Julie but critics are blasting the move. Here is democratic senator. Its a pattern of practice that we have seen coming from the white house that interferes with the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. I think it is a reflection of the lack of respect for the independence of the fbi by the trump administration. Look, this didnt just happen. This has been on the table for a while. The president has expressed himself about mr. Mccabe, and it appears like the department of justice, the attorney general was responding to the president. Julie we have Fox Team Coverage for you tonight. Ellison barber is at the white house. But first, lets get started with Garrett Tenney who joins us with the latest. Julie, Andrew Mccabe is placing the blame for his dismissal squarely on President Trump. In a lengthy Statement Last night mccabe said the president was trying to discredit him as a witness in special counsel muellers investigation. In a statement, mccabe said heres the reality
Julie but critics are blasting the move. Here is democratic senator. Its a pattern of practice that we have seen coming from the white house that interferes with the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. I think it is a reflection of the lack of respect for the independence of the fbi by the trump administration. Look, this didnt just happen. This has been on the table for a while. The president has expressed himself about mr. Mccabe, and it appears like the department of justice, the attorney general was responding to the president. Julie we have Fox Team Coverage for you tonight. Ellison barber is at the white house. But first, lets get started with Garrett Tenney who joins us with the latest. Julie, Andrew Mccabe is placing the blame for his dismissal squarely on President Trump. In a lengthy Statement Last night mccabe said the president was trying to discredit him as a witness in special counsel muellers investigation. In a statement, mccabe said heres the reality
Made unauthorized disclosures to the media and quote lacked candor while speaking to the internal watchdog, the internal ig investigators. The president applauded the dismissal in a tweet overnight saying quote a great day for the hardworking men and women of the fbi. James comey was his boss. He made mccabe look like a choir boy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the fbi. Now foxes confirm that mccabe memos meeting with President Trump that similar to the notes that were compiled by former fbi director james comey. Garrett tenney is live in washington now with the very latest. Those memos will almost certainly be included in the special counsel Robert Muellers investigation to determine if the president attempted to interfere in the fbi is investigation. Last night Andrew Mccabe suggested the president is targeting him because of his role as a witness in the Robert Mueller investigation and in an attempt to discredit testimony. In a statement
Im alex witt here at msnbc. We have new word from the Trump Officials today saying north korea is stepping up its Nuclear Production. There is a good reason why leaking intelligence is a criminal offense in this kun. It harms the United States when it happens, it gives away a lot of information to our adversaries. Ill just say this, not answering the specific reports weve seen over the weekend, but i will say this. Were using the full range of our capabilities to understand what north korea is doing. And on this topic, joining me right now, nbcs courtney kooby. You broke this story for two of your colleagues. What is north korea up to . Right now u. S. Intelligence is confident of two things. Number one, north korea, rather than decreasing their enrichment of uranium, they are actually enriching it in one location. And the United States is ready to receive the scope of their Nuclear Program and a lot of the specifics of it. One of the u. S. Intelligence officials that my colleagues ken
Away. These group of folks, we dont even know where they are. They are way down there. They have been running on an imaginary caravan. This stupid [bleep] caravan. [laughter] you know, its a lie that this caravan is a problem of that magnitude. Programming on the caravan was propaganda. Tammy but now that supposedly made up caravan has indeed appeared. And the government of tijuana is begging for help andnd callg it a humanitarianij crisis. President trumps own efforts to secure the border are running into obstacles. The president recently blasted the 9th circuito of appeals for blocking his attempt at alterations for american asylum policy. Its a terrible thing when judges take over your protective services when they tell you how to protect your border. Its apr disgrace. Essentially they are legislating. They are saying what to do. Some judge sitting in some location very far away iss telling our incredible military and Law Enforcement what to do and its not right. I know that chief j