huckabee sanders: yes, he does. is it appropriate for the white house to be directing the fbi what to do in any investigation they are currently investigating? sec. huckabee sanders: that was not the nature or intent of my comment. we are fully compliant in helping the process move along. we would like to see it completed so that all of us can move on and focus on things care, earlier like health infrastructure. those are big programs and priorities for this administration. it is not fbi investigations by things that affect the american voter and taxpayers every single day. >> what came before the meeting on monday. come outonday meeting of a longer process of consideration? sec. huckabee sanders: the department of justice officials were here for business. the topic came up and they asked to speak with the president. not that i am aware of. >> did he talk about rosenstein? sec. huckabee sanders: not that i am aware of. about he talk to comey being investigated? who asked for that? about -- the president seems to be

huckabee sanders: no. charlie? >> [inaudible] thinkuckabee sanders: i that is probably one of the many factors. it you can't deny it. it was one of the many reasons why he didn't have the confidence of the president or the rest of the fbi. sec. huckabee sanders: should we expect -- >> should we expect more firings from the justice department? sec. huckabee sanders: not that i'm aware of today. want thehe president department of justice to shut down the investigation? sec. huckabee sanders: he wants them to continue doing what they see as appropriate. continuing any ongoing investigations. any investigation happening on monday is still happening today. that hasn't changed. behind us andit see exactly what we've been saying for nearly a year. there is no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. we would love for that to be completed so we can all move on and focus on the things that most americans are concerned with. >> even if it's a waste of taxpayer money, he wanted to continue? sec. huckabee s

huckabee sanders: how could he have? considering the fact that most of the people that are declaring war today were the very ones begging forakin director comey to be fired. if hillary clinton had won the election, and thing god she didn't, but she would have been in the same position. she would have been fired. this same people -- the same people criticizing today would be dancing in the streets celebrating. >> there is a report in israel that indicates the president has made a decision -- has he made a decision? sec. huckabee sanders: the president has not made a decision yet. he is the reviewing it. >> i have a follow-up. president erdogan in his speeches morning, warned the president. did that warning and other leaders play arab into his decision-making? sec. huckabee sanders: i will mock it into the decision-making process, but he is still reviewing it. two questions, both related to the selection of the successor of director comey. when president carter chosen fbi director, he had a blue-ribbon panel advising him.

sanders: no, we can't. we can agree that you guys are beating up on a man that you appointed because you don't like his results. but anyhow. get back to the question. why tax breaks for billionaires -- mr. mulvaney: because they're not right. w.i.c. serves all participants. there's no change there. meals on wheels is not reduced at all. the change that we make is through the -- mr. sanders: you eliminate the block grant and that funds the program. you tell me that doesn't have an impact -- mr. mulvaney: the program is funded through the old age or senior nutrition program through h.h.s. which we don't change. mr. sanders: that's not true. mr. mulvaney: it is true. the cdbg program is a block grant to the states and some states do choose, choose, to use some of that -- mr. sanders: and you eliminate that program. the bottom line is -- mr. mulvaney: senator, i mean, if you -- mr. sanders: go ahead, answer the question. mr. mulvaney: the total money for meals on wheels that comes from cdbg is 3%. that's it. i

sanders: not at all. the president has been incredibly outspoken against crime in any form, fashion, certainly from his joint address to the speech last week on the holocaust remembrance day, this is a law and order president. he's focused on restoring law and order. we've seen a spike in crime and starting in 2015, across the board, not just any particular sector, and that's why he campaigned and talked so much about needing to restore law and order in this country, it's why he's focused on securing our border and stopping drug trafficking, human trafficking. those are things that event priority for him i think the reason is because it places such a high value on the and i think to call into question his rhetoric to be anything other than somebody who has condemned hate and violence in all its forms is simply a complete misrepresentation, not only of who the president is, but what he has said. >> back to health care, we talked about how there are changes in the senate he said the white house is open to t

sanders: good afternoon. as i mentioned yesterday, when we spoke, sean is on reserve duty with the navy, students are stuck with me for one more day. thankfully, for each of you, he will be back on monday. yesterday we heard from the president, vice president, and other administration officials and house republicans about our historic first step to repealing and replacing obamacare. as they said in the rose garden, this isn't a victory for anyone politician or political party, it's a win for the american people. democrats always claim that they are in favor of choice when it comes to health care, which is weird to me because obamacare is the opposite of choice. obamacare imposes a one-size-fits-all will of so-called policy experts in washington, d.c. on status of allowing those closer to the communities to tailor their health care system to the unique needs of their people. american health care act returns flexibility and accountability back to the states where they can make informed decisions about their own

sanders: no, we can't. we can agree that you guys are beating up on a man that you appointed because you don't like his results. but get back to the question. why tax breaks for billionaires -- mr. mulvaney: because they're not right. w.i.c. serves all participants. there's no change there. meals on wheels is not reduced at all. the change we make is through the -- mr. sanders: so you eliminate the block grant, that frunds the -- funds the program. mr. mulvaney: the program is funded through the old-age or senior nutrition program through h.h.s. which we don't change. mr. sanders: that's not true. mr. mulvaney: it is true. the cdbg program is a block grant to the states and some states do choose to use some of that -- mr. sanders: you eliminate that program. the bottom line is -- mr. mulvaney: senator. mr. sanders: answer the question. mr. mulvaney: the total money for meals on wheels that comes from cdbg is 3%. that's it. i don't know how you can possibly contend -- mr. sanders: you're eliminating the prog

sarah sanders: it varies. not always, particularly sometimes the protocol when it's not the head of state. and prior to the meeting that would not always take place. again, proper protocol was followed in the procedure. reporter: has the president been questioned by the fbi with regard to the investigation into russian interference in the election? sarah sanders: not that i am aware of. i have not had a chance to ask him a question. i'm not going to guess of what he -- reporter: there is a general protocol that discourages conversation with the president about the fbi director on anything that might involve the president. that's the general aspect of the protocol usually required to ensure there is no confusion about political interference or any kind, or even the impression or appearance of political interference by the fbi. scarlet: you are listening to sarah huckabee sanders at the white house. if you want to continue listening to the proceedings, check it out on tv . here andme analysis some summary of

huckabee sanders: no. >> went did you make that decision? he madekabee sanders: the final decision yesterday, but i know he has been contemplating it for a while. you explain what dianne feinstein said, that the president told her that he was concerned with the fbi and the justice department? i can'tkabee sanders: speak for senator feinstein, but i spoke directly to the president and heard directly from him that he had been considering letting director since theretty much day that he took office, but that there was no request by him >> was the reason for the firing -- was that what he did it? sarah: that was the final piece that moved the question make that decisive action yesterday. >> with the evening in the liturgy wrote informing comey he was being fired? on three separate occasions comey told him i am not under investigation. what were the stre -- what were the three occasions? sarah: i will not get into the specifics of the conversation, but director comey relay that information to the president. areo the president asterisk comey if he

many of them didn't for bernie sanders. bernie sanders at 13 million votes in the democratic primary. donald trump dragged about getting 14 million republican votes -- republican primary, a record indeed. sanders got 13 million. he was not very far behind hillary clinton. many of his 13 million came from people who call themselves socialist, say that they like socialism, and they voted for him because he's a socialist. i added more than that -- both bernie sanders -- call themselves democratic socialist. people should ask for democratic socialist. iran and some of the others will now -- a conference in 1903 -- they splinter majority faction -- they world democratic socialist. marco's -- the founder of cultural marxism, was a democratic socialist. or innference is six those differences. coming as an, socialism, democratic socialism then and now. i would add to bernie sanders, when he was at the university of chicago he was at the vendor fee itself, the people's socialist the, the trotskyist workers world party. ron and some

>> sanders: we were really looking at a relatively small time period.land and says, "no, no. it's been going on for years. let me take you back to the cases." >> rackauckas: it's simply not the case. that's just not who we are. we, we-- we prosecute cases in, you know, in, in, in a fair and ethical manner. >> alfonsi: how often does your office use jail house informants? >> rackauckas: not very often. informants are not the most reliable people around. they are, they are-- in fact-- unreliable, and everybody knows that. >> alfonsi: which is why cleveland says he, and many other inmates gathering information, were rarely called to testify. so, if you weren't testifying, what were they doing with all the information? >> cleveland: they were gettin' plea bargains on 'em. rather than have-- put me on the stand. >> alfonsi: they didn't want to put you on the stand? >> cleveland: no, they-- they didn't wanna put me on the stand. they don't wanna put any informant on the stand. >> alfonsi: tony rackauckas argued his prosecutors never intended to put ferando pe

>> sanders! >> reporter: a picture-perfect family, whose lucky number is now 13. news, new york. >> thank you for watching. i'm tom llamas in new york. "gma" first thing in the morning. david muir right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. david muir right back e tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >> kidnapped at gunpoint, an uber driver opens up about a hair owing escape, a story you'll see only on abc7. >> a roll back as lawmakers face constituents. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> announcer: live where you live this is abc7 news. >> a police shoot out leads to an arrest in san jose making this the third time in less than a week san jose officers have opened fire on someone. good evening, i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kate larson. thank you for joining us. it all started at 8:00 this morn, police shot said the man shot toward the offer certificates. >> it was in east san jose. the officers fired back which led to a chase. abc7 news reporter is live at police headquarters where the chief is getting ready to speak. katey? >> rep

sanders: absolutely.t of america had decided that director comey was not the person that should be leading the fbi. senator feinstein says she was told something different than the president -- the --sident says he asked he asked for tir recommendation, but they came to him on his own. again, the president lost confidence in comey the day he was elected. wasn may 3, the president talking about he had full confidence in director comey. why did he say that? ms. sanders: again, he had countless conversations with members of the fbi. i think at one of the big last weeks we saw was on wednesday, director comey made a startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the department of justice by going around the chain of takend, when he decided to steps without talking to the attorney general or deputy atorney general by holding press conference and not telling them what he was going to say. everybody across the board has unequivocally said, this is guy -- this guy is a m

there's colonel sanders. who knew he was a man of desire and drama. who knew. >> he'll sweep you off your feet with a chicken leg. look at that. >> we knew he had it in him somewhere. >> this story follows a tale of a woman in victoria, england, who had to choose between a loveless hare land sanders. >> is there a choice? if you're talking about a man who's going to bring you fried chicken and a heartless -- >> he comes in as a passionate sailor who may not be who he seems. >> very, very intriguing. >> i see colonel sanders in a new life. >> kfc says mother's day is one of their biggest selling days of the year. mom's not cooking, somebody has to pick up a bucket of chicken. >> i want more than a budget of chicken. >>> "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. i skill can't get over colonel sanders on a romance novel. >> i'm aaron gilcrist. >> and i'm eun yang. >> melissa mollet will h maybe a bucket of chicken. >> you're talking to a pregnant woman and dangling buckets of chicken, that's mean. >> right now she has to look a

sarah huckabee sanders said she had not walked the the president. did vice president pence tell an inaccurate version to reporters without speaking to the president? and here's the question. who told both of them if it is the same person, that version of events. >> what role did the very stellar testimony, effective testimony of sally yates, who was fired as acting attorney general, before the senate the other day, what power did that have to play in trump's decision to fire comey? do we know the tick tock? >> i think trump feels cornered. our reporting showed that he entered in a very sour state of mind. and one of the things he really hated, what sounds to be sort of a precipitating spark, was comey saying that he felt, quote, slightly nauseous at the prospect that the fbi would have swung the election to donald trump. he took really personally. as with everything, it is a combination of personal motives. everything is personal to this president and his own interests in this investigation. >> thank you very much. you're doing a fantastic job. for

huckabee sanders was facing quite a few questions there from reporters. now, if i do say-so myself, i think her dad mike huckabee would be pretty proud because she ndled that very much well grace, and it cerinly is a high pressure situation. democrats are calling for an independent investigation into the trump campaign ties into russian while republicans worry what exactly this is going to mean for the ability to move forward on the very important economic policies we need. like tax reform. like health care reform. now, the white house says the president has lost total confidence in comey over the last few months. let's face it. both sides had lost confidence in james comey over the last few months. joining me right now founder adam johnson, former democratic party chairman scott, as well as mark. good to have all of these guys here. we're going to start with you, adam, we do get to the market in a second and what investors think of all of this. but right now, i mean, isn't this in some way serving as a giant sideshow, taking us away from the important po

jane sanders wanted to expand the campus of burlington college in vermont.llegedly entered false information on loan documents. this college went bankrupt last year due to millions of dollars in debt. now on a loan application, sanders allegedly said the school could count on $2.6 million in donations when only 676,000 was actually secured. the fbi is reportedly contacting donors who said they never pledged the money. political power panel is back, danielle mclaughlin, deneen borelli. reports say the investigation has been going on a year. what do you make of what's going on here? >> a huge problem for the sanders family. seems there may have been misstatements on the loan form. can i say from experience in my job, you don't always know you're the target of fbi investigation, there was language from the sanders family that said we haven't spoken to the fbi. that doesn't mean anything. it's problematic from a political perspective as well because sanders as a man, ran on the very, very pure platform, this is a problem. liz: the social platform, and deneen, pe

sanders that may well be able possibility. rep. sanders: that may well be a possibility. announcer: the trump administration released its 575 by a dollar defense budget for 2018 tuesday. defense undersecretary outlined spending your knees during a pentagon briefing. this is 45 minutes. >> welcome everybo.

you heard sarah sanders at the briefing.d to clarify because of the president's interview today on nbc news. there have been all kinds of holes in the white house's version of events that have now been, i guess, clarified further because of the president today. how do you explain that? >> well, first of all, if you look at rod rosenstein's letter, it's pretty -- just in length, it's short. i mean, he was very substantiative in it, but it was short. and you certainly come to the conclusi conclusion, well, this is perfectly legitimate, but shuler, there's more thinking and so on. and i think we're just seeing that being reflected now. i think they're putting it in the form of a timeline was useful, but really, this was the right decision, not necessarily done the right way. >> well, it sounds like the rod rosenstein letter was just in impertinent based upon what the president told lester holt, that he made this call irrespective of anyone's recommendations, which is in total contradiction to the original story from the white h

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take a look at what bernie sanders said a few moments ago and how bernie sanders reacted. >> we have a failing health care bill. >> thank you, mr. president. we'll quote you on the floor of the senate. >> so bernie sanders is obviously quite happy about that. he went on for a couple of minutes talking about how he was going to use that on the senate floor. donald trump saying that australia had better health care th than. four more on that. let's go to msnbc host and political correspondent steve kornacki standing at the big board. it's only a flesh wound getting it through the house, according to the republicans. talk about how difficult this will be getting this through the senate? >> the process of actuall getting this into law, the republicans still have a long way to go. let's take an overview of the process. here's good news if you're a republican. you did get it through the house. people wrote you off as dead at one point. you did get it through the house, and obviously, it moves onto the senate. what mike vacarro said, if they get it through the house. let's say they have to

now, as you said that would possibly be filled by sara huckabee sander its the deputy press secretaryit's definitely the talk inside the white house press briefings, what's going on. so, we are asking people what do you just think about the possibility of a new press secretary? we're live at old ebbitt. let's check in over here. what do you think about the possibility of a new press secretary? >> i sure will miss the snl skits. they are something else. let's come over here. we have two ladies over here. what do you think about the possibility of a new press secretary. >> definitely a good idea 'cause there's way too much attention on him than on the stories that he's actually trying put out. >> reporter: he is a news maker. >> yeah. >> so we think it's a good idea. >> reporter: well, he definitely makes news in those briefings. come on back here. we have some brave souls over here. what is your name in caleb schultz. >> reporter: where are you from. >> colorado. >> reporter: colorado, that's where my husband's from. great state. okay, let's talk about the news. let's talk about what a

sanders said the other day on the president's behalf. who is directed to put out these untruths if it's not the president? who has the power to say things that aren't true and have it directed through the white house? lester did a good job of getting the president to admit the obvious now. i think the other parts to this, the three times that comey, according to the president, told him he was not under investigation, well, it's very hard to unpack that interview he had, or those interviews, because they were in the context, unfortunately, of comey applying for renomination, if you will. so you don't know how accommodating he was and the language he used. but probably richard nixon wasn't under investigation by judge suricka at the time he brought to bear all the prosecutions. you start in the bottom in prosecution, and the idea he could have technically said, no, our resources aren't being devoted to you personally but they are devoted to your campaign, and that's the issue, of course. i think it's really -- i think there's two stories h

. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> and came out and travelled with bernie sanders.here's a number of questions there. i will start with this. what would your grandfather make of you being smack-dab in the middle of white folk business >> first talking to my grandma i campaigned for democratic candidates since a was six or seven years old, whether andy young or city council, i grew up in black atlanta in a black neighborhood with black schools, good or bad that's all me, that's how i learned black politicians could be success. . atlanta is successful city and we've had all black mayors so i know we can be great. i judge us fairly. after he heard the things bernie was saying which were in line with the things i had been taught about dr. king and his philosophy. this was the first time i saw on a national level besides jesse's run maybe, someone who acclim e acclimated themselves to the volter's right act, decriminalization of marijuana, ending the drug war, in the south that we have inorder inate amount of poor people. making sure there's a base. making sure universal

that part of the message from sanders in the the white house s briefing as well.sa: phony hypocrites in washington, what? i can't believe it! blake, thank you. david: hypocrites is not enough. they had to be phony hypocrites. danny cowles son, former fbi assistant director. great to see you. go back to the july 5th presser comey laid out the case for hillary's gross negligence with regard to her emails. before we get into the substance of that press conference, just the look of it really bothered a lot of fbi agents. here's what rod rosenstein said, he is the guy that came out to the report that led to the firing of comey. we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation. it is a textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do. is that true? >> absolutely. you know the whole thing should have been done by a grand jury. if we remember, the department would not let the fbi have a grand jury. had it been done by a grand jury we have rule 6 he-e constitutes secrecy. n

meanwhile, jane sanders, the wife of senator bernie sanders being looked at by the feds for alleged bankve got the full details coming up. also, an update on the san bernardino terror attacks, and victims families are suing, facebook and twitter and saying social media enabled attackers in the 11 a.m. hour, one of the fathers of the one of the victims will join us. >> taking a look at the big board. dow jones industrial average off 24 points. netflix renews the controversial series "13 reasons why" for a second season, rather. what's going on, nicole, with that. nicole: well, it's just more original content from netflix. so far we've seen netflix soaring since it began original content back in 2013. if you got into netflix then, you'd be up 546% on your money. gone are the days of those little red envelopes arriving at your door. this particular series is a controversial one, it's about a high school teenager committed suicide, and her crush classmate received 13 cassette-- seven cassette tapes on the porch and documented why the girl committed suicide and now it goes on to season two, m

>> going back to that bernie sanders point, simone sanders kept telling me he's a democratic socialistnd she of course was his press secretary during the campaign. i would say the silver bullet would be michelle obama. remember when she would go after trump, everybody cheered. trump never went after her on twitter, never really went out there on twitter. the points were always strong. republicans and democrats all agree that michelle obama was a very powerful tool for the democratic party. >> i think that may draw the biggest audience. >> absolutely. >> second question. project now. maybe you have the same answers. here we are in may of '17. may of 2020, when you're looking into the summer before the election, who's the best candidate as you look ahead? you've got to go with age issues here at some point. >> some of the names that everyone is floating but i'm going to offer a dark horse. a governor elected in the next year and a half, between now and 2018 mid terms. >> a newbie? >> right. you can come out with a lot of forces. democrats are going to have to be focusing on these races,

during a press briefing on deputy white house press wednesday, secretary sarah huckabee sanders said comey committed atrocities when investigating former democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton's emails, and cited the letter from rosenstein as having contntributed to trump''s decisn to fire cocomey now. >> i think also having a letter like the one that he received and having that conversation that outlined the basic -- just atrocities in circumventing the chain of command in the department of justice. amy: when huckabee was asked when president trump lost confidence in comey, this was her response. >> i think that director comey has shown over the last several months, frankly, t the last yea, a lot of missteps and mistakes, and certainly, i think, as you have seen from many of the comments from democrat members, including senator schumer, they do not think he should be there. they thought he should be gone. frankly, i think it is startling that democrats are not celebrating this since they have been calling for it for so long. amy: meanwhile, on wednesday, president trump met

amy: your thoughts on what senator sanders said and where you feel movements need to go from here?here is also discussion about the possibility of this being the beginning of the end, the possibility of impeachment, though, that would take a lot of republicans coming on board. what would make that happen, kshama sawant? >> i completely agree with bernie sanders that the investigation into the russian involvement in the election process in the u.s. should be investigated completely, nonpartisanin a basis. but i would say if you're talking about interference in elections, look at the interference of the u.s. regime. -- to be clear, we should be absolutely clear that we are not on the side of putin. he is an oppressive figure. who are joining protest movements in the u.s., we should be in solidarity with the working people, young people in russia who are courageously and in great danger to the personal lives speaking out against putin. muchould not see this so from a nationalistic standpoint and rather from the standpoint of what is happening all across the world, especially in the un

that's the point that i asked sarah huckabee sanders about. listen here. >> democrats clearly didn't like james comey too much after the pronouncement that he was reopening the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. their point is that the timing is different. that this was in the middle of an investigation. do they have a point? >> not at all. mr. mccabe made that point far better than i could today when he said there's been no impediment to the investigation. as i said before, any investigation that was taking place on monday is still taking place today. >> so the white house is insisting, shep, that this investigation is still on going. doesn't matter who is running the fbi. the people who are at the fbi, the public servants are looking into this. even some republicans are agreeing with democrats that the timing of all of this looks bat. justin amash, the republican of michigan, is joining elijah cummings in calling for an independent commission to be struck to look into this and take it out of the hands of the fbi. >> shepard: thank

our children were thrilled to meet summer sanders.t is one of the more than 900 preschools where we have limited our grow fit healthy lifestyle initiative. we are so incredibly honored to have former first lady michelle inma join us at our location maryland three years ago when we announced we were committing to let's move and meeting the pha goals. we are glad to have her leadership in this effort and to reflect on the progress we have made since then. now we are taking on a new challenge. our expanded commitment builds on the momentum we have already achieved. having already eliminated fried foods and juice from our menu, we will ensure that all grains are healthy whole grains while eliminating all grain-based desserts. developing our physical fitness curriculum with guided fitness activities using our exclusive learning care system to ensure that each individual child's needs for physical activity are met through assessment and lesson planning. also we are introducing a new garden program that will include scalable options for both

>> bernie sanders. it's bernie sanders. kara, what does bernie sanders do? >> i don't know. kennedy: he wants to spend your parents' money. all that hard-earned money your parents make, he wants to take it away. does that sound nice or mean? >> a mean thing. kennedy: what else does bernie sanders do? he wants to control your life. he wants to tell you what to eat and what to wear and to not use so much deodorant. >> we are part of nature, we must coexist with nature. kennedy: do you think the president is doing a good job, sam? >> i like how's building the wall. >> i will have mexico pay for that wall. kennedy: who is this? >> hillary clinton. kennedy: what's the best thing about her? >> she's a girl. the second best thing is she is not our president. because she is a statist war monger corporatist. do you feel like i'm indoctrinating you? would you like to see materials on the libertarian party? i'm just kidding, sam. last one. who is that? >> i have no idea. wait, wait. is that you? >> that's you? why did you have curly hair. >> this was in the style of a musician called w

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. >>> sarah huckabee sanders is deputy white house press secretary and is joining us now. sarah, good morning to you. >> good morning, great to be with you this morning. >> good to be with you. let's clear one thing up right here and now, is it still the position of the white house and the president that james comey's firing had absolutely nothing to do with russia and his investigation into possible collusion? >> absolutely. look, savannah, it's real simple, any investigation that was taking place on monday is still taking place today. that doesn't change because director comey isn't there. so this absolutely has nothing to do with any investigation into russia. >> do you understand why some people are frankly suspicious? i mean, the president tweeted on tuesday that this was a taxpayer funded charade and a hoax, and he fires the fbi director the very same day. it also is reported that it happened just as congress said comey was asking for more resources for the russia investigation. subpoenas were being issued. do you understand why people are thinking, hey, there is smo

also the dnc was information when it came to bernie sanders. caller: sure it was. host: ok. i want to remind you of a couple of things happening today, we talked about the fbi hearing with james comey. you can see that on c-span.org. also if you go to our website and are interested in international affairs particularly what is going on with france, leading to the final part of the french election, the french presidential debate takes place today between the candidates. outou want to see that play , too: 55 in the afternoon is where you can do that. watch it on c-span3 and c-span.org and our c-span radio app. when it comes to other international affairs, president trump will visit with a representative. peter baker writes about the -- in the new york times this morning talking about pressure from republicans about this meeting saying a host of republican senators are lobbying mr. trump to use this meeting, president of the palestinian authority's to demand financial payments to the families who commit violence against israelis or americans. the senators introduced legislation

, if you want to hear more nearing the ideals and you know, principles that we heard put forth by sanders. >> the most important thing the next governor can do is to make sure that any marylander, who wants a job can find one. absolutely no reason that we have to accept continuation of discourage and mass incarceration or under education unemployment. let's get back to the values that are best and oh our families. let's make sure that you can inspire to go to college. let's build a movement. >> reporter: now, eight democrats have talked about or gotten into this race. between -- amongst the eight, gout some talking about it. some in. been jealous is you don't have the one of a handful of democrats going over this primary position, the race in -- in maryland is not until november of 2018. you know, there's never a dull moment here. we're talking about virginia primary and then when that's pover, who knows? we may be on to talking about the maryland primary, and as i said, ben jealous signifies this bigger picture of bernie sanders staying involved and a part of the political conversation a

so i asked sarah sanders about that as well. listen here. >> the timing of all of this, is it just ironic or is this the president poking a finger at his critics' eye? >> these are meetings that have been on the books awhile. they didn't just happen this morning. there's not a strategy to go after the democrats on this. i think frankly the saddest thing is that the democrats is trying to politicize and take away from something the president should be doing. >> does seem like this is all coincidental. i remember, shep, years ago asking joe lockhart about something that seemed conspirat conspiratorial. doesn't look like this was planned. but wow, the irony of coincidence. >> shepard: thanks, john roberts. now the latest on the search for a new fbi director and the reaction to director comey's firing. catherine herridge outside fbi head quarters in washington d.c. catherine? >> the last 24 hours, along with my producer, we talked to 12 current fbi agents about the firing of james comey. they're using words like body blow, blind-sid

. >> sara huckabee sanders abruptly ending the session. a quite different style for those who watch sean spicer with any degree of regularity. we are joined here in the studio by ari melber and katy tur who have been following the president. we are learning that the president lost confidence in director comey pretty much day one. >> which is unbelievable since he had a meeting with director comey and said, you're even smarter than me, and blew him a kiss. as late as last week, donald trump a few days ago said that hillary clinton should thank james comey because he gave her an excuse to why she lost. this is an about-face from this administration. we had not been hearing that donald trump, the president of the united states, did not have confidence in his fbi director until yesterday when we were told that he was fired. we got a little more of a timeline, though. sara huckabee sanders said the president had a fourth conversation or some kind of oral conversation on monday where the deputy ag expressed his concern with fbi director comey. t

bernie sanders regularly called healthcare a right on the campaign trail. took to the streets like we like to do on 5@630 getting pulse of people to ask what you you think. take a listen. >> i think it's a right for people to have healthcare. i think at basic minimum people should have access safe and affordable healthcare. >> i think healthcare is a right. there are far too many people without insurance and coverage that really need and deserve it. >> i read the bill of rights. i mean it doesn't say anything about healthcare. those are all the human rights i think that are ascribed appropriate and not only for the united states and others but i don't believe it's a right. i do think it's a product something hopefully everybody has access toss but not a right. >> and of course you took to twitter as well asking you 66% of you said it's a right. 34% of you said it is a product. a lot of times twitter polls fall down the middle. this one much larger majority of you saying it's a right. we love to hear from you. continue to weigh n fascinating conversation. is

so, the color of any one's skin never had a bearing on any of this. >> say, sanders! >> sanders!h. >> a picture perfect family whose lucky number is now 13. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> and the couple says that they realized parenting 11 kids is not going to be easy. but they say the key to it all, the way they see it, patience and love, going to go put extra emphasis on the patience. >> that would be the key. >> and apparently if they ever get unhappy, get botox. >> yeah. >> most of the time, people pull us aside and tell us how well mannered the group is or you are doing an excellent job. >> they say they're not trying to pretend to be perfect. kids have their arguments like all siblings do. overall they get along great. how cute were the two girls in their matching outfit. >> imagine the table at thanksgiving. >> can somebody pass the sweet potatoes. >> the kids' table is an apartment. >> get the sweet potatoes by christmas. es. >> the kids' table is an apartment. >> get the sweet potatoes by christmas. >>> this morning on "world news now," the health care fight. >> re

so we listened to sarah huckabee sanders there. david chalian, let me begin with you here as we walk through some of this. the and still the big question everyone is wondering is the why now. why now, if we just heard from sarah huckabee sanders challenging the president wasn't so sure about the fbi director essentially from day one, why did it take him several months to fire him. >>> >> i think the time line here is what really became new in this briefing. it's quite different from what was portrayed last night from the white house after they released those letters. the point is back last july was when director comely went around the chain of command as sarah huckabee sanders said it, at doj and decided to announce the recommendation instead of lowing the attorney general to make that announcement there would be no prosecution against hillary clinton. at that moment, apparently donald trump had a problem with that. that's last july. he called that a catalyst. well, a catalyst starts a reaction. so obviously january 20th is when do

also, we just talked to senator bernie sanders and senator sanders km sanders extented on what he said they don't throw 2 million people off of health insurance. so maybe wn we get to senate we should start off with looking at the australian healthcare system or the canadian healthcare system when guarantees healthcare to all people at a much lower cost per capita than we do. >> so jeffrey lord has one of donald trump's bookin' otherwise his desk. >> "never give up." >> his name adorns the cover. he was thinking about running as an independent for president in 2000, explicitly calls for a single payer healthcare system. now, having said that he hasn't felt that in two years. at least he certainly hasn't advocated that in two years. but i think what we just saw goes to show is that donald trump is don't sweat the details and compliment the person you're with. >> always. that is a ticket. >> let's say that when he says we have a failing healthcare system in one breath and then the next breath says yours is better than ours, i don't think that's a big felony like you said, he compliments