president obama then chose james comey to replace robert mueller. in 2013. when james comey began what was supposed to be a ten-year term as fbi director for him. tonight robert mueller is now charged with investigating, among other things, the conversations that donald trump had with fbi director james comey, including the conversation that was revealed yesterday by "the new york times" that james comey described in a memo he wrote after that conversation, the smoking gun in that memo is the quotation of donald trump saying to the fbi director, quote, i hope you can see your way to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go." if robert mueller believes that president trump was trying to get the director of the fbi to stop investigating michael flynn, president trump's fired national security adviser, then robert mueller will present evidence of a case of

that is the man who will run the investigation robert mueller who's a former fbi director appointed by george w bush, he turned down james comey eventually replaced him as fbi director he'll oversee the investigation as opposed to jeff sessions who recused himself and rod rosen stein who was one who decided to move ahead with appointing robert mueller very well respected. >> a lot of people, we've heard calls both sides, democrats and republicans saying they want to see an independent or special council come in and investigate and that is exactly what getting. of course we're going to have much more on our newscast at 10 be 10:30 and 11:00. make sure you tune in for the latest, as you know, news in washington changes by the minute >> take deep breaths and reconnect. see you later. announcer: today on "tmz" -- >> giselle broke some huge news about her husband -- >> he had a concussion last year. he has concussions pretty much every year we don't talk about. he's had concussions. >> giselle said something she should not have said. >> the one person in your life that should keep your secrets. >> having someone that didn't -- can'

first of all because of the fact if robert mueller, who as you have been talking about and you know personally, actually happens to be very good friends with james comey. robert mueller doesn't want james comey to go up and he wants to get his ducks in a row and make sure that the investigation he is doing doesn't necessarily include the comey memo. or he just wants a little bit of time. there is no reason to believe that comey is not going to say yes, of course. so the republicans again who i'm talking to wanted to see public testimony for americans to hear for themselves what james comey's recollection was from the meetings with the president, probably wouldn't happen in the near term. >> he is not a leaker, so we wouldn't probably hear anything about the investigation until it is concluded. >> and that is one of the things that i think people need to keep in mind is that you know he has a mission of determining whether any crimes were committed. and then prosecuting them if he does. but in the meantime, he is going to be sealed up tight as a drum. and a lot of what may otherwise come out will remain secret. comey -- it is true that comey and muelle

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senate, were trying to get james comey and still are trying to get james comey to testify in public, and the one thing we should underscore is how close james comey is to robert mueller, and the fact that people like lindsey graham and the judiciary committee were not able to set a date with james comey. and then suddenly poof, here's robert mueller as a special counsel. makes you wonder if there was a connection. >> this date back in 1973, was the first public hearing of the senate hearing on the president yalt -- presidential campaign hearings. joining me now, 44 years later to the day, two people who were major figures in watergate, carl burnstein and john dean. as someone who worked in a white house that was under siege and investigated by special counsel, what do you imagine the mood is like in the west wing? >> i would imagine it's not a very happy mood tonight. during watergate, that nixon white house was highly compartmentalized, need to know, and work went on when other sections were more obsessed than those directly affected by investigations. so it probably in the trump white house isn't quite that smooth. they're still working out their staffing and it's

robert mueller. you wrote an article "what donald trump needs to know about bob mueller and james comey."t's the answer? what does he need to know? >> these are two men who actually have had very parallel lives over the last 20 years. they have risen into the elite ranks of the highest levels of the justice department and worked actually very closely together in the years after 9/11 when james comey was deputy attorney general and bob mueller was fbi director. they have a partnership that's longstanding, deeply trust one another and were really the two central figures in what is now the famous 2004 hospital room incident involving john ashcroft and the bush white house and a showdown over the nsa's terrorist surveillance program. >> tell us more about that. they show up at his hospital room in the middle of the night but go on, tell us about that. >> this was something that unfolded over the first couple of months of 2004, culminating in march when this program known as code name stellar wind was due to expire. and james comey believed under the justice department's rules it was unconstit

initially used to justify president trump's firing of fbi director james comey, announcing he is appointing former fbi director robert mueller to serve in the role of special counsel, to oversee the fbi investigation into russian government influence in the 2016 campaign, and any possible collusion with the trump campaign. rosenstein saying in a statement, quote, my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. i have made no such determination. what i have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command. the white house reportedly blindsided by the news, just a short time ago, the president himself releasing a statement that reads, as i have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. in the meantime, i will never stop fighting for the people and the issues

james comey and still are trying to get james comey to testify in public, and the pub thing i think we should underscore, which we mentioned a little bit, is how close james comey is to robert mum mueller, and the folks likes lindsay graham and the subcommittee chair were not able to set a date with james comey, and then suddenly poof, here's robert mueller as the special counsel, there may be a connection. >> this date back in 1973, was the first public hearing of the senate hearing on the presidential ingpresiden presidential hearings on the watergate investigation. who years later to the day, two people who were major figures in watergate, carl bernstein and former white house counsel john dean. as someone who worked in a white house who was under siege and being investigated by a special counsel. what is the mood in the west wing? >> i can't imagine it's a happy white house now.nixon watergate need to know white house. so it probably in the trump white house isn't quite that smooth. they're still working out their staffing and it's -- this has happened very early in their presidency, so i'm sure it's a real ripple going through the operation. >> people in the white house, do they n

investigative team reporting that james comey publicly aboutfy his confrontation with the president on capitol hill. spoken privately with robert mueller to work out parameters for that testimony. been set as this final details are being hashed out. james comey the former directors fbi, agreeing to testify publicly about his confrontations with the as next week.arly white house is engulfed in controversies. weakness hope for policy changes. to matter.t seem investors are turning blind eye to chaos. here to meet with us is charles lieberman. what accounts what seems a disconnect between all that's andg on in washington d.c. wall street? there does seem to be a lot of chaos. a lot of chaos. it's making the news. we get reports everyday. you had another one a moment ago. but the fact of matter is, gets values from the company.lities of the >> you write about this in the piece, you say investors are the shocking news out of washington. it matters to equity evaluations only to the extent it undermines -- ability of companies to grow. >> they continue to at cost. the way hiring is taking place. companies are not hiring that per month.s of jo

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the law is the law. >> yang: ironically, the careers of james comey and robert mueller once again intertwinedhn carlin, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> yang: and now we turn to, continuing on this story, we turn to congressman adam kinsinger, a republican of illinois. he called today for a special counsel. representative cinsinger, what's your reaction now to the appointment of former f.b.i. director robert mueller. >> well, i was surprised. i was surprised in a good way. i think this is the right thing to do. the reason i called for it today with the revelations of the supposed memo yesterday, the questions that have been arising, i just came to the realization-- and i've always said from the beginning it's american people deserve the facts. whatever they are, whoever they exonerate or whoever they indict. the american people deserve that. and this had become way too political. any new story, any new piece of information that had come out, you know, the left screams-- some on the left mention impeachment right away, some on the right say it's fake news, and neither is tr

james comey. >> as special counsel robert mueller will have sweeping powers to prosecute any crimes he uncovers. >> we're told the white house was actually blindsided by the decision to appoint an outside prosecutor getting word just 30 minutes before the rest of the country. abc's janai norman has the latest from washington for us. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. three days, three breaking headlines here in washington. the latest, the announcement that a special counsel is taking over the russia investigation is already garnering support across the aisle. a trifecta of tumultuous developments. bombshell after bombshell after bombshell sending shock waves through washington and the white house. >> no politician in history and i say this with great surety has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> reporter: at the center of every controversy, president donald trump. now the department of justice appointing a special counsel to take control of the investigation into russia's interference with the 2016 election including possible collusion with the trump campaign.

something you wrote in politico a short while ago about robert mueller and james comey. "donald trump has stumbled into taking on too experienced washington players on her home turf. these skirmishes in cap all hearings with comey as mueller slogs along which will be a quiet, tenacious and by the book investigation into the heart of trump's campaign relationship with russia." guest: i think part of what is going to be interesting to watch as this unfolds is where this investigation goes from now is very much on territory familiar to robert mueller and james comey. this is what they have done their entire careers. they are both federal prosecutors by trade. big, used to leading complicated, sprawling investigations. part of what makes the special investigation, councils, and prosecutors complicated is as much of their investigation ends up being the cover-up as the original crime, if there is a crime at the core of this, which we don't even necessarily know that right now. when you look back at history of these investigations, they can start investigation for example -- ke

comey to not do it. julie: you did call him his good friend and there is questions as to the relationship between these two former fbi directors, robert mueller and jamesomey, both fbi directors, both friends. james comey said that mueller was sort of a role model for him and looked up to him and there's certainly a friendship there which is sort of ironic that mueller has been assigned the task of trying to investigate a number of things including comey's firing. do you think that has any conflict of interest? >> are professionals and they know where to draw the line, so i'm not worried at all about that. so i think the bigger issue for mueller with respect to comey and his testimony is how might it interfere with my prosecution, could comey be asked questions that might interfere, say, with the collusion investigation or the obstruction of justice investigation or the financial investigations with respect to flynn and manafort. i think it's too difficult for mule tore control the environment and therefore he might well ask that it not occur. he can't make him. he has no executive privilege basis to exclude comey from doing it but i think that would p

james comey. the appointment of former f.b.i. director robert mueller on the russia investigation as a special counsel. we may hear from some more members. and the house coming back into session in about 10 minutes or so. scheduled for 10:-- 1:15 eastern. we'll have live coverage when hat resumes. a couple tweets from erica warner, associated press tweeting, rosenstein briefing was a quote, complete waste of time, according to dave trot, a congressman from michigan. ben siegel from abc saying house members broke into applause when rosenstein said the russia -- that russia is not a partisan issue. yesterday attorney general -- deputy attorney general rosenstein briefed senators as well on the issue and the number the senators had comments afterward. you can see those on our website at c-span.org. >> as you wait for possible comments from more members and the house to gavel whackback in at 11:15. we'll go back to part of our program this morning on "washington journal." >> let's keep in mind, first of all, that this was a classified briefing. mr. cummings

director james comey and the appointment of another former f.b.i. director robert mueller to be special counsel on the russia investigation. you heard from darrell issa, the former chairman of the house oversight committee. we're expecting other members as well to come to the microphone. we'll bring you those comments as we did yesterday with the senators and their briefing after their briefing with mr. rosenstein. the house will come back in -- they're scheduled to come back in at 11:15 eastern to finish up work for the week on the bill dealing with federal probation officers. we'll have that live when they gavel in. but it seems like there are a number of members still in there and yet to come out. so likely more comments ahead. >> and, again, we're waiting here live with reporters gathered outside the auditorium at the capitol visitor center on capitol hill where the members of the u.s. house have been getting a briefing from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein on the firing of former f.b.i. director james comey. we will bring you more comments from members as they h

james comey. this comes as they announced the selection of robert mueller to conduct the russia investigation. he ran the fbi for 12 years. >>> a 6-year-old was hit and kill n this happened last night in southeast on livingston road. the boy was taken to the hospital and died. the driver originally left the scene but then later called 911 from another location. >>> a second person has died from a violent wrong way crash that grabbed the attention of maryland's governor. this happened yesterday. a woman driving the wrong way crashed head on into an suv. she died and the man she hit has also died. the baby riding in the car with the woman was critically injured. >>> take a look at this scene here. some commuters are going to have to find new routes to work this morning. >> that is water gushing from a 30 inch water main. it burst on macarthur boulevard in northwest d.c. it caused part of the roadway to close. news 4's megan mcgrath is live today. you just got new info? >> reporter: yeah, i got new information here and unfortunately it's not good news for folks who use macarthur boulevard. the cr

robert mueller, this is sound from 2013, talking about james comey. stick i've had the opportunity to work with jim for a number of years in the department of justice, and i have found him to be a man of honesty, dedication, and integrity. his experience, his judgment, and a strong sense of duty will benefit not only the bureau but the country as a whole. >> bret: that's an interesting dynamic to this whole thing, catherine, that he's now the special counsel that's picking up the ball from the guy who was fired. >> is a small circle when you get to that kind of senior executive level within the law enforcement community. director mueller, side-by-side with his then deputy james comey, and they threaten to resign with the bush white house over the warrantless wiretapping or the surveillance program. i think it's worth emphasizing that when comey's position about how events transpired was challenged by the white house, it was robert mueller's notes that vindicated comey's position. believe me, if you've ever known a lawyer or lived with a lawyer, they t

james koemty. -- comey. this will be a closed door briefing. >>> former fbi director robert mueller is taking charge of the russia investigation. he was named special counsel for the case yesterday by the deputy attorney general. news 4's edward lawrence will have a look at how broad this investigation will be coming up. >>> we're working to get answers about a 6-year-old boy who was hit and killed by a car last night on livingston road in southeast washington near a playground. coming up news 4's justin finch will explain why the driver left the scene. >>> a commuter warning for you. a stretch roa northwest boulevard. the massive pipe which was installed back in 1860 broke around noon yesterday. news 4's megan mcgrath will have the latest on this situation at 5:45. >>> high praise this morning on social media for the crew of a jetblue flight that had to make an emergency landing in virginia. that plane returned to dulles after a bird strike. the 66 passengers made it to new york around 2:30 this morning on a different plane. >>> it is 5:34. working for you this morning showing you new video of a sexual assault s

james comey testified about that got the president angry in march, all of that could be small potatoes at the end of the day. i'm getting tweets, questions about whether or not james -- robert mueller will be able to get the president's tax returns. he said, if he thinks it's relevant, sure. this could expand and mushroom to a place the president couldn't even have dreamed when he fired -- >> we talked about this before. you were giving advice to the president, you would say get a lawyer? >> i would say not only get a lawyer but i think he has to understand that he has to be told that a grand jury investigation is not a search for truth. a trial is not a search for truth. if it were, we wouldn't say this. we wouldn't keep evidence out that is truthful but obtained unlawfully. a grand jury proceeding is a search for admissible evidence on one side. it is the most fundamental denial of civil liberties. civil liberties is often the first casually of partisan politics. nobody is here speaking up on behalf of civil liberties. even if you are opposed to trump, i don't like the precedence that gets set by going after people in an unfair way. they have dropped the ball on this. they are af

and you have james comey who may testify before the senate intelligence committee perhaps after the memorial break. why would robert mueller allow james comey to publicly testify? if he have is doing this other stuff under his own purview. maybe do you think mueller says to stay quiet? >> it is not in his interest to have comey and flynn to testify. he needs to have control of the witnesses and the evidence. he also has to make sure immunity is not given that could help his investigation. he needs to jealously guard his witnesses and the evidence. he can't prevent them from testifying. but he can sure put pressure on them to not cooperate with the congressional investigation which could do more damage and jeopardy to them in the investigation he is conducting. >> bill: brad and marie, democrats are salivating for this opportunity. i don't know if they will get flynn at the table. maybe physically but perhaps he doesn't answer questions. do you think james comey testifies publicly? >> if i had to bet i would say he will but i think brad is right. mueller needs to guard this investigation. we have a special counsel with very

farmer at the edit director james comey starts pulmonary discussions with robert mueller about his intentionstify before the senate committee about conversations with the president. cheryl: this comes as the fbi is looking into the phone and the phone and not atop a jerry kushner's alleged attempt to set up a secret communication back channel with russia. >> i would say mr. kushner's attorney has said he volunteered to share with congress what he knows about the meeting that he will do the same if contacted with any other inquiry. cheryl: in the meantime, former white house press officer boris epstein has received a request for information with the house intelligence committee. the president's personal attorney michael cohenejected a house intelligence committee requests for information. lauren: president tribe interviewing candidates as he continues to search for a new director of the fbi. one is from the transportation security administration had john pistole. more than two decades at the fbi serving as deputy director for six years. the former top justice official chris ray served as atto

mueller in particular is not very blab you when it comes to talking to the press. >> julie: very much unlike former fbi director james comey. but if the appointive robert mueller is such a good thing for president trump as you say and how many have described it, then why was the president so upset upon hearing the news? because after releasing a statement, president trump fired off tweets, as you know, calling this the greatest single witch hunt of a politician in american history. he even went as far as pointing out in a tweet, pointing fingers at the fact that a special counsel was never appointed to investigate crimes by the clinton administration and even the obama administration. what say you on that? >> the president thinks this whole thing is, as he has a c day, for canoes, made up story, doesn't believe there is anything to these allegations of collusion with russia, and so, he is frustrated. i think he is venting. a more disciplined president my site, we welcome this investigation it will fully cooperate. there is nothing there. >> julie: but the statement said that, they welcome this. >> that was the statement approved by the white house but

we had the president in that meeting with the russian officials referring to james comey as a nut job. you have robert mueller, special council, who is friends with comey, allied with comey over the years, so a lot of this is going to come out. jim comey wanted, interestingly enough, to testify in beelike, and that's -- testify in public and that's partly to protect himself so there wasn't questions about what was said behind closed doors, but in addition to being a headache for the white house, this is going to be unbelievable drama. i think there was a tweet the other day that someone from "house of cards" said washington had stolen all their ideas for the next season. >> rose: is the president going to have any kind of legislative agenda when you look at all the issues he's facing? >> it's very possible it's going to be a shutout. you have to start and acknowledge the signature achievement, the collection and confirmation of justice gorsuch, supreme court, a 30-year change in society and road to tipping the balance of the court with one more selection and a choice that gave this president so much credibili

james comey, is on hold. he requested to speak with robert mueller first. mueller is the special counsel appointed to lead the investigation into russian collusion. seth lemmon for cbs news on capitol hill. >>> still ahead, i moved to protect bay area renters from flooding. why some landlords aren't on board. >>> the western conference champs coming home. the warriors returning after a playoff sweep to get ready for the nba finals. >>> we also have the oakland playing host to the miami marlins tonight. we will have more after this. >>> san jose city council members are expected to vote for a bill that would force landlords to tell tenants of the rentals are in flood zones. there is some pushback. sandra osborne has a story from san jose. >> reporter: you can still see letter x markings where water from coyote creek caused major damage. the problem is, many are renters and had no idea they were living and a flood zone. you see scary images of people being rescued with rising water causing major damage. >> to the landlord warn you? >> no. >> our stuff is gone

james comey last week. it comes after he interviewed four candidates for the position. robert mueller now has sweeping powers to investigate efforts to influence the 2016 election and related matters, matters likely to include president trump's abrupt firing of fbi director james comey last week and recent claims the president tried to get comey to end the bureau's investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. >> i think it was a very solid choice. >> it's good we now have a focal point of somebody we all trust. >> under pressure deputy rod rosenstein made the decision wednesday saying in part the public's interest requires me to place the investigation under the authority of a person who ercises a degree of independence from the northerlial chain of command. >> no politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> after speaking to graduating coast guard cadets, the president issued his own statement, maintaining the investigation will, quote, confirm there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. lawmakers in the house and

>> reporter: we've learned that the new special council, probt mu robert mueller, has briefed on the memos that james comey kept to document his conversations with president trump. now, he has already visited fbi headquarters where he met with the counter intelligence agents who had been working on this case since last july, according to two people familiar with the matter. in one memo, comey wrote that trump asked him to end the fbi probe into former national security adviser michael flynn, according to a source. one source added that part of mueller's investigation is expected to focus on obstruction of justice and in that case comey would be a witness and muellleller would likely interv him. >> what will that affect comey's testimony on capitol hill? >> comey likely will be limited with what we can say now that the russia probe is in the hands of mueller. there's no way in the world mueller wants his witness testifying, he wants to question him before anyone else does, but before that he'll have to go through tons of documents. that means there will likely be a lot of negotiating happening in these earl

there is something he in politico a short while ago about robert mueller and james comey, you write quote donald trump it turns out has stumbled into taking on too experienced washington players on their home turf and the skirmishes that will play on capitol hill hearings with comey even as mueller slogs along with his likely to be a quiet, tenacious, and by the book investigation into the heart of the trump campaign's religion with russia. tell us more. guest: part of what's going to be interesting to watch as this unfolds is where this investigation goes from now is very much on territory familiar to robert mueller engine comey, that this is what they have done their entire careers. they are both federal prosecutors by trade, very use a leading these big, complicated sprawling investigations and part of what makes these special investigations and special counsels of special prosecutors of theired is as much investigation often ends up being the cover-up as the original crime, if there is a crime at the core of this, which we don't even necessarily know that right now. if you look back a

former fbi director robert mueller, james comey predecessor taking over the investigation between russia and president trump's campaign, this coming just eight days after the president fired comey by his own admission over the russia investigation. now the storm clouds are gathering around the white house four months into the administration. as i understand, you have new information to report this evening. bring us up-to-date, please. >> that's right, the big question in the wake of rod rosenstein deputy attorney general announcing special council, we're told that former director comey didn't share his memos with top doj officials including rod rosenstein and as of last night he had not seen those memos. it's unclear how much of the revelation of the memos in the times and else where factored into his decision to announce bob mueller would take the reigns of the russian probe. as of last friday he was telling people close to him he didn't think it was necessary to appoint a special council unless the fbi investigation was in peril and then there was this investigation yesterday that rais

james comey who was fired was a close allie of robert mueller who has now been named as a special counselert mueller does not think he was hired to take the pressure off. case in point, you got the washington post subsequently reported this afternoon that the investigation of rhode island hospital mueller leads has now torthing a current official in the west wing of the white house. >> that is worrisome. a second report by mcclatchey says that investigation is not probing the issue of first impression was russian interference in the election and potential collusion and attempts to cover up that possibility and if that's the case, then things like statements by the president like firing james comey took the pressure off could put him in trouble as well as others. >> these were notes by senior administration officials who were present at the meeting? >> yes, every time you have a president meeting with foreign leaders, there are people whose job it is to document what happened at the meeting. those notes get passed around the u.s. government so people know what happened in the meeting. thos

meanwhile, the hearing with fired fbi director, james comey, has been delayed and he is to speak with robert mueller first before testifying public to be. we've also learned president donald trump has hired a private attorney, marc kasowitz , to represent him as the russia probe moves forward. >>> dc police need your help to track down a guy who was in a sexual abuse case. he followed a woman into the store in the 600 block of bickford place northeast this month and authorities believed he forced the woman to the back of the store where she was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. the surveillance camera captured him following the same woman. take a look at him. if you recognize him, call dc policegh >>> bringing dc's missing home. at this hour, dc mayor, muriel bowser, gives an update on six initiatives announced in march to address reports of missing young people in the district of columbia. michelle garcia is a cochair of the runway and missing youth working group group and spoke on greater washington this morning about how the city's campaign can help missing teens, runways and their families. >> m

james comey, john brennan, witch hunt. comey has spoken with special counsel robert mueller to work out the parameters of his testimony and comey will likely sit down with mueller afterward. this is all after investigators are widening the scope of people they reached out to. at least nine trump associates so far. house intelligence committee issued subpoenas to michael flynn and president trump's personal attorney michael cohen. cohen initially resisting requests saying demands were overly broad but has said he would cooperate with the subpoena and that he has nothing to hide. michael flynn is expected to hand over business and personal records to the senate intelligence committee by june 6th. and the house intelligence committee has asked for documents from former white house communications officials boris epstein who is working with his attorney to cooperate. >> his testimony postponed indefinitely at the request of democrats. >> this moment on fox news about former trump campaign adviser carter page seemingly grabbing trump's attention. now it is reported that the democrats who have carter page about russia don't want

james comey to tell congress about his discussions with the man who fired him, president trump. here's justice correspondent jeff pegues. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that special counsel robert mueller has giving his blessing for former f.b.i. director james comey to testify before congress. comey is expected to discuss memos he wrote about meetings with president trump, including one in which comey says the president asked him to drop his investigation of fired national security adviser michael flynn. according to the memo, the atesident said in the private meeting, "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. he is a good guy." flynn is a subject in the russia investigation, and today the president tweeted again that the probe was a witch-hunt. he also defended one of his former advisers, carter page, write, "democrats have excoriated him." in an interview today, page denied any wrongdoing. >> i think it's going to be such an open-and-shut case. >> reporter: well before he joined the trump campaign, page was named as male one in an f.b.i. case that led to the 2015 arrest of russian spies in new york. court papers allege the russians tried to recruit page. there are now q

james comey has been delayed. comey requested to speak with special counsel robert mueller before testifying publicly. >>> something new brewing in trenton. the capitol city is about to get the first star bucks. the coffee chain said it's part of a plan. the store down the street from the state house is scheduled to open later this year. >>> a construction boom is going on in philadelphia and it's not going unnoticed >> a national report just named one area of the city the most affordable reality corridor in the country. >>> greg argos is here to tell us where it is. >> reporter: this area has seen ups and downs now seen more than 1.5 billion dollars in vs and construction. it's all just feet from city hall. >>> move over new york's 5th avenue. good-bye san francisco union square. when it comes to the most desirable reality according to court documents, one philly neighborhood tops the list >> old city, kensington, fishtown >> market east is upcoming. >> my second guess >> the research film j l l factored and found market east to be most desirable reality hub in the country. >> this is market and the turn of the ce

james comey, john brennan, witch-hunt. comey has spoken with special counsel robert mueller to work out the parameters of his testimony, and comey will likely sit down with mueller afterwards. this all comes as congressional investigators are widening the scope of people they have reached out to. at least nine trump associates so far. president trump's personal attorney michael cohen after resisting requests from house and senate intelligence says he will cooperate if congress issues him a subpoena saying he has nothing to hide. the house intelligence committee has asked for documents from former white house communications official boris pep stein who is working with his attorney to cooperate and michael flynn will and over documents with the first batch of business and personal records expected by june 6th. >> his testimony postponed indefinitely at the ask of democrats. >> reporter: and this snippet on fox news about former trump campaign adviser carter page seemingly grabbed the president's attention. he tweeted 30 minutes after it aired, so now it is reported that the democrats, who have excoriated carter page about ru

james comey. requests by congress for comey's memos, or any white house tapes that might exist, were declined. a special counsel robert mueller is expected to ask for the very same information. this as comey's actions in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation are in the spotlight once again tonight. the woest woe"washington post" probe was influenced by what's being called a dubious document, potentially fake memo that may have been part of russia's effort to influence the u.s. election. and ousted national security adviser michael flynn has defied congress once again. denying the house intelligence committee's request for documents about his russia connections. flynn's now expected to be hit with yet another round of subpoenas. >> so let's get more now on cnn's exclusive reporting on attorney general sessions and his russia contact. cnn's team of reporters with us tonight. manu raju, etvan perez who brok the story. not long after the story broke, it didn't take ong for capitol hill to react. >> yeah, not surprisingly the democrats jumped all over this, john conyers, the top democrat in the house judiciary committee saying

. >> is there any way robert mueller prevents james comey from testifying in this open session, now thathas taken the helm of this, is there any reason he'd not want to have james comey go in front of everyone and speak? >> great question, alisyn. there probably are reasons bob mueller want to limit this to not sully the actual investigation, and keep in mind, these men are very close friends. they have a personal relationship. so i think director comey will be responsive to what former director mueller says. on the same hand, though, director mueller in friendship with director comey, might want to give him some head room to defend himself against some pretty ugly accusations that the president has made. >> that's the real question here. how far will the former director go in defending himself? are there any restrictions as to what he can discuss? >> well, certainly in open session he has the classification problem. you probably do have and director comey even in these circumstances has to respect the office of the president. i think there will be some limits but at the end of this, joh

james comey. our sources indicate rosenstein was not very pleased he was used as a scapegoat, even though he picture quite a damnin --a damning picture of james comey. the naming ofs the former fbi director robert muellere special counsel, so rosenstein kind of took the temperature of the political tods and realized he needed do what both democrats and republicans were calling for, which was to name a special counsel and get this outside of the political space and into the hands of a well-respected veteran prosecutor who will have total authority over this russia probe. carol: there's been calls for a special prosecutor now for a while. was rob rosenstein there from the beginning thinking this would be a good thing, or has he just come around to it later in the game? guest: that is a question i think only rob rosenstein can answer. the timing of this does suggest he was not there a few days ago, and very quickly when this thing blowup, and he got a lot of backlash. nobody really knew who rod rosenstein was until he was used as a justification for firing james comey. i think very quickly he learned to resuscitate what had been his sterling reputation for 20 plus years as a federal prosecutor, he needed

james comey has been delayed. comey requested to speak with special counsel robert mueller before testifying publicly. >>> something new brewing in trenton. the capitol city is about to get the first star bucks. the coffee chain said it's part of a plan. the store down the street from the state house is scheduled to open later this year. >>> a construction boom is going on in philadelphia and it's not going unnoticed >> a national report just named one area of the city the most affordable reality corridor in the country. >>> greg argos is here to tell us where it is. >> reporter: this area has seen ups and downs now seen more than 1.5 billion dollars in vs and construction. it's all just feet from city hall. >>> move over new york's 5th avenue. good-bye san francisco union square. when it comes to the most desirable reality according to court documents, one philly neighborhood tops the list >> old city, kensington, fishtown >> market east is upcoming. >> my second guess >> the research film j l l factored and found market east to be most desirable reality hub in the country. >> this is market and the turn of the ce

james comey said he'll testify. >> no word on when comey will testify. he wants to consult with that new special counsel robert mueller before he goes public. he wants to know how much he can say before he speaks out here on the hill. >>> we turn next here this evening to the murder on campus and this evening, the fbi is now investigating whether this is a hate crime. authorities say the suspect walked up to this man, richard collins ii, tonight what the suspect allegedly said to him before stabbing him in front of his friends. abc's adrienne bankert in maryland. >> reporter: tonight, 22-year-old sean urbanski appearing before a judge to face first and second degree murder charges in what the fbi says could possibly be a hate crime. police say the attack on richard collins was unprovoked. >> we need answers on why he was killed. >> the 23-year-old rotc student was standing with friends at this university of maryland bus stop at 3:00am saturday morning when urbanski approached them, screaming. witnesses say he told collins to "step left if you know what's good for you." collins was puzzled and said no, witnesses say th

robert mueller. reporting live, suzanne kennedy. larry: rob rosenstein is going before the senate today to address lawmakers. he will ask questions -- answer questions about robert mueller and about his part in the james comey firing. autria: a lot is still coming out in this story. we have had new developments every day this week and we are keeping you up to speed on wjla.com. rock 'n roll star chris cornell is dead this morning. the 52-year-old singer is best known as lead singer of soundgarden. he died after a concert in detroit. this family calling the death sudden and unexpected. before the concert, he tweeted this picture of the billboard last night. larry: protests all night long after an officer is a kidded desperate acquitted of killing and unarmed black man. sam: after nine hours of deliberation, jurors found officer betty shelby not guilty. small protests arrested -- acquittal.er the officer shall be had his hands crutcherr, but terence -- she thought terence crutcher was going to get a gun. after the verdict, officer betty shelby ran out of the courtroom to that suv. she did not comment to reporters. they -- sayamily they will fight for reform within the also police department. the protests rema

former fbi director robert mueller was named to lead the investigation after allegations trump urged then fbi director james comey to shut down an investigation in to flynn. mueller's appointment is an aboutface from the administration that rallied against the need for an investigation. nbc's pete williams brings us more. >> reporter: after serving for three weeks rod rosenstein took himself out of overseeing the russia investigation turning that over to robert mueller. saying the 3406 is in the public interest. mueller is the former fbi director who served 12 years in the job. next to j. edgar hoover he's the longest serving. i asked him in 2013 about stepping down. >> you going to miss all this? >> yes. no. great people. great challenge. it's been great opportunity. >> reporter: mueller will have the full authority to investigate the russian matter that any u.s. attorney would including the power to file criminal charges. democrats have been pushing for the appointment of a special counsel since rosenstein was confirmed and since attorney general jeff sessions took himself out of making decisions about the inve