most recently this past january. in l.a., the school district there has declared itself a sanctuary district. that will make the schools better. it will teach kids and their families about their rights when interacting with federal agents, help them avoid deportation. the district will also offer immigrants freely legal support at public expense and create a rapid response network to help students paid by federal officials. in texas, the small town has sued over that state law abolishing century cities saying it has offered refuge to mexican arrivals since before texas was even a state. if it isn t clear yet, the country is being overwhelmed and not only is your government powerless to stop it but in many cases, they are cheerleading it. in immigration policy analyst at the institute here in washington and he joins us. so tonight, alex, the idea that a town or city would be paying using tech scholars of citizens
told that multiple times by director comey. a bit of a disconnect in those letters. we know how it all unfolded yesterday beginning at 5:00 p.m. sort of under the darkness of night even though it was only the early evening. the director of value office operations arrived at the fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. with that manila envelope that contained that letter from president trump. fbi director comey was not at fbi headquarters. he was at the fbi field office in los angeles talking with some of the staff there. and he learned of his termination by actually watching and seeing it unfold on television. we understand that once he began seeing that on television he tried to make light of the situation. joking around. of course he abruptly left tha meeting. the way this went down because this has been unfolding over at least the past week. we know president trump has been
television. in the fbi offices in california. what s so interesting the man you re seeing there keith schiller he has been a long time confidant, body man, security guard for president trump dating back to 199. on the campaign trail people talked about how he was one of president trump or candidate trump s closest confidant. he was dispatched to give this letter to director comey at the fbi headquarters. of course director comey was out in l.a. at the field office talking to staff. thank you so much. nice to see you. another busy day here in washington. indeed. on capitol hill comey s firing met with shock across the political spectrum. republicans expressing a range of concerns. many of them focused on the timing of the dismissal months into trump s term and a year after comey s news conference on the clinton e-mail. bob corker one of six republicans critical of the timing saying his removal at
james comey was fired for being too mean to hillary clinton? does anyone believe that? could anyone believe that? this is an investigator who is investigating the white house. and he was just fired by the white house. this doesn t happen in the united states. our very own jeff toobin one example of the one reaction the comey firing. for more on the future trump russian investigation i want to bring in zach wolf and cnn legal analyst, a civil rights attorney in los angeles. let me get your perspective this morning. your reaction this morning to what has been pretty much, except for lindsey graham bipartisan blow back to this firing. i think like most of the
of impruprity. i would have liked to see them address the quite obvious conflict of interest and urge the attorney general to but out because he was supposed to have recused himself on the matter. i appreciate your time. director comey was scheduled to speak tonight in los angeles. new details of how he actually got word of his firing and email that wept out to fbi employees. the attorney general, jeff sessions, sent an email to fbi employees trying to reassure them about the transition. he says the president of the united states has exercised his lawful authority to remove james b. comey by operation of law and