30 attacks back in and around the u.s., 30 attempted plots since 9/11. it isn t that new. they ve been trying to get at us for a long time. what we see is the taliban which normally has a local focus, if there s a link trying to shift the battlefield, that may be a shift. quite frankly, alex, they ve been trying to come at us for a long time. is there a shift now in the tactics? i think it underscores in an open society that we have and you were down on times square the other day after that event talking about thousands of people, subway stations, we can t seal ourselves into a cocoon. we have to be aggressive against the cells domestically and internationally and try to get on with our lives like new yorkers did after this bomb scare attempt and after just the other day in times square. 0 okay. as always, thank you. thank you, alex. united airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after blow iing a tire
if pence knew president trump would fire comey, did he try to make it seal like it was based on that memo. and we didn t really an answer to that today. a lot of people are focusing on this today, that we learned about the way, at least how president trump describes him. that he was off the hook, that he was not under investigation. what was striking is the fact in at least one of those conversations, we were told a phone call. the president called comey and said hey, am i under investigation? you re not. notable because during one of the conversations they had over dinner, they were also talking in the course of the conversations about whether comey would stay on as filibuster direfbi director. a lot of people who have been doing this a long time will say that s inappropriate. legally is there a problem with that? pete williams will have to give you his explanation on that. in terms of optics and shared
try to explain to us wham here with this phone call. reince priebus call up donald trump. there are two conflicting versions. what they don t seem to disagree on is that at some point, priebus said tone it down. it seal like priebus tried to dress it up with a lot of flattery. did the message get through in. priebus called trump. he did tell will trump to tone it down and trump acknowledged that. everyone familiar with the call. it was about asking trump to tone it down but it was done in priebus usual way, friendly, quiet, not exactly hitting trump over the head with the poibl. at the same time, trump that it was shorter than reported. about 15 minutes, something like that. we thought it was more 45 minutes, according to those familiar with the call but that was the only discrepancy. about the time of the call, not about the contest. he is not really taking that advice.
their fire but the head-to-heads right now the gingrich who hasn t really been tested by the rest of the republican field of the white house, not sure they re really that concerned about them inside the white house. wendy the gingrich possibility could become the real reality as we re watching around the country as people start to pay attention as this thing firms up and a new cnn/ time poll shows gingrich with strong leads in iowa, florida and romney has chris christie in the iowa forum. is it too late to put surrogates like that in places like iowa? i think he has to show he can fight. the republicans changed the nominating rules so we have delegates awarded by proportional representation which is a huge change. it extends the contest for a lot longer so romney is not out of it. newt gingrich can t seal it up as early as prior republican nominations, but romney has to show he can fight. republican voters want to see a guy who is going to take on