and feinstein said these new reports make her concerned that the white house is trying to cover something up. i know what the president told me when he called to say high was firing him. that turned out to be not the reincereason. reporter: james comby is not expected to go before the senate intelligence committee until after memorial day, he is scheduled to speak pr pyatt vaty with house privately with house oversight committee jason chaffetz tomorrow. they are interested in the memos. arthel: thank you could garrett. kim jong-un and north korea defying international community with another level launch. u.s. and south korean officials concerned that it is a sign to the rogue regime is speeding up
welcome back. we re covering this breaking news out of the white house. the president s problems will probably follow him on his overseas trip. let s dive right in with my panel. guys, as you know, the new york times is reporting that president trump according to this white house document told russian officials in the oval office about ten days ago that fbi director james comby is a nut job and that firing him eased pressure over the russia probe. and and sean spicer in his statement clearly did not deny it. in fact, kind of tried to explain where the pressure came from. it seems like this will not go away even though the president is hoping that this trip will provide a reset. i m troubled by the fact that donald trump seems to be giving the russians a straight story about the firing of james comey before he gave everyone else and
russians. there was a strategy there. do you buy in a absolutely not. the russians aren t exactly known for showing mercy and i doubt that that s the best strategy and maybe other people who have worked in this field can attest to that. i think this is just an excuse made up after the fact because, again, this administration is really coming apart at the seams, and they really had no excuse for the president really running his mouth in such a manner. do you believe the congress will get the transcripts of that conversation that the president had with the russian diplomats in the oval office? i believe congress has a right and the people and public has a right to see what was said considering that at this point the president is using that as a basis for him to get rid of james comey which is, again, another change in his excuse or his determination for firing james comby. congressman, we have more to discuss. there s new developments unfolding even as we speak. we ll take a quic
here and following on the i ve done this to relieve myself of the pressure. so one of the guests said the leakers are obstructing the presidency, and i might say maybe, and we should look at that. i don t have a problem with looking at leakers, but i think the president is the obstructing his own presidency and perhaps putting himself in obstruction of justice territory with his behavior. you used the key word and that is intent, right, garrett? this is intent. getting inside the president s mind around the firing of james comby. yeah, and the other thing you have to be careful of is you begin to think about the way that a special counsel investigation unfolds is that they often end up their targets up being caught on perjury or obstruction of justice, and when you look at valerie plame or ken starr investigation, that s where you end up getting charges, and for this administration and their relationship with the truth, that s going to be a real challenge for them over the coming m
anything like that. that s not how the president described him. i m just sighing the people that worked with him inside and out. with all of this, i would have done this, on the first day, if i was elected president thanked him for his service and moved on. that was what was best for the country. it s now james comby s word versus the president s word. whose word do you trust more at this moment. you always your president is you re president, you always want to give the president the benefit of the doubt. you always giver that president the benefit of the doubt. but if the facts that we get through our intel and we see the fact and it basically collaborates and they mesh, we get two or three different sources, then you go where the facts take you, and that s the