and as of last night, there was still some questions about who exactly on that list would be sanctioned today, because many expected this really to happen today. also, some questions, though about whether u.s. allies would jump onboard with these sanctions, based on the evidence that is there. but tonight, the washington post is reporting that it was the president himself, even though his administration would have been comfortable moving forward with at least some of this, he didn t feel like now is the time. so this is, of course, raising more questions about an administration who s been accused of delaying sanctions, against russia, specifically, in the past. erin? all right, thank you very much, michelle. as michelle says, the list was already drawn up, and the post is reporting the president himself is the one who put the brakes on it. outfront now, democratic congresswoman, jackie speier. you just thaerd nikki haley, it was a done deal, right? as michelle said, it could ha
mueller investigation has disclosed layer upon layer of information, of which comey wasn t privy to. so in the end, i just don t think he s going to be that relevant. it s just a fight between two men, which is sort of background noise to the russia investigation. right, noise, and of course, can create institutional damage, i guess is what you re raising. there s a clip that didn t air last night i want to play for both of you. abc released it today. comey is talking about right after the elections, meets with president obama, goes into the oval office, and he tells president obama he s dreading working for trump. at this point, he is the sitting fbi director, he has not yet met president trump, but here s what he says he told obama. here s comey. and also, i told him that i dread the next four years, but in many ways, i feel great pressure to stay, to try to protect the institution i lead. what were you dreading? well, i had some sense of the nature and character of the new p
and the consequences of it. he asked why kathleen sebelius, the secretary of hhs, is still in her job. why didn t you fire sebelius, the secretary in charge of this? my main priority is making sure it delivers for the american people. i m sure that the intent is noble, but i m a taxpayer and i m paying kathleen sebelius salary and she screwed up and you re not holding her accountable. i promise you we hold everybody up and down the line accountable. american share holders were watching their ceo last night. if you re a share holder, you satisfied with the answer? you re fired. kathleen sebelius, she deserved i think she thd have been fired immediately when healthcare.gov, which they had to have up and running on october 1st, they couldn t have waited, when they realized there were glitches in the system. that s not accountability. the problem is president obama has never run anything. he s never run a business, never been the governor of a state. all he had done had been
leave it alone. they had to wheel out those oily half-naked corpses called the red hot chili peppers. stop it. you don t give dolly parton an extra breath. just go out there with what you got. bruno mars was fine. i wanted to point something out. after the most well behaved fans i have ever seen, the broncos and seahawks. there was a house divided at casa perino because my brother-in-law and peter went to the game for the broncos, seahawks and broncos, and they said everybody at the game was so cordial and nice to one another. great sportsmanship. for me, it was like watching the harlem globetrotters run around the washington generals. kg, how was joe namath as a kiss snr. i told you, man. it s bob. nothing over me. we ll have to leave it there. by the way, a great night. last night broke the record for the most watched tv program in
there was nothing in the state of the union that rose to that level that president obama could talk about in that interview with bill o reilly, almost said bill orilea again. president bush only did one of those interviews, it was in 2004 with jim nance. i do wish the president did more interviews. i think the white house press corps has not asked enough tough questions so you get to this point where there are all these questions that build up into one ten-minute interview, and i know there will be more comments tonight because there were some things that didn t air last night that you want the president to talk about, such a the keystone pipeline. kg, i want to play a spot for you, obama on his fumbles. play away. you were very generous in saying i looked pretty good considering i have been in the pres dnlsy five years and part of the reason is i try to focus not on the fumbles but on the next play. you think that s a wise strategy? shouldn t he figure out why he s fumbling?