i like jason chaffetz optimism.gress can't walk and chew gum even under gop control of the easily fall prey to headlines. they should see this as an opportunity because the spotlight on them. we know should get health care reform through and tax reform throughout the den by congressional members only and they should bask in the idea they can do this on the spotlight because they know it's donald trump early enough in. true to what about the opportunity here for the republicans? >> they have a great opportunity to get this done. so far we don't have any crimes. democrats want to tell you watergate is crashing down a bit of a constitutional crisis. democrats would seem as far a leap. republican be proceeding forward and recognize faking his budget reconciliation to get outside and serve and and serve data throughput for the 28th elections. if they don't get it through the risk losing the house and if they risk losing the house, donald trump will only be a two-year president. lauren: is this making investors nervous? i

jason chaffetz argued that he wouldn't open an investigation until there's evidence. continues live on can toll hill. congressman chaffetz said he's having trouble getting in touch with james comey. >> that's right. he told me a number that he used to communicate with the former fbi director is not working. so he's reaching out publicly to say he wants to track him down. that includes sending out a tweet earlier today. paul ryan made clear the relevant congressional committees will be thorough in doing their work. >> i will leave it to the committees doing investigations, just remember, there's an investigation occurring at the fbi. an investigation in the house and an investigation in the senate. we have three investigations going on. i'm not going to micro manage or armchair investigations. >> he went on to say their job is to get to the facts and to be sober about doing it, shep. >> mike, you spoke with congressman chaffetz about his future in congress. i've read a lot of things. >> that's right. it sounds like he does not intend to be around here much longer. chai

congressman jason chaffetz joins us. thanks for being here. your reaction to the story. i have a copy of your letter here. what you're looking for and what you hope to find. >> well, let's see if it's true. this is one where we can find out the truth behind it. if there are such memos, documentation, we would like to see it from the fbi. if i need to issue a subpoena, i will issue a subpoena but i think they will cooperate. >> bret: are you hoping to hear from the fbi director, former fbi director, in testimony? and what is the status? >> i think trey gowdy, a moment ago, laid it out right. let's see if the documentation as they are, then we need to talk to the person who wrote those. that would be director comey and get his take on it. whether that is a public hearing or we talk behind the scenes, i'm not quite sure yet. we are going to let the facts take us where they are. the first step is finding out if it's true, that there are these memos. we will -- >> bret: we know the fbi director did not tell at the time anyone up the chain, it seems like, and just before he wa

congressman jason chaffetz joins us. thanks for being here. your reaction to the story. i have a copy of your letter here. what you're looking for and what you hope to find. >> well, let's see if it's true. this is one where we can find out the truth behind it. if there are such memos, documentation, we would like to see it from the fbi. if i need to issue a subpoena, i will issue a subpoena but i think they will cooperate. >> bret: are you hoping to hear from the fbi director, former fbi director, in testimony? and what is the status? >> i think trey gowdy, a moment ago, laid it out right. let's see if the documentation as they are, then we need to talk to the person who wrote those. that would be director comey and get his take on it. whether that is a public hearing or we talk behind the scenes, i'm not quite sure yet. we are going to let the facts take us where they are. the first step is finding out if it's true, that there are these memos. we will -- >> bret: we know the fbi director did not tell at the time anyone up the chain, it seems like, and just before he wa

here's where the story turns ugly if you work where i do, which is jason chaffetz notwithstanding. ady announced his retirement from the congress of the united states. we are hearing lots of sort of chin rubbing concern and if the memo turns out to be true, this would be a serious matters, but we are way, way -- we are not yet close to a point where the republican members of the house of representatives, the republican members of the senate are ready to seriously hold the president's feet to the fire. the politics are just not at a point where that's going to happen. >> let me ask you about one last matter, congressman. i know that late today into this evening, you were briefed by cia director mike pompeo on some of the matters that have been in the news recently, particularly on the issue -- at least what we heard, going to touch on the issue of whether the president rightfully disclosed very secret and sensitive intelligence information to russian diplomats last week in the oval office. you can't tell us anything classified about that meeting, but can you tell us whether you're le

appreciate it. >> congressman jason chaffetz, congressman of oversight committee. coming up, senate judiciary committee waiting for those comey memos. i will speak to a key democrat on that panel. there he is. senator blumenthal. plus, breaking news. the bombers brother is arrested in libya accused of plotting a separate attack. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ how if guests book direct ater, choicehotels.com and stay twice they'll get a $50 gift card? summertime. badda book. badda boom. got you a shirt! ...i kept the receipt... book now at choicehotels.com it's just a burst pipe, i co(laugh) it. no. with claim rateguard your rates won't go up just because of a claim. i totally could've - no! switching to allstate is w

. >> also helps oversee chairman jason chaffetz says he plans to meet with the former fbi director james comey ahead of the public testimony. before with the senate intelligence committee. what you may expect? >> heightened concerns over north korea after pyongyang conducted another missile test. the us response and what it means for security in the region and here at home. "america's news headquarters" starts right now. >> we begin with the president delivering a landmark statement today to 50 majority muslim nations. urging them to take a major role in defeating the radical ideology that still plagues their society. >> america is prepared to stand with you. in pursuit of shared interest. and common security. but the nation's of the middle east do not wait for an american power to crush this power for them. the nation's of the middle east will have to decide what kind of future they want for themselves for their country. and frankly, for the families and for their children. >> the chief white house correspondent john roberts is live in riyadh saudi arabia. about midnight there. so did t

democrat in the house oversight committee, congressman cummings writing a blistering letter to jason chaffetz. saying the committee has documents that appear to indicate that general flynn lied to the investigators who interviewed him back in 2016 as part of his security clearance renewal. now cummings lays out this timeline. it's as follows. december 2015, michael flynn attended a gala in moscow for the russia propaganda network rt. he sat near russian president vladimir putin. sometime in january 2016, a month later, flynn submits an application for a renewal of his security clearance. then one month later on february 1 112016, security clearance investigators in response to the application interviewed flynn. one month later, march 14, 2016, those investigators issued a report of their investigation, their interview with flynn. that march 14 report states that flynn told investigators u.s. companies paid for him to attend the rt gala with putin. congressman cummings says they, meaning the committee, have documents showing it was rt who paid flynn to participate in the gala and paid him thro

somebody in the real world watching this and saying, what is happening. >> how significant that it's jason chaffetzr this expansion of the inspector general investigation? >> it's amazing. chaffetz has done a 180 and seems to be taking that oversight role. i don't know how trump thinks about these things. if you are a republican and you see jason chaffetz, who is partisan, saying we need to look into this, we need answers, that's an incredibly worrying sign for a white house that is finding its move is not as popular as they thought it would be. >> i draw the opposite conclusion from what happened. here we have the most catastrophic act in terms of a firing by a president since 1973. how many republicans have said boo? you have a handful who say i'm troubled, i'm concerned. after 19 -- after the saturday night massacre, you had republicans talking about impeachment. i think the republicans here remain very united -- >> can i ask you a question? wasn't the saturday night massacre after six years of investigation and drip, drip, drip? >> it wasn't six years. >> many years. >> it was 1973. he had been

the jason chaffetz asked for all the comey memos talked in the "new york times" today. he took meticulous memos allegedly of every meeting with the president. what other people did he take memos about? director muller took ha hand-written notes at ashcraft's hospital bed, but he didn't keep daily logs of his interaction with the president. that is creepy. like jay edgar hoover. there's going to be a lot of intensification of focus on it in the peeks weeks ahead. we cannot jump from a "new york times" story that was dictated by a friend of comey's to a "new york times" reporter to impeachment or crisis. we have to get the memos. if there are white house tapes -- by the way, ben sasse wants the tapes, as well -- look at every one. this doesn't stop with this administration. director muller was the director when loretta lynch met with bill clinton. there are lots of hand-written or personally dictated memos by direct comey that we need to get into the hands of the article i oversight authorities of the congress and let the chips fall, chris. let the chips fall. >> the most

jason chaffetz chairs that committee and joins us from utah. mr. chairman, how does the appointment of a special prosecutor change your plans to investigate this? >> look, the house has its own equities and we will continue to pursue our own investigation and still plan to have a hearing with director comey as early as next week. i do applaud, and i do think that the department of justice, if they saw fit to appoint this special counsel, director mueller, impeccable credentials. we'll enjoy a great deal of comfort on both sides of the aisle. people will have real trust in him. he served in the obama administration, the bush administration, but amazing credentials. he'll do a great job. >> do you expect to have the fired fbi director james comey sitting in the witness chair on wednesday? >> we've had a little bit of trouble contacting him. he's had telephone number changed since he left the department of justice, but we have formally noticed a hearing for next wednesday, 9:30 a.m. eastern time. and i've got some flexibility. it comes with an asteris

kennedy: some republicans like jason chaffetz want the f.b.i. to turn over any relevant memos. >> if there are such memos, we would like to see that. if i need to issue a subpoena, then i will issue a subpoena. kennedy: jessica tarlov, guy benson, and senior editor at the federalist *, mollie hemingway. i will start with you, mollie. what do you think the purpose of this leak was? this particular one where the senior f.b.i. agent reached out to the "new york times" and read part of the memo. mollie: comey and his associates reached out to the "new york times" specifically sow jason chaffetz would have for the memos. kennedy: i want to make a little bit of a distinction. is it to influence who the next f.b.i. direct is your or to bring down the president. mollie: yes definitely. we are in a coordinated campaign that has larger goals of undermining the presidency. but to fund might presidency you hold up sessions from being appointed. all these different people you want to keep from being at the agency. it's clear we didn't have a good investigati

. >>> house oversight chairman jason chaffetz is asking the inspector general to review the firing of james comey. the ig was already reviewing comey. all of this comes as the senate intel committee issued a subpoena to fired national security adviser michael flynn. suzanne malveaux is live on kpil wi capital hill. >> reporter: now you see this in congress. investigations ramped up. some already in progress. you mentioned the house ov oversight chair jason chaffetz involved in the investigation of the hillary clinton e-mails and now asking the tough questions of what was behind comey's firing. what makes this extraordinary, chris, this is one of the few republicans who is not in support of trump's decision and not silent on trump's decision, but asking the tough questions. he is on his way out. he has nothing to lose. that may be part of the reasoning there. on the senate side, look to the senate intelligence committee. you mentioned they have subpoenaed the former fired national security adviser michael flynn over documents regarding his relationship with russian officials. the commi

earlier today, the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz send out a message saying he scheduled a hearing for wednesday at 10:30, chaffetz went on to say he believes comey changed his phone number and not able to reach him. we do not know if james comey will appear at that hearing. furthermore, we also heard today from the senate intelligence committee, advice chairman mark warner i want to say saying he too wants odom hear but listen to how it's played out. the change of tone on both sides the hawks and the will on this investigation. >> the great concern by republicans and democrats alike is this notion of the president constructively obstructing justice, literally asking the head of the fbi director to drop the investigation into his connections to russia, michael flynn's connection to russia >> did he ask? did he order? did he get his opinion? there's an awful lot. i'm not going to sit here and pass judgment or basically condemn or convict them until i see the facts and that's being on intelligence committee is what we receive. >> reporter: so there we are. a mo

we asked jason chaffetz.e's what he said. >> so you heard nancy pelosi described robert mueller is not truly independent. do you think he is? >> he is as good as it gets. his credentials are impeccable. he served in the bush administration, the obama administration. he is unassailable in terms of his credentials, his background. your point is well taken. he is in the latter part of his career. he has nothing to prove. he's been silent politically. it doesn't get any better than robert mueller. i also agree i don't think they should have appointed somebody. >> tucker: why did they? >> i think they are feeling the political heat. maybe they are watching too much television and reading too many newspapers. i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing but that flailing started before january 20. >> tucker: did you expect this? >> i'm very surprised by it. no heads up. i don't

at that point, jason chaffetz quit abruptly and with no notice. he just up and bolted from congress. altogether. he announced he was leaving washington. just as soon as his committee stumbled onto the mike flynn/russia investigation and specifically the white house telling them, no, we're not giving you a single document about it. as soon as that happened, instantly, surprise, no notice. jason chaffetz says, i quit. something about the way this story has unfolded. something about the way this scandal is going freaks people out along the way. we've been seeing it already, but then you get to now. yesterday in the united states senate, the former acting attorney general did finally testify, and now we know maybe why devin nunes was so not psyched to hear what she had to say. she testified in addition to giving us the tick tock about her warning to the white house, she testified that there was something about mike flynn's underlying behavior when it came to russia that was problematic from the point of view of the justice department. not just him lyi

we asked jason chaffetz.s what he said. >> so you heard nancy pelosi described robert mueller is not truly independent. do you think he is? >> he is as good as it gets. his credentials are impeccable. he served in the bush administration, the obama administration. he is unassailable in terms of his credentials, his background. your point is well taken. he is in the latter part of his career. he has nothing to prove. he's been silent politically. it doesn't get any better than robert mueller. i also agree i don't think they should have appointed somebody. >> tucker: why did they? >> i think they are feeling the political heat. maybe they are watching too much television and reading too many newspapers. i have not seen any evidence of actual collusion. where is the actual crime they think they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's been a lot of flailing but that flailing started before january 20. >> tucker: did you expect this? >> i'm very surprised by it. no heads up. i don't th

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house oversight committee ranking member democrat elijah cummings is accepteding a letter to jason chaffetz saying the committee has documents that indicate flynn lied the investigators when he was renewing his security clearance. what about? well, according to the letter, flynn told investigators, he was paid by u.s. companies when he traveled to moscow in december of 2015. that was the trim where he was pictured deeng with russian president vladimir putin. the committee said flynn's payment came from the russian state media company. rt. now separately, a u.s. official with direct knowledge told nbc that flynn left blank a line on his security clearance form asking him to disclose any business relationships or transitions with foreign entities. earlier we learn that had flynn will not testify before the senate intelligence committee. his lawyer confirming late today that he plans to plead the fifth. all this breaking news comes at the end of the day when president trump hoped to turn page. a day of historic photo ops including being the first sitting president to stris western wall. two we

jason chaffetz announced a medical leave from congress. he flew home for surgery on a foot and was supposed to be out until mid may. then came a health care bill so toxic that the gop's 29-seat majority didn't ensure package. so jason chaffetz rolled in, cutting short his medical leave, racing back to washington. this photo went viral. quote, chaffetz is all smiles as he scoots back from a fully insured surgery to repeal health coverage for millions. chaffetz. all eyes are on the second rose garden ceremony today, the one harolding the house republican vote to repeal and replace obama care. there was a morning rose garden ceremony as well marking yet another executive order from president trump. the order attempts to do two things, ease a legal prohibition against churches taking explicitly political stances. second, instructs the government to issue new regulations making it easier for organizations or businesses to raise religious objections to contraception and health care policies. the aclu tweeted we thought we would have to sue trump

jason chaffetz chairs that committee. he's joining us now from utah. mr. chairman, how does the appointment of a special prosecutor change your plans to investigate this? >> look, the house has its own equity, and we will continue to pursue our own investigation and still plan and hope to have a hearing with director comey as early as next week. i do applaud and i do think that the department of justice, if they saw fit to appoint this special counsel, director mueller, impeccable credentials. i think he'll provide a great deal of comfort on both sides of the aisle. he's a real professional. people will have great trust in him. he served in the obama administration. he served in the bush administration. but amazing credentials. he'll do a great job. >> pelley: do you expect to have the fired f.b.i. witness chair on wednesday? >> we've had a little bit of trouble contacting him. his telephone number changed since he left the department of justice, but we have formally noticed the hearing for next wednesday, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, and i've got some flexibil

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house oversight committee jason chaffetz firing back with a seven page demand stating his committee has a quote, constitutionally based prerogative to conduct investigations and in no way wants to impede or interfere with the special counsel but needs documents to shed light on high public interest. shay fets is requesting all communications between comey and the white house, the attorney general and deputy attorney general dating back to september 2013 and he set a new deadline of june 8th. the senate committee is also demanding all tapes of conversations inside the oval office, the white house has not said, if any, such tapes exist and since former fbi director robert mueller was named special counsel there is concern in congress that mueller's investigation will overshadow the probes on capitol hill. >> we have the exact same rights to proceed with mueller as special counsel as we had with rosenstein as acting attorney general and we should take advantage of that. >> reporter: and with the white house decision to reset its search for a new fbi director, former senator joe lieberman s

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. >> jason chaffetz was on the "today" show and i want to play you something he said and the go your reaction. i found it interesting. >> i don't know i would have necessarily done that. i have not seen evidee of actual collusion and does beg the question, why do they need a special prosecutor? what are they trying to prosecute? >> somebody who knows the doj, tom, what do you think, was a special prosecutor, special counsel warranted? >> i think it was a smart decision. strictly speaking legally were they compelled to do this? no, they weren't but at the same time right now the whole russia thing is spiraling out of control for the white house and i think they saw this as an opportunity to clear the air, to put in place someone whose integrity is unimpeachable. we've seen the bipartisan endorsement of bob mueller, a serious and intense guy. they're starting to move ahead and starting to see okay this is how this investigation is going to play out, in a way that engenders confidence in the american people that, this is a serious, credible, legitimate investigation. >> tom, thank you.

and beng in the news comes as congress been jason chaffetz of utah -- congressman jason chaffetz of utahould be leaving next month. greg is calling on a republican line. what are your thoughts on the latest in the probe into russia which has now reached the white house? caller: truthfully, i just believe it's another democratic tactic they are using against trump. because they lost the election and trump has only been in office a little over 100 days. patient,ody would be just like the man from sarasota thesethey are just using tocial investigative people burn up the american tax dollars for something that doesn't need to be done. we have problems in this country that trump is trying to take care of. -- harry reidts retired. if he would just back off a little bit and it they fire pelosi -- i don't know how she got rehired -- host: let me ask you this. the special counsel o was appointed by an appointee of president trump. does that change your view of at all that this is being pushed by democrats? caller: no. party -- they become a very evil party in the last eight years. obama eight yea

another follow-up on that, jason chaffetz said he is probably leaving june 30th. isn't that a conflict? >> i have not spoken to jason about that. he's not told me about that. >> if he's leaving, do you think that he should step aside -- >> i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is doing or isn't doing so i won't comment on something that's in the media. i would rather hear it from him myself. as far as the committee, they made document requests. that's the oversight committee's responsibility. that's what they do and perfectly appropriate to make the document requests but as i said, especially with repons to intelligence, that's where i think the intelligence committee should do their jobs. chad? >> thank you. obviously, you have been very close over the years with vice president pence and you talked about trying to continue to move this agenda and he's here often working on these issues here. but considering the mall stream you have been dealt with, some members said we might be better with vice president pence. >> good grief. >> what is your take on that?

jason chaffetz announced he's going to be resigning. house speaker paul ryan said the goes up still focused on passion their agenda. >> i realize there is a lot in the media these days. that doesn't stop us from doing our jobs. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. drama is not helpful in getting things done. but we are still getting things done. kennedy: are you? drama, drama. the house ways and means committee held a hearing on tax reform. with the koch brothers throwing their weight behind the tax plan could they pass a major tax overhaul by the end ofhis year reblanongressman jim jordan, also aember of the freedom caucus. let's talk about this. what does congressman chaffetz's resignation do for the tenor within your party, congress and the russian investigation. >> he's been an outstanding leader of the oversight committee. he will be there for a while yet. we'll keep doing our work. lord knows, the federal government needs reform. it needs streamlining. we'll continue to do that, and there will be a new chairman determined la

. >> republican jason chaffetz, thank you very much. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the reaction there. >> reporter: scott, democrats are hailing the appointment of a special prosecutor as a victory and a good first step. and the move will be welcomed by a small but growing number of republicans as well. in fact, just today alaska republican lisa murkowski spput out a statement that these white house crises are eroding public trust. and it may be that we need to look to an independent commission or special prosecutor to regain that credibility. this as her party debates just how damaging these comey memos are and what they mean for the president's future. >> if the allegations are true, yes. >> reporter: michigan's justin amosh became the first to say the president's actions might merit yes, ma'am peachment. >> i think it's pretty clear i have more confidence in director comey. >> reporter: the latest allegations have rattled many republicans. >> it would be very serious, and i would think that the justice department would take a

we might start hearing more of james committee jason chaffetz comey's side of the st. we got a bit of that last week when we heard that mr. comey had been making memos as he was speaking with the president over the phone, meeting at the white house, and expressing discomfort to what -- with what the president was saying about the investigation. we are likely to hear bits and pieces of that before we hear the full story from mr. comey when he testifies early next month. julia: talk to us about tomorrow and what we should expect from the budget tomorrow and how important this is. i heard one analyst described it as saying "dead on arrival." >> the budget will be the president's first opportunity to lay out his vision, but it's likely not going to be much more than that. we are likely to see some drastic cuts to various social programs. the president is seeking to balance the budget over 10 years, but he is saying he is not going to cut some of the biggest spending items, including social security and medicare. programs for the poor will be cut in the president's budget.

the only person concerned, jason chaffetz, is on his way out. >> yeah, what ever happened to tax reform? >> it's been put on ahold. these things have real consequences. >> great panel. really appreciate it. >>> another republican raising a red flag, a lawmaker who wants the inspector general to look into the firing of james comey. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] >>> welcome back. as more top lawmakers express their concerns about the firing of fbi director james comey a key republican congressmanjust called for an internal just department investigation to include the president's decision to fire james comey. phil, what's the latest? >> well, as lawmakers have tried to get their head around it, really grappled with what's trance pired over the last 30 hour, waev started to see really substa

jason chaffetz tweeted, if memo exists need to see it sooner rather than later. pen is ready. >> on a day we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did something inappropriate, don't want to read memo but hear from him. >> reporter: urgin comey to return to capitol hill. abc news washington. >> continuing coverage on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live." % >>> developing news from south bay, students gotten sick from likely nora virus outbreak. live at hassendda environmental school. >> reporter: 80 children caught the bug and spread quickly through the district from there. cleanup crews are attacking. the playground is off limits. >> best to do is tamp it down so it doesn't spread. >> reporter: 200 cases across ten campuses. not confirmed noer ovirus but all signs lead to it. district advises parents. >> if experiencing symptoms, report to the school. make sure they know. especially if you're keeping them out and be out for a couple of days without sympt before they go back. >> reporter: canceled book fair an

another follow-up on that, oversight chairman jason chaffetz has told people he will be leaving june 30 for fox. does that present a conflict? speaker ryan: i have not spoken to jason about that. i don't know -- he's not told me that, so i have not spoken to the chairman about that. reporter: if he's leaving do you think he should step aside -- speaker ryan: i will find out from chairman chaffetz what he is doing or isn't doing. so, i am not going to comment on something that's in the media. i'd rather hear from him myself as to what his plans are. as far as the oversight committee, they've made document requests. that's the oversight committee's responsibility. that's what they do. that's why it's called the oversight committee. so it's perfectly appropriate that they make these document requests. but as i said, especially with response to intelligence, that's where i think the intelligence committee should do their jobs. reporter: obviously you have been very close over the years with vice president pence. you talked about continuing to move this agenda and he's here often working o

we're starting to see major substantive movement with high over sight jason chaffetz. the inquiry into what exactly happened in the lead up to the firing of james comey. the justice department inspector general should they pursue this aspect of the investigation has wide-ranging latitude. this means interviews, access to documents, the lingering questions about how this actually transpired, what actually occurred. who told who what to do. these are the types of things should be uncovered should the inspector general decide to pursue this. this happened the same time the senate intelligence committee took a different posture in their bipartisan investigation issuing a subpoena to michael flynn for documents related to their investigation. rob ninkovi michael flynn said will not provide those documents. now he's being subpoenaed the first since 9/11 inquiry. historically this is a very important moment something that doesn't happen often and makes clear they're ramping up their efforts in that committee. >> on capitol hill for us, thank you. >>> joining us now tim kaine

lauren: representative jason chaffetz expressing skepticism on tucker carlson whether the appointment is even necessary. >> i have not seen any evidence ofctual collusion. where is the actual crimes they need a special prosecutor to prosecute? i haven't seen that. there's a lot of flailing, but they've had flailing before january 20th. nicole: reaction pouring in. donald trump saying as i have stated many times to make your investigation will confirm what we are e-mail. there is no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluded quickly. house minority leader nancy pelosi saying the trump administration must make clear that you were mueller will have the resources and independents he means to the critical investigation. lauren: former national security adviser michael flynn told the term transition team is under investigation for working as a paid lobbyist for turkey during the campaign. weeks before the evacuation according to "new york times" said they informed trump officials a month after the justice department told flynn he was under

jason chaffetz announced he's going to be resigning.ouse speaker paul ryan said the goes up still focused on passion their agenda. i realize there is a lot in th media these days. that doesn't stop us from doing our jobs. we can walk and chew gum at the same time. drama is not helpful in getting things done. but we are still getting things done. kennedy: are you? drama, drama. the house ways and means committee held a hearing on tax reform. with the koch brothers throwing their weight behind the tax plan could they pass a major tax overhaul by the end of this year? republican congressman jim jordan, also a member of the freedom caucus. let's talk about this. what does congressman chaffetz's resignation do for the tenor within your party, congress and the russian investigation. >> he's been an outstanding leader of the oversight committee. he will be there for a while yet. we'll keep doing our work. lord knows, the federal government needs reform. it needs streamlining. we'll continue to do that, and there will be a new chairman determin

jason c jason chaffetz is requesting a subpoena for all information between comey and president. house speaker paul ryan added we need to have all of the facts. >> i saw that speaker ryan said things about getting to the bottom line. i think he should be more aggressive. this is not a type fime for republicans to hide. >> reporter: both demanding an immediate investigation as a growing number of lawmakers calling for comey to testify as soon as possible. a move the sources say the former fbi director supports. >> the country is being tested in unprecedented ways. history is watching. >> if these allegations, senator, are crtrue, are we getting closer to the possibility of another impeachment process? >> reluctantly, wolf, i have to say yes simply because of obstruction of justice is a serious offense. >> reporter: this crisis comes after the white house spent tuesday trying to clean up the fallout from another damaging disclosure that the president shared highly classified information with top russian officials in a meeting in the oval office. cnn has been told the information ca

jason chaffetz. and, you don't have the actual memos as of yet.avid: right. >> we have reporting of the memos. and what exactly the context was. david: yeah. >> i think you're right, a deep breath at this moment is probably pretty good. "the times" is standing by the story. they say the memo exists, or sources they have say it exists. assuming that the memo exists some democrats are saying this is proof of obstruction of justice to which the great scholar jonathan turley said on our air, as well as "the hill" newspaper, he is not a republican by the way, if this is food for obstruction of justice it is still an awfully thin soup. there are dozens of different variation of obstruction charges from threatening witnesses to and influence jurors, none would fit this case. >> that is powerful coming from someone like jonathan turley. what we don't know, the context of these memos, how detailed they are, what was exactly said. we have our own confirmation the memo exists and that it tracks roughly with what "the new york times" quotes it as, in our own

utah congressman jason chaffetz made it official a little more than an hour ago. republican is resigning to spend more time with his family and to return to the private sector. as chairman of the oversight committee, he played a big role into the congressional investigation into president trump's ties to russia. his last day in office will be june 30th. because of his high ranking position in congress, he had a huge impact on the district. he led the congressional challenge against d.c.'s death with dignity, assisted suicide law. and earlier this year, he said he was sympathetic to the city's lack of full congress. he suggested transferring the residential areas of the city to maryland. >>> first at 4:00, we're getting our first look at the new chelsea manning. i retweeted the photo she posted. the transgender army soldier tweeted the picture with the caption, so here i am, everyone. she transitioned into a woman while serving seven years at leavenworth. before he left off, president obama be commuted her sentence to time served. chelsea was known as bradley manni

. >>> representative jason chaffetz released a letter requesting the fbi to turn over all memoranda, notes, summaries and recordings relating communications between former fbi director and president trump. in the letter chaffetz said if true, the comey memo raises questions as to whether the president has attempted to influence or impede the fbi's investigation. let's have a look at how this is playing out on global equity markets. we see risk aversion sweeping across global markets. let's kick things off with u.s. futures. s&p 500 off by 12 points. the dow jones set to fall by 104 points. the nasdaq seen down by 23 points, this after the dow fell for the fifth time in six sessions yesterday. the nasdaq closed at a record once again. stocks remained in a relatively narrow range. >>> want to see what this is doing to bond markets across the world. once again those flight to safety playing out visibly. the ten-year treasury note yelled has dropped back below the 2.3% handle, a two-week low. a two-week low for the two-year note yielding 1.27%. when it comes to the dollar index, it is tr

politico also reporting that jason j fitz has asked for the -- jason chaffetz has asked for the attorney general to expand its scope of investigation to include the firing of james comey. coming up next, we are going to show you the hearing that just wrapped up, the heads of intelligence agencies reacting to worldwide threats and testifying about the firing of james comey. here it is on c-span. senator vitter: i would like to call the hearing to order -- senator burr. burr: i would like to call the hearing to order. i would like to thank all of our witnesses for being here today, especially mr. mccabe, for being here on such short notice. since 1985, we have heard about the russian security threat facing the united states of america. i understand many people tuning in today are hoping we will focus solely on the investigation into russian interference in our election. let me be up front. the purpose of today's hearing is to review and highlight, to the extent possible, the range .f threats facing the nation the national security threat picture has evolved significantly. what used to be a

jason chaffetz tweeted, if memo exists need to see it sooner rather than later. pen is ready. >> on a day we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did something inappropriate, don't want to read memo but hear from him. >> reporter: urging comey to return to capitol hill. abc news washington. >> continuing coverage on "nightline" after "jimmy kimmel live." % >>> developing news from south bay, students gotten sick from likely nora virus outbreak. live at school. >> reporter: 80 children caught the bug and spread quickly through the district from cleanup crews are attacking. the playground is off limits. >> best to do is tamp it down so it doesn't spread. >> reporter: 200 cases across ten campuses. not confirmed noer ovirus but all signs lead to it. district advises parents. >> if experiencing symptoms, report to the school. make sure they know. especially if you're keeping them out and be out for a couple of days without symptoms before they go back. >> reporter: canceled book fair and other events. also freque

people. >> today a couple of things are going to happen puier ieng go f to a conversation with jason chaffetz would like to be his committee hear from james comey in addition to on the senate side. glow we have the a.p. reporting that michael flynn is going to plead the fifth. what do you make of that in. >> it's not good. you a grand jury issuing subpoenas in virginia. the white house can make denials but there are going to be more disclosures. you have a subpoena for the comey memos. jim comey may give the open testimony in a couple of weeks. so the thing the white house has been hanging its hat on is the line that people say there's all this smoke but no finding of wrongdoing. if indictments start coming down they're not going to be able to say that anymore and the story is going to be more distracting. >> you're going to stay with us through the hour. we're going to head to the middle east after the break, to neighboring skbr ining jordan. how is nikki haley approaching her job while maintaining the america's first policy. it's craig melvin's interview with nikki haley coming up next. my