this whole scenario of james comey, his statements before congress. we are not only incorrect that the matter of fact but i think it puts him at a material legal jeopardy. >> sean: jay, does this open up the opportunity that the attorney general should get to the truth considering i think this reveals that the fix was in for hillary and james comey was fine with it? >> i think james comey needs to be the subject of an investigation here. look at the evidence. this information is damaging, to say the least. it puts the whole investigation or whatever you want to call what was going on there -- a sideshow, it puts the whole matter into perspective. it was never intended to be an investigation in the first place and james comey was part of that. >> sean: james kallstrom -- >> y russian investigation, that's all to sidetrack the president so he can't have his appointments. he can't deal with anything else. it's all comey playing act two of a farce. >> sean: last quick question. i've interviewed julian assange. he said it was not russia. i've interviewed h

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surveillance, and james comey is a very reliable witness. he has excellent recall. he is very objective at saying what's happening in the room. he admits to when he has made a mistake. he is not someone we found was an unreliable witness. so for them to make that argument that he's unreliable in congressional testimony, it just doesn't fly. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >>> coming up, we have more breaking news tonight. a new report tonight that insiders believe that donald trump is on what they're calling an inevitable collision course with his new chief of staff, general john kelly, who the white house staff -- some of them anyway -- now call "the church lady." i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 we

surveillance, and james comey is a very reliable witness. he has excellent recall. he is very objective at saying what's happening in the room. he admits to when he has made a mistake. he is not someone we found was an unreliable witness. so for them to make that argument that he's unreliable in congressional testimony, it just doesn't fly. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >>> coming up, we have more breaking news tonight. a new report tonight that insiders believe that donald trump is on what they're calling an inevitable collision course with his new chief of staff, general john kelly, who the white house staff -- some of them anyway -- now call "the church lady." we want hd. and every box and dvr. all included. because we don't like surprises. yeah. like changing up the celebrity at the end to someone more handsome. and talented. really. and british. switch from cable to directv. get 4 rooms with hd, dvr, and every box included for $25 a month. call 1-800-directv. with no artificial preservatives hot do

of course, the firing of james comey. but, specifically, the firing of james comey while admitting to lesser hope and admitting to the russian ambassador he fired james comey to kill the russia investigation. that is what that mess would be. republicans a little -- >> that is a big homer simpson move. >>> congress is forcing the president's hand unequivocally. the night before rejects, quote, white nationalists and white supremacist and the ku klux klan and urges the president and the president's cabinet to use all available resources to address the threat posed by those groups. the legislation, which now awaits the president's signature, comes after his much criticized response to the deadly charlottesville violence which he blamed on both sides and said, quote, some very fine people were among the white supremacist protesters. meanwhile, the president is set to meet today with tim scott of south carolina, the senate's only african-american republican, to discuss racial issues. >> pretty shrewd political move. democrats

her book is full of pointing fingers at him, at james comey. going after him seems to be kind of politically trending. >> look, i was one of the folks that said james comey handled when he came out and gave this egregious and some folks would argue unnecessary press conference on the clinton e-mail investigation. i was one of the folks that noted that i thought that was inappropriate. look, i think this isn't the first time james comey has been in the crosshairs in politics. with donald trump and hillary clinton and it won't be the last. i think he has tough skin. i'm not crying any tears for james comey today. >> he gets himself in these situations because the more he talks the more questions he raises. he did an entire investigation, then just a couple weeks ago said i decided back in may that investigation didn't have anything. that's why his credibility, on the left and on the right, is why he gets criticized, because you can't trust this guy. >>> speaking of the left, senate democrats shifting rapidly to the left when it comes to health ca

>> demand from james comey what happened and james comey should go public. >> put him under oath. >> it gets to the core can we trust the fbi. >> kimberly: you're right. they have to do that to restore faith and credibility. the hard working men and women from the fbi to put it on the line every day to serve the country deserve better. i appreciate it so much. jay and ari. >>> coming up, hillary clinton released dates for her book tour. big surprise she's charging top dollar for vip visits and we'll get reaction from charles hurt and richard fowler. plus larry elder visits us tonight. stay with us. you know who likes to be in control? this guy. check it out! self-appendectomy! oh, that's really attached. that's why i rent from national. where i get the control to choose any car in the aisle i want, not some car they choose for me. which makes me one smooth operator. ah! still a little tender. (vo) go national. go like a pro. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and do

james comey was fired, correct? >> as i remember yes, sir. >> rose: were you in favor to him being fired? >> as it was reported, the media reported i was adamantly opposed to. >> rose: in this case the media was right? >> i am a big believer in this city. that it's a city of institutions not individuals. and i think you have to look at it as institutions. the fbi is an institution. the speaker of the house is an institution. the majority leader is an institution. okay? the justice department is an institution. they have an institutional logic of how they proceed and what they're going to do and you can't get caught up in individuals. >> rose: as soon as you say that you have announced you want to go to war against mitch mcconnell the leader of the senate, you want to go to war with him. >> yes. >> rose: you just say he represents an institution, senate majority leader, you want to go to war with paul ryan because he is an institution. you didn't want to go to war with james comey because he represents another instit

the administration put it out and said this is why we're firing james comey. the cover letter says based on this recommendation i'm firing james comey. naes a lie. we know it's a lie. we know he made the decision to fire director comey at the golf weekend. he drafted some crazy explanation for it it. rod rosenstein knew it. the question is was rod rosenstein providing political cover for president trump and how does that affect his role in this investigation on an ongoing basis. >> because, indira subsequent to that we heard from a number of people, the president himself, sarah huckabee sanders this was large largely done on the advice and counsel of rod rosenstein. but it gives you a sense -- or at least gets you into the president's head a little bit about the idea that he was obsessed with james comey telling the country that he was not under investigation. what does this make you think? right, i mean it's not just rod rosenstein we have to wonder about his rationale, but also steven miller, the aide who if the reports are correct might be caught up in a po

is it limited only to the firing of james comey? because my understanding would be that's not the only element of obstruction of justice on the table. >> well the memo that was submitted to bob mueller involved just the firing of james comey and why that dpsh in their belief that wasn't obstruction of justice. they're making the case that the president has a constitutional authority as the head of the executive branch to staff the executive branch any quay he wants. they cited case law and making the argument essentially that a president can do this and there's really nothing to prohibit him and therefore the obstruction of justice charge is invalid. but he went on to try to discredit comey saying he's really not a reliable witness, nobody they can count on. it's clear that obstruction of justice was on the minds of president trump's lawyers that were interested in doing away were scuttling the part of the investigation. >> i'm interested in the second piece, the part to try to discredit james comey. you had the memo used as the pre

the president was 100% right in firing sdwrams come firi firing james comey. he knew it could be bad for will imhim politically, but i think he knew that he was doing what was right. koemg by his own self admission leaked privileged government information weeks before the president fired him. comey testified that an fbi agent engaged in the same practice, they would face serious repercussions. so he set his own stage. his actions could likely have been illegal. comey leaked memos to the "new york times." he politicized an investigation by signaling he would exonerate hillary clinton before he ever very happy with the decision he made, and i think he's been fully vindicated by a lot of the new things. >> where is the president going, and what is he going to be doing down there? >> we'll keep you posted on the travel. >> did the ongoing doj probe come up in the conversation with the president today? and next week, the president is going to new york for the united nations general assembly. what will president trump's theme be? >> in terms of the united nations ge

president originally wanted to fire james comey. a letter written but revised before it went public. tonight, the legal and political implications for donald trump and this white house. >>> plus, john mccain calls trump grnot informed and he sai we are not his subordinates. we do not answer to him. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. >> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. day 225 in the trump administration. it brings us new insight into how the president decided to fire former fbi director james comey. the "new york times" was first to report special counsel robert mueller has an early draft of a trump letter detailing his reasons for firing comey. the report says, quote, the letter, drafted in may, was met with opposition from donald mcgahn, the white house counsel, who believed that its angry, meandering tone was problematic, according to interviews with a dozen administrations officials and others briefed on the matter. the letter was reportedly

the administration put it out and said this is why we're firing james comey. the cover letter says based on this recommendation i'm firing james comey. that's just a lie. we know it's a lie. we know he made the decision to fire director comey at the golf weekend. he drafted some crazy explanation for it. rod rosenstein knew it. the question is was rod rosenstein providing political cover for president trump and how does that affect his role in this investigation on an ongoing basis? >> because, indira subsequent to that we heard from a number of people, the president himself, sarah huckabee sanders this was large largely done on the advice and counsel of rod rosenstein. but it gives you a sense -- or at least gets you into the president's head a little bit about the idea that he was obsessed with james comey telling the country that he was not under investigation. what does this make you think? >> right. i mean it's not just rod rosenstein we have to wonder about his rationale, but also steven miller, the aide who if the reports are correct might be caught up

. >> and you said the actions of james comey could have been illegal. the doj is not commenting, but would the president encourage to doj to prosecute comey? >> that's not the president's role, that's the job of the department of justice. >> is that something he would like to see? >> if there's ever a moment when we feel someone has broken the law, that's something that should be looking at. >> and is this administration determined whether north korea did test a hydrogen bomb? >> i'm not sure. >> and talking about james comey, you mentioned he gave false testimony, do you still

it all turned on why president trump fired james comey. and this letter, might have some very good information on that. we have not seen the letter. so we don't know what is in it. but it appears that this letter is quite different than the ration rationale that was used by the justice department to recommend the firing of james comey. steven miller advised the president on how to draft it. and it is a situation that could lead to an obstruction of justice charge. it is interesting that steven miller is still around here. he was an alt-right person we expected to be fired weeks ago. . i think he knows too much. >> richard, the president's lawyers have been meeting with robert mueller according to reporting and they laid out memos for why they believe it doesn't have any ground. they say the president can hire and fire at will. and they say that he is not a reliable witness. those are the president's lawyer's arguments. will they hold up if it comes out that the will thor had a different stated intent than the one the white house released.

comey, and today, the white house getting specific about charges against comey. >> james comey leaking of information, questionable statements under oath, politicizing investigation. those are real reasons for why he was fired in the president's decision was 100% right. lou: fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett joins me next to take up comey's corruption and possible prosecution. >>> and this fearless fellow taking a ride on the wild side. we'll show you his hair-raising bike ride here next. we're coming right back with your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. copdso to breathe better,athe. i go with anoro. ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro. ♪go your own way once-daily a

james comey thinks he's above the law. he thinks he's above the rules and regulations, and in a sense, james comey is creating his own really constitutional crisis here. you've got this idea that there are policies, procedures, rules, and guidelines, and he ignores them. that's not the way it's supposed to be. >> sean: what i want to know is where is the scope as it relates to the trump, russia collusion, no evidence story, dana rohrabacher meets with julian assange, the one guy that knows where the information came from, the dnc emails, et cetera. he doesn't want to talk to them, and they keep expanding out the investigation. and in that sense, this is -- there's something radically wrong, and then they had comey getting his best friend on purpose by leaking to the "new york times." >> and the other point you made earlier, sean, is what about the 30,000 destroyed emails? congress had issued a subpoena -- >> sean: 33. >> 33,000 emails. congress had issued a subpoena to preserve and produce all of her emails. instead she de

then, steel took fit to james comey and james comey so this is ridiculous. you have to substantiate this and verify it for us to use it. and he then offered to pay him $50,000 to do so. in the middle of an election campaign, offering to subsidize the negative research of the democratic party against the republican party. he said i can't do it. i don't know who the sources were. he said i did not write it. he said i got it entirely from unsolicited anonymous sources. and i was sent this and all it did was compile this. he swore under oath that that was the case. that raises an interesting question. who fed him this garbage? and i believe it may have been the cia and the fbi. to develop this storyline in the first place. in the cia and the fbi refused to answer the question whether they had an ongoing financial relationship with steel. we know that they did work together to investigate the soccer scandal in 1991 and that they had a history together. and we do not know the answer to that yet. it is one of the key things that grassley and feinstein are going to

with the president and encourage to prosecutej james comey? ms. sen. sanders: is something they can look at, that's not the president's job to do. if there is ever mama where we feel someone has broken the law, particularly if they are that of the fbi, that is something that should be looked at. >> second question. does this administration say north korea did not test a hydrogen mom? ms. sen. sanders: i'm not sure. sanders: -- steven it comes to bannon, the washington journal reported they spoke the other night. at a gathering in hong kong. do you know if they discussed the interview and has the president said it is something he would like to discuss with steve bannon? sanders: he has not said if he wants to discuss. >> going back to john's original question regarding the christian science monitor breakfast this morning, mark short was also asked about whether the president still supports senator luther strange and when i asked the question you said legal constraints. kept him from answering. he said this morning he is standing by senator strange in th

but also, don, his handling of james comey and the firing of james comey and the interactions the president reportedly had in the oval office with russians in which he said the firing of james comey could relieve pressure on him from this fbi investigation. now, there are a number of signs, don, that this investigation that mueller has is now focusing a lot on the circumstances around james comey's firing. one instance is that there are two senior fbi officials who may have firsthand knowledge of exactly what happened around the comey firing, but the justice department is preventing them from being interviewed on capitol hill by the senate judiciary committee because of the concerns about the special counsel's office that it could interfere with their investigation. now, earlier today i asked senator chuck grassley of the judiciary committee chairman about that issue. he said he's prepared to subpoena them. >> what about the fbi officials? >> we've got sums at the senate counsel office. i'm going to have to when we get done there, i'm going to have to consult with senator feinstein. >> so a

comey, and today, the white house getting specific about charges against comey. >> james comey leaking of information, questionable statements under oath, politicizing investigation. those are real reasons for why he was fired in the president's decision was 100% right. lou: fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett joins me next to take up comey's corruption and possible prosecution. >>> and this fearless fellow taking a ride on the wild side. we'll show you his hair-raising bike ride here next. we're coming right back with . lou: joining me now to discuss the case against james comey and hillary clinton, attorney, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett, gregg, great to see you. the white house press secretary sarah sanders making it very clear with specificity and a long list of charges against comey, this man is in real trouble. >> i'll be even more specific by naming the statute. 18 usc 641. lou: again? >> 18 usfc which says you cannot convert government property to your own use and convey it to somebody unauthorized. that's precisely what comey did by leaking presidential memos to the me

is it limited only to the firing of james comey? my understanding would be that's not the only element of obstruction of justice on the table. >> the memo they submitted to object mueller involved the firing of james comey and why that, in their belief wasn't obstruction of justice. they're making the case the president has a constitutional authority as head of the executi executive branch to staff it however they want. they brought in case law and making the argument that a president can do this and there's really nothing to inhibit him and therefore the obstruction of justice charge is really invalid. but it went on in the second memo to discredit comey, saying he's not a reliable witness. it's clear that obstruction of justice was on the minds of president trump's lawyers that were interested in execute ling this part of the investigation. >> i'm interested in the second piece, the trying to dis -- discredit james comey. is it your reporting they're going to try in, the rosenstein memo or other evidence in their that comey is unt

>> i don't know what you think, i think james comey is a guy who has stood the test of time, apparently, according to his recollection, being intimidated by this president, but what strikes me in this whole story right now in front of us is that you have people coming forward and questioning how the fbi does its business, i don't know that the fbi has not collected evidence and come to a conclusion, i don't know that they hadn't drafted a letter that said she was guilty if, in fact, that was the evidence they had found, but i think senator graham, and i think the -- but i am not sure that they have the full picture, and remember, james comey last night said on twitter that this is not true. >> ed: so that is his side of the story, the present one out there and tweeted wow, looks like it james comey exonerated hillary clinton long before the investigation was over, and so much more, a rigged system, this plays right into what the president has been saying about comey for a long time. >> and this explains one of the reasons why president of trump needed to fire james at comey, let me tell

>> i certainly think steve bannon's character as distant firing of james comey as the worst mistake in modern political history prompted the president's reaction and he wanted to push back and he is doing that through his spokeswoman. in the months that have passed, the team around trump has convinced him that though he would like to fire bob mueller, that will be the worst act of political suicide he could pull off. he is taken a step back from that with the revelations that the senators talked about ten days ago, that they found transcripts from an office of special counsel interview with comey where he reveals he has started to write a memo exonerating hillary clinton before he even interviewed makes him a discredited witness in this investigation. i think character attacks on james comey as a credible witness in this investigation are going to continue in the weeks and months to come because they know the investigation is heating up and going broad and that's making people around the president very nervous. >> jon: clearly this is a topic that occupies the president's time and occu

with "60 minutes," bannon blasting the president's decision to fire former fbi director james comey. >> if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. >> you described the firing of james comey, you're a student of history, as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably -- that would probably be too bombastic even for me, but maybe modern political history. >> the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history? >> if you're saying that that's associated with me, then i'll leave it at that. >> today the white house responded. >> the president was right in firing director comey. >> reporter: now bannon back at breitbart is threatening to boost primary challengers to some sitting republicans, gearing up for what he calls war against the establishment. >> the republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. >> reporter: the question now -- >> i'm a street fighter. that's what i am. >> reporter: how far that fight will go. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> would you pay $1,000 for a ne

james comey thinks he's above the law. he thinks he's above the rules and regulations, and in a sense, james comey is creating his own really constitutional crisis here. you've got this idea that there are policies, procedures, rules, and guidelines, and he ignores them. that's not the way it's supposed to be. >> sean: what i want to know is where is the scope as it relates to the trump, russia collusion, no evidence story, dana rohrabacher meets with julian assange, the one guy that knows where the information came from, the dnc emails, et cetera. he doesn't want to talk to them, and they keep expanding out the investigation. and in that sense, this is -- there's something radically wrong, and then they had comey getting his best friend on purpose by leaking to the "new york times." >> and the other point you made earlier, sean, is what about the 30,000 destroyed emails? congress had issued a subpoena -- i >> sean: 33. >> 33,000 emails. congress had issued a subpoena to preserve and produce all of her emails. instead, she

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he was the man that delivered the letter that was james comey's pink slip. dana bash has this report and go she joins us now. what's this all about, dana? >> he really is president trump's longtime ask mond most trusted aides and he is leaving the white house. we are talking about keith schiller who plans to leave. that's coming from three sources familiar with the matter and they're telling myself as well as cnn's nola gray and jeremy diamond. he has been a constant presence around trump. when he was a businessman from then to the campaign to now in the white house, and schiller's absence could leave president trump feeling a bit more isolated. his potential departure comes just over a month after john kelly became the chief of staff, ask ke and kelly's mission is to restore new order inside trump's often chaotic white house, and schiller has actually expressed some frustration to people we've talked to about this new system. it's unclear whether schiller could be convinced to stay longer in this position. the former detective has been trusted with some of

comey. >> someone said to me that you described the firing of james comey, you're a student of history, as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably be too bombastic even for me, but maybe modern political history. >> the white house today is standing by the president's decision to fire james comey and leveled a pretty serious accusation against the former director. >> on the comey firing i think we've been pretty clear what our position is and certainly i think it has been shown in the days that followed that the president was right in firing director comey since directors firing, we've learned new information about his conduct that only provided further justification for that firing, including giving false testimony, leaking privileged information to journalists. he went outside of the chain of command and politicized an investigation into a political candidate. >> regarding what you said about james comey, you said that he was responsible for giving false testimony. do you believe that comey either perjured himself before congress or at the very least misle

listen to this interview that the president gave shortly after he tired james comey. he was pretty transparent. well, we don't have it right now. but the interview i'm sure you'll remember it. he said he essentially had been thinking of pulling the trigger for a long time. he had the russia investigation on his mind during the time. he was transparent about that. >> he was transparent three days later. but he was transparent in an interview with lester holt. as he ripped apart the line that his staff had carefully put together that this had nothing to do with russia. so he then also, if you remember a few days after that, it was revealed that he had told none other than sergey lavrov, look. i fired this nutjob. i fired this crazy comey. so he was bragging that he was able to or he thought he would be able to shut down the russia investigation. so i agree, trump was transparent. but in that transparency lies the very case that far from there being no connection between donald trump and russia, there were multiple connections and the president was trying to wish these a

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so he should never have told james comey that -- james comey should never have told donald trump that he wasn't a subject of the investigation. that's an inappropriate conversation between the fbi director and the president. so there may very well have brown a good reason to fire james comey but that may not have been the reason that trump used to fire him. >> what's interesting is you have donald trump today, sort of after some communications with chuck glassily, one of the republicans on the judiciary committee, then he tweets out another accusation of jim comey essentially saying he cleared hillary clinton at the wrong time in the investigation. sort of reracking this hillary clinton-based pretext for him being fired. this is getting very muddled. you have donald trump saying he had russia on his mind but going back to the idea saying there was something in the way that comey hired clinton that got him fired. >> this is a classic move by trump to try to deflect and point the blame some place else. but special agent mueller has this ace team of some of the nation's best prosecutors

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 answer my question. so i'll ask you the question that i asked. do you think there's any there there about leaking classified documents especially if the documents were not classified? >> it is not a crime to state what the president said. in fact it happens all the time. the press secretary does it every day. this is clearly an effort to try to tarnish and discredit comey. they think he might be a potential witness against the president at some point, so they want to smear

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by his own self admission the weekend information before he fired him, james comey testified as an agent engaged in the same practice they would face serious repercussions and i think he set the stage for himself on death. his actions were improper. the memos to "the new york times" athletic equal sized an investigation by signaling he would exonerate hillary clinton before he interviewed her for other key witnesses and he's happy with the decision he made and he's been fully vindicated by a one of those things in knowing that it was the right thing. >> [inaudible] >> thos >> those details are being finalized. we will certainly keep you posted on that travel. >> did the ongoing come up with the president today and then secondly in a different matter do past presidents usually have a key idea they want to get across in their speech are some of their individual leader meetings? >> i'm not aware of the specific conversation coming up. in terms of the un general assembly, we will plan to outline some of those plans in more details about the trip at the end of this week as we've done in past

comey and any obstruction of justice inquiry into the president firing james comey. he's one of the fbi officials who comey says he told about the president's demands about the russia investigation at the time that behavior happened before comey was fired. but here is one thing chuck glassily is doing appears to be to try to target and i have real questions how this will play out. senator grassly has very aggressively gone after the obstruction of justice issue. not just andrew mccabe as acting fbi director but two other senior fbi officials, two other potentially corroborating witnesses for why the president fired james comey. these are two more of the senior fbi officials who james comey says he told about the president's behavior while it happened before the president fired him. grassly and his committee have been asking the two senior fbi officials to come in for an interview about comey's firing but earlier this month, the justice department turned down the requests and when they did that, they explained why and said sending those fbi officials to testify with t

comey and any obstruction of justice inquiry into the president firing james comey. he's one of the fbi officials who comey says he told about the president's demands about the russia investigation at the time that behavior happened before comey was fired. but here is one thing chuck grassley is doing appears to be to try to target and get all up in the fbi investigation and i have real questions how this will play out. senator grassly has very aggressively gone after the obstruction of justice issue. not just andrew mccabe as acting fbi director but two other senior fbi officials, two other potentially corroborating witnesses for why the president fired james comey. these are two more of the senior fbi officials who james comey says he told about the president's behavior while it happened before the president fired him. grassly and his committee have been asking the two senior fbi officials to come in for an interview about comey's firing but earlier this month, the justice department turned down the requests and when they did that, they explained why and said sendi

on the other hand, you look at james comey's public credibility. it wasn't that long ago. every democrat hated him, every republican hated him. this is somebody, i'm curious from a pr stand poipt. >> it's clear a lot of the part of the case that the trump team is most worried about is the potential obstruction of justice charge relating to his dealing with comey and whether he pressured comey to drop the investigation and at various points here. and so what do you in those situations, you try to impeach the credibility of both witnesses. the in fact that we are talking at the beginning of a cable news program about two different sets of draft memos shows me that somehow we have gotten to a stage in this investigation in this thing where it's going to -- it's getting somewhere kind of fast. these are legal strategies aired in the court of public opinion in advance of something. it feels to me by the tone of seduction, something is faster than previous thought. >> we keep getting these glimpses that erupt. it makes you wonder how much more is going on, maybe behind the scene

so he should never have cold james comey that -- james comey should never have told donald trump that he wasn't a subject of the investigation. that's an inappropriate conversation between the fbi director and the president. so there may very well have been a good reason to fire james comey but that may not have been the reason that trump used to fire -- >> what's interesting is you have donald trump today, sort of after some communications with chuck glassily, one of the republicans on the judiciary committee, then he tweets out another accusation of jim comey saying he cleared hillary clinton at the wrong time in the investigation sort of reracking this hillary clinton based pretext for him getting fired. donald trump saying he had russia on his mind but going back to the idea saying that there was so something in the way that comey hired clinton that got him fired. is it so muddled? >> this is a classic move by trump to try to deflect and point the blame some place else. but special agent mueller has this ace team of some of the nation's best prosecutors and law enforcement agents.

it brings us new insight into how the president decided to fire former fbi director james comey. the "new york times" was first to report special counsel robert mueller has an early draft of a trump letter detailing his reasons for firing comey. the report says, quote, the letter, drafted in may,

. >> robert mueller has new details about the real reason the president fired fbi director james comey. >> there is a serious obstruction of justice going on against the president of the united states. >> we'll be fully transparent with his investigation and frankly i don't have anything to add beyond that. >> all of this as the president weighs whether to bring to an end deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca. >> i don't think he should do that. >> we love the d.r.e.a.m.ers. we love everybody. >>> this is new day weekend. >> does saturday morning. thank you for being with us. the next hour president trump and the first lady will head to texas and louisiana. one week since harvey slammed into the gulf coast. the waters there are starting to recede but we know this morning that the death toll has risen. >> the president and the first lady are leaving the white house as we said in just about an hour. their first stop is meeting victims and survivors of harvey at an airfield on the out skirts of houston. >> i just want to tell them to be strong and everything will be okay. >> the

bannon blasting the president's decision to fire former fbi director james comey. >> james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. >> you described the firing of james comey, you're a student of history, as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably -- that would probably be too bombastic even more me but maybe modern political history. >> the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history? >> if you're saying that's associated with me, then i'll leave it at that. >> reporter: today the white house responding. >> the president was right in firing director comey. >> reporter: now bannon, back at breitbart, is threatening to boost primary challengers to some sitting republicans, gearing up for what he calls war against the establishment. >> the republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. >> reporter: the question now -- >> i'm a street fighter, that's what i am. >> reporter: -- how far that fight will go. hallie jackson, nbc news, the white house. >>> as the emergency operations continue her

that fbi director was james comey. chuck rosenburg served as james comey's chief of staff when he was the deputy attorney general at the justice department. another twist on the story. the dea director that just submitted resignation today in protest of president trump not respecting the rule of law. that dea director and the fbi director what president trump both fired, who president trump fired, these two guys have a long history of working together and they are said to be personally close and this resignation of the dea director came today within hours of the first reporting that the special counsel's office is about to start interviewing current and former white house officials about, among other things, the president firing james comey. now we know from washington post and "new york times" reporting last week that robert mueller special counsel investigation sought information from the trump whit houe house on a long long list of actions related to the russia investigation and potentially obstructing justice by tr