also ken delaney, a remarkable reporter on this on his own and frank montoya, a former official at the fbi. when exactly president trump asked the fbi director over for dinner? >> that's right, katie. in the last hour i we heard from a friend of comey's, a former fbi official who was there at the time who recalls that this invitation came in at the last minute either on the day of the dinner or the day before the dinner. >> that would have been january 27ing the day of the dinner tore day before. january 26th was the date that sally yates came to the white house to warn about mike flynn saying he could potentially be plaquemailed by lying about the russian ambassador. so this raises the question of did that issue come up in this meeting. now, nobody i talked to knows whether it came up. only jim comey and donald trump know whether it came up. it's an interesting question. just a few days before on january 24th, the fbi had come to the white house. fbi agents had come to the white house to interview mike flynn about his contacts. >> not only did it come up. did donald trump know about t

the wider russia probe, are two men with deep knowledge of intelligence, and law enforcement: frank montoya. spent 26 years in the f.b.i. he oversaw national security and counter-intelligence probes. he joins us from salt lake city. and john sipher served 28 years in the c.i.a.'s clandestine service, stationed in russia and eastern europe. he also ran counter-intelligence investigations within the agency. he's now with the consulting firm crosslead. welcome to you both. john sipher, i would like to start with you. what is your reaction? you said this particular leak is different from others. how so? >> what strikes me about this that's so unusual is this is putting party above country, it's trusting a hostile foreign government more than the duly-elected government in power at the time. what's also unusual is as many of these leaks, as frustrating as they are, don't strike to the heart of the investigation. the,one sounds like it may do so because it highlights a sensitive collection effort, if, in fact, true, and looks like it gives information of some things we have been seeing around the

frank montoya, jr. spent 25 years in the f.b.i. and oversaw national security and counterintelligence probes, both in field offices and at f.b.i. he joins us from salt lake city. and amy jeffress worked on national security investigations as counselor to former attorney general eric holder, and at the u.s. attorney's office in washington. welcome to you both. montoya,'d like to start with you. you've been talking with a lot of f.b.i. agents. give us a sense of how they are responding to comb yes's firing. >> you've heard a lot of descriptions already in terms of being stunned or gut-punched. those i think are apropos of the sense of or the feeling that's in the organization right now. it really did come out of the blue. they're struggling with it. but at the same time, they're all professionals at what they do. they know how to put the mission first. and they will continue to move forward. >> brangham: do any of the agents you've spoken with believe the firing was justified? >> absolutely not. this is again out of the blue. it was

the former director of the fbi's office in counter intelligence, frank montoya is also with us. on the set. white house bureau chief for the "washington post," phillip rucker and white house reporter for the associated press, jill colvin. we know the communications director mike dubke is leaving. is this the start of the so-called summer shakeup? >> it could be. we know that mike dubke gave his resignation on the 18th. of course, as the president's foreign trip was getting under way. he was only here for three months. so it's certainly striking. what are the circumstances that surrounded his decision to issue his letter of resignation? those are some of the facts we are drilling down on, sean spicer will brief today at 2:00 so we'll and sean about that. we know based on my conversations over the weekend, hallie, that the president is eyeing potentially expanding some parts of his team, scaling back other parts. he is eyeing some of his former campaign officials, for example, corey lewandowski. dave bossy, who were spotted at the white house yesterday. i am told probably more lik

one of them was a career fbi agent named frank montoya who started working at the bureau in 1991 andthe special agent in charge. he just retired last september after 25 years of service. in his job as the fbi seattle division chief. he talked to his boss, james comey, about once a week. now, they're both private citizens. although his boss obviously did not choose the terms of his departure from the fbi. with this huge report from the times tonight, the president told james comey the fbi should shutdown its investigation into mike flynn, in this report james comey wrote that down at the time president told it to him. one of the ways i want to figure this out is to find out if that makes sense. . joining us now is mr. montoya. thank you for your 25 years of service and thanks for being here tonight. >> appreciate it. greetings from salt lake, city. >> tell me if this resinates with you, this idea that he might have made notes, initialled notes that he circulated to other high ranking fbi officials after a meeting in which he was troubled by what happened with that conversation with th

and frank montoya, senior official at the fbi. ken, i want to start with you because you've got more information about the timeline, when exactly president trump asked the fbi director over for dinner. >> that's right, katy. in the last hour, i've heard from a friend of comey's, a former fbi official who was there at the time, who recalls that this invitation came in at the last minute, either on the day of the dinner or the day before the dinner. so that would have been either january 27th, the day of the dinner, or the 26th, the day before. well, january 26th was the day that sally yates, the acting attorney general, came to the white house counsel to warn about national security adviser mike flynn. and to say that mike flynn could potentially be blackmailed by the russians for lying about his contacts with the russian ambassador. so this raises the question of did that issue come up in this meet something now, nobody i've talked to knows whether it came up. only jim comey and donald trump may know whether it came up. but it's a

call bring the investigation to a logical conclusion. >> frank montoya joining us from salt lake cityu so much. >> it's important point, context is everything. frank said that. say,because you ultimately, i will make the watchinge, that we're donald trump coming down the force oneis plane air there. he's arriving at the joint base andrews there. >> coming from new london, kentucky where he was giving the theencement speech at united states coast guard academy. medians,discussed the did not mention james comey by name. this is bloomberg. >> this is bloomberg markets. turmoil engulfing president donald trump is spilling in financial market. stocks fell. spikeds the vol toilty higher. s&p 500 is how much of the trump the is already baked into outlook. joining us now is bloomberg equitygence chief strategist gene martin. >> we had this great rally that ended on march 1st. we sort of waffled along. in my opinion, the trump bump the past.y in record high just about 2400 it was so far above the march high. now evidence suggest that we triple top the 2400 in the short term. a really greatad s

joining me now, frank montoya, a former special agent in charge of the fbi's seattle division.d also the press secretary for intelligence issues. and a former prosecutor in new york. she's a professor now. yesterday, as the senators were coming out, and now we're hearing it from members of congress as they're coming out in the last half hour or so, about the criminal side of this. does it change in any way what mueller is going to do? is he going to pursue it and the chips fall where they may? >> he'll look into the whole picture. it is still an intelligence investigation, trying to figure out what russia did, how they did it. making sure it doesn't happen again in the future, to understand what happened in the past. so they can use that. but if it turns out they come across criminal activity, they're follow up on that, as well. you could have -- and there is no evidence of any of this yet, but it could be that as simple as some folks who were involved in the investigation who spoke to fbi agents, maybe they lied to the fbi agents. that's a felony if they did. so the statements

the former director of the fbi's office in counter intelligence, frank montoya is also with us.e house bureau chief for the "washington post," phillip rucker and white house reporter for the associated press, jill colvin. we know the communications director mike dubke is leaving. is this the start of the so-called summer shakeup? >> it could be. we know that mike dubke gave his resignation on the 18th. of course, as the president's foreign trip was getting under way. he was only here for three months. so it's certainly striking. what are the circumstances that surrounded his decision to issue his letter of resignation? those are some of the facts we are drilling down on, sean spicer will brief today