To have all of his focus on where hell be, which is abroad. But clearly his team back here another the white house will continue to be engaged there a number of major story lines including the search for a replacement for his ousted fbi director. Abroad the president will be talking about economic and security cooperation. But back here the search continues for someone to replace jim comey. Comey did not have the confidence of the president in particular after what happened with the Hillary Clinton server situation. And so now there are people out there saying, listen, in youre gonna replace the guy, did you lean on him . Did you get him to maybe not pursue the investigation in a proper way . The president obviously says that never happened. Comey says that never happened. So does the deputy ag Rod Rosenstein. Let me show you part of what he said in a closed briefing today. I want to emphasize my unshakeable commitment to keeping the integrity of every criminal investigation. There wil
On yet another day of breon breaking story after another, late reporting in the the New York Times and a phone call two people briefed on it tell the times the president made to thenfbi director comey. It is in many ways the backstory to the video youre looking at right now. See director comey called over by the president from behind the bre drapes during a ceremony. We know according to the New York Times director comey was trying to keep his distance from the president because of the ongoing russia investigation. His discomfort in this moment youre looking at right now would be justified when according to tthe New York Times the president called comey and asked him directly when federal authorities were going to put out word he personally was not under investigation. Thats the latest item in a day that has seen many changes. Jeff zeleny is at the white house with that and more. The video, the back story, are really fascinating. What else can you tell us about the nim noothe New York
This is a politician. In too many parts of the world, especially in the middle east, theres been a breakdown of order thats been building for decades. And its i unleashed forces that are going to take a generation to resolve. Greg this is a human. Theyre sneaky, dirty rats. [laughter] [applause] greg this is a politician. We will prevail because america is a great country. [applause] well prevail because americas a great country that can withstand even some of the present circumstances. Greg this is a human. How am i doing, am i doing okay . Im president. Hey, im president. Can you believe it, right . [applause] i dont know. Greg i dont know. Is so when a politician is told that a friend is toxic, hell drop him like a hot potato with syphilis. [laughter] but a human being with no political experience relies on something called loyalty. Maybe thats why donald trump said to james comey, hey, go easy on mike flynn. Now, thats not political, but its human. Come to think of to it, every tru
With pope francis. In a stop in belgium where President Trump is expected to reaffirm the u. S. Commitment to nato. And finally President Trump will wrap up the 8day trip attending the g7 summit on the island of sicily. With the president in the air. Anonymous speakers are behind two fresh reports taking direct aim at President Trump. The New York Times is reporting that during his meeting with russian officials last week, President Trump called former fbi director james comey a, quote real nut job. And that comeys firing had relieved, quote, great pressure on him. Meanwhile the Washington Post is reporting that a senior white house official is now a significant person of interest in the russia probe. Dont forget, however, both newspapers have had to walk back other recent reports about comey and russia. So its really hard to know who to trust at this point. Eric can i just throw this out there in the white house responded to both of those reports this afternoon via sean spicer. The pr