Don lemon. Live with all the breaking news, including this. Axios is reporting tonight that the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has been pressuring the fbi director, christopher ray, to fire Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe. That at the public urging of President Trump. Lots to get, to we want to get to cnns pamela brown, here with more. Pam, what is the white house saying about all of this . The white house did release a statement, let me read to it you here, don. This is from rod shaw, white house press, Principal Deputy press secretary. As you see here, here what he said. The president has enormous respect for thousands of rank and file fbi agents who make up the worlds most professional and talented Law Enforcement agency. He believes politically motivated senior leaders, including former fbi director comey and others he empowered, have tainted the agencys reputation for unbiased pursuit of justice. The president appointed chris ray because he is a man of true character and integrity