very complicated for this white house, they have to put personnel in place plus bureaucrats many obama holdovers don't want to work for trump the inside resistance and that is very problematic for this president and that is why the mainstream media right now they have the ammunition able to basically get any information that they want, from the white house, or from any -- >> that is a far more dangerous issue than any collusion that anyone turned up with donald trump in russia, go ahead rachel then lisa. >> i would say there are so many leaks going on that it is and there are so many people trying to find something, on donald trump, that i can't imagine that if there was something there we would know it right now, it would have been leaked, they tried everything, dossier, then the big smoking gun was in the taxes, that, you know, rachel maddow released, if something there there we would know by now. >> lisa -- lisa donald trump said i am going to drain the swamp, and guess what is in the swamp sure democrats but also career politicians republicans as well, and those people may be some problems s

what i'm talking about are the obama holdovers that are deeply embedded in the intelligence office ando are leaking information and media is enabling and repeating stories and not naming them and half these stories are false. >> the media got blamed for getting donald trump elected. now the media is blamed because we're talking about leaks that are to tensionally high crime and treasonous but it's our fault, too in which way is it, though? >> i think it's pretty clear it's both ways. >> you can't have it both ways. that's not how it works. you can't have it both ways. >> let me respond. thank you. i think it is very clear that the media is responsible for both of these things because they are not doing this jobs properly. they are repeating information that ends up being false by unnamed sources. okay. half of these stories as i was trying to say earlier ended up being false. there's a story from an unnamed source saying comey asked for additional resources in order to broaden this investigation into these claims that russia and donald trump were posedly working in cahoots with one ano

if you don't remember sally yates, she was the well-respected obama holdover who trump fired after sheefused to defend his muslim band in court. the best thing to have on your resume. i see you were fired by donald trump for being too ethical. that's right, that's right! and you were also fired from trader joe's? yeah, i liquid all the apples. ( laughter ) but you see, there was another reason the trump administration has beef with sally yates. she's also the person who first sounded the alarm about trump national security advisor michael flynn and his deep connections to russia, a decision she still stood by in yesterday's hearing. >> would you tell the white house? >> i told them again there were a number of press accounts, of statements that had been made by the vice president about general flynn's conduct we knew to be untrue. and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. to state the obvious, you don't w

i hope not just in this case but throughout the trump administration perhaps the obama holdover's.ous at this point in their costing people their lives. you're absolutely right. president trump and the doj should find the leakers and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. and they should make an example of them so that they scare away athe other leakers. it's also jeopardizing the close relationship. after the his his stork. the intelligence officials shared intelligence with us. and that was leaked. that could jeopardize their investigation. this really hurts our national security and present trump really needs to set an example and stop these leaks once and for all. has really gotten to the point where we should not even call them leaks anymore. how do you do this. is it really this tough to put out all of the president obama's hold. they set up their own sort of order if you will. you do have to begin to control the circulation. you compartmentalize. and there is really no justification for broad circulation of tactical forensic. there could've been signals in some of

numerous reports also indicate that obama holdovers have been laying booby tracks and linking informationthroughout the trump transition. finally, so focused on destroying his successor, president obama for god about his own promises. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of anchors on wall street. jesse: well he did and members of his own party including elizabeth warren and bernie sanders fatcat paydays. as donald trump makes his first overseas trip as president, taking a different tone than obama or clinton, we will see if they can manage the restraint the fitting of a former president. , or, should they speak up. what is the classy and responsible way for president to leave office? we will let the audience decide. >> cap next, media biased is at an all-time high under president trump. how do voters feel about that? our panel fills us in heard still the calm, the hunt for hillary clinton. "watters world" style ♪ surfing is a sport that takes a lot out of you physically. from the moment i wake up on my tempur-pedic mattress i feel like i am ready to take on the day. i do

numerous reports also indicate that obama holdovers have been laying booby tracks and linking informationhe trump transition. finally, so focused on destroying his successor, president obama for god about his own promises. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of anchors on wall street. jesse: well he did and members of his own party including elizabeth warren and bernie sanders criticized him for those fatcat paydays. as donald trump makes his first overseas trip as president, taking a different tone than obama or clinton, we will see if they can manage the restraint the fitting of a former president. , or, should they speak up. what is the classy and responsible way for president to leave office? we will let the audience decide. >> cap next, media biased is at an all-time high under president trump. how do voters feel about that? our panel fills us in heard still the calm, the hunt for hillary clinton. "watters world" style i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. start at the new carfax.com show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs] ah..

so the fact that they are obama holdovers is not true.n we talk about why individuals leak information the explanations are as varied as human being psychology. some of the leaks we see from the president are being leaked by staff to hurt one another. chris: we asked for questions for the panel and we got different reactions in the this question of leaks. audrey sent this on facebook. do bissel business of -- do whistleblowers play a vital role in holding those in power to accountability? and why can't they find the leakers? chuck: as a member of the press and believer in the role of the media in holding government accountable. i'm not going to come out against leaks. for all the leaks that may cause this or that official trouble, there is going to be another one that does play an important role in account build. part of the reason these leaks are flowing is the struggle within this administration. we have a famous dispute between ban none anbetween -- bannon anr that was papered over. and this goes to your point about the staff shakeup a

understand. >> how can people that started during the bush administration or clinton administration be obama holdoverldn't you say these leaks are probably coming from this area or obama white house trump and his counselors? >> eboni: what you are an american and you don't care where they are from and you want them gone? >> eric: we can all agree on that. >> katherine: not politicize something sometime. maybe, all of us. president trump is demanding that america's allies meet their obligations for defense and security. and what are some critics saying? it's a plot to cozy up to our enemies. wait until you see this. >> june 4th, get ready for the next revolution. >> i promise you we are going to shake things up. >> steve hilton has been on the front lines of brexit and champion of the populist movement. >> you have got to get power out of the hands of the establishment and the elite no ho have messed things up for so long and put it in the hands of people. >> now he is bringing his powerful message straight to you. >> people are sick and tired of the fact that whoever they vote for, nothing gets done.

this is the single biggest impediment now, comey the only major obama holdover in the administrationeen removed. maybe we'll finally get a serious it investigation. one were politics is taken out of it. >> jesse: david, real quick and 30 seconds what you think this means for the hillary clinton e-mail investigation? for this happen? >> i hope so. she violated the espionage act. she lied to congress, she liked at the fbi. she lied to the american people, and she lied to the parents of the dead heroes of benghazi over their coffins. this woman should be in jail. look, the other big story that the media refuses to report, and i agree with trump, he should stop the press conferences until they get actual reporters sitting in the seats. it's the use by the party in power, by the obama administration of the intelligence services to spy on and sabotage the political opposition. that is the end of democracy. >> jesse: that is a pretty big story. now that comey is out of their the fbi leadership might have to start handing over these on leaked documents they have been holding from this invest

it's not the obama holdovers that are doing this. it is people who care about our democracy and worried about what they're seeing. donald trump is the commander in chief holding the nuclear codes and the things that he is doing are incredibly dangerous and we see it from his own white house people are leaking because they're concerned about what their boss is doing. >> pushback against president obama when they disagreed with the decisions he was making so this is a bipartisan nonpartisan approach the career officials have. >> i'm glad you brought up the fact. i love how the president always derides sources saying fake news when his west wing has the biggest leakest sieve in washington in recent memory. >> sometimes he's the leaking source. >> except that is dangerous what he's doing. >> one more thing since you're both sort of political professionals, political operatives, a war room that's being set up within the white house to handle this jared kushner situation, smart move on their part or not? >> this is exactly what happened ba

not up to the cia or obama holdovers in the white house to decide. will tell "washington post" because they think what trump did was wrong. charles: once again "the washington post" putting out a story immediately tweeted by senator mark warner saying that president trump divulged top secret information in his meeting with the russians last week. as you can see the press outside of the white house waiting for general h.r. mcmaster to come out. he will prepare a statement. thanks for joining us. continue with this don't want to miss a moment. riveting breaking news. lou dobbs will carry us through. keep it here on fox business. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. let's start with the facts. president trump is combating left-wing forces that are fiercely fighting to destroy him, his presidency, an all the weak-need republicans who by rights should be battling by his side who are instead trying to distance themselves from the leader who has shown them and their party how to win, how to restore prosperity and to assure this country's future. president trump

happened after the obama team had left and when the trump team came in, but there were plenty of obama holdovers. it's going to be a long time until we get to the bottom of both those questions, why was there a gap between the time when this was known in the action was taken in the white house and where did the original stories come from? >> jon: president trump is casting some blame based on the obama administration for having approved general flynn's national security clearance. is that part of the weight? >> i don't like that one flies too well. he had clearance when he was director of the defense intelligence agency, that was renewed in 2016. he also had taken office as the national security advisor for the trump administration, but that was before the issue we are talking about is really known or had been vetted. the fact that he had a security clearance and the fact that he then subsequent i got into trouble, those things don't match up in the timeline. >> jon: little noticed and all of this is the president's announcement that he is heading to saudi arabia and the vatican next month. you

nobody's been held accountable so far.f how many obama holdovers still exist in these communities. >>t you do. d sarah carter has to keep doing what she does because you've nailed it. the biggest story of the last eight years, not eight weeks, eight years is not just the unmasking and the leaked to "the washington post," but why were those transcripts written?? those taskerns cannot justify on the basis of national security. they were clearly politically motivated. when sarah carter, when sean hannity gets to the bottom of that we will have a story that makes watergate look like a fairy tale. >> all right.he great to see you. when we come back, we need your help with a very important question. we need your input, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape. so i sleep deeply and wake up ready to perform. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com. wor

she's an obama holdover. she was out to get trump and out to sink his administration. she resign order got fired later on. but the problem is, their narrative and spin only goes so far because these are investigations are still ongoing. even as they try to say the white house, essentially says, there's no there there. >> russia, it is a prevailing issue, not just in washington but around the country. everyone is talking about it. there's concern all over the world about it, how russia influences our election. and if there's collusion. and speaking of the election, i want to talk about hillary clinton. her candid interview today, she is talking about what went wrong. and i wonder if you' agree. here it is. >> i was on the way to winning, until the combination of jim comey's letter and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the mind of people that were inclined to vote for me, and got scared off. nate silver, doesn't work for me. he's an independent analyst, but one considered to be reliable. has concluded, if the election had been on october 27th, i would be your president.

but that night, the obama administration holdover was fired for refusing to defend the president's travelan. >> i don't know what happened after that, because that was my last day with doj. >> reporter: even after yates' warning the white house didn't act right away. it took more than two weeks for president trump called flynn a wonderful man even after he was fired. today on twitter, mr. trump wrote, ask sally yates how clastfied information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to the white house. yates denied being the source of those leaks. >>> president trump's top advisish and son-in-law jared kushner may have stepped aside from his family's real estate business, but the rest of the family is still in business. his sister, nicole meyer was in shanghai, talking real estate to wealthy investors. the sales pitch? invest half a million and get a visa. >> reporter: nicole meyer spent saturday with wealthy chinese investors, asking them to help finance this new jersey real estate project, known as one journal square. her pitch? make a $500,000 investment in return for a poss

charles: of course it feels like it's not just those embedded bureaucrats or obama holdovers that if you will pushing back against the trump administration but all the other entities and tentacles of power. a large lobos corporations, the mainstream medium. en the intelligence community which you would think would have a higher calling if you will. you know very well and you understand it very well. why is that happening? >> you see right now it's kind of a bifurcated problem. i heard charles krauthammer who brought up a good point. not all of this is the deep state. on one prong of the force area people of the trump administration who are selling out to the trump administration itself in leaking to the press but at the other end of the pond that really bothers me. it's just what you said the intel people. it's the leaks coming in the fbi administration a perfect example. happened yesterday with this kushner so-called breaking news what was the breaking news, the someone interviewed jared kushner about the russian investigation? that's your news/? it was embarrassing. the story and t

they say look, they are obama holdovers in the government or around the government. >> deep staters assay. >> yes. >> thank you very much, sir. i appreciate your time. and one more thing before we go. it is day 118 of the trump presidency. just one week, only one week since donald trump fired fbi director james comey. take a listen. >> breaking news. jim comey is out at the fbi. >> is this a cover-up? is this a cover-up? >> of what? of what? >> does comey firing cast a shadow over your talks? >> was he fired? you're kidding. >> there was one newsgency allowed in the trump lavrov meeting and itelged to vladimir putin. >> you can't make this stuff up. >> regardless of recommendation i was going on fire comey. >> they keep changing their story. >> did you drop him to drop the investigation? >> no. never. >> did president trump record his conversations with fbi director comey? >> i assume you're referring to the tweet? >> james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. >> the president on multiple occasions demand that had comey p

the idea that these are obama holdovers is simply not true, it's not the case.hat when you talk about why individuals leak information, the explanations are as varied as human beings psychology. a lot of things we are seeing licked about the president are probably being leaked by his senior staff to hurt one another. that's not unique to the trump administration. >> chris: we ask you for questions for the panel and we got some different reactions in this question of leaks. audrey sent us on facebook, do whistleblowers hold a vital role in the health of a democracy holding those in power to accountability, but chuck had a different take, if our intelligence agencies are as good as advertised, why can't they find a liquor skimmer how do you answer both of them? >> as a member of the press, and is a believer in the role of the media and holding government accountable, i will not come out against leaks. for all the leaks that may cause this or that official trouble, there's going to be another one. going back to what gillian said, part of the reason they are flowing

people on the national security council and what happened in march there was a list of disloyal obama holdoversuspected of being leakers and mcmaster was asked to fire them and he refused. more recently mcmaster tried to bring in a deputy national security adviser, and priebus blocked him in large part because he didn't consult the chief of staff and other white house officials. all of this has created a sense of tensions and, finally, trump is somebody who does not like to read in the newspaper stories about his national security adviser, for example, calling his south korean counterpart and saying, you know, don't worry about what the president said. the u.s. is still going to pay for this missile defense system known as t.h.a.d. >> you spelled it out really well. the question is, is this about policy or is it about personality? is it possible that this is a negativity campaign by steve bannon against mcmaster who, by all reports most of the people who work for him on the national security council and thereabouts really like mcmaster so is it possible steve bannon is feeling irrelevant or mar

an obama administration holdover today revealing what she told the white house for the fivt time publiclyand putting a spotlight again on the trump team connections to russia. >> to state the obvious, you don't want your national security adviser compromised with russians. >> reporter: yates said she warned that flynn had misled pence and other officials and that the russians knew. >> that created a compromise situation. a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> reporter: yates says she gave the information to the white house so they could take action. but she was fired by president trump days later for refusing to enforce his controversial travel ban. this morning, president trump defending his decision to hire flynn by blaming the obama administration saying they gave flynn the highest security clearance. even after his firing flynn did retain his clearance, standard procedure. it was renewed in 2016. multiple u.s. officials tell nbc news at the time, flynn never revealed he had taken near $34,000 from russian state media to spe

. >> trump's finally getting a chance to remove the obama holdovers from the nsc.ting to put his people in place and i think he's going to hit a better start with his foreign policy quickly. >> if you had any doubts whether melania trump would move down here and live in the white house, lay those aside. president trump told me in the white house yesterday that barron and melania are indeed moving here. they have selected a school here in d.c. and they've enrolled him. >> of the 20 or 22 people rumored to be running or thinking of running for president on the democratic slate, i'd say the one person to keep your eye on is new orleans mayor mitch landrieu who is doing a great thing in his city of removing the four confederate monuments out there on sanctuary cities, and he is a white southern mayor who gets it on race. >> he gets the black vote big time too. i know he did. i was down there moderating those debates. anyway, ned ryan, jennifer jacobs, jonathan capehart. when we return, let me finish tonight with the trump watch. time's up, insufficient we're on prenata

now remember, the special envoy and general dunford are both obama holdovers so they have seen this fight014 take place. and they were able to present some incredible metrics in terms of the amount of territory that's been taken back from isis. 55,000kilometers, they say. and also in that sense 2014. that's not since january of this year. but they also say, and this was very important. defense secretary mattis said since it used to be that there were 1500 foreign fighters arriving in syria to fight for the so-called califit every month. that number is down to 100 a month. they are really tightening the -- they are trapping those foreign fighters inside syria. they are encircling them. the president has taken the decision now to arm the kurdish forces which are the most effective fighting forces on the ground in syria even though that might anger turkey. and now they are beginning, they have encircled raqa, and they are ready to move on the isis capital. they will be destroying the so called califit in the coming weeks and months. >> jenna: very interesting news. very interesting timeline.

itself that the problem here is a hostile press and also a hostile intelligence community with obama holdovers who are trying to undermine what they're doing. so they see it, at least some of them do, as a threat are from the outside or maybe half outside and half inside. so it makes sense from that point of view. but a lewandowski type of person can create as many problems as he solves. he is impetuous, has a hair trigger kind of temper and all of this. so i'm not sure what that's going to do. also, keep in mind that donald trump's whole coalition such as it exists depends on being anti-media. anti-media sentiment is the last glue holding together the kind of republican party or the conservative ideology right now. and so they need a sort of locust of that to go out and talk about fake news and go to rallies because they need their base to think this is a plot against them much like richard nicks on was able to rally people. people didn't like richard nixon because they thought everyone was ganging up on him. >> richard nance, people say it's the stuff that may have happened between the russi

. >> those are obama holdovers issuing the leaks for political reasons to take out the president.aking at the white house is trying to take them down, i totally counter the argument that you made about the fact that the president can somehow stave off these investigations if he did something wrong. there are multiple investigations, dianne feinstein, who has access to senate intelligence, said there is no evidence. >> martha: katie and emily, thank you very much. we'll see you next time. despite previous remark from a president that he was staying put, we are learning that sean spicer's role could be changing. so, is a major white house shakeup that we have heard about for weeks now, far behind? the governor is here on why he thinks the reports of turmoil may be a bit overblown at this point. we'll be right back. ♪ as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doct

of who's leaking on who, i would say team trump probably moved past the point where there are obama holdovers in a position to do any harm to them in any way. >> you think the land mines are at this point we've already seen them or there are more land mines within the white house that were left behind? >> i would guess that we are far enough in, far enough along and trump now has in h.r. mcmaster, somebody widely respected, the team gets goods review, bipartisan good review, mattis at defense. his national security and intelligence team gets these top drawer review, people are very happy with that, so i think we're probably moving past the phase where there could be any undeployed ordinance as you call it. >> one would think. chris, thank you. we are awaiting for sally yates to testify on capitol hill. that's going to happen within ten minutes about what she knew about michael flynn. it is the most talked about this afternoon. we'll talk with senator john kennedy next a member of the committee that will grill her moments from now. plus what's next on the agenda for healthcare? >> the premiums

part of this is because they've been so slow to fill jobs so there are a large number of obama administration holdovers in place. part of this is it's not clear who within the administration is truly loyal to the president. so you have this dynamic. you have a lot of people who an incentive to leak things that you wouldn't really see in other administrations. a lot of people believe even people loyal to the president believe the best way to influence him is to influence the press coverage rather than sitting down with him and talking to him. he's going to be influenced by what he reads in the papers. so it's better to leak it and see how the press covers it than it is to sit down and talk to the president. host: one person we haven't talked about yet is the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. i want to get your thoughts on on it. the in-- inquiries talked to the allies. what and they want from each other the banker is a close associate to mr. putin. if you want to read more on that story is in new york city "new york times." guest: it is an interesting dynamic and jared kushner is 36. so he's fairly

three days later on january 30th, yates agree, but that night the obama straight holdover was fired for refusing to defend the president's travel ban. >> i don't know what happened after that because that was my last day with d.o.j. >> reporter: even after yates' warning, thehi act right away. it took more than two weeks for flynn to be fired. president trump called flynn a wonderful man even after he was fired. today on twitter, mr. trump wrote, scott ask sally yates how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to the white house." scott, yates denied being the source of those leaks. >> pelley: jeff pegues in our washington newsroom. jeff, thank you. tonight cbs news has learned that homeland security is considering expanding its ban on laptops on commercial jetliners. at the moment the ban covers devices larger than a cell phone on non-stop flights to the u.s. from ten airports in the middle east and north africa. kris van cleve is our transportation correspondent. kris, what's new? >> reporter: sources familiar with the ongoing discussion say it is l

yagts, the obama holdover was fired not to defend the president's travel ban. >>> there was a undocumentedhat's what women're going o do. >> he signed the marriage on facebook live. police ask about routine status on stops and they can hold suspects for possible detoration. those who do not can face jail tile or removal from office. they do not have any cities that formally declare themselves new sangairs. >> em man yes, ma'am macron won a disease irv vimtry with far rig emmanuel macron won a diseasie decisive victory. >> he will become the president of france. the incoming and outgoing presidents were together. they both attended a commemoration of victory day on world war ii. this is a traditional yearly event. at that time macron would have been familiar with the types of problems that france had undermined the hollande presidency. the economy economy, unemployment rate and also for france's problem with tear ri678. macron had campaigned on a very centrist platform and at his victory rally last night talked about bringing all of france together. that will be difficult to considering the

. >> sally yates was an obama administration holdover and a key figure in the russia investigation. she was fired soon after warning the white house about then national security adviser michael flynn's conversations with russian officials. jeff pegues is outside the hearing room on capitol hill. jeff, good morning. what will we hear? >> well, good morning. sally yates' testimony is expected to include at least a few bombshells and that's why you have some members of congress pushing for her to appear and she will later on today. the former acting attorney general is expected to contradict public white house official statements about this shao, multiple congressional and law enforcement sources say yates notified the white house that former national security adviser michael flynn was not forthcoming with the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. according to sources she also informed the white house that flynn was compromised. the president later fired flynn but not immediately and some members of congress want to know what took the white house

the other from former acting attorney general sally yates, an obama administration holdover.ling what she told the white house for the first time publicly. and putting a spotlight again on the trump team connections to russia. >> to state the obvious, you don't want your national security adviser compromised with the russians. >> reporter: yates said she warned the white house counsel that flynn had misled pence and other officials and that the russians knew. >> that created a compromise situation. a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> reporter: yates says she gave the information to the white house so they could take action. but she was fired by president trump days later for refusing to enforce his controversial travel ban. flynn kept his job for nearly three more weeks. this morning, president trump defending his decision to hire flynn by blaming the obama administration saying they gave flynn the highest security clearance. even after his firing flynn did retain his clearance, standard procedure. it was renewe

attributed to current and former officials because the obama administration began the leaks and obama holdovers are collaborating and going together to the news media to undermine trump. david: thank you very much for coming in. tax cuts. is a just a bunch of happy talk? controversial comments from john weiner have steve forbes anything but happy. he is here after a whirlwind tour, donald trump is coming home. new bike? yeah, 'cause i got allstate. if you total your new bike, they replace it with a brand new one. so, kinda like your second husband. kinda. it's good to be in (good hands). bring you more ways to helps reduce calories from sugar. with more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all, smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels, and signs reminding everyone to think balance before choosing their beverages. we know you care about reducing the sugar in your family's diet, and we're working to support your efforts. more beverage choices. smaller portions. less sugar. balanceus.org. when someone told me i had colon cancer. we had the follow up, cat scan which showed that

. >> reporter: former acting attorney general sally yates, an obama administration holdover on the capitol hill hot seat. for first time yates detailing how she warned president trump's white house counsel during two meetings and a phone call in late january. about then michael flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador. >> the under lying conduct that are general flynn engaged in was problematic in and of itself. >> reporter: flynn not only misled the vice president and other officials but that the russians knew. >> that created a compromise situation, a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be black mailed by the russians. >> reporter: late monday, president trump unleashing a mini tweet storm making no mention of flynn arguing that yates' testimony revealed nothing new and insisting the russia collusion story is a total hoax, even changing his twitter page to punctuate the point. yates warning at least the second warning the white house received about flynn. nbc news learned that president obama delivered his own personal warning to then president-elect

in this case someone leaked it, and i believe someone either obama holdover or someone more aligned with you know, ashley, the there has to be a purge there. you know, it is really becoming infuriating because, there is a, attacks are sort of, if you would delegitimatize, try to delegitimatize the election of president trump but now we're getting into areas that create danger, danger for ordinary citizens. ashley: yes, we know there's a problem. it has been well-documented, everyone is wringing their hands saying we need to plug the leak. the latest one with the united kingdom and terror investigation is plain outrageous, quite embarrassing to be honest with you. president trump will have to say i don't know who is doing it but the guest is right. someone in there who is quite happy to share out this information, someone who is wanting to continue to discredit the security setup that we have in this country. you can't be leaking out that information. the name of the suspect. no one in the uk knew. it came out in the united states. pictures of this bomber's backpack. pictures taken from w

one of the people testifying, sally eight attorney general for 10 days and was an obama administration holdoverhose role was to manage the justice department of the trump administration could replace her. and she was out of her job. it has fueled political debate about the white house and russia. "lawmakers want to question her about her conversation in january with white house counsel regarding michael flynn. people familiar with the conversation says that she went to the way out the televisual's that statements made by -- to tell individuals about statements made by mike pence and the ambassador were incorrect and that it could affect mike flynn and others." that hearing at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. if you want to see what will go on, the questions asked of sally yates, you can see it on c-span3. again, more information available at c-span.org and our c-span radio app. that will be at 2:30 p.m. go to our website and we have a lot of information about the events going on, the hearings, especially in richmond. janice from washington state, the democrats line. caller: hello. host: you are on. ca

the other from former acting attorney general, sally yates, obama administration holdover, revealing what she told the white house publicly for the first time. gl to state the obvious, you don't want your national security adviser compromised with the russians. >> reporter: yates testified during two meetings and a phone call she warned white house counsel that flynn had misled his relations with the ambassad ambassador. >> essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> reporter: she said she gave the information to the white house so they could take action but was fired days later for refusing to implement the controversial travel ban. trump blaming the obama administration saying they gave flynn the highest security clearance. even after his firing, flynn did retain his clearance, standard procedure, renewed in 2016. multiple u.s. officials with direct knowledge tell nbc news at the time flynn never revealed he taken nearly $34,000 from russian state media to speak at this dinner in moscow, that may have kept him from getting that clearance. and he was never granted the addit

that it happens because he is so incensed about what he feels are leaks that came from obama administration holdovers of the things, though, i think that we should look for going forward is how much pressure senate republicans put on the administration to nominate a successor to james comey that is unimpeachable that is about as apolitical as you can get for something like this because they'll be on the hook for his confirmation and they'll have to defend it in 2018 and that's why i think the people who are worried that the president is going to replace comey with some sort of a stooge that republicans in the senate will rubber-stamp. remember, it takes 51 votes to have a filibuster of nominees and i don't think mcconnell will allow his members to get in that kind of trouble and there are plenty of republicans that aren't critical of trump who are going to stick with them a lot longer whether it's one term or two and they plan to be in the senate for a lot longer than that. so i think the president will be under pressure to do a better job of explaining this so that he gets republican support and he'

the only major obama holdover, did not remove -- maybe a serious investigation where politics is takenneed someone who is sensible and independent, and say that person should have a fair, competent investigation. and interest in protecting hillary because administration officials implicated as well. >> you are saying mister comey had his thumb on the scale? >> no doubt. when he is talking the fbi giving immunity agreements to five top officials in the obama administration and the fbi director signed on to that to participate in such a charade i don't see how anyone could say he was a disinterested party. >> now we learn despite what we heard to the contrary that not everyone in the fbi agreed with him. why were we fed the line out of the fbi everyone signed on to, not to recommend the prosecution comey tells us the justice department, he will trust something that happened. to announce the conclusion of the investigation. >> the statement that he made, there is a lot there but someone has to make a decision to see if it benefits everyone to do that. >> what are the chances it will happe