kirky, it kirby, to run him down. what is the impact there? that was very disappointing to see. very ungentlemenly, in my view. all of this is doing nothing to improve and make for healthy civil military relations. the president runs down former or acting generals and admirals who disagree with him or express policy differences. he makes it very hard, i think, for the military and the civilian control of the military to go on in a healthy way. i am worried about the presidency setting for future presidents and future commander-in-chiefs who might come to think this is okay. a lot has been written about that over the last 24 hours. what precedent does it set? what does it mean for the
ads, republicans are trying to undermine comey s credibility kicking off a media blitz for the new tell-all memoir. republicans are turning to democrats. made a mistake. maybe he s not in the right job. reporter: reminding americans there s plenty for all sides to dislike about the former top law enforcement official. the irony of republicans using democrats to discredit comey underscores the political contradictions around the former fbi director who trump fired nearly a year ago. why did you fire director comey? because he doesn t doing good job. very simply. reporter: a decision that changed the presidency setting into motion the appointment of special counsel robert mueller to lead the russia investigation and that cloud over the white house and weighing on his presidency. the president is already thinking about the plan to combat comey turning to an informal adviser sean hannity of fox news. minutes later, hannity launching