>> well, certainly mr. mueller knows what mr. mccabe knows at this point. and the fact that he was involved in the potential obstruction of justice story is absolutely critical here. and i want to make a point that getting back to his lawyer, john dowd, mr. trump's private lawyer, coming out and saying, listen, we should cancel the investigation into russian collusion for the same reasons that there maybe were justification for letting mr. mccabe go. these are apples and ba nans. i mean what's happened with mr. mccabe, we haven't seen inspector general report, we don't know what the circumstances are. but what we do know is we've had attack on democracy by the russians. and that that probe needs to go forward. so to the extent anyone is wondering, listen, the fbi is shady, so we shouldn't have a criminal justice system, i think that's very, very dangerous. >> but do you believe mccabe's credibility could be damaged now? >> sure. i think, as the other guests mentioned, the verbal assaults and critiques of mr. mckeeb leading up to this, 20 year veteran with t

mr. mccabe's actions have tarnished the reputation of the fbi. what do you make of republicans, including the chairman of your committee, attacking andrew mccabe and applauding him being fired such that he could not get his pension? >> think about it a moment. the judiciary committee which i'm a member, the chairman who issued the statement, has done nothing -- although we have jurisdiction over the justice department. we have done absolutely nothing. this is a do-nothing committee where everybody knows bills go to die and which has done effectively nothing to safeguard the constitution. being on the judiciary committee is to safeguard the constitution and the greatest values of our democracy. yet it is the committee that has been completely silent. look. this is an administration that we know, and kbroi don't think funny that we have a porn star

recommending the dismissal of mr. mccabe. as the opr proposal. all fbi employees know lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and our integrity is our brand, based on the report now, the inspector general i have terminated the employment

he could have let mr. mccabe go, retire and do whatever he wishes. he chose to make it a big issue by ordering this firing two days before. it suggests that president trump is exactly who he said he was and behaved throughout his campaign. he wants to be in charge. he wants to set the agenda every step of the way and willing to wage war against all his enemies. now he's trying to take them out one by one and he's surrounding himself with people who, as he said, think a little more like him. it seems to be like a circling of the wagons as he believes his administration is besieged by various forces. >> that leads into my next question, really, the political, right? the backdrop of all this is the russia investigation. mccabe is someone who seems to support and co-rob rate the actions of james comey, the former fbi director who also was fired. what do you make of those who see this, targeting a key witness in this greater investigation that's at hand? >> well, it's quite clear, i think mr. mccabe was going to cooberate. he could have supported the come

there was a lot of reasons to remove mr. mccabe. thirdly, you remember the famous insurance policy text. david: that's right. between lisa page and peter strzok referencing andy. we assume it was mccabe. >> when you lie to federal investigators you're told it's a crime. it's a crime. david: if it's a crime for civilians, it should be a crime for the people in the agency. let me ask quickly, an did i mccabe on his way out from the letter, it looked like it was drafted before the decision was made, he referenced jim comey former director of fbi, that mr. comey knew some of the stuff he leaked, that mccabe leaked to the press and apparently approved of it. jim comey has a problem because he told congress he never did any of that? >> you know there are lots of reasons to investigate james comey now. there is questions about his testimony raised by his protege, mr. mccabe. he is taking records out of the just tis department, fbi, memos, infamous memos and leaking them improperly, taking government records to destroy the president. mr. co

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 24 hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the number of hospital admissions due to older people falling is expected to rise to nearly 1000 a day by the end of the decade. that's according to figures obtained by the local government association. it's prompted calls for more funding for adult social care. marta newman reports. falling over can have a huge impact on older people, as well as adult social care and health services. it is a common but often overlooked cause of injury. it can lead to considerable distress, pain, a loss of independence and even death. nhs figures show around 300,000 people aged 65 and over were admitted to hospital last year due to falling. the number of fall—related hospital admissions is rising year—on—year, and it is expected that by 2021 there will be nearly 1000 new cases every day.

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 24 hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. chris bucklerjoins me now from washington. good evening to you. president to top has got rid of or sacked or been responsible for dismissing all sorts of people in the time he has been in office. how significant is this one? technically, of course, this wasn't president trump, his fingerprints are not directly on this dismissal. it was a decision taken by the us attorney general, jeff sessions, although angie mccabe, as he is pointed out time and time again, believes presidential and political pressure was a responsibility for that. —— andrew mckay. he says president trump was pushing for that and he is no fan of angie mccabe. he'd made that clear overs a period of time. on top of that, there is a feeling from andrew mccabe that this is all being done not to discredit him,

. >> mr. trump responding on twitter to the news. spent little time with andrew mccabe. he never took notes when he was with me. i don't believe he made memos except to help his own agenda. same with lying james comey. can we call them fake memos. his lawyer fired back. we will not be responsibding to each false tweet by the president. the tweets confirm he has corrupted the process that led to mr. mccabe's termination and rendered it illegitimate. >> and chief john brennan fired off this tweet aimed at the president. when the full extent of your moral terpitude, you will take your rightful place as a disgrac disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. >>> a new crisis for facebook and mark zuckerberg on the mounting pressure it is not doing enough to protect user data. it centers on a firm with ties to the trump campaign called cambridge analytica. gained access to information on 50 million facebook users. this data would be useful for a presidential campaign. it can provide interests of large swaths of the population and target specific voters. data collected by a p

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 2a hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. a data company which worked for president trump's election campaign has been suspended by facebook. cambridge analytica is alleged to have inappropriately shared data with a third party and not fully deleted it when asked. it denies any wrongdoing. let's speak to our business correspondent joe lynam. tell us the background to this case. this centres on the management and husbandry of personal information. about four years ago the university of cambridge expert developed an app to test your personality and invited people to get this information about the personality as long as they signed up using their facebook profile. at the time it was permissible to not only give you your personal data but all your friends personal data once you've signed up, it is in all the small print th

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 2a hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's have a look at the weather. some snow already and probably more to come as the beast from the east arrives, with some bitterly cold easterly winds. all the snow

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed then was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 2a hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. with all the sport, here's john acres at the bbc sport centre. we've reached the climax of this year's six nations championship, three matches today, including a huge game at twickenham. ireland are looking to complete the grand slam, but england have a record to defend. our sports correspondent joe wilson is there — and joe, this is a hard one to call, isn't it? absolutely. the first thing i saw when i came into took on this morning was an advert for cold beer. i think is very much a hot chocolate kind of day! you may be able to see some of the pitch markings behind me. the lines are painted blue, which is unusual, but that is clearly in anticipation of more snowfall today. ireland come here knowing that they are six nations champions. they will be parading around with the t

based on the report of the special general, i terminated employment of mccabe immediately." mr. mccabe is not taking it quietly. he's fighting back. he's no doubt worried about criminal prosecution. he writes "the last 1 1/2 years, my family and i have been the targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to the country. articles too numerous too couldn't have level every false and degrading allegation against u.s. presidents, tweets have amplified and exacerbated it all. the president called for my firing, the oig's focus on me and my report because a part of an unprecedented effort by the president to destroy my reputation and stripping me of a pension that i worked 21 years to earn. the actions taken in response makes sense only when viewed through this lens. this attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the fbi, law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally." so ed, what do we have here? we have a mess. whatever divisions existed between the two parties in congress will likel

and sure mr. mccabe is like his pension and some would like to see him have it. this goes to the integrity of the nation's top law enforcement organization here. why are we talking about that, tom? why can't democrats defend us and have to pay that to pension, pension, pension. leland: i think the trump administration's war on the fbi and on our law enforcement system is a really serious issue and i'm sure it's included in the obstruction of justice articles that robert mueller is bringing against, looking into for members of the trump crime family. [inaudible conversations] leland: the trump crime family. that's a new one. you get the response i'm not. >> is the one person is part of this panel who spent time as sworn law enforcement officer, let me tell you, every law enforcement officer in america deserves to be part of an agency, part of a bureau, part of an administration that is without any question. and i've got to tell you that 35,000 men and women of the fbi have been under a cloud. the actions of a couple of people on the seventh floor. what happened wi

host: more from the new york times about andrew mccabe. it says mr. mckay was the fbi's second in command during one of the most of all to us -- s in theus period bureau's history. he oversaw both investigations into the trump campaign and hillary clinton private he knelt server -- clinton's private he mail server, and public we contradicted the white house on national television over whether mr. comey had lost the support of rank and file fbi agents. the piece goes on to say as recently as thursday, even as the white house said it left mr. mccabe's fate in mr. sessions hands, it left little doubt where the president stood. it is well documented that he has had some troubling behavior and by most accounts, is a bad actor, said white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders . we are getting your thoughts about the shakeup. bill is on the line, calling from erie, pennsylvania, on our republican line. what do you think? thank you for taking my call this morning. i was sitting here thinking -- a fellow called in about a businessman not running our cou

nothing he said, we said, well, mr. mccabe, that's clearly wrong. we didn't have any kind of confrontation like that. >> do you understand why people people think he's being treated unfairly? >> i don't have access to the personnel records the fbi does to see that. >> the president of the united states targeted him for over a year. that created this cloud over him. >> yeah, but i don't know what he did to -- all the facts will come out. it's pretty unfair of us to speculate at this point. >> but it's an appropriate use of the bully pulpit? was it fair for the president to single him out like that? >> if he did his job, if he told the truth, then he wouldn't have been -- you know, we'll see. again, we don't have access to actually what he did or didn't do. we've got both competing narratives going on out there. the facts will support one or the other. >> did he back up comey east contention that he was fired because of the russia probe? >> when? >> during his testimony to you, mr. mccabe. >> he wasn't fired when he testified to us. >> no, did he back

. >> so what would you like to ask mr. mccabe? >> i'd like to ask mr. mccabe are there any memorandums, what were your conversations with mr. comey, how quickly were those conversations conducted between you and mr. comey, and let's remember that mr. mccabe stood up and defied this white house. something you can't do. what a chilling effect this must have in the intelligence community, in the fbi, that is leading the investigation under mueller into this collusion. when you get to fire somebody and say i'm firing you because i don't like you, i don't like your politics. >> i do want to just veer off one moment here before we run out of time to the news coming out about stormy daniels and her attorney michael avenatti saying -- they are alleging that some of the accusations she is making happened since president trump took office. now, we need to be very clear here, she is not inch pmplicati president trump in any way. we don't know what threats were made to her or by whom, but do you think that it is time for the president to answer some of these questi

what recourse do you believe that mr. mccabe has? >> i really don't know, victor. i don't know, i'm assuming that he is going to be able to file some type of lawsuit for being terminated wrongfully. and make a case on his side. and, you know, this is unprecedented. i've never seen anything quite at this level where, you know, you have somebody that is a cu fbi agent and senior executive like mccabe in this position. we had director comey, but he was not a career fbi agent being removed. you had director sessions being removed by president clinton years ago, but to have this happen at this point, we don't know all of the story. but i think to me just the evidence that mounts up is, that, yes, you may have the d disclosure to "wall street journal" or any media may have started this. during the inquiry everybody knows the one thing you do not do is lie or try to cover up after the event. you have to be forthright. it's a severe offense within the fbi. it's something that is not taken lightly. and i think the mistake here is that president trump, with these tweets and

all of this is playing out as mr. trump as we know has not been a big friend of mr. mccabe. has tweeted about him, tweeting that mccabe is racing against the clock to get full benefits. does he have any legal recourse, andrew mccabe? he could file suit in district court in washington, d.c., and in fact claiming that the president put pressure, political pressure on jeff sessions to fire him that would be very hard to prove in court. very uncertain whether that would work but he would have that option but in the meantime we sit and wait, guys, to find out what jeff sessions does. david: when you look ad what happened to general flynn, accused of doing the same thing, he lost everything, sold his house to pay legal bills, he pled to charge similar what mr. mccabe is doing. thanks, ashley, we'll appreciate it. we'll speak to harvard professor alan dershowitz on all of this coming up. trish: cracking down on china. the trump administration releases details of the new plan to impose trade measures against china. steve forbes on what we can expect and how china is likely to respon

that mr. mccabe was not treated fairly. just as importantly, it shows politics. >> i should have said split along party lines for those two. catherine herridge now joins us from washington. catherine? >> a source close to andrew mccabe says that he kept notes of his conversations with president trump and the memos are with robert mueller. he says his termination for cause lying to federal investigators undercuts the memos and his credibility. >> i don't think it's a big deal. i'm sure that president trump never said anything to andrew mccabe that was illegal or implied any type of legality. turn it all over. >> fox news is told the fbi investigates allegations of misconduct and looking at mccabe's actions last summer. the grounds for termination grew out of the inspector general's investigation of the justice department's handling of the clinton e-mail cause. a senior democrat said the firing may be justified but he's deeply concerned about a pattern. a half dozen former fbi associates of james comey, including general coun

he said the process fell or the of what mr. mccabe deserved. this is concerted effort to accelerate the process in order to beat the ticking clock of mr. mccabe's retirement violates any sense of decency and basic principles of fairness. juliette. >> i think that is such an important statement from the representative. because as everyone is stating, he is -- in this world of maybe no fair players he is viewed as one. the nakt he is -- the fact that he is coming out saying mccabe's due process was denied or unfair is absolutely important to note as part of this process. but i want to get -- let's get away from process, away from politics, away from, you know, just the gut wrenching feeling all of us feel for mccabe's pension. trust me he is going to be fine. there is probably a lot of book agents calling him right now. let's talk about mueller. because that's what this is about. looking at what happened tonight outside the context of the russia investigation you're missing the big story here. and i think, you know, just focusing on why would the

mccabe, compromised by peter strzok with text messages and completely biased group of people they have hired including andrew who was an antitrumper supporting efforts to obstruct president trump and supporter of hillary clinton. we have to shut it down. heather: who is next in terms of who is being fired next, president trump said he's not going the fire mueller although people seem to keep thinking that he's going to, what's going to happen next? >> well, the questions i have is why are people like peter strzok still in the fbi and why is rod rosenstein allowing robert mueller to run over the rule of law, i think there are questions about rod rosenstein has allowed mueller to get out of control as he has and those are the significant questions i have and i hope the president is taking steps to clean house at the justice department in addition to fbi over the long run. heather: i have a feeling he's listening to you and watching what judicial watch does next. tom, thank you so much for joining us this morning. have a good day, 19 minutes until the top of the hour, sanctuary showdown,

mccabe. he says both the oj and fbi reports concluded that mr. mccabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor, including under oath on multiple occasions. now, don, we have not seen this report. multiple news outlets have been reporting on it for the last few days, but we haven't actually seen the content. this is the first that explains why mccabe is being fired at this time, as we mentioned, just a few short days from his retirement. the big aspect is his pension. he is eligible to retire early if he had been able to stay until sunday when he turns 50. but because he is being fired now at age 49, that jeopardizes a significant portion of his pension, don. >> all right, thank you, i want you to stand by again. the breaking news at the top of the hour. 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. the attorney general jeff sessions has fired the fbi deputy director andrew mccabe just shy of his retirement on sunday when he is to turn 50 years old, his 50th birthday, and to become eligible to receive retirement benefits. we're just ge

sessions into you know getting rid of mr. mccabe. the president also taunt pld mccabe on twitter. so i mean you know look, we're still going to wait for that inspector general report from inside the fbi to see what it says about mr. mccabe. if he really did mislead anybody. but you know, these various actions that the president has taken, including his sort of i think one of your reporters said gleeful tweets certainly threatens to cast a different pall over all of this this. >> mccabe's statement says this attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the fbi, law enforcement and intelligence professionals more generally. part of this administration's ongoing war on the fbi and the efforts of the special counsel investigation which continue to this day. so jeremy, you talk about how this is undermining this reaction, these revered institutions in our country. but mccabe's dismissal was made based on the recommendation of the fbi's disciplinary office. so does that cover any influence that the trump administration may have

give mr. mccabe a chance to defend himself. we need as much transparency as possible. >> mccabe says his firing was part of a wider effort to discredit the fbi and mueller investigation. he said he was singled out after what he witnessed after the firing of james comey. cnn learned the mueller team interviewed mccabe and asked about the comey firing. mueller has memos that mccabe wrote documenting his conversations with the president. >> mr. trump responding on twitter to the news. spent little time with andrew mccabe. he never took notes when he was with me. i don't believe he made memos except to help his own agenda. same with lying james comey. can we call them fake memos. mccabe lawyer -- mccabe's lawyer fired back with this tweet. we will not be responding to each false tweet by the president. the tweets confirm he has corrupted the process that led to mr. mccabe's termination and rendered it illegitimate. >> and chief john brennan fired off this tweet aimed at the president. when the full extent of your moral terpitude an

mccabe is part of that given the fact that he is a witness in the firing of mr. comey and that, i believe, was obstruction. so this is just another element. it is of great concern. again, how do my colleagues react to this. why aren't we passing legislation to protect this probe, make sure it's allowed to go forward. the majority of the republicans i've heard talk about this are all those who are walking out the door. i point to the speaker of the house being extraordinarily silent on this and complicit in the obstruction by the house intelligence committee. >> the speaker of the house put out a statement over the weekend through his spokesperson saying that the speaker believes that the special counsel's investigation should continue. so that's the speaker's position. you don't believe that's going far enough? >> no, i don't because he should have passed legislation toward that end. he has been silent up to this point. and when the senate has talked about passing legislation, the majority leader on the house side is not necessary. where is it? if you want to pro

the loss of mr. mccabe's 21 years of pension. worth an estimated again $1.8 million. >> a lot of people waiting for that report. doug, thanks for that live report. now reaction breaking news that attorney general jeff sessions has terminated the former fbi director. let's bring in the senior advisor to the donald trump 2020 re-election campaign and bernie carrick with the law enforcement perspective. mercedes countien a criminal defense attorney and fox legal analyst and jesse weber at the law and crime network. thank you for coming in especially late on a friday, now into early saturday in the east. i want to start with you katrinaa. the trump campaign has to look at this and wondering what comes next here? because the bottom line is the president and people around him, as you know better than anyone have been demanding accountability from the fbi and the justice department? >> absolutely. you know the trump campaign is moving forward. this whole thing started with this investigation of wanting to essentially get donald trump ou

it was no secret leading up to this that trump was not a fan of mr. mccabe. had questioned his political motivations. and so there are a lot of political questions here about whether this was a political decision, why this happened the way it did late on a friday night right before he was about to leave. this is only going to, i think, you know, give rise to more of those questions and raise questions about the overall political motivations potentially of people inside the administration. >> julia, the president has been very open about his criticisms of attorney general jeff sessions. do you think that influence's sessions' decision to fire mccabe? >> i think stit's possible. i think sessions has been under pressure when it comes to the russia investigation. he recused himself last spring. and i think ever since then the president has been really breathing down his neck in terms of how he conducts his relationship with intelligence and the upper echelons of the justice department and the fbi. so i think this is definitely a move by jeff sessions or it could

might not be paid. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler gave me details of mr mccabe's sacking. yet another late—night sacking comes connected to the white house itself. andrew mccabe basically oversaw a controversial investigation into hillary clinton that took place during the presidential election. during that, he allowed some representatives from the el to brief a report and the question has become about exactly whether he was forthcoming or not about what he allowed them to brief. the fbi office —— office of responsibility said there was a lack of can—do, which is not forthcoming and is a series defence and they had recommended action was taken against him.jeff recommended action was taken against him. jeff sessions has taken the action tonight and he has fired him. as you mentioned, just a matter of 36 hours before his 50th birthday and 36 hours before he was due to retire. he had stepped down already from the post but was due to formally retire after more than 20 yea rs of formally retire after more than 20 years of service with the el. he would have been entitle

he said it appears mr mccabe is not going to leave quietly. andrew mccabe was fired by the attorney general, not president trump directly, betty says it was as a result of presidential pressure and was intended notjust to taint him but discredit the fbi, law enforcement agencies and indeed investigations taking place into allegations of russian interference into the presidential election back in 2016. certainly, president trump has been celebrating his dismissal on twitter. indeed, his personal attorney has even given a statement saying he feels after this firing at the special counsel investigation should be brought to an end although he did make clear that was his view and not his client‘ he did make clear that was his view and not his client'. memos kept by andrew mccabe of conversations he had with president trump and about events that surrounded the firing of his boss, the fbi director, james comey. this could potentially get nasty and with that in mind, i will give you a quote from john brennan. he said he might skip andrew mccabe that

and give mr. mccabe a chance to defend himself. i believe when it comes to the issue as much transparency as possible. to make sure it was not politically motivated. >> again appeared inspector general report could answer a lot of the same questions and results with some of those concerns. that is expected to be released at some point in the next couple of weeks. >> will be waiting for that. thank you very much. >> and the brenda emile investigation zero in on general michael flynn and george papadopoulos.could andrew mccabe also face the same type of criminal charges that they have? if he indeed exhibited -- a lack of candor. in other words not on the trip to the fbi investigators. during this now we have the former doj prosecutor and before we get to the possible jeopardy this one of the legal implications of these notes that he said he potentially collaborating james comey as claims regarding the president? >> the notes are fairly minimal in terms of impact. it is an odd scenario but not completely unheard of for a federal agent

or mr. mccabe. or rosenstein. or loretta lynch. because mr. mueller is not investigating interference in the russia -- in the campaign. because if he was, he would do not only what i said, but heig would be investigating comey and mccabe for interfering in our election. here's the big story. the obama administration didn't want to interfere with our election than the loathsome, loathsome vladimir putin. whether it's unmasking, whether it's susan rice refusing to allow the cyberspace folks to investigate, the obama administration did more to interfere with our election than the russians! that's the story. >> sean: great one, you are one of the hardest interviews i've ever had. that is a superb analysis, good job as always. "life, liberty and levin" every sunday night and p.m., number one show on cable. you don't want to miss it. when we come back, peter schweitzer, a new book about government officials and corruption. remember, he wrote the number one best seller "clinton cash." this book will be number one. his interview is next. ♪ number on

an internal review concluded that mr mccabe leaked information and misled investigators, something he denies. president trump called his sacking a great day for democracy. our washington correspondent chris buckler says mr mccabe may have lost hisjob, but he's not going quietly. andrew mccabe was fired by the attorney general, not president trump directly. but he said it was asa trump directly. but he said it was as a direct result of presidential pressure and it was intended not just to paint him, but to discredit the fbi, law enforcement agencies and that investigation is taking place with the special console with allegations of russian interference on the presidential election in 2016 and certainly president trump has exhilarating his dismissal on twitter. indeed, his personal attorney has even given a statement saying that he feels after this firing that that special counsel investigation should be brought to an end. although he made clear that was his view and not his client. nonetheless, that enquiry will continue and we understand that in fa ct continue and we understand that i

clearly, mr mccabe has decided he is not going to go quietly. he was fired by the attorney general, not president trump directly but he said it was as a direct result of presidential pressure and it was intended not just to presidential pressure and it was intended notjust to paint him but to discredit the fbi, law—enforcement agencies and the investigation by the special counsel into allegations of russian interference in the presidential election back in 2016. and certainly president trump has been celebrating his dismissal on twitter. his personal attorney has issued a statement saying that he feels like after this firing that a special counsel investigation should be brought to an end. he did make clear that this was his view, and not his client's. nevertheless that inquiry will continue and we understand it has got notes now of memos that mccabe by the president trump and about events surrounding the firing of his boss, the fbi directorjames comey. this has the potential to get nasty and with that i will give you a quote from the former c

mr. become -- mr. mccabe believes the reason he was fired was because of mr. comey's conversations with the and his own conversations with the president, and his being a corroborating witness. i don't know what the cause was, but the process was and hi conversations with awful. it was seemed to violate the due process rights of this career federal employee. and then to watch the president f the united states, a multibillionaire, spike the ball on being able to deprive a 20-year federal employee of a pension was cruel rushed. and it, un-american, and mean-spirited. it was a shot across the bow at other government officials who are doing their jobs. justice department officials, f.b.i. officials, law enforcement officials who love this country and put their lives on the line. and if they don't agree with the mueller investigation continuing, or if they see concerns about the united states president and his campaign and some involvement with russia or the obstruction of justice or violations, that they, too, risk their jobs and pensions and risk their financial s

and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 2a hours before his retirement and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. an amber weather warning is due to come into force this afternoon in north—west england, yorkshire, the midlands and also london and parts of south—east england. more snow has fallen across parts of the uk overnight as a cold snap dubbed the mini—beast from the east sweeps in. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in loftus on the north yorkshire coast. it doesn't look too bad but it does look windy there. tell us more. it might not look too bad but it is snowing quite hard now. we have had sporadic snow showers throughout the day. it is quite interesting that that 15 minutes there has been heavy snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. 0n snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. on top of that there are high winds so it feels extremely cold.

what mr. mccabe did had absolutely nothing to do with the mueller investigation. the dossier, i think, was mishandled by the fbi. i think it was inappropriately used and presented to the fisa court. that's a separate issue than the mueller investigation of the trump organization regarding russia. they're separate in time, they're not connected in any way. the only reason mr. mueller could ever be dismissed is for cause. i see no cause when it comes to mr. mueller. he needs to be able to do his job independent of any political influence pip pledge to the american people, as a republican, to make sure that mr. mueller can continue to do his job without any interference. i think he's doing a good job. and everything about mccabe and the fbi handling of the dossier has nothing to do with the russia investigation regarding mr. mueller. >> are you worried that the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller? it sure looks that way from his tweets. >> well, as i said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. becau

it is a serious issue they're accusing mr. mccabe of not being candid. that said, i would have let him complete the weekend and if we find out later that these allegations are as serious as they seem, then could always go back and go after his pension if they wanted to. it seems it was petty and vindictive and almost an act of retribution to fire him, you know, a day before he would become eligible for his pension. i didn't particularly like that. i thought that was a -- maybe a bit unnecessary. but, again, i like to see the inspector general's report before i say too much in defense of mr. mccabe. >> great point. none of us have seen the inspector general's report. that will be a key piece of information here. congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania, always a pleasure to have you. >> thank you, john. great to be with you. >>> private information for some 50 million facebook users reportedly exploited by a data firm connected to the trump campaign. how did this happen? and is it time for mark zuckerberg to face lawmakers. one more just came out and said

i don't know what their relationship was with mr. mccabe. i hadn't heard terrible things. i guess the point i'm making is comey and mccabe seem to have respect in the fbi by the rank and file. i'm not sure what the message is that the president is sending there. >>> deputy director mccabe was questioned as part of the house intelligence russia probe. he will very likely have to speak to robert mueller's part of the special counsel's investigation into russian meddling and any potential collusion there with the campaign. the attorney general recused himself from all matters involving russia. in the context of mccabe's role in the investigations, should he have recused himself from this decision to fire mccabe? >> well, first, i'll say the attorney general sessions was absolutely right in recusing himself on the russian probe. all of the documentation and all of the rules i had read suggested he did the right thing recusing himself. should he recuse himself in the case of the firing of mccabe? well, to the extent -- i can't speak to the extent mr. mccabe is involved in the r

that mr. mccabe had made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked can dor including under oath multiple occasions. and he goes on to say that all fbi employees know that lacking candor under oath results in dismissal and that our integrity is our brand. now the former deputy director of the fbi is fighting back though and blaming president trump for his firing and he claims that it was done in part to damage him as a witness in the special counsel's investigation and in a statement he said for the last year and a half, my family and i have been the target of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. he said articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false degrading allegation against us and the president's tweets have amplified and exacerbated that. he called for my firing. now, this firing, it comes shortly or rather shortly after mccabe's firing news broke of this president trump was celebrating it on twitter and he posted andrew m

but mr. mccabe was responsible, he signed off on the illegal fisa warrant against a u.s. citizen paid for by hillary clinton. so husband culpability is massive. if he answers for the crimes, then i think we have to reassess general flynn's situation. david: dr. sebastian gorka, great to see you. >>> we're coming back with much more. please stay with us. >>> growing calls tonight for a second smecial counse special so invest corruption. >> it's common sense. if you do something wrong, you don't have the fox guarding the chicken house. >> i think a crime has been committed. >> we take up efforts to expose the deep state with the president of judicial watch, tom fen tin. >>> steep bridges and cliffs are not for the fate of heart. we're about to introduce you to a mountain biker who david: the author of the discredited anti-trump dossier has been ordered to appear for a videotaped deposition in a british court. christopher steele has been embroiled in a civil liable suit over there against buzzfeed which published the dossier. a criminal referral has been issued by steele by