there's report that is mueller is opening investigation into the firing of former fbi director james comey. given that relationship, kristin, i want to ask you, do you think that this potentially represents conflict of interest for mueller and will people will be calling for him to resign? >> he should resign, mueller has got to go, the conflict of interest is glaring. the special counsel statute specifically states that mueller is banned from serve if he has a personality relationship with anyone substantially involved in the investigation or the prosecution mueller and james comey are life-long friends, folks at the fbi say they were attached tat hip while working in the doj. this is incredibly troubling. lauren: good point, kristin, and his investigation seems to be never-ending, steve. now they are investigating kushner, the son-in-law of president trump. >> you're absolutely right. 38 years i spent in law enforcement, i worked closely with fbi agents at the national joint terrorist force, the fbi in my whole life was the role immediate nationwide, it has permanently been damaged

robert mueller is not investigating james comey. nvestigating the president of the united states -- [inaudible] >> comey said himself that he licked leaked information to get the special prosecutor. did comey know that it was going to be robert mueller the entire time? we don't know. but we know their buddies and friends. >> gregg: it's good to see you both. we tackle three different subjects. thank you. more evacuations ordered overnight as hundreds of firefighters battled the country's largest wildfire. the flames wreaking havoc on a population destination for vacationers. will residents be able to return home anytime soon? >> we enjoy family reunions here for a lot of sarah is a fifth-grade teacher. when it comes to molding young minds, nobody does it better. she also builds her own fighting robots. destroy. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately for sarah, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so she can understand the details and be sure she's getting the right mortgage. apply simply.

mueller. everyone knew that james call y would be the key pivotal witness. you cannot have the prosecutor that close to the principal witness. >> sean: i think we are the only people that seem to be talking about their real issues here. >> that's the question. why is the fbi it not tonight finding out who these five leakers are russian mark why are they not sending agents to people's houses? >> sean: what about loretta lynch's investigation russian mark wise and hillary clinton in jail? >> this is ongoing right now for the sitting president.

just as troublesome, mueller ordered michael dreeben. >> james: thank you. brit hume joins us with his analysis. good evening. given that bob mueller was the past director of the fbi and is a close friend or close acquaintance of his successor james comey, do you think robert mueller can lead an impartial investigation? >> i'm not ready to say he can't but i think is worrisome he has a pre-existing relationship with james comey. that raises an ethical question that mr. mueller will have to answer. it obviously would be worrisome. if i were a trump lawyer, i would be worried about the various democratic donors who have been named to the team. having said that, however, i would say it takes a certain kind of person with a certain kind of integrity to resist the temptations that the office of special counsel or special prosecutor brings. to expand the investigation and keep hunting until you find something. bob mueller may be the kind of man who can resist that temptation. >> james: rod rosenstein consider some or all of this. it was announced that president tru

. >>> president trump once again criticizing his president with robert mueller calling his friendship with fired fbi director james comey bothersome, but president trump says he has no intention of firing mueller. we're back with andre carson, member of the house intelligence committee. there is a report in time magazine that says thousands of voter records were stolen from state and local election databases last year. time says it's unclear if russian hackers were responsible, but a lot of those stolen data included the last four digits of voters' social security numbers, driver's licenses, very sensitive information. time is also saying that congressional investigators looking right now to see if that stolen data was shared with the trump campaign. is that something your committee, the house intelligence committee, is looking at as well? >> i can't comment on it at this time, but i'm sure in the very near future you'll hear more about it coming from the committee. >> it's a worrisome development if it's true. >> very worrisome. i think for those folks who argued for keeping paper ballots and paper files and micr

you told him about the relationship between james comey robert mueller. even start any problem. he just said james comey is the best guy. whye wants to know democrats will keep losing, this party -- you have heard black people for too long. black people for too long. when we keep listening to people like you congressman, you energize us to go out there and support this president. there is some truth to the fact that the more we question and bring out policy of trump that hurt middle-class and poor people with health care and taxes and environmental causes, , hising water and etc. supporters will institute of not want to in mid-that they made a mistake and are getting taken advantage of. that is something we have to deal with is how to get our message across. message about jobs, message andt justice and fairness, collective good, which is what the environment is. all of these regulations that are repealed and end up helping the business a lot but hurting the populace -- populace because of problems put in the air and water. this affects people's lives and kills people. that is a p

collusion, nothing to see here. >> nothing to see here. >> what about the argument that bob mueller and jamesre long time associates, have great respect for each other, may be friends. how can bob mueller be impartial is the question? >> look, you get to the point where you ask if anyone can be impartial. no one is free from all associations. bob mueller is a former director of the fbi. i think until the last 48 hours no one had really questioned his fairness, much less his competence to undertake an investigation like this. look, what we are seeing is a locking of arms among republicans in congress, and more broadly in the coalition around the president. as we said earlier, i have not heard any member of congress say they dispute james comey's versions of events, in other words, that president trump is correct when he says i didn't say any of the things that former fbi director comey allege. they're saying even if he did it's no big deal, it isn't a problem. there are many former prosecutors and legal scholars on the other side of that who argue it provides the basis to begin an investigatio

more troubling by the day, only now close relationship between special counsel robert mueller and fired fbi director james comey is drawing greater scrutiny even as republican leaders on capitol hill have been complicit in mueller's service at special counsel, they have said nothing, now mueller is building a legal team filled with democrats, at least 4 prominent members of special counsel team have donated to democratic president at campaign and democratic organizations according to federal election filing, neither speaker ryan nor leader mcconnell have called for mueller's removal despite range of conflicts of interest, or for that matter, as trump white house or justice department. president trump is now building up his baggag legal team in response, hiring his personal attorney to lead president's lawyers and respected of the american center for law and justice, joining the trump teal last week, he is not ruling out the possibility of firing mueller. >> president of united states as we know, a unitary executive, president of seek advice of his counsel in government and out side, i am not going to spec

mueller is looking at that. it also seems to me that james comey is helping him do his work. out the breadcrumbs he created for mueller in his written statement a chronology of all the things that happened. one of the first things a prosecutor does when investigating a case is put together a timeline so that you can see the sequence of events. you can sequin siding events. you can see that on the very same day that sally yates was over at the white house in the morning is the same day that trump invites comey over for dinner that night and asks him to pledge his loyalty. >> thank you for being here, barbara. >> appreciate it. thanks, rachel. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. awd winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage we can'twhy?y here! terrible toilet paper! i'll never get clean! way ahead of you. (avo) charmin ultra strong. it cleans better. it's four times stronger and you can use less. enjoy the go wit

the comey testimony, is that he did various actions to tilt thing to bob mueller, which was that now h has. >> very clear that jamesmitted in his testimony, that he took various actions in leaking, so that he could get his friend bob mueller to act. now right there, that says that there's a problem here. >> he did admit that he did provide that memo to hiss friend because he wanted to see a special counsel appointed, he didn't use the words bob mueller. >> he's manipulating things. i mean let's get beyond james comey-- >> one of the ways that pundits work occasionally is by taking leaps of logic here, and bob mueller, his name was not even mentioned, there was no special counsel appointed and bob mueller's name wasn't even circulated and you're saying that james comey wanted to see bob mueller appointed special counsel? >> i am simply observing the fact that by his own definition, he's great friends with bob mueller, i'm simply observing that, that is a fact. >> let's talk about what really happened here, and it was one of the most fascinating moments of comey's testimony. he acknowledged and it was a spectacular m

i think this idea that james comey and bob mueller are going to get together and come up with a conspiracyown somebody or the president or whoever is, frankly, a bridge way too far. they can know -- in this business, we all know each other. there's a lot of people that know jim comey and know bob mueller. it's just that government's a small business, so they're going to know each other, but from everything i know about director mueller, this is a guy who wants honest answers, so we're going to get the honest answers. i think to poison the well, whether it's speaker gingrich or anybody else, say it's time to move past a special prosecutor, it's never going to be fair. my whole thing is, after this is said and done, i want everybody to say i may agree or disagree with the conclusion, but everything was thought. >> he didn't rule out the possibility of the president firing bob mueller. what would you say if that happened? >> i don't expect that to happen. i actually don't know that the president could fire. i think that shouldn't happen, obviously. let's let this develop itself. let's get som

mueller. everyone knew that james call y would be the key pivotal witness.not have the prosecutor that close to the principal witness. >> sean: i think we are the only people that seem to be talking about their real issues here. >> that's the question. why is the fbi it not tonight finding out who these five leakers are russian mark why are they not sending agents to people's houses? >> sean: what about loretta lynch's investigation russian mark wise and hillary clinton in jail? >> this is ongoing right now for the sitting president. how in the world are we allowing the federal bureau of investigation to leak this information to "the washington post." this is not the way the justice system is supposed to go. >> sean: this is the 50th leak though! >> this is a different level. the call for the special counsel -- where did this come from? i hope that he is investigating that tonight. >> sean: where is james comey's investigation. loretta lynch's investigation? >> he ended the obstruction case against the president of the united states peered his own testimony

mueller. everyone knew that james call y would be the key pivotal witness.not have the prosecutor that close to the principal witness. >> sean: i think we are the only people that seem to be talking about their real issues here. >> that's the question. why is the fbi it not tonight finding out who these five leakers are russian mark why are they not sending agents to people's houses? >> sean: what about loretta lynch's investigation russian mark wise and hillary clinton in jail? >> this is ongoing right now for the sitting president. how in the world are we allowing the federal bureau of investigation to leak this information to "the washington post." this is not the way the justice system is supposed to go. >> sean: this is the 50th leak though! >> this is a different level. the call for the special counsel -- where did this come from? i hope that he is investigating that tonight. >> sean: where is james comey's investigation. loretta lynch's investigation? >> he ended the obstruction case against the president of the united states peered his own testimony

. >>> now, because james comey and robert mueller are republicans, because they are lifelong law enforcement officials, because they have had decades in public service in which they earned reputations that don't rub off easily, neither bob mueller nor james comey is a particularly easy target for the white house and their allies to try to take apart. when it comes to comey and his role specifically in the obstruction of justice investigation that centers on this president, the difficult thing about this strategy of trying to smear james comey as if he's unreliable or somebody who shouldn't be trusted or integrity is in trouble, there are legal complaints that were being filed against him. the problem with going after james comey and what he can testify to as to whether or not the president was pressuring him on the russia investigation before he fired him, the problem with going after comey is that comey, as we know, took great care to make sure there was corroboration for his testimony to that fact. yesterday in congress, a serving high-ranking fbi official head of the national security div

in an interview with fox news today, president trump said he was bothered by mueller's relationship with jamesmueller has been adding to his

mueller is looking at that. it also seems to me that james comey is helping him do his work. ated for mueller in his written statement a chronology of all the things that happened. one of the first things a prosecutor does when investigating a case is put together a timeline so that you can see the sequence of events. you can sequin siding events. you can see that on the very same day that sally yates was over at the white house in the morning is the same day that trump invites comey over for din they're night and asks him to pledge his loyalty. so it seems that jim comey at least has that in his mind. >> barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney, thank you very much for your time tonight. i appreciate you being here. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. we'll be right back. stay with us. isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audnce. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. and you're about in

this is his first television interview since being fired and he knows both james comey and robert mueller very well, and we're also going to talk to a member of the president's legal team, a lot of questions for jay sekulow. one of the president's attorneys to ansr. >> real quick, you mentioned vindication but trump feels vindicated by comey's testimony as does his base. they are standing firmly by him. what's your take? >> so far. some of the polling shows -- breitbart and right wing media sites are all echoing the trump line right now. there has been some drop in -- drop in strong support for the president. one of the things you saw i think up in the senate at that intelligence committee hearing republican senators, a lot did try to put the best face on trump's actions. i think there's no question about that but you also saw them almost to a person vouch for james comey's credibility. >> sure. >> so i think one of the big questions you're going to see, does the president's story hold up under oath, if, indeed, he does as promise testify about this. >> so important to watch what happens

if an interview with fox news today, president trump said he was bothered by mueller's relationship with jamese of the people mueller has been adding to his team. >> well, he's very, very good

why would robert mueller give james comey the go ahead?hink there is a public interest in hearing from director comey. i think comey wants to speak. as mike flynn's lawyer might say, he has a story to tell. certainly, comey wants to, if we know anything about comey, it's that he wants to protect the bureau from political interference or the perception they've been politicized. i feel he wants to come out and say, hey, listen, i may have felt like i had some pressure from the white house, but it didn't affect our investigation and the investigation goes on. >> what would the upside be, if the president, if the white house, tries to invoke executive privilege? i'm going to guess the reigns are going to come down onthem. the criticism, given the lack of transparency, the meetings, numbers of the transition team, now the administration, dealings with russia that weren't reported, business ties that may or may not have existed, not seeing president trump's taxes. transparency has been a criticism, even among president trump's supporters. if he

but declaring war on bob mueller after james comey, rod rosenstein. these tweets are potentially evidence. the fact that donald trump is building a case against up himself with every tweet has people squirming on capitol hill. they are seeing a president they're not sure if he's pulling in the same direction. they're seeing distractions every day. >> people agree in the polls that he should stop tweeting. and he's not a good spokes person. >> almost every poll we look at we see big partisan divides. 90% of democrats feeling one way, 90% are feeling the ore way. tweeting is the number one issue people agree on. >> can the republicans pull off health care and tax reform? >> oh, yeah. and the deficit. and immigration. it will be worked out bn by july 4th. >>> thank you all for joining us. >>> when we come back, i'll talk to america's former top diplomat to nato which uses force and diplomacy to keep russia contained. how concerned is sne we'll be right back. a time's up, insufficient we're on prenatal care.es. and administrative paperwork..

we now know that they were friends, mueller and james comey.investigation into michael flynn, it is for me at national security adviser. now, there was the debacle over whether or not they were tapes of that conversation. donald trump hinted that they were. and then yesterday, we got the news that, by the way, there are not. so when it comes to the account of these conversations, donald trump does not have the backing of a tape. james comey has the contemporaneous memos that he took after each visit. so by thawing sunshade on bob mueller, it is perhaps saying, perhaps, bob mueller is on is eager to take james comey's side on this. arnold schwarzenegger has warned that tackling global warning must not be seen as a tackling global warning must not be seen as a political issue. after meeting the french president, emmanuel macron, arnold schwarzenegger said that everyone breathed the same and it should not bea breathed the same and it should not be a question of left versus right. we are talking about green futures. we are going to make the plateau

mueller. i miss being in the courtroom as a prosecutor. i'm sure that based on what james comey said yesterday, bob mueller will be seaboarding to hear from the president, and he should. however, right now the president i think at the very least has questions to answer around whether he sought loyalty, whether he sought to make the flynn case go away, and whether he fired james comey once neither of those happened. >> he stood there in the rose garden today and said he did not ask for loyalty, in those words. he never used those words. he said he did not not say hey, can you back off michael flynn. the president denied either of those things happened. if he is questioned under oath by robert mueller, remember, president trump is someone who has been involved in many legal cases. he was deposed in the beginning of january as president-elect in a civil suit. he does have experience answering questions from lawyers, you know. do you think it's possible that he manages to navigate this adeptly, or that his side of the story proves to be the more believable? >> there is also, j

this morning on fox and friends the president says it's "bothersome that robert mueller is good friends with fbi director jamesor investigating ties between the trump campaign and russia. when the president was asked if mueller should step down the president replied we're going have to see. the president's full interview with fox and friends airs later this morning. >> ♪ >> bow wow wow. >> ♪ >> sid get wisdom's breakfast. >> it's bring your dog to workday. >> for wisdom it was bring his oatmeal to work. sid was trying to get it. >> sid was trying to invade my territory. >> sid you want wisdom's oatmeal. >> maybe you shouldn't be eating in studio, how about that? >> he's got to fuel up. >> does sid even eat oatmeal. >> probably not. not that dry stuff. he likes mcdonald's, burger king. >> high end healthy food. >> exactly. >> i got you. okay. >> i know we've said this but sid is the best dog. if your job doesn't work out as a meteorologist you could be a dog trainer. >> only for goldens. they're easy to train. >> i don't know. he's pretty amazing. >> aside from bring your dog to talk about. we're tracking what'

in a new interview, the president complains about mueller's friendship with fired fbi director james comey, saying and i'm quoting now, we'll have to see if mueller should step down. press secretary sean spicer says mr. trump has the authority to fire mueller, but has no intention of doing that. >>> also tonight, the house intelligence committee is still waiting for official word from the white house confirming mr. trump's admission and he doesn't have any tapes of his conversations with comey. the panel had set tonight as the deadline. after the president's announcement by tweet, he's speaking out about why he hinted at possible tapes in the first place. he suggested he was trying to influence comey to offer an honest account of their communications. >>> also breaking, the white house says it's still possible that the president will meet with russian president vladimir putin next month on the side lines of the g20 summit. this as we are learning more about putin's personal involvement in russia's interference in the u.s. election. the washington post revealing that the cia received i

caller: people will check back, he worked under the bush administration and james comey worked under robert mueller and james comey worked with hillary clinton when he got out of law school. all this is taking taxpayer money. it's all for the democrats side. everybody needs to google it and find out what's going on. it's a big rip off and ponzi scheme. host: rob is up next, new york city, line for democrats. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i would ask him flat out why he made false statements to al franken. he asked him one question and then he made a statement which seem to try to sort of get around answering the question. by doing so, he made another statem i understand to be false. of course, how many times he's met with russian ambassadors. for what i understand now, some of the names that are being floated for fbi director have ties to russian businesses. russian businesses that are backed by big oil money in russia. which is close to and tied to putin himself. i don't understand why all the republicans calling in seem to have no interest to pursue what the connection is here be

special counsel robert mueller and the man who appointed him, deputy attorney general rod rose tn stein. he's also the man who urged the president to fire james comey who is, yes, you guessed it, a good friend and former colleague of robert mueller. now rosenstein added another dimension of absurdity to the mess he helped create. rosenstein is slamming leaks to the national media. most whiff originated with the man he recommended be fired from the f.b.i. this is what rosenstein said today in an official statement. quote, americans should exercise caution before receiving as true any stories attributed to anonymous quote-unquote officials. rosensin effect lively telling americans not to trust the national left-wing media, and their reporting, much of which relies on, yes, anonymous sources. it's a strange swamp, washington, d.c. as for the president, he was focused on policy, not the forces trying to subvert his administration and his policies. the president heading to miami to announce a major change in his policy on cuba. john roberts has our report. reporter: the president returned home a short while ago from miami to make good on a campaig

. >> other than james comey. >> mueller, 12 years. >> hard to beat knowledge. that puts chris wray in a tough spot. >> you're on deadline, pete. ari, you as well. we're going to put the jim comey statement in context. we'll match up his statement to the ongoing russia investigation so you see how it all fits in. that's next. are allergies holding you back? break through your allergies. try new flonase sensimist allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist experience you'll barely feel. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. bp developed new, industry-leading software to monitor drillin

up with an honorable solution. >> is a present on the relationship between robert mueller and former fbi achieved james comey. sparking new questions about whether robert mueller's job is on the line. let me get your thoughts on this bob. it is an interesting question whether mueller with an association with james comey. you might think that they are allies. can fairly judge a matter that has to do with the credibility of james comey's testimony versus that of the president. >> that is part of it. remember that mueller headed the fbi for 12 years and in the end, it is a fact driven institution. hopefully he will stick to the facts on this. i think the problem is a practical one how many years is it going to last? >> josh. >> will be hard-pressed to find someone capable of doing a job you didn't have some kind of relationship with james comey over the last decade. so i'm less concerned with that. as i am with some of the hires that have been made on the investigation. >> yes, let's - to explain that, he has hired several lawyers who have made contributions to the democratic party and would appear on the

he says it's quote bothersome that mueller is close friends with james comey. john robert has our report on the president's busy day which included keeping a key campaign promise. >> with the democrats licking their wound from big elect losses, president trump found running room to go back on offense. in the east room, president trump keeping this commitment to the veterans. >> veterans have fulfilled their duty to this nation and now we must fulfill our duty to them. so to every veteran who is here with us today, i just want to say two simple word. thank you, thank you. reporter: va reform was a key issue in the president's campaign. >> all of these executives that let our veterans down, you are fired. reporter: sergeant michael verado was the face of the veterans today. >> what i was not repaired for was coming home to a broken va system. i wasn't prepared to watch my wife beg and plead so i could receive basic medical care. reporter: the president insisting the tweet may have encouraged comey to faithfully recount the details of their conversations. >> becau

certainly sounds like the president is adding rod rosenstein to the enemies list along with bob mueller and james comey and an ever increasing number of people. >> "washington post" is reporting special counsel robert mueller is look into whether the president obstructed justice and the paper says they are investigated the finances of jared kushner the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. >>> conflicting stories in the deadly warehouse fire. >> coming up, as the two ghost ship warehouse fire suspects go to come, family and friends are coming to one of the suspects' defense saying he is not to blame. >> plus, a verdict in a groundbreaking case. a judge finds this woman guilty of pushing her boyfriend to commit suicide. it was all done by text. >> a billion-dollar deal, amazon takes over whole foods so what does that mean for your shopping experience? customers weigh in. were back in court today. and a defense attorney denied a key allegation... linking his client to the deaths of three dozen people. kpix 5 reporter da lin is at the bu >>> to suspects in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire w

now mueller needs to end the witch hunt right now. he is best friends with james comey. ey have been best friends for a long time, and who do you think mueller is going to side with when it comes to the president and his word versus james comey? pretty obvious, pretty unfair. then there is the fact that the mueller lawyers, many of them donated big, big bucks to barack obama, hillary clinton, and on top of that, perhaps most sinister, one of the lawyers that mueller has hired was clinton's attorney at the clinton foundation defending the clinton foundation against getting you information and preventing freedom of information act request. it is and that's great about the foundation? imagine for a second, just stand back, if republicans ever tried to pull anything like this, you know, let's hire donald trump's lawyer to investigate hillary clinton. the left rage would be unlike anything you have ever seen before. if mueller was going to investigate real crimes, real collusion, a real donald trump conspiracy with russia, maybe he should focus attention on other things. let's

point that matthew was making right there, that bob mueller may not be the best pick as a special counsel because of his well known relationship with james comey, the two guys are friends. do you think robert mueller should step aside and why? >> yes, i two think he should step aside. it's not that he's anything but a man of integrity, the problem is that the ethics rules that govern the department of justice say that if a prosecutor or an investigator has a personal relationship with a potential witness that calls into question his partiality, then he has to step aside. as you correctly pointed out, mueller and jim comey have a personal relationship that goes back a long way. they were arm in arm when they confronted the then white house counsel for president bush, alberto gonzalez about whether a particularly broad surveillance program should be continued. in other words, mueller and comey became friends at the formative moment in his career, and the thing for which he's best known. that being the case, i think the ethics rules dictate that mueller step aside. >> it's interesting because mueller was hired to investigate russia initiall

of the fbi from september four, robert mueller, who was the head of the fbi from septemberfour, 2001, consider that date, until 2013, when he was succeeded by jameser, who has great respect and who cannot be fired by the present —— president, is leading the present —— president, is leading the investigation now. he's in charge of all things related to rush in 2016 election, —— russian interference in the 2016 election, and the question of whether any americans aided or abetted the russians. and his star witnesses james comey. tim, thank you very much indeed. i hope we can come back to you have that communication. i should add that the deputy attorney—general, rod rosenstein, who appointed robert mueller and would have to do the actual firing, said today that he sees no evidence of good cause for firing robert mueller, and a white house spokesperson, sarah huckabee sanders, has said in the last couple of hours that the president has the right to fire him but has no intention to do so. we will move on for the moment. looking at other news now. here in the uk, talks between northern ireland's democratic unionist party and the british prime minister