thank republican is that right mike leaf from utah is suggesting that judge merrick garland should lead the f.b.i. you will remember that obama nominated garland for the supreme court but the g.o.p. never gave him a hearing. republicans and democrats reacted positively to the news he would be a good choice. some questioned if garland, chief judge of the court of appeals would even want the job. michelle: former congresswoman brown has been found guilty in a corruption case. late this afternoon, a jury found the florida democrat guilty of funneling money to herself from an educational charity. instead of helping children, the money was used for parties, trips and shopping. jonathan: news tonight of a massive nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants affiliatedded with violent games. i.c.e. agents capturing close to 1,400 people. that includes 52 arrests in the d.m.v. more than half of those have ties to m.s.-13. a violented gang. from sex trafficking to weapons smuggling. michelle: a man deported from the country 15 times in is a years and once already this year faces criminal charges i

i recommended merrick garland. may surprise people, but he has a deep background in criminal law he was a prosecutor in the oklahoma city bombing case. president trump will continue the tradition at the fbi of having an apolitical professional. needs do you think he democratic support? sen. mcconnell: it would be good to have democratic support. if he picks someone with a deep background in law enforcement who has no history of political involvement, a genuine expert -- garland's neck sample of that. that's garland is -- garland is an example of that. kevin: i want to mention this tweet last week. president trump tweeting "james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations." should that committee have access to those tapes if they do exist? senator burr and senator warren are handling the intelligence committee investigation. they will decide what they need. in the meantime, for the rest of us, we need to concentrate on what comes next. we need to have a great choice for fbi director. i anticipate

>> merrick garland apparently is no longer on that list. what sources are telling french words from fox's neck is that the white house is throwing cold water on his election. last week we reported when senator mike leavitt to the white house and met with mike pence and others, they were receptive to merrick garland. the obama want to be appointee to the supreme court is now the chief justice of the u.s. court of appeals. they were very receptive to that of the bipartisan guy, smart guy. but not the white house from what we understand has thrown cold water on that. they simply related to the fact that garland himself has thrown cold water on and they don't want to look like they are desperate. the white house is telling our story says both in the house and senate that garland and it is on the list is way at the bottom. >> the names you've been hearing about, rudy giuliani, chris christie. is there difficult choices. others that are less difficult, maybe ray kelly. it'll be interesting to see who gets chosen because unless you want all-out wa

werner: would you declined comment on your colleague mike lee's suggestion of merrick garland? sen. grassley: i thought we ought to file the biden will and let people have a voice in the final analysis. i think garlin is an outstanding individual. as aw his reputation judge. i do not know anything out -- anything else about his reputation that there is not anything about garland himself that i could say no to. steve scully: you first came to the house in 1975 immediately after watergate. seven terms in the senate. where would you put the political divide in this town between the two parties based on your tenure in congress? get thissley: i question asked at my town meetings. can'ts like this -- why you guys in washington, d.c. get along with each other? than it hasworse ever been but it is not as bad -- i know you are a journalist so you know this, but it is not as bad as my constituency. you folks in journalism like controversy and controversy gets attention. if grassley is fighting with the senator it gets in the news but if grassley was getting along and we voted unanimously and

garland. is that a name to be considered for the new fbi director? a new fbi ch for director is being handled by the justice.nt of >>> i think there's no question that north korea continues to our ten the united states, allies, japan, south korea, and china ghbors including and russia. i think we're calling on those folks in the region, russia toly china and do everything they can in terms of sanctions to help resolve the and bring stability to the peninsula. >> on a quick domestic issue, characters is president trump looking for in an fbi director? waiting us that we were for the confirmation. can you give us a better idea on pace of the negotiation, renegotiation of nafta now that a trade representative? >> well, i think we have an hour or two before he's actually so you may want to give him a little bit of time. like -- say, >> i don't. because until he's sworn in and position, he's going to immediately go up to capitol so and then off to vietnam i'm sure we'll get around to it ut right now

the idea of merrick garland as much as the president wants a position on the circuit court of appeals, you know, he's going to take somebody his job one is to mack sure he has an fbi trust but that he can, that is not going to upset him and clearly he became very upset by james comey in that job. merrick garland interesting choice obviously would sail through from the democrats he was the nominee of president obama to be the supreme court. >> sure. >> next supreme court justice, and people forget he was a former prosecutor. he was the fellow who prosecuted the case in the oklahoma city bombing. do i think it will be merrick garland new york city, but very intriguing, and just generally mike lee has expressed interest. we hope the white house is going to give us somebody but after the president's tweet today, maybe it will just be a piece of paper. >> well, they're still two more days. you may get morats tweets in the guarantee. real quick chris, i want to end on your power player. don't tell people well over 70 they're not still making change in this world. >> yeah. judy collins. you

. >> would chew declined comment on mike lee's suggestion of merrick garland for that? >> we did not have a hearing on the because of that we ought to follow the biden role and have a voice. in the final analysis, i think arland is an outstanding individual. know his reputation as a judge. i do know anything about his reputation, so i would have to think about it, but there is not anything about garland himself that i can say no to. >> would you be concerned if the nominee was someone who may have to recuse themselves from the russian investigation because they were advising trump on the campaign or somehow otherwise involved in the transition? i think the president and the people close to the president don't want to emphasize that anymore. they are going to get somebody entirely away from that as far as i can tell. this name has been suggested, that name has been suggested, my usual response is to wait until .e get a list of names i would be happy to weigh in on a shortlist, but i am not in the business of suggesting somebody that is independent and will do the job, an

>> well, i can tell you this notion of picking merrick garland as the head of the fbi is some consolation prize for the miserable way he was treated by mitch mcconnell and the senate republicans. he is the chief judge now in the d.c. circuit, the second highest court in the land. i hope he stays there. i want him to continue to lead in that capacity. in terms of potential people to run the fbi, i don't have a short list but i want to make sure whoever it is is credible. this is an organization which under judge mueller in the past and others really did have a good reputation for hard work. judge mueller was, if you remember, his term was extended, because we respected him so much. let's get back to that point where we have somebody, in that case, a former federal judge, who no one questions the integrity of. >> senator dick durban from chicago, his home state of illinois this morning calling the president of the united states dangerous. senator durban, thanks so much. we appreciate your time. >>> coming up, president trump tells the economist his tax plan will, quote, prime the pump, a ph

vonnie: mayor garland has no interest in the fbi job. -- merrick garland. is on a foreign trip this week. at what point does come begin to consider the legislation period? sahil: the senate will be wrapped up with health care for the foreseeable future. mcconnell earlier this morning told kevin cirilli that he's not putting a timeline on it. he just said we cannot take forever. majorospect for legislation in congress is taking a beating day after day. you need time and space and a sickness of the in messaging to push any of these things forward -- synchronicity in messaging. this is an helped by the fbi firing and this disclosure to russian officials. -- this is not helped. vonnie: thank you. we will have more of this on bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." continuing with today's major story, the most recent news is that the new york times is reporting israel is the source of intel shared with the russians. this comes on the heels of the washington post story that president trump revealed "highly classified information." for more, i want to

garland. is that a name the president would possibly consider i'm moved to name the new fbi director? >> the search for new fbi directors being handled by the department of justice. my expectations once they have conducted the search low present names for consideration. they're the ones leading the effort. >> i follow up on the session from my street. it seven republicans and democrats about producing tapes and any further information about the potential conversati conversation. if the white house is working to on those requests. >> the president has nothing further on that. [inaudible question] >> i was very clear that the president would have nothing further on that. >> by the legislative. >> i made it clear what the president's position was. >> people clearly have concerns about russia's role in the election. even though the president has said there's nothing to it. if there's nothing to hide, why not back a special prosecutor independent commission just to settle it beyond any doubt. >> ag

garland. someone who could possibly die fuse democratic expert obstruction and naming a new direction. >> i think it will be welcomed by people on both sides of the aisle in the senate. >> maybe so it has to be approved by the senate republicans need a simple majority but in this instance it may not be so simple. back to you. >> doug luzader in washington. >>> one of the names being floated as possible replacement for sean spicer is a native of san francisco. new york times reporting president trump is seriously considering replacing sponsor with fox news host kimberly guilfoyle, a native of the mission district in san francisco graduate of uc davis and she served as san francisco's assistant district attorney from the year 2000- 2004 and the ex-wife of former san francisco mayor and lieut. governor gavin newsom. guilfoyle reportedly top candidate for the job during the trump transition period. >>> cybertek that hit on friday continues to spread this morning. thousands of new cases of ransomwa

>> ok, what's interesting -- i will just mention merrick garland for a minute. when he was nominated, his religion was not mentioned at all. to think. brandeis, of course, harvard. ok. dozo went to columbia, i fairly good law school, might i say. frankfurter, top of his class at harvard law school. booker went to northwestern. a very good law school. not officially ivy league, but very good law school. ginsburg -- by the way -- went to harvard been columbia. -- harvard then columbia. she followed her husband when he went to new york to get a job, she went to columbia and she's the only -- not only woman, but the only judge in history and two law reviews. stephen breyer went to stanford. kagan went to princeton and harvard law school. acculturation, there was the decline of anti-semitism in the law and legal profession. and brandeis later achieved much more notoriety, try to execute a court order on jewish admissions to harvard in the 1920's, but it was through these jewish withnts who grew up goldberg,r, ford or, the first members of the family to go to college,

mitch mcconnell recommends merrick garland as fbi director after mcconnell played a part in blocking president obama's attempt to confirm garland to the supreme court. mcconnell says the gop could use less drama at the white house. president trump welcomed the turkish president to the white house. countries, hetwo says, must battle the islamic state together. says he noticed cooperation at nato and the group of 20. powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries, from washington, i'm alisa parenti. bloomberg technology is next. ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." cybersecurity stocks jump in the wake of the global wannacry hack attack. the next act. a former ceo joins us to talk about his new fund and where he is placing his bets in a bloomberg exclusive. apple hits refresh with a new .ine of macbooks first to the lead, we take a look at the evolving threat landscape in cyberspace. president trump discussed highly classified intelligence in a meeting with russian officials last week. the national security adviser says the information the president shared was app

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell recommends merrick garland as fbi director after mcconnell played a part in blocking president obama's attempt to confirm garland to the supreme court. mcconnell says the gop could use less drama at the white house. president trump welcomed the turkish president erdogan to the white house for their first face-to-face talks. trump and the two countries, he says, must battle the islamic state together. he also noted cooperation between both nations at the nato, u.n. and the group of 20. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. from washington i'm alisa , parenti. this is bloomberg. bloomberg technology is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." cybersecurity stocks jumped in the wake of the global wannacry hack attack. many believe north korea is behind it. the next act. a former ceo joins us to talk about his new fund and where he is placing his bets in a bloomberg exclusive. apple hits refresh with a new line of the macbooks set for june. first to our lea

guest: during the brandeis confirmation process which before merrick garland, brandeis waited longest for a senate judiciary committee hearing. but there was a huge petition by organization, the president of harvard, asking the united states senate not to confirm brandeis they felt he was dishonest and trick steer and these stereo types and what the new republic did was showed all of the personal connections of all these people of this petition. and the new republic, it was written by frankfurter lieding the charge for brandeis confirmation showing this was in-group. a self-hating jew, but they showed that all these people who signed this petition against brandeis there was a shift in group loyalty. they tried to stay away from charges of anti-semitism and didn't want to make it into a jewish things. host: some of the jewish people were anti-black or didn't care about civil rights. what's that about? n, : frankfurter, lp pman wasn't a salient issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers and took holmes' opinions and a case in 1923 which found for the first time that the mob-

of course merrick garland, a chief judge in a d.c. circuit appeals court was nominated by president obama to replace antonin scalia on the supreme court. senate republicans refused to hold hearings on the nominee. a roll call story says lee was serious about this suggestion adding that the senator's been talking about the idea for a few kay deys. amy klobucar, a fellow member of the judiciary committee, voiced approval of lee's idea to put garland at the helm of the cia. read the rest of that story at rollcall.com. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> u.s. army corps of engineers chief of engineers lieutenant general todd semionite and local officials testified this week for a subcommittee on the economic impacts of water resource projects. other topics included infrastructure funding, maintenance of ports and inland waterways, private/public partnerships and the impact of the

garland is that a named the president would possibly consider in the move to naming a new fbi director? >> the search for new fbi director is handled by the department of justice. my expectation would be that once they've conducted the search they were presented for consideration to the president but they are the ones that are leading the effort. >> can i follow up on the question from last week? as you know several departments of joint democrats in seeking additional information from the white house in writing about the existence of any tapes, producing the tapes in any further information about the potential taping of the conversations. is the white house intending to cooperate with those requests as requested in writing? >> i think a medical last week the present has nothing further on that. hunter. >> wait. does that mean the present will deny -- >> i was very clear that the present would have nothing further on that last week. [inaudible] >> the legislative branches request. >> ida stenberg alexis, i'm basically what the presidents position is on that issue. >> people close to con

garland. >> i think's nomination would be welcomed by the people on both sides of the aisle in this and it. >> reporter: some democrats have promised to block any nominee for the fbi unless there is a commitment to point this surprised tutor to look into the allegations that there were ties between the trump campaign and russia. >> it continues in washington. >> yes it does. >>> it is 5:19 am. >>> is everything quiet? >> exactly the way we like it with the traffic okay, and especially in the south bay. starting with gilroy, 101 from gilroy to san jose a nice commute morgan hill and into the san jose area with no major issues. the traffic continues to look pretty good in downtown san jose driving to this area with no major problems through downtown. you can see the traffic looking good all the way up highway 17. the bay bridge toll plaza getting a little more crowded and 5:30 am is generally when they turn on the metering light so we could see the crowd in the next 10 minutes. >>> it is 5:20 am. >>> good morning. you can see we have low clouds and cold for many, 49 in san francisco.

merit ireland, judge merrick garland. i know you're a fan of garcia, but who gets a role in who should just be ousted right out of the candidates? >> person who should get the role is somebody who is not a household name. nobody should care the fbi directories by name because they should do their job and just do it well and not be before the cameras or seek fame. the people i think better to political should not be considered. there's too much baggage there, especially those identified with a party, specifically those who have held public office. not necessarily the best choice this time. lauren: north korea launched a new missile that's capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and could hit the united states. the u.n. security council meeting tomorrow. how should the u.s. respond to this latest provocation? >> we should look to china. china is their enabler and has created this monster. north korea couldn't exist a week without china. therefore president xi zinping, all i should be on hand. we should demand china fixed the

garland in as head of the fbi? has everybody in that town on capitol hill lost their mind? >> well his chief of staff said that yesterday on one of the talk shows. apparently he supports it. lou: well that is crazy. >> mike lee, one of the most conservative members says he supports it. lou: let me repeat it, that is crazier. >> absurd. at end of the day we have outstanding candidates interviewed, more to be interviewed. we don't need to have obama's nominee for the supreme court. >> that would be surrender. lou: a surrender? >> a surrender to the democrats. lou: that would be a transfer of power. good lord. and to look at this thing the way we're going right now, extreme vetting arguments before the appellate court, ninth circuit court of appeals, three-judge panel. news organizations are acting like this is a fair hearing. this is kangaroo court of clinton appointees, what are we doing in this country. >> get them out of there. there are still a bunch left there. we have our own senator, chairman of foreign relati

merrick garland. the guy was superb prosecutor. he was appointed by democrats. wow! that would put out all fires for months and months. will the president do that? i doubt it. >> what if it became known that the reporting that the firing came after comey had put in a request for more resources to ramp up the investigation? if there was a connection between not just the timing, but intention to get rid of comey after the request, does that change analysis professor tushnet? >> i don't think it makes difference in thinking of criminal prosecution, but again we're dealing with something that combines law and politics and on the face of it, yes, it would make a difference to some politicians that this action, firing occurred after comey said he was going to intensify the investigation. i don't think there is much question. >> chasing the ill legality is ill advised, but not wrong? >> here is how we know it is wrong. if there was a conversation of resources and he appoints somebody who is a crony. the crony says we have too many resources and cuts it down. i hope he doesn

judge merrick garland is being touted as possible replacement for james comey. garland's name was first likely. others endorsing the idea include other centers. last year, republicans refused to hold hearings to vote on garland's nomination based on the next president, not president obama, should for the late -- labeling at the world's second deadliest conflict zone. he said they found that mexico only trailed syria is the world's most violent country. it's 2300 homicides -- mexican officials have statistics. i am 329. now back to "hannity." for all of your headlines, log on to foxnews.com. >> she deleted 30,000 emails after a subpoena. she gets a subpoena, and after -- not before -- that would be bad -- after getting the subpoena, she deleted the emails. she has to go to jail. >> sean: that was then candidate donald trump going after hillary clinton on the campaign trail for her private email server scandal. today, catherine herridge is reporting that a veteran former fbi agent told her the agency could in fact reopen the email probe now that james comey is gon

fbi is doing its job, and some of these candidates, for example, merrick garland would be the worst choice because he has no idea what the fbi is all about. today, he has almost no management experience. fran townsend, she belittled the fbi. she referred to agents with contempt and said they were incompetent. that's widely known in the bureau and it still is today. we need someone who is going to protect us. >> heather: you're looking for someone with experience that doesn't have to learn the job from the very beginning, but when you're talking about the acting general, mccain, he has close ties to terry mcauliffe. do you need to go outside to find someone who not politicize or possibly politicize the position? >> that connection is way overblown. it was a contribution to his wife before he was named deputy director. wives and husbands can have different views, political views and it doesn't influence the other person. let's be grown-up about this. mccabe came off beautifully in the hearings. he did stand up for comey. donald trump doesn't seem to care about criticism. for example, he is d

what do you think of the merrick garland, who would you like to see? >> i don't think that's a good idea at all. somebody who is vested in experience, solid person, smart, articulate, a good communicator, somebody who can motivate agents to excel, you know, for the good of the country, somebody who can deep -- get down into deep gut of patriotism. the fbi works for the american people and not either party. this was comey's big mistake. he says, you can't call it criminal, no grand jury, he needed to stand up at that point in time, have a press conference and resign from the fbi. the fbi, you know, cannot be whiplashed around for political reasons. as soon as it does, that's the end of it. that can't happen. maria: that's what you have been saying for several months now. look, granted jim comey was in a tough spot when his loss loretta lurch has meeting in tarmac with bill clinton and it was obvious where loretta lynch was on the election, where barack obama was on the election, they wanted hillary. >> they were never going to indict hillary clinton eve

. >>> the next fbi director will not be federal judge merrick garland. today senate majority leader mcconnell floated garland's name as a possible successor to comey. but he is not interested, according to a friend. president obama nominated him to supreme court last year. senator mcconnell refused to allow the senate to confirm a replacement until after the election. >>> he was looking for love online, but now he's missing and his family is desperate for some answers. tonight the crucial clue found near his home as his relatives make a plea to the public. >>> the music industry mourning the loss of a rising star tonight mp what we know about a popular rapper here, who was among those killed in a crash along a popular commuter route. >>> plus, a dramatic scene at the height x-rated content on a screen at unistation. >>> and when does the humidity work its way in? how about the weekend forecast, >>> he's been missing for nearly a month, and his grandmother is still walking the streets, searching for answe answers. she says even if the worst is true, she w

we don't know who the judges will be but i hope they consider merrick garland, he serves this. you don't know who that is? [ bleep ] all of you. so there you go. "american idol" on abc. hbo isn't the only network airing leftovers are people. we have a good show for you tonight. from the band royal blood. from "baywatch." priyanka chopra is here. from "alien: covenant," danny mcbride is here. "covenant," i think it's like the 18th movie in the "alien" fran i hear it's good, i hear it's scary. i asked yehya to review it for us and he said yes. here he, yehya, talking about the movie "alien: covenant." >> it's me, yehya, talk about the summer movie, the movie behind me is -- don't dat run. that alien. >> let me out! >> all the alien, long time, the ladies -- forget the name. she in the movie alien 1, alien 2, alien 3, alien 4. the director for that movie, scott, he make the move 0 for rosson crowe, the main guy in the movie, michael first wonder. the movie also make the computer. and also you have one guy with the hair. >> let's party. >> he's nice guy, he's the friend of colin lo

garland, president obama's former choice to sit on the supreme court. i talked to her about those names as well as the demand to -- from members of congress to release those trump tapes, if they did actually occur. here's what she said. >> i thought that was a terrific suggestion. no one could argue that he was beholden to anybody in any way, and he would bring integrity and independence to the position. >> reporter: what about your colleague john cornyn, too political to have him in the spot, do you think? >> i think the world of john cornyn and he would be a great choice in normal times, but we're not living in normal times. >> reporter: the president suggested he may have some tapes of their conversation. should the intelligence committee have access to those tapes? >> we have no idea whether or not there are tapes, but if there are tapes, then they should be turned over. that issue was settled many years ago when the supreme court ruled in 1974 that the tapes that president nixon had should be turned over to congress. i do want to make a point that

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. >> thank you, a senior white house official says the idea of nominating merrick garland he was president obama's supreme court choice has been discussed at the white house but there are concerns right now about whether this choice could get some real traction. separately, and administration source told fox this morning that the two women interviewed over the weekend for the fbi director's job were "impressive and strong interviews." townsend is a former homeland security advisor for president george w. bush and fisher also served under the bush administration as a senior justice department official overseeing the criminal division. the source said the significance of nominating the first woman as fbi director is not lost on the decision team. other candidates include adam lee, the special agent in charge of the fbi's richmond, virginia, office. andrew mccabe, the acting fbi director and michael jay garcia, former prosecutor and associate judge on new york's highest court. also in the mix, senate majority whip john cornyn, former texas attorney general, along with mike rogers, former fbi

we don't know who the judges will be but i hope they consider merrick garland, he serves this. you don't know who that is? [ bleep ] all of you. so there you go. "american idol" on abc. hbo isn't the only network airing leftovers are people. we have a good show for you tonight. from the band royal blood. from "baywatch." priyanka chopra is here. from "alien: covenant," danny mcbride is here. "covenant," i think it's like the 18th movie in the "alien" fran chis. i hear it's good, i hear it's scary. i asked yehya to review it for us and he said yes. here he, yehya, talking about the movie "alien: covenant." >> it's me, yehya, talk about the summer movie, the movie behind me is -- don't dat run. that alien. >> let me out! >> all the alien, long time, the ladies -- forget the name. she in the movie alien 1, alien 2, alien 3, alien 4. the director for that movie, scott, he make the move 0 for rosson crowe, the main guy in the movie, michael first wonder. the movie also make the computer. and also you have one guy with the hair. >> let's party. >> he's nice guy, he's the friend of co

what do you think of the merrick garland, who would you like to see? >> i don't think that's a good idea at all. somebody who is vested in experience, solid person, smart, articulate, a good communicator, somebody who canotivate agents to excelyou kn, for the go of the coury, mebody whoan deep -- get down into deep gut of patriotism. the fbi works for the american people and not either party. this was comey's big mistake. he says, you can't call it criminal, no grand jury, he needed to stand up at that point in time, have a press conference and resign from the fbi. the fbi, you know, cannot be whiplashed around for political reasons. as soon as it does, that's the end of it. that can't happen. maria: that's what you have been saying for several months now. look, granted jim comey was in a tough spot when his loss loretta lurch has meeting in tarmac with bill clinton and it was obvious where loretta lynch was on the election, where barack obama was on the election, they wanted hillary. >> they were never going to indict hillary clinton ever. so what was

. >> what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? >> i'm not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though. he's very good on that d.c. circuit. i don't know if he would want to leave. >> you think that was too cute at that point? >> no comment. >> no comment. all right. >> i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. senate democratic leader. thanks for coming on "meet the press" and sharing your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shakeup. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do house cleaning in one part of the west wing. >>> as we go to break, here's a moment from president trump's commencement address yesterday at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine. embrace the label because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and world and who make a real and lasting difference.their experi. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of. researchers of technolo

garland. >> either of those choices would be good. the white house needs to find someone not only with great integrity but someone who is going to quell the partizan controversy over the fbi leadership. every time comey would come out and do something, the hillary clinton investigation, the republicans would scream, the democrats applaud. we need to deplot size the fbi, get someone in there serious about fbi, a man or woman of unimpeachable integrity to restore confidence and give everyone faith that the russian investigation is going to move forward. >> that is something that both tar pis would agree to. >> we can all agree to that. >>> coming up, we're talking more about what president trump revealed to leather holt about his foreign policy agenda in north korea and afghanistan. you may not have seen these parts of the interview. stick around. >>> what vladimir putin is telling south korea's newly elected president on the phone call today. all of it just ahead. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all

. >> what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? >> i'm not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though. he's very good on that d.c. circuit. i don't know if he would want to leave. >> you think that was too cute at that point? >> no comment. >> no comment. all right. >> i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. senate democratic leader. thanks for coming on "meet the press" and sharing your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shakeup. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do house cleaning in one part of the west wing. >>> as we go to break, here's a commencement address yesterday at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine. embrace the label because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference.their experi. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of. researchers of technologies that one day you will. some call them the best of the b

a number of standpoints, first of all democrats would be hard-pressed to oppose merrick garland, they would have to almost invent an idea if they wanted to obstruct him. certainly it opens up a spot on a very important court, it would show that the president is not afraid of the russia investigation. there is not a lot of buy in for the white house at this point, i am told that some people think it is a terrible idea, but at least the idea is being talked about by some folks here at the white house. the president also this afternoon is going to sign an executive order which will dramatically expand the amount of money that is covered by the mexico city policy that prohibits federal funding of abortions overseas. all of that money now will be, or at least the mexico city policy will go under the umbrella of the u.s. global health fund which will probably by a factor of at least ten, probably more increase the amount of money that is covered by that policy. >> heather: just another monday on capitol hill. very busy day for you. thank you, john. >> jon: more now are reports of a staff sh

. >> bringing back that character from earlier in the season would be a great twist, the merrick garland twist. it's either going to be rosenstein or no one it seems to me at this point. democrats have been pressuring for a lot of different independent things, commissions, special counsel, to get it out of the line of fire of the president. but the republicans have to get on board for them to be able to make any changes in the procedure in congress and to make changes in the administration they have to pressure the president and they haven't done it. >> thank you so much for joining me. before we go, i have a book event coming up on monday if you're in the detroit area. i'll be speaking at the burton manor hosted by the metro detroit book society. you can check out our facebook page for more details. if you're in the area, please come by. >> tonight, the nbc news sclif interview with president trump, facing direct questions for the first time about his firing of fbi director james comey and the answer he gave that blew up the cover story. also, new reporting on the dish between president

. >> what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? >> i'm not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though. he's very good on that d.c. circuit. i don't know if he would want to leave. >> you think that was too cute at that point? >> no comment. >> no comment. all right. >> i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. senate democratic leader. thanks for coming on "meet the press" and sharing your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shakeup. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do house cleaning in one part of the west wing. >>> as we go to break, here's a moment from president trump's commencement address yesterday at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine. embrace the label because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and lasting difference. finding time to get things done isn't easy. but we've got the digital tools to help. now with xfinity's my account, you can figure things out easil

. >> i have enormous respect for the merrick garland and he would be at the top of my list, too .. >> they said they would've done the same thing. if this kind of tactic is now fair game. the tactic of essentially using your third in the senate to block nominations you think you're outside, that's for game. i know the most prominent leaders of the democratic party, then senator obama, senator clinton, senator biden, schumer, reid, all voted filibuster judge alito when he was nominated. in that context in which both sides seem to be resorting and invoking their constitutional authority to block appointments, seems like a not terribly surprising thing for the party that happens to have the kind of senate control when it does to assert that authority. not to say there should be a broader solution that people can agree to a maybe we could make a deal going forward. but in the context we are it seems to me that it's unfair o d ignorant and beyond the traditions that have evolved in the last ten or 15 years to somehow accuse the trump administration are senator mcconnell of theft of an appo

when we look at the names even merrick garland being added to the list, although we don't know i think whether he's actually been interviewed. >> he has not been interviewed and that was the suggestion of mike lee as an olive branch. he had led the oklahoma city bombing investigation so he has a legit background to be considered. he's not part of the search based on our sources. you had the eight faces on the screen, they draw from a legal law enforcement intelligence and some political experience. and that political piece elective office is a question mark now because of the environment that we're in broadly. and the sort of abrupt nature of the firing of james comey. there are those who believe that given the ongoing russian investigation and the circumstances they're advising the president not to choose someone from an elective office background. a specific partisan. that advice coming from the outside is actually coming from a prominent democrat and prominent republican among others. but here's how chuck schumer who's the top democrat in the senate described it and lindsey graham w

he said why shouldn't the president pick merrick garland? he would be fantastic. he was picked by president obama. he would win 100-0. there would be a fight over ludic, over some of the members of congress. i think you need a 100-0. we're hearing a lot of glowing reports about the fbi, what a great wonderful organization it is. the fbi is an organization in deep trouble. the office in boston was highly corrupt. there were rumors the people in new york were leaking things to the administration. to undercut hillary clinton. this is not a perfect organization by any means. it is an organization that always needs to be kept in check. >> i have to let manny respond. >> i have a high deep respect for the professor and he's right. there were problems in boston. i don't know so much he about new york leaking but the fbi around a long time. it is the leading investigative agency in our country, both internally and internationally. that being said, the director of the fbi's office is given a ten-year term. it is supposed to be an axe political term. for this president to f

. >> what did you make of the merrick garland suggestion? >> i'm not going to comment on any of them. i like him as a justice, though. he's very good on that d.c. circuit. i don't know if he would want to leave. >> you think that was too cute at that point? >> no comment. >> no comment. all right. >> i'm smiling. >> senator chuck schumer, i will leave it there. senate democratic leader. thanks for coming on "meet the press" and sharing your views. >>> when we come back, signs of a big white house shakeup. yet more reporting this morning that president trump may be prepared to do house cleaning in one part of the west wing. >>> as we go to break, here's a moment from president trump's commencement address yesterday at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> being an outsider is fine. embrace the label because it's the outsiders who change the world and who make a real and world and who make a real and lasting difference. outsiders w. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of. researchers of technolo