by the deputy attorney general, who s only been on the job for 14 days, so he took a new assessment, a new look at everything. did you ask for a recommendation? what i did is i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not you had made the decision before they came in the room? i was going to fire comey. there s no good time to do it, by the way. because in your letter you said i accepted their recommendation so you had already made the decision. i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. welcome back to morning joe. it s friday, may 12th, along with joe, willie and me, we have executive producer and co-host of the circus on showtime, john heilemann. donny deutsch is still with us. david ignatius and joining the conversation, new york times reporter jeremy peters, and law professor at george washington university, jonathan turley. joe?
new york has a similar plan in the works. early start continues right now. president took strong and decisive leadership here. he took the recommendation of rod rosenstein. to remove james comey from his position. you made the decision. i was going to fire regardless. president trump directly contradicting the top advisers with a new timeline for the firing of former fbi director james comey. good morning. welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. it is friday, may 12th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. another enormously impactful day in the nation s capital. more confusion from the white house over the dismissal of fbi director james comey. in an interview with lester holt, president trump giving answers that go against what