seems totally believable that this president wanted to make clear to everybody in the world that he personally was not under investigation. the fact that comey was not saying that was making this president upset. thank you, stand by. we have this moment here that we want to remind you of. this is senator marco rubio towards the end of that hearing. he was asking why or why not did he share this information with others, report to a higher authority or to his own boss. this is the clip. if we have it, go ahead and roll it now. did you say anything to the president about that being an appropriate request, did you tell the white house counsel that that is not an appropriate request, someone needs to tell the president that he can t do these things? i didn t. why? i don t know. i think the circumstances were such that i was a bit stunned and didn t have the presence of mind, i don t want to make it sound like i am captain
very specifically about the jeopardy that flynn was in, himself? that s how i understood it, yes, sir. you hoped you would do away wit. you perceived it as an order, in some of the circumstances? yes. at the time did you say anything to the president that is not an appropriate request or did you tell the white house counsel that is not an appropriate request, someone needs to go toll the president he can t do these things? i didn t, no. why? i don t know. i think as i said earlier, i think the circumstances were such that i was a bit stunned, i didn t have the presence of mind and i don t want to make it sound like i m captain courageous, i don t know if i had another presence of minds, i would have said to the president, sir, that s wrong. in the moment it didn t come to my mind. what came to my mind was be careful what you said. so i agree flynn is a goods guy. on the cloud, we keep talking about the cloud. you perceive the cloud to be the
that s how i understood it. yes, sir. as you perceived it, while he hoped you did away with it, you perceived it as an order, given the setting, the position and some of the circumstances? yes. at the time, did you say something to the president about, that is not an appropriate request, or did you tell the white house counsel, it s not an appropriate request? someone needs to tell the president he can t do these things. i didn t, no. why? i don t know. i think as i said earlier, i think the circumstances were such that it was i was a bit stunned and didn t have the presence of mind. i don t know. i don t want to make you sound like i m captain courageous. i don t know if i would have said to the president with the presence of mind, sir, that s wrong. in the moment, it didn t come to my mind. what came to my mind is be careful what you say. i said, i agree flynn is a good guy. on the cloud, we keep talking about this cloud, you perceive the cloud to be the russian i
himself. yes, sir. you perceived it as an order, given his position. yes. the at the time, did you say anything to the president about that is not an appropriate request or did you tell the white house counsel but is not an appropriate request? somebody needs to tell the president that he can t do these things? i didn t, no. why? i don t know. i think the circumstances were such that i was a bit stunned and didn t have the presence of mind. i don t want to make it sound like i m captain courageous. i don t know that i would have had the presence of mind to say sir, that s wrong. in the moment, it didn t come to my mind. i came to my mind was be careful what you say and so i said, i agree flynn is a good guy. on the cloud, you perceived the cloud to be the russia investigation in general. yes, sir.
i never went back to the ship. he went to shore because he was afraid of the dark. later on in the conversation, coast guard said my air rescue are on the prowl. go. there s already bodies. how many bodies are there he asked the coast guard? i don t know. i haven t heard of one! you are the one who has to tell me how many there are. christ, he says. but do you realize it is dark? and here, we can t see anything captain courageous says. and so what? you want to go home? it is dark and you want to go home, get on that boat using the pilot ladder and tell me what can be done. how many people there are and what their needs are. now! as much as you think the captain is the worst ever, you got to wonder who trained him and how he got that job. the coast guard is right on the money. knows exactly what to do in a catastrophe and called on the captain to go back. horrible behavior by this guy. it s because the captain technically abandoned ship, the coast guard was now in charge