i hope i never have an opportunity and if id hope i never have an opportunity and ifidi hope i neverit better. what does constitute obstruction of justice? were those words, "i hope you can let the investigation go" was that enough? james rosen is president of the national constitution centre. . thanks for joining us. from what you've been able to hear from joining us. from what you've been able to hearfrom comey‘s joining us. from what you've been able to hear from comey‘s testimony, do you think donald trump's words, do you think donald trump's words, do they amount to obstruction of justice? we don't know any more than we did before, the crucial meetings where the president said, i hope you can let this go, is the crucial thing. comey was asked directly and he could not go further than that. the legal standard for obstruction is precise, the person has two intentionally aim to impede an investigation, so a lot depends on president trump's motive, was he trying to shut down the best occasion or was there something else in comey‘s conduct that irritated tim cross jamaat it is compli

do you really think there's hope? yes. i do. >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show"! thank you so much for tuning in! i'm trevor noah! my guest tonight here to talk about her new movie "beatriz at dinner," salma hayek pinault is here, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) but first -- but first, you all know why we're here -- it's comey day! >> the day is here, the fired f.b.i. director breaks his silence, appearing in one of the most anticipated hearings in recent memory. >> bars all across the country are opening early to host comey hearing viewing parties. >> they're offering a free round to everybody in the place every time president trump tweets. >> he actually spoke to a gentleman who lives across the street. he says he doesn't typically g to a bar at 6:00 a.m. but because of this comey hearing, he absolutely wants to make it. >> trevor: this moment today is what i love about america. during a

i hope you can let this go. there was a lot made today over that word "hope" and what it really meant in this context. >> i hope -- this is the president eaking. i hope you can see youway to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. now those are his exact words; is that correct? >> correct. >> and you wrote them here and you put them in quotes? >> correct. >> thank you for that. he did not direct you to let it go? >> not in his words, no. >> he did not order you to let it go? >> again, those words are not an order. >> no. he said, i hope. >> the reason i keep saying his words is, i took it as a direction. i mean this is the president of the united states, with me alone, saying i hope this. i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> as you perceived it while it was a request that he hoped you that did away with it you perceived it as an order given condition and setting and other like circumstances. >> yes. >> you and i are prosecutors. i'm not going to require you t

guy, i hope you can let this go.did not direct you to let it go. >> not in his words, no. >> he did not order you to let it go. >> again, those words are not in order. >> he h said i hope. you don't knowov anyone who's been charged for hoping something, is that a fair statement? >> trevor: i hope this (bleep) didn't just try to pull a fast one on us. i hope -- ( applause ) we're add outs here, senator risch was making it sound like trump was innocently hoping, like language doesn't have subtext, like trump was a disney character standing out on a balcony singing. ♪ i hope michael flynn will be free some day ♪ ♪ i hope he'll get away ( laughter ) that's not what happened! trump ordered -- this is what happened -- trump ordered everyone to leave the room, everyone was in the office, trump ordered everyone to leave the room. kushner, mike pence, even jeff sessions, who is comey's boss, by the way, he kicked them all out of the room, then turned to comey when they were alone and looked him in the eye and said -- ♪ i hope

and i hope he will be, i hope. >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> so who is telling the truth?be rewind the tape, watch it a couple of times. don't rush to judgment. what's next for the investigation? intelligence committee member -- house intelligence committee eric swalwell and former house committee staffer mieke eoyang will join us. every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. the microsoft cloud turns information into insight. i know you worry i can't keep up with our weekly tee times. dear son, but i've been taking osteo bi-flex ease. it's 80% smaller but just as effective. which means you're in big trouble, son. improved joint comfort in seven days. osteo bi-flex ease. made to move. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjusta

he's the president of the united states with me alone, saying "i hope this." i took it as this is what he wants me to do. i didn't obey that, but that's the way i took it. >> but why didn't you stop and say, mr. president, this is wrong, i can not discuss this with you? >> that's a great question. maybe if i were stronger, i would have. i was so stunned by the conversation that i just took it in. look, i've seen the tweet about tapes. lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> reporter: three months later, comey was fired. he says he quickly wanted to get his side of the story out, and he planned to use those detailed memos of his one-on-one conversations with trump. >> 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. >> do you believe this will rise to the obstruction of justice? >> i don't know, that's bob mueller's job to sort that out. >> reporter: but there's no question in comey's mind about one thi

lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> woodruff: we break down the biggest moments from the hearing and what they mean for president trump and the russia investigation moving forward. plus, the united kingdom votes in a critical election: at stake is the approach to leading britain into a new era marked by brexit and terror threats. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> carnegie corporation of new york. supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of international peace and security. at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: from james comey today, a raft of r

. >> he said, i hope. like me, you probably did hundreds of case, maybe thousands of cases charging people with criminal offenses and you have knowledge of the thousands of cases outside there where people have been charged. do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or for that matter, any other criminal offense where they said or thought they hoped for an outcome? >> i don't know well enough to answer. the reason i keep saying his words is i took it as a direction. it's the president of the united states with me alone saying, i hope this. i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> we're going to hear from senator rich shortly. vice chairman mark warner of virginia something he sees potentially ominous. >> you're in a meeting and your direct superior the attorney general was in there as well yet the president asked everyone to leave including the attorney general to leave before he brought up the matter of general flynn. what was your impression of that type of

i hope that there are. i would consent to their release. rocks. we will be asking a high variety of questions today, and also in the classified hearing. something i often ask people when they come here, what details of this saga should we be focusing on and what would you recommend? if we were to subbing differently? 0r adjust our perspective on this?” to subbing differently? 0r adjust our perspective on this? i don't know. one of the reasons i‘m pleased to be here is because i think this committee has shown the american people, although we have two parties and disagree on important things, we can work together when it involves the core interests of the country. i hope you can keep doing what you‘re doing. it‘s good in and of itself, and also a model, especially for kids, that we are a functioning aduu kids, that we are a functioning adult democracy. you also mentioned six meetings, three times in person and three on the phone, nine times in conversation with the president, did he ever allude that you were not performing adequately, did he

one is after james comey senate testimony. >> president tweeted friday after i got fired that i better hopewoke up in the middle of the night monday night because it didn't dawn on me originally that there might be corroboration for our conversation, there might be a tape, and my judgment was i needed to get that out into the public square, coo i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. >> you can connect the dots with the one tweet to saying he better hope not there is tapes to the appointment of special counsel. >> it would go back to one tweet if there are tapes. >> trevor: i take donald trump at his word when he tweets. not everyone is as respectful of the president as i am. there's a group of beltway insiders scheming to disempower donald trump claiming his tweets should be ignored. >> his obsession with covering everything he says on twitter and very little of what he does -- >> that's his preferred method of communication. >> that's not true. >> it's not policy. it's executive ord

lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> martha: lordy, i hope there are tapes.sive day behind me. james comey speculation tonight about one finding moment that could go down in history. from today's hearing, what will people be talking about in the years to come? here now karl rove, former chief of staff to george w. bush. and bill bennett, both are fox news contributors. we have that moment i would just watch. jim comey sort of self reflected up in that moment thinking about why he did or did not make a different choice there. and i want to play one other moment, then i will get bill bennett to react to both of them. this is the one that stood out for him. let's play that. >> the president put it on friday that i hope there is not tapes. i woke up in the middle of monday night. there might be cooperation for our conversation that might be a tape. my judgment was, i needed to get that out into the public square. i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with the reporter, i did not do it myself for a variety of reasons, but i asked him to because

and i hope he will be, i hope. >> lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> so who is telling the truth?r time. maybe rewind the tape, watch it a couple of times. don't rush to judgment. what's next for the investigation? intelligence committee member -- house intelligence committee eric swalwell and former house committee staffer mieke eoyang will join us. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you. [burke] and we covered it, november sixth, two-thousand-nine. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> why didn't you stop and say, "mr. president, this is wrong, i cannot discuss this with you"? >> it's a great question. maybe if i were stronger, i would have. i was s stunned by t conversation that i just took it in. and the only thing i could think to say, because i was playing in my mind, because remember, every word he said, i was playing in my mind what shoul

i hope you can let this go." mey saw that as a directive. >> and the president saw that as an expression of a hope, and that's the difference here. and that's the problem when people try to overparse a just semantics to reflect their bias, and try and create a case where there isn't one. if that sentence is supposedly all that james comey has to stand on to accuse the president of obstruction, this thing will go away quickly. >> so you're comfortable with the president saying george h.w. bush saying to an fbi director, if you were the chief of staff saying, i sure hope that you can back off an investigation, that's okay, that's within bound to you? >> yes. no, he didn't say i hope you can let this thing go. >> what is the difference between back off an investigation and let this thing go? >> the difference is that one is implying that when you say investigation that there's going to be a result that's negative. when you say let this thing go, the president is not acknowledging at that point that there's anything n

i hope you let it go. forget about whether or not there's enough to file a charge, but was it appropriate? >> i guess appropriate is in the eye of the beholder. >> what do you think? >> i wouldn't have done it but that doesn't mean somebody else wouldn't. look, this president -- >> why would the president -- why would the president even say that to the director of the fbi? >> you'd have to ask him. wolf, i'm not going to speak for him. the people of the united states, the 50 states elected a president who is not what we're used to. he is not been in the political arena before. he hasn't done diplomacy. he hasn't done dealing with the justice department so he does things differently. to sit here and defend it, i'm not going to sit here and defend it. >> was the firing of flynn an act of obstruction because the president himself said he fired him because of the russia investigation? >> mean the firing of comey. >> excuse me, the firing of comey. >> obviously not. i mean, the president's bright enough to know

he is the president of the united states with me alone saying "i hope this." i took it as this is what he wants me to do. i didn't obey it, but that's what i took it as. >> he said i hope. >> those were her exact words. >> you don't know anyone who's been charged for hoping something. >> eric: director comey could not save president trump obstructed his investigation therefore kind of a nothing burger. were going to bring corian. "wall street journal" had an op-ed talking about this may be nothing more or less than donald trump, businessman in new york, and this is when he operated here and he was just a political neophyte. >> i hope i get the winning lottery ticket tonight, doesn't mean it's going to happen. the president didn't obstruct justice. the one thing that's come out of today's testimony was that donald trump is a candidate and now is the president has never been under fbi investigation. that's a headline james comey had to admit to today. >> eric: one of the things we heard today in the aftermath of the testimony is that harvard professor in constitu

>>> i've seen the tweet about tapes, lordy i hope there are tapes. i was concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting. >> the president feels completely vcomplete ly vindicated. >> where to from here as the investigation heats up. and news learned that son-in-law jared kushner will be meeting with senate intelligence committee staffers this month. then the political drama gripping london. the prime minister's election gamble backfires big time. from the political high wire to dare devil who happens to be 88 years order. is this the sign of what's ahead for weekend weather? "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on this friday morning. i'm frances rivera. all eyes on former fbi director james comey's high profile testimony with headlines across the country detailing his allegations against president trump. reaction was mixed. more conservative media rallied around the president criticizing comey's performance. nbc news received new information about attorney general jeff sessions, a source says after his public testimony comey pr

i once again hope my colleagues will help me in supporting passage of h.r. 447. let's get this one built too. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: mr. speaker, i would yield as much time as he might consume to the gentleman from virginia, a member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. griffith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. griffith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today? support of h.r. 447 -- i rise oday in support of h.r. 447. extensive coordination between the hydroproject developer and the army corps and the current difficulties in obtaining a power purchase agreement have necessitated this construction start date extension. this legislation passed the house last congress unanimously and was up included in last congress' house comprehensive energy bill. it is my hope that this legislation will once again receive overwhelming support in this chamber and i appreciate th

you choose the one that means the most to you♪ ♪and if one door opens to another door closed♪ ♪i hopeou find the window♪ ♪if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile♪ ♪but more than anything ♪more than anything ♪my wish for you ♪is that this life becomes all that you want it to♪ ♪your dreams stay big, your worries stay small♪ ♪you never need to carry more than you can hold♪ ♪and while you're out there gettin where you're gettin to♪ ♪i hope you know somebody loves you♪ ♪and wants the same things too♪ ♪yeah, this is my wish ♪may all your dreams stay big >> lou: the pentagon today released new video of the important successful intercept success against an attack from an ibcn. the director of the missile defense agency said the test was done with north korea and iran clearly in focus and clearly in mind and portrayed a realistic scenario and showed the system ready to defend american and their allies. in it cost $2 billion. my next guest said the u.s. test shows that the united states can defend from an attack and should give kim jong-il a pause. joining us is our guest.

i hope for an outcome. for a different one. >> that was tyree irving and myself in july talking about the possibility of the trilogy as d.j. d. sharp rocks the house. we get set for game one and mark spears from espn rejoins us. let's get to some predictions here, okay. what do you think, big man? >> after lots of deliberation -- >> oh, goodness, here we go. >> i have the warriors in 7. >> okay. >> another long series, but bay area better this time and the party starts. >> you have a complicated prediction, i'm told. >> you know the contrarian i am. i say the warriors in 6, but if they don't win at 6 -- >> however, there's a however? >> but the cavs win it in 7. >> how can you -- >> no, i'm giving you the warriors a chance to win in 6. but if not, the cavs will win in 7. >> sounds like a guy hedging his bets. >> i hear you can only make money betting on the cavaliers. >> only one team is going to win. >> i'm with you. i'm going warriors in 7 and i just hope my heart can take it because last year was agonizi

i hope there are.>> both o >> you hope there are tapes and recordings. >> all i can do is hope. the president knows if he taped me and my feelings are not hurt release all the tapes. >> do you believe that the special investigator on russia will be thorough and complete r without any of these recommendations? >> is one of the finest people and public servants the country has ever produced. he will do it well. he is a tough person and you can have high confidence that when it is done he's turned over all the rocks. >> you've been asked a wide variety of questions today and we will be having more of them classified hearing. something i often ask folks whe they come here what details of this should we be focusing on and what would you recommend that you do differently? were a just our perspective on? >> i think the committee has shown the american people all ps although we have two parties and we disagree about important things we can work together when it involves the interest of the country so i hope you keep doing what you're doing. it is good in and of itself but it's also a mo

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i hope they haul him in and investigate him and i hope they waterboard him or something and make him an example of the hollywood people. [laughter] >> shouldn't there be a hillary clinton leaks site? oh, that's wikileaks. and what's the difference between whistleblower or traitor. >> i think that michael moore-- how is michael moore and whoever is running the website decipher what's real or not? if you want to look at fake news, take a look at this website and what he's trying to do. eric: rachel? >> he has a new movie coming out. this is just a media ploy. eric: juan? >> i think that might be right, but i must say, i am tuned in to the idea if somebody is betraying the interests of the american people, behaving criminally, we want to know about it. eric: yes, we do. how about you, gina. >> yes, we have mechanisms in place for that. it's not the place of michael moore, he needs to stick to his lame socialist documentaries. eric: an attack is igniting forbe a push of a travel ban in ith you on news headquarters. now, back to cashin' in. >> president trump doubling down on his calls fo

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on to describe these meetings, wolf, in which he made it very clear that when the president said i hope you get rid of this investigation, whatever the quote was, that he said i took it as a direction. this is what he wants me to do. now, it's up to the special counsel to decide whether, in fact, you know, that constitutes obstruction and perhaps it's up to the congress in a political sense. but he also said, and he intimated this, kwyou asked com to stay and you didn't get anything for it. and he said he asked for his loyalty in terms of the context of getting him to do what he wanted. in other words, you get to stay in your job if you behave the way i want you to behave. i think that's pretty damming. he wouldn't comment specifically on obstruction because he did not want to do that. but i think when he said that that he took this as direction and outlined this kind of quid pro quo it's very damming. >> the words from the white house and other officials about why he had been fired were lies, plain and simple, and he wanted to get the record straight. he also said that michael flynn, t

>> i hope it's not a fad, you know? i think it's just the beginning of this lumber, of this almost -- this sleep and slumber that we have been in as a people. you know? if you look at other countries around the world, you know, even the country that my papers are from and my blood is from, things aren't perfect. we can point out a million things wrong with any other country from thailand to korea to bril. but food is not one of them. you know what i'm saying? the culture of eating, not only from a child, but also of family, but also even a teenager. when you care about things the least, the hardest thing to do is find the thing on the corner and eat a bowl of noodles. we've got to develop that culture into our youth. so i hope it's just the beginning. i hope in ten years from now, 20 years from now, i hope artists and rappers are talking about food. talking about -- i hope they're not talking about lean and strip clubs. i hope they're talking about food. >> what makes you hopeful? >> the fact that we're here. the fact th

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