host: jim comey, the topic of hillary clinton from her interview with pbs -- i'm sorry, with cbs. jim comey also the topic of steve bannon, former whe house strategist for president trump, who conducted an interview with "60 minutes." one of the tngs that came out that interview, which you can see online, particularly deals with jim comey. mr. comey -- i'm sorry,r. bannon saying the firing of jim comey by the president was the biggest mistake maybe in modern political history. wide ranging topics, here's a bit that have interview from steve bannon yesterday. >> it is also true, many say, and you're a smart guy, that if james comey had not been fired, you would not have the mueller investigation. true? >> i don't think there's any ubt that if mes comeyad muelest? >> we would not have the mueller investigation, the mueller investigation in the breadth that clearly mr. mueller is going. because i think it's a very directional -- i think direction aly -- >> do you believe mr. mueller should be fired? >> no, i do not. >> has there been discussions in the white house about firing him? >

the way she's assessing the blame, acknowledging a lot of it herself but also putting the onus on jim comeyhink the determining factor was the intervention by comey on october 28th. it stopped my momentum, it drove voters from me who, understandably -- this is not about the voters who were saying, wait, what does this mean and how do i evaluate it? so i think that in terms of my personal defeat was the most important factor. i was just dumbfounded. i thought, what is he doing? the investigation was closed. i know there is no new information. i certainly had given everything of any relevance to them. and then it became clear this was not necessary. i feel very strongly that he went way beyond his role in doing what he did. >> you're a lawyer, you were white house counsel, you were on the judiciary committee staff. jim comey should have gone to sally yates who was deputy a.g. if he felt that hillary was compromised getting on the plane. why did he do it and so close to the election? >> i don't know. it's hard to explain. what hillary clinton did was high right and he was not consistent with t

which you've advised him against firing jim comey? omey has made some mistakes but i don't think he should have fired him. >> i think there were other reasons more important than that one. >> the cover story he had rosenstein write? >> no, i think the fact that jim involved himself so personally in the hillary clinton investigation was an enormous mistake. and i'll tell you this. jim comey and i were u.s. attorneys together under pressure bush 43. he in manhattan. me in new jersey. if the head of the fbi, the assistant director in charge in new york had ever gone out and did a press conference, announcing that there would be no charges brought against the defendant, jim comey would have had him fired. that's not what the fbi does. >> but no one disputes that -- >> you asked me why. if there was a reason why jim comey should have been fired, my advice to the president would have been that is someone that is overstepped their bounds and doesn't understand they nor longer a prosecutor. they around investigator. >> mueller is going to scru

basically they want americans to look at jim comey and whatever he's saying and be skeptical. clearly the information that comey put out about his engage wants and his meetings with the president, the white house is that he put out through a friend to the press, that was not classified information. a lot of what the white house is saying falls apart when you poke at that argument. they're engaged in a pr battle right now and jim comey certainly in the context of this investigation is the top target. >> arguably this bore rose from the bannon kind of anti-institutionalist presidency. this president and those around him have decided just not to be that into comey, to be in the that will of his image or his resume in washington. >> yeah. and i thought bannon's response during the "60 minutes" interview was concerning because he said this was a political mistake or actually he said it was a big mistake in modern political history. that in some ways is under playing it and i think deliberately so. it wasn't just a political mistake or a mistake by the president that really wasn't su

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matt, let me ask you this, you know, mueller is a buddy of jim comey's, and mueller's investigation centersn a truth-telling contest between comey and the president of the united states. given the fact they're pals dating back to the john ashcroft hospital days, and what we're learning about comey that it's possible he perjured himself in front of congress by lying under oath saying he didn't make a decision until after the investigation, doesn't this shed a whole cloud now on mueller's investigation? >> yeah, i definitely think -- there's so many questions on other side. we've spent all this time with all of these crazy charges about donald trump, but it's important that we get to the center of who james comey is, what his public service has been like. i served with him in the bush administration. i was told by everybody, oh, this is a very strong republican who supported george w. bush. his politics are the politics of what's good for jim comey. we're learning about this man who views himself as the boy scout of ethics is that really when you look at his statements all around this hillary

described, this administration, over the last several days as something perhaps illegal done by jim comey. the issue here that the white house has been kicking it over to the department of justice, essentially, saying, hey, it's up to doj to decide and to prosecute if in fact james comey did break the law. we've obviously reached out to the department of justice on that and so far the agency's simply referring us to that original rod rosenstein memo, you remember from back in may, laying out the reasons for the firing, essentially. so that is sort of the comey piece of the puzzle. one, i got to say a lot of topics that came up today at the briefing including notably that meeting with tim scott earlier today and a little bit of news there too, katy. the president will sign that joint resolution condemning violence, racism, hatred in the wake of charlottesville up until about 20 minutes ago we had not heard from the white house definitively either way as to whether the president would sign this bill once it gets to his desk. >> hallie jackson, one last thing, at the end of that news confere

yet today we're now talking about jim comey again which they should never utter those words from theum again. >> they can't. >> it's very clear headed analysis from a republican that it counts as a good two weeks for this white house. he hasn't messed anything sup the bottom line and he hasn't opened up any new fronts on twitter. i guess we don't rate him on a bar. the voters do. they elected him. what do you make of reupping this war against comey? >> this is donald trump going back to his original self. back to basics. his original self. we have known for a long time this is the one thing, the russia investigation, and this is the one person, two people, jim comey and bob mueller who are getting under his skin. he is very, very irritated by what's happening. and he can't help himself. jonathan swann is reporting as you just pointed out, he's ranting and raving behind the scenes, which is not uncommon for a president to rant and rave behind closed doors and to staff. but he takes that ranting and raving and puts it on twitter and as sarah was just talking about, we go from talking a

it is time to go after jim comey. that's my opening.el me what you think on my facebook page and twitter. here to talk about all the breaking news from today and more. my political panel. thanks for being here tonight. donald trump has said all the right things. it appears he's doing all the right thing. ahearing in ravaged southeast texas and southwest louisiana in the first week. what do you say to that, michael? >> donald trump is doing his job, thank god. i'm not going to give him extra credit for doing what he's supposed to do, which is being president. but i will draw attention to what he has done during the hurricane, which is pardon joe arpaio and rumored to ends daca. judge jeanine: he said he won't tell us until tuesday. don't criticize him before he makes the decision. >> all reports from the white house indicate dablg is going to end. judge jeanine: house your anonymous source at the white house. >> michael will you give him extra credit for giving a million dollars to the hurricane victims. i lot of attacks on the left. oh,

president, you can fire jim comey but not like this. right now we're going to show you. on wednesday may 3rd, comey gave his last congressional testimony and he made this comment that enraged trump. >> this is terrible. it made me nauseous that we had impact on the election but it wouldn't change the decision. >> behind the scenes the white house was smoldering but outside it was this happy face they put on. very next day trump was celebrating the house passage of trump care in the rose garden. that night he spoke at an vent in new york city and went dark. >> following that health care vote, president trump made his way here to new york city. it's his first trip to his hometown since the inauguration but he didn't stay in manhattan very long opting to spend the night in new jersey. >> in new jersey where the president tweeted a little bit about why it was a good thing he was there. then the only thing on his public schedule for this critical weekend on may 6th was a phone call with the president of peru. he was also spotted golfing that saturday. not by the press but a vi

he was in the oval office with mike pence and other aides about hiring a replacement for jim comey. the vacancy that set the special counsel appointment in motion. the times said he launched in a volley of insults, saying his appointment was one of the worst dirgss trump ever made. also calling him a quote, idiot and saying he should resign. we know in public trump says many things about russia. but this is fascinating and important potentially because it is in private. the "times" account saying trump saw this as basically the worst thing that his presidency and erupted in rare self-criticism about his decision to hire sessions. remember, trump could have asked jeff sessions about potential recusal before hiring.

it identified all these other connections to the russian probe for why trump decided to fire jim comey. then after this letter is edited, mike pence then tells the media that the comey firing was not connected to the russian probe and he said it was due to rod rosenstein's implications. it implicates menace in conspiracy to obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting obstruction of justice, and misprigs of a felony. that's 18 usc section 4. if one conceals knowledge of a felony and does not make it known to the legal authorities, one can be guilty. also let's keep in find the nixon articles of impeachment included a provision for false statements for the public. that's not a felony, but it was grounds for impeaching president nixon. it may be grounds for an impeachment of vice president pence. >> and tonight's new word for me, because i didn't go to law school is misprission. >> the trip wires for everyone involved in the case is there are more of them than they realize. i imagine mike pence might be hearing his possible jeopardy for the first time if he's listening to the professor to

identified all of these other connections to the russian probe for why trump had decided to fire jim comey. then after this letter is edited, mike pence then tells the media that the comey firing was not connected to the russian probe, and he said it was due to rod rosenstein's recommendation. those are untrue. those statements are untrue, and it implicates mike pence now in a combination of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting obstruction of justice, and also a relatively less known felony called misprigs of a felony. when one has knowledge of a felony and if one conceals and does not make it known to the legal authorities, one can be guilty of misprision of a felony. let's keep in mind that the nixon articles of impeachment included a provision blaming nixon for misleading or false statements to the public. now, that's not a felony, but it was grounds for impeaching president nixon. it may be grounds for an impeachment of vice president pence. >> and tonight's new word for me because i didn't go to law school is misprision. neera tanden, the trip wires for eve

when the bush administration was testing its power after 9/11, mueller was at the fbi, jim comey became john ashcroft was in the hospital. comey determined he couldn't authorize a spying program because it was illegal at the time. and comey then recounted how the top white house lawyer alberto gonzales, did something lawyers are not supposed to do. he tried to circumvent the law. gonzalez took the fight to the attorney general's hospital bed. in one of the most dramatic hearings in senate history, comey recounted how mueller helped him defend the rule of law and how he placed an emergency call to bob mueller asking for armed agents to get comey's back in that hospital standoff. comey joined mueller in telli i bush they would resign and the president reformed the program. >> i raced to the hospital room, entered, and mrs. ashcroft was standing by the hospital bed. mr. ashcroft was lying down in the bed, the room was darkened, and i immediately began speaking to him, trying to orient him and try to see if he could focus on what was happening. it wasn't clear to me that he could. he seemed

he had a private meeting with jim comey after he told two other people including his attorney generalthe room and told him essentially to lay off the investigation of michael flynn. we now know some weeks later, that at one point, he talked to his own attorney general, jeff sessions, and suggested, is there something we can do to back off on the case against the sheriff in arizona, joe arpaio? those are two bits of evidence. and then we have from my own experience, the president of the united states, both as president-elect and then as president, calling me on the phone, a number of times, which is unprecedented, unusual, the number of times barack obama called me in 7 1/2 years, was zero, to have a chitchat conversation. i'm not saying it's a certainty, but i'm saying based on what i know and based on the oddity of being called on a repeated basis and based on what happened with these other two gentlemen, jim comey and jeff sessions, that at some point, i believe he would have ask med to do something inappropriate. >> any ideas of what he might have asked you to do? >> i'm not going

think is not helping her reputationly. >> april, i want to get to that, but speaking of harping and jim comeyperson wharp s the president and today, the white house coming out and hitting comey. you were there with sarah huckabee sanders when she spoke today and yesterday. saying some of comey's conduct likely could have been illegal. all right. that's what she said yesterday. then today, she was asked to explain. here's what she said. >> leaking fbi memos on a sensitive case regardless of classification violates federal laws including the privacy act standard fbi employment agreement and nondisclosure agreement all personal must sign. i think that's pretty clean and clear, that that would be a violation. >> april, she was clearly prepared for this, although if you're jim comey, i don't know how you see it. you're either a failure and blew it or both sides hate you so you're doing something right. >> sarah did double down today and it was almost as if she was leading into some kind of action. punishment taking against him. i'm waiting to hear that next. i'm sure it's coming. but you have to r

i go back to that lester holt interview where he explained in detail why he fired jim comey. is there any way to back out of that in. >> i don't think so. especially because we awe saw it in living color and on videotape. i think one thing that's probative about that is he says it's the russia thing but just a few days earlier he had relied on the memos, the rosenstein memo to say it was because the way jim comey handle the clinton e-mail investigation. when you have those conflicting stories, that is what prosecutors refer to as consciousness of guilt. i came up with one story and i changed my story because the first story didn't look good. that in itself, the fact that the story e vochls could be evidence of what's going on in a person's mind. >> if you were bob mueller building a case, would it be the firing of jim comey that would be the central element in the obstruction or would it be the other things you mentioned, going to mitch mcconnell saying why wouldn't you protect me about that, the constant complaints about the investigation within reaching out to members of co

he had a private meeting with jim comey, after he told two other people to leave the reem and told him to lay off investigating michael flynn and he talked to jeff sessions and suggested is there something we can do to back off on the sheriff in arizona, joe arrest p -- joe arpiao. the president-elect called me on the phone several times, its unusual. the number of times barack obama called me in seven and a half years, was zero. and based on what happened with these other two gentlemen, jim comey and jeff sessions that at some point i believe he would have asked me to do something inappropriate. >> so special counsel robert mueller has requested extensive records and email correspondent from the white house, including records represented to the president's discussions about firing comey, his response to news that his former national security adviser was under investigation. i'm not a lawyer, but i can't think of anything this would mean other than robert mueller is at least trying to figure out if there is enough evidence for a charge against the president of obstruction of justice, a

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ousted white house strategist steve bannon says president trump's decision to fire jim comey is trump'sost damaging, self-inflicted wound. >> someone said to me that you described the firing of james comey, you are a student of history, as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably too bombastic, even for me. maybe modern political history. i don't think there's any doubt if james comey would not have been fired, we would not have the special counsel. >> not the mueller investigation? >> not the mueller investigation in the breath that clearly mr. mueller is going. i don't believe that the institutional logic of the fbi and particularly in regards to an investigation could possibly change by changing out the head of it. >> bannon would not say directly whether he was against firing comey out of respect for private conversations. instead, he reported he was adamantly opposed to it. he claimed he did not know whether the president's son-in-law, jared kushner favored the firing. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders stood behind the decision. >> certai

the quote i jotted down from sarah sanders, the president was 100% right in firing jim comey. jim acosta, let me ask you. the headline where you were asking about "the wall street journal" reporting and now cnn has it now as well, any sort of conversation on the trump legal team involving maybe having his son-in-law/senior adviser jared kushner step down, she told you no such conversation existed. >> right. i think she said, not that i'm aware of. she certainly did seem to knock down the notion that there was this conversation about jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser stepping down earlier this year. obviously "the wall street journal" reported that. cnn has some reporting lending some credence to that as well and sarah sanders is saying, no that didn't happen. now there were other comments she made on the russian probe and i don't want to overlook that. this was plaerly stunning because typically you don't hear this from a white house. a white house would stay out of an investigation, a criminal investigation like the russian probe b tu white house pr

jim comey did not do the interview himself. i mean, they agreed to all of these things to get her in the door. is that right? >> well, i think that there are many certainly many former high level doj officials who believe that there were many mistakes made by director comey in connection with this investigation, his involvement in publicly having that press conference and then interjecting himself just weeks before the election, so there are many things that happen here that really are extraordinary. now, as to whether or not any of this raises to criminal wrongdoing connection with the leaking of some of the fbi memo and pre-judging the case, whether any of that raises to criminal activity really i think from the public record, i think it's a stretch, but there are serious consequences that may arise nonetheless for example, the inspector general the department of justice is undoubtedly looking at jim's performance and they very may welcome out with a harsh indictment of the way jim exercised his authority as fbi director and

, is it's not a good look that they're trying to get out there and now attack jim comey.like they're hiding something, and perhaps they're hiding nothing at all. i think this comes back to the president's strategy that he's a counter-puncher, and he doesn't like to take an attack sitting down, and he views jim comey attacking him. but it's not a good look for this administration or for any administration or white house trying to attack someone like this. kelly: you know, it is surprising that they would come back to this in i view of the fact that the president's been so actively involved in the daca program, trying to compromise to get that done and also expressing to the dreamers that he has a heart for them, but then what he did during hurricane irma and harvey, he was really doing some great things out there, and then you come back to this. again to your point, it raises the eyebrows and raises question marks why go after this when clearly he has enough on the plate. >> exactly are. and actually, i think it was a good week for the president -- kelly: yes. >> the russi

if it turns out that the reason that he chose to fire jim comey is that jim comey wouldn't publicly exonerate him, does that rise to the level of obstruction of justice? >> probably not. trump could use that as a defense to an obstruction of justi justice prosecution. he would say i don't respect the norms of my office. firing james comey was not good policy so i'm a mean guy but i'm not a criminal. i didn't obstruct justice. if on the other hand the letter refeels that his intent in firing comey was to try to impede the investigation, which he was calling fake news, then that would be smoking gun evidence of obstruction of justice. >> the other sort of interesting aspect of these stories that we heard today was the idea that donald trump had this letter that he wanted to originally send, that the white house counsel says there's something problematic about this letter, we don't know what was problem mattic about it but donald trump turns around and relies on a letter from rod rosenstein and uses that as a prediction to fire jim comey. what kind of position does that put rod rosenstein in bec

republic and democrats are not fans of jim comey right now.teve bannon did a 60 minute interview which is a huge mistake because you wouldn't have a special probe of it wasn't for the fact that president trump fire james comey. whether what he did was illegal or not, that's way above my pay grade. this is the point. if you are focused on reelection which i believe the president is -- everyone is to say their seat, use that time as fast as you can to talk about the issues that matter to americans. there over this right now. the average american in the heartland, -- >> trish: people -- i think it's really strange that james comey himself was part of the leaks. hillary quentin targeting the media calling the right-wing outlets "dedicated propaganda channels that helped donald trump win the presidency." not sparing the liberal "new york times" either. is she still plane the blame game? after a terror attack in benghazi being added to her growing list of reasons? what you said about the fatal tragedy that is raising a whole lot of eyebrows. we've g

. >> it's funny that jim comey is now being suggested should be investigated for mishandling classifiedinformation. it's one of the more ironic things in american politics currently. >> i mean, john, sanders was responding to comments bannon made in the interview room. let's watch a clip and then we'll talk about it. >> someone said to me you described the firing as james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would probably be too bombastic even for me. i don't think there's any doubt if james comey had not been fired we would not have a special counsel, yes. >> i mean do you agree with that, because would the mueller investigation even be happening if he hadn't fired comey? >> you would have thought the strategic advisor would have been in that loop in that decision. i think the latter part of the statement was right. it was a serious mistake to do it, and they're paying the consequences now. and i think that bannon is probably happy to be out of there and not take responsibility for that decision. >> listen, i don't think it went unnoticed that matt didn't really

a very aggressive pushback today and really i think trying to get herself on the offense against jim comey in the briefing. >> that's right. she was asked again, nicolle, about steve bannon's comments in which he called the firing of comey the biggest mistake in political history. yesterday she dispute that characterization, said the president stands by his decision. she doubled down on that today. take a listen. >> everybody knows exactly where the president stands on that issue. the president is proud of the decision that he made. the president was 100% right in firing james comey. he knew at the time that it could be bad for him politically, but he also knew and felt he had an obligation to do what was right and do what was right for the american people and certainly the men and women at the fbi. i think there's no secret, comey by his own self-admission, leaked privileged government information weeks before president trump fired him comey testified if an fbi agent did the same, he would face repercussions. comey leaked memos to "the new york times," politicized on investigation by sign

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he is not that jim comey -- jim comey. they were out there protesting. they don't agree with him. they are doing hecklers veto. they tried to protest and interrupt events. instead of trying to interrupt the with more speech, they silenced the other side. host: we are joined by ron myer,, the editor at red alert politics, a conservative website written for him by young conservatives -- for and by young conservatives. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. we also have a line for college students, we want to hear from you, (202) 748-8003. just getting back to this idea of free speech. when i was going to school, i was taught college is a place you are supposed to figure out things and be challenged by your views. we have seen an increase of so-called safe spaces, things that when it comes to peop le with sharp political views, a way to protect people from those views. guest: i think it does people a disservice. in college, i was one of the rare libertarian voices. something that allowed me to grow was to have discussions with peop

that was before the firing of jim comey. so things can change.e news reports are to be believed, you know, they perhaps have changed and there is interest in exactly what president trump did as president and whether there was some issue of obstruction here. >> do you have legitimate concerns at this point as to whether or not the president of the united states was engaged in illegal behavior? >> as somebody involved in one of the investigations i want to answer that carefully and in a pay that is consistent with impartiality our job should have. if you look at manafort, if you look at flynn, if you look at don jr., roger stone who i anticipate would spend some time in front of my committee, these are all nexuses to either russia, and i say that without saying that there is at this point communication around what the communications with russia were, but those are four, four people of interest with respect to possible connections to the russia. rewind the tape nine months ago. we were told by this president, this president's people there was nothin

that was not the choice made only by jim comey.t was a choice made by president obama. >> and she also blames or seems to blame the former president for not being forceful enough in speaking out against the russian meddling in the presidential election. >> she is largely positive about him, but makes the point on october 7th with leaders of intelligence saying there is this effort by russia to affect this election and she said what difference might it have made if he made a spech to the nation and critical of mitch mcconnell for warning president obama that he would see that and portray that as a political move on his part. >> important stuff all-around for those of us who love political history to get her sense of what happened. thanks so much for helping us. coming up, dead or alive. we have new details about an attempt to take out the leader of isis and why it's not clear if he survived. ♪ depression is a tangle of multiple symptoms. ♪ that's why there's trintellix, a prescription medication for depression. trintellix may help y

but the original rationale to can jim comey, according to the "new york times" report. a new warning, and a stern one, two congressmen, a top democrat and senator bob graham ran the investigation. he says that donald trump cannot be trusted on the russia case. congress must create protocols now the moment that trump tries to get rid of bob mueller. and that warning is animating of course the wider russia challenge right now. after all, if there's nothing to hide, why did the trump campaign hide so many russia meetings. if there's nothing wrong with doing business deals in russia, why did the trump organization lie about trying to build that trump tower in moscow, only recently expose. donald trump has certainly proving effective at one thing, marketing, so he knows how to exaggerate, distract and change the subject. but the signs in the investigation, even as trump talks immigration or taxes or policy, the investigators will not be distracted, raising the prospect of a much bigger clash heading into the fall. joining me now the nick ackerman, and francesca chambers who

there's some interest in reviewing the handling of firing of jim comey.bstruction issues relating to that cover story hatched for donald trump junior about his meetings with russians at trump tower. i want to bring in joyce vance. joyce, you heard me do my disclaimers and that's to be fair. the inclusion of the white house counsel and deputy is fascinating because he has potential for lawyer-client privilege and executive privilege but bob mueller thinks there's something to talk about. >> courts have ruled the white house counsel doesn't have an attorney-clint relationship with the president or other white house staffers. i think bob mueller is on firm ground here. he'll have the opportunity whether it has to be litigated first or not to interview the white house counsel and his deputy. both of whom are identified by the new york times as being on his list. they were present for this dramatic meeting where sally yates, then the acting attorney general of the united states came over from the justice building to visit with the white house counsel. in and o

i don't know, a lot of stuff going around jim comey that didn't look too good.minute and think about the last time we had an fbi direct northis country who found himself at least as a principal witness in three, possibly four investigations. i mean, this is a lot. david: a lot. catherine herridge, breaking news, good stuff, appreciate it. melissa: the long road to recovery in florida. irma unleashing record flooding in jacksonville. how long it will take for things to return to normal? we are live on the ground in the sunshine state next. ♪ it's a highly contagious disease that can be really serious... especially for my precious new grandchild. it's whooping cough. every family member, including those around new babies, should talk to their doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated. . melissa: irma's path of destruction in the southeast. the storm surge in jacksonville, florida, causing record flooding, turning streets into rivers. as hundreds of people are rescued from their home. fox news' rick leventhal is in jacksonville with the latest. rick, what is th

this is what hillary clinton said about jim comey. >> i think the determining factor was the interventionmy personal defeat i think was the most important factor. >> what do you make of that? >> i think that's totally reasonable analysis. a lot of outside prognosticators and manipulators of outside data have come to that conclusion. that was a really unfortunate event, comey's intervention. but i'm kind of wondering a little bit how that fits in with all of the other complaints and analysis she makes about the causes for her defeat. for example, she says, and i agree, that there was sexism and exhibit "a" is sexist candidate won. hillary clinton based on her analysis of jim comey hadn't intervened would have won despite the sexism and we'd be having a quite different conversation now about the role of gender in american politics. >> i found that interesting, though, when she asserted in that interview that it was essentially easier for a black guy -- a black person in general, perhaps, to get elected president of the united states than a woman in 2016. >> she certainly -- i mean, she -- r

that meeting, those series of meetings led to the president's first interaction with jim comey, wherelty pledge. later his secondary intersacact, asking him to back off the flynn investigation. don is in the middle of those and potentially other times the president tried to intervene in the investigation. he is a witness at the least, possibly has his own legal exposure. when you look at the difference of opinion between ty cobb and don mcgahn, it is possible he's telling the truth, it being a difference over legal strategy, and possible mcgahn's self-protectionism is clouding his vision. >> besides the overwhelming, holy cow, i cannot believe i'm sitting next to these two and hearing this, what was your biggest take away? >> yeah, i mean, i think it is that there is a difference -- it's not just legal strategy. it is really like sort of legal understanding. don mcgahn sees himself as representing not just donald trump or the office of the president now, but the office of the presidency, writ large. so the point that he's making in this sort of urging of caution or at least urging of

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narrative that what set him off and down the path -- i guess he was already thinking about firing jim comey, but the idea comey was made nausious by in any way helping him get elected. >> i think it's significant for a few reasons. one, we are going to have some alternate evidence other than what was put ow publicly. so comparing that original screed and the one that was eventually drafted will be interesting. but more important will is who was involved in this? now you have the vice president, rod rosenstein, other people who are involved and what can be seen as a conspiracy to obstruct justice. so far we haven't seen the vice president pence or people like rod rosenstein involved in this level of discourse. so, i think that's problematic for them. if you remember, pence later went out, gave a false reason for the firing of james come ja >> after donald trump wrote the screed in which he wanted to pour out owl this against jim comey, he winds up then getting rod rosenstein to write a letter that he then uses as a pretext to go ahead and fire jim comey. do you think that puts rosenstein in

, of course, under oath jim comey said i am not aware of any wiretapping, so is there a problem theren he went in front of congress now trey gowdy says i want him back in that seat we need to understand, why he said one thing and it is completely opposite than what we are learning now. >> i don't know -- precisely what he testified i think you have to go back an determine whether he was specifically aware of this particular are counterintelligence wiretap. if he was, then obviously there is a problem there. but the issue is whether this was a counterintelligence investigation the use -- >> what is your take on president's ability to actually you know, get his issues through when you've got lots of people running agencies within governments who are not agreeing with him they are not on his team in fact they might be object holdouts? >> well, problem is that president unfortunately has not staffed up the way he should some due to the delay in the white house some due to congress's delay in confirming people but whatever the cause of the delay the fact is that there are a lot of holdover

if the justice department thought he had somehow violated the law, jim comey would've been dragged inw. >> maybe not. maybe the justice department is looking at h. >> i think at this point, it's after it's after-the-fact. what i see is this kind of aggressive focus on comey shouls the president. don't look at me. look over here. >> watch jesse. >> he is tall. >> tall versus short. bernie sanders wants free health care for all but there's a catch. a catch. we will tell you about it you won't see these folks at the post office. a catch. we will tell you about it they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>senator bernie sanders made a big announcement today. he wants to bring socialism to the healthcare industry. >>today we begin the long and difficult struggle to end the international disgrac

i'm not adjusting he do it, but if he really wants to say that jim comey dropped the ball -- i don't know why he doesn't want to do it. >> marie: maybe there isn't enough evidence, how we actually thought that might be true? >> judge napalitano: i haven't seen their internal file, eileen know what's in the public. >> sandra: they have their entire circle and unity and they allow her top aide sarah mills to represent her as an attorney. she was given immunity. going back to the point i made before, this isn't just about hillary clinton, this is about her aides around her. all of the mishandling of highly classified information. it was president trump's responsibility to call for this. he said he would do it on the campaign trail and immediately after he won the election -- >> marie: what about these new private emails from jared? >> sandra: i wanted to get this in there because they're looking into that tarmac meeting with loretta lynch. >> harris: she already said she regretted it. >> marie: how is a g.o.p. going into a midterm with no legislation? if they want to spend their time re