First a bit of background. President trump was born and raised in southwestern pennsylvania, where he followed his father and grandfather into the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. O the coal mines and worked his way through college and law school. He graduated from penn state then received his jd from villanova. Upon graduation he joined the legal staff of the United Mine Workers of america and eventually became president at the age of 33. Since 1989, he has been working on the aflcio executive council and was elected president of the federation and 2009. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no live blogging or tweeting. No filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. Once the session ends, the embargo is lifted and you can file away. We will end at 10 00. We will email pictures of the breakfast to all of the reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. As you know, if youd like to ask a question, please send me a signal and
New survey looking at School Safety issues. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Next. This good morning on friday, august 30. We will begin with the Justice Department watchdogs latest report that found former fbi director james comey violated Agency Policy by releasing official memos. Your reaction to the reports findings in our first hour. Republicans, 2027488001. If you are a democrat, dial in at 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. You can also join the conversation if you go to twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in a minute. Lets begin with june 2017. James comey had been fired a month earlier by President Trump. He is summoned to capitol hill to testify and asked by senator Susan Collins about memos and releasing them. [video clip] did you show copies of your of theo anyone outside department of justice . Yes. And to whom did you show copies . The president tweeted on friday after