a professor at columbia university who says robots are not stealing job. our other guest believes they are. he's a scholar with yale university's interdisciplinary center for bioethics. welcome, gentlemen, nice to have you here. we set the segment up with that comment from mr. andriesen. you obviously would not agree with what he says, but it's an interesting theory, is it not? >> it is, but it's a backwardly-looking theory and it really doesn't look at the kinds of technologies that are coming online now. i would argue, actually, that automation is already putting downward pressure on wage growth and job growth. we see that. technology, yes, contributes to productivity, but it's a slow, anemic contribution. and real wages for goods-producing workers have been flat for almost 50 years now. >> what about that? there's no doubt that we're seeing innovations in technology, the 3d printers that are now creating all sorts of different things that humans used to have to work on. why do you argue that robots are not going to take jobs? >> if you listen to mark whe

sharyn o'halloran of columbia university.ation with benoit coeure. we talked tapering, monetary policy, brexit, and politics. in -- at 8:30 up in the u.s. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: i am a 100% supporter, so said the loyalists, and they are ready to swerve this monday morning, prime minister may fight for her political life, thirdg hard brexiters off chair yellen will raise rates on wednesday, but then what? she and the fed hope to wish inflation and wage growth ever higher. and get over it. it is a tremendous all market. where are you, down 17,000? good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i'm tom keene. francine lacqua in frankfurt with a very important set of interviews. what do you have today in beautiful frankfurt? francine: beautiful and sunny frankfurt, tom. we are a couple of steps away from the new european central bank holding were i spoke extensively to benoit coeure. the market wants to know when they will start tapering. very good. we will have a conversation for you. i am a huge fan of a monday

decided to send these memos that he had been keeping to a law professor he was friends with at columbia university. and then he had that law professor leak those memos to the press. even though he says he found president trump's request to end the michael flynn investigation, troubling and appropriate, he never alerted his superiors. i am trish regan. welcome, everyone, to the intelligence report. i want to point out that the market has seen new highs today. we're continually seeing green on the screen. you can see up highs on the session, but nonetheless up 37 points. and the reason is investors are cheered by the fact that you probably have no concerns for impeachment here because there does not seem to be any obstruction of justice. now, as we await for the first official response of the president's lawyer, i want to go to our own blake burman who is at the white house. and, blake, i'm told his team doesn't like the way comey was presenting him by saying that comey considered him a liar. >> well, we'll hear from mark at any moment because the white house officially at this hour has been presile

he confirmed yes with a close friend at columbia university asking him to get the notes out to the public. here's another question. will this rise to obstruction of justice? answer, i don't know, that's where robert mueller will figure it out. as for the memos, will they go public? tom cotton, will he release them, the answer, sure. there's more to come on this as we head into a private meeting behind closed doors. it is 1245 here on the east coast as we continue our special coverage. i'm bill hemmer live in new yor new york. we've been sitting here for some time, what did you hear? >> it's interesting that senator lankford pushed him and said if you have copies out there, we need to get those back because you encourage people to get to those copies because the fbi has not been willing to turn them over. he confirmed that they exist. he said he had concerns the president would live. that's on the first time he said something like that today. he started out early on by saying the president and his explanations about why he fired comey, he said the admin's ration defamed me on the. what he

robert who is a professor at columbia university. so good to have both of you on.ou very much. david rohde may join us. robert, let's start with you. vladimir putin speaking out on reports of russia's involvement in hacking the u.s. election. take a listen. >> translator: they voted for him and the other team, they made a mistake and they don't want to recognize this mistake right now. but fair to say they were not wise enough. it's easy to say it's not our fault. it's the russians. they intervened. they interfered. it's like anti-semitism. the jews are to blame. >> he isn't denying russian involve like he has in the past. what do you think he's saying here? >> first of all, the russians are perplexed by the degree to which this thing has blown up and now affects virtually everything the trump administration can and can't do in its relations with russia. they don't know quite how to behave in this context. putin certainly knows what the russians had done during the election and subsequently, but at this stage i don't think they understand how serious it could get,

. >> it has been nearly ten days since columbia university student became a victim of a brutal hit-and-rune was crossing the street around 12:30 a.m. on monday, june 5 car hit him and fly. he was transferred to mount sinai st. luke's hospital where he remains in critical condition. the next day, the suspect turned himself into place. >> i learned about it through a blog which is an electronic newspaper that the students run. i was just browsing and not ask expecting it to open up. i thought it can be like a scholarship he one or something that was this. >> the gofundme page has raised over $200,000. >> i saw the fundraiser going on and i thought what is happening? it's a real shock. >> new questions are now being raised about the suspect. he reportedly had his license suspended three times, just last month he was arrested for driving without a license. >> first summative that many provisions should not be on the road. after this i definitely hope he gets what he deserves. >> the lawyer for the suspect was in court on wednesday. he is expected to be back in court on july 18. as for the vict

the press reporting a vote and sided with trinity lutheran church of columbia university which is not taxpayer money to renovate its playground. [inaudible conversations] money for the children's health and program set to expire at the end of october. looking at extending funding for the program and federal health centers provide primary medical care for underserved communities. texas congressman michael burgess chaired this hearing. it is about two and half hours. .. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee on health will now come to order. the chair wishes to observe that today's hearing was originallyna scheduled to occur lastheduled wednesday morning. but on that wednesday morning, the capitol hill family and theo entire country with stockton horrified to learn about my room. this past week has been so weird and difficult for all of us in many different ways. the number of friends in deed to leave the hospital. they competed to need our prayers and best wishes as they fight to heal to recover and join us again. the tragedy reminds us that whar unites us is more important than

that he orchestrated the leak of his memos through a friend of his, who was a professor at columbia university, in order to get the memo information into the hands of the media and then out to the public. that was a fascinating moment because there's been so much focus here on this issue of leaks in this investigation. we'll have to see what the white house has to say about all of this. but astonishing on so many levels today, scott. >> eamon, before i ask you the next question, i want to point out what you're watching on the left-hand side of your screen, we do warner to make some comments imminently. we are going to go to those comments live, the chair and vice chair of the senate intelligence committee. eamon, i'm struck. whether you decide whether there were any bombshells today will largely depend on what side of the political aisle you fall on. >> sure. you've got to look at the politics of this committee. the senate intelligence committee is traditionally more bipartisan than other committees on the hill, but you have to look at the reaction of the senators up there on the republican si

richman is a columbia university law professor who worked with comey back in 2013.ng to richman the pair have been friends for more than 30 years. richman a former federal prosecutor with the u.s. attorney's office in new york and he has been a vocal reporter of james comey in the past. that man right there now thrust in the white hot spotlight of the russia investigation. for now live in washington i'm jim rosenfield. >>> a busy day there. cag[yñ celebration on shore, to people in atlantic city are enjoying long awaited improvements to the famous boardwalk, but despite the makeover a summer let down is still loomer. nbc 10's ted greenberg with the story. >> reporter: nick turner says his strolls on this part of atlantic city's boardwalk are now a lot smoother. >> what was here prior to this was just a broken down, now you can ride your bike and down here here without tripping. >> reporter: today officials marking the long]la& awaited opg of a completely rebuilt stress of the famous boardwalk between rhode island and oriental avenues in the southeast inlet. the $5 m

for leaking information about conversations with the president to a friend, a professor at columbia university law school. world news tonight with david muir will have analysis of comey's testimony right after "action news." website and the 6 abc app will have cleat coverage of today' hearing in washington. you can see clips of comey's testimony as well as reaction from lawmakers and the white house and more of sara bloomquist's reports from washington. that is all on 6abc.com and the 6 abc app. >>> on the crime front it can't get much worse than this. a man has been arrested in the death of his 1-year-old stepson and according to emergency room doctors there were signs of sexual assault on the infant. gray hall is live on the 1700 block of conestoga street in southwest philadelphia and gray you have the full story? >> reporter: jim the details in this case are absolutely horrific and tonight this community asking several questions among them how this could happen and who could harm a 1-year-old child? for a 1-year-old child this was likely a house of horrors, wednesday night the young victim

. >> researches at columbia university found that pregnant african american and dominican american mothers in new york city who are exposed to high levels of airborne pollutants from vehicle exhaust and burning solid waste gave birth to children who later developed cognitive and behavioral problems. dr. frederica perera led the study. >> developmental delay at age 3, with cognitive deficits at age 5, and behavioral problems, including anxiety, depression, and attention, symptoms of those problems, at ages 6 to 7. >> these children also scored more than 4 points lower on standardized intelligence tests at age 5. >> [indistinct chatter] >> even a very small drop in i.q. can affect or can be predicted to affect lifetime earnings of that individual. >> you have these types of injustices occurring in rural communities, like out on indian reservations, for example. you have them occurring in suburbs that might be predominantly african american or latino. >> when you realize that some communities have, uh, have a disproportionate share of that pollution burden, then you begin to understand why we

the guy come in the case of comey now, the guy came from columbia university who was a leaker, and comey was a leaker. they are both wrong. host: harold, we'll get a response, but you are 94 years old? caller: yes certainly. host: you sound terrific. guest: i know. caller: let me say this, the old man was a fighter then come and i'm a fighter now even more let me say one thing. host: sure. at 94, you can do whatever you want. go ahead. caller: all right, here's the deal 100 years ago, called almighty try to prevent world war ii from happening, and his decision was like it always is -- moses said it, repent and do the right thing. .e need to repent now i prayed for hillary clinton and donald trump and i still pray for donald trump that he repents. obviously, but we've got to do this country, we save the world. if we can get the united nations to do the right thing, we can also save the world. but they are so interested at the united nations in bashing us and bashing israel that once again, what we are certainly doing is shooting ourselves in the foot. host: harold, thank you for the call.

. >> reporter: comey later admitted he asked a friend and professor at columbia university to leak that to the reporter. >> mr. comey has now admit thad he is one of these lyrics. >> reporter: comey's testimony has divided lawmakers here on capitol hill over whether the president violated the law. >> do you believe the president obstructed justice at all? >> i do not believe there is. >> was what the president did was appropriate? i don't see how anybody can look at the facts and say yes. >> reporter: comey will not say whether or not he thought president trump obstructed justice but his lawyer says he feels completely vindicated. he alluded to the possibility that recordings between him and comey during the hearing he said, he hopes there are tapes and he hopes they're all released. >> he's not the only one considering that considering how many watched his testimony yesterday. weijia jiang in washington. weijia, thank you so much. >>> comey said he started taping because he knew it would come down to his words against the president's. >> how does the public know who's telling the truth

of sears in canada and is now an industry consultant and columbia university business school professor. >> you need somebody to open the door in the morning, someone to lock the door at night. but you really want to staff your physical space when the customers shopping and to the degree that folks have been able to predict that. that's been the basis for increased part-time employee. >> reporter: is there evidence that productivity increases if you have workers that are working at 30 or fewer hours a week? or is productivity higher if workers are in a full-time capacity? >> this is a difficult, difficult issue. there's no formulaic solution. there are organizations that hold their full time employees dearly. and so they pay the price of a dip in business, and they keep those folks employed. there are other folks who track on a more point to point basis they fire and hire, and i think they're probably characterized as penny wise and pound foolish. they appear to be operating more efficiently but they pay an enormous cost in hiring retraining and turnover. >> reporter: with retail stores

. >> reporter: tim frye, a russia scholar at columbia university, says vladimir putin likely knew about kushner and gorkov's meeting. >> i think it would take extraordinary gumption for the head of a state-owned bank in russia to engage this level without at least some support from the kremlin. >> reporter: the meeting is now part of special counsel's miccounsel'srobert mueller's inn into whether the trump team colluded with the russians. mueller was selected to lead the probe after it was revealed fired f.b.i. director james comey had written memos about his meeting with president trump. sources say one wrote that president trump asked comey to drop his investigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn. comey is set to testify before congress about that memo next thursday. today, white house spokesman sean spicer was asked if the president would invoke executive privilege to prevent comey from speaking. >> i have not spoken to counsel yet. i don't know what that-- what they're-- how they're going to respond. >> reporter: according to an associate, comey wants to testify.

from outside counsel for donald trump that these documents had been leaked to his friend at columbia universityed like. you we re that's what it sounded like. you were asking a senator earlier about jeff sessions and whether he felt there was something aboutjeff sessions' links to russia that compromised him. pcs to have anticipated that jeff sessions compromised him. pcs to have anticipated thatjeff sessions would have two recuse himself from the russian investigation —— he seemed to anticipate. he didn't feel he could go to the white house and the department ofjustice because he didn't quite trust them. he told people in the fbi, each time he had encounters with the presidency told close associates in the fbi that he was concerned about what the president said but he said he wanted to protect the investigation and investigators, so he didn't want the content and uncomfortable nature of the conversations to get out too far in the fbi, that is comey‘s view. we are used to the attack ads that appear during the elections here. but rarely do we see them targeted at a private citizen. but this week

robert: however, a recent columbia university analysis found that even in a best-case scenario, trump's ease these regulations would perhaps stem the decline in production of coal, but that there wouldn't be a return to the level of coal mining jobs that we saw even just a few years ago. keith: keith jones, nbc10 news. erin: now, a recent report from the non-profit institute of energy economics and financial analysis also predicts a dim future for jobs in coal mining. researchers say by next year, more than 50 coal fire generating units and electricity plants across the country will either be closed, scaled back, or converted to natural gas. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. in an affordable dream kitchen that works as hard as you do. save up to 15% at the ikea kitchen event. erin: if you're active duty in the military, listen up, you and your family can visit nearly 20 museums in ph

he said he leaked the memo to a friend of his at columbia university. iasked...sident tweeted on friday, after i got fired, that i'd better hope there's not tapes. i woke up in the middle of the night on monday night, because it didn't dawn on me originally, that there might be corroboration for our conversation, there might be a tape, and myjudgment was i needed to get that out into the public square, and so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. i didn't do it myself for a variety of reasons, but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel, and so i asked a close friend of mine to do it. and was that mr wittes? no. who was that? a good friend of mine who's a professor at columbia law school. in the last few minutes, mr trump's personal lawyer has rejected the allegations. marc kasowitz said that president trump never told the fbi director that he had to drop the investigation or that he expected loyalty from him. the president also never told mr comey, quote, i need loyalty, i expec

james comey found someone at the columbia university.ing you want whenever you want. the thing about michael moore, however unusual he looks, he is one of the few people in the far left to have the kind of personality and affect where he can get things done, where he really is a fighter. he's not a wimp at all despite his physical appearance. i admire him. as much as i disagree with his position, i think he's feisty, he's direct, he is willing to get into a scrap. he's also easily defeat a bill, because no one will vote for him. in most regards -- >> harris: my understanding of a whistleblower. he used james comey, but he wasn't blowing the whistle, he was leaking material. the point that i wanted to make, a whistleblower is someone who might be endangered by what they are telling. their position, their lives, something is jeopardized by coming forth so they need cover. i don't know that "trumpileaks" offers the cover. >> kennedy: look at reality winner who was inspired by the same passion and urge that michael moore is trying to stoke a

his tweets apparently it provoked james komi so much that he sent his own memo to friends at columbia university to leak it to the new york times in the hopes that it would trigger a special counsel which it did so do you think that some of this is of the president's own making and i think that a lot of the media attention is of the president's own making but the underlying investigation has about as much credibility is the salem witch hunts and if you look at home and jenkins piece in the wall street journal this morning he's really assess this very carefully and looked at the fact that over months and months and months and several committees now have been able to turn up absolutely nothing so they can continue to investigate but it is a distraction to you know you can show you trouble keep tweeting about this i mean he's been told look i mean this this is hurting you legally though i'm ready to advise the president what he should tweet about but i think that why not america well because he's got plenty of advisors already i think that most americans understand that the really important issues

and deliberately gave it to a friend at the columbia university so he could give it to the "new yorkes." >> calling it a leak doesn't make it see. i understand this is a political strategy. but from a legal strategy these were unclassified, not privileged, and essentially personal recollections that once he left the bureau, once he was fired, he could give that to anybody he wanted. he could write a book if he wanted. there was nothing illegal about what he did. it may not be something that was great for the president politically speaking, but it's not illegal. charles: ron, you were the assistant director at the f.b.i. i think a couple of things here. the notion that comey would leave these meetings with president trump and immediately take notes. and the same f.b.i. officials who interviewed hillary clinton over an seem scandal everyone knew was din -- was dynamite, by did not take notes. >> i don't think there is an equivalency between what happened with hillary and the director's engagement with the president. i'm confident notes were taken and reports were produced in the interv

robert, who is a professor emeritus at columbia university. thank you for joining us, robert, we will start with you. vladimir putin speaking out about the russian involvement in hacking the u.s. elections. >> they voted for him and the other team, they made a mistake and they don't want to recognize this mistake right now. he they don't want to say that they were not wise enough. it's easy to say it's not our fault, it's all -- it's the russians, they intervened, they interfered. it's like anti-semmitism, the jews are to blame. you are an idiot because the jews are to blame. >> so he is not flat out denying russian involvement like he has in the pass. what do you think he is saying here? >> well, i think first of all, the russians are perplexed by has blown up and now, affects just about everything that the trump administration can and can't do with its relations with russia and they don't know how to behave in the context. putin knows what the russians have done in the election and sub consesequently and at this i don't think they understand

at the south asian studies from columbia university where he is currently a phd candidate. you can tell us more about that. his field of study includes muslim nationalism, colonial and postcolonial politics and the indian ocean economy. i think that this sort of different than your previous work. this is a very personal book, so i'm going to leave it at that. if i may, it is a pleasure to welcome haroon moghul and we will talk a bit later and have time for questions and answers. thanks so much. [applause] >> iem pretty loud so i don't know if i need the microphone but you might since you are recording. cameras follow me everywhere. it's called being a muslim. you cannot laugh. i want to read a section of the book that covers the president because i saw it coming so i thought it would be a nice gesture. i asked the publisher if we could change the subtitle in case i flew to canada but they were not amenable. the section i'm going to read one that is terrifying to me because when you write something obviously there are things that have a constant search for that happy middle

he leaked it to the press via columbia university professor.s comey said he never complained about boss' alleged obstruction, instead of complaining or resigning, comey stayed on duty at the fbi, to render judgment. that makes him a top-level leaker. not a whistle-blower. president trump and his personal lawyer now on counterattack, firing back at james comey. saying james comey is the one who lied about why he leaked the memos. >> although mr. comey testified that he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet, the public record reveals that the "new york times" was quoting from those memos the day before the referenced tweet, which belies mr. comey's excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to be entirely retaliatory. liz: now the question for james comey and the nation is this, is james comey a leaker? has he been leaking all along? did he leak about the hillary clinton e-mail scandal? should he be called back into testify and sworn under oath to say and answer the questions have you been leaking all alo

a former abc news correspondent investor, adjunct professor at columbia university grad school of journalism and a woman at forbes contributor. editor "new york times" recognized speaker, contributor, the huffingtonpost and disney interactive. please join me in welcoming heather and samantha. [applause] we really appreciate you coming out on a night like this, and this is an exciting moment for us because first of all we are in the same city that we rarely are because we live in the same city of new york but this is the first evening that it comes out, so it is a special moment for us. to kick things off on what the book is about we will show you a book trailer first. let's roll the video. >> i think that women now understand we are not going to get ahead unless we help each other get ahead. i have a female manager and she's the one that helps advocate for me and push beyond my leadership role. the only women that i no know he been able to work the typical jobs give them the opportunity to work at home and travel and everything else they want but also have a job. it's the advantage of the op

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richard blumenthal was asked about comey's revelation today that he leaked his own memo to the columbia universityrofessor. there will be further questions about it and he had no clear options on how to make it known, and he chose that one. >> florida republican senator marco rubio said that the president was let down by his team. >> my hope is that there are people in the white house that i've advised the president about what is appropriate and what is not. when you are working with the fbi, that is not clear why you did not happen sooner. >> some suggestive director comey was so troubled by his interactions with the president, it is puzzling why he did not resign before he was fired. >> bret: thank you. a superstar's all-star panel joins me after the break to weigh in on all things coming, and we will also do do a round on what is happening in the u.k. with the big election that could change the world. change the world. ♪ did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable

she was a master's degree in journalism from columbia university and reporting hasan appeared in the nation and "new york times." her books include a country called america a u.s. history retold through air of american lives and the new memoir the home that was the country that we will also be discussing today. the author of novels green on blue and the new book dark at the crossing. he lives in istanbul and has covered the war since 2013. writings have appeared in the new yorker, the atlantic and stories have been included inith the best american short stories. a former marine and served five tours of duty in iraq andve afghanistan where he received a silver star, bronze star for valor and purple heart. welcome, everybody. [applause] when we think about the era era arab spring it broke down hosni mubarak and pulled from a golfing shot yemen and bahrain, a little bit of saudi arabia ann so on, but syria stands alone. yet walking the broken revolution of dividing the world that has left him standing. we will begin with elliott. in your novel that is very powerful there is a moment one

trump to a columbia university professor. we shared them with the press.ey later told senate lawmakers that. adam schiff said the tweets today raised even more questions. writing in a statement, have the president had no tape, why did he suggest otherwise? was he trying to intimidate or silence james comey? if so, did he take other steps to discourage potential witnesses from speaking out? the no tape tweets came hours after the president was in a rally in iowa. to promote his administration's agenda and the two republican victories in the special election. monetizing the portable with solar panels was a topic you discussed. >> lots of sun. lots of heat. we are thinking about building the wall as a solar wall so it creates energy. and pays for itself. >> the president also said he would ask congress to limit access to welfare programs for new immigrants u.s. for a period of time. >> those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. >> the president also ra

who are making a big deal out of the fact that comey handed those memos over to a citizen, a columbia universityfessor, with the goal of getting them to the media and out in the public with the goal of getting a special prosecutor appointed. he achieved that goal. do you have a problem with that? do you take issue with that or do you see him as a private citizen, able to hand over his thoughts to anyone he wants? >> yeah. i'm not sure that was a good idea on the part of director comey. i've been critical of -- there is really something for everything in terms of analyzing yesterday's testimony. and the fact is while he is a private citizen, he is referring to a memo created while he is the fbi director. and memos that need to be provided to congress when they're out of his possession but aren't in possession of "the new york times," that's concerning. as far as the content of the memos, you know, i don't know if there is anything in there that shouldn't be released because, you know, there is any type of classified information. the director says that there isn't. >> last final question here. yes

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. >> reporter: comey admitted he later asked a friend and professor at columbia university to leak the contents of the memo. the president says comey's actions should be investigated. >> reporter: what i thought was really interesting is that we started off with these hearings by him directly and specifically calling the sitting president of united states a liar. and then we heard that repeated throughout his testimony. and why he thought the president was a liar and what he allegedly lied about. >> reporter: there are sure to be further hearings on capitol hill. nancy pelosi weighed in on twitter righting: sion to follow the facts wherever they lead." comey's testimony aised new questions about attorney general jeff sessions--who recused himself from ongoing russia investigations back in march. presiden joint ne >> comey's testimony raised questions about attorney general jeff sessions who recused himself from ongoing russia investigations back in march. now, today president trump is holding a joint news conference with the president of romania. comey's testimony may get up. >> thank

barack was at occidental for his first two years of college, 1979 to '81, then transferred to columbia university in new york. and just as barack says in that clip, and as he said years earlier in interviews with gay journalists back in 2004, 2008, goldyn had a big impact on him. and being an openly proud and out gay person, gay professor, gay academic in 1980, people who are much younger may not fully fathom how path-breaking that was at that point in time. so there's no question that goldyn had a significant impact on barack, as did a number of other professors. there is one passage in a letter to alex mcnear, barack's first girlfriend, where he makes reference to his thoughts about gayness. now, barack's letters to alex are i think verbose or prolix would not be unkind adjectives to use. alex has never wanted the precise language printed, so i am relying on her description of that passage to me. we don't have the exact wording. this is something that i flagged and described to barack. he was 110 percent untroubled by it. i think i can say that without violating the off-the-record thing. so for

he admitted he leaked his infamous memo to his good friend and columbia university professor and thented him to pass it along to "the new york times." now comey claims he did this to make sure that an employment of an independent special counsel to the russian probe would happen, the plan clearly worked like a charm, hence the appointment of robert mueller. along with that political -- comes a mountain of understandable legal scrutiny. did comey break the law with his self-proclaimed leak and it did he reach privilege leaking a conversational conversation with the president? surely that's what lawyers will assert when he makes his complaint looking into this with the doj next week. let's look at this million dollar question. is comey leak a crime? first, when comey shared his memo, he was no longer a government employee. number two, the information within comey's memo was not classified. number three, there's nothing that indicates them demo contains anything about national security. for the privilege issue, we know comey was not acting as trump's lawyer and annie beverages did exist,

charlie: the only thing you had was a reading of the memos by the friend of james comey who is at columbia university>> i will leave it at what comey said yesterday. he said he asked his friend to put out this information and that friend had done so. i don't really want to get into the particulars of all the sourcing on our stories beyond that. i feel we have a duty to try and talk about this as much as possible and be as transparent as possible about it. people we cover to talk about it, but there are some things we cannot get into. charlie: i am not asking you to tell sources. times"ing about "the response to what the lawyer said and what donald trump said about leaking today. "the times" essentially says the story we have reported we stand by. >> there were accusations about another story of hours, the family 14 story, that comey said has been mainly false. today in the paper we wrote a full story about why we were standing by our story and why we believe it was true. this was a story we wrote about contacts between trump associates and russian intelligence officials. we laid out why we believed t

one memo of his conversations with the president, leaked it to a friend, a law professor at columbia universitycause he feared the president might eventually lie about their meetings. >> president tweeted on friday after i got fired that i better hope there's not tapes. i woke up in the middle of the night on monday night because it didn't dawn on me originally that there may be corroboration for our conversation. there might be a tape. and my judgment was, i feededneo get that out into the public square so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a were roer. i didn't do it myself for a variety of reasons. so i asked a close friend of mine to do it. >> let's talk about this. i've got mark geragos and james gagliano joining me. gentlemen, mark, to you first, comey is releasing this memo to a friend of his which is ultimately printed in "the new york times." illegal or not? >> it's not illegal. i've scoured, even though i always say there isn't a person walking around who the u.s. attorney can't indict for some federal felony, i can't think of any federal felony that would

. >> and comey admitted to leaking information from one of his memos to the press through a columbia universityhe appointment of a