time we get to saturday and sunday the highs will be in the 70s. between now and then a couple of record highs coming. sheena has that in the ten day coming up. > >>> chuck said it's going to start to feel like summer this week. it may feel hotter if you ride metro. >> relief is on the way. new cooling towers and pipes will be put in place at the dupont and north stations. the cooling equipment broke years ago. metro says leaking pipes are the problem. this is just a temporary fix though because crews will have to dig up part of connecticut avenue to get to the real problem. there's no time line for a permanent solution. >> reporter: safetrack surge 15 has shut down five area stations. we'll tell you how to get around for the next 31 days. >>> and

♪ - oh, i'm sorry, chuck.idn't mean to take up more space than a woman should. - oh, well, thank you for apologizing, portia. that's very thoughtful of you. - no, chuck, i'm manspreading to make a point about your mansplaining. - you're not making any sense. are you on drugs? did you smoke one of those electric marijuana kazoos? she scratched me! - just, in light of what happened this morning, i would love it if this rehearsal didn't devolve into a petty fight, please. - he needs to apologize for talking down to me in front of everyone. - i was trying to save you from doing a stupid story. it was an act of chivalry. it's like when you lend a woman your coat because she's cold or you go watch the game when she's having a baby. - just because you don't know what biscuit blitz is doesn't mean it isn't news. it's the most downloaded app for 18 to 35-year-olds with 100 million users and annual profits exceeding the gdp of the maldives, but you wouldn't know that the dead and found a suit. - uh...excuse me. i have t

smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. thanks for coming on "meet the press" to share your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shake-up. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do a little housecleaning in one part of the west wing. as we go to break, a moment from president trump's commencement address yesterday at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine, embrace the label. it's the outsiders who change the world and make a real and lasting difference. americans - 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. adult 7+ promotes alertness and mental sharpness in dogs 7 and older. (ray) the difference has been incredible. she is much more aware. she wants to learn things. (vo) purina pro plan bright mind. nutrition that perfor

and we need a special prosecutor, chuck. we need somebody who is independent of the justice department to get to the bottom of this. and i just say one more thing. the silence of my republican colleagues on this issue is sort of deafening. this is not an issue of party. this is an issue of country. foreign interference in the elections is a very, very serious, serious thing. and we should get to the bottom of it. where is the howard baker of 2017? we need one. >> one of your democratic colleagues, senator sheldon whitehouse, said why he is skeptical of a special counsel. take a listen. >> if you look at the special counsel rule, you have to bring in somebody new, bring him in from outside the department. and they have the choice to make their own decision they want to start from fresh, perhaps. >> his concern is that everything starts over. you're hitting a reset button and it sets the investigation back. >> look, i have a -- i love sheldon whitehouse. i have a great deal of respect for him. he's one of the great lawyers aro

let's check that with chuck. good morning, chuck. >> yeah, we had the chance for sometimes we think it's going to happen and it doesn't and we're okay with that. still some thunderstorms. for us around here there are some lows and sprinkles. montgomery county not expecting a big impact. this should all be gone before 6:00 a.m. you will find that not needing your umbrella. future weather carries any chance of a drop or two early on. a chance for heavy rain as we get into the day on friday and that may impact your weekend as well. so just know that there is a chance anyway of some heavy rain on friday and temperatures this weekend, oh, wait till you see that ten day forecast on the chilly side for sure. nowhere near as warm as last weekend. let's go over to melissa mollet. >> northbound 395 after z road, you can see the you can see that sticking around on the right. inner loop and outer loop on the beltway, no further issues. that is good news for lots of folks. southbound route 1 after curtis drive, all lanes bloc

hey, chuck. >> yes, indeed. a chance of some thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon as a cold front comes our way. that will take the edge off the heat a little bit tomorrow. bigger changes, larger drops in temperatures for the weekend. here's future weather tomorrow. late morning into the early thunderstorms bubbling up ahead of that weather front. here's 3:00 friday afternoon on our future weather model. you can see there are showers scattered about the area. most likely time is within 2 and 8:00 tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening. temperatures because of the clouds and the rain chances moving in, temperatures tomorrow most likely close to 90 but i don't think there will be too many 90s on the map for tomorrow. ten day, we're tweaking the last nine or ten days of that. that's coming up for a few more minutes. it is traffic time. melissa mollet, still issues on new hampshire boulevard. >> we're going to have these problems probably at least through the morning commute. northwest, mcarthur between re

. >> good morning, chuck. i am outside where it is more comfortable where the air doesn't feel as humid as it was. 70 degrees currently. south winds very light. by the afternoon we can see a little bit of a breeze here and there. then we have t another hot one. you need the water. temperatures by lunchtime, near 80s. temperatures around 90 degrees. beware of that as you're heading out later on today. then we go into the weekend, we are talking about big changes across the area. forecast might be surprising you compared to all of the heat we've seen recently. coming up, take a close look at your weekend forecast. we'll look ahead to memorial day weekend. that's all coming up in a bit. >>> sheena, thank you. 6:02. following breaking news out of manassas right now. news 4's megan mcgrath just arrived on the scene of a police-involved shooting. megan. >> reporter: aaron, this began to unfoiled around 12:40 this morning. manassas city police getting a report of shots fired within the city limits. you can see this i

>> chuck. >> chuck also starring elizabeth moss and naomi 75% on rotten tomatoes. a knockout for the critics. steven whitty writes -- >> and david calhoun -- >> all right. so, a ringing endorsement. >> not a fan of the poster. this. >> ringing endorsement from kendis gibson too. >> movie is probably better than the poster. >> next, high octane offering from parent company disney. peter quill, he and fellow guardians hired by a powerful alien race to protect their precious batteries from invaders. until that is, rocket steals the batteries. >> oh, yeah. >> what were you thinking? >> dude, really easy to steal. >> that any your defense. >> come on, you saw how she talked down to us. now i am teaching her a lesson. >> didn't motivation was altruism. really a shame, they mistaken your intentions and trying to kill us. >> exactly. >> i'm being sarcastic. >> you were suppose to use a sarcastic voice now. i look foolish. >> guardians try to escape the mystery of peter's parentage is revealed. meanwhile, the critics are revealing they love guardians. it has an 84%, certifi

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first let's check in with chuck bell with the forecast.d morning to you, chuck. >> good morning. very mild start. in the upper 60s and low 70s. skies clear over washington. more clouds coming our way. another hot day today. up into the upper 80s and 90. thunderstorms likely again this afternoon. if you're packing up the car and getting ready to go over to the bridge and down, thunderstorms and looking way cooler. only in the 60s. we'll barely be in the 70 morning, the marine corps, a lot of clouds around. risk of a sprinkle. up to about 70 degrees by noontime. >> chuck, thank you. >> eun, major news, the rape investigation against julian assange is over. assange is the founder of wikileaks. he's been living in london to avoid extradition. these are live images we have showing you of the embassy there. again, uncertain as to how this will impact things. gonzalez. 5:34. other top stories, three university of maryland students barely made it out of their burning house. on baltimore avenue. the house was destroyed. fire officials told them the

listen to the feigned outrage of chuck's chuck schumer. >> they fired sally yates. they fire director call me now. the very man leading the

weekend forecast, head over to chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, sheena.oudy and wet start tomorrow. your saturday morning will be rained on. there's future weather starting at 3:00 a.m. before most of you are up. heaviest between midnight and 6:00 a.m. here's 7:00 a.m. a lot of rain around the area. by 9:00, 10:00, full cloud cover during the day tomorrow. no more than a passing shower or two during the late afternoon and evening hours. with all the clouds and evening chances tomorrow, temperatures staying in the 50s. then we go into sunday and look at the big change just in time for mother's day. i think mom's going to like this forecast. nice and sunny with a slight chance of an isolated shower. look at next week. we're going to be getting back around 90 degrees. >> thank you, sheena. >>> this extra special for our melissa mollet. yesterday she shared her beautiful incredible story about her pregnancy after adopting her adopting her beautiful adorable baby girl. >> today there's a big question. lots of folks have been asking online. everybody wants to k

chuck will joins us here in about ten minutes. stick around for that. >>> coming up, a major airline taking new security steps. how cockpits may have been compromised. d about your safety. >>> don't worry about carrying that umbrella around with you today when you decide to go out and meet up with mom. tom is tracking how temperatures are going to shoot back up into the 80s. good sunday morning. we're not there yet. e 're not ther >>> they have been made public. . united is not saying how the nflgs got out, but this is not a breach like a hack. it's taking steps to make sure customers and the crews stay safe. >>> france now has a new lead this morning. emanuel macron was sworn into office as the nation's next president. this happened in paris. he who was elected last week and becomes the youngest president in france's history. >>> a unique culture bringing new life to our area. isn't he so adorable? i can't handle it. the growing industry celebrating the korean way. >> he just wanted a sweet. >>> and the sun is out. feel the heat

chuck, i will just ask you straight out, are democrats doomed because of chuck schumer and other democratsn honest democrat who thinks there needs to be a reset with democrats and work on our message and need to do a re-set all the way around. i'm one of the democrats who does give donald trump credit for winning. i am also going to say he can't blame the democrats they can't blame democrats for nothing. they have a majority in the house and the senate. they have to govern whether they like it or not. democrats have gotten themselves so far in the hole now. it's like the dog who cost the car they have to govern. let's see if they can govern. heather: they can block and delay, delay, delay. right, gabby. >> they can. that's exactly what chuck schumer has been trying to do all along. it has members of his base worried. i was speaking with the democratic senator last week who really was concerned about the stranglehold that chuck schumer's progressive base, the progressives went democratic party seem to have on him. they are moving him more to the left with each day. instead of encouraging hi

chuck bell, sheena parveen here with a look at the forecast. >> chuck's telling jokes over here. >> share with the class. >> we were debating what the longest bridge is. we think it's the seven mile bridge down in the keys. >> this is what we talk about during weather breaks. >> a little bit of cloud cover around this morning. the biggest issue if you're going to find something to complain about, it will be a little on the breezy side. up near 30 miles per hour at times. low to mid 70s. it will turn into a nice day. breezy days in may not just today but tomorrow. temperatures trending downward after our warmest april on record. it looks like the first degrees cooler and significant rain chances as well. i'll let sheena tell you all the information. >> looks pretty good. by the way, if you google this quickly, it could be wrong. the causeway. >> 25 miles. >> it says 23 miles. 23.9 miles. taking a look. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no major issues. southbound here as you're coming right off of 70 there this morning on 270. some slowdowns there. >> 66 and 95, no worried. taking

chuck, i'm goi >> i love that sonk. >> -- song. >> do you want to sing?> no, i can't carry a tune. sat it's prit testimony. most rain chances memorial day in the afternoon. for us here today, rain this morning and a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorms later on this afternoon after we see a peek or two of sunshine. 59 in washington with the rain falling. the beak end of the rain lifting towards fredericksburg. heavy rain around low down, fairfax county. that's the back end of the rain. we'll get this first end of rain around here. that leads to that thunderstorm chance coming in after 3 or 4:00 this afternoon. let's go to lauren rickets to looking like. >> chucyeah, you're absolutely right. we've got barbecues and people traveling to the beach. that's a live camera. a lot of that fog out there right now. we have the nats game friday looks the best. take on the padres friday, saturday, sunday. friday is that evening game at 7:00. that looks like the best bet because by the time we get into saturday and sunday, we have a chance of storms. pool ti

. >> we'll check on sheena and chuck for a minute.'s get back to melissa mollet. >> breaking news again. prince george's county again, and right now we have a crew on the way. northbound indian head highway there at farmington road, all lanes blocked northbound because of this fatd tall pedestrian crash. right now police are letting you take a right if you want to avoid the entire area, livingston road is a great alternate for you. 223 between seed hill, investigation there. no major problems on the beltway. a couple of pieces of road work but nothing to worry about too much this morning. good morning, chuck and sheena. >> good morning. >> yes. and a very warm morning again. going to be another hot day, chuck. >> absolutely. i'm ready for this little stretch summertime to be over with. too hot to be out running in the afternoon. cooler days coming back. not until after we get through today. and much like yesterday, there's a pretty good chance you'll have thunderstorms to be dodging by later this afternoon. saturday, cloudy and cooler

the cooler weather lasts. >>> chuck, thank you.ng sugar free challenge. a lot of you have joint in on the challenge. this morning we're asking you to through social media using #sugarfree and #nbc4dc. >> after this join us on facebook live with the doctor. >> the wizards get two days off before they play again, but we don't know if kelly aubrey jr. will be able to play again. take a look at this hit. he gets up and, boom. he slammed into a celtics player there. he was knocked to the ground. this moment cleared the benches as you can imagine. the wizards are down in the series two games to one. >>> 6:55. 4 things to know. montgomery county police say miguel flores is accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in 2015. he is a youth socr victims. >>> prump gets his first legislative victory as the house passes the american health care act. the first step to repeal obamacare. >>> delaware state trooper stephen balance lashd will be laid to rest today. he was shot and killed while on the job. ballard was from bowie, maryland, he

. >> chuck will be laughing in the rain let's look at the radar. before you leave -- i think chuck is still laughing. have the umbrella this morning. you're going to really want it over the next few days, look at the rain over the district. wet roads this morning. temperatures not too bad. pretty mild. mid to upper 50s. let's take a closer look at the radar. let's head over to chuck. >> yes, indeed, a cloudy and wet start to the day today. most of today ace rain will be before lunchtime. you may need that umbrella for not just today but the next couple of days. light rain showers over the region. northernmost maryland by hagerstown is rain free. here's future weather to help you plan it out. 7:00 a.m. in the heart of the monday morning commute. rain everywhere. here we are stopped at lunchtime. a little bit of a break in the action north and west of the city. by later on today staying cloudy. the rain should taper back to no by later on. current temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60. as you're planning out your day, temperatures gradually once

and now, here's the host of love connection, chuck woolery! (applause). >> while he may not look the part, he describes himself as a computer geek by day, claims ellner get married. describes menace dogs and women as cats. please welcome steven toback. (applause). >> oh, men are dogs. >> jeans, boots, the hair. >> all of that. >> oh, okay. >> men are dogs, women are cat. really? >> yes, women are -- well, that's back in the day. >> so, back in the day, when chuck woolery was going through a contract negotiation, they had other dudes come in, and audition to be his replacement. happen i was one every them. >> no. >> and they gave me the show. >> really? >> but then chuck came to his senses, said what else am i going to do with my life, so he continued to be the host. >> do you have footage? >> there is footage somewhere. i look for it last night in my apartment. i have no idea where it is, but i'll continue to look over the weekend. >> we need to see this. >> i had the mullet going. >> so what happens when they come back, ya, our plan a, he cam

chuck schumer and the democratic leadership, they know.hey don't want to put a pinky finger print on anything to do with health care. and at best, if it overall fails for the republicans, the republicans lose in the midterm election. then the democrats get to expand medicaid and medicare. it is more government intervention. >> that is a lot of pressure. before i get to you, sandra. i wanted us to watch together. eric bolling who has a new show premiering tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern, he sat down with the president. here he is on health care reform. watch. >> health care are we going to get that pass? >> the one mistake that i made with health care, we have one plan that has been going through. it has been getting better and better and better. and people are saying, the people that voted for trump are not getting the good -- they are going to get the greatest. these are the greatest people. out of them are either going to get a great plan or not signing it. i said that the best thing i can do is let obamacare die and then come in with a pla

again, that story in the new york times reference by minority leader, chuck schumer on the floor of the senate just about ten minutes operate earlier, the democratic leader, chuck schumer called for president trump to provide congress with a transcript of his meeting with top russian officials where he reportedly discussed highly classified information. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined by a large group of my colleagues. all of whom have been active in the issue of what's happening between our countries and russia i will be brief. >> we democrats are united in believing that the president must make transcripts of those conversations available to the intelligence committees. the president should make full, on edited transcripts available immediately. no if's, and's, no butts. if the president may have put national security and our intelligence operations at risk, congress has the right to know about it. as i believe senator tillis implied this morning, if the president felt comfortable sharing this information with the russians, surely he feels comfortable sharing it wi

again, that story in the new york times reference by minority leader, chuck schumer on the floor of the senate just about ten minutes operate earlier, the democratic leader, chuck schumer called for president trump to provide congress with a transcript of his meeting with top russian officials where he reportedly discussed highly classified information. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined by a large group of my colleagues. all of whom have been active in the issue of what's happening between our countries and russia i will be brief.

him trying chuck saying he wanted comey out before the election.ad said that he had lost all credibility because of the hillary clinton email investigation. the president is going to hammer that. frankly, there is even fresh you are information about democratic hypocrisy on all this just from yesterday. the former campaign chairman for hillary clinton john podesta before this firing was on twitter yesterday morning attacking comey over his more recent testimony before the senate saying the american public is getting mildly nauseous listening to jim comey. that was yesterday morning. a few hours later after the firing podesta is saying at real donald trump didn't you know you're supposed to wait to saturday night to massacre people investigating you? john podesta was referring to the fact that james comey in that senate testimony just days ago had made another big mistake suggesting huma abiden had forwarded thousands of emails to her husband, anthony wiener and some of those had information. the f.b.i. had to walk it back and same james comey's tes