These memos that he had been keeping to a law professor he was friends with at Columbia University. And then he had that law professor leak those memos to the press. Even though he says he found President Trumps request to end the Michael Flynn investigation, troubling and appropriate, he never alerted his superiors. I am trish regan. Welcome, everyone, to the Intelligence Report. I want to point out that the market has seen new highs today. Were continually seeing green on the screen. You can see up highs on the session, but nonetheless up 37 points. And the reason is investors are cheered by the fact that you probably have no concerns for impeachment here because there does not seem to be any obstruction of justice. Now, as we await for the First Official response of the president s lawyer, i want to go to our own blake burman who is at the white house. And, blake, im told his team doesnt like the way comey was presenting him by saying that comey considered him a liar. Well, well hea
Smoking gun from comey today. The dow and the nasdaq hitting new alltime highs. Welcome to risk reward, im Elizabeth Macdonald in for deirdre bolton. Fired fbi director james comey admitted he created a memo, leaked a memo he was writing about for his meeting with President Trump in order to get a special prosecutor pointed to look into President Trump. That appointment did happen. Thats Robert Mueller. Lets look what was said. President tweeted on friday after i was fired, i better hope theres not tapes. I woke up in the middle of the night monday night, it didnt dawn on me that there might be corroboration for our conversation, might be a tape. My judgment was i needed to get that out into a public share. I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. Didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons. I asked him to, that might prompt the appointmef a speciacounsel. I asked a close friend to do that. Liz never seeat basically happen on capitol hill. Head of fbi
Im frances rivera. All eyes on former fbi director james comeys highprofile testimony with headlines across the country detailing his allegations against President Trump. Reaction was mixed. More conservative media rallied around the president criticizing comeys performance. Nbc news received new information about attorney general jeff sessions, a source says after his public testimony, comey privately told senators about a possible third interaction between sessions and russian officials. Sources also tell us that this month President Trump soninlaw Jared Kushner is expected to meet with and provide documents to staffers from the Senate Intelligence committee as it conducts its russia investigation. Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has more on the blockbuster hearing. Reporter commanding a spotlight entirely his, james comey turned it on to the president , describing donald trump as not truthful and not credible. I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of
Afternoon, those claims by trumps lawyer state that comey misused his Privileged Communications he had with the president. Weijia jang has the latest from washington. You solemnly swear reporter fired fbi director james comey took an oath before the Senate Intelligence committee. Then he testified he was confused about why he lost his job. The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. Reporter lawmakers have lots of questions about the one onone meeting where the president wanted to discuss fired National Security adviser mike flynn. I hope you can let this go, you know, those are his exact words. Is that correct . Correct. You may have taken it as a direction but thats not what he said . Correct. Thats he said, i hope. Reporter those are his exact words, correct. Reporter several republicans say they
Cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. Nonstop flights are available from most major airports. More information for your vacation planning is available at aruba. Com. And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Im jane obrien. Former fbi director gets his dealings with President Trump. He said he wanted to set the record straight following inspiring. Administration chose to defame me, and one from it, the fbi. Those were life, plain and simple. Jane the trump team fires back at the president s personal lawyer to mr. Trump never demanded loyalty, fbi director. In the voting is over and the counting is underway in the u. K. We have the first exit polls in the british general election. Jane welcome to world news america. Can i, there are major events playing on both sides of the atlantic. In a moment, it will get to the testimony of james comey. In the u. K. , the voting is over and the general election and the exit poll by all the major broadcasters has bee