it was to prays her deputy from the department of justice, matt axelrod.eft the justice department roughly when she did. sally yates in march praised him for a, quote, remarkable combination of intellect, drive, judgment and integrity. he had the most demanding job in all the department of justice, including managing many of the department's most vexing and sensitive matters. that was the the first public comment of any kind she made after she was fired by the trump administration. second comment was today, her hours of very careful testimony alongside former director of national security intelligence, james clapper. but because she took that step of speaking today, her deputy, matt axelrod is willing to talk with us tonight about her testimony. and about what he knows. and he joins us live for the interview next. and about what h knows. and he joins us live for the interview next. and about what h knows. and he joins us live for the interview next. and about what knows. and he joins us live for the interview next. when you booked this trip, you didn't kno

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matt. >> i'm sure you could if you try. >> i appreciate that compliment. >> one that you thought you were going to win. >> eveha >> and to trump. >> and i agree with joe biden and what david axelrode. comey put the attention back on her. he may have made it more of a referendum on her. reminded people she was running for president. by all rights it should have been that referendum all along. she did not run an assertive campaign. argumentative campaign. she hoped her opponent would implode and spare her having to do that. that was a huge gamble that's why she lost. >> well, you were there. we were on every minute of that campaign. she points to nate silver and others that the polling was going all the way up. and then 11 days out comey and it starts to plateau and go down. >> when you think of the momentum i think everyone agrees there were a whole host of reasons she lost, her message and not campaigning enough in michigan. i was on the plane with her that day. her campaign had just announced she'd expand into arizona a traditionally red state. she was going to actually visit arizona. and then moments later on the plane, she learned the campaign learned the press corps learned a