actions in the neighborhood. i remember that. remember those day? you re too young. it s really, i think, a sad day. i think i counted four republicans who questioned not the action in fairness to trump, he has the right not running against. he has the right to fire his fbi director. but the timing is what s so suspicious. i think everybody sort of is aware of the fact that the investigations on every front are heating up, on the flynn front, the senate intel community. jeff blake, john mccain, burr, and those are a handful, literally, of republicans expressing concern with the timing. but i think it s really a dire moment where the republicans sorts of fall into line behind a president that, at best, is creating cries that his staffer can t keep up to clean up. i mentioned that we re starting to see the comey part of the story emerge.
forward. remember, they put out the blueprint for the tax plan and that s gone nowhere. another important thing, he s actually headed overseas next week. he s got a major trip to four different countries. a lot at stake. he had cleared his schedule for this week to prepare and do briefings and get ready for that trip. obviously he s spending a lot of time this week fuming over the comey kriesz is. republicans on the hill suspended animation. republicans on the hill have been pathetic in sponges to comey. the republican party uchd to stand strong against trump i m sorry against putin s actions in the neighborhood. i remember that. remember those day? you re too young. it s really, i think, a sad day. i think i counted four republicans who questioned not the action in fairness to trump, he has the right not running against. he has the right to fire his fbi director. but the timing is what s so suspicious.
blueprint for the tax plan, and that s gone nowhere. and another important thing is he s actually heading overseas next week. he s got a major foreign trip to four different countries, a lot at stake, and he had cleared his public schedule this week to try to prepare and do briefings and get ready for that trip. and obviously he s spending a lot of his time this week fuming over the coverage of the comey crisis. nicolle, republicans on the hill, suspended animation. republicans on the hill have been pathetic in response to comey. the republican party used to stand strong against trump s i m sorry against putin s actions in the neighborhood. remember that? remember those days, good old days. you re too young. but, you know, it s really, i think, a sad day. i think i counted four republicans who questioned not the action. i mean in fairness to trump, he has the right to fire his fbi director. but the timing is what s so suspicious. i mean i think everybody sort of is aware of
have had. which is broader than the regulation. i m going to ask a lawyer for an explanation in 30 seconds. what s the triggering mechanism? does it have to come out of justice? can the u.s. senate decide on a person? i don t think that they can. i think the only provision is that the department of justice itself conveys the authority. le. paul fishman former u.s. attorney in new jersey. thank you very much. you ve helped to clarify this. we may call upon you again to do the same thing. thanks for coming by tonight. coming up after this break, can anyone speak for president trump except for president trump. the 11th hour continues after this. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships
decided comey was a goner. the president maids the admission in an interview with lester holt. it drove the news cycle today and continues tonight. here now are the salient portions of that conversation. monday, you met with the deputy attorney general rose steen. yes. did you ask? i was going to fire comey. my decision. you had made the decision before they came in. i was going to fire comey. he made a recommendation. regardless of recommendation i was going to fire comey, knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know this russian thing with trump and russia, it s a madeup excuse of the democrats for losing an election that they should have won. this is an excuse. are you angry with mr. comey because of the russia investigation? i just want someone that s