rod rosen stein sent him a memo yesterday. >> that's right. >> and he was fired yesterday. >> rosen stein, who doesn't even know. they weren't even saying his name right. >> that's completely implausible. the idea that somehow he handed him the memo in the morning and jim comey was fired at 5:00 in the afternoon, that's not how human beings work. >> by the way, jeff, to your point, trump said that -- the reporting is trump didn't know the memo was being written. so the first he would have been aware of it is tuesday. sorry to interrupt you. >> explain it. then what is this timing? >> i mean, i don't know. you know, the kellyanne conway, the why not argument, she's right in that he's the president of the united states. he can make decisions when he wants. but if you want this to not be linked to russia, which kellyanne conway says cnn all you do is talk about russia, well, then you can't do it -- doing it now without any seeming other trigger or news that would make this happen, how can you not draw the conclusion? remember, again, jeff sessions, the attorney general, recused himself from

but the deputy attorney general rose and stein said it is up to director mahler under special counsel. >> senator bloom involve -- they accuse. >> i will say briefly i will not go into the substantive answer except to say those answers really to be given to the american people in public under oath to come before the judiciary committee to tell the american people what he told us and i urge him to do so because it is important to the confidence and trust of the american people in the criminal-justice process. i was disappointed in some of his answers that were less forthcoming than i think they should have been but i will delay judgment and though i hear more as we go along. >> were some of the biggest questions?. >> the complications of the others in the reasons for the firing of the director komi i unsatisfied bob mueller can follow the evidence including not only the trump campaign with the russians interfering but also the potential obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. >> there is mounting evidence no conclusion yet that there was but the evidence needs to

jill stein, doctor jill stein when she filed federal suit to have a recount in michigan , was about a week or two later that it came out and it was on the media, they reported that more people voted in detroit in the inner-city then were registered. all of a sudden jill stein pulled her lawsuit. what is wrong with investigating these things? don't forget what they're doing to jared , his son-in-law. >> all on unsubstantiated reports. we need an investigation. we need an investigation right now into whether or not illegals are voting in this country which they are, i know that personally. they are voting and over in california, at least 3 million of them voted because they got drivers licenses now and you can vote with a drivers license. >>. >> guest: urged the public to follow through on some of the claims put forth that have promoted this hysteria about vote fraud. this for example is somebody who has suggested there were millions of people in kansas who voted unlawfully. he fought to obtain special powers to prosecute voter fraud in the state of kansas and today, he's only turned up

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i'm not talking about rod rosen stein. how do the career prosecutors and line agents respond to what has happened tonight? that's going to be a really telling thing to watch. >> yeah, along with our conversations yesterday during our coverage, there's really two ways of looking at all these departments. there are had appointees at the top. top slot, the next two or three down. and then as you mentioned the friends you left behind at the justice department, the people who are there from administration to administration, professional staff, non-partisan. what do you think the impact is going to be? this calls for your opinion. inside the department where you worked? >> i can tell you they are shocked. i talked to former colleagues both inside and outside the justice dent tonight. they are shocked by what happened. there is no one at justice department who lived through something like this before. last time this happened was in the '70s. there was nobody there today that was there for that. what i think what you will see is t

i voted against rod rosen stein.as one of those six because he refused to commit to me that he would appoint a special prosecutor, his only course now, and you can hear the reasons why in this conversation that has just occurred with kellyanne conway, that he needs to reaffirm and redeem the independence of the department of justice. i have confidence in the fbi, if it is given that kind of leader. >> look, i don't want to get too far into the legal weeds here, but a special prosecutor post is over. it expired. what they came up during water gate has expired. and congress didn't renew it. so if you're calling for a special counselor, that would be under the purview of rod rosen stein and the president. that person could still be fired by the president. so how does that help? >> it is a great question and there is no perfect solution here. there are two possible avenues of really making sure that the prosecutor is independent. number one, rod rosen stein can appoint someone and say in effect this person is going to ru

. >> can you tell us -- >> after serving as deputy attorney general for three weeks, rob rosen stein took himself out of overseeing the russia investigation. turning that over to robert mueller. mueller is the former fbi director who served 12 years in the job. i asked him in 2013 about stepping down. >> are you going to miss all this? >> yes, no. great people, great challenge, it's been a great opportunity. >> mueller will have the full authority to investigate the russian matter that any u.s. attorney would, including the power to file federal charges, if it comes to that. since rosen stein was confirmed and since attorney general jeff sessions made decisions to take him out of the investigation. just a week before 9/11, more recently the nfl chose him to handle the ray rice domestic violence case. he's in private law practice, he says he will resign from that firm to avoid any potential conflicts. the investigation will take longer because muller will have to get up to speed on the case. >> the investigation will confirm what he's been saying, there was no collusion between my cam

but certainly we don't know, rod rosen stein just started overseeing this investigation, less than ar now for him to play a role in getting rid of james comey, there's got to be a lot more -- >> hold on, one moment. jeff zeleny, i understand you have the letter? >> reporter: indeed, wolf. we have the pretty brief letter from the president sent this afternoon over to the fbi. let me read couple very interesting portions of this letter. it says, i have accepted the recommendations that you are here by terminated and removed from office effective immediately. he is talking about the recommendations from his own attorney general and deputy attorney general. the second paragraph of the letter. while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. i nevertheless with the judgment of the department of justice but you are not able to effectively leave the bureau. it is essential we found new leadership of the fbi, public trust and confidence in the vital law enforcement mission. wolf, again, let me underscore the fact that president of the

point of the fact fellow who committed these acts past had expressed appreciation for bernie sanders stein and expressed aannounceiation of hillary clinton and donald trump. he's been all over the map politically. i don't think we're dealing with fellow who has eggs in the box, they say, as a result, he's young man who -- muslims are just one of a number of prejudices he has. host: fletcher is in court from yesterday. as you look, we'll continue with for clarence page. steve in oregon, independent go ahead. caller: hi. wanted to comment on pecifically the death in portland and something i notice happening in the last several elected.ince trump was i live in eugene, oregon, i'm wo hours away from this incident. when you see an incident on the news, it is easy to think of as isolated incident, we don't have people crossing that line seethe time, but what i can and a lot of us feel out here, anger, same same surfaced, as if these roups of people, these racist groups now feel validated as if voice to the ultimate back them up. rump, you know, he is the catalyst for these awful seeing and at we

. >> deputy attorney general rod rosen stein will being the house tomorrow. will you be seeking specific commitments or assurances from him and also there's been some concern with a special counsel, maybe comey should not testify publicly. do you still believe he should testify publicly. >> i hope that he will testify publicly. there's also some concerns that perhaps the justice department would say we're not going to release the comey memos. eventually they're going to have to. they might as well know that, right? you're going to depend it. but i believe members will have questions about the integrity and the independence of this investigation. it is within the trump appointed justice department. when we were asking for a special prosecutor, now counsel, we were saying it should be appointed by somebody not appointed by president trump. the highest ranking non-trump appointed official there. rosen stein made the appointment. i think he had -- he came in with a strong reputation. the memo he wrote was bizarre. and now maybe he said i'll appoint the prosecutor

lost confidence in roseen stein assessed situation and determined comey should be replaced. democrats that recently praised rosen stein integrity only the i'ming of his reaction. >> the oyj thing they had to apps is why now. if they had objected to the way he handled clinton investigation and had objected and the minute president got into office but they didn't fire him then, why did it happen today. >> the president showed no reluctance or regret. while a greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i'm not under investigation i never the less concur with judgment of the department of justice you are not raibl to effectively lead the burro. pennsylvania senator bob casey among them called it nixonian and they insisted he point a special prosecutor to over seat case. while ink was barely dry white house officials say it's time to get past the notion trump cam pain included with russia to have the suit there's no there, there, it's time to move on. >> now, late last anything to, president vum trump responded to senator chuck shumer cet six by trying th

we understand that rod rosen stein thought this was a good idea to bring in robert mueller to complete the investigation. as you know jeff sessions had to recuse himself from anything dealing with the investigation. >> robert mueller appointed by former president george w bush i believe he took office in the early days after the -- that's a poll we'll be talking about. let's get back to -- in the early days after the september 11th attacks. we saw robert mueller come on to the scene then. he was out of government obviously after leaving that position, but we'll see him back into the time being >> there's been a lot of turmoil as you know going on within the white house. a lawmakers going back and forth overwhat we've seen in the last week or so, we know the president fired james comey for what he of the hillary clinton investigation and since then there have been calls to appoint some special count counsel to look into the possible collusion between the trump campaign and the russians as it affected the outcome of the election >> special prosecutor is different than counsel, that would

we'll go back in time with ben stein. tais really quite simple.est it comes in the mail, you pull out the tube and you spit in it, which is something southern girls are taught you're not supposed to do. you seal it and send it back and then you wait for your results. it's that simple. looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country. discover how we can help find your unlock. >> neil: all right. so james comey out. the president treating as soon as he did so a little while ago. james comey will be replaced by someone that will do a better job, bringing back the spirit and prestige of the fbi. who would that be? charlie gasparino has more. what do you have? >> talking with people at the fbi, they're telling me a couple things. most i talked to, pretty s

stein about writing a >> rosenstein pointed out no action is final until it's final. you can imagine the president's frustration saying i want to fire the guy but until it appens, you don't know that it's going to happen. >> the president directed him to write the memo. >> i don't recall that. >> the white house initially said that the president made it decision to fire comey based on rosenstein's memo but it turns out now that's incorrect. raised as a point nd he deferred the rest of the exploration of that to mr. muller. > what's your view of a potential nomination of joe lieberman to be fbi director. have not heard that. e emerged as the leading afternoon.this >> robert muller was a very good good as that the american -- public has ever reason to wonder what is happening to our government. manipulated by russia, a country that does not have our best interest at heart. have to answer. senator. you, >> the deputy attorney general to head robert muller up the investigation into the russian issue. issues i raised -- i multiplicity best igating and we coordinate those a

gertrude stein could have done much worse than have you as her nephew. i will continue that.. we just talked about media coverage of the firing of new james comey, a lot of people say is out of control and some are saying it is absolutely false. talk about fake news, is this a perfect example of what donald trump is talking about? we talk about this coming up. [vo] when it comes to investing, looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country. discover how we can help find your unlock. >> nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. there are people who can't get the job done. david: donald trump giving the commencement speech at liberty university. he will head the president's task force on reforming higher education, president chancellor of university, gerri falwell joining me now, chancellor or

he was a bernie sanders supporter and a jill stein supporter. >> come on.earing a headscarf and then he gets up and -->> >> tucker: it's on a facebook page. maybe you should do a little research. it is his statement, not mine. it is not a close call. he says, i did not vote for trump, i support bernie sanders and jill stein. the guy looks like a wacko to me but to lay it at the feet ofin trump supporters is just wrong, by his own description. >> i guess we should believe everything the guy says. i agree with you on one thing. he is clearly a wacko of sorts. there was a protest up in sacramento two months ago, where nine people were stabbed by these right-wingers. so, i hope we are not pretending that this is a peaceful protest in support of the constitution. >> tucker: we are looking at ae video -- i mean, that this is grotesque. this is upside down world. we're looking at a video who a guy who you are representing against felony charges. who is a leftist, who is hitting a guy who is not doing anything in the video, and it's long enough to assess that, and

and i think what this is for rod rosenstein -- >> stein or stein? >> stein, i guess. is a resurrection of his reputation of being a straight shooter himself. i think he got sucked into this unfortunately with that hillary clinton protection memo, and that's the basis for the fire. i think this gets him out of that and puts him back where he always has been, which is well respected, middle of the road prosecutor who also likes to make things by the books, by the law, with integrity. so i think that's good for him, good for the system. >> ron, do you think with all the breaking news and all the upheaval going on the last couple of days, is in any way impeded the investigation by the special agents who are actually doing the work on this? >> i don't. i think that, as we've discussed before, there was great confidence and respect for director comey. and if anything, the manner in which he was terminated would have only steeled them to move -- >> let's face it. the way he was fired, whether he should be fired or not, that's the president's decision whether we agree with hi

and d in new york city, , authod editor jean stein has died after she took her own life on sunday. she was 83 years old. the former editor of the "harris review,"-- "paris stein was well known for writing best-selling oral histories, including "american journey: the times of robert kennedy," and "west of eden: an american place," about heher family. stein is survivid by her daughter, katrina vanden heuvel, publisher of the nation, and actress wendy vanden heuvel. and those are e some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy gogoodman. around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as i internationalal workers da. in the united states, the marches were led by immigrant workers and their allies, drawing comparisons to the massive may day 2006 when millions of immigrants protested nationwide. a series of protests were held in new york. the first of the day's protests was a picket line outside of b&h photo video, the nation's largest independent retailer of photo and video equipment. hundreds

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joining us now sam stein, the senior politics editor at huff post and msnbc contributor.s ron klain. sam, lest people think we become the dirty talkers about this very important thing, the long-term strategy that the democrats see here is if the house republicans pass this bill tomorrow, that will help the democrats retake the house of representatives and protect this health care. so what can sound like some kind of dirty political calculation about this is really a calculation about how do we protect the affordable care act long-term. >> yeah. there is two schools of thought that i've encountered when i talked to democrats about the politics of this. let's just put it inside the politics. the politics of this. one is there is eerie echoes of sort of the mentality they had in the 2016 presidential election which please, god, let the republican party nominate donald trump because that would ensure that we will win the campaign. so obviously that turned out in the way that was unpredicted. and not advantageous for democrats. in that sense they don't want it to pass. they wo

and senior political editor and white house correspondent sam stein with us from washington. so republicans overhaul of obamacare passed the house. and though another major battle looms, yesterday the president and house republicans were celebrating. they were jubilant. republicans count held and with just 20 defections were able to send the bill on to the senate. politico reports, quote, at their final proceed vote mepre- meeting, they keyed up the theme from rocky to get them in a victorious mood. cases of bud light were rolled in, tom delay was spotted smoking a cigar just off the floor. "washington post" reports that the president was calling lawmakers right up to when the vote began. the paper reports a special phone booth was set up so members could receive calls from the president and his deputies. >> i've never seen someone so hands on. when they say the president is calling again. i pick up the phone, i happen to be the majority leader, former whip. i know my members well. the president gives me a list of who he thinks i would be best to talk to on the list. and he w

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ben stein is lamenting that. charles payne first on the message that you can put off and put off but you got to vote and better to get it out there even if you lose it then to keep it lingering. >> i think officials should keep the promises they make to their constituents. this notion of going for the greater good hurts particularly the municipalities facing cities where you have very little economic or political clout to begin with. they send them to protect what they have. everyone does that in the right way, not talking about meeting the joint but in the right patriotic way it should work out pretty well. neil: at the reagan library. what you think? >> keep your enemies close. he worked it with that nice little tendency to it, the way to get things done but wasn't he is the most powerful and committed conservative? neil: you realize how intimately involved ronald reagan was in the process and he knew everyone's name. we found that with donald trump in the second go around said he was going to master who was on

ben stein lived it. and was the only one here who was bern in that period. >> you were born then. neil: will you just work with me? we have charles payne, ch

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the president who fired comey, white house sources say it was newly minuteed deputy general rosen stein that lost confidence in comey. he was confirmed 14 days ago and assessed the situation and determined comey should be replaced. democrats could not question the man only the timing of the action. >> and the first question administration has to answer is why now? if the administration had objections to the way director comey handled clinton investigation they had those objections and the minute the president got didn't fire him then. why did it happen today. >> and the president showed no reluctance or regret. while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions i'm not under investigation i concur with the department of justice you're not able to effectively lead the burro. bob casey among them called them nixonian and saying he was trying to derail investigation by firing comey and insisted rosen stein appoint a special prosecute to oversee the case. and before the ink was dry they're saying it's time to get past the notion trump campaign coluded with russia to ove

robert mueller was appointed special counsel for the russian investigation, senators met with rod rozen stein. following the meetings, several senators spoke to reporters. and here is some of what they had to say. >> i did not hear anything classified. the bottom line is it was a general consensus that it was a good decision to pick a general council. a lot of confidence in mr. robert mueller. the shot to the body is that it is now considered a criminal investigation and congress' conductto investigations of all things russia has been limited. i think a lot of members want the special counsel to be appointed but do not understand

ben stein lived it. and was the only one here who was bern in that period. >> you were born then. neil: will you just work with me? we have charles payne, charlie gasparino. adays off today. but i want to go back to this whole thing. that history is repeating itself in a watergate way. what do you say? >> i don't think it will be repeating itself in a watergate way. the republicans had an he normous disadvantage in congress. than was no fox news then. i don't get paid by fox news so i'm not saying that to a.k. the people at fox news. there was a sensitive person in the white house named richard m. nixon who would foimed if you if yelled at him too much and trump is a different kinds of guy. the market did go down, but it was an extremely good buying opportunities. after the serious correction wednesday the market corrected back up again. it's always a good time to buy stocks when people are worried, and now is no exception. neil: they get shaken a little bit, but then they start buying. >> long term i don't have an immediate concern. we are in the longest bull market since for dec

but rosen stein doesn't speak for the president who, at the time these events occurred, was applauding them. so -- >> is this a firing in search of a cause? >> i thik in search of rational and it was provided by the deputy attorney general and i am sure believes it as do other people, democrat and republican. but i don't know that donald trump really believes what the deputy attorney general wrote because he was applauding comey when he said that hillary clinton was reckless. he would have liked to have seen her indicted sure, but i don't recall him complaining about comey's words that time. >> and president elect also as a candidate applauding james comey at the time and as president saying he's got a strong backbone. comey was over seeing this russia/trump investigation fired by the people he is investigating now. so who is in charge? >> that is part of what makes this so extraordinary, don and as of tonight, the former depute a edirector is the acting director at the bureau and it's being over seen by ron rosen stein. the person who recommended the firing of comey to the president.

that brings me to my next guest, ben stein, former speechwriter for president nixon who was very bigthcare at the time. ben, good to see you. what do you think of the argument kimmel has? you drew a line with what he was saying, right? >> no, no, i love jimmy. i discovered jimmy and helped make jimmy the gigantic host that he was destined to be. i love him beyond words but he doesn't have the ball in the right corner here about republicans and healthcare. it was a republican that i worked for, richard m. nixon, the first person to propose universal healthcare for all americans regardless of income, regardless of sex and race and regardless of pre-existing conditions. i know he wants what is best for everyone. he's a wonderful man with a wonderful heart and incredibly smart. in thinking that it's a republican position to not want to give healthcare to people, he's a tiny bit out of stop -- >> what he was saying here in a very emotional way and a real way, when it comes to pre-existing conditions, there was that congressman that made the reference to the fact that those with pre-existi

the points raised by joe and sam stein especially apply here. there will be no leaks, i can tell you from personal experience with him, knowing him for over 30 years, there will be no leaks out of this investigation. there will just be the hard-nosed plotting, timely, time consuming work of an investigation. >> this is a good time for this special counsel. there are new questions about who knew what and when about michael flynn's ties to foreign governments. "the new york times" reports this morning that flynn himself told the transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working for turkey as a paid lobbyist. the paper cites two people familiar with the case who say he informed white house counsel don mcgahn on january 4th. two days laters his lawyers apparently had another conversation with transition lawyers. a source familiar with conversations two days after the election tells nbc news, michael flynn made it clear he wanted to be national security adviser and jared kushner and ivanka trum

. >> senator diane fine stein said bob was a fine u.s. attorney, great fbi director and there is no better person who could be asked to perform the function. he is respected and talented and has knowledge and ability to do the right thing. mueller has ties to the bay area. he headed criminal division at the u.s. attorneys office in san francisco in the '80s. he returned and was named u.s. attorney for northern district of california. in 2001 he left to become fbi director. reaction from democrats overall has been positive. >> it's interesting to note that willie brown may have played a role in the selection. not necessarily as special counsel but as mueller's ascent to the fbi. mellisa and i asked how did that happen? >> it was many years ago when i was serving as mayor. i have always had an interest in perspective with reference to people who are law enforcement and prosecutors. >> i can understand why. >> it was part of survival. >> you were always keeping an eye on law enforcement and mueller was head of the u.s. attorneys office in sa

jack pearl stein owns a shoe store and an art gallery. >> it has been a tremendous response to see people's eyes light up. >> known for his dribbling prowess, here steph curry has arms like an octopus. this, the warriors star kevin durant is a tad on the dark side. >> the slim reamer. >> i love that part. that's probably my favorite. >> i like this one here with the basketball that lifts off the surface a little bit. things you can touch that you shouldn't touch. >> while some of it has dark overtones, some of it is whimsical. >> that's my favorite one. she's probably one of the most popular warriors and she's not on the pay roll. >> abc 7 news. >>> world news tonight is up next with the latest on the deadly manchester explosion. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air here in the west. the deadly explosion at an ariana grande concert. several dead. multiple injuries. as concertgoers run from the stadium in horror. authorities in manchester, england, on the scene at this hour. our chief foreign correspondent standing by. >>> also tonight, breaking developments involving president i

independence party, and mark stein the columnist and sometimes guest host for rush limbaugh. it's great to see you both. just a factual question first. there are brits who the authorities know have gone to fight for isis and they are walking free on your island. how can that be? >> i simply can't believe it. for the last few years, i've said that either we take away the passports of people we suspect are being linked to isis to stop them going or perhaps better still, when they go to syria on their attempt to return, we take the passports away and stop them coming back in. the remarkable thing is that we know of 400 that have been in syria that have returned, but we suspect the number may be a thousand or more. and that we've only taken action against 40. i'm frankly sick to death of seeing prime ministers and leaders standing up after attacks saying we are awful sorry, when nothing is being done to counter the bad guys. >> tucker: mark stein, if you're running a country and you to the people in your country have gone to fight with the most grotesque terror group ever created

the fella that committed these acts in the past showed appreciation in for birdie sanders and jules stein and as the policy lost center he is all over the map politically i don't think we're dealing with someone who has all of his eggs in the box he was a very angry young man who's got muslims were a number of players. >>host: and this morning it shows michael fletcher in court from yesterday's we will continue on with calls from oregon the independent line. >> caller: i just want to comment on the guy in portland and something that i have noticed since trumpmp was elected, i live-in eugene and i and two hours away that when you see an incident like this on the news it is not isolated because we don't have people crossing that line all the time that what i can see in what we feel out here is that saving your san the prejudice has now surfaced as if these groups of people these racist groups now feel validated as if they have field and the invoice to back them up. with trump is the catalyst awful for these awful incidents that we are seeing in thisrt important that we stayt. focused on tha

. >> reporter: the president has admitted he was planning to fire comey regardless of rosen stein's recommendation, as comey is invited to testify before congress, this controversy is likely to follow the president abroad. jannay norman channel 6 "action news." >> police are looking for a car involving a school bus in lancaster county. >> during video shows an employee in pennsylvania lifting a student off the ground by his neck. >> reporter: mainly clear across the region, warm and muggy, though, 73 degrees on the bus stop by 6:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m., we're all the way up to 70 degrees, if you're dressing it is kids it's shorts and ts again as we have another hot afternoon. bighaes in the exclusive grads a politician at their commencement today, that is next. n, tonight's special, bd flavors. get our new pork porterhouse, or any steakhouse lunch combo. businessman and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg will be the commencement speaker at the villanova graduation today. the class of 2017 will don their cap and gown for commencement at villanova stadium. you can watch from simmal -- simulcasti

earlier, deputy attorney general rod rosen stein briefed house members. ly >> special prosecutor will have the breadth of scope necessary to follow any and all leads. >> this is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. we cannot afford to lose. >> the president left for the first oversee trip, first stop saudi arabia saturday where he will address a submit of leaders. the battle between good and evil: a new report said the top white house official is a significant person of interest in the russia investigation. >> new castle police have arrested one person in connection with the hit-and-run crash that injured a one-year-old girl. elisha meredith has been charged fleeing the scene of a crime among others. around 10:30 lea was struck twice by the car. second time when she left the scene. police recovered the car about an hour and a half later. >> 15 minutes before it happened, she was running up to me, wrapped her arms around my thigh. i'm glad they they caught him. if they didn't catch him, i would have caught them. >> the child suffered a fractured

more now from fox's the attorney jeff sessions and his deputy rod rose especially stein have interviewed ate candidates to be the next fbi director less than a week after president trump fired james comey. the candidates include adam lee. andrew mccabe, the acting fbi director and michael j garcia, a former prosecutor and associate judge on new york's highest court. the ranking democrat on the senate intelligence committee. because sessions recused himself from the russia case. i don't believe you should be part of this review process if he's going to have a true recuse alan as well i think whoever the future fbi director ought it to be, it hewed be a law enforcement professional. warner called to skip a politician is echoed by republicans. we got a chance do reset as a nation. the president has a chance to clean up the mess that he mostly created. i would encourage him to work with. mike rogers, an fbi agent and former house intelligence committee. rogers has the endorsement of fbi agents association. i think it's time to pick somebody that comes from within the ranks or of such reputat

." [ laughter ] >> i can't blame kellyanne, she's never been a ein-stein. [ laughter and applause ] sowhite houses story. it was the deputy attorney generals recommendation, not trump's idea. at least, it was their story until today, when trump gave an interview to explain his decision to fire comey by contradicting every argument his team had made on his behalf, saying the whole thing was his idea. >> what i did is -- i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came in the room? >> i -- i was going to fire comey. >> in your letter you said i accepted -- accepted their recommendation. so you had already made the decision? >> oh, i was going to fire him regardless of recommendation. >> so there was really -- >> he made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. >> seth: so he just admitted everything the white house has been saying since tuesday, is a lie. trump's ego is so huge he can't even let somebody else have the spotlight in his alibi. [ laughter ] he's like a scooby doo villain, "that's right,

and so, that is why given that it turned out that maybe rod rows subpoena stein believed what he could, he used old quotes from people during the campaign instead of to me a thorough legal memo, we know now that the president made his decision based on his own views, in part, which he has now admitted is because of the russia investigation. so all of this leads to the fact that rod rosenstein must appoint a special prosecutor, someone that can put all of this together and get to the bottom of this because you have been doing there on your show for months. many of us in the senate have been pushing for an independent commission to get the facts out, so that our democracy is not in peril. because we simply cannot have a foreign government influencing our democracy and one more thing i'd add as a former prosecutor. this is rally about upholding the law. and those people who work in the fbi, go to work every day, fought for political reasons, but for our country. and they deserve to have someone in charge that's looking out for them. many of them truly like jim comey. and so, when i we hea