Care battle on capitol hill is now in high gear. Day 50 of the Trump Administration. Lets begin with joe johns live at the white house. Joe . Reporter good morning, chris. I think you can take whats going on on capitol hill as a sign that lawmakers have picked up the pace of their investigation into russias interference in the last election. The question is the extent to which the fbi director is willing to share all he knows with members of congress. Reporter fbi director james comey heading to thrill as tension builds between the Justice Department and lawmakers over President Trumps unsubstantiated wiretapping claims. The Justice Department under pressure to deny or provide evidence of the president s allegation. Comey meeting with the gang of eight, the Bipartisan Group of lawmakers clear to receive access to the nations most highly classified intelligence. As part of the gang of eight, we want to be informed on a periodic basis. Reporter this intelligence set to be extended to all
Workers. But lets remember, this is from a president who didnt believe the job numbers, called the numbers from the bureau of labor statistics bogus. I think he likes these numbers. Lets bring in christine romans. I think so. If hes going to create 15 million jobs over the next ten years, he needs more months like this. It was a very strong january. And when you look out over the past last year, this number, interestingly, almost exactly what this number was last year, when it wasnt the animal spirits of donald trump fueling Business Optimism but just an economy starting to roar. Unemployment rate ticking down, the jobless rate would have fallen further if people werent coming off the sidelines. Which is always good news. More people coming in, you want to see that. February matches exactly february of last year. The jobless rate down steadily from those terrible old days in 2010 when we saw about 10 unemployment. So this has been a steadily improving labor market. You will hear, thoug
Begin with breaking news, fbi director james comey on capitol hill tonight. Sources say he held a secret meeting behind closed doors with eight of the top lawmakers who have access to the governments highly classified information. Now the meeting comes as members of the House Intelligence Committee say they have not been informed of some right now about russia meddling in the United States elections, also the conversat n conversations between the government and the officials has been taking place for several months now into last year, that is what actually caused a lot of tension between members of the House Intelligence Committee and the fbi, the House Intelligence Committee was not informed of that investigation that was happening last year. So that was an opportunity for james comey to explain the latest in his inquiry into russia. Now one other issue that certainly came up in this briefing, was the issue of what donald trump, the president of the United States, raised over the week
I join you in our congratulations to the whole family. Were covering a lot of developing stories. What some are calling the bernie effect. Senator sanders crushing the numbers and taking it directly to fox news as democrats are exploring many options for 2020. I have that for you later tonight. And brand new action in the roger stone case. And we get to speak to this person you see on your screen. The swamp creature who trolled. Well get to into the fun of and it why it matters. If you know anything about the beat, you know i am excited with a swamp creature interview later in the hour. I begin with big news. The trump doj has unaccording even more intrigue with its somewhat unusual announcement of a day. Thursday. That the report will come out. In two days. And trump staffers are now reportedly increasingly on wedge the time line set by their own Justice Department. Especially because if there are not massive redactions, the report will expose them as the source of damaging informatio
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