around counting cabinet heads talking about plotting the 25th amendment, the newly there is a word for that, it s called a coup. bret: the doj saying he s out of the loop once euler goes in, no longer the russian investigation. this is about may be retribution about rosenstein. we had to wait years and years to find out what was happening, you stirrings will go through archives. but from friends and allies, members of the administration, we had this incredible store of information that the details are different but a consistent picture of chaos and conflict and deep concern on the part of career people at the fbi about this new president. bret: the question is what happened? they didn t wear wire, did it and go forward with the 20th amendment, and we are waiting
decision. bret: well, the former deputy fbi director who was fired and who is facing actually a possible criminal prosecution talking to cvs talking to cbs. lindsey graham on capitol hill wants him to talk to senators about what he s saying to the doj issuing a statement, the attorney general rosenstein rejects mr. mccabe s recitation of events as inaccurate and factually incorrect. the attorney general never authorized any recording that mr. mccabe references as the attorney general said with his personal dealings with the bases. there is no reason to invoke the 25th amendment nor was he in a position to indicate the 25th amended. this is referring to wearing a wire against president trump. that s clearly a shocking elevation here as you make is you got members of the fbi and the apartment of justice sitting
the result of the presidents periodic physical exam states that he weighs in at 243 pounds, a resting heart rate of 70 beats per minute. a blood pressure of 118 over 80, total route that my cholesterol at 196, and an average temperature of 98.2 degrees. the docket says he s a his cholesterol is a little high but he s in very good health overall. democratic party leaders are here in washington tonight for their annual winter meeting and learning new information about the present residential primary debates which will begin in four and a half months. correspondent peter doocy tells us what s on the agenda. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. the field of democratic candidates that seem to be growing by the day will have a myth, 20 candidates is the most that the dnc is going to allow him to debate stages this summe. they will have two ways to qualify for these events and they will air back-to-back
economy and president trump takes his infected hand off of venezuela. but maduro is inviting the president special envoy for venezuela to come for a visit. that is just one of the foreign policy challenges for secretary of state mike pompeo who we told you earlier taking part of the middle east policy summit in poland. earlier today, i asked the secretary about efforts by some european allies to help iran circumvent u.s. sanctions. bret, we ve made clear that our withdrawal from the jcpoa, it was a horrible drill that was not good for america but for europeans as well. we ve been encouraging them to leave the deal since the very day we did. the europeans have chosen something different and we have urged them not to disrupt the sanctions regime out there. they have come up with this thing called the s vp. we are very hopeful they say what it is and no more. we them at a place where
increased revenues from amazon s well-paid workforce. bret? bret: doug mckelway donna, thank you. it was one year ago today that 14 students and three staff members died in the nation s deadliest high school shooting. an interfaith service was held today at a florida park near marjorie storm and douglas high school marjory stoneman douglas high school. a moment of silence was absurd at all florida schools. president trump issued a statement said that he and the first lady are praying for those affected by the shooting. when we come back, secretary of state mike pompeo on the road on why allies are going against americans wishes regarding ira iran.