host: jim comey, the topic of hillary clinton from her interview with pbs -- i'm sorry, with cbs. jim comey also the topic of steve bannon, former whe house strategist for president trump, who conducted an interview with "60 minutes." one of the tngs that came out that interview, which you can see online, particularly deals with jim comey. mr. comey -- i'm sorry,r. bannon saying the firing of jim comey by the president was the biggest mistake maybe in modern political history. wide ranging topics, here's a bit that have interview from steve bannon yesterday. >> it is also true, many say, and you're a smart guy, that if james comey had not been fired, you would not have the mueller investigation. true? >> i don't think there's any ubt that if mes comeyad muelest? >> we would not have the mueller investigation, the mueller investigation in the breadth that clearly mr. mueller is going. because i think it's a very directional -- i think direction aly -- >> do you believe mr. mueller should be fired? >> no, i do not. >> has there been discussions in the white house about firing him? >

jim comey should have gone to sally yates who was deputy a.g. if he felt that hillary was compromised getting on the plane. why did he do it and so close to the election? >> i don't know. it's hard to explain. what hillary clinton did was high right and he was not consistent with the justice department, not consistent with the rules. miraculously enough, nobody summarizes it better than rod rosenstein in the memoir he wrote explaining why something should have been done to jim comey. i do think this is a big question and one that mr. comey hasn't fully answered and one that is secretary clinton's right to raise. >> it's hard for some people to accept her being out there talking about the loss given the mistakes they clearly did make, tactical mistakes, message mistakes. still, this is her version. >> this is another example of washington democrats not grappling with why they actually lost the white house, the house and the senate. that's because they failed to offer a coherent message that appealed to middle class voters, especially on pocketboo

>> yes. >> the comey firing. which you've advised him against firing jim comey? >> i think comey has made some mistakes but i don't think he should have fired him. >> i think there were other reasons more important than that one. >> the cover story he had rosenstein write? >> no, i think the fact that jim involved himself so personally in the hillary clinton investigation was an enormous mistake. and i'll tell you this. jim comey and i were u.s. attorneys together under pressure bush 43. he in manhattan. me in new jersey. if the head of the fbi, the assistant director in charge in new york had ever gone out and did a press conference, announcing that there would be no charges brought against the defendant, jim comey would have had him fired. that's not what the fbi does. >> but no one disputes that -- >> you asked me why. if there was a reason why jim comey should have been fired, my advice to the president would have been that is someone that is overstepped their bounds and doesn't understand they nor longer a prosecutor. they around investigator. >> mueller is

in the court of public now this is a battle against jim comey. and so the attack is on a guy who leaked information to the press, who politicized this investigation during a political campaign who is politicizing this now. basically they want americans to look at jim comey and whatever he's saying and be skeptical. clearly the information that comey put out about his engage wants and his meetings with the president, the white house is that he put out through a friend to the press, that was not classified information. a lot of what the white house is saying falls apart when you poke at that argument. they're engaged in a pr battle right now and jim comey certainly in the context of this investigation is the top target. >> arguably this bore rose from the bannon kind of anti-institutionalist presidency. this president and those around him have decided just not to be that into comey, to be in the that will of his image or his resume in washington. >> yeah. and i thought bannon's response during the "60 minutes" interview was concerning because he sa

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his politics are the politics of what's good for jim comey. we're learning about this man who views himself as the boy scout of ethics is that really when you look at his statements all around this hillary clinton controversy there's all types of deception. here's what bothers me the most, judge, you're the lawyer, i'm not, no grand jury, no subpoenas, hillary clinton is never put under oath. he clearly got either an indication from the white house or in his own mind that hillary clinton should basically get a pardon without really an investigation. and to me that is so disgusting, because there's no question she broke laws. >> jeanine: well, there's no question she broke laws. just so you know, i want to be clear on one thing, matt, you don't have to put her under oath. she lies to an fbi agent like martha stewart. she lied, but they didn't do anything anyway. all right, tammy, there's this guy that says this -- this is his response to comey's drafting this letter. this may come -- or as a shock to grassley, graham and trump, but judges somet

let's talk for a second, hallie, about jim comey. sarah huckabee sanders being pretty clear on what she thinks jim comey did. she thinks he broke the law when he leaked those memos to the "new york times" or had them leaked to the "new york times." she said it doesn't matter whether or not they are classified, he did them on fbi property and they were done in official fbi format. but she stopped short of saying whether or not she's recommending anything be done about it. >> right. as she stopped short yesterday and the day before on that as well. but walking right up to that line on, yep, we think this happened. not saying that, but getting about as close to it as you possibly can get when it comes to what they have described, this administration, over the last several days as something perhaps illegal done by jim comey. the issue here that the white house has been kicking it over to the department of justice, essentially, saying, hey, it's up to doj to decide and to prosecute if in fact james comey did break the law. we've obviously

yet today we're now talking about jim comey again which they should never utter those words from the podium again. >> they can't. >> it's very clear headed analysis from a republican that it counts as a good two weeks for this white house. he hasn't messed anything sup the bottom line and he hasn't opened up any new fronts on twitter. i guess we don't rate him on a bar. the voters do. they elected him. what do you make of reupping this war against comey? >> this is donald trump going back to his original self. back to basics. his original self. we have known for a long time this is the one thing, the russia investigation, and this is the one person, two people, jim comey and bob mueller who are getting under his skin. he is very, very irritated by what's happening. and he can't help himself. jonathan swann is reporting as you just pointed out, he's ranting and raving behind the scenes, which is not uncommon for a president to rant and rave behind closed doors and to staff. but he takes that ranting and raving and puts it on twitter and as sarah was just talking about, we go from talk

it is time to go after jim comey. that's my opening. kel me what you think on my facebook page and twitter. here to talk about all the breaking news from today and more. my political panel. thanks for being here tonight. donald trump has said all the right things. it appears he's doing all the right thing. ahearing in ravaged southeast texas and southwest louisiana in the first week. what do you say to that, michael? >> donald trump is doing his job, thank god. i'm not going to give him extra credit for doing what he's supposed to do, which is being president. but i will draw attention to what he has done during the hurricane, which is pardon joe arpaio and rumored to ends daca. judge jeanine: he said he won't tell us until tuesday. don't criticize him before he makes the decision. >> all reports from the white house indicate dablg is going to end. judge jeanine: house your anonymous source at the white house. >> michael will you give him extra credit for giving a million dollars to the hurricane victims. i lot of attacks on the left. o

he was in the oval office with mike pence and other aides about hiring a replacement for jim comey. the vacancy that set the special counsel appointment in motion. the times said he launched in a volley of insults, saying his appointment was one of the worst dirgss trump ever made. also calling him a quote, idiot and saying he should resign. we know in public trump says many things about russia. but this is fascinating and important potentially because it is in private. the "times" account saying trump saw this as basically the worst thing that his presidency and erupted in rare self-criticism about his decision to hire sessions. remember, trump could have asked jeff sessions about potential recusal before hiring.

president, you can fire jim comey but not like this. right now we're going to show you. on wednesday may 3rd, comey gave his last congressional testimony and he made this comment that enraged trump. >> this is terrible. it made me nauseous that we had impact on the election but it wouldn't change the decision. >> behind the scenes the white house was smoldering but outside it was this happy face they put on. very next day trump was celebrating the house passage of trump care in the rose garden. that night he spoke at an vent in new york city and went dark. >> following that health care vote, president trump made his way here to new york city. it's his first trip to his hometown since the inauguration but he didn't stay in manhattan very long opting to spend the night in new jersey. >> in new jersey where the president tweeted a little bit about why it was a good thing he was there. then the only thing on his public schedule for this critical weekend on may 6th was a phone call with the president of peru. he was also spotted golfing that saturday. not by the press but a v

stay not under investigation, and that's why he fired jim comey. that's pretty -- that's amazingly significant. i do also want to be clear, there's another news event today, or yesterday that president trump's lawyers had met with robert mueller and tried to make the argument that because a president has the power to fire an fbi director, this can't be obstruction of justice. that basic argument is so wrong that it shows why there's so little that the trump lawyers have to argue. a president has the power to order a military strike. but if the president is ordering that military strike with the intent of let's say killing someone who slept with his wife, that's still murder. a president can pardon someone, but if the president pardons someone because he received a million dollar describe, that's still a felony of bribery. just because the president has the power to do something, it doesn't mean that it excuses any exercise of that power because intent matters. >> professor sugarman and ne re a, thank you for joining us. david, stick around. >>> com

i think -- look, jim comey, we've seen is a really, in ways, a great storyteller. very compelling in the way he delivers a speech, the way he measures every word. and by contrast, bob mueller is very circumspect. maybe because he hasn't been put in the exact same role that jim comey was a year ago and more recently. but bob mueller is very, very guarded, circumspect in his public statements. prefers to let the fbi's work talk for the fbi. he is not one given to fits of hey, look at me. look how great i am. look how great the organization is or the organization i lead. he's very, very guarded and circumspect. he's a dedicated, steely-jawed public servant. >> malcolm, we talk sometimes about the laws of power. one of the laws of power is when through action not argument. bob mueller has won a lot within a standard of integrity, but not by talking about it. >> not at all. i've said this many times. i thought over the last year we were having a crisis of honor in this nation. even during the bush administration with the illegal warrantless wiretapping, that we were rea

jim comey, it would seem that there's a conflict. what i think people should want to know is whether or not, like jeff sessions, the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, has consulted with the top ethics advisers in the department and gotten clearance to continue. and if not, then he shouldn't. >> all right. preet bharrara, thank you so much. we have a lot more to discuss about this and i'm glad you're on board now. we'll have you on a lot to talk about it. >> thank you, jake. >>> a new response from north korea to the insults president trump is hurling. are new sanctions going to stop kim jong-un? steven mnuchin will join us next to discuss. stay with us. ♪ sailin' away on the crest of a wave, it's like magic ♪ ♪ rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' ♪ ♪ it's magic introducing the all new volkswagen tiguan. ♪ higher and higher, baby the new king of the concrete jungle. (honking) (beeping) we're on to you, diabetes. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork, your days of drowning people

. >> i would have won but for jim comey's letter. that stopped my momentum and caused enough people to move away from me. >> what does he get from this? from being so direct and blaming him? >> maybe she finds some inner peace. i don't think it's helping book sales and her reputation, but i think it is consistent of what she has believed and certainly what bill clinton has believed. they believe the comey incident tied to the fake news things think came from the russians brought her popularity down sharply just before the election and they were never able to fully recover, so she has a point, but i think the way she is harping on it instead of going more to the future, i think is not helping her reputationly. >> april, i want to get to that, but speaking of harping and jim comey, the other person wharp s the president and today, the white house coming out and hitting comey. you were there with sarah huckabee sanders when she spoke today and yesterday. saying some of comey's conduct likely could have been illegal. all right. that's wh

he had a private meeting with jim comey, after he told two other people to leave the reem and told him essentially to lay off investigating michael flynn and he talked to jeff sessions and suggested is there something we can do to back off on the sheriff in arizona, joe arrest p -- joe arpiao. the president-elect called me on the phone several times, its unusual. the number of times barack obama called me in seven and a half years, was zero. and based on what happened with these other two gentlemen, jim comey and jeff sessions that at some point i believe he would have asked me to do something inappropriate. >> so special counsel robert mueller has requested extensive records and email correspondent from the white house, including records represented to the president's discussions about firing comey, his response to news that his former national security adviser was under investigation. i'm not a lawyer, but i can't think of anything this would mean other than robert mueller is at least trying to figure out if there is enough evidence for a charge against the president of obstruction o

i go back to that lester holt interview where he explained in detail why he fired jim comey. is there any way to back out of that in. >> i don't think so. especially because we awe saw it in living color and on videotape. i think one thing that's probative about that is he says it's the russia thing but just a few days earlier he had relied on the memos, the rosenstein memo to say it was because the way jim comey handle the clinton e-mail investigation. when you have those conflicting stories, that is what prosecutors refer to as consciousness of guilt. i came up with one story and i changed my story because the first story didn't look good. that in itself, the fact that the story e vochls could be evidence of what's going on in a person's mind. >> if you were bob mueller building a case, would it be the firing of jim comey that would be the central element in the obstruction or would it be the other things you mentioned, going to mitch mcconnell saying why wouldn't you protect me about that, the constant complaints about the investigation within reaching out to members of co

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the quote i jotted down from sarah sanders, the president was 100% right in firing jim comey. jim acosta, let me ask you. the headline where you were asking about "the wall street journal" reporting and now cnn has it now as well, any sort of conversation on the trump legal team involving maybe having his son-in-law/senior adviser jared kushner step down, she told you no such conversation existed. >> right. i think she said, not that i'm aware of. she certainly did seem to knock down the notion that there was this conversation about jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser stepping down earlier this year. obviously "the wall street journal" reported that. cnn has some reporting lending some credence to that as well and sarah sanders is saying, no that didn't happen. now there were other comments she made on the russian probe and i don't want to overlook that. this was plaerly stunning because typically you don't hear this from a white house. a white house would stay out of an investigation, a criminal investigation like the russian probe b tu white house pr

steve bannon said firing jim comey is trump's most damaging, self-inflicted wound. >> someone said to me that you described the firing of james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be too bombastic for me, but maybe modern political history. i don't think there's any doubt if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a fueler investigation. we would not have it in the breadth mr. mueller is going. i don't believe the institutional logic of the fbi in regards to an investigation can change by changing out the head of it. >> bannon would not say directly whether her against firing jim comey out of respect for private conversations. he said he was adamantly opposed. he claimed he did not know whether the president's son-in-law, jared kushner favored the firing. sarah huckabee sanders stayed behind the decision. >> certainly, it has been shown in the days that follow that the president was right in firing director comey since the directors firing, we have learned new information about his conduct that only provided further justification for that firing

jim comey did not do the interview himself. i mean, they agreed to all of these things to get her in the door. is that right? >> well, i think that there are many certainly many former high level doj officials who believe that there were many mistakes made by director comey in connection with this investigation, his involvement in publicly having that press conference and then interjecting himself just weeks before the election, so there are many things that happen here that really are extraordinary. now, as to whether or not any of this raises to criminal wrongdoing connection with the leaking of some of the fbi memo and pre-judging the case, whether any of that raises to criminal activity really i think from the public record, i think it's a stretch, but there are serious consequences that may arise nonetheless for example, the inspector general the department of justice is undoubtedly looking at jim's performance and they very may welcome out with a harsh indictment of the way jim exercised his authority as fbi director and

. >> it's funny that jim comey is now being suggested should be investigated for mishandling classified information. it's one of the more ironic things in american politics currently. >> i mean, john, sanders was responding to comments bannon made in the interview room. let's watch a clip and then we'll talk about it. >> someone said to me you described the firing as james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would probably be too bombastic even for me. i don't think there's any doubt if james comey had not been fired we would not have a special counsel, yes. >> i mean do you agree with that, because would the mueller investigation even be happening if he hadn't fired comey? >> you would have thought the strategic advisor would have been in that loop in that decision. i think the latter part of the statement was right. it was a serious mistake to do it, and they're paying the consequences now. and i think that bannon is probably happy to be out of there and not take responsibility for that decision. >> listen, i don't think it went unnoticed that matt didn't really

comey, is it's not a good look that they're trying to get out there and now attack jim comey. it makes them look like they're hiding something, and perhaps they're hiding nothing at all. i think this comes back to the president's strategy that he's a counter-puncher, and he doesn't like to take an attack sitting down, and he views jim comey attacking him. but it's not a good look for this administration or for any administration or white house trying to attack someone like this. kelly: you know, it is surprising that they would come back to this in i view of the fact that the president's been so actively involved in the daca program, trying to compromise to get that done and also expressing to the dreamers that he has a heart for them, but then what he did during hurricane irma and harvey, he was really doing some great things out there, and then you come back to this. again to your point, it raises the eyebrows and raises question marks why go after this when clearly he has enough on the plate. >> exactly are. and actually, i think it was a good week for the president -- kell

if it turns out that the reason that he chose to fire jim comey is that jim comey wouldn't publicly exonerate him, does that rise to the level of obstruction of justice? >> probably not. trump could use that as a defense to an obstruction of justi justice prosecution. he would say i don't respect the norms of my office. firing james comey was not good policy so i'm a mean guy but i'm not a criminal. i didn't obstruct justice. if on the other hand the letter refeels that his intent in firing comey was to try to impede the investigation, which he was calling fake news, then that would be smoking gun evidence of obstruction of justice. >> the other sort of interesting aspect of these stories that we heard today was the idea that donald trump had this letter that he wanted to originally send, that the white house counsel says there's something problematic about this letter, we don't know what was problem mattic about it but donald trump turns around and relies on a letter from rod rosenstein and uses that as a prediction to fire jim comey. what kind of position does that put rod rosenstein in bec

republic and democrats are not fans of jim comey right now. steve bannon did a 60 minute interview which is a huge mistake because you wouldn't have a special probe of it wasn't for the fact that president trump fire james comey. whether what he did was illegal or not, that's way above my pay grade. this is the point. if you are focused on reelection which i believe the president is -- everyone is to say their seat, use that time as fast as you can to talk about the issues that matter to americans. there over this right now. the average american in the heartland, -- >> trish: people -- i think it's really strange that james comey himself was part of the leaks. hillary quentin targeting the media calling the right-wing outlets "dedicated propaganda channels that helped donald trump win the presidency." not sparing the liberal "new york times" either. is she still plane the blame game? after a terror attack in benghazi being added to her growing list of reasons? what you said about the fatal tragedy that is raising a whole lot of eyebrows. we've

from the firing of jim comey to the undisclosed kiss clee yalyas and all the unanswered questions about financial possible entanglements between trump and kushner's businesses and russian money. to our reporters covering all of this, kristen welker at the white house, julie pace joins us, mark leibovitz and juan barate. julie, a lawyer described this as a bloodness entity, suggesting there aren't a lot of human beings left associated with the campaign. talk about the significance of this document production from campaign e-mail accounts is what i understand it to be. >> right. look, it shows that bob mueller continues with this investigation of pace. he has running a broad investigation. it touches on people who are currently in the white house. it is certainly going to start looking into people who were on the campaign but didn't end up in the white house. really, the significance of him getting documents from the campaign goes back to just the heart of what happened during the 2016 election. we've spun off so many stories about james comey, about what's happened with the drafting of s

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he is not that jim comey -- jim comey. they were out there protesting. they don't agree with him. they are doing hecklers veto. they tried to protest and interrupt events. instead of trying to interrupt the with more speech, they silenced the other side. host: we are joined by ron myer,, the editor at red alert politics, a conservative website written for him by young conservatives -- for and by young conservatives. democrats can call (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. we also have a line for college students, we want to hear from you, (202) 748-8003. just getting back to this idea of free speech. when i was going to school, i was taught college is a place you are supposed to figure out things and be challenged by your views. we have seen an increase of so-called safe spaces, things that when it comes to peop le with sharp political views, a way to protect people from those views. guest: i think it does people a disservice. in college, i was one of the rare libertarian voices. something that allowed me to grow was to have discussions with peop

that was before the firing of jim comey. so things can change. if the news reports are to be believed, you know, they perhaps have changed and there is interest in exactly what president trump did as president and whether there was some issue of obstruction here. >> do you have legitimate concerns at this point as to whether or not the president of the united states was engaged in illegal behavior? >> as somebody involved in one of the investigations i want to answer that carefully and in a pay that is consistent with impartiality our job should have. if you look at manafort, if you look at flynn, if you look at don jr., roger stone who i anticipate would spend some time in front of my committee, these are all nexuses to either russia, and i say that without saying that there is at this point communication around what the communications with russia were, but those are four, four people of interest with respect to possible connections to the russia. rewind the tape nine months ago. we were told by this president, this president's people there was

that was not the choice made only by jim comey. that was a choice made by president obama. >> and she also blames or seems to blame the former president for not being forceful enough in speaking out against the russian meddling in the presidential election. >> she is largely positive about him, but makes the point on october 7th with leaders of intelligence saying there is this effort by russia to affect this election and she said what difference might it have made if he made a spech to the nation and critical of mitch mcconnell for warning president obama that he would see that and portray that as a political move on his part. >> important stuff all-around for those of us who love political history to get her sense of what happened. thanks so much for helping us. coming up, dead or alive. we have new details about an attempt to take out the leader of isis and why it's not clear if he survived. ♪ depression is a tangle of multiple symptoms. ♪ that's why there's trintellix, a prescription medication for depression. trintellix ma

but the original rationale to can jim comey, according to the "new york times" report. a new warning, and a stern one, two congressmen, a top democrat and senator bob graham ran the investigation. he says that donald trump cannot be trusted on the russia case. congress must create protocols now the moment that trump tries to get rid of bob mueller. and that warning is animating of course the wider russia challenge right now. after all, if there's nothing to hide, why did the trump campaign hide so many russia meetings. if there's nothing wrong with doing business deals in russia, why did the trump organization lie about trying to build that trump tower in moscow, only recently expose. donald trump has certainly proving effective at one thing, marketing, so he knows how to exaggerate, distract and change the subject. but the signs in the investigation, even as trump talks immigration or taxes or policy, the investigators will not be distracted, raising the prospect of a much bigger clash heading into the fall. joining me now the nick ackerman, and francesca chambers who

i don't know, a lot of stuff going around jim comey that didn't look too good. reporter: stop for a minute and think about the last time we had an fbi direct northis country who found himself at least as a principal witness in three, possibly four investigations. i mean, this is a lot. david: a lot. catherine herridge, breaking news, good stuff, appreciate it. melissa: the long road to recovery in florida. irma unleashing record flooding in jacksonville. how long it will take for things to return to normal? we are live on the ground in the sunshine state next. ♪ it's a highly contagious disease that can be really serious... especially for my precious new grandchild. it's whooping cough. every family member, including those around new babies, should talk to their doctor or pharmacist about getting vaccinated. . melissa: irma's path of destruction in the southeast. the storm surge in jacksonville, florida, causing record flooding, turning streets into rivers. as hundreds of people are rescued from their home. fox news' rick leventhal is in jacksonville with the

there's some interest in reviewing the handling of firing of jim comey. and any potential obstruction issues relating to that cover story hatched for donald trump junior about his meetings with russians at trump tower. i want to bring in joyce vance. joyce, you heard me do my disclaimers and that's to be fair. the inclusion of the white house counsel and deputy is fascinating because he has potential for lawyer-client privilege and executive privilege but bob mueller thinks there's something to talk about. >> courts have ruled the white house counsel doesn't have an attorney-clint relationship with the president or other white house staffers. i think bob mueller is on firm ground here. he'll have the opportunity whether it has to be litigated first or not to interview the white house counsel and his deputy. both of whom are identified by the new york times as being on his list. they were present for this dramatic meeting where sally yates, then the acting attorney general of the united states came over from the justice building to visit with the white hou

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that meeting, those series of meetings led to the president's first interaction with jim comey, where he asked him for a loyalty pledge. later his secondary intersacact, asking him to back off the flynn investigation. don is in the middle of those and potentially other times the president tried to intervene in the investigation. he is a witness at the least, possibly has his own legal exposure. when you look at the difference of opinion between ty cobb and don mcgahn, it is possible he's telling the truth, it being a difference over legal strategy, and possible mcgahn's self-protectionism is clouding his vision. >> besides the overwhelming, holy cow, i cannot believe i'm sitting next to these two and hearing this, what was your biggest take away? >> yeah, i mean, i think it is that there is a difference -- it's not just legal strategy. it is really like sort of legal understanding. don mcgahn sees himself as representing not just donald trump or the office of the president now, but the office of the presidency, writ large. so the point that he's making in this sort of urging of cautio

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ahead and fire jim comey. do you think that puts rosenstein in a po digs where he cannot be a supervisor of the mueller investigation? >> well i think he can continue to do what he's doing. he is not interfering in the investigation that we know of. he has not telling rob mueller what to investigate, what not to investigate. he may be managing other matters. removing rosenstein at this point would be a very bad idea because then president trump could have someone put in there who could turn around and fire mueller. we need to find out what's in the letter. that's absolutely critical. find out what the letter says. and then the second question is going to be who wrote this letter, whether it is donald trump dictating or whether we have steven mueller writing some lines as well. steven -- he's an alt-right extremist who has been some what im balanced since high school. if he wrote the letter, then it's going to be hashd to attribute that content to donald trump. but if president trump dictated the letter it coul

if the justice department thought he had somehow violated the law, jim comey would've been dragged in, indicted by now. >> maybe not. maybe the justice department is looking at h. >> i think at this point, it's after it's after-the-fact. what i see is this kind of aggressive focus on comey shouls the president. don't look at me. look over here. >> watch jesse. >> he is tall. >> tall versus short. bernie sanders wants free health care for all but there's a catch. a catch. we will tell you about it you won't see these folks at the post office. a catch. we will tell you about it they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >>senator bernie sanders made a big announcement today. he wants to bring socialism to the healthcare industry. >>today we begin the long and difficult struggle to end the inter

i'm not adjusting he do it, but if he really wants to say that jim comey dropped the ball -- i don't know why he doesn't want to do it. >> marie: maybe there isn't enough evidence, how we actually thought that might be true? >> judge napalitano: i haven't seen their internal file, eileen know what's in the public. >> sandra: they have their entire circle and unity and they allow her top aide sarah mills to represent her as an attorney. she was given immunity. going back to the point i made before, this isn't just about hillary clinton, this is about her aides around her. all of the mishandling of highly classified information. it was president trump's responsibility to call for this. he said he would do it on the campaign trail and immediately after he won the election -- >> marie: what about these new private emails from jared? >> sandra: i wanted to get this in there because they're looking into that tarmac meeting with loretta lynch. >> harris: she already said she regretted it. >> marie: how is a g.o.p. going into a midterm with no legislation? if they want to spend their time re

comey, of course, under oath jim comey said i am not aware of any wiretapping, so is there a problem there. >> i mean he went in front of congress now trey gowdy says i want him back in that seat we need to understand, why he said one thing and it is completely opposite than what we are learning now. >> i don't know -- precisely what he testified i think you have to go back an determine whether he was specifically aware of this particular are counterintelligence wiretap. if he was, then obviously there is a problem there. but the issue is whether this was a counterintelligence investigation the use -- >> what is your take on president's ability to actually you know, get his issues through when you've got lots of people running agencies within governments who are not agreeing with him they are not on his team in fact they might be object holdouts? >> well, problem is that president unfortunately has not staffed up the way he should some due to the delay in the white house some due to congress's delay in confirming people but whatever the cause of the delay the fact is that there are a