. >> next, newsmaker was senator chuck grassley. the acting director of the fbi and intelligence officials testify at a senate hearing on the global threats. steve scully: joining us on "newsmakers" is senator chuck grassley. thank you for joining us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. you have concerns about the meeting between director comey

give me more information than you'll give to senator chuck grassley, how do you justify that?estion. -- >> what do you mean it's a good question? how do you justify it? >> i was going to say it's a good question. i can't as i sit here. >> egads. >> joining me senator chuck grassley republican of the great state of iowa and senate chairman jew dushery committee. good evening, sir. and how do you characterize the hearing today? did you get the information you wanted? >> i think you had a pretty good example of some of the excuses that were used. now, i don't want to say in every instance those excuses were legitimate, but where he did promise that in closed meetings he would answer our questions, it's my responsibility to follow-up and make sure we get answers to those questions. and then at that point if we don't get the information, then i have a legitimate reason for being terribly disgusted. i don't like the way that he approached it, but if that's -- if he's consistent in it and that's the way it has to be done to protect the investigation cycle, then i'm willing to accept

"newsmakers" with senator chuck grassley. he speaks about the firing of james comey, his expectations for the next fbi director, and senate efforts to come up with the health care law. this is 30 minutes. steve: joining us on "newsmakers" is senator chuck grassley. thank you for joining us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. do you have concerns about the meeting between director comey and the deputy attorney general, where he was asking for additional resources to investigate russia was the same person that wrote the memo that led to his resignation, or his firing? sen. grassley: it is my understanding that within a few hours of this interview, somebody in the justice department cleared up that they were not asking for additional money. ms. werner: you accept that explanation from the justice department despite the reporting to the contrary that comey was seeking add

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chuck grassley is not on the intelligence committee. john cornyn is. the only republican who is also on the intelligence committee. so james comey has looked at the membership of the committees, judiciary committee and the intelligence committee. and he has decided to go with what looks to him like the committee with more intelligence. and james comey knows that in his case, testifying once about these matters is the most effective and the most professional way for him to tell his story. james comey knows that he has a responsibility to the investigation that's going on, a responsibility to the public, and a responsibility to the senate. and though it might be fun for us to listen to him tell his story over and over again, james comey knows that the investigation will be best served if he tells his story once in a clear and efficient way and then steps off the stage and lets the investigation continue. when he testifies, it is possible that we will get access to his notes, the notes that james comey made of his conversations with the president, notes t

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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

. >> if i chuck grassley, as a private citizen file a freedom of information act and you give me moreinformation than senator chuck grassley how do you justify that. >> that say good question. >> how do you justify it. >> i can't as i sit here. >> the fbi director said he is subject of a ongoing inspector general investigation to how fbi and justice department handled the clinton e-mail case. there is no time line for the report it is expected to tackle lynch's meeting with bill clinton just one week before his wife's fbi interview. lou: thank you catherine herridge. a few thoughts on the fbi director's defense. which comes just a day after hillary clinton blamed him among other factors for her elect loss. >> i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comey's letter on october 28, and russian wikileaks, raised doubts in the minds of people who were implying to vote for me but got scared off. lou: wow. two organization point odd 7 in 10 voters last summer did not trust hillary clinton what so ever. president trump took to twitter to slam clinton for failure to take responsi

chuck grassley said this moments ago.epublican of the great state of florida who has been waiting very patiently to get on our air. governor, we appreciate you being with us this morning. thanks for joining us, sir. >> good morning, stuart. we need to see each other in florida. stuart: i will be back there very soon. i promise you that. what do you make of going on capitol hill? our interpretation, forgive me for putting this out there, our interpretation that the left wants to keep comey firing, any connection with russians and all the investigations, keep that on the front burner, as way of delaying the president's growth agenda. that is how i see it. how but governor? >> first off, i think, president needed a fresh start. director comey became a lightning rod for the right and the left. we need a fbi director that is non-partisan. and so i'm sure the president will find the right person. now with regard to these hearings, we still haven't heard any evidence but i have not followed everything but i haven't seen any evid

those members were mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, chuck grassley, chuck schumer, senator feinstein, senator graham, kevin mccarthy, nancy pelosi, and bob goodlatte. later in the evening he spoke to bob corker, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations. in addition to all the big news happening at the white house today, it is also my daughter, scarlet's fifth birthday. since you guys are here and i'm not, my first birthday wish to her is that you guys are credibly nice. -- incredibly nice. now i will take your questions. alex? >> i have a couple of broader questions for you. yes or no, did the president direct rob rosenstein to write the letter? sec. huckabee sanders: no, the president had lost confidence in director comey and had frankly been considering letting the director go since the day he was elected. but he did have a conversation with the deputy attorney general on monday where they had come to him to express their concerns, the president has to that they put the concerns and the recommendation in writing, which is the letter that you guys ever seen. -- have received. >>

because at this point, there has been no evidence that i am aware of, and people like chuck grassley, senator chuck grassley have said he hasn't seen no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. >> evidence in terms of what will be gathered through this process is different than the conjecture that has been laid out through the media. i do think there are some things that are highly unusual that are going on here, including the president's inability to condemn russia with every head of the intelligence community within the government has said it was an assault and attack on our democratic process. they did in the back attempt to influence the election, we know that. we don't know what extent they succeeded or didn't and they are evaluating as well, but they want to do it again. those are the things that need to be found out, whether or not there was collusion, that remains to be seen. that's why we have the special prosecutor or special counsel to delve deep and really find those answers. that's what the american people want and what i want as well. >> jon: th

>> reporter: senator chuck grassley led an inquirery into the allegations. >> you want to make sure that people that contribute money, that it's used for what it was meant to be used for. >> reporter: the charity had said it spent 80 cents of each donor dollar on programs for veterans but grassley says that included donated media, advertisements and educational fundraising solicitations to reach that number. and grassley's nearly 500 page report to the senate judiciary and finance committee found wounded warrior project was spending only about 68% of donor dollars on 3r578s for veterans. it also found the charity lacked sufficient policies and procedures to manage the organization, mislead donors about more than 65 million dollars placed in a long-term trust that had not yet been spent on veterans, and spent excessive amounts of money on travel, as well as on fundraising and staff events. c.e.o. steven nardisi was fired entire executive suite of the charity. >> i think it's going to help in the long run to deliver exactly what the program ought to do for veterans. >> reporter: in a state

president himself is under investigation, he says he isn't we have had senators dianne feinstein and chuck grassley, under testimony, essentially corroborate what the president said in regard to that but look we have media get so much wrong, and that is dangerous making up meetings that never happened, or even just more recently regarding comey's firing, in the sense of saying, that comey was fired because he asked for more resources we know that is not true, acting fbi director mccabe told us under testimony earth articles rob rosenstein was looking to resign we know that is not true because he said so himself, so i think it is a dangerous place to be no, when media is uninterested in getting things right. >> david obviously you are going to see things differently but before you go into this, what -- okay, every little detail of the trump presidency seems leaked, when he likes diet coxe how he orders what he eats to men's room there is not a shred of evidence leaked about any ties to you russians does that not strike you as surprising. >> leaks get used to it because the president of the united st

the senate judiciary committee chair chuck grassley of iowa joined us for newsmakers this week. here is what he had to say about the kind of person he would like to see leading that agency. do you have any names in mind you would like to recommend for the post or that you have already recommended to the white house? >> know, and i have asked that question and been -- given the same answer. if you want a show of independence, maybe somebody from the judicial branch might be a good place to start. i have been asked about two individuals. i have declined comment because i want to see a list. >> would you decline comment on the suggestion of merrick garland? >> you might ask me that because i held up merrick garland and did not hold a hearing and thought we might follow the biden rule and let people have a voice. in the final analysis, i think garland is an outstanding individual. i know his reputation as a judge , i do not know anything else about his reputation so i would have to think about it, but there is not anything just about garland himself that i could say no to. >> would

the head of the senate judiciary committee is senator chuck grassley.w sent a shot across the bow at the fbi. ahead of james comey's testimony tomorrow before grasley's committee. grassley just sent a letter to the fbi director casting doubt specifically on the dossier. remember the dossier, the christopher steel dossier about the trump team's connections to russia? in this letter he tries to undercut not just the dossier but tries to undercut the fbi for having ever relied on this dossier in the first place. so watch that line from chuck grassley and senate republicans as of tomorrow. we also just got this news from the top republican on the foreign relations committee today. senator bob corker now announcing his committee will not pursue any sanctions against russia for attacking our election. because why would they do a thing like that? i mean, you are starting to see not just some interesting new information come out about this investigation. you are starting to see somewhat amazing republican reaction to these investigations as they move forward. t

to complicate matters, you want to have trust in the fbi, here's senate chuck grassley, the senate ofittee, just moments ago to our colleague, manu raju. >> what do you think about mccabe as taking over as -- >> listen, if you're telling me mccabe is taking over, is that true? as has been said? okay, well, he's got political problems, because of helping his wife. and i don't think he's a person that should be taking over. >> you have that complication. now they're looking -- he's the acting. they're interviewing an interim. and back to the bee in my bonnet. jeff sessions is involved in interviewing the guy who will take over the investigation. now you have democrats -- >> you're not letting -- >> now you have democratic senators on capitol hill saying they may tie up the weeds here. they may hold things up, use their procedural power to put the senate into fits until they get a special prosecutor. does that make sense? >> and this also goes back to the political calculation of the timing of this move. i mean, he's got a little bit of momentum coming out of health care, president trump

here is republican north chuck grassley of iowa. is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. senator, thank you so much for joining us. we know that andrew mccabe is being considered as comey's possible replacement. what are your thoughts on that? >> i have raised questions about whether or not he is independent enough to be involved in some of the negotiations that are going on because of political conflict. because of his wife getting, i think close to $700,000 from mcauliffe who was veries close to the clintons. and being involved in these negotiations. i asked for judgment about the independence. i didn't really get a very good answer except he came back and said there was no conflict of interest. that does not satisfy me. melissa: of course there are reports that former fbi director james comey was asking for more resources to more deeply investigate the russian hacking. that is why he was fired. what do you he think about that? do you have any insight? >> i thought either late yesterday or sometime earlier today i heard

senator chuck grassley question call me about this in a hearing earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine whether attorney general lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what. expect the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> associates of james comey said he made the best decision you could with information he had and those same associates said director comey believed that of lynch announced no charges against clinton and the secret document was leaked, the legitimacy would be questioned and the russian investigation is fresh on the minds of many on social media. one tweet, how much longer can the russia probe fetish continue in the absence of evidence? so many gullible folks manipulated. another tweet, it's too much trouble going through the chaotic drama. he should resign. #dumped trump. post your thoughts on any of our wusa9 social platforms. >>> pack your patience if you fly this memorial day weekend. new security measures are being tested in 10 airports across the country, although none in ou

the president saying, oh, chuck grassley, great question, see how he does that almost as if he draws lines on a screen for you. here's how he runs that play. ten when it comes to, he picks out the things he believes indicates. he took director clapper's answer and fast forwarded it through sally yates' answer on the collusion question where she says she couldn't answer because he was classified. he was intentionally putting on a show with us. the president is often very combative with the press. at the same time, he couldn't be a more gracious host for us, three hours on monday. i think you have experienced there on the campaign trail. one, the president is a very different person than he's seen, the donald trump that you have seen in public. >> absolutely. he calls me a great reporter and said sometimes. we have to go. we have to be short about it. he got two scoops of ice cream when everybody got one? >> he didn't ask for it. it came out that way. he's the president. >> zeke miller, good the see you, even if it's through a tv screen. who do you trust? president trump or his surroga

>> reporter: senator chuck grassley questioned comey about the document during a hearing earlier this month. >> what steps did the fbi take to determine whether attorney general lynch had actually given assurances that the political fix was in no matter what? >> i have to give you the same answer. i can't talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> reporter: associates of comey said he made the best decision he could with the information he had. seth lemon for cbs news, capitol hill. >>> we are getting new details in the concert terror attack in manchester. a libyan anti-terror official says the alleged bomber called his mother hours before the attack asking for her forgiveness. meanwhile, manchester police say they have made significant arrests so far in the attack but british authorities won't share further information with the united states because of leaks blamed on u.s. intelligence after photos showing remnants of the bomb made their way to the "new york times." >> i will make clear to president trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must

it's probably a decision for majority leader mitch mcconnell, as well as chuck grassley. and mr. sley sort of seemed to go out of his way today, john, to avoid reporters. dianne feinstein, who is the ranking democrat on that committee, said she absolutely wants judiciary to be a lead committee on these questions. they are certainly stepping up their involvement, as you said, asking for more documents today, along with two other committees. we are posting online all of these development. it's hard to keep track. but right now three committees asking for documents involving mr. comey, and that's in addition to the two investigations in congress and the intelligence committees on russia. >> yang: lisa desjardins on capitol hill keeping up with these events that are fast breaking. thank you very much, lisa. in the day's other news, wall street had its worst day since september, as investors worried about the turmoil engulfing the president. the dow jones industrial average lost more than 370 points to close back near 20,600. the nasdaq fell 158 points, and the s&p 500 dropped 43. the

chuck grassley, the senate judiciary committee chairman. joining us from capitol hill, senator joe manchin from west virginia, a democrat on the intelligence committee. your reaction. >> it was shocking. i was walking up to do the interviewers with you all and i hear about it, and i start reading some of the letters sent back and forth from attorney general sessions to the president. that being said, i want you to know it will not impede the investigations we have going on in the intelligence committee. we are gathering the information in a diligent way. we look forward to mr. comey coming before our committee. >> bret: when you hear president trump in the latter say this line "while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation," is that true? >> we are just going into the gathering now. i'm not going to make any accusations on anything or anybody, including our president. with that being said, this does not impede our investigation for what conversation he has had, fbi director with th

chuck grassley recently wrote a letter to the fbi director because he wants information about the document that reportedly suggests or raises questions about the attorney general loretta lunch. what can you tell us about it? >> it's an e-mail apparently, a democratic staffer saying don't sweat it, loretta is not going to push it that hard and the question is was the fbi aware of it. if it leaked, if the russians got their hands on it as a stolen or hacked e-mail, would it make the fbi's job more complicated. my understanding is that that didn't play much of a role in this. and of course we have to remember -- i don't know how much mr. comey is going to be expansive about his discussion of the hillary clinton investigation for this reason. the justice department inspector general has an investigation going of the entire handling by the fbi of the clinton e-mail investigation. so there's not a lot he can say because of that iq investigation. he has talked about this some in recent weeks say it was a difficult time if are the fbi but it has to be nonpartisan. can't be viewed as a partisan too

you give me more information than you give to senator chuck grassley, how do you justify that? >> that's a good question. >> what do you mean, it's good question? how do you justify snit >> it's a good question. i can't as i sit here. >> eee gads. was the clinton investigation named operation mid year because it needed to be finished before the democratic national convention? if so, why the artificial deadline. if not, why was that the name? >> certainly not because it had to be finished by a particular date. there's an art and a science to how we come up with code names for cases. they assure me it's done randomly. sometimes i see some that make me smile. but it was called mid year exam was the name of the case. ky assure you the name was not selected for any nefarious purpose or any timing on the investigation. >> last question, when was the grand jury convened, before your first public statement about closing the case? >> i'm still not in a position where i'm comfortable confirming whether and how we used a grand jury if an open setting. i don't know enough about what was sa

. >> so there's a concern also about the acting fbi director, andy mccabe, and chuck grassley told me earlier that he does not believe he's the right person to lead the agency going forward, because he does not -- he's concerned about his wife's political ties to democrats. so you're seeing some divisions in the republican ranks grappling about what it means going forward. and also, questions about what the white house did here, but uns uncertainty, no real unity on the republican side about what is the next step, wolf. >> that's a good point. let's discuss this with democratic senator ben cardin of maryland joining us. senator, thanks for joining us. >> wolf, it's good to be with you. thank you. >> so you just heard mitch mcconnell say there's too much at stake right now for a new investigation, an independent outside special council or something look those lines. what's your reaction? >>well, the president of the united states has just fired the person who's the head of the principle investigation into criminal wrongdoings involving russia's contacts here in the united states, invol

. >> just as a matter of proposition then, if i chuck grassley as a private citizen file a freedom of information act, and you give me more information than you'll give to senator chuck grassley, how do you justify that? >> yeah, that's a good question. >> what do you mean it's a good question. >> how do you justify it. >> i can't as i sit here. >> ye gods. was the clinton investigation named operation midyear because it needed to be finished before the democratic national convention? if so, why the artificial deadline? if not, why was that the name? >> certainly not because it had to be finished by a particular date. there's an art and a science to how we come up with code names for cases. they assure me it's done randomly. sometimes i see ones that make me smile. i'm not sure. i can assure you it was called midyear exam was the name of the case. i can assure you the name was not select ford any nefarious purpose or because of any timing on the investigation. >> last question. when was the grand jury convened? was it before your first public statement about closing the case? >> i'm s

at this week's senate hearing about a former trump adviser's russia contacts, republican chuck grassleyioned ex-obama officials james clapper and sally yates. sen. grassley: did either of you ever review classified documents in which mr. trump, his associates, or members of congress had been unmasked? james clapper: yes. sen. grassley: you have? can you give us details here in this? james clapper: no, i can't. sen grassley: ms. yates, have you? sally yates: yes, i have and, no, i can't give you details. sharyl: intel officials say their activities aren't political. republican senator rand paul and former congressman dennis kucinich, a democrat, are among those who say they believe they were caught up in government surveillance. coming up next week on "full measure." for all the concern about russian influence over u.s. elections, what's rarely talked about is that many foreign interests try to shape u.s. policy every day through paid lobbying. next week, the incredible story of some u.s. military veterans who claim they were duped into lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. >> i sa

steve scully: joining us on newsmakers is senator chuck grassley. republican of violent. senator thank you for being with us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. do you have any concerns about the meeting between director comey and the deputy attorney general in which the fbi director was asking for additional resources to investigate russia was the same person that wrote the memo that led to his firing? sen. grassley: it is my understanding that within a few hours of this interview, that somebody in the justice department cleared up that they were not asking for additional money. ms. werner: you accept that explanation from the justice department despite the reporting to the contrary that comey was seeking additional money? sen. grassley: i usually accept things until i find that people are misleading or its misinformation. questionse lingering about the way the president about the way the president handled the si

chuck grassley opening statements, drop on in now on the senate judiciary committee. >> she failed toecuse herself from that. the director's announcement effectively gave her cover to have it both ways. she would appear publicly uninvolved but remain in control of the ultimate outcome. moreover, in his haste to end a tough politically-charged investigation, the f.b.i. failed to follow up on credible evidence of the intent to hide federal records from the congress and the public. it is a federal crime, as we know, to willfully and unlawfully, conceal, remove or destroy a federal record. director comey said the f.b.i. also discovered several thousand work-related emails that secretary clinton did not turn over to the state department. he said the secretary clinton's lawyers, quote, cleaned their devices in such a way as to preclude complete forensic recovery, end of quote of additional emails. the justice department also entered into immunity agreements limiting the scope of the f.b.i. investigation. some of these agreements prohibited the f.b.i. from reviewing any emails on the laptops

those members are senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, speaker of the house paul ryan, senator chuck grassley, senate minority leader chuck schumer, senator feinstein, senator lindsey graham, house majority leader kevin mccarthy. house minority leader nancy pelosi, and congressman bob goodloe. later in the evening he also spoke to senator bob corker, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations. in addition to the big news happening at the white house today it is also my daughter scarlett's fifth birthday and since i'm here and you aren't i get to wish scarlett a happy birthday and with that i think her first birthday wish would probably be that you guys are incredibly nice. and now i will take your questions. >> -- helpful establishes the facts. a couple broader questions. number one, yes or no. did the president direct rod rosenstein to write this memo on james comey? >> no. the president had lost, again, like i said, he'd lost confidence in director comey. frankly, he'd been considering letting director comey go since the dayle day he was elected but it have a conversation with th

and then newsmakers with senator chuck grassley. after that, a senate hearing on the russian investigation and security trips. -- security threats. tonight, on q&a, the comparisons between presidents donald trump and andrew jackson. on his book "andrew jackson: southerner." he representsink the positive values that jackson represented. he represents some of the negative values represented by jackson but i think i would tell president trump that if he wants to be like andrew jackson, he wants to put nation in front of his own personhood and family and interest because that is what jackson did for much of his presidency. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> this morning, adam brandon, president and ceo of freedom works talks about efforts to change tax law and how the senate should proceed with the health care replacement bill. then american university professor alan lichtman talks that the case for an impeachment investigation. and later, the atlantic contributor caitlin flanagan on her article entitled "how late-night

then, he was asked about some specific information by senator chuck grassley. >> the email reportedlyrovided assurances that attorney general lynch would protect secretary clinton by making sure the fbi investigation didn't go too far. how and when did you first learned of this document? also, who sent it and who received it? >> that's not a question i can answer in this forum, mr. chairman, because it would call for a classified response. >> to the fbi interview the person who wrote the email? if not, why not? >> i would have to give the same answer. i can talk about that in an unclassified setting. >> bret: that obviously raised some eyebrows. we are back with the panel. a mollie. >> jim kobe is very good at these self-righteous answers. it was really interesting how many questions he didn't answer and he had lots of answers for what happened with a clinton email situation. he didn't have a lot of answers about the russia investigation. i thought lindsey graham had a very deft line of questioning when he asked them, do you still stand by the statement that the trump campaign wasn't

on facebook at facebook.com\c-span, but first, this week c-span newsmaker interviews jack -- chuck grassley of iowa. he tells newsmakers reporters were kind of person should be the next fbi director. take a look. >> you have any names in mind that you would like a recommend for that post or that you have already recommended to the white house? >> no. i have suggested that if you want to show of independence, then maybe someone from the judicial branch might be a good place to start. asked about to individuals and have declined comment because i want to see a list. >> would chew declined comment on mike lee's suggestion of merrick garland for that? >> we did not have a hearing on the because of that we ought to follow the biden role and have a voice. in the final analysis, i think arland is an outstanding individual. know his reputation as a judge. i do know anything about his reputation, so i would have to think about it, but there is not anything about garland himself that i can say no to. >> would you be concerned if the nominee was someone who may have to recuse themselves from the russi

the chairman is chuck grassley of iowa, this should be getting under way shortly.