it does not end with the departure of jim conley.t's not like he has somehow committed a coup against his own government and taken the key person out. nothing changes other than the flaky guy at the top is now getting on a private plane somewhere. that's good. >> the fact that you get rid of the top guy sends shock waves throughout the bureau. there's no question about it. there's a pattern here. the ninth circuit court has had disagreements with donald trump's position on certain things. trump wants to block the ninth circuit. gates says things from the attorney general's office saying not to hire flynn, be careful with this guy, he's got ties to russia. she gets fired. now all of a sudden, comey says he gets hold of the russia situation. he gets fired. there's a pattern of behavior here with trump. >> tucker: i don't want you to mislead our viewers into believing that the president somehow has the power to fire the ninth circuit court of appeals. the judges are saying that pretty simply doesn't. he's not going to and if he attempts

it does not end with the departure of jim conley. it's not like he has somehow committed a coup against his own government and taken the key person out. nothing changes other than the flaky guy at the top is now getting on a private plane somewhere. that's good. >> the fact that you get rid of the top guy sends shock waves throughout the bureau. there's no question about it. there's a pattern here. the ninth circuit court has had disagreements with donald trump's position on certain things. trump wants to block the ninth circuit. gates says things from the attorney general's office saying not to hire flynn, be careful with this guy, he's got ties to russia. she gets fired. now all of a sudden, comey says he gets hold of the russia situation. he gets fired. there's a pattern of behavior here with trump. >> tucker: i don't want you to mislead our viewers into believing that the president somehow has the power to fire the ninth circuit court of appeals. the judges are saying that pretty simply doesn't. he's not going to and if he attemp

i merely here to ask a really simple question, which is should jim conley have been running the mostowerful law enforcement agency in the world and democrats have said for a long time no, he shouldn't. now he's not and now they're complaining about it. i'm just confused about that because as an american, i want to know if the right guy isyo running the fbi and he clearly wasn't. this is good. >> there's no need to be confused. i obviously as well as many others and it sounds like you as well have had some real concerns with how comey handled himselfee during the election. fair. we are in total agreement. so if there's a problem there, why are you firing this guy on january 25th? why now firing him? >> tucker: i wish that they had. but they hadn't, and now they did. let's be happy about it because he wasn't good for the country. >> here's the difference. as at the very guy who was praising him in october is now getting investigated by this gentleman. this guy is now saying we are investigating the trump administration. this is a serious act. vladimir putin is coming to get us. >> tuck

to republicans, democrats, the house, the senate, everyone is talking about that supposedly will jim conleyk and what comes next. >> the president himself has not shown an ability to learn from past mistakes.they are compounding their mistakes. we might be getting caught up in the moment, but it is very cap at this point to see a white house that is ready to reorganize come up with this behind them. >> certainly turns the media topic of the day away from what we want to talk about, health care and tax, but we have to address it. seeing how he has operated the last four months, and will be hard for me to believe this thing will be substantiated so we will see how it turns out. >> this is so shocking to me, david. it is not about comey. it is not about trump. it is about the united states of america. >> i am sure you have a better idea and probably agree with me, the hill is now preoccupied and obsessed as it should be with the state of the white house and whether we have a punching presidency or not. -- since thishave administration has been put in place and that has not sent an agenda. davi

conley? speaker ryan: i like jim comey. i know there are people on both sides of the aisle who are concerned about decisions he made. i think he was put into an impossible position. i think when lynch went on that plane or clinton went on that plane, i think that put him in an impossible position. i remember getting that letter from him, i think october 28 or something like that. i can't remember the date. i was campaigning for some house republicans in california at the time. that one really caught me by surprise. and i remember remember thinking ,o myself, what an impossible no-win decision he had to make. i think the guy was forced into nearly impossible decisions. understandably he was going to get criticized for making those decisions, but i think he served his country ably. done aaitlin owens has fantastic job covering the health-care debate. actually she is right here. in the front, bob woodward. she is going to ask a question. while we are getting are the microphone, we have another question from bob woodward. speak