Cited clintons ng of the email probe comeys handling of the clinton email probe as a reason for the firing. Asked earlier today, President Trump gave a simple expedition. Why did you fire director comey . Because he was not doing a good job. Charlie joining me from washington, bob woodward, associate editor of the washington post, dan bolles, chief correspondent at the washington post, michael shear, correspondent for the new york times, and in new york, Fran Townsend who served as Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. Bush. I am pleased to have all of them on this program. Michael she are, what has been added to this story today . Michael a couple of things have been added. One is that we discovered today that just days before his firing, jim comey, the director of the fbi, requested additional conduct the sprawling investigation into in the u. S. Ing election and possible contacts with trump advisors. That generated additional intensity behind the demo
Cited clintons ng of the email probe comeys handling of the clinton email probe as a reason for the firing. Asked earlier today, President Trump gave a simple expedition. Why did you fire director comey . Because he was not doing a good job. Charlie joining me from washington, bob woodward, associate editor of the washington post, dan bolles, chief correspondent at the washington post, michael shear, correspondent for the new york times, and in new york, Fran Townsend who served as Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser to president george w. Bush. I am pleased to have all of them on this program. Michael she are, what has been added to this story today . Michael a couple of things have been added. One is that we discovered today that just days before his firing, jim comey, the director of the fbi, requested additional conduct the sprawling investigation into in the u. S. Ing election and possible contacts with trump advisors. That generated additional intensity behind the demo
Hanging over the presidency. And lets not forget the dismissive, mocking eye roll from Cnns Anderson Cooper during his interview with kellyanne conway. Eye roll, really . You get the point. The heavily leftleaning, antitrump media is pushing the view that the president s days in office are numbered. They really believe this is watergate. Well, you make up your own mind. Investors clearly disagree. The dow closed at 20,943 as the news of comeys firing was washing through the markets. Investigators do not believe the event will interfere with the president s growth agenda. Not at this point. You see whats going on here . The media is whipping up a political firestorm. They want you to believe that the presidency was stolen. I guess thats politics. Wall street, the world of money, not listening. Stocks across the board remain at alltime highs. Its great to be back. Varney company is about to begin. Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back. Warm and fuzzy. Stuart thats
My name is Vanessa Beasley and im the dean of the university. We will have a wonderful discussion about the presidency of Richard Nixon and the lessons therein. Im happy to invite you to a conversation we will have on the same theme. Before we get darted in earnest, its fitting we take a moment to remember the space we are in and who founded it. Tonight we are gathered in the First Amendment center at Vanderbilt University which was founded by john segan dollar. For those of you who may not know him he served for 43 years as an awardwinning journalist for the tennessean. He retired as editor, publisher and ceo. In 1982, he became the founding editorial director of usa today and served in that position for a decade. He left journalism in the early 60s to serve in the u. S. Justice department as Administrative Assistant to attorney general Robert F Kennedy. His work in the field of civil rights led to a service as chief negotiator with the governor of alabama during the freedom ride. Dur
So before we begin the discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators to talk a