it's one of the reasons why i suggested merrick garland the other day.ck garland, in addition to people on that list, are all good candidates. and i think the president ought to look for someone who can bring to the job a whole lot of credibility. as to senator warner's statement about jeff sessions meeting with these candidates, i completely disagree with the suggestion that he has to detach himself from the process of finding an fbi director. as attorney general, he'll be working with the fbi director in a whole lot of cases involving a whole lot of matters that have nothing to do with anything as to which attorney general sessions has recused himself. so i completely disagree. i couldn't disagree more with that suggestion. chris: all right. let's go back to the garland suggestion. i mean, for folks who may not be following this as closely as we are, judge merrick garland is a member of the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he was the man that barack obama last year, a little over a year ago, nominated to be a supreme court justice. republicans in the sen

. >> one name that i think the white house ought to consider is merrick garland. i think this would be an exciting pick. >> chris: plus, president trump tweets a warning to comey. their conversations may have been taped. >> what about the idea that, in its what you said there might be tape recordings, >> president trump: that i can't talk about, i won't talk about that. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel, including bob woodward about his refusal to deny he's got a recording device in the oval office. all right now on "fox news sunday" ." >> chris: hello again and happy mother's day from fox news in washington. we want to begin by telling you who you are not going to hear the white house. since the president fired james comey on tuesday we've been asking for a guest to explain the president's reasoning and discuss the public. saturday morning white house officials that they would not put anyone out to discuss that. if they did offer senior officials to talk about the president's foreign trip this week. when we said we were going to focus on comey for at least t

i said, put merrick into the list too.ndsey graham reportedly backed the idea of considering merrick. i like that, i think he is a good guy. louisiana republican senator, bill cassidy, also seemed to approve. >> i think it is incumbent upon the president who appoint somebody who all americans will have faith in? >> like merrick garland. >> i is an attorney so mike would have a better assessment of garland's merit, if you will, as an fbi director. i have not investigated that independently. if what he is saying is we need someone whom democrats would also respect and woefrn severyo see as an independent voice, i will certainly agree with that concept. >> a happened fundful of democr weighed in on the idea. amy kimbuchar tweeted. here is what senator dick durban told reporters. >> i don't know if merrick garland would be interested. he is an extraordinarily qualified and competent man. >> now, if he were to leave the d.c. circuit court for the fbi director position, president trump would be able to pick a candidate to fill g

chief judge merrick garland. remember him, nominated for the supreme court. he never got an up or down vote. there are some who feel he would be a great compromise candidate. >> the outcome of investigations should not have partisan affiliation. i think in this instance there are a lot of options available. merrick garland would be a good option given that he could have so much support from both sides of the aisle. >> i wouldgly urge the administration to pick someone who is apolitical. one of the heightened responsibilities we will have is making sure that whoever comes in, this investigation goes on unimpeded. >> make no mistake about it, garland would be a very longshot, but keep in mind there are a number of lawmakers on the hill who feel that because he is apolitical, he would be able to maintain the integrity of the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election campaign. by the way, for those of you keeping track, it ended six months ago. laura: we know it will be an interesting week right where you are paired new details on the north korean

chief judge merrick garland. remember him, nominated for the supreme court. he never got an up or down vote. there are some who feel he would be a great compromise candidate. >> the outcome of investigations should not have partisan affiliation. i think in this instance there are a lot of options available. merrick garland would be a good option given that he could have so much support from both sides of the aisle. >> i would strongly urge the administration to pick someone who is apolitical. one of the heightened responsibilities we will have is making sure that whoever comes in, this investigation goes on unimpeded. >> make no mistake about it, garland would be a very longshot, but keep in mind there are a number of lawmakers on the hill who feel that because he is apolitical, he would be able to maintain the integrity of the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election campaign. by the way, for those of you keeping track, it ended six months ago. laura: we know it will be an interesting week right where you are paired new details on the north k

former president obama's supreme court nominee, merrick garland is in the mix. the former aid to mitch mcconnell said the senate majority leader supports the idea of merrick garland as the next fbi director. even though he and other republicans refuse to hold hearings for him as a supreme court justice. catherine herridge has more. catherine? >> merrick garland, is that a name the president would possibly consider in the move to name the new fbi director? >> the search for a new fbi director is being handled by the department of justice. my expectation would be as they conduct that search, they'll present names to the president. they're the ones leading the effort. >> a senate republican that sits on the committee that will handle the hearings for the next fbi director said sunday that garland is an inspired choice. >> it's a great suggestion. absolutely serious about it. this is a very different post than the supreme court of the united states. if president trump were to nominate merrick garland, his nomination would be welcomed by people on both sides of the a

take merrick garland. i said here before i'm close to him personally.no knowledge of anything in particular with regard to him. think about this. if you are merrick garland, would you go work for a president who just fired the fbi director? how do you know you would serve term? he would leave the court of appeals to go to a job he could lose. that's what the real problem of what trump has done here. >> panel, thank you very much for all of those insights. >>> so, north korea. blowing past the latest warning from the white house and testing another one of its missiles. how is the world responding? >>> and what did you do saturday night? did you watch snl? guess what they did? they went after the white house. specifically the press secretary. the takedown ahead. . >> you are clearly articulate and charming and sean is bullish. usaa gives me the and the security just like the marines did. the process through usaa is so effortless, that you feel like you're a part of the family. i love that i can pass the membership to my children. we're the williams family

i take a look at judge merrick garland. that illustrates the kind of person i hope and expect will come next. somebody deeply credentialed and criminal justice enforcement, completely apolitical and in line with attrition of prior fbi directors. i'm optimistic that the president will name someone like that. [inaudible] >> i'm discussing the matter with him. >> do you have concerns about the president's ability to properly handle classified information? >> know. >> are you confident. >> no. [inaudible] >> the intelligence committee i think is already requested additional information and i have a lot of confidence in chairman burr and senator warner to handle that whole matter ethically. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> let me just repeat what i said earlier interview this morning. i think would be able to have less drama. emanating from the white house. [inaudible] >> i said it publicly earlier this morning. [inaudible]

merrick garland, his name is bounced around out there. that is a point of contention among a lot of democrats. my point in this story is this, neil. to even suggest someone like mike lee, who is junior senator from utah but on the judiciary committee, a tea party member, even to suggest merrick garland shows you that conservatives are really worried optics way donald trump fired comey. you can't get around that. we'll have a full blow by blow story about this on foxbusiness.com. these details i'm revealing now. we're the first to report that. this was a serious suggestion by lee at a meeting with mike pence and don mcgan. it was not just a tweet he put out. he went to the white house. he was there essentially -- neil: never happen, charlie. never happen. you could argue if you're donald trump this, might guy might carry a grudge, i don't think he will by the way the whole supreme court thing was handled, russian try to do an interim, right? >> that is the point. i don't think it will ever happen. neil: that is the point. >> here is the po

that president trump is actually going to a point merrick garland.that republicans are scared of the optics of tuesday's last-minute firing of james comey by trump. there's a wide-ranging, maybe exploding investigation into the russian -- ties between russian intelligence and some trump administration officials. some people associated with the trump transition team and campaign. >> neil: he fires the fbi director, brings in another guy who was well-regarded, still is. could garland be that kind of guy? >> theoretically, but listen. like i said, i don't think this is going to happen but it's an attempt by republicans to change the narrative that's growing in washington, namely that the firing of comey is nixonian. that's what the democrats are saying. they are comparing it to nixon's firing of the special prosecutor. >> neil: i think they would be saying that no matter when he fired him. >> but they are worried. >> neil: worried that they're going to drag it on and on? 's because they are worried essentially about the midterm elections that the optics

senate has actively -- that would've run with merrick garland confirmation. that's in the norms to from the court we now had. we have to think about the result of -- not too strong a word, eric garland seat. long mediced decades difference in the resources between those in the arctic -- on the ideological left and right, democrats and republicans, and focusing on course. and, judicial selection. with the formation of the federal society the 80's of reagan and the attorney general meese -- issuing a series of reports about the critical need usedpoint judges who have consistent for president bush and -- mace were looking for. i'm going to give you one final witness to this long-term in balance, and that's an enormous amount of the disparity -- dark spentand time resources on this last supreme court vacancy, just by the judicial crisis network headed on my co-panelist kerry severino. just quote -- and by quoting one of the press statements on the , which describes an expenditure of $17 million of campmoney, for a national and to confirm president trump's nominee

if he nominated merrick garden of the fbi director.hat would be welcomed by both sides of the aisle in the senate. the reason i say that, because this is a man who has a lot of prosecutorial experience. high profile. >> the senior white house official tells fox news that while there is not enough by and for a mere garland nomination, some folks in the administration think it would be a wise move. ed henry is on the couch today, you must have a prediction for who it will be. >> i think that merrick garland is interesting, because you have democrats being so mad about being picked for a supreme court choice for barack obama and never getting a hearing. you have all of the statements from chuck schumer saying, he is so fair-minded. he is such a great guy. give him a hearing. if donald trump now puts him up and chuck schumer wants to block him, not only the hypocrisy on top of what chuck schumer and others said about james comey a few months ago, but i think the bottom line is that no matter who this president puts up, democrats have been

judge merrick garland is, of course former president obama's 2016 supreme court pick.oining me is the former chief of staff for senator mike lee, boyd mathisson and red alert politics editor ron meyer. boyd, i called around to friends inside the beltway. i've got a lot of them down there, and they basically said, look, mike lee is a nice guy, but that's a terribly naive suggestion, first as i mentioned before because he has no law enforcement experience, but more than that, you can't make any deals with democrats these days, no matter what you do, you're not going to calm them down. they want victory. they want trump out. that's their goal, to which you say what? >> so one, i think he would be a fantastic pick for a number of reasons. one he was a federal prosecutor, he was the guy who prosecuted timothy mcveigh and the unabomber, he's been in the department. he gets that component to it. i think he could rally some of those democratic vote as well because the fbi director is a position we should be able to cross the aisle for. david: we should, but boyd, what we've se

have.cconnell: i i recommended merrick garland. i think it would make it clear that president trump would make it clear of continuing the tradition of having an apolitical professional. sen. mcconnell: do you think -- kevin: do you think that he needs democratic support to legitimize the nominee? sen. mcconnell: it would be good to have democratic support. if he picks someone with a background in law enforcement, with no history of political involvement, a genuine expert -- the reason that i mentioned garland, he's an example of that. it would serve him well, serve the country well, and lead to a more bipartisan approach. kevin: before we get the policy, i wanted to mention this tweet last week about james comey hoping that there are no tapes of their conversations. in have expressed confidence the republican-controlled committee investigating this, but should they have access to those tapes if they exist? sen. mcconnell: senator burr and senator warner are handling that investigation and will decide what they need. in the meantime

he's really a legend -- lauren: merrick garland? >> terrible idea. i can't imagine somebody who has more beef to this administration than anybody. nicole: he wants to know if president trump sty -- spied on him during gop election. two reporters have told him they have multiple source that is the obama administration was looking at his information. >> i'm trying to get to the bottom of this, i've asked the white house to look at the logs of all the press obama administration people to see if they were searching my name or unmasking me in anyway. i know one senator confide today me that he was surveilled by the obama administration including his phone calls. nicole: follows president trump's that president obama wiretapped during the election. lauren: the trump administration wrapping up six-week nationwide sweep, the largest conducted by ice or immigration and customs enforcement. targeting gang members involved in drugs, sex trafficking as well as murder, more than 100 of those were arrested with ms13, arrests were concentrated in houston, new york

. >> what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? >> not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though, he's very good on that d.c. circuit. i don't know if he'd want to leave. >> you think that was a little too cute at that point? >> no comment. i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there.

merrick garland, you remember, right? he never got up or down vote by the senate. lawmakers that think he would be a good compromise candidate but not just democrats who believe that. >> the outcome of investigations ought not carry any taint or potential for taint, with respect to partisan affiliation. and i think in this instance there are a whole lot of options available. i think merrick garland would be a particularly good option given that he could have so much support from both sides of the aisle. >> i would strongly urge the administration to pick someone who is completely apolitical. one of the heighten responsibilities in the house intelligent committee is making sure that whoever comes in, this investigation by the bureau goes on unimpeded. >> now, suffice to say, never say never specially when it comes to events here in washington and in particular in this environment but still you would have to acknowledge that merrick garland would appear to be a long shot but if you want to drill down on his past positions, he just might be at the kind of compromise c

i would never have thought about merrick garland as a possibility but certainly when you get a majorr in the process throwing out a name like that, i think the white house would have to take it under consideration maybe not ultimately the pick but you never know. eric: you never know if he gets called in for the job interview. we will see how it goes throughout the rest of the day. we are on it through the next hour. arthel: fox news alert defying the international community conducting seventh ballistic missile test this year. it flew for about 30 minutes, reached unusual high altitude and had a flight pattern that could point toward a new type of missile. caroline is live in washington with the latest, caroline, what further details do you have for us? >> i can tell you arthel is indeed talking about this including nikki haley, conducting a missile test is not the way to do it. it dropped into the sea of japan off of north korea east coast. to rate that it would have to go at least 3700 miles. where it dropped in the sea was just 60 miles south of russia. the statement from the whit

there is one name that would qualify as counterintuitive and that is chief judge merrick garland. he was never given up or down vote by the senate but before he was nominated he established a well-regarded reputation of someone who was great on the bench. this idea of maybe garland for fbi director, it's not an idea that's intriguing, only two democrats. >> he was watching mike lee's interview and the suggestion that merrick garland be the next director of the fbi. as majority leader i think it's a fantastic idea. someone democrats have significant trust and respect for. >> the nominee should be not a partisan politician. not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. second, it should be who is experienced. you need a really good prosecutor. third, it should be someone with courage. if there is interference or attempted interference to shut down the investigation or misdirected, you need somebody who will stand up. >> despite his stellar legal career, the idea of merrick garland winning the horse race, if you will, to become the fbi director would

indiscernible] recommendation, the president was apparently not interested, i said he should look at judge merrick garland. who comes next, i think it should be somebody deeply credentialed in criminal justice enforcement, completely apolitical, in line with the tradition of prior fbi directors. i am optimistic the president will maim someone like that. -- name someone like that. i'm not discussing the matter with him. [indiscernible] >> no. are you losing confidence in the president trump? >> no. reporter: -- i have a lot of confidence they will handle that matter. completely. [indiscernible question] >> let me repeat what i said this morning. i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. earlier thislicly morning. crosstalk]

name that is not on there is merrick garland. we've been talking about it this morning, david gregory is close with merrick garland, but the question for him, would you take the tenure at the u.s. district court, and go in a job where you could get fired? in terms of that pivot, how big of a deal is it who he puts in? >> it's a huge deal, and depending who that person is, it's tough for anyone to get confirmed. democrats are going to make a lot of noise. >> you think schumer is serious about this we're not going to put anybody in until there's a special prosecutor, you boo i that? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> that's an important point, chris, because if you look at merrick garland for example, i can tell you judge garland is not going to want to be a political football again like he was a supreme court come know, this time on the left, after having been a football on the right. that would be a horrible position. if we can put the list up again, there's a couple of people that stand out. alice fisher, who worked in the justic

i recommended merrick garland. he has the deep background in criminal law.in the oklahoma city bombing case, and i think it would make it clear that president trump will continue the tradition at the fbi of having an a-political professional. >> so the name merrick garland is starting to gain some steam here. it was mentioned last week when fbi director comey was fired. now it seems like more and more senators might be getting on board. merrick garland was the pick from president obama for the supreme court, but he never even got a hearing. when it does come to the search for the fbi director, we know jeff sessions gave an update to the president yesterday. it wasn't clear whether he offered a final recommendation or it was keeping the president appraised. so we are keeping an eye on this and looking forward friday when the president will leave on that overseas trip. the president has said it's possible he could make a pick by then. we'll see. a lot of names floating out there in the universe. >> thank you very, very much. a big cnn exclusive. fired acting a

not to mention merrick garland who has come up numerous times. let's bring in our panel.el scherer, washington bureau chief for "time". mollie hemingway and daniel hal ber, contributing editor to the washington free beacon. i tell you, michael, it was interesting to read your piece in "time," the interview happening just before the decision came out or hit the air, and you said that he was expressing the president was some anger about that prior to the day before. >> yeah, we spent about 2 1/2 hours with him monday night. he makes the announcement tuesday. comey never came up, we didn't talk about the fbi specifically, but there was a deep sense of grievance the president had throughout the evening and it was directed at anyone talking about russia. he was really particularly upset at the sally yates testimony that day. the jim clapper testimony, he ran to through tivo, showing key parts and giving color commentary. the reporting we've gotten is blind reporting, anonymously sourced reporting he is personally frustrated. i can confirm it for having seen it, not in the cont

one name we heard by senator mike leigh is merrick garland. you may remember merrick garland of course was nominated to the supreme court by then president obama. he never received an up or down vote in the senate, that is exactly the candidate chuck schumer says the president should give there. >> nominee should be not a partisan politician. not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. second, it ought to be somebody who is experienced if you need a really good prosecutor, somebody who knows how to do it. third, it should be someone with courage. if there is interference or attempted interference to shut down the investigation, to misdirected, you need somebody is going to stand out. >> and utterly say earlier he thought that a bipartisan pic would not just get the approval process for val, it would also go a long way towards ensuring the integrity of the investigation. quickly, my source is tommy don't expect the president to go too far outside the box although they are quick to point out the president woul

mcconnell: i recommended merrick garland. he has a deep background in criminal law. he was a prosecutor in the oklahoma city bombing days. it would make it clear that president trump will continue the tradition at the fbi of having an apolitical professional. kevin: judge garland is someone republicans block that is now -- blocked that was president obama's picked for the supreme court. kevin cirilli, thank you. great interview. for more, let's bring in marty schenker. theve to ask you, does commander in chief make a decision would you give that information to the investor and foreign minister that would outweigh -- marty: if you believe the washington post account and the subsequent commentary that has come out of it, it sounds more plausible that he -- it was an inadvertent boasting and he didn't really understand what was classified and what wasn't. i don't know that you can make any claim to understanding why he did it come except that he knew it in his head that he decided to say it. vonnie: we don't know why the russian

i recommended that he take a look at judge merrick garland but that illustrates the kind of person i hope and expect will come next. somebody deeply credentialed and in criminal justice enforcement, completely apolitical, in line with the prior fbi director's and i'm optimistic the president will name someone like that. [inaudible] >> i'm discussing the matter with him. >> do you worry about the president's ability to handle classified information? >> no. >> are you losing confidence in a president from? >> no. [inaudible] >> the intelligence committee, i think, has already requested additional information. i have a lot of confidence indeterminate burr and senator warning to handle that matter perfectly. [inaudible] >> yeah, let me repeat what i said in an earlier interview this morning. i think it would be helpful to health have less drama emanating from the white house. [inaudible] >> i said it publicly earlier this morning. any recommendations on how you have less drama? >> i think all of that is a question best addressed to the white house itself. thank you. [inaudible] >> and yo

do you think, evan, that this merrick garland tweet is pretty straight forward?e would probably pass the senate unanimously what mike lee is trying to do, open up that circuit court seat for a republican nominee. donald trump has put out a wonderful list of conservative judges who would fill a federal bench in many ways. i would say justice don willet would be a perfect fit for there. >> let's talk a little bit, if we can, about what is going to happen in the next couple minutes. trump wants a fresh start but he doesn't necessarily get that with mccabe. his name made headlines when reince priebus talked to mccabe about pushing back against a "new york times" report that the trump campaign had repeated contact with russia. trump himself criticized mccain when she ran for virginia state senate from a clinton ally. take a listen. >> we never had a thing like this in the history of this country. this represented a large portion of the money, the fbi official spouse had for the entire campai campaign. a big, big percentage. it is absolutely disgraceful. it's absolutel

you've heard of the eight potentially nine, merrick garland has been thrown out there.e're unaware of whether he is on the list interviewed by the justice department. of the eight, anybody you like? who do you like the most? >> well, first of all, richard, thank you, happy mother's day to all of the mothers across the nation and particularly those in houston. i believe that the message to the american people should be that we'll find the most independent, objective person to lead the fbi that we can find, that the president can find, the most non-political, if you will individual, and i respect those names that are serving their country as politicians or former politicians. i think we can do a good job. but i think the circumstances that we're now in, the cloud of potential coverup, the interaction with director comey and president trump cries out for an independent professional. i would suggest as well that we look far and wide. not even the names on the list. >> so you don't like the names on the list, representative, so far? >> well, let me say this. i'm not making a

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no one had waited that long until merrick garland.here is a huge petition in lowell, they president of harvard, anti-semitic, asking the u.s. senate not to confirm brandeis. they felt like he was dishonest and a trickster, and all the sort of stereotypes. with the new republic did which was really brilliant was show all the personal connections of all these people of this position -- of this petition. the new republic was really lippmann and frankfurt leading the charge for brandeis's confirmation showing that this was just prejudice. frankfurt was jewish, also, and lippmann was a bit of a self hating jew. petition for in group loyalty and nothing else. they tried to stay away from charges of anti-semitism. they do not want to make it into a jewish thing. brian: you get the sense that back in those days, some of the jewish people were and have -black or were anti didn't care about civil rights? mr. snyder: i think everyone associated with this house, race wasn't a salient issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers. it took

. >> senator lee recommended merrick garland. is that someone you could support? >> senator lee should get an "a" for originality, but i think that it's unlikely that merrick garland would take that role. i would support him for it if he chose to do so because he does have a back ground in criminal justice, he's been a prosecutor. and i think would bring the kind of integrity to that position. >> any chanthe chances that the president would nominate garland are pretty slim. >>> more breaking news coming in, more after this. experience the first-ever 471-horsepower lexus lc 500 or the multistage hybrid lc 500h. experience amazing. >>> we're following breaking news. president trump calling the fired fbi director james comey a showboat and grand democratic stanl stander. and he went into detail about the three times comey said he was not under any investigation. i'll play the clip why the president was asked to explain high school as serious that koechl to comey told him he is not being investigated. >> he said it once at dinner and twice during phone call tsz.tol in

president obama's pick for the supreme court judge merrick garland. >> i think merrick garland wouldly good option, given that he could have so much support from both side of the aisle. >> the nominee should be not a partisan politician. not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. >> this is a fox news alert. north korea says the medium long range str

ashley, what is the white house saying about merrick garland.'s growing, i guess, belief he would be a good person to nominate along with others, not necessarily to pick him, but certainly should be in the mix. of course, merrick garland was the person put forward by former president obama for the supreme court, never got a hearing, no vote on him, but just last week i know that senator mike lee, orrin hatch of utah urging the white house to take garland's name and put it in the mix. they feel he's worthwhile. charles: mitch mcconnell as well. >> all of these individuals were virulently donald trump, there's an example why donald trump is president. charles: you think it's a setup. >> both parties have an interest in status quo. there's a lot of talent, the president is looking at for the fbi, talent from across the spectrum. this is what you can tell what the democrats are doing, this is about the impact on the american people. if donald trump is in charge, if he is able to shape a government that's a reflection of his agenda, to revert to an o

president obama's pick for the supreme court judge merrick garland. >> i think merrick garland would be a particularly good option, given that he could have so much support from both side of the aisle. >> the nominee should be not a partisan politician. not part of either party. this demands a serious down the middle investigation. >> this is a fox news alert. north korea says the medium long range strategic missile it tested over this weekend can carry a nuclear war head. >> the test came as one of kim's top diplomats suggested open in to direct talks with the u.s. >> having a missiles test is note the way to sit down with the president because is he absolutely not going to do it? >> too many undocumented people in america? yeah. why? because we have let over 30 years pass without immigration update. >> one of is you moments away from becoming the next miss u.s.a. >> miss u.s.a. 2017 is districdistrict of columbia. district of district of columbia. ♪ it's going to be a good life ♪ it's going to be a good life, good life. steve: you are looking up the avenue of americas on a monday m

he said he would like to see the white house consider looking at merrick garland for this role. he, of course, the judge that president obama wanted to appoint the supreme court. kelly: thank you for your reporting from the state department and will continue to watch the development. will continue to watch the romans as they move forward. should be a busy week b5 meanwhile, president trump denying the new york times, that he asked comey for a pledge of personal loyalty. >> i read that article. i don't think it's inappropriate selected you answer that question is no, no i didn't. it wouldn't be a bad question to ask. loyalty to the country and the united states is important. it depends on how you define loyalty. number one, number two, i don't know how that got there. i didn't ask a question. julie: let's bring in steve rogers a former member of the joint terrorism task force. thank you, for talking to us. number one the fbi director. it is his job, of course, to be loyal to the american public. as the head of the fbi, in charge of an investigation, he needs to be loyal to the wh

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>> i know merrick garland as a very good judge.u might be asking me because i held up his nomination to the supreme court last year so people could have a voice through the election. i have nothing personally against garland but i reserve judgment on who, who i might give opinions on a i've told other press people this, bcau i want to see a list that is kind of a final list of people want my judgment who i think should fill that void. melissa: yeah. >> that is not to disparage in any way garland's ability to do that. i just want to be reserve judgment. melissa: president trump has said that you know, he was repeatedly reassured that he wasn't, he wasn't a target of the investigation. have you heard anything to contribute that? >> what i said in a remarks that i made before the judiciary committee today, based upon a secret briefing, secured briefing i should say, that we had with comey, feinstein and i had, that i heard nothing in that briefing that contradicts what the president said. but i don't know the validity of what the pres

merrick garland not said to be on the president's short list for this but republicans are suggestingmeone who wouldn't be seen as having any sort of political connection to the president, having any sort of loyalty necessarily to the president, someone who will be able to come in and have the confidence that the american people and also democrats and republicans alike to be able to continue the fbi's investigation and act as an independent person. >> to what does that mean then if the president were to go ahead and pick a trey gadi or john cornyn? lindsey graham saying it should be no one with any political ties whatsoever, and a republican senator saying that. does the president have a shot if he fipicks cornyn or gad any >> has a shot. debris with rebecca. republicans in the senate only need a simple majority to get whoever the president nominates through and i am not sure they'd balk at confirming their colleague senator cornyn or house colleague -- >> you think congressman graham saying it was all talk? >> i don't think it's all politics. what i think it is, is that republicans,

we have a couple political players and that would be a really in your face opposite of merrick garlandne like rudy giuliani or chris christie, you would think he would go for something so in your face? >> i don't know but i guess no. getting those two guys to a confirmation process, one thing about rudy giuliani, a man i greatly admire, got pretty tangled, does work overseas, that has stalled trump's nominees, particularly the army secretary, not that -- a potential businessman, untimely difficult, chris christie will come up with blue jeans. david: someone less dynamic like trey gowdy who keeps his nose to the grind stone and works hard. >> the name that came out of the list you mentioned was mike garcia, a us attorney, the guy that launched the insider-trading investigation with the fbi, his right hand on that, i think the fbi agents might like him. >> someone they like is one of their own, mike rogers, special agent for the fbi taken the house until committee so he has credit inside the fbi. >> i don't believe, i speak with a lot of these folks, doesn't necessarily emanate with jame

to that point, david gregory, this talk about merrick garland. we know you know merrick garland. you don't know anything about his disposition on this. mcconnell's legislative aide called me and sapd iid i'm goodh this. he was not invited in on the first round of the parade of people they put out there. we don't have indication if he would do it. what is your take? >> not knowing how he feels about it, i think it is a brilliant idea. i would be shocked if judge garland would accept the job for a number of reasons. including he has lifetime tenure as the chief judge of the d.c. circuit court of appeals which is an important post. because of the environment in which trump has created. he knows whether the next fbi director doesn't show loyalty and if that person gets fired to. i think what smerconish is talking about here is the underlying question whether you have rank and file republicans on capitol hill or in public who feel like you know, i get trump. he is mad about the leaks. he has something there. we don't like the news media. you know, you can't behave this way. you can't

. >> would you decline comment on the suggestion of merrick garland? >> you might ask me that because i held up merrick garland and did not hold a hearing and thought we might follow the biden rule and let people have a voice. in the final analysis, i think garland is an outstanding individual. i know his reputation as a judge , i do not know anything else about his reputation so i would have to think about it, but there is not anything just about garland himself that i could say no to. >> would you be concerned if the nominee was someone who may have to recuse himself from the russia investigation because they were advising trump on the campaign or somehow otherwise involved in the transition? >> i think the president and the people close to the president don't want to emphasize that anymore. they are going to get somebody entirely away from that as far as i can tell. once in a while, journalists meet me on capitol hill -- this name has been suggested, that name has been suggested and my usual response is to wait until we get a list of names and possi

some with bipartisan support are behind the idea of nominating the dc judge merrick garland, someone that could diffuse the likely democratic construction of naming the new director. >> i think he would be welcomed by both sides of the aisle in the senate.>> reporter: we will see. some democrats have committed to blocking any nominee for the fbi director unless the administration commits to appointing a special prosecutor to take over the investigation between the alleged ties between the trump campaign and russia. >>> 4:18 am is the time right now. >>> let's check in with sal for an early morning look at the commute. >> good morning. right now we don't have a lot going on which is good. we wanted to keep nice and quiet. on 101 in gilroy driving up to morgan hill, san jose, a nice drive with no major problems coming through this area. traffic continues to move along very well if you're driving on northbound 280, let's look at the camera and you can see the traffic looking pretty good up highway 17. no major problems at the bay bridge toll plaza with traffic moving along very well up