without their captain, mike fisher. you have to admire the way they battled through. they are going to take the 3-2 lead in this series. >> joe: they were the eighth in the west. that means you have to win road games every round in order to move forward. and they have been tremendous on the road in the playoffs. you talk about a courageous team that brushed off the injury to johansen. the injury to mike fisher. peter laviolette, he did a marvelous job of moving players around. trying to get balance with his group. >> kenny: they set a record for decibel level in game four at bridgestone arena. >> joe: i wish i had 25 tickets to sell. >> kenny: the nashville predators have come in to anaheim and they win game five over the ducks by the score of 3-1. they take a 3-2 lead in the western conference finals. ducks scored first. the predators with the last three. pontus aberg with the game-winner with just under 9:00 remaining in the third. much more to come from anaheim. we are headed to nashville. we will return after these messages. some build walls to keep people out. bu

ben roethlisberger and country carrie underwood who is married to mike fisher, 20 seconds left, pens up 2-0. nick bow anyone know's shot goes off mattiace he can home who just happened to step on the ice. 3-0 pittsburg after one. the breds claw their way back and manage to tie with 3:30 left in the third. goudreau his first and we're tied at three. penguins with only 12 shots on goal for the entire game. jake againstal with pittsburg's first shot in 37 minutes and it beats peca hin nay. 5-3 the final, the pence take a 1-0 series lead. steve kerr subbing for the substitute today. mike brown had the flu. kerr med the media as the warriors continue their preps for the finals thursday on abc. kerr still not ready to re-sioux coaching. >> i would like to tell you i'm ready but i'm still

ben roethlisberger and country star carrie underwood who is married to mike fisher, 20 seconds left, pens up 2-0. nick bow anyone know's shot goes off mattiace he can home who just happened to step on the ice. 3-0 pittsburg after one. the breds claw their way back and manage to tie with 3:30 left in the third. goudreau his first and we're tied at three. penguins with only 12 shots on goal for the entire game. jake againstal with pittsburg's first shot in 37 minutes and it beats peca hin nay. 5-3 the final, the pence take a 1-0 series lead. steve kerr subbing for the substitute today. mike brown had the flu. kerr med the media as the warriors continue their preps for the finals thursday on abc. kerr still not ready to re-sioux coaching. >> i would like to tell you i'm ready but i'm still feeling a lot of effects what i've got going on. the team's really healthy. the bad news is the coaching staff is dropping like supplies hopefully he'll be back soon and feeling better. abc7 sports

captain mike fisher. penguins scored the first goal. this set up perfectly 2-0 pittsburgh.ored. austin watson behind the net. the singer can celebrate the team is all the way back. jake gets the shot. the penguins win 5-3. game 2 in pittsburgh wednesday. lots of time to wait for the series to start there have has been time for developing stories. head coach mike brown was ill. guess who was running practice? steve kerr. a third procedure on his back, he has never lost his sense of humor. >> i told the team the good news is the team is healthy. it is an awkward situation. this is so unique. he has to make those decisions. his team. but he is taking advice by counsel. he is doing a good job. there is a theme when i am out. not sure what it is. >> the warriors will not know weather they reached the highest peek this season. a man who climbed everest took a curry jersey with him. we will see if the warriors can reach that height. see you in 25 minutes. frank and julie have the 11:00 news. >> what do you think about the warriors cavs? >> the warrior have an edge but the cavs sca

steelers quarterback and country star underwood married to predators captain mike fisher.he leg of nashville defenseman who had just step -- talk about bad luck. 3-0 pittsburgh after one. they manage a tie with six 1/2 left. the first of the plafs and we're tied at three. they had only 12 shots the entire game. pittsburgh's first shot in 37 minutes. pittsburgh would add an empty net goal. 5-3 is your final as the penguins take a 1-0 series lead. steve kerr is back at practice. well, today for the warriors. brown's got a few days to get healthy before thursday on abc 7. kerr is improving, still not ready to return for coaching. kerr still recovering from headaches following three back surgeries. >> like to tell you i'm ready but i'm not ready to coach yet. i'm still feeling a lot of effects of what i've got going on. but with mike being out, i'll take his spot after he took my spot. i told the team good news is the team's really healthy, the bad news is the coaching staff is dropping like flies. when i'm out i think the team is 108-2. not sure what the is. >> abc 7 sports b

. >> mike: here's fisher trying to win it away from crosby, with 27.3 to go. and the deficit is two. net empty, six attackers. off the tieup, crosby got it to the corner. hainsey able to whip it around. ellis able to keep it alive. he got it across. one-timer by josi went wide. ellis up with it again. 15 to go. pitched back along and a shot by neal is blocked off. another try by josi getting a piece of that was rust. around behind, battled for arvidsson. got it to forsberg. then to the back ellis, a shot, jammed loose off of neal, cleared by crosby, and that's it. in the expansion era, this is the fewest number of shots that a winning team has ever had in the stanley cup final, a dozen. previously tampa and los angeles had 15. but it's not the shots, it's the goals, and pittsburgh had five. nashville had three. you're watching the stanley cup final, presented by geico. game two is wednesday night on nbcsn. pregame coverage begins with "nhl live" at 6:00 p.m. eastern. coming up next, except on the west coast is your late local news, followed by "the tonight sho

. >> mike: here's fisher trying to win it away from crosby, with 27.3 to go. and the deficit is two. net empty, six attackers. off the tieup, crosby got it to the corner. hainsey able to whip it around. ellis able to keep it alive. he got it across. one-timer by josi went wide. ellis up with it again. 15 to go. pitched back along and a shot by neal is blocked off. another try by josi getting a piece of that was rust. around behind, battled for arvidsson. got it to forsberg. then to the back ellis, a shot, jammed loose off cleared by crosby, and that's it. in the expansion era, this is the fewest number of shots that a winning team has ever had in the stanley cup final, a dozen. previously tampa and los angeles had 15. but it's not the shots, it's the goals, and pittsburgh had five. nashville had three. you're watching the stanley cup final, presented by geico. game two is wednesday night on nbcsn. pregame coverage begins with "nhl live" at 6:00 p.m. eastern. coming up next, except on the news, followed by "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." for eddie and

. >> mike: here's fisher trying to win it away from crosby, with 27.3 to go. and the deficit is two. net empty, six attackers. off the tieup, crosby got it to the corner. hainsey able to whip it around. ellis able to keep it alive. he got it across. one-timer by josi went wide. ellis up with it again. 15 to go. pitched back along and a shot by neal is blocked off. another try by josi getting a piece of that was rust. around behind, battled for arvidsson. got it to forsberg. then to the back ellis, a shot, jammed loose off of neal, cleared by crosby, and that's it. in the expansion era, this is the fewest number of shots that a winning team has ever had in the stanley cup final, a dozen. previously tampa and los angeles had 15. but it's not the shots, it's the goals, and pittsburgh had five. nashville had three. you're watching the stanley cup final, presented by geico. game two is wednesday night on nbcsn. pregame coverage begins with "nhl live" at 6:00 p.m. eastern. coming up next, except on the west coast is your late local news, followed by "the tonight sho

the short list include richmond fbi field office director adam lee, attorney alice fisher, former representative mike rogers, new york state judge michael garcia and federal judge henry e. hudson are also said to be on a list. >>> well, keir johnson's car has been found. tonight the 34-year-old virginia woman and her 8-year- old daughter chloe are missing. police in hampton, virginia issued an amber alert for the pair last week saying they believe the two have been abducted and they could be in danger. today police say they johnson's kia optima. at a press conference friday rhonda cruz pled for help bringing her daughter and granddaughter home safely. >> i would like to thank everybody for their help. i would appreciate it if y'all could bring my kids home. >> police are asking anyone with information about this case to give them a call. >>> a fatal shooting on busy interstate 95 in richmond leaves two women dead tonight. one is from our area. 26-year-old sherane holland of manassas and 23-year-old richmond woman died at the scene. a man was seriously wounded in this attack. he is hospitalized in cri

the screen, senator john cornyn, andrew mccabe, alice fisher, judge michael garcia, adam lee, judge hudson, frances townsend and former congressman mike rodgers. i want to ask you about senator cornyn he was quoted saying the idea he fired comey to squelch the russia probe is a "fake narrative." >> i'm not getting into specific names but i'd say this more generally, jake. first, the 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. you need a really good prosecutor here, somebody who knows how to do it and third, it should be someone with courage. if there is interference or attempted interference to shut down the investigation, to misdirect it, you need somebody who is going to stand up. so those are my three criteria. i'm not going to name any specific people, nor criticize or evaluate any people who have been named until they name somebody, by the criteria are pretty obvious. >> you just called for a special prosecutor to investigation this possible collusion between the trump team and russia. your party ha

>> mike baquero, thank you for that. let's bring in mark fisher, co-author of the biography "trump revealed." also joining us, white house correspondent for reuters, aisha rasco and mike schmidt. you have been talking about james comey, you better hope there are no tapes of the conversation, brought about your article that said the president actually has a history of secretly recorded calls. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, this goes all the way back to the early years in trump tower where he had a recording system installed in his office on the 26th floor. and he was able to record his visitors when they came in for meetings. we had numerous reports through the years of people discovering this. in addition, his secretaries sitting outside his office would often listen in on both telephone calls and meetings in the office. and this was brought home to us during one of our visits to trump tower to talk to donald trump, where with no one else in the room, he offered, my co-author and i, some drinks and without ever raising his voice or asking so

a number of the candidates that john just mentioned like john corrin or mike rogers who might have an edge. townsend and fisher. in a normal time they could expect a pretty easy confirmation. this is not a normal time and we're already seeing democrats not only say that the nominee should be apolitical but threatening to delay or block any nominee until president trump agrees to a special prosecutor in the russia case. so this is clearly going to be very, very political whoever trump picks. >> bill: harry reid changed the rules. you only need 51 votes in the senate. give me names. who do you think fits the qualifications given the times that you just described? >> i think one possibility is from the rank of the nation's judges. a couple of people are already on the list that john just mentioned. and there is still merit garland out there. the judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals nominated for the supreme court by barack obama, republicans blocked that nomination for nearly a year, democrats still angry over that. that would be a choice that would have some support. on the other hand there are real questi

don't know if you have a screen in front of you, so andrew mccain, alex fisher, judge henry hudson, also frances townsend and mike rogers we just spoke about. anybody on this list do you think gets support by republicans and democrats? >> i think there is an intriguing case to be shown for mike rogers, and a former fbi agent, the challenge there, though, that he was also part of the trump transition, and it seems to me that that is an easy target for democrats to suggest he may be partisan. without questioning the credentials or the choices of everybody on the list it seems like a pretty logical list to me except for one, the choice of senator cornyn seems surprising to me, i'm not sure why they would want to switch horses there. but the surprising thing is they did not do the list in private before they got rid of director comey. discuss it, come out with a list, as you said, it's an apprentice-style situation. everything in this administration is a big show and big reveal instead of getting their ducks in a row and rolling it out smoothly. >> lin, we heard discussions about how they will approach the investigat

mike rogers and the running of fan favorite among f. ai agents and former assistant attorney general alex fisher wanted to female names on the list. she would be the first name director. dark horse michael leavitt not only has the legal background and a judge also the legal at boeing and we know the present like corporate tribes. ray kelly was one of several candidates and is also reportedly moved into the top tear of consideration. president trump says it's a swift process. >> these are outstanding people that are very well-known. kennedy: a fast decision. slowed down hopalong. know you want to move faster you can get back to health care but when you move too fast on health care you blew it. the president won't get any obstructionist democrats who say they are in a modern version of les miserables. chuck schumer targeting a.g. jeff sessions. >> i called for him to step down when he didn't tell the truth about the russians because it's the highest law enforcement officer of the land. the actions in the last week make all the reason moore that he should not be attorney general. kennedy: i'm no sessions fan but chuck you are the boy

indeed there are ethical questions about mike rogers wife as it relates her british company she was working for. maybe he should've recused himself. how about alice fishera woman to run the fbi? >> she's to be the assistant attorney general. she's a good person and suitable. my own favorable would be a breakup and a cop and that is ray. >> justice jeanine: based on the tweet of president trump saying jim comey and this offense, you better make she say the truth. would it be illegal if there would be a wiretap or something. >> absolutely not. the district of columbia and there's federal law to permit the president to tape his phone calls if he wants to in his meetings. >> justice jeanine: doesn't make sense? everyone who calls will be a recording going. >> if there's a meeting there's going to be a recording. >> justice jeanine: finally, with respect to the president and the decision that he makes regarding this fbi director, wendy think that will happen? >> probably within a week. >> this is the real deal. donald trump on his late brother and family life inside you seek audience. yes, wise man. i'm confident in my credit score... just not about protecti

fisher adam lee has ties to the bay area. he received his law degree from jfk university in pleasant hill and interned in the san francisco district attorney's office. former house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers was also interviewed today. along with acting fbi director andrew mccabe and republican senator john corneren of texas. president trump says he could pick the next director by friday before he leaves for a trip to the vatican as a potential replacement for james comey met in washington mr. trump delivered his first commencement address as president. speaking at liberty university in virginia. and taking aim at his attackers. >> nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. because they're people that can't get the job done. >> he also offered the class of 2017 some encouraging words. >> treat the word impossible as nothing more than mot i innovation. relish the opportunity to be an outsider. embrace that label. being an outsider is fine. embrace the label. because it's the outsiders who change the world. >> today the fbi agents association backed former lawmaker and fbi agent mike rogers to replace outed fbi director james comey. the association president said rogers

mike rogers, a former congressman. a former fbi agent. he's been endorsed by the fbi agents association. alice fisher, fran townsend. they would be the first women to lead the agency. senator john cornyn. he's the former attorney general of texas. he serves currently as the majority whip. that's the number two position in the senate. dan and paula? >> filling the position is of the utmost urgency. thank you, david. from the white house. >>> we want to bring in our chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. he'll host "this week" later on. let's get to the fbi director. we just saw a list of names from david wright. the firing of comey seemed to galvanize both parties that the timing was not good. can he make a pick that quiets the storm? >> oh, no. pick. but it's not even close to sufficient. the confirmation hearings for this new fbi director are going to be brutal. they're going to be asking questions about how can you assure us that you'll be ready to run an independent investigation into the trump campaign and russia? would you take a loyalty oath? which the president appears to have asked of james comey, though the p

committee chairman mike rogers was also interviewed today along with acting fbi director andrew mckaib. republican senator john cornyn of texas, former isn't u.s. attorneyal lis fisherael garcia, district judge henry hudson who serves eastern virginia and francis towns send former homeland security and counterterrorism adviser. the candidates met with attorney general jeff sessions and deputy attorney general rod roasenstei. >> thank you, marianne. >>> president trump is considering firing his press secretary and hiring a woman with bay area ties. "the new york times" is reporting mr. trump may drop sean spicer and replace him with fox news host kimberly gill foil. she's a former san francisco deputy district attorney and the former wife of gavin newsome. six west wing officials told the times that the president not happy with several top aides but especially spicer. it comes from criticism over the administration shifting accounts of the reasoning behind the president's decision to fire fbi director james comey. >> meantime, president trump told college graduates today they should relish the opportunity to be n outsider. mr. trump make his first comment mens speech

mike rogers was also interviewed. along with acting fbi director andrew mccabe. republican senator john cornyn of texas, former assistance u.s. attorney general alice fisher. new york appeals court judge, michael garcia, district judge henry hudson and francis townsend and counter-terrorism adviser. >>> the housing crisis in the bay area has forced people to rent homes with toxic mold, no heat, bad plumbing. landlords are supposed to fix issues in 30 days but many of them don't. it isn't just bad business, this is about public safety. our investigative team reviewed thousands of housing records and found landlords escaping punishment and we learned about a new push to protect your home. >> this is hanging all over the place. >> growing up in the foster system, benecia spent many of her childhood living in group homes. so when the nurse assistant found this one bedroom apartment in oakland last sum. >> she rejoiced. >> it was a blessing for me. just such a relief for me. we're getting some stability going right now. >> reporter: but that was short-lived. from the gaping hole under her door -- >> a rodent could squeeze its body through it. >> and to the lock

new york, sitting texas governor, alex fisher, henry hudson, a virginia judge, and special agent adam lee. now, the last interview we're expecting to see today is mike rodgers. he should be here within the hour. he received a very big endorsement today from the fbi agents association. they represent a lot of active and a former fbi agent mike rodgers was in the fbi himself before he left to go into politics. julie. . julie: all right. and what is the timetable for all of this? could the administration make a decision soon? >> well, president trump says that it's possible there could be a decision as early as this week. take a listen to what he said on air force one. >> almost all of them are very well known. you know, they've been vetted over their lifetime, essentially. but very well known. highly respected. really talented people. and that's what we want of the fbi. >> the fbi director is a position that typically lasts for ten years and before that tenure can begin, the candidate would need senate confirmation. julie, back to you. julie: all right, ellison, thank you very much. a fox news alert with the pentagon confirming right now north korea h

. >> jon: mike handed in his resignation, and offered to remain onboard and told the transition is concluded. the president's policies moving forward. for more on all of this, kristin fisher joins us life in the white house. >> this big staff shakeup that we've been hearing so much about, but then again, sean spicer, who will had also been rumored to be on the way out, he is going to be back behind the podium in less than an hour. so if there's anything we learned about this white house is that nothing is final until it actually happens. >> in terms of staff shakeup's, i always read things that simply aren't true. i work here every day. it's much more collaborative than people realize. i think were constantly being told by people who have never worked in any white house let alone this white house what is going on here. >> now one change that is definitely being discussed is a commune occasions war room. the white house is considering bringing back to former campaign operatives back into the fold. lewandowski and david barsky, all this controversy behind jared kushner, it seems to be overshadowing the substance of the day, and that is president trump continuing to attack g

>> molly: vice president mike pence kicking off the annual project hero memorial day bike ride paying tribute to those who wore the uniform and keeping us safe. kristin fisher house with that. >> president trump is back at the white house after that trip, to arlington national cemetery. publicly, the focus is as it should be, all about honoring our men and women who lost their lives defending this country. but behind the scenes, the controversy surrounding president trump's son-in-law is really sucking a loft oxygen at the white house. president trump is defending jared kushner against the allegations, that he allegedly tried to set up a secret backchannel to communicate with the kremlin during the transition. president trump telling the "new york times" last night that, quote, i have total confidence in him. he is respected by virtually everyone and working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars n addition to that and perhaps more importantly, he's a very good person. well, yesterday homeland security secretary john kelly also defended kushner across the sunday shows, and he argued that setting up a secret backchannel with russia is nor

fisher, couple of judges, head of the richmond fbi office, alam lee. fran towns understand, homeland security director in the bush administration, former cnn contributor and mike rogers who is also a cnn contributor. when you look down the list does anybody jump out? what is the white house saying in terms of the who, the what they're looking for? >> we know the president is going to personally interview at least the finalists perhaps a couple top finalists. what a fascinating interview. i would assume he wouldn't use the loyalty word but who knows. i think the question here is the fbi agents association supports mike rogers. he's one of them. he was an agent. he's been on capitol hill. he would have an easy confirmation process or easier confirmation process. >> also he worked in the trump transition and that didn't end well. >> it didn't end well. that is the big question. why would you want your fbi director to be someone you do not want in the transition. that was caught up in its own set of politics. we might be beyond that. i'm also told the president is again this was not fully thought through so he doesn't know all of these resumes but he likes the peo

fisher in the justice department a number of years ago and judge michael garcia. federal judge from virginia, henry hudson, adam lee, former michigan congressman mike rogers who is reported by an association of fbi agents. some think that gives him an inside track. as well as frances townsend. i am all told the idea of merritt garland chief justice of the dc court of appeals as fbi director is something that's being kicked around although some say that would be an extraordinarily bad idea. back to you. >> melissa: we want to show this to you. president trump is meeting with the crown prince of abu dhadi. let's listen. >> great honor to have sheik muhammad with us today. man i have known. very special person. highly respected. loves his country, i can tell you that. loves his country. and i think loves the united states which to us is very important. thank you very much for coming. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. very good. very good. we'll be wrapping it up. thank you all very much. >> melissa: so you heard that there. that was the president with the crown prince from abu dhabi. as soon as given a chance, reporters jumped in with questions about the fbi. let's bri

fisher who was in the justice department years ago. judge michael garcia, federal judge from virginia, henry hudson. adam lee who is the head of the fbi virginia. mikeogers from michigan, he is supported by an association of fbi agents paid a lot of people think he has the inside track. they interviewed former bush security advisor frances townsend. they have not ruled out the idea of nominating the chief justice marriage garland to head up the fbi. utah senator mike lee floated that. a number of standpoints, first of all democrats would be hard-pressed to oppose merrick garland, they would have to almost invent an idea if they wanted to obstruct him. certainly it opens up a spot on a very important court, it would show that the president is not afraid of the russia investigation. there is not a lot of buy in for the white house at this point, i am told that some people think it is a terrible idea, but at least the idea is being talked about by some folks here at the white house. the president also this afternoon is going to sign an executive order which will dramatically expand the amount of money that is covered by the mexico city policy that proh

fisher with more on that. what else are you later something. >> hey, neil. the idea of democrat turned independent joe lieberman for direct er was brought up with republican senators. according to mikepitol hill, most of the senators in the room found it very intrigues. the former senator from connecticut has no law enforcement background and endorsed hillary clinton in 2016. so this is a sign that president trump may be willing to think outside the box when it comes to finding james comey's replacement. in addition to lieberman, president trump will meet with three candidates this afternoon. andrew mccabe, frank keating, the former republican governor of oklahoma and richard mcfeelly, a former fbi official. this new round of interviews come after the two top contenders took their name out of the running. senator john cornyn and tray gowdy. both said they need and independent nonpartisan nominee. they're's congressman draw gowdy last night. >> the senate confirmation process would be dreadful and missable. i think the country deserves a woman or man that can take it. i've been in politics for six years. >> and alice fisher, the former attorney general has taken her name out of the r

mike rodgers, also a republican, the former chair of the house intelligence committee and former fbi special agent. other candidates interviewed saturday, andrew mccabe, former assistant attorney general under george w. bush alice fisher, two judges, henry hudson of virginia, and also there judge michael garcia and frances townsend, she was the homeland security adviser to george w. bush, also worked in the doj under bill clinton. president trump does say it is possible he could make that pick, copick someone before he departs for his overseas trip on friday, but senator lindsey graham is selling the president keep politics out of it. >> i think it's time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or such a reputation that has no political background at all that can go into the job on day one. the president appoints a judge but the judge is loyal to the law. >> the president will be reading the reports and the recommendations from all of these interviews that are happening abmeet with a few candidates before making a selection. >> jessica thank you for the reporting, we're keeping an eye on the eight people especially right now. >>> joining us is fbi special agent thomas o'connor, president of the fbi agents as

fisher who served under bush and the career fbi agent in the mix. assistant director for the criminal andwhh cyber divisionsn the bureau. a second bucket of potential nominees. congressional picks in this case mike rogers former house intelligence chairman, former fbi agent and republican. congressman tray who led the probe into the benghazi attack and the senate minority whip from texas. and john pistol 27 years at the retired as a deputy director before serving as tsa administrator. fred townsend widely respected here in washington who served homeland security adviser from new hampshire. and the acting fbi director andrew mccabe is in the mix as well. but there are two congressional committees that are looking at mccabe. one is looking at political donations to his wife in 2015 and whether any ethical lines were crossed with that and the other is his correction to the russia probe and this anti-trump dossier and p the payments to te british intelligence officer who was responsible for that dossier and whether they crossed any lines there, bill. >> you reported earlier that comeyte is invited to testify before the senate next week and that will not happen. catherine thank you for your work late

fisher and station commander peggy whitson floating in space to the record books, making the 200th space walk in support of the international space station. >> outstanding. nice work. >> the historic space walk suffered a mikeve ball delayed start two hours. and the station's cooling core. unaffected so a shortened space walk was still able to happen. big task number one replace ago large avionics block provides electricity. faster than expected so they then had time to install a data routeing spectrometer. >> first element of the international space station. >> very first space walk happened 18 and a half years ago, back in the united states flew space shuttles and the space shuttle was an engine. jerry ross and newman connected the module with the russian module. the orbiting outpost sure has come a long way since then. >> beautiful, beautiful. hold there. >> another record set up today as well. peggy whitson completing her ninth space walk. the most of any female astronaut. bret? >> bret: phil keating in miami. phil, thanks. we have a special sunday edition of "special report" this weekend. one of the things we will bring you an interview with transportation secretary elaine chal. among other issues, we'

mike rogers, former house intelligence committee, a couple names you recognize. but also two other names getting attention as well. that being fran townsend end alice fisher.both had profile roles in the george w. bush administration. if townsend or fisher were selected that would be first time a woman would lead the federal bureau of investigation. neil: blake, how soon do they want to decide this, do you know? >> i asked white house press secretary sean spicer talking about the timeline. you would think they want this out before the foreign trip before the president leaves on friday. spicer would not commit to anytime line. things sped up over the weekend. eight interviews, three/four days until the president leaves. possible something could happen before he heads out. neil: blake, thank you very much. draw your attention halfway around the globe where emanuel macron the new french president is formally meeting with his counterpart america -- angela merkel. remember it was merkel who she preferredded and macron thinks he will be instrumental in keeping the european union together. the two have hit it off i'm told. the only difference here is that macron

fisher, judge michael garcia being interviewed. another judge, henry hudson, u.s. district court. adam lee. mike rogers, a former congressman, house intelligence committee chairman and fran townsend, homeland security adviser to george w. bush. all being interviewed there. but the president squeaki ispea briefly an air force one saying he wants to make this process as quick as possible. >> i think the process is going to be quick because almost all of them are very well-known. they've been vetted over their lifetime essentially. but very well-known. highly respected really talented people. and that's what we want for the fbi. i'll see you over at the school. have a good time. >> the president is leaving at the end of the week for an extensive foreign trip. it's possible that we might know his pick for the director of the fbi before then. democrats for their part in the senate are threatening to vote against anybody until there's a special compromise made for the votes. they don't have the vote to make that happen. they can simply cast rejection on the floor of the senate. they can vote over a ma