it s president s day. i m bill hemmer live in new york. heather: i am heather childress. i m in for sandra smith. challenges on multiple fronts for the white house. house democrats gearing up for resolution opposing the declaration and border states gearing up for lawsuits as well. here is california attorney general. we re confident there are at least 8 billion ways we can prove harm whether it s emergency response services, whether it s fire or mudslides in california, maybe tornado and floods in other parts of the country or whether our military men and women and their families who live on military installations that might have money taken away from them or money taken away from drug interdiction efforts in places like california. a number of states and certainly americans will be harmed. bill: chief white house correspondent john roberts with the view from the north lawn today. brand-new week, john. good morning.
does not mean that the principal isn t going to become a part of that investigation at some point in the future. and there most certainly is an investigation into possible collusion. heather: can i ask you a question i have asked several other people today since you bring that up, other people brought into the investigation, do you think james comey should be brought up under investigation and that he is now publicly admitted that he leaked his memos himself in order to get a special counsel appointed? no, i think in order to call something a leaf, it has to be something that is classified because otherwise you are not leaking, you are sharing. no. i m not finished. if you are going to spend time investigating, you have to investigate things that are a crime and director comey did not commit one. he shared a government document from a government laptop in his car, he leaked the information, he is a leaker. all along we have had questions concerning the fbi, why are
could not clarify beyond the document. his spokesperson said the comedian is in good spirits. here is what he said on his way out of the courthouse. reporter: how are you feeling? [inaudible] bill cosby turns 80 in july, he faces ten years in prison. heather: what about the closing arguments, being only 6 minutes long? why was that? the closings were roughly two hours on each side, but that a the defense case was 6 minutes long, they only called one witness and barely asked questions and let him go. apparently there were other witnesses they wanted to call but the judge would not allow it. they are basically saving that for the appeal if they lose. heather: thank you, rick.
has the president ever discussed with you the appointment of the special counsel or discuss the special counsel in any way? no he has not. and second, if president trump ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do? senator, i am not going to follow any orders and less i believe those are lawful and appropriate orders. under the regulation, special counsel mueller may only be fired for good cause and i am required to put that cause in writing. and so that s what i would do, if there was good because i would consider, if there is not good cause, i would not. heather: supporters of attorney general jeff sessions are pointing out that he is testifying in front of the entire nation in open session.
here the state department, rex tillerson meeting with the saudi foreign minister, state department officials say that rex tillerson has been working on both sides of that working with dozens of officials throughout the region. it does not seem like that diplomatic crisis is any closer today to ending. jon: a lot more to come on what happened in north korea. that is a very sad story. thank you. heather: still to come, capital hill lawmakers gearing up for more dramatic testimony as attorney general jeff sessions takes questions in an open session less than an hour from now. from the same committee where former fbi director james comey appeared less than a week ago. what will sessions to say about comey s dismissal and the rush investigation. but when family members forget,