meeting with agents in a field office. and that's apparently how he found out. there were news reports that broke that he was being fired. it's unclear how he was directly given the information still, since the letter dismissing him was taken to the fbi here in washington and comey was in l.a. >> is it possible he saw it on news reports? >> reporter: it is certainly possible, again, not the best way to be fired. >> thank you. introducing our panel, jeff toobin, i got to start with you, is this normal? >> no, this is a dark day in american history, anderson. this is so far outside of the american political and legal tradition for a sitting president to fire the head of the fbi, who's investigating his campaign, with a completely