michael allen was with the george w. bush white house for seven years. several national security policy and legislative roles. marcell, i'll start with you. the "new york times" editorial board wrote this, comey was fired because he was leading an active investigation that could bring down a president. what do you make of the administration's explanation, that comey was no longer effective? >> well, we don't know yet the president's true motivations for the firing. we know the case that's been made publicly. i hope in the coming days, the president will be asked directly about that so he can put those comments and those views on the record. but i do think there are some impressions that have been left with key parts of the public that, from a national security perspecti perspective, give me great concern. first is the chilling effect on potentially intelligence agents and fbi agents who now have to think twice about doing their jobs. secondly is internationally, there habeen an impression left of institutions in the united states melting down. thirdly, t

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michael allen, special assistant to president george w. bush, reminding me what a pill i was in some meetings. joins me today with his great perspective. eli, i want to start with you, though, because this question of legal jeopardy is a real one. i mean, michael and i worked in a white house staff that came under investigation from special prosecutor pat fitzgerald looking into the leak of valerie plame's name and i didn't have clearance at the time that her name was disclosed so i was never wrapped up in it, but i ended up handling all the press around it because i wasn't. what is it doing to this white house -- i can't imagine this white house more paralyzed but is this serious legal question hanging over them? is it creating more paralysis? >> yeah, they seem spooked, just watchi ining sean spicer the la couple days, he doesn't want to answer questions or say anything referring reporters to we'll find out when the president says what he's going to do with the fbi director, refer the questions about the russia investigation to the outsi

i want to bring in michael allen. i want to get your overall reaction to this. one of the things that we've been hearing from the white house -- when speak eer ryan wa walking out of the room, when he was asked if he had full confidence in president trump he said i do. so the speaker h eer has confidn the president. i want to get what ur thoughts on what's happening in the intel. the president is saying this conversation with jim comey -- he was expressing personal affinity for michael flynn. should anything that the president says to the sitting director of the fbi be considered off the cuff or is there a higher bar? >> i think there's a higher bar. you would have to weigh it with a bunch of different facts. i'll tell you what i'm most worried about right now, amidst a lot of things to be worried about, we have the permanent government versus the president. i think we've seen the fbi and the cia in recent days express their frustrations through disclosures to the news media about how president trump is handling intel, apparently in the israelis and how he fired

michael allen. >> i think if you want to investigate the chairman for these matters, you ought to look at other members of the committee and what they said also. i think many members have played fast and loose with a lot of the facts they've heard in classified sessions in their zeal to bring down president trump. >> congressmen schiff declined to comment. so did the ethics committee chair, susan brooks of indiana when we asked why five weeks have elapsed since the schiff case was referred to oce. >> bret: james, thank you. "the new york times" report that president asked then fbi director james comey to stop the investigation of the former nsa my client has made political waves, especially here in washington. joining me now, chris stirewalt, politics editor here and kevin collins, white house correspondent for "the daily caller" ." caitlin, you were there at the white house today. you met with some administration officials paid what is the mood. >> they are a little shell-shocked. they are not sure what message they should be going with right now and they haven't really offered an exp

michael allen. >> i think if you want to investigate the chairman for these matters, you ought to look at other members of the committee and what they said also. i think many members have played fast and loose with a lot of the facts they've heard in classified sessions in their zeal to bring down president trump. >> congressmen schiff declined to comment. so did the ethics committee chair, susan brooks of indiana when we asked why five weeks have elapsed since the schiff case was referred to oce. >> bret: james, thank you. "the new york times" report that president asked then fbi director james comey to stop the investigation of the former nsa my client has made political waves, especially here in washington. joining me now, chris stirewalt, politics editor here and kevin collins, white house correspondent for "the daily caller" ." caitlin, you were there at the white house today. you met with some administration officials paid what is the mood. >> they are a little shell-shocked. they are not sure what message they should be going with right now and they haven't really offered an exp

and former staff director for the house intelligence committee, michael allen. president trump, some of his advisers have said obama, his strategy didn't work as it relates to some foreign leaders, some foreign aersaries so, yes, the president has been silent as far as speaking out against some of these other human rights violators, but it is part of his strategy. obama strategy didn't work. >> regarding north korea, you know, the obama strategy didn't work, right? it was this strategic patience, if you will. the idea was to ramp up sanctions slowly. but i don't think that the obama administration was particularly looking for something very heated with north korea, very intense. they were much more know kfocus iran. there are examples from the iran play pobook the trump administration could deploy vees a -- vis-a-vis iran. >> like what? >> two kinds of sanctions. the oil sanctions and secondary sanctions, which are sanctions placed against financial institutions that do business with entities that are already sanctioned by the u.s. government. the obama administ

reporter for "boston globe" matt visor and senior political reporter for "usa today" and heidi and michael allenh's national security council. mike jump in over to you because any minute we expect to see andrew mccabe, the new acting fbi director joining intel officials over on the hill. a live shot of that hearing room right now. the republican chair this committee does not want a special prosecutor. the democratic vice chair does. how is this thing going down? >> it was supposed to be a big marche marquee hearing. mccabe the deputy fbi director here. we're seeing senators come in and out of this hearing room getting red tee ady to begin th hearing. the controversy, the

the national white house security council and former staffer for the clinton council as well and michael allenirector for the house intelligence committee. so, this is where we are headed. it seems a potential increase in the number of troops in afghanistan. for laypeople, we talk about increasing military advisers, allowing them to have more mobility, which basically just means, in a way, you could argue they might be in harm's way, but they're going to be able to go out more with afghan forces farther towards the front lines and train them. when you look at this, charles, what does this tell you about maybe what you were expecting or the change, even, in where donald trump is going with his foreign policy? >> well, i think that now that trump is in the oval office, he has to square the circle between no more nation-building, reducing america's footprint abroad, and his pledge to go after bad guys. and the reality is that in iraq, in syria, and now in afghanistan, there are bad guys, and he has basically said i'm going to devolve to the pentagon more responsibility to go after them. to go fro

alexander at the white house, pete williams in the washington bureau, lucy cavanaugh in london, michael allente house today margaret senior correspondent for bloomberg news and the white house reporter for the associated press. mike, let's head over to you first. you are where the action is. paul ryan has tried to stay out of the fray on these trump controversy. how do you see his move here with these calls for action growing on the hill. >> well he's in a tough spot and i think the key is, the reason we're here at the republican national committee at the press conference is because they're talking about the campaign, the open races in montana and georgia. many of the members that came out of this meeting on the comments, everything is fun, no problem, everything positive and upbeat. clearly they're concerned. when you say jason chaffetz expressing concern, calling for hearingswa

michael allen. very similar with the security apparatus of the white house. when you look at this hearing, as pete explained, this is something that is routine. obviously, today, taken on new significance given what has happened over the last 36 hours. what do you think we'll hear from andrew mccabe today regarding his new role as acting fbi director? >> we'll hear new things from andrew mccabe. >> he has to say something. >> he can fall back on to the answer, look, i can't get into an investigation. but i think there are things he can say, new elements of the timeline that he can put out. but what i'm mostly looking forward to today is whether any republicans are going to break with president trump. is this going to be a republican versus democrat? on special prosecutor or not or do you see republicans begin to say, hey, listen, we're falling off the train here and then that will continue to small ball. >> let me bring in heidi and matt here. so far, most republicans have hit the white house line. >> yeah, it's been striking, actually. the house speaker yest

. >> michael allen, thank you for joining us. i'll see the others later on "the point" today.ith all the talk about a special counsel for russia and the comey memos, how do the inquiries work? what are the agents doing about tomorrow, monday morning? next on "point," we have two seasoned federal investigators to discuss how comey's memos were written and what comes next. >>> later, bill cosby's trial begins tomorrow. sexual assault advocates say the case will test whether juries is willing to convict based on accuser's testimony alone while cosby and in an interview drawing a link between his case and race. just like the people who own them, every business is different. but every one of those businesses will need legal help as they age and grow. whether it be help starting your business, vendor contracts or employment agreements. legalzoom's network of attorneys can help you every step of the way so you can focus on what you do. we'll handle the legal stuff that comes up along the way. legalzoom. legal help is here. starts with turkey covered in a rich flavorful gravy,e and a

jonathan allen, and mark murray with us as well. michael steele and of course former chair of the rnc, a big thanks to all of you. andrea, you spent a lot of time with hillary clinton. how surprising was that speech? it was a strongest rebuke of president trump so far. >> some people were messaging where was the speech writer during 2016? this was a strong speech, but it wasn't just a take down of donald trump. but it was mores a separational speaking to a very positive and reaffirming audience, of course, her wellesley graduating class on her turf where it started in 19 69 for her when she was chosen as the student speaker. she was talking about being hopeful but comparing it to 1969 with some unflattering references to the times, the turmoil, the protests, the fact that richard nixon was elected and left in disgrace and impeachment. she had some humor, but i think this was her first specific attack on his budget, talking about the cruelty of his budget on the most vulnerable of our society. speaking of women and lgbt rights, and others wh

michael flynn. mola lenghi reports from washington. >> reporter: allen, sources familiar with this situation tell cbs news that james comey left his paper trail because he is a careful attorney a careful lawyer who knew he had to be extra careful with this particular investigation. a senior law enforcement source tells cbs news that president trump pressured former fbi director james comey to drop his investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. comey wrote up a memo first reported in the "new york times" quoting the president saying, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. he is a good guy. a senior white house official denied that account saying the president never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation including any investigation involving general flynn. some lawmakers want comey to testify. >> either way he needs to come back before the congress and i think share with the public what conversations he had with the president that may bear on whether there was any effort to obstruct the investigation or impede it in any way. >> reporter: president

michael: in the conference board, it is the jobs numbers, the michigan numbers, the stock market. you see them go up and down. which is why allen'sspan simply watch what they do, not what they say, because there is often a decoupling between sentiment numbers and spending others. auto sales on thursday, he said? michael: thursday's a big day -- jobless claims, adp employment, the latest monthly trade nubbers, jobless claims, and the isn -- trade numbers, jobless claims, and the isn numbers. you will want to be watching bloomberg thursday morning. scarlet: shameless plug. michael mckee will be back with us thursday and friday to break down those nubbers. let's check the headlines with bloomberg's first word news with ramy inocencio. : alan passengers from europe will be able to bring down laptops into the train cabin. the trump administration has opted not to expand the ban. "politicocording to ." the u.s. currently bans laptops from eight majority muslim nations. the decision was made this afternoon on a conference call that included homeland security chief john kerry and the european home affairs commissioner. staying in europe,

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michael cardoza. >>> the last execution here in california was clarence ray allen in january of 2006. just last year, californians voted on prop 62 which would have replaced the death penalty with a strict life sentence. that proposition failed but 46% of people supported it. >>> as the jury decides the fate of garcia-torres, our question of the day is this: do you support the death penalty? yes or no. let us know what you think by voting on the ktvu twitter page or ktvu.com. you can also leave your comments on our ktvu facebook page. >>> the time is 7:06. in other news this morning, president trump says he has the absolute right to share information with russia. the president responding to a report he may have been appropriate -- inappropriately disclosed classified information to russia. doug luzader is joining us live from washington. you have a lot more on this story. good morning, doug. >> reporter: good morning. the president has been active on twitter indicating as you say that he has an absolute right to do this. there is truth that that legally. but there are potential conseq

allen: you guys are in a great business right now. every day you wake up and there's something new. >> sandra: help us get through it. we've been following today's hearing where nsa director, michael rogers is testifying on america's cyber abilities to meet foreign hackers. he was also pressed on who may have leaked michael flynn's name to the media. >> somebody took that information that we gained through collection with flynn and gave it to "the washington post." >> somehow got to the media, that's clear. that's a leak and that is illegal. >> are you concerned about people taking the law into their own hands? >> yes, which is why i'm going to my my workforce in writing and said is make sure we understand with their professional ethos of our organization is. we do not engage in this behavior and if i catch you engaging this behavior, i will hold you criminally liable and you have no place here. >> sandra: has testimony comes less than 24 hours after sally yates and ames clapper said they didn't know who unmasked michael flynn's name and leaked his conversation with the russian ambassador to "the washington post." they do admit viewing information and sharing it with others. watch