do you believe james comey? >> well, i definitely believe james comey. if he documented everything, he wanted the world to know it some time. he will use it for whatever purpose. that's what we don't know. we will find that out. i think chris and you both have been editorializing. why did he operate one way and not the other? there is a foreign investigation done on the campaign before the election. now we have post election and it is completely different. why? we will ask those questions. if he can't answer them in open setting and classified setting, there is no reason he shouldn't answer them. we will press that. >> senator, you mentioned yesterday. you had the chance to interview the top intel chiefs in the country. frankly, they were less than forthcoming. it appeared to be frustrating. many of senate cocolleagues. let me play a moment. >> why are you not answering the questions? is there an invocation by the president of the united states of executive privilege? >> not that i'm aware. >> why are you not answering? >> i feel it is inappropriate. >>

james comey was understandably uneasy. that was his word, uneasy, about being alone with the president either in person or on the telephone. he will testify than tomorrow. and at one point he asked attorney general jeff sessions to intervene. "i took the opportunity to implore the attorney general to prevent any future direct communication between the president and me james comey said this to the attorney general after another dramat scene, a dratic moment in the oval office at the on the other hand of a group meet wleng the president told everyone else to leave the room so he could speak to the fbi director alone. attorney general jeff sessions was one of the people the president ordered out of that room so he could speak to the fbi director alone. the vice president was also ordered out of that room. and as james comey notes in his testimony, the last person, the very last person to leave the room was jared kushner. when the door by the grandfather clock closed and we were alone, the president began by saying i want to t

columbia, south carolina, you believe james comey, why? caller: of course i believe james comey. our president has been lying since he has been in office and anyone who challenges him, he gets rid of them. i do not know anybody that lies as much as he does. point blank. common sense. every time he opens his mouth, he lies about something. he says himself that he did such a thing and turns around and says i did not two days later. host: what did make a difference to you if president trump testifies under oath as he said he is willing to do? caller: no, he will lie anyway. he will put the sand and swear -- his hand, and swear, and then lied, i do not believe he knows he is lying he is such a habitual liar. , calling it from massachusetts, you do not believe james comey or president trump? caller: i think it is a moot point. noncommittal in his response to michael flynn. michael flynn will be the harry potter series silver sinks of the investigation in russia. when he is put in front of a committee, that will be the climax of this political saga. host: why do you think james comer,

>>> president trump has just fired the embattled fbi director, james comey. >> james comey was fired for being too mean to hillary clinton? does anyone believe that? could anyone believe that? >> he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? >> no. next question. >> jim comey wrote a memo that president donald trump asked him to end the investigation into general michael flynn. >> the possibility in his testimony of opening the door to an obstruction of justice charge. >> the most anticipated congressional testimony in decades. >> this is a guy with a story to tell. if i were donald trump, that would scare me a lot. >> do you swear that the testimony that you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> i do. >> well, some are calling it the congressional super bowl. good morning, everybody. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is thursday, june 8th

but you know james comey for a long time. i want to get back to what we are going to hear from jeff sessions but walk us through your most important points. >> like congressman pete king i have for a long time like james comey. i'm also a supportive president trump. i just have not heard the testimony and thought about it. i think that james comey overplayed his hand here. he has raised more questions that he has answered. if you go back to his situation with the redolent you have to remember the dynamics. the attorney general is in charge of the department of justice for the fbi director works with the attorney general. the attorney general is their job to determine if there is improper political influence and to deal with that. when he determined that he did not like the liver avalanche was manipulating the hillary clinton investigation he took the role of the attorney general on himself.when really his probably what he should have done. we need to look at what he should have done and i was go to her and probably offered to

and so after that testimony under oath yesterday from james comey, last night james comey's professor friend at columbia law school, professor dan richman, he got this letter from congress, from the senate, explaining that director comey had all but said that professor richmond had in his possession this potentially incriminating memo about the president, and could professor richmond please hand the memo over to congress right now. and i mean it when i say right now. mr. comey's memoranda are part of the committee's ongoing investigative efforts. we ask that you provide copies of all the memoranda that you have received from james comey no later than june 9th, 2017. check your calendar. it's june 9th, 2017, today. quick turnaround, right? the senate heard yesterday from james comey this professor at columbia had comey's memo about trump supposedly trying to kibosh the fbi's flynn investigation. they heard that yesterday that the professor had that memo. they wrote to the professor last night telling him to hand it over, and they gave him a deadline, which is today. we can report tonig

charges against james comey? >> i think -- james comey has made misstatements to the house and senate on multiple times during the investigation into secretary clinton where he had to go back and you know this, george and had to go back and correct his testimony. in this very last hearing, he was asked a question regarding the recusal of the attorney general of the united states, jeff sessions. he made a statement that he was not aware of any memorandums, explaining that address to him, and the department of justice released that on march 2nd i believe the date was that in fact a memorandum was sent to the fbi director explaining the basis of the recusal, so i mean i'm going to lay it on as i would look at it as a lawyer if i was preparing a supreme court case. and i think that james comey's credibility has been brought into question on multiple occasions during the clinton investigation and here. look, that's ultimately the special counsel has to weigh that as he makes -- does his investigation but i think it ra

comey a political player now, someone james comey a political player now, someone who james comey a political player now, someone who ceases to james comey a political player now, someone who ceases to be above the political fray? someone who ceases to be above the politicalfray? one someone who ceases to be above the political fray? one could reasonably, you know, argue that, i think, or i can definitely see a debate about that point. i mean, it was certainly i opening enough for us was certainly i opening enough for us to want to make that our lead story during the hearing, once we heard that revelation. you know, first of all, to acknowledge that he had written these detailed memos after a ll had written these detailed memos after all of these meetings with the president, then to say that he purposely shared them with close associates and ask one of them to get it out to the public and the media through a leak, that was just stunning. thank you very much indeed, ellen nakashima. we have tried to bring you up to date on what has happened today, and also the context that has made i

james comey did not take that as a hope. circumstances i took it as a direction. >> when marco rubio characterized it as an order, comey agreed that it was an order. it could be characterized that way. james comey didn't carry out that order or direction or hope or whatever you want to call it, and he was fired by the president, whose order, whose hope he defied. as reported on this program, president trump was unable to hire an experienced washington lawyer to defend him in this investigation. and so he is stuck with the same new york lawyer with no experience in washington who has participated in donald trump's frivolous lawsuits against people who have criticized donald trump, and who has defended donald trump in the trump university fraud case that cost donald trump $25 million. that lawyer, who has no idea at all how to defend a president in a situation like this that could lead to impeachment, that lawyer made a terrible mistake. of ending the day today with a credibility contest between a proven public pathological li

after that testimony under oath from james comey, last night james comey's professor friend at columbia law school got this from congress, from the senate, explaining director comey had all but said professor richmond had in his possession this incriminating memo about the president and could professor hand over the memo to congress right now. quote, mr. coney's memorandum are part of the investigative efforts. we ask that you provide copies of all it is memoranda you so seefd by mr. trump no later than june it the 929, 1917. it's june 9 the, 20. quick turn-around. yesterday the jk intelligence committee had them member. trying to kybosh the flynn investigation. they heard that yesterday that the professor had that memo. they wrote to the professor giving him a headline. the head dine is today. we can report at of 9:00 p.m. eastern time, a couple minutes ago, dan richmond has neff gd nurnd over his consideration with the president. cnn manu reports professor richmond has been in touch with that as well. imagine this is kind of a stressful position for your average law professor to find

james comey, another dc insider in for it by himself. certainly, some republicans appeared pleased with how things went. donald trump but not tweet, but his son did. frequently. he said... and was also took to twitter. and also, paul ryan, with this comment. the president is new with this. he is new to government. establishing the relationship, between the fbi, white house, he is new to this. no smoking gun. a moment that was like obstruction of justice, impeachable offences. it is not that the president looked good, but i do not think we have got legal issues. and in terms of this phrase about loyalty, the president already denying that. anyway that we can solve this discrepancy? that is what this special counsel is for. going to take the testimony under oath. going to try to reconcile these. james comey during testimony disputed several characterisations that the president had made, clearly ahe that the president had made, clearly a he said, he said going on. it is unclear exactly what the thought is. at the end of the day, most of thi

james comey on one hand, donald trump the other. james comey clearly did not hurt himself today. i don't think he came out any less. donald trump is more nuanced. it's a harder story to tell. on the one hand it's clear he was not under investigation, he was right about that. there's no indication i can see that there was obstruction of justice. on the other hand, it's a trail of a person who's in charge of the government that you have some questions about. in fairness, we all have conversations that are not comfortable behind closed doors. but you don't get a great sense of confidence in the president as a leader from this portrayal. >> more about the president here in a few moments. that does it for bloomberg's special coverage of the testimony of fired fbi director james comey. thank you to our viewers on bloomberg television and on twitter as well. >> although the law required no reason at all to fire and fbi director, the administration then shows to defame me -- chose fbi byme me and the saying the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had

at james comey this morning. and one is regarding this honest loyalty. this is january 27th, dinner between the president and james comey. quote, i need loyalty, said the president. james comey replied you will always get honesty from me. he paused, and said that's what i want, unest loyalty. i paused and then said you will get that from me. this goes on and on. but why would james keep pledge, quote, unesty loyalty to the president of the u.n., and why would he assure him three different times he was not personally under investigation? >> dave, two things of impact there. first of all, honesty and loyalty, first of all not necessarily mutually exclusive, they're two separate constructs. one only, number 45, was not a prior politicians in a presidential cabinet or a general. i think this is just the president not understanding ethics in the government. i raised my right-hand and i swore an oath of failty to the u.s. constitution, not to the director and not to the president who were all in my chain of command in

edgar comey. >> this was the collapse of james comey. this was a guy who said that the former attorney general loretta lynch said don't call it a case, call it a "matter." and then he did. he sort of vindicated her. wouldn't do it for the president. marco rubio did a great job. look at the collusion taking place. there is evidently no evidence of collusion with regard to the president prove what is the collusion? it is james comey goes over his testimony with a special counsel who is supposed to be investigating all of this. what doesn't seem right? does it not seem right that that took place? does it not seem right that the fbi director leaked a memo of his private conversations, supposedly, with the president of the united states, leaked it to a colleague, friend at a law school who then leaked into "the new york times" and we are supposed to say that's good? we like our fbi director to do that. he said he did that in response to the president's tweet, except the contents of the memo came up the day before to "the new york times." if y

that explains everything he said to james comey. they say it is really about president obama's attorney general loretta lynch and why she tried to obstruct that investigation. that was their big take away from yesterday. that tells you everything about the political tribalism at play right now. >>> in the uk, the british majority party for theresa may lost. now calls for her to resign. what does that mean for the brexit? we have it covered for you with cnn's joe johns at the white house. what a day, joe. >> reporter: it was, chris. president trump is expected to hold a joint news conference in the rose garden with the president of romania. the first time the president answered questions in three weeks. probably only answering a couple questions from reporters. it will be an opportunity to try to gauge the president's reaction after that dramatic testimony on capitol hill of fired fbi fbi director james comey. what was most striking about his testimony on capitol hill was the vision of former fbi director accusing a sitting president

james comey had a wonderful reputation before the politics of 2016. it got shredded a lot during that time. what i do think is more likely is that he had intimations, this may lead to an explosive situation down the road. >> contemporaneous notes with president obama and only met with him twice, once or twice versus nine times, conversations with the current president. >> he brought to president trump, or incoming president trump an explosive document. if it were true was clearly going to lead to legal problems down the road to hearings and one thing and another. i think he was trying to protect himself and protect the record by doing this contemporaneous basis. >> michael, this is one of three occasions that comey -- he confirmed that the president was saying, what the president was saying about not being under investigation, but comey makes a distinction that it specifically about a counterintelligence probe, how important is that distinction? >> well, we'll see thousand plays out in the oral testimony. i think there's a lot of flesh that needs to b

now, to james comey himself commit a felony? and break the law by not coming forward with his claim? that is tonight's all-important opening monologue. ♪ earlier to date, director james comey released his opening statement that he will give tomorrow before the senate committee. this statement contains several key points that blow the trump-russia collusion conspiracy theory completely out of the water and it completely shoots down the media and the democrats and all the hyperventilating and foaming at the mouth about obstruction of justice. now we have discovered that they have been lying to you for months.co we are going to cover everything in terms of the self-servingng document released by comey. it almost reads like a novel. ik great detail tonight. here are some very key points i want to tell you about. one, the president did not obstruct justice. comey never says his interactions with the president for inappropriate t or illegal. by the way, that this is key -- they constituted in any way an obstruction of justice or a v

james comey rod rosenstein? >> i'm saying he is great friends with bob mueller that is a fact. >> let's talk about what really happened here. it was one of the most fascinating moments of comey's testimony. he acknowledged, and it was a spectacular moment that he more or less engineered the appointment of a special prosecutor. that was his objection. >> yes. >> not necessarily robert mueller. and why was that his objective? because it is obvious from his testimony he thought there was a cover-up going on. a cover-up in which the president of the united states might well and probably was involved -- let me finish, please. from his point of view. and also the role of jeff sessions. he went to the attorney general and told him about his session. keep me away from the president, et cetera. and when that failed, yes, he indeed tried to engineer getting a special prosecutor. and has succeeded. and why has he succeeded? because there is an underlying case of the most important thing that perhaps we have faced in a nati

the james comey hearing living up to its block buster building. it was bombshell after bombshell for nearly three hours. let's bring in our specialists. he worked as a legislative political director for the rnc northeast region and he is the former political advisor and campaign manager to none other than president donald trump. needless to say his specialty is everything politics. corey lewandowski is here. she's a democratic political analyst serving a senior role in the campaigns of then senator john kerry and ted kennedy and she's a principal at the dewey square group. her specialty -- the happiest way to travel. mary anne marsh is here. let's do this. pick the comments appreciated. obstruction of justice accusations the central focus of today's hearings with james comey's claim that resident trumps that "i hope you can let this go" over the flynn investigation, leading to this exchange today. >> do you know of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or, for that matter, any other criminal offense where they said or

quickly, do you believe james comey? >> this is a strange third chapter for james comey. he was very bold in the ashcroft hospital room. he was very bold and wrong last year. this year, he seems more timid. >> congress member hoekstra, do you believe james comey? >> i believe what he said. he has credibility issues with what happened over the last 18 months. especially with the hillary clinton investigation and those things. i think we have to be cautious reading too much into what he says. a lot of this is the context of how were these conversations and comments made. we don't know. we weren't in the room. >> it will be very interesting to hear what your counterparts in the senate intel committee will ask him today. thank you very much. great to have both of you. chris. >> thank you. >> it will be an interesting match of fact and feeling. james comey's testimony. his concerns about his repeated interactions with president trump. how did he handle the situation? we discuss with members of the intel community next. i miss you babe. i wish you were here. i miss home. ♪ �

james comey testified under oath today. i think may be important whether it be through the fbi investigation or through some intermediary to congress that the president testify to what happened and do so under oath. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, thank you for making time tonight. >> thank you. >> i'm joined now by joy reid, host of a.m. joy on msnbc, and dan rather, host of accs tv's the big interview. mr. rather, let me start with you for some perspective here. we just heard chris murphy casually refer to the president as a liar. and it just struck me today that it's just not that often that that word is used so sharply, so confidently in this setting. and you have a better context for that. is that an accurate assessment on my part? >> it is an accurate assessment on your part. i'd go so far to say this was the historic day because never in our history have we had a sitting president directly accused by a head -- a former head of the fbi of being a liar. it's a very harsh word. i don't think it's ever been appli

they are disputing james comey. i said before the break that the white house had not disputed that what james comey said was true but he just did it, they are saying that comey is effectively not telling the truth, that this is a case of he said, he said and the president does not agree with comey‘s recollection. well sitting right behind james comey throughout today's testimony was democratic congressman brad sherman from california and he was tweeting during the precedings. hejoins us now from capitol hill. it looks like the white house is going to say thatjames comey was not telling the truth on two issues, one, letting flynn go and secondly, being asked for loyalty by the president. they'll welcome to dispute that, he has raised the possibility that there may be tapes. interesting to hear them if they exist. the fact is that comey‘s testimony was very convincing. if his testimony is true, the president said, let flynn go and fight and comey with losing his job said, let flynn go and fight and comey with losi

that is what he told james comey. and for this guy's a politician to go back and write a memo, i felt threatened. but he didn't do anything!>> this brings up an important question. does the white house, the president and his legal team, do they understand the gravity of the difference between politics and the media arena and the laws as it relates to special counsel investigation? >> i think they do in the sense of the present obviously is no stranger to lawsuits. >> criminal investigations are different though. >> special counsel is different. i think that's we see the president really coming into washington unaware of the expectations that govern the city. kind of running like the bull in a china shop into harsh reality which is the investigation as we talked about.it shows no signs of slowing down. you have this so-called collision with russia has not been proved and probably will not be. >> also brings up the important question terms of whether or not the president goes under oath. even if he said he would. whethe

frankly, james comey confirmedda lot of what i said. and some of the things he said just weren't true. >> sean: the president hammering the former fbi director over his senate testimony. lou dobbs is here with reaction and much more, straight ahead. >> sean: welcome back to "hannity." earlier todaerence with the pref romania, the president slammed the fired, disgruntled former fbi director, james comey. >> yesterday showed no collusion, no obstruction. we are doing really well. that was an excuse by the democrats, frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. and some of the things he said just weren't true. >> reporter: wouldn't you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> sean: joining me now with reaction, our friend lou dobbs is with us. i've watched this and we've been talking about this. the president speculates -- my buddy says oh, obviously he says, "i've got tapes. you better not lie." lou, i think comey and a lot of the things he said yesterday -- maybe in the back of his mind he was thinking the

he said james comey should be investigated. thanks very much for that report. evan perez you covered the fbi. were you surprised about comey's admission, how he went ahead and orchestrated the release of those memos to the news media? >> there's a couple of things that stood out, because if you're the fbi and you're an employee at the fbi and you're wondering can i do that, the answer's no. you can't do that. so the fact that the former fbi director actually wrote these memos and then passed them off to friends and then had the friends leak it to the "the new york times" and to the other news organizations that's a strictly forbidden practice for anybody else at the fbi. so that's one thing. the secondly i think one of the things you saw today was an attempt by comey to control the narrative of this. he knows that the white house is coming after him. he knows that they're going after his -- whether or not he's telling the truth and whether he can be believed and you can hear that in some of his testimony and this is one example

comey, the fired fbi director james comey. so what is coming out of that that this attorney feels he needs to respond to? it may be things like such. james comey saying he did feel like the president was asking him to back away from an investigation of his national security adviser, but he did not feel pressured. we've heard that before. he did not feel that he could stand strongly against the president and tell him

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if that is referring to james comey, and james comey lied during his explosive testimony, that would be perjury. and this morning, cnn broke the news that the president's legal team is taking action about the former fbi director being that so-called leaker. at any moment, we're going to hear from house democrats minority leader nancy pelosi. oh, as in right now. here's nancy pelosi. >> 15th victory of the golden state warriors. it's funny, nobody around here wants to talk about it. i didn't get one comment! i didn't get one comment. good morning, everyone. here we are, seven months since the election of donald trump as president of the united states. and as we look to our responsibilities to the american people, we can see that it's seven months a failure. we have -- it's all about security. our national security, whether that's national security globally, homeland security, personal security, our national security has been jeopardized by his attitude toward putin. he put putin on a pedestal. he's questioned article five of nato. he has flirted with the idea of not enforcing or expan

james comey said i am not. -- am i. james comey said during a dinner injanuary, he was asked by the president for unwavering support. i need and expect support, said the president. how far expect support, said the president. howfardid he expect support, said the president. how far did he expect the loyalty to go? james comey says he was told to drop the investigation into the former national security adviser, michael flynn. donald trump said he was a good guy and i hope you let this go. we are interested in learning that the president took steps to interfere and obstruct the investigation. james comey says that donald trump told him it was a cloud over him. it is notjust congress looking into the donald trump campaign's ties to russia. there is also an ongoing fbi investigation. in the saga that is washington politics, this is a must see moment, but it is just one act of what is becoming a long and drawnout political drama. bbc news, washington. josh gerstein is the white house reporter for politico, the on—line curre

james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. and some of the things that he said just weren't true. >> joining me now is cynthia oxney. former prosecutor. the president has said he is 100% willing to testify under oath as part of bob mueller's investigation. can trump agree to talk, but refuse to do it under oath or is taking the oath the only way that mueller might accept his testimony? >> i think mueller will be flexible. he is a reasonable guy. i want to tell you this from the point of view from prosecuting a case. trump hurt himself in the rose garden denials. it is one thing if it is -- if he follows senator from idaho's cross-examination. it was very workmanlike. what if he said and hope. >> he said this is a great writing. i'm sure you got an "a" in your english law briefing writing class. drew him in only to say let's drill down on the specific word. the specific phrase. >> very well done. a good cross-examination. i recommend it to young law students. if trump had done that and said i did say i hoped. i told everybody t

where was that james comey? where was the simple -- call it an education -- for a president who had never been in government about what james comey thought was an appropriate form of discussion? he never drew those lines. you cannot just assume a president that comes out of beeness, who has never involved in investigations before, certainly never had anything like a department of justice before, should just automatically know where the boundaries are. scarlet: wait, so it's james comey's responsibility to teach the president what the boundaries are? shouldn't that be jeff sessions, the attorney general, in charge of the department of justice, to oversee that, or at least to be in the same room or same space to make that clear? you are taking, my language and making it like lessons. these aren't lessons. things pop up and you have to respond to them. i expect if that pops up with attorney general sessions in the room, he would address it. i expect if james comey is in the room and the president is making the requ

how willing is james comey to get into it? well, i think just by the dramatic writing that we've seen in the prepared testimony, the fact that he was down to the grandfather clock on the wall and his facial expressions at certain moments, i think you'll see some pretty interesting testimony today, well beyond the prepared testimony that we've already received. >> bill: chris wallace, the president has done a lot of interviews. he has been asked a lot of questions that relate to this. i'll play one for you, may 11th, nbc news and lester holt when he said the following. >> president trump: i said if it's possible would you let me know, am i under investigation? he said you are not under investigation. i know i'm not under investigation. me personally. i'm not talking about campaigns or anything else. >> bill: we'll go through all these comments as we continue our coverage here. and we're going to look at the testimony that james comey is about to deliver. and he says over a period of four months they had nine interactions, i do

james comey said that, you may not agree with with that but do you agree he said that? >> on april 10 of 2016, president obama was in an interview with fox's chris wallace. he was talking about hillary clinton's e-mails. he used the words careless or some version of that. careless or carelessness and intentional. well, you move ahead three months later and there is james comey using exactly the same phrases in his press conference. now, what do we know from the testimony yesterday? that james comey says that the attorney general of the united states said to him he was not to use the word investigation. he was to use the word matter when investigating -- when talking about the clinton e-mail situation. >> i will say -- >> my point here is, the story is that president obama could well be accused of obstruction of justice. >> oh, come on. come on, jeffrey. >> we don't want to go down that path. >> desperation on your part, my friend. >> go ahead. >> folks want to talk about clin clinton because it's more convenient and comfortable. what's that? >> i want a single standard

yesterday, the former fbi director james comey, j. edgar comey, told the senate intel committee that many of the russian collusion stories in the media are just dead wrong. watch this. >> there have been many, many stories partly based on classified information about lots of stuff but especially about russia that are just dead wrong. the challenge and i am not picking on reporters is the people talking about it often don't really know what's going on. >> sean: even mr. throw up his like chris matthews came to this stunning conclusion. i was even shocked. look. >> the assumption assumption oe president's critics are that the president had something to do with colluding with the russians. a helping hand, encouraging them and feeding their desires. some role they played, some conversation he had with michael flynn or paul manafort but was came apart this morning was that theory -- -- >> sean: the black helicopter crowd, the tinfoil hat russia conspiracy theories, the destroy-trump-media has now come apart at the seams. they have been lyi

james comey has a good reputation for the truth. to say i'm going to pick this guy over this person and that leads to the iteration there are so many issues to come out right now. this raises major red flags and we need answers. the question is we need to have faith that the administration and justice is being served on all levels. no matter where it is. >> so james comey told his story to the senate. the president says it is not true. who do you believe? >> it is hard to tell. that's why we need every iteration. if sessions testifies tomorrow, that is essential. what it comes down to if you are republican in cases, every new piece of information you say, it is not real. it is not true. if you are my friends on the other side of the aisle, every piece of information you assume is true and scream for impeachment. i heard a few do this. this for me is about bigger than what it means for 2018. what this means for 2020 and what this means -- this is defending the institution of democracy. my bigger concern is we look and say we hold our

howie: james comey wanted to get his side of the story out. the memo he wrote alleging the request to end the investigation of mike flynn. >> i was worried the media was camping at the end of my driveway. i was going out of town with my wife to hide and i was worried it would be like feeding seagulls at the beach. howie: he has his fingerprints on other leaks. doesn't this dent his halo a bit? ed: it does. he has the ability to tell his side of the story. but this idea that he's a white knight, this idea that he's shocked by leaks. i looked at the record. may 3 he was under oath, senate judiciary committee before he was fired. he was asked by chuck grassley, have you ever been an anonymous source of a news report on matters related to the trump investigation? he said never. then are it aware of any information about the president or his associates leak out? he answered not to my knowledge. the idea that grassley asked him if he aloud others to leak, he said no, no, no. now the play book according to james comey, i can use somebody over at colu

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here's james comey. he's leaving his private session that he just had. he was just testifying privately in that closed hearing. you of course heard him earlier today in the open hearing there. this is consuming washington, consuming the country right now. people have been watching it very carefully. and the big shocker of course today was that james comey was really trying to dictate the narrative as he left office there, as he left his position as head of the fbi by calling up a friend, giving him a bunch of memos, in which he had transcribed his side of things and then having parts of those memos leaked to the press. interestingly enough, the one headline that might have helped the president of the united states the fact that he wasn't under investigation by james comey that never got leaked, yet all the other stuff did. lots of questions as to james comey's motivate here. let's not forget, guys, the history. right, gregg? i mean, what we went through as a country during the election frankly because of what seemed to be the inability to really do his j

sessions goes and stands by james comey's that no he wants to be here alone with james comey, and then reince priebus comes and peeks into the room as if to look in, what's going on, maybe try to wrap it up. the president shoos him away and later in the passages comey once again showing all of these people in the white house are aware of what's going on. he walks out and sees priebus and vice president pence, so you wonder what those people are thinking, what they might later know about those conversations, if the president told those folks about those conversations. so, yeah, you get to see this whole scene of the white house and all of these people who are enablers of the president conducting this very private kind of courtship of james comey. >> that's not all what concerns this meeting. it got a lot more interesting. that, after this break. [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] you've wished upon it all year, and now it's finally here. the mercedes-benz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedes-benz you've always longed for. but hurry, these shooting star

here is what we learned today from james comey's testimony. the president of the united states never obstructed justice and in fact, the president actually encouraged the fbi director to go forward with any and all investigations into campaign associates and involvement with russia. james comey confirmed several times that the president in the white house did not ask him to stop the russian investigation. comey said multiple times that president trump was not under investigation and why did he only save us today? why couldn't the fbi director come out sooner? we will answer that question tonight. we also learned that james comey selectively was leaking information to try to damage the president, so-called champion of law and justice -- who would ever do that to the president of the united states? the district from media and democrats were all proven to be completely wrong about their russian clues and areas and they were exposed to the be lying to you for almost ten months. at the indictment of the obama administration and former attorney gene

. >>> and james comey's testimony to congress is only a day way. new details what he'll say and what he won't as obstruction questions loom over the president. good morning, welcome to "early start". i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's wednesday, june 7th, 2017. just a bit of news to get to. one day away for testimony from james comey and suddenly the undercard is part of the main event. at this morning's hearing a lineup of well intel communities all-stars if you will. you got director of national intelligence dan coats, acting fbi direct, nsa director mike rogers and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, all set to testify. >> overnight coats at the center of breaking news. president trump asked coats if he could intervene with james comey to back off his investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. unnamed officials tell the "post" it came after a briefing on march 22nd two days after comey said whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. >>> coats decided complying with the president's request to intervene

way james comey gets himself into trouble. the way he gets himself into trouble is, he is not a caring sharer. he determined that these things that he thought were so incendiary that he had to make a record of them should not be shared with jeff sessions, should not be shared with the acting deputy, should not be shared with all these other people. that he alone could be the only one who would handle this and he would take the ball himself. obviously, this was an improprieties conversation. >> martha: which is reminiscent of the hillary clinton investigation, deciding that he alone could decide on that too. chris, thank you very much. also breaking tonight, a potential blow to president trump's foreign policy agenda. one of our key allies, south korea, turns away a potentially life-saving gift from the united states, and the president trying to stay on message and get away from the comey chaos on capitol hill. secretary's before it was with the president in ohio today, and he joins us live, next. >> shovel ready, right? we are