On your w2 that could protect your refund. And the one mistake made by so many people. And on the eve of the super bowl, why tom brady suddenly cut an interview short. What was said beforehand . Good evening, and its great to have you with us to start another week here. And we begin tonight with the sudden departure of fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe, the number two man at the fbi, and a frequent target of the president s criticism. Mccabe stepped in temporarily when fbi director james comey was fired, defending the scope of the fbis russia investigation. And defending james comey, saying the rank and file had not lost confidence in him. Tonight, the white house answering questions, did the President Pressure the Justice Department in any way to push mccabe out . Abcs Senior Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas leading us off. Reporter tonight, the number two at the fbi Stepping Down, following months of blistering attacks from President Trump. Vote for . Mccabes answer . I did not vo
briefing room conducted by sarah sanders, the white house press secretary earlier today. it caught us by surprise as much as it caught shinmone and his team by surprise. one thing you were noting, is the acting attorney general was rambling a little bit in that answer. it seemed to me he didn t sound sal sure of himself. perhaps he is exactly sure of what s going on, but he would not be the first person close to this white house to predict that the mueller investigation would be over soon. the former white house attorney ty cobb who was advising the president on the mueller investigation had that prediction back in 2017 that the probe would be over by the end of 2017 and of course here we are. the white house, sarah sanders was asked directly about roger stone s chance at a pardon, explain what she said? that s right, and there was tap dancing around this question. take a listen to this as some of my colleagues in the briefing room pressed sarah sanders on whether or not roger ston
end of 2017, and of course, here we are. the white house, sarah sanders was asked directly about roger stone s chance at a pardon, explain what she said? reporter: that s right. and there was some tap dancing going on around this question. take a listen to this as some of my colleagues in the briefing room pressed sarah sanders on whether or not roger stone could actually receive a presidential pardon from president trump. it sure sounded as though over the last few days roger stone is campaigning for one and here s how sarah sanders answered that question earlier today. you said, i m not aware of that, when asked if the president had ruled out a pardon for roger stone. so, does that mean he hasn t ruled out a pardon? i m not aware of any conversation regarding that or a need for it. sarah, just to follow up, can you guarantee that the president won t pardon roger stone? again, i m not going to talk about hypotheticals that are just ridiculous of things that i haven t talke
not to be a distraction. david? all right, pierre thomas leading us off on this. pierre, thank you. we do have one more question on this tonight, so, let s bring in our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega, she s live over at the white house. cecilia, i know you pressed white house press secretary sarah sanders on whether president trump had anything to do with andrew mccabe s departure, and here s what she said today. reporter: can you say definitively that the president did not play a role in andrew mccabe stepping down? yes, i can say that the president wasn t part of this decision-making process and we would refer you to the fbi, where christopher wray serves as the director. the president has full confidence in him and has put the decisions at the fbi in his hands. so, cecilia, we heard that there, a denial from sarah sanders, but this white house is really facing questions whether the president is trying to influence the justice department. reporter: david, y