if you recall, he fired comey, the fbi director because comey was investigating him. when we did not impeachment for that act, he takes a license to try to eviscerate to the extent he can these other agencies. the fbi or specifically and the cia. the question is, aside what you said about usaid, which can be refuted, do you want a president who has been immune -- even some immunity by the supreme court who now knows he can pardon people who participated in an insurrection and send that signal to others? that he's above the law to a certain extent. he has the power to pardon. if you commit a crime, a federal crime, you can be pardoned by him. do you want a person to have that power and he's reckless and ruthless with it? this is serious business. i believe the way he's going about this is not just to purge but to prevent anyone from standing up to him. who is going to stand up to the president and the fbi when you know the president can fire you with impunity? host: chris from brooklyn, massachusetts. democratic caller. caller: trump receives his instructions on israel

i always remember this story about comey. i once asked comey when he was fbi director.asketball in the basement of the fbi on the weekends. >> he's tall. >> and he's six foot eight and would have made a natural person to play in obama's basketball game. and comey said, i won't play basketball with him because i think that's too much of a perception of being too close to the president. so is the president united states playing basketball in the basement of the fbi and the fbi director saying, i won't play with him because i don't think that we are a long, long way from that at this point. >> i mean, we're a long way from chris wray. mark elias, who came onto trump's radar, i believe, because chris christie knew him, he had aided him legally during bridgegate. so, you know, comey was comey was out for refusing to let mike flynn go, but he was picked. his replacement, chris wray, was picked by donald trump. and this is what got statements like what i'm about to play or what got chris wray fired or sort of thrown out of favor. so he quit before he could be fired. >> our job

hillary clinton was not exactly pleased with james comey. >> yeah. one thing that brings democrats together is a hatred of james comey. so in this parallel. >> polarized world. >> okay, coming up here on cnn this morning, democrats in disarray. it's a cliche for a reason. can a new leader for the dnc help the party develop a coherent message and counter president trump? plus, a new weather threat facing millions of californians. and we'll show you what happened on music's biggest night. htoric wins and fun surprises quote. >> brett, you're just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things. sometimes. end quote. >> oh, god yeah. >> 360. >> top line this is a quality comprehensive exam. come again? you asked me to top line it for you. >> okay. bottom line. >> well, the bottom line is this is an amazing value. what? get two pairs of progressives and an eye exam starting at just 159 .95 at america's best. >> who has more subscriptions? >> we're a package deal, baby. and your subscription is my subscription. all right

comey, mr. james comey, the director of the f.b.i. he fired mr. comey because mr. comey was investigating him. mr. comey would not tell the president i'm not investigating you. the president wanted mr. comey out of loyalty, out of the president allowing him to be the director. he expected mr. comey to say, mr. president, you are clear, we are not investigating you. well, he fired mr. comey. and we did not impeach him for that. if we had impeached him for that, we might not be here today because we have given him reason to believe that if he could fire the director for investigating him, why not fire everybody that was a part of that investigation, a lawful investigation, based on things that he did, a lawful investigation. he believes he can do it. we cannot allow this kind of injustice to go unnoticed. we cannot take this notion of we'll get to that when appropriate at a later time. now is the time to stand up to injustice. now is the time to let people know that you got the guts, the courage, the moral terp thud, the strength of our convictions, stand up for your

james comey. and so did peter strock. and so did lisa page. and so did michael sussman.now, clean it out, but lift it up in accordance with due process and the rule of law. griff: do you agree with that, nicole? >> i 100% agree with cincinnati kenn senator kennedy. and i noticed the weaponization when james comey came out and said no reasonable prosecutor would charge hillary clinton, and was out of his lane and a prosecutorial discussion and operation hurricane after that. fbi one,ed good, fine men and women of the fbi are disgusted by the politicalization of the fbi and they want to make sure those negatively impacting the fbi are held accountable, but those doing the honest good work, they need to continue to stay in place, do the right thing, hold the line and keep americans safe. we are at a time when, you know, foreign terrorist organizations groups and violent crimes, threats are at an all-time high we need the solid fbi employees and agents to stay put and keep doing the job. i know it's a tumultuous time there, the good people you know who you are, america suppo

but like chad comey, she thinks the payout will be far less than her home's actual value.e farm has offered to renew some of the policies it dropped in the fire zone. holter believes she likely won't qualify. what about the argument that the insurance companies make that as beautiful as this is, it is just too dangerous to have people living in what could be, and turned out to be, a tinder box and that they can't take that risk? >> when this was built, it had everybody's approval. they chose to ensure it for 47 years. i mean, what's good? they made money off people for 47 years. that is the point of insurance, isn't it? that you you know, you chip in and when somebody else needs that, they get it. and when you need it, you get it. but in this case, they're saying, we're sorry, too bad. william: these wildfires could turn out to be the costliest in american history. for this region to rebound, the state, and its insurers will have to find a way to manage the growing risks of living in a warming world. for the pbs news hour, i am william brangham in los angeles. amna: and th

comey, yates, rosenstein said that. the reason you are here is because most of the public almost every republican believes that the fbi has been used continuously in a political fashion, ignoring evidence, making up evidence and lying to get donald trump. and when it came to the hunter biden laptop, they told every social media outlet in october 2020, that is russian disinformation. that was bs too. right before the election the fbi intervenes to shut reporting on the hunter laptop down as being russian misinformation according to zuckerberg. do you promise all of us, those days are over at the fbi? mr. patel: they are. sen. graham: are you proud of what you did to find all of that? and do you think you are here to find out -- make sure that does not happen again? mr. patel: yes. sen. whitehouse: i remember january 6. colleagues running through the halls to flee the mob, colleagues shouting that rioter should be shot and us returning to our constitutional business through hallways cleared for us by automatic weapons car

and he went on to represent james comey. so you heard in the oval office just a couple hours or so ago, the president talking about some of those same guys that went after me. so that is what this is about. also, not just about pardoning blagojevich, which of course is important to him, but so many illinois republicans at the time were so offended by this level of corruption. and now to see this pardon certainly is so full circle here, but it's all about rod blagojevich. but also those people who brought him to justice. yeah. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thank you very much. and next, trump says he has spoken to putin, but the kremlin will not confirm it, which is unusual. and we're going to go live to moscow. >> until this week, my dad did not know where he was from. it means the world to share ancestry with my dad in nigeria. this is where it all started. so they broken it down by regions, by journeys and by parent. i think this is deep. this is my way of saying thank you to him. >> got one more. >> antoine with usps ground

they can fire the director, as they did with director comey. but day to day, the director has an enormous impact on the direction, the culture and specific investigations within the bureau that the director chooses are worthy of his or her attention. so if kash patel decides he wants to unleash the fbi, it's awesome. investigative power and its legal authority. in an effort to get back at americans who he thinks have somehow insulted or been disloyal to the president, he can absolutely do that. will fbi people go along with it? i suspect that many of them will not. they will likely be quickly fired. so eventually he'll come up. he'll be able to identify a cadre of people who will execute his will no matter what it is. be that opening investigations that lack adequate predication or are overtly political. i suspect he'll be able to do those things if he chooses to. >> what breadcrumbs are easter eggs either way, either metaphor have there been either in his testimony, in his writings, or in the actions of attorney general pam bondi in the days t

. >> yes, comey leaders and some residents are asking for open communication, more information about a potential partnership between oakland police and northeastern university. the community leaders are concerned that any new partnership could lead to more police patrolling the east. oakland. >> is open, needs and needs help more. police is not the help you need the anti-police terror project says they found out about northeastern university's discussions expand their public safety resources. >> to create their own police department from concern east oakland residents. according to a blog post, one potential proposal would have the university created its own police department and give campus officers equal authority to regular officers is already patrolled by the oakland police department. the california highway patrol occasion. the sheriffs. >> so you're talking about a relatively small chunk of oakland, right? that is now jam packed with really in an occupying military force. >> that regularly racially profiles harasses so or s and harms a community. according to a q and a blog pos

bob mueller twice, comey, and wray, before this one. each of these directors was a republican, and i voted for all of them. some game of shirts and skins. when it boils down to is this agency should be above politics paid what we just heard from the chairman is an invitation for a political free-for-all, if kash patel is chosen to head this fbi. i will not be surprised when my republican colleagues again claimed that the democrats have weaponized the fbi, as you have already heard. despite the fact that for the last 50 years, every single senate confirmed head of the fbi has been a republican. even former chris wray, former director, has been a frequent target of outrage. my republican colleagues conveniently never mentioned that director ray is a lifelong republican, nominated to the position by a republican president, donald trump, and confirmed to the position, get this, with the unanimous support of senate republicans. unanimous! as a reminder, president biden cap director -- kept director wray, a republican appointed by trunk, but

guest: that is quite rich coming in the age of james comey even the first trump election when the fbiolluded with democrats to cook up this information that suggested that trump was some type of kgb agent which was used to undermine the trump campaign and to undermine president trump 's first administration. give me a break. a hand rating as joe biden's fbi sends thugs to raid the home of his political rival. spare me the crocodile tears. host: here is michael in denver, colorado. independent. caller: thank you. mr. knowles, thank you for your work. it holds significance in promoting free speech and dialogue. i am a millennial so i appreciate what you do. my question, i wanted to ask you about comments made on your show a few days ago. you said trump in many ways is our napoleon, a product of the revolution and the undoing of the resolution -- the revolution because he rides his way into the revolution like napoleon. when you use the forward revolution in this context, it is a very serious word, a forcible overthrow of a government or forceful order. when you say trump is undoing the

comey in charge of a ham sandwich. and so did peter strzok and so did lisa page and so did michael sussman and the person who gave him -- a pass to wander around the department of justice. and so did the prosecutors who tried to slip by a two misdemeanor plea deal for the president's son. it hurts me to say this, but so did attorney general garland. for the first time in the history of ever, attorney general garland chose to prosecute a former president of the united states. he did it after the former president of united states announced he would be a candidate against his, attorney general garlands, boss. forget the merits, we can argue those all day. you understand the perception? it has to end now. the seal has been broken. we've got to stop it now. don't go over there and burn down that agency. you go over there and lift it up. clean it out but lift it up in accordance with due process and the rule of law. because senator welch is right, this has to end now. sen. coons: mr. patel, our agencies critically relying on

across the rank and file, particularly after he's going after some of the leadership and we saw james comeyhe others and that was an obvious target but he wants to go further than that, which is to make the country trust again and respect people when they see him when fbi is on their chest. rachel: you hit the nail on their head and fbi turned for the american people and the appointment and confirmation of kash patel selecting him to be there was a signal to the country, kevin. this is not the way this agency is used anymore to terrorize its own people versus go after the bad guys. kevin: can i just say i'm extremely proud of you for saying the exact word that i think a lot of agents would say. terrorizing people, unnecessarily, this is rank and file folks that work for the bureau that you wouldn't know. you wouldn't see. they've been just as frustrated as millions of americans sing the direction. there's a big gap and it's fair to say in the feeling of washington between the rank and file is and some in leadership. so for a number of them, they feel very strongly that this is finally our o

. >> we saw with andy mccabe the deputy director of the fbi with james comey and christopher wray and other people within the bureaucracy and how it was weapons against the american people and against president trump it was kash patel his report on earth all the evidence against the fbi that they were able to expose and lisa page in peter strzok this is the point that's really important it goes to show on oblique significant as that there are people within the bureaucracy that are going to be targeting president trump including the different agencies in the operations president trump, kash patel, kristi noem tulsi gabbard robert f kennedy they are shaking the leaves off the tree there doing their job and that's terrifying the establishment and the people that run their operation the way that they have in washington, d.c. i'm a little bit concerned i wonder how far they'll go it can be far worse than leaks if we don't get to the bottom there could have a big problem on their hands. >> kash patel didn't just point figures he name names people responsible for the corruption that's being

that america voted for.d >> we sell that with andyhe mccabe that director with the fbi with james comey we saw with christopher wray and wt saw it with other people withinw it was weaponized against the american people and against president trump. remember, it was kash patel, it was his report that unearth all the evidencere against the fbi that they were able to ask birth expose what happened with lisa page, peter strzok. this is important a lot of people aren't making. it goes to show you a leak as significant against that against i.c.e., there are people in the bureaucracy still going to be targeting president trump. and everyone around him including the different agencies and operationses. that is pretty frightening.ri stpresident trump, kash patel, kristi noem kristi noem, tulsi gabbard, robert kennedy, they are shaking the leaves up the tree and really doinkingg tr job. at that terrifying the establishment. at that is terrifying the people that have always run their operation the way they have it in washington, d.c. i'm a little bit concerned. t wonder how farhe they will go af fa

robert fisk, john s martin, mary jo white, james comey, david kelly, jeffrey berman, audrey strauss.e corruption charges against new york city mayor eric adams. that request to the court to drop the charges, it has now finally been made. but charges don't just get dropped on their own automatically, because the justice department says to the judge overseeing the case now has to consider that request from the justice department. what is that likely to entail? is this saga ongoing? joining us now is lisa rubin, msnbc legal correspondent. lisa, you're reporting on this has just been invaluable. have i explained any of this the wrong way around yet, or have i pretty much got it right? >> no. >> it's all been right, and it's all terrifying. rachel, thank you for having me. >> what is the judge going to do here? i imagine that the judge doesn't have that much discretion about ultimately whether or not to drop the charges, but presumably there is some process that happens here next. right. >> there's not always a process, but if there are circumstances where the judge feels that he or she n

that's the heavy comey direction. i cannot wait for it to be bumper-to-bumper because then people cannot be speeding. they will be slow and go as they try to head southward into san francisco. and of course, the other side. that's the northbound direction. take it easy. it's dark, of course. and that's a problem because you will not be able to see the puddles on the roadway and you might even hydroplane. so as reyna said, give yourself plenty of time. it is a wet morning commute where the north bay because this appears to be the front door of the store. all right. thanks for the update. will check back with you a little bit. will yes, 604, on the clock in san francisco. officials were busy preparing for this week's storm. the city public works. department spent the day clearing out storm drains >> hoping to minimize the chance of flooding. tree crews also removed vulnerable branches from trees. don't want those coming down. the department of emergency management says that if you do see a clogged drain, you can also sa

so the mueller team is maligned on the heels of jim comey being maligned when trump fires him for refusingt, to let mike flynn go. pete strzok and lisa page are maligned. nobody defends. i mean, the fbi, the cia and the department of justice for everyone in the maga world and on the right. have been central characters of a villainous tale of lies that they've been fed for nine years. >> yeah, so that's completely true. and i agree with john. like, you cannot just assume that you say national security or you say cia and suddenly you've got all the voters with you. that's just not the way the world works anymore. the maga verse has severely demonized these people. however, there is a difference between full on maga voters and a lot of other types of voters who voted for donald trump because of reasons, you know, and they're not hardcore maga types. and i think for a lot of those people, the notion that the world that not that not the world, they their personal safety is being compromised by the incompetence of donald trump and elon musk. that's the thing, right? you've got to find the places

. >> justice department like james comey. >> and. >> christopher wray. >> kash patel. >> was a public defender. he was a. >> line prosecutor. >> he had some political. >> appointed jobs. >> in the trump administration. >> he has nothing. >> in his. resume that suggests that he would be qualified to lead this kind of agency. >> but there. >> are real, deeper. >> concerns are. >> that he would. >> turn the. fbi into a political tool. >> of. >> donald trump. and they also are concerned that he may have lied to them under oath during his confirmation hearing, because they asked him. >> if he was aware of any plans for. >> mass firings. >> he said he wasn't. within hours of that statement, the acting fbi officials and acting doj officials. >> began. >> to purge. people from the. >> senior ranks of the fbi. >> and senator durbin, who. you heard. >> there, later. >> wrote a letter saying he had. >> information that patel was. >> not only. >> know about this plan, he was. >> in part behind it. >> he was driving the train. >> durbin was. quoting whistle-blowers. >> saying that. >> they that pa

. >> jim comey received, i. >> think, one no vote. senator rand paul voted no. >> over some. drone question that he. >> wasn't getting answers to. >> but for most. >> of our. >> history, fbi directors have been. >> nominated and confirmed unanimously. >> by the senate. >> it's just been that kind of bipartisan support for nominees. that the. senate examined and found in terms of qualifications, ethics. reputation to be outstanding. most fbi directors. >> have been. >> former senior. >> department of. >> justice officials. >> and or federal judges. >> and so this. >> was an unorthodox nomination, a lot of controversy, a lot of discussion amongst senators as to whether. >> he. truly was the best choice. >> democrats, as you point out. are clearly going to vote no. but it does look like he has has the votes to get to get confirmed. and that will make for a very interesting. situation at the. bureau in. terms of how the workforce agents and others at the fbi will react to this new director. >> yeah. >> what do you see. >> as the reaction. >> inside the fbi, if kash patel does ind

the president acknowledged himself in paris in some of his policies may comeie with some pain. he said that and could social pose. should american people prepare to make some sacrifices in the short-term for the longer-term vision he has? >> look, all i can say is that the plans we have in place will lead to price stability far more than they had during the biden regime. and prosperity. again, you can't isolate the trade and i think about $50 a barrel oil. what was -- we had around $50 a barrel oil through the trumped room. do you know what it was during biden's? it was like 75-80. you know what a price shock that is? drill, baby, drill. again the personnel in this administration are unparalleled. we got doug burgum who i had the great pleasure meeting while we were working on the canada and mexico drug war with you and chris wright in energy. it's going to be a golden age as the president says. that's what i can promise. >> what is the lesson big picture that we in this room that american families that businesses and our trading partners should take away from the last 24 hours

but that the irs did this incredibly sort of deep dive, kind of known as a dead man's audit of james comey and andrew mccabe, both of them who were very clearly donald trump's enemies, who donald trump had expressed a desire to go after. they both get chosen, allegedly at random, for this incredibly invasive audit. the odds of that happening are sort of astronomically slim. and another reason there's so many reasons why this is so alarming to so many people. but another reason, of course, is you have had elon musk standing in the oval office and musing, hey, we're looking at lawmakers who seem to be living too lavish of a lifestyle, right? which is something that if the situation were reversed and democrats were saying, you know, you have a public salary, but your house seems awfully nice, you know, are you just a good investor in the stock market or are you performing a fraud would be instantly denounced on privacy grounds, on anti-capitalist grounds, from libertarians, from republicans. so you have doge saying quite overtly, we want to look into people who we believe might have more mone

we fired comey. we got rid of a lot of scum. >> president donald trump making good on his campaign, promises to go after these so-called deep state. attorney general pam bondi sworn in at the white house yesterday, where she vowed to end the, quote, weaponization of the justice department. part of this effort, apparently, acting deputy attorney general emil bove request for information on a core team of fbi employees who worked on january 6th investigations. but he said fbi leadership refused to identify that group of employees, prompting beauvais to accuse fbi leadership of insubordination, according to a memo obtained by cnn. this comes a week after beauvais sent a memo instructing the fbi to provide information on all current and former bureau employees who worked on january 6th investigations at any time. but yesterday, beauvais attempted to clarify fbi employees who simply followed orders won't be fired. he said in an email, however, if anyone acted with, quote, corrupt or partisan intent, they

of course, that is been ticked away from james comey to now christopher wray as well. chris, let me ask you this question because there is a lot of damage that's been done. i mean, already even before he was confirmed, by the way, which some people wonder, is it to make sure he had clean hands when he entered into this office position? but you had senior officials who were dismissed. you got thousands of fbi agents who may have worked on january 6th cases, having to fill out a sort of questionnaire of sorts. talk to me about the morale impact and the ability to effectively lead, but also to act as an agent now. >> well, the morale is terrible. i've been on the phone nonstop for for weeks with agents at every level, the most senior people, the most junior people. i mean, i only left a little over a year ago after doing a career in counterterrorism and in operations. i actually worked with kash patel. i worked closely, as you know, with emil bove, uh, as well as, you know, the acting director, um, and acting deputy director. morale is at an all time low, and it will impa

if you recall, he fired comey, the fbi director because comey was investigating him.hen we did not impeachment for that act, he takes a license to try to eviscerate to the extent he can these other agencies. the fbi or specifically and the cia. the question is, aside what you said about usaid, which can be refuted, do you want a president who has been immune -- even some immunity by the supreme court who now knows he can pardon people who participated in an insurrection and send that signal to others? that he's above the law to a certain extent. he has the power to pardon. if you commit a crime, a federal crime, you can be pardoned by him. do you want a person to have that power and he's reckless and ruthless with it? this is serious business. i believe the way he's going about this is not just to purge but to prevent anyone from standing up to him. who is going to stand up to the president and the fbi when you know the president can fire you with impunity? host: chris from brooklyn, massachusetts. democratic caller. caller: trump receives his instructions on israel p

attorneys like jeff berman and david kelly and mary jo white and jim comey feel the need to publiclyrm when 900 former federal prosecutors, including former special counsel jack smith, sound the alarm to, you know, we are in uncharted territory and this coalition spans the political spectrum. it includes people with, quote, bulletproof, conservative credentials, federalist society members and former clerks for the most conservative supreme court justices in history. listen to what another prominent former u.s. attorney had to say today. quote, in my seven years as a u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey, we brought 130 cases of political corruption. though i have been a lifelong republican, corruption has no party. the cases were against republicans and democrats alike. the reason those cases were so important was that it showed citizens that betrayal of the public trust would not be tolerated, and could not be fixed or explained away. our ability to govern ourselves, the very basis of our civilized society could not survive for very long without that belief. that is why the e

reason, the democrats who brought crime levels, chris wray, trump's hand-picked replacement for jim comeyespite that, that actual fact. but what he's doing could send it the other direction. how is that message communicated? >> well, you know, it's well, it's interesting because when you look at the people who are in charge, there's just no faith and confidence that they're actually going to keep you safe. and, i mean, i think you just have to really keep hammering that home. the one thing you don't want to do is wait for crime to go up. and then you say, i told you so, right? but you have to consistently look at the folks that are involved and saying, where do these folks, these folks live, where i live? do they do the things that i do? are they going to protect my grandmother on the street when she goes shopping? right. these are the things that, you know, democrats need to consistently point out. these are not folks that keep us safe. elon musk can go anywhere in the world and spend any amount of money he wants in the world, and pay off anyone he wants to in the world. do we have the s

i mean, the previous four years, the first trump administration, trump started by asking jim comey too it, to let mike flynn go, who pleaded guilty twice in open court. so the fbi's also the last president never maligned the fbi once. so again, i just want to be really honest with our audience. this is not a bureau that had the same experience the last four years as the previous four. >> no, no, no, that's not the equivalent. but the equivalent is when you're in these cases that are big publicity cases, headquarters becomes involved, different procedures become involved. and all of a sudden, if you're i'm trying to put you in the shoes of the agent who's opening the case, i want to. >> know. >> what it's like these cases. >> to be. >> in a, in a, in a biden administration. what do you think i get that. >> i get that, but there's never been an agent in the fbi's history who's gone to work for the author of a book with an enemies list, with the last republican appointed attorney general on it, bill barr. what is that like? >> yeah. and i think that's the situation where you're coming in

and it's donald trump's last hand-picked fbi director who replaced comey after he fired him, who testifiedthat by far the biggest threat to the country's domestic violent extremism and in the bucket of domestic violent extremism, by far the biggest threat is white supremacist violent extremism. what is the impact on pursuing what christopher wray, long associated with conservative politics, described as the gravest threat in a bureau that's been chilled, to your point, irreparably? >> yeah, i don't think that's going to happen. i mean, i can't speak for, for the, the, the volition of. >> individual agents. >> who could act responsibly, but there appears to be from the top. and, you know, again, this emanates from the white house, one of the first executive orders the president signed was. on on. >> d. >> day, and he appeared willing to shut down the entire government, you. >> know, a. >> self sort of a self-inflicted government. >> shutdown with. >> the. omb memo based. on dni stuff. but i think, you know, the point that that folks are making about the agents sort of rising up, this is a r

attorney for the southern district of new york and attorney for former fbi director james comey.david kelly is here. plus, former republican congressman and msnbc political analyst david jolly is here. ryan, let me start with you on the reporting about emil bove's role in. i think the quote is eagerly, i don't want to misquote him eagerly pursuing january 6th cases. do we know if trump knew that. >> we you know, we don't. i mean, a lot of people. >> within the fbi. >> and doj were in some way involved. in these cases. this, again, is the largest. >> investigation, was the largest investigation in fbi and doj. >> history in terms of the number of defendants. it was an incredibly widespread operation. and you. >> have people all. >> up and down the chain of. >> command at the. >> fbi and a lot of u.s. attorney's offices who had to help out. with this in some capacity. so it's just. >> a huge. >> amount of people. but the anger about. >> this. within the bureau. >> and within the justice. >> department. >> i really. >> don't think can be overstated. >> i had someone, you know, use.

trump presidency, i think, to the last week of bill barr's tenure, where trump wanted to prosecute comey and he wanted i mean, he wanted to turn doj and the fbi against his perceived political enemies. and it is interesting how, i mean, to andrew weissman's point about the overton window. i mean, the people, the people that are there, i mean, there was no way to make trump 1.0 folks look great again other than to see trump 2.0 folks. but the idea that there is now an attorney general whose policy on paper is this eo, this, this weaponization work group, that there are actual people trying to do what trump sought to do by tweet and have people like jeff berman at ccny step down and write a book about it. after clashing with bill barr, had people resisting him at every level of the justice department. it is a whole new sort of floodgate to entertaining, and maybe not until you get to the point brennan is talking about where you're looking at the evidence. well, it's eight hours and a bunch of texts from the insurrectionists saying trump just tweeted bad things about pence. let's go beat up

that he would force out fbi director chris wray, who he nominated in his first term before firing jim comey. the director is the only political appointment at the fbi. congress took steps to ensure that this agency remains as a political as possible by providing for a single term of ten years for a director and subjecting the appointment to the advice and consent. 50 years ago we made this reform and may see it fall to ashes today. as we've seen for weeks now, the trump administration's purge of the fbi is a political exercise that has spread to service career officials. there's an association of fbi agents and the two leaders of that association came to see me recently in my office to talk about this situation. both of them are women, one is serving 17 years in the career job at the fbi and the other 22. they were quick to add that their fathers had been fbi agents before them. it was clearly in their blood. they came to tell me about the situation at the fbi today because of this transition and because of the prospect of kash patel heading their agency. they said morale has never been low

out christopher wray , who he nominated in his first term before firing the former fbi director, jim comeythe director is the only political appointment of the fbi. congress took steps to ensure this agency remains as a political as possible, by providing for a single term of 10 years for a director. and subjecting the appointment to the advice and consent of the senate. 50 years ago, we made this reform. we may see it all fall to ashes today. host: after being confirmed on thursday, kash patel posted this statement saying i'm honored to be confirmed as the ninth director of the federal bureau of investigation. thank you to president trump and attorney general bondi for your unwavering confidence and support. the fbi has a storied legacy from the g-men to safeguarding our nation in the wake of 9/11. the american people deserve and fbi that is transparent, accountable and committed to justice. the politicization of our justice system has eroded public trust but that ends today. my mission as director is clear, let good cops be cops and rebuild the trust in the fbi. we will rebuild and fbi t

guest: that is quite rich coming in the age of james comey even the first trump election when the fbiluded with democrats to cook up this information that suggested that trump was some type of kgb agent which was used to undermine the trump campaign and to undermine president trump 's first administration. give me a break. a hand rating as joe biden's fbi sends thugs to raid the home of his political rival. spare me the crocodile tears. host: here is michael in denver, colorado. independent. caller: thank you. mr. knowles, thank you for your work. it holds significance in promoting free speech and dialogue. i am a millennial so i appreciate what you do. my question, i wanted to ask you about comments made on your show a few days ago. you said trump in many ways is our napoleon, a product of the revolution and the undoing of the resolution -- the revolution because he rides his way into the revolution like napoleon. when you use the forward revolution in this context, it is a very serious word, a forcible overthrow of a government or forceful order. when you say trump is undoing the re